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Shoutcast on HD2 ??

What player would i use to stream shout cast or .pls files ???

r0ck09 said:
What player would i use to stream shout cast or .pls files ???
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Kinoma FreePlay (the free version of KinomaPlay) includes access to a bunch of shoutcast channels, and I believe it launches by default when you try to directly play .pls files. Both the free and paid versions are available on the Microsoft Marketplace. The paid version gives you access to a few more file formats, etc, but I've gotten by just fine with the free version. Also, it works great as a client for Orb (service to stream media from your home PC or server)

Awesome. I came from Iphone3gs to Moto Droid to HD2. Its doing everything i need it to do and with style. Love my HD2. XDA is an amazing site with people doing nothing but helping. Thanks guys.

r0ck09 said:
Awesome. I came from Iphone3gs to Moto Droid to HD2. Its doing everything i need it to do and with style. Love my HD2. XDA is an amazing site with people doing nothing but helping. Thanks guys.
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Glad to help!
In case my plug above wasn't clear enough lol...I highly recommend Orb, I haven't found a better way to very very easily stream media from my home PC, which is one of the capabilities of my winmo phone that I love showing off the most!

I will try that out. I have a big Collection at home would be nice on the go without storing on the phone.

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I will try that out. I have a big Collection at home would be nice on the go without storing on the phone.
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Bingo!
It's crazy simple too, you just install the client on your PC, let it index your media, and then you can just sign into your account from anywhere via the client on the phone, and reference your media by artist, genre, etc or even just whatever folder(s) you have it in. It works on video as well as audio, but the video streaming is subject to normal reductions in quality related to streaming.

GSplayer or Pocket Player*
*shareware

Stream video from PC --> android

since i sold my iphone to buy a desire there has only been one thing that i have missed having. and that is being able to stream video content from my pc over my home wifi network onto my phone. i did this with an app called air video on the iphone. it converted all video while streaming it so i could play my divx videos from pc onto my phone anywhere in range of my wifi network without having to convert them first.
is there anything that lets me do this for android?

Gmote 2.0 will do this for you
Be warned need to have the right player for the file extension.
i.e. cant play .avi files as android doesnt have a good player etc..

I do this using stock apps on my phone, and a simple webserver on the other end.
I've done this with relative ease...
Any modern webserver with directory browsing enabled (IIS7/Apache)
Ability to modify/add content types within the webserver
Local cache of h264 or 3gp media (i.e. streamable)
Browse to movie using any browser on your Desire and stream over WiFi
** Addition **
IIS7 (possible with Apache as well)
ICYBOX IB-NAS4220B (Any SMB/NFS/CIFS NAS Box will work)
Directory browsing enabled
Symbolic Link (Virtual Directory) to NAS box share over LAN
Browse to movie using any browser on your Desire and stream over WiFi
If you need a hand attempting this, chuck me a PM...
p.s. If you're running a windoze box, then you have IIS already.

use TVersity on your computer..and then you can just point your phone to the given IP address..save it as a bookmark in your phones browser... or shortcut

Phil750123 said:
Gmote 2.0 will do this for you
Be warned need to have the right player for the file extension.
i.e. cant play .avi files as android doesnt have a good player etc..
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Rockplayer will play AVI

use androstream or vlc stream and convert

Well the best and easiest way i figured out, was making the movie folder accessible to the Network and connect to the folder through the Cifsmanager. As player I use pLayer, which is really the best player for Android.

You could always try VLC-Shares.
It does have a fair amount of setup though.
http://code.google.com/p/vlc-shares/

This might be dead already, but try Vplayer.

As affmalg, CifsPlayer, then browse your network files as if they were on your phone = so simple

Use Opera Unite with Stream Media add-on ... works on Windows and Linux and streams everything as flash ... work really good on my HTC Desire

http://www.plexapp.com/
I liked the look of this and downloaded the PC side of it to realise that all I wanted do was access my photos in a nice graphical interface. Upon setting up this is for movies only...
Unless someone can confirm otherwise, the android app side of it costs approx £2.99

thank you very much. i know im in the wrong place (same goal, gtab 10.1) but gmote worked beautifully. even loaded up the built in subtitles when i played with moboplayer.

