Is there a way to stream/play videos to my Nexus 7 from my phone(HTC Thunderbolt). Due to the storage limitation on the Nexus 7, I figured this might be a good solution to get around it. I want to be able to stream the media without connecting to a network/router because I spend a lot of time commuting.
I've successfully connected to my phone by FTPing using 3G/4G by tethering my phone to the tablet. I can stably transfer files at 2-2.5 MB/s which sure as hell beats Bluetooth and should be adequate to stream videos. Using ES File Explorer, I've connected to my phone using the same method and it lets me play files directly off my phone using the MX Player. Great.
Of course it's not that easy or else I wouldn't have my this thread. When I try to seek it gives me an error, "Sorry, video cannot be played". The message is persistent once it shows up and the only way to fix it is to reconnect to the network.
Any ideas on how I can get around this limitation? I can't imagine I'm the only one who's attempted to do something like this. Thanks.
I installed samba filesharing (in play store) onto my Galaxy S (CM9). This allows you to access your phone's storage while tethered by wifi to it. No router is required. For playing the video I use BS Player. Seeking works well and even 720p mkv runs without a problem.
Great! I'll give that a try and report back with the results. Thanks!
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It works! I simply installed Samba Filesharing on my phone then with my tablet tethered scanned using the LAN settings on ES File Explorer. Works like a charm. Thank you so much!
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Hey everyone I was wondering if anyone knows a way to stream videos from my HTC thunderbolt's SD card? For instance when I'm on a long trip and want to have more than 16GB worth of movies ready to go without an internet connection I want to know if I can set up a network between my thunderbolt and N7 so the tablet can access my 32GB sd on the phone. I successfully got HD movies to stream from my home network's 2TB shared drive to the N7 by using ES file explorer with MX video player. I have tried using WIFI file explorer to turn my phone into a server, but I can't seem to get anything to "open" without downloading completely to the local drive of my N7.
Hello,
I have imito mx2 with fineless 2.0 rom,
I use es explorer and to stream videos from my computer to my stick that connected to tv.
When i open a movie (that is located on my pc), the video player (vlc, mx ,mobo,dice , i've tried all of them) stop working after approx. 15 minutes with no error, just stop the movie and i have to reload it again.
When i copy the movie to the stick everything is working fine, so its not a problem with the video player.
the wifi connection is strong signal and the the internet should be enough for a movie (download of 10mbps, so it can't be the problem.)
I just thought that maybe the wifi stop for few seconds and return, but because it happens all the time in almost specific time (after 13-15 minutes) its not reasonable.
I'll glad to hear your suggestion how to solve it.
Thanks
h1990h said:
Hello,
I have imito mx2 with fineless 2.0 rom,
I use es explorer and to stream videos from my computer to my stick that connected to tv.
When i open a movie (that is located on my pc), the video player (vlc, mx ,mobo,dice , i've tried all of them) stop working after approx. 15 minutes with no error, just stop the movie and i have to reload it again.
When i copy the movie to the stick everything is working fine, so its not a problem with the video player.
the wifi connection is strong signal and the the internet should be enough for a movie (download of 10mbps, so it can't be the problem.)
I just thought that maybe the wifi stop for few seconds and return, but because it happens all the time in almost specific time (after 13-15 minutes) its not reasonable.
I'll glad to hear your suggestion how to solve it.
Thanks
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Have you tried using XBMC? If not, recommend you try that using an advancedsettings.xml which forces buffering.
you might want o check the WMM/QoS settings on your wireless router, enable WMM and set the QoS policy for your specific device.
You could also use Mount Manager or any other similar program and mount your Pc shared folders as local drives. I'm doing that with my mx2 and Mx-Player and works perfectly and immediately, not needing to download to a temp file like Es explorer do.
I have several mkv files on my 64GB sd card thats in my galaxy s4 and would like to simply use my nexus 10 with mxplayer pro and stream any of those mkvs from the phone to the tablet. I can't believe how unbelievably difficult this is. I do NOT want to transfer the file because there is no space on the nexus to copy any one of these mkv's over, is there anything out there that would allow streaming via wifi direct? Blows my mind how simple file sharing/streaming is made so difficult between android devices.
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I have several mkv files on my 64GB sd card thats in my galaxy s4 and would like to simply use my nexus 10 with mxplayer pro and stream any of those mkvs from the phone to the tablet. I can't believe how unbelievably difficult this is. I do NOT want to transfer the file because there is no space on the nexus to copy any one of these mkv's over, is there anything out there that would allow streaming via wifi direct? Blows my mind how simple file sharing/streaming is made so difficult between android devices.
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I'm new here and certainly no expert but I was trying to figure out how to get my s4 to connect Ad-hoc to my laptop. Finally after searching and being told it couldn't be done without editing code I realized I was going at it from the wrong side. I found a program that turns my laptop into a virtual router and I use Samba to make my droid visible on the network so I can stream or file share very easily. There are router apps on the play store. Though I have not tried it, it is worth a shot. GL.
Anybody had or having this issue? I am using TVMC, and I have my video library set up with an SMB share to the Nexus. I will start playing a TV episode and it will stop a few minutes in or halfway through and return back to the episode list. I don't think this has happened with a movie (yet).
I have tried messing with Hardware Acceleration vs Software (one actually works better for streaming sources from outside of my network). Tried clearing out the cache, purging packages. None of these have made any improvements. Thinking I may try to install a vanilla version of Kodi, and maybe also try Gotham.
Did a little searching and haven't found any solutions yet.
This is probably #3 in my disappointments with this device so far along with lack of apps, the Netflix bug, SlingTV's frame rate, and the Live Channels app. Starting to wish I opted for the Fire TV.
