Youtube cant be viewed in a Windows Mobile 5 (and I heard version 6 as well) which kinda sucks because iPhone can. At the moment, Youtube is redirecting its traffic to m.youtube.com, which converts their flash video into 3gp format that some pocket PC can play, albeit only a proportion of its massive video database being available for this (and poorer quality). But news have come through that a version 6.1 is on its way which can correct this serious flaw. In the meanwhile, while waiting for it to come out (don't know when) and for those who cant afford to upgrade at the moment (like me), one can try these steps: (taken from WMexperts)
1. Install TCPMP player (version o.72RC1). Uninstall previous version if there is one.
2. Install FlashVideoBundle.cab (version 1.4.3) at the same directory folder as TCPMP
3. Soft reset
4. When surfing Youtube, it will redirect to m.youtube.com as described previously. just scroll to the bottom and there is link for "classic view" which will return you to the original Youtube
5. What the software does is it will ask whether to view, save or link the video. Clicking on 'view' will automatically play the video in the TCPMP player which will open automatically and stream the video.
Recent test showed disappointing quality (=lots of lag), may be attributable to my crappy broadband at the moment.
Anyway, another foray in the net had me stumbled upon some site offering streaming video of tv shows (mostly American):
videohybrid.com
alloftv.net
megavideo.com
They beat waiting for torrent to finish downloading. Does watching streaming TV shows considered pirating? Its free on TV anyway...Oh, and apparently the word "kinda" is a proper word. Never knew that it is a formally recognised colloquial term.
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