TheRavenGod said:
Use Opera Unite with Stream Media add-on ... works on Windows and Linux and streams everything as flash ... work really good on my HTC Desire
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That sounds interesting. I'm going to test it soon.
Thanks for the hint..

http://www.appbrain.com/app/littleplayer/fr.mydedibox.littleplayerpro
works like a charm, it's awesome and simple.

Not sure if this has been recommended. I saw a gadget called Wireless Media Stick that can help you with this.
Go here hsti.com/stick/
The won recently in Electronics Expo and is now running a limited time $20 discount promo on their product. Check them out.

Hello,
Install a samba server on your pc.
On the mobile use cifs and local player like "arcmedia" or my favorite "moboplayer"
Simple and faster. I use it often
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I'm using VLC (H.264+MP4)+port forwarding+VPlayer for streaming analoge TV channels. Works fine

Gmote 2.0 and the arcMedia player works very well for me. It's a painless install and set up procedure too.
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This might be of interest to some of you. I use DLNA to stream to my phone from my PC and NAS and also to show photos and video from my phone on my TV!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169349
I was hoping to update the guide a bit last weekend but didn't get the chance.

[Q] how do u stream movies wirelessly on a vista pc to your acer a500

hi,is it possible to stream movies wirelessly from a vista laptop onto the a500 through the home network? if yes,how do i set it up? cos i've tried everything

Well if you plan to use only on the home network their clear.fi app works. For remote access I have been using subsonic it does require a donation to allow video streaming
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Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.

I am using plex and it works very well.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

lord_voldemort666 said:
Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.
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that is windows side setting.
but I have to say I cease use clear.fi because I was getting some unwanted folder.
I will try to set when I got time to set my windows...
I am going to install win7 64bits soon so...

crajoh said:
I am using plex and it works very well.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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How in the heck did you get plex to work? Did you change the default player to something else? If so how?
I load a movie and it times out on every one. When I contacted the makers of plex they say that it is not working on the acer yet and offer a refund.

I use ps3 media server on the pc and upnplay which is free from the android market for the A500 , The ps3 media server trans-codes on the fly and I use mobo player from upn to play the content. easy as 123 setup and works perfectly and also means I can play any file type. 1080p is a bit jerky but 720p is as smooth as silk. Did I mention its all free

lord_voldemort666 said:
Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.
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my videos pooped right up mine are also in the video folder in my documents

I have PlayOn running on a desktop machine and the PlayOn app on my A500 and Thunderbolt. Works very well over wifi.
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I think that the Acer app only shows/shares the stuff you have in my documents. So you can't watch movies through it if you have them on another HD (like I do sadly).

I am able to see all of my share's on any of my drives. But my home network is wide open on this side of the router.
Might check your sharing settings on you pc, and your firewall if applicable.

i do recomend subsonic wholely just a one time donation unoocks video streaming. you select the folders to share music and movies and the app is free on android and one port needed to be opened to view from anywhere tablet phone or say work computer. also to with the ability to download the content to

I have tried:
Plex: Works but slow as hell and it didn't let me skip a part of the movie so I had to watch every movie from the start.
Subsonic: IMHO a Plex clone so I didn't bother with it and I couldn't test it to see if it streams movies any better.
Upnplay: Ugly and clunky interface but it does stream movies from any UPNP server without installing any additional software and it's free. It uses your default browser and it can skip in a movie so I'm using that. It's not pretty but it does work well.

bpivk said:
I have tried:
Plex: Works but slow as hell and it didn't let me skip a part of the movie so I had to watch every movie from the start.
Subsonic: IMHO a Plex clone so I didn't bother with it and I couldn't test it to see if it streams movies any better.
Upnplay: Ugly and clunky interface but it does stream movies from any UPNP server without installing any additional software and it's free. It uses your default browser and it can skip in a movie so I'm using that. It's not pretty but it does work well.
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Well if u didn't try streaming with subsonic how do u have an opinion. Works great for me streams great except for blueray rips bit rate is a tab large most likely my mobile connection
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BrianDigital said:
Well if u didn't try streaming with subsonic how do u have an opinion. Works great for me streams great except for blueray rips bit rate is a tab large most likely my mobile connection
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I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.