Yep Kodi runs like sh.. on my Nexus Player as well.
But on my Shield Tv it runs without any problems.
Video not playing on Kodi
Hi, I had the same problem. My video library is hosted on a Windows 7 PC and connecting over SMB to stream a film would work sometimes but not others. After much research I found the problem to be the network connection to the Windows PC. I found this out by installing ES File explorer on my Android TV and copying a large file to the local storage of the player. The copy would usually start then suddenly stop after a random length of time, additionally the bandwidth was very low. Try this to make sure you can copy a large file to the device without any problems.
I fixed the problem with a combination of solutions. I upgraded the network card drivers of the Windows 7 PC, I purchased an OTG LAN adapter for the Nexus Player and finally I used haneWIN to connect to my media library via NFS rather than SMB.
I now have a rock solid connection.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the responses. I have found that streaming the videos to Kodi via UPnP with Emby works fine. So I am thinking that is a network issue. I have DHCP set up, so I think what I will try is setting a static IP for the Windows PC
I also have one of these Ubee Modem/Router combos, but I have been using my own router. I didn't have the Ubee in bridge mode, which I changed last night. So I will get everything set again like I had it and see if it will play without stopping.
your problem is most likely trying to stream content over wifi. i dont care what anybody says, wifi + streaming media sucks. it can work fine 1 minute and then stop working another regardless of how good your connection may be.
Hey guys! I am having this weird issue where any video I try watching over SMB from my NAS (WD Mycloud Home) crashes after 12~20 minutes and returns me to file directory. I'd normally pin it down on a device issue/network issue however it is occurring ONLY on newer Samsung devices (S9+, and S10+) because on my other myriad of devices like Samsung S6Edge Plus, S7Edge, LG V20, Samsung S5, and Blackberry Keyone the issue doesn't happen and every video plays back flawlessly.
This all started when I upgraded from my S7Edge to a S9+. Since then I changed the Router (Netgear R7000 to a Netgear 8500), bought a new Modem (Old Cable modem to a Fritzbox Cable modem) however it seems to have not changed anything regarding my issue on the Samsung devices. The routers are running DDWRT but I've also had this issue with another NAS as well as stock router firmware.
At first thought it was an issue with MXPlayer but after a lot of communication back and forth and showing the developers Logcat dumps from my phone, they narrowed it down to being caused by my Device. I tried hard resetting the S9+ a couple of times to see if that would help but it didn't change a thing. Also it's not an issue with the WiFi signal either as the videos playback just fine on other devices. I had hoped that getting the S10+ would fix this and that it was just an issue with the S9+ but it turns out the S10+ has it as well.
I have tried other video players like VLC and other file explorers like ES File Explorer, ASUS File explorer, and Total Commander on the S9+, while on the S10 I've tried ASUS File Explorer and EStrong coupled with MXPlayer and VLC.
In the S9Plus, even on fresh hard reset, the preinstalled apps updated and only ASUS File explorer and MXPlayer installed the videos would crash after ~15 Minutes. The default Samsung video player doesn't even play the videos back properly as it buffers and constantly lags.
On the S10Plus, a couple of things I noted was that in the beginning, when I got the phone, ASUS File Explorer used to be able to play back videos (>30 Minutes) but once I updated even the basic preinstalled apps it stopped loading videos, I can select files and MXplayer comes up but its stuck on loading ( I can still access the NAS and see the file structure etc). So I switched over to EStrong through which I can now load the videos and play them fine until they crash back to the file directory 10~15 Minutes in.
I am at my wits end with this, The S9Plus was RMA'ed 4 times till Samsung agreed to refund me and I bought the S10+ with the refunded money.
P.S I've also disabled battery/power saving for the file explorers and video players, as well as put the phone in performance mode. Without this, the videos would play back with a lot of buffering and choppiness (On the S9+ they'd sometimes load for 20 minutes only to playback for 5 and then load again)
All phones are EU Versions except the LG V20 which is American!
Can someone Please PLEASE kindly help me fix this issue as I've been constantly going nuts trying to make it better! Ask me any info you'd like and I am willing to try everything short of rooting the phone and voiding the warranty!
I could suggest you to use BubbleUpnp + MXPlayer, I'm using it without any problems with my S10+ and my tablet, you will do all using DLNA without issues.
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I could suggest you to use BubbleUpnp + MXPlayer, I'm using it without any problems with my S10+ and my tablet, you will do all using DLNA without issues.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it out Estrong -> Bubbleupnp -> Mxplayer pro but it still crashes in 10 minutes!
citytrader said:
I could suggest you to use BubbleUpnp + MXPlayer, I'm using it without any problems with my S10+ and my tablet, you will do all using DLNA without issues.
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I don't know what you mean with " Estrong ", but I can watch a complete movie perfectly without issues, maybe you should do a factory reset
citytrader said:
I don't know what you mean with " Estrong ", but I can watch a complete movie perfectly without issues, maybe you should do a factory reset
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Estrong is a file explorer! How are you accessing your network files without it?
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Estrong is a file explorer! How are you accessing your network files without it?
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You don't need anything but BubbleUpnp and Mxplayer, enable DLNA on your NAS and connect with Bubble (is like a file browser but for DLNA), double click on the movie and use MX as a player.
citytrader said:
You don't need anything but BubbleUpnp and Mxplayer, enable DLNA on your NAS and connect with Bubble (is like a file browser but for DLNA), double click on the movie and use MX as a player.
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Hey! I just switched on DLNA instead of using SMB and lo and behold! Everything works fine through BubbleUPnP and MXPlayer! Thank you so much! It seems like the issue is actually in the File Explorers and their network access ! Who'd have guessed?