This is a handy dedicated Windows Mobile application that throws all of your YouTube search and display requirements into one single of piece software. Not so perfect for touch-screen handsets, YouTubePlayer really demands the use of a stylus. Nevertheless it makes light work of searching and displaying YouTube content.
Available from FreewarePocketPC.com, a 782kb download.
Avot mV allows you to search and browse a range of online media streaming services such as YouTube, Google Video, Dailymotion and others. Sadly it doesn’t work too happily under Windows Mobile 6.1 and TouchFLO 3D, although searching and viewing the video content is reasonably smooth and seamless via earlier versions of the Windows Mobile OS.
This is of course quite a shame - the Avot mV user interface is preferable to the YouTubePlay UI, and it would benefit both the software and current Windows Mobile users if it was brought up to date with a new release. Sadly it looks as though the programmers have abandoned freeware streaming apps in favour of
The modest 253kb download is available from FreewarePocketPC.com.
This is the open source version of Coreplayer, and as such unlike that application it’s free. Less development work has been done on The Core Pocket Media Player in recent months however, but it is still a viable and cost-free alternative to Coreplayer. TCPMP must be used in conjunction with FlashVideoBundle in order to view YouTube and other online streaming applications, with a result staggeringly close to that of Coreplayer. It’s a simple case of installing both TCPMP (2.85MB) and FlashVideoBundle into the same location (for instance in the same folder on your SD card) and restarting your device via Soft Reset.
Once restarted, view your Program Files menu and you’ll see a webpage shortcut called Video Sites – this is an index of all sites supplying streamed content that your TCPMP installation will play, and at this point it’s simply a case of browsing to your chosen video site and searching for a video. On selection, TCPMP will launch and play the YouTube file of your choice!
Remember that if you’re using your Windows Mobile device to view YouTube or other streaming, a suitable and appropriate network data plan is vital.