root your Iconia
setup nls_utf8 and cifs module
mount cifs share using mount manager
use moboplayer to play all the content
Never had a single problem!

bpivk said:
I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.
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whoa buddy don't be so defensive, i was inquiring how you could make an opinion without trying it

bpivk said:
I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.
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Subsonic is free to try, the app is much more intuitive than the web interface when used on an Android device (the web interface of any program that also provides a native application will be much less intuitive on any platform). I'm not saying there is anything wrong with forming an opinion such as yours, but I will say Subsonic and Plex are two different products, trying one piece of one product and using that as a reason to dismiss another different (and competing) product is just being ignorant. If you want to be ignorant, run with it, but don't ask for peoples advice and opinions and simply dismiss them based on your own ignorance. Or, just don't ask for advice if you aren't willing to listen to it. Oh.. wait, that's right.. this isn't even your thread, troll.
Now, as for the OP, if this is simply to watch inside your own network, things like Subsonic, Plex, etc. are more than what you need. All you really need is what mrvanes outlined, or even just a file manager that supports network shares (like File Manager HD, File Expert, EStrongs, etc). Browse to your media and open it (a good file manager will not require to copy to local first) with the program of your choosing.

nasimdejai said:
hi,is it possible to stream movies wirelessly from a vista laptop onto the a500 through the home network? if yes,how do i set it up? cos i've tried everything
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I've been using Buzz Player that reads all shared folders (SAMBA), its not without its problems, but it works for me.

i have tried them all upnp streams every format avi mp4 mkv audio codecs like ac3 stream beautifully..its free and i acess from any network ...

[Q] streaming video over home network

Right I own a lacie cinema hd (i think thats whats it called) which is like a hard drive that plugs
Into your tv. But it can also be used like a NAS drive for streaming media over my home network for example I can stream moviea to my ps3.
Just wondering if anyone knows of any decents apps or any other way I could maybe stream
Them to my phone.
it would make a great little telly at the side of my bed using the dock

+1, air video server worked a charm for my old iPhone but haven't found a decent android replacement.
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Not seen anything on Android that fits that description.
Just transfer anything you want on to your sd beforehand.
Then there's always Dr. Who on BBC iPlayer!

If you have a PS3, you can use the Multimedia Server app in order to stream things. It works pretty nicely.

Nhialor said:
+1, air video server worked a charm for my old iPhone but haven't found a decent android replacement.
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I have put in a request for them to make an Android version. I love this app on my iPhone and iPad.

DeadlyDazza said:
Not seen anything on Android that fits that description.
Just transfer anything you want on to your sd beforehand.
Then there's always Dr. Who on BBC iPlayer!
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Transfering movies to my sd card is tiresome and annoying thats why im interested
in streaming. It would save alot of time as i have a good sized library of content from films to tv series like SOA. it would be handy to just be able to stream anything when i felt like it
And dr who lol.
Surprised there is nothing out there for android fitting the bill

On android we don't need a transcoding application running on our PC..
Visit This thread. From there instal cifs manager from the market, share a folder on your pc then mount that share on your sdcard
Stream from pc in any app that supports the format
If you guys would like a more detailed guide I could make one... a thanks or a donation towards blagus's new device wouldn't hurt
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FrAsErTaG said:
On android we don't need a transcoding application running on our PC..
Visit This thread. From there instal cifs manager from the market, share a folder on your pc then mount that share on your sdcard
Stream from pc in any app that supports the format
If you guys would like a more detailed guide I could make one... a thanks or a donation towards blagus's new device wouldn't hurt
Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium App
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I dont want to stream from pc tho I want to stream from an network connected nas drive is that possible this way?

