I swear this worked some time ago on some media player, and I'm not having some "Smoke Two Joints" hazy recollection (fun song, BTW )
Anyone know how to make it possible to play a media file via a network share on our Epics? I can easily access network shares via Astro with the SMB module, or ES File Explorer, and I suspect many other file browsers. However, to play them, I have to copy them over local. The stock video player (which I prefer) barfs on network files.
For a 1GB 720p typical one-hour TV show, this is a real pain. My home network and the Epic have plenty of bandwidth to stream files like this and keep up with real-time playing.
So, anyone know how to make this work? App that I need? Particular media player that works?
Thanks!
EDIT: Solution: CIFSManager, available in the market. You'll need to be rooted, though.
Sounds like a cool app if it exists. Can't remember if samsung allshare did that.
You will have to mount the samba partition, but you need a compatible kernel with cifsmanager and I don't know if we have that yet.
The other option is to run a streaming service on your pc.
Quick google found these options for streaming from pc:
Tversity + nswPlayer
Skifta
VLC Stream
gTen said:
You will have to mount the samba partition, but you need a compatible kernel with cifsmanager and I don't know if we have that yet.
The other option is to run a streaming service on your pc.
Quick google found these options for streaming from pc:
Tversity + nswPlayer
Skifta
VLC Stream
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Man, I such a lazy fock sometimes. After posting this thread, I then bothered to search around on the net, and found several threads on various boards about CIFSManager. That's the ticket -- it's awesome, and does exactly what I was looking for.
Now to set up a VPN tunnel into my WinXP box so I can use this from outside my home network too!
BTW, CIFSManager working like a charm with Bonsai 4.0.0. I'd guess it works with 4.0.1 too (can't go there yet because of Voodoo sound, which is fabulous, but screws my homegrown ALSA-based balance control -- I have hearing loss in my right ear).
Only problem found is I get an error trying to unmount shares. Big woop. Reboot.
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Man, I such a lazy fock sometimes. After posting this thread, I then bothered to search around on the net, and found several threads on various boards about CIFSManager. That's the ticket -- it's awesome, and does exactly what I was looking for.
Now to set up a VPN tunnel into my WinXP box so I can use this from outside my home network too!
BTW, CIFSManager working like a charm with Bonsai 4.0.0. I'd guess it works with 4.0.1 too (can't go there yet because of Voodoo sound, which is fabulous, but screws my homegrown ALSA-based balance control -- I have hearing loss in my right ear).
Only problem found is I get an error trying to unmount shares. Big woop. Reboot.
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Anybody know a good vpn server for linux? So many varieties I don't know which one is best for use with cifs...
cd's or tapes?
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It is like Air Video but very Complex
though i got it to work on my HTC Desire
To Download
VLC Stream and Convert -- free download from market
guide
http://traveldevel.com/
Vlc works very good. Streaming mkv without probs.
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Another option, but not technically "Streaming" is to use CifsManager.
You can mount network shares, and Android will see them like they are on the phone.
I can't remember exactly how i did it, but it is fairly easy.
From memory, after you have configured the network share and a mount point in CifsManager, you can open the file using the Cifs File explorer, and then play it with a program such as vPlayer or Rockplayer
You will need to have Root to do this.
let me know if you need a hand with this.
Just got VLC Stream to work.
Seems to work quite nicely once you've fiddled with the settings :-D
Will test out a long video now.
That CifsManager sounds interesting too.
VLCSC is a great program. I have it working within my home network and streaming via VPN over 3G, but am unable to stream via VPN over wifi, that is, I can't stream from my home network to another network (say, my work network). Has anyone successfully achieved this?
Any way that anyone has working for video to stream from their nas? I want to lay in bed and watch my videos, but I cannot for the life of me get them to play. Tried ES file explorer, File Expert, vplayer, rockplayer uni, rockplayer lite, built in player. I can find the videos just fine, but it will not play them. Looks like file expert tries to open them in a web page, then crashes back to the folder on the nas.
Looking for the same answer as well lol
got to be something on the market place that works
You will need a rooted xoom. Install the cifs.ko module from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974343&highlight=cifs
Then use the program cifsmanager that can be found in the market to mount your shares. I tested it last night and was streaming .avi files from my NAS. HD video that played fine locally was having a little trouble streaming. I'll have to work on finding the optimal transcode settings.
