Hi, just wondering is it possible to play video files from your PC over the wireless network on your mobile? Can anyone tell me how? do you need some third party software? Thanks.
I do it from time to time. I have PopcornHour media player in network and also my PC has some movies. I'm using 11g, not 11n network.
Just use regular share on your PC to make it available on network. Then ... I'm using Resco Explorer and map that share from PC or PopcornHour very much like you do in PC.
After that you just open file using CorePlayer. Currently watching "Friends". I'm not recoding it for HTC HD, just using same AVI file for PC and HTC HD. Works OK.
Your results may vary ... different network, and more important ... bitrate of movies. I watch "Friends" OK, but had to recode to mp4 for "Sopranos".
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I have a WiFi SD card in my iMate Jam. Viewing movies through the Wifi card is possible but the datatransfer of the pocketmovies is just a little too much for the Wifi card (or the Jam) (pauzes during playback). So I'm looking for a streaming video server for my PC so I can regulate the bitrate the movies are broadcast.
Has any1 suggustion on what program to use or how to tackle this problem in another way?
Deadbeef
Don't know if this would do the trick?
http://www.netgear.com/products/details/MP115.php
No, that's not what I mean
The thing you suggest is a video player. I would like to use the mediaplayers available for pocket pc that can play a video from an URL to play a movie or movieplaylist.
I'm looking for a streaming server on my pc that can control bandwidth of the movies, so my WiFi card can accest the bandwidth
Deadbeef
Deadbeef said:
I have a WiFi SD card in my iMate Jam. Viewing movies through the Wifi card is possible but the datatransfer of the pocketmovies is just a little too much for the Wifi card (or the Jam) (pauzes during playback). So I'm looking for a streaming video server for my PC so I can regulate the bitrate the movies are broadcast.
Has any1 suggustion on what program to use or how to tackle this problem in another way?
Deadbeef
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Just encode the movies to a lower bitrate. You can do this with Windows Media Encoder which you can download for free from Microsoft. I thin you find it somewhere among the Windows Media Player pages.
Here's a small tutorial for Windows Media Encoder.
It doesn't do exactly what you asked (this one is more for streaming audio) but it's the same sort of thing should hopefully help!
http://www.jakeludington.com/archives/000217.html
What format media player 10 can play for movie?
I try, and .avi can not play on media player.
thanks
Arto
It plays WindowsMediaVideo (.wmv).
Now, which one is the best format? In term of size and picture/sound quality for small screen? .wmf or .mpg?
Thanks
Arto
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
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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.
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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/
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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.
Is there anyway to stream local media (video/music/images) from your home pc to the HD2 when both of them are connected on the same network?
My N82 and N97 did that flawlessly, (by media server), was wondering if I can do something similar via Tversity installed on my pc.
Thanks.
I'm not aware of a DLNA client for windows mobile, but TVersity comes with a web interface. Why not just use that?
Or, you can use pocket player with the uPNP plugin to stream audio, I am not sure how well video streaming works though as I never could get it to work satisfactoryly.
download tversity for your pc and get tcpmp player for your phone. I have to look into starting a post about this if there isn't one
I am also interested in this feature. I don't understand why Windows mobile doesn't have some sort of media sharing or media extender feature natively. I would like to be able to connect to my wireless network, turn on file sharing, and play a media file on my TV via my Xbox. I know that the HD2 does not have a video output method (such as the Nokia's, Incredible, Evo, etc), so I would hope to at least be able to make up for it wirelessly.
I was doing this exactly last year with my HD1, using the Network Plugin + CorePlayer/TCMCP so it is possible.
Just browse your network on your HD, find the file, and click Play.
For people who also have a Home Theartre set-up powered by a PC, check out GRemote as a great program to browse files on your HD2 and then launch them/control playback on your TV.
Can anyone tell me the best way to view files,video(movies),pics,music over y wifi network. I've tried various apps like upnp along with mobo player and codec add on but it only plays certain files most of my media is not accesable.
I used to use a laptop and watch everything perfectly from my pc downstairs using the windows library share if only was as easy with my xoom. when i try to acces the library the xoom see's the library but only short video content of all my video camera clips nothing is organized as is on my pc. Please help as there doesnt seem to be any info anywhere, Thanks.
