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How to Stream Video from PC to Desire

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?

Stream video from NAS

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...

jparker36 said:
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.

[Q] Video streaming apps

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.

jparker36 said:
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.

[SOLVED] Play media file over network share? (windows share, SAMBA)

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.

dwallersv said:
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?

How to view videos on my pc over wifi network on my xoom

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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marno17 said:
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.
P.S... use the thanks button

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.
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

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
Enviado desde mi Xoom usando Tapatalk

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