Hope this helps
boom, I didn't know that cifs worked on the xoom.
I'll update in 10 min if it works
cifsmanager is a little tricky though, I was unable to launch it from the shortcut created in the launcher. I had to launch it from inside the market.
how did you set it up? I cannot get it to connect to the nas, it is saying it failed b/c "no such device"
That error means the cifs module isn't loaded. Click on menu then settings. I checked the Load cifs module and the Load via insmod boxes. Reboot (or kill the application with a task killer), start it back up and it should work.
still no dice. i have the ip of the nas in the share path, the mount point is /mnt/sdcard/Movies
all other fields blank. Am I missing something?
I dream to have AirVideo ported from iOS.
Wondering why no Android developer created something similar
You will be rich for creating such app for Android! Being the first!
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why doesnt anybody use "orb" to stream their videos? am i missing something? it works fine for me. tried it last night on my xoom. i have live tv and all of my downloaded movies working for me
I think you're missing the share name. For instance, the first field should read something along the lines of 192.168.0.2/e (e being the share name). Mount point is fine (I think. I have mine mounted to /mnt/cifs/e)
orb is the best thing to use streaming video. and its also web based
not working still, now saying mount: invalid argument
//192.168.1.70/movies
/mnt/sdcard/movies
Do any of the media players on the Xoom support UPnP (DLNA)? If so, you might be able to use something like PS3 Media Server.
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
The server shouldn't have // in front of the ip address.
my nas is already setup for dlna and itunes server, so anything that works with those would sync up to them. Sucks that apple has this working so well and we can't get it.
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The server shouldn't have // in front of the ip address.
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Tried it both ways, still invalid argument error.
After doing some reading, try putting in the computers login name and password. (if the computer doesn't have a login name/password, create a user (with a password) and give them access to the share) That should hopefully take care of that error. (I never encountered this error, but I had a username/password)
is the issue that i'm trying to access a NAS and not a pc? So you have it working to a shared folder on your pc...
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Any way that anyone has working for video to stream from their nas? I want to lay in bed and watch my videos, but I cannot for the life of me get them to play. Tried ES file explorer, File Expert, vplayer, rockplayer uni, rockplayer lite, built in player. I can find the videos just fine, but it will not play them. Looks like file expert tries to open them in a web page, then crashes back to the folder on the nas.
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I have a (free) MP4 Streaming Server app that runs a website on your (windows) computer. I also have a few sample-videos (look in the NOOKcolor section. I havent had a cvhance to make samples for the Xoom yet) on my website that are streamable, located on an apache webserver. Just visit the site on your Xoom, and tap the mp4 links.
For MP4 files to stream, the quicktime "fast start" atom needs to be enabled, and the location on the webserver of where they are located needs to have executable permissions.
I have been looking in to this, as my Xoom comes in tomorrow, and Im just wondering if someone has been successful in streaming video to their Xoom.
I have a Tversity server running on my PC - any apps that can browse and stream from the TVERSITY library?
I have seen an app like gmote 2.0, and UpNp app - do these work to stream movies and TV shows from my computer server to the XOOM?
Sorry if this is already discussed elsewhere, I did a few searches but nothing is specific for the xoom that I saw.
I dont care about 3g streaming - just want wifi streaming.
Basically - recommendations for MEDIA SERVER ON PC (like tversity) to stream movies onto android.
I'm assuming your pc is on your home network (duh) and you are willing to share the folders. Use cifsmanager and mount the shared folder to the xoom, then with any media player on the xoom it will see the folder, open it and can play the files. No need to set up a server, just have the pc on. It will even work off a nas. Thats how i'm running it, you can find a thread started by me on this subject with how I got it working.
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I'm assuming your pc is on your home network (duh) and you are willing to share the folders. Use cifsmanager and mount the shared folder to the xoom, then with any media player on the xoom it will see the folder, open it and can play the files. No need to set up a server, just have the pc on. It will even work off a nas. Thats how i'm running it, you can find a thread started by me on this subject with how I got it working.
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Thanks for the reply
Was wondering if the CIFSmanager works without rooting? I dont think im gonna root right away, and I wanted a solution in the meantime
UPnPlay works great for what you are looking to do.
I wondering what does Clear fi and Media Server apps does and how can i best use them ?