Assuming your server is a Windows PC then your best bet is to share the folders your content is kept in then use ES File Explorer to access the network shares. Just opening the files will stream them over wifi for you. I use Dice Player but I'm sure other players work just as well.
(There are also other file explorers out there, I'm just advocating ES because I know it works with streaming).
I can't thank you enough as es explorer is just what i was looking for as it shows my files from my windows pc as a laptop would.
The only problem i have now is that it wont open my movie files when i go to these files i get a message 'login failure this may be caused by : -the account has no permissions, any advice would be great thanks andy.
Fofgot to mention i can play all my music , pics, and smaller vieo clips which is a lot more than before it's just the files with my movies in that i cant access without the above error message.
Yes !!
for me i use this:
- PS3 Media server on my Computer (share all media from your computer to all devices by network wifi/lan)
and i can play simultany on my play3 & Xoom
-Skifta on my Xoom (DLNA client/server) it does both
-DICE Player (play mkv 720p) only who work fine (but it's paying)
but i've used before MOBOPLAYER who work fine too but no sound in mkv
MX Video PLayer it's ok too
I still get the error message when i try to play my movies some are avi and some mkv but i dont even get as far as seeing the video file , i dont get passed opening the movie file itself, surely someone out there knows please help. Also i looked on google and apparently if you turn off the anonymous function and use a user name and password from my pc it will work but where do you find the username and password as i didnt realise i had one on my pc.
As I told someone else, plex media server plus the android app works like a dream if you have all your movies/tv shows in one spot.
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I can't thank you enough as es explorer is just what i was looking for as it shows my files from my windows pc as a laptop would.
The only problem i have now is that it wont open my movie files when i go to these files i get a message 'login failure this may be caused by : -the account has no permissions, any advice would be great thanks andy.
Fofgot to mention i can play all my music , pics, and smaller vieo clips which is a lot more than before it's just the files with my movies in that i cant access without the above error message.
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This will probably be because of Windows file or share permissions. In ES File Explorer, you can edit the server properties and put in your Windows username and password. It may also require the domain field to be filled in, which if it's just a normal home PC and not connected to a domain, would be your PC's hostname.
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I use ES Explorer for streaming from my server while on my home network and Plex for streaming when I'm on a different network (i.e. 4G, someone elses WiFi).
Zumocast.
There is a version floating around on the xda forums that is compatible with the xoom.
Nobody here mentioned it and I don't know why.
It allows you to stream and download files from your computer over any network.
It's speed is dependant on your connection.
Best of all. It's free
Stop reading and download it.
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im still trying to figure this. I run Nero media home on my server and my ps3 and n900 pick it up fine, anything on my xoom doesn't see it.
PS3 Media Server
I use PS3 Media Server and the free UPnPPlay app on my Xoom (as well as other Android devices), and RockPlayer Lite to watch the video, which works great.
PS3 MS is very configurable so I can use it to serve up videos to the TV, PS3, Xoom or other Androids at home, at varying levels of video quality, all from the one Windows box.
I use Skifta. Its free - just install on both PC and xoom. Simple config and uses your favorite player
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zumacast works fine
I would second that suggestion about zumacast. It works fine on the xoom.
I use Es Explorer just add your pc like server, not able to play 1080 but 720 play really smooth
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Why not just use File Manager HD it supports SMB
create a shortcut to your smb share
and install bs player or something
Thats how i do it
even though i have upnp servers in the house
Qloud is free and works over wifi and 3g/4g.....amazing program
what app do u guys use? I use vlc direct pro. Tried plex also.
Vlc used to work but for some reason it wont anymore.
Plex is way picky and the results were pixeli.
Any tips? I used to have this stream server on my pc to watch on iphone. It was called streamtome. Very easy to setup and very stable. Great for watching movies even outside your network.
Is there any similar app for android?
PS: necermind. Found an app called Emit. Runs perfect
I am using BS Player on my network and it has been working very well.
Are you running the Emit server on your PC?
I have a Samba share on my home network and have been wondering what's the best way for my Note to stream from that over WiFi... anyone know if any of the video client/server programs like Emit/VLC/Plex etc can stream directly from Samba?
I doubt it as Android doesn't natively support CIFS, but it's worth asking!
My computer is Linux with smb shares but no special app running other than that. Bs player streams the files with no issues.
ES file explorer.
Just share your folder on your PC or NAS and open the file from the Network tab on ES file explorer.
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