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Stream Spotify from computer to phone

Is there any way to stream Spotify from the computer to the phone? I can do it from the computer to my Squeezebox using DSBridge. But I haven't been able to to the same with my phone. I have tried opening the stream with Core Player and Media Player but it won't work. Any tips?

Media Networking - Suggestions?

In my house, I have a rather large media network.
Components:
2tb seagate external hard drives with media (x3)
2 Laptops (Windows 7)
1 "media server" (pc running windows 7 connected to 2tb harddrives)
1 Belkin N+ Router
Right now, the "Media Server" streams media from the 3 2tbhd's to the 2 laptops as well as a PS3. The 2 laptops are networked to stream and the PS3 receives it's streaming via PS3mediaserver.
When I am at home, my HTC HD2 connects to my home network. How do I get the media on those harddrives streamed to the HTC HD2? I know it has a media streaming app but thus far using the physical address on the network has not worked.
Thoughts?
Thanks

cfallaw said:
In my house, I have a rather large media network.
Components:
2tb seagate external hard drives with media (x3)
2 Laptops (Windows 7)
1 "media server" (pc running windows 7 connected to 2tb harddrives)
1 Belkin N+ Router
Right now, the "Media Server" streams media from the 3 2tbhd's to the 2 laptops as well as a PS3. The 2 laptops are networked to stream and the PS3 receives it's streaming via PS3mediaserver.
When I am at home, my HTC HD2 connects to my home network. How do I get the media on those harddrives streamed to the HTC HD2? I know it has a media streaming app but thus far using the physical address on the network has not worked.
Thoughts?
Thanks
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You need a streaming server that the HD2 can use either via the browser or the streaming media app, over the wifi ...
I would check out tversity , it is free and pretty damn cool ....

watcher64 said:
You need a streaming server that the HD2 can use either via the browser or the streaming media app, over the wifi ...
I would check out tversity , it is free and pretty damn cool ....
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Orb is another one that's worth checking out:
www.orb.com

I will look in to Orb.
I tried Tversity previously to stream all media to the PS3. Unfortunately, it would crash when I tried to direct it to more that one external hard drive. I might look into it again. I am sure I will find out it when I look at it, but I wonder if they have added "thumbnail" previews. They had not in the past.
Thanks for the suggestions.

[Q] stream from nexus to mac?

Does anyone know how I can stream video content (.avi or MP4 or even the occasional MKV) from my nexus 7 to my Mac HTPC and watch it on my TV? I used to just connect HDMI when I had an Asus TF700T OR if I download something on my Macbook Air laptop I can connect wirelessly Mac to Mac.
I have tried a couple things I thought might work like Skifta but I can’t get it to work for me and it seems like it is a one way stream from mac to nexus. I know I can download from nexus to mac (both wired and wireless) and then play but it would be nice to just stream and delete the file on the tablet when I am done.
Any ideas?

Nobody? Cant be done apparently.....

Nexus Player - Can it Connect to a NAS?

I'm just about to buy a NAS but just wanted to make sure before I do that the Nexus player will be able to access it.
I have the Nexus player connected by ethernet. Will I be able to point Kodi to access media files on the NAS?
Thanks in advance.

For sure! Use Kodi and have mapped drives connected via SMB.

Does Shield help with my streaming needs?

I recently bought a Samsung Smart TV and I am trying to create a media hub to attach my external hard drive to so I can watch them on my TV. I want to know if I can use Shield to attach 8 TB hard drive with all my movies and shows on it and watch them on the samsung tv in 4K. I also want to be able to wireless transfer files to/from my external drive using laptop. I tried watching with my laptop (connected via HDMI) and it buffers when it comes to 4K. So does shield help me with this or do I need a different device for this?

I thought the purpose of "smart" TVs was that they could do streaming and such by themselves?

It can stream but content such as 4K buffers because there just isn't CPU power inside them.

The Shield should be able to do that, but I haven't tried it so I can't say for certain. You'll need to connect it to your laptop by the micro-USB cable or install a server app to transfer files.

I want to stream it using content on my external usb drive. So that way I don't have to keep my laptop on all the time. Can I just plug my external drive to one of the USB ports on to the shield and stream it directly? Will there be any buffering or any type of lag when doing this? (Again this is with 4K content)

I can't answer that because I don't have a 4K TV, but it has a fast processor and plays 1080p content just fine. A quick benchmark put the USB3 read speed at about 95 MB/sec.

It can definitely handle 4K media, it is even somewhat future proofed with support for HDR 4K video. There isn't really an easy way to share files from your laptop to it with the Harddrive plugged into the SHIELD TV. I would recommend buying a NAS and connecting your drive unto that since all the NAS will do is send the files over your network to the SHIELD TV. As long as you either have an AC router or gigabit ethernet you should be fine.

Do you recommend any cheap NAS that works? Does it need to have processing power for encoding streams? Or that is done via Shield?

Synology products are nice. You order the hard drive(s) separately.
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