-josh- said:
I dont want to stream from pc tho I want to stream from an network connected nas drive is that possible this way?
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thats no different to streaming from a PC, it will work fine if your nas is sharing via cifs/smb which Im sure it would be if you don't know what im talking about
You can get even fancier and setup a vpn at your house and connect to your pc via cifs over the vpn... but ill leave that for another day

Try UPnPlay in the Android marketplace. It sees all my computers. It works great for me. You can navigate through folders on any networked device and then select an app to play the file. I've heard that ES File Explorer can work as well but I use UPnPlay all the time to stream from all my devices. It won't transcode like Air Video Server but it helps get the job done.
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goalweiser said:
Try UPNP in the Android marketplace. It sees all my computers and my PS3. It works great for me. You can navigate through folders on any networked device and then select an app to play the file. I've heard that ES File Explorer can work as well but I use UPNP all the time to stream from all my devices.
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Second that, UPnPlay for all your streaming needs.

The problem I have is that in windows Vista and 7 I can’t share any folders not on the C: drive. I have 3 one terabyte drives. C:, E: and D:. Every time I share a non C drive it always tells me I don’t have permissions to access that share when I try to open it from another PC. The same goes for external drives. They all have the same permissions set.
I have never had problems
Streaming” from those drives.
P.S. Folder sharing should never be called streaming. It confuses the noobs.

UPnPlay sounds good im gonna try that out now I just need a decent video player that supports
Avi lol
edit: OK using Upnplay in conjunction with mobo player works flawlessly now watching bad lieutenant over
my home network quality
Thankyou for your replys

Getting Video from my PC to GT10.1v

Hi There!
I am looking for a very quick and easy WiFi friendly way to get video's from my PC to my GT. I am thinking something as simple as click an icon on my GT and see the videos stored on my PC, and then be able to click to play them.
I have TVersity, but it requires logging into the web browser, authenticating, scrolling through, clicking and waiting for transcoding, and it's pretty rough in terms of quality.
Something almost like a FTP or Dropbox (Local Wifi version) would be ideal.

networkn said:
Hi There!
I am looking for a very quick and easy WiFi friendly way to get video's from my PC to my GT. I am thinking something as simple as click an icon on my GT and see the videos stored on my PC, and then be able to click to play them.
I have TVersity, but it requires logging into the web browser, authenticating, scrolling through, clicking and waiting for transcoding, and it's pretty rough in terms of quality.
Something almost like a FTP or Dropbox (Local Wifi version) would be ideal.
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I've read about an app like this but i can't remember what it was for the life of me...

check out BUZZ Player in marked

Has anyone tried plex?

Gmote is the best app for that
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The "best" app for this will always be debatable. Just find one that suits your fancy.

you want to stream the videos?
I use Emit from the market. there is a free version and a pro version without ads (only difference i can see). I use it all the time and it works great. You just need to install the client on your PC and show it which folders you want to view.

es File Explorer works well for me
networkn said:
Hi There!
I am looking for a very quick and easy WiFi friendly way to get video's from my PC to my GT. I am thinking something as simple as click an icon on my GT and see the videos stored on my PC, and then be able to click to play them.
I have TVersity, but it requires logging into the web browser, authenticating, scrolling through, clicking and waiting for transcoding, and it's pretty rough in terms of quality.
Something almost like a FTP or Dropbox (Local Wifi version) would be ideal.
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es File Explorer works well for me
https:// market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop

jastop said:
es File Explorer works well for me
https:// market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
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Doesn't play MKV's unfortunately. Just tried Plex and it seems to work great (although you do need the software on your PC). That'll do

Mount a shared drive onto your tab via cifs and watch using any media player.
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Gmote.
Bonus is you can use it as a remote for your PC.

For streaming video from my desktop to my Tab, I'm using VLC (on the desktop) and VLC Direct Pro (on the Tab). It works fine with .avi and .mkv I have yet to test it with other formats (like .mp4 etc.).
You must have VLC runing on your desktop and you have to enable a certain setting (can't remember what it is, sorry, but when you start VLC Direct on the Tab it will prompt you to enable the setting in VLC on your computer).
VLC for desktop is free, but if you want more than a few minutes of video on the Tab, you need VLC Direct Pro (not just VLC direct) which is about $3.