Update - I was able to figure out what clear fi app is all about but now that brings me to my next question. how come i am not seeing any computers on the same network in clear fi app. i have Windows and Mac computers connected to the same wifi network
Well, clear.fi doesn't really work too well unless your media servers are other Acer products, it seems. It saw my servers once, the first time I opened it, and never again -- and that time it wouldn't show any files anyway.
You're better off just getting Skifta or uPnPlay from the market for media server browsing; they have the additional advantage that they'll open your videos in an external player of your choice, so you can play a wider range of formats. (I personally like MoboPlayer; make sure you get the Tegra 2 codec pack for it.)
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Well, clear.fi doesn't really work too well unless your media servers are other Acer products, it seems. It saw my servers once, the first time I opened it, and never again -- and that time it wouldn't show any files anyway.
You're better off just getting Skifta or uPnPlay from the market for media server browsing; they have the additional advantage that they'll open your videos in an external player of your choice, so you can play a wider range of formats. (I personally like MoboPlayer; make sure you get the Tegra 2 codec pack for it.)
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Thanks for the reply and since i dont have acer laptops that means clear fi is done lol and will i be able to find the mobo player codec in the market as well ?
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will i be able to find the mobo player codec in the market as well ?
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Yup. The player should give you the option to grab the codec pack after install.
My ClearFi app see my pcs just fine. Not sure if it matters but my network is only firewalled at the poe (point of entry, e.g. router). I didn't have to alter or make changes to anything.
For those stubborn video files that won't play over the network using ClearFi I simply browse the network using ES File Explorer then open with my favorite player. If you don't already have ES, please consider grabbing it from the market. It is absolutely one of my most used apps.
Hello all. I have a Go flex home network storage device with loads of movies in avi format. I'm trying to find a way to stream these movies from my NAS to my nexus 10 without having to convert the files. I would also like to do this when I'm on the go, so if I'm tethered from my phone to my tablet I can use that connection to stream. Does anyone know of an app or setup that can accomodate this?
I store most of my content on my PC and use EMiT to stream it to my N7 not got my N10 yet but will let you know when it arrives also mobile data in my area sucks so i cant comment there but over wifi its pretty damn flawless
Thanks for the input. Mobile data strong here in Melbourne Florida so....I'm going to check out emit. I've never heard of it. I'll let you know how it goes.
Bubbleunpnp?
Can't you use xbmc for that? I've never done it but I thought that was a big thing with xbmc
Edit: yes grab xbmc from here http://xbmc.org/download/ you should be able to pick up your nas
App: BS Player is able to see your Nas file structure and plays almost all video codecs.
All of these are viable options but I'm not too network savvy and they don't have a lot of support for help. EMit looked the easiest to set up, and I actually got it connected, but the playback is incredibly slow. I got xbmc on the tablet, but I can't seem to connect to the network drive. I can't figure out what port the nas is using. Simply an lost trying to configure bsplayer. I'm going with xbmc for the moment, gonna google around and see what I can find. I'll post what I find.
With Bsplayer just go to menu and click LAN mode... It should scan and find you nas... Forgot about this one
Got BS Player working on my home network. Gave up on xbmc, it seemed to only work on home network. I'm trying to get it off mobile data. Still playing with BS player....
Oooh I didn't realize you were trying to get it off mobile data... Can't help ya there bro lol good luck
That's what I get for speed reading the OP lol
Thanks....does anyone know much about samba?
All I know is ES explorer will pick up anything that is using the samba protocol...
Yeah, I noticed that. I know I tried to download it, and I don't seem to be able to find an already compiled copy. Just to source to compile myself, which I don't know how to do. I know I'm missing something. There has got to be a way to stream music and movies from an nas to this thing. What really sucks is that nas came with an app on the market (goflex access), but I was broke by 4.2.2 and is no longer supported as the device is no longer manufactured.
I'm going to bed. More work on this tomorrow.
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Thanks....does anyone know much about samba?
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Several apps come with their own SAMBA/CIFS drivers for accessing that type of network share.
1) The fore mentioned ES File Explorer
2) XBMC (I have been using the ARM7 HW accelerated experimental version)
3) Mizuu - Movies & TV shows
4) MovieBrowser UPnP/DLNA
If you require native Samba/CIFS support for Android 4.2.2 things are a lot trickier due to multi-user support. You require a Custom ROM. Here is an explanation and a custom ROM with that capability built in.