Qik

[kireol]

Does anyone have this running on a tilt?

http://www.qik.com/

it's a live streaming web video that uses your phones camera.

Mine gets stuck on launch with "initializing camera". Other people on the qik site with a tilt have the same issue.

Wondering if anyone is running it here or knows how to fix that problem.

[bilbobrian]

there is a cab to enable att video calling, i assume that since att doesnt support video calling that is the problem. search for the cab, youll find it, also try installing att disable hidden proxy cab. hope that helps

[hjlow]

can someone post the cab file for tilt here? sms method didn't work for me

[AthenaLod]

there is a cab to enable att video calling, i assume that since att doesnt support video calling that is the problem. search for the cab, youll find it, also try installing att disable hidden proxy cab. hope that helps

no its not! it is for video streaming!

[Sparrowhawk]

I had forgotten about Qik.

I signed up a while ago, only to discover that our phone wasn't supported!


I've just resurrected my account and downloaded the program and tested it.
It seems to work really well.

[kireol]

tried that cab. it wanted to upgrade to newer version. and still had "camera initializing.."

Maybe because I'm running a cooked rom?

[bilbobrian]

[QUOTE=AthenaLod;2607460]no its not! it is for video streaming![/QUOTe

when you use exclamation points you are yelling, i dont appreciate it at all.

[amkaos]

i thought i saw that video calling is supported by new 6.1..
i dont use so i didnt make note and dont care.

[kireol]

if its streaming from your camera same as video calling is it not?


actually no

it's just using a camera source. nothing to do with the HTC front camera and tilt missing it. lots of people have qik running on the tilt. I do not yet.

[bilbobrian]

just trying to help

[kilrah]

if its streaming from your camera same as video calling is it not?

No it is not. Video calling as a native feature of 3G networks, and it's thus handled by the 3G protocol stack. The Tilt having no front cam and not being meant to use video calling, that function was disabled. It can be enabled and the back cam used instead though.

But that has no effect on any other program wanting to open a video device (either back or front one) and do whatever it wants with it like encoding and streaming its feed over the internet.

Try researching a bit before shouting at innocent people...

Re the program, looks good, I might have a try :)

[bilbobrian]

whos yelling

[MineralGray02K]

I use Livecast w/o any problems.

[addir]

well, i just put it on my tilt and it works fine just that i get a long delay on the live video.

[ericmcintire]

Works "fine" on my tilt... 10-15 second delay though :-(

[Sparrowhawk]

I use Livecast w/o any problems.

I've used Livecast as well but Qik seems to be much better.




I used Livecast at a football (soccer) game that I went to one time.

On my club's forum, people who can't make the game 'cos they're working or they're ex-pats log in and follow/discuss the game online, creating a "match thread".

I posted a link to my Livecast page and gave them snippets of the game.
At one point, my team got a penalty kick, so I was able to quickly start Livecast and let them see the goal (almost) live.


Watching it later the picture was absolutely lamentable though, Qik definitely seems to be a step up from that.

[bexp]

hey Guys, thanks for trying the Qik and for the feedback. Actually I'm from Qik team and I want you getting involved in the process of development. I know there are some problems with Kaiser devices. I really want you to provide some debug builds with extended logging to figure out the problem.

If you have any ideas about Qik, things to improve, feature requests please left posts on this thread or contact me directly vovk <[at]> qik.com

[Sparrowhawk]

Just something that may or may not be relevant to the people who are getting "initializing camera".

I hadn't had this problem but recently I tried to stream some video, realising too late that I was in a bit of a dead spot where I could only get GPRS, not 3G or HSDPA.

I immediately got the "initializing camera" message and it stayed like that until I did a soft reset.

It might (note 'might') be worth checking that you've got a decent 3G signal before opening qik.

[Sparrowhawk]

Just something that may or may not be relevant to the people who are getting "initializing camera".

I hadn't had this problem but recently I tried to stream some video, realising too late that I was in a bit of a dead spot where I could only get GPRS, not 3G or HSDPA.

I immediately got the "initializing camera" message and it stayed like that until I did a soft reset.

It might (note 'might') be worth checking that you've got a decent 3G signal before opening qik.

Alright, ignore the above.

I'm just sitting here, I had a big ol' HSDPA signal and I thought that I'd try qik...............................


"Initializing camera".

Looks as if signal strength isn't necessarily the deciding factor then.

I'll soft reset, I bet it works then.


Edited to say: Yeah, worked fine again after the soft reset.
Hey, this is my 100th post!

[gthing]

I really wish that the quality of the video could be better. I realize that this is probably a problem more with the Tilt and its crappy video/camera drivers than it is with Qik.

This is something I'm really interested in though, I would like to see what some other phones look like but the qik website doesn't seem to tell you which phone recorded what.

[ishkatar]

Hello all:
I am having the same problem with the "camera initializing" error.
I did a quick test and flashed the official AT&T rom on my tilt and QIK worked perfectly. I'm using Hyperdragon III Pro (9/26) and I noted that one of the differences is the Camera used (6.8(HIIIP) vs 4.08(AT&T)) could that be it? Or could it be something to do with the Radio version?
Anybody else has any ideas on this?

Thanks a lot!!

Ishkatar

[pokewrk]

I'm having problems aswell. My mate who has an original ROM on his kaiser gets qik to work. My rom is the Athene 6.5 full, and won't run qik at all. It just stops at the "camera initializing" and exits the program.

[josefcrist]

qik has always worked fine for me, i always use it over wifi. i am running confused stus mobile vista rom.

[pokewrk]

I'm still struggling to get qik to work. It seems like a perfect app for me. I'm pretty convinced it is because i run a cooked rom, should be a way to make it work.

[pokewrk]

Got it to work with an alpha version of qik. Get it here: http://getsatisfaction.com/qik/topics/samsung_omnia_will_not_work_with_qik (4.11)