Is it possible to connect to the media server on my PC i.e. i want to play music on my hd2 and the songs are on my pc network how can i play them. WIthout using a program like orb as it takes to long, i should be able to connect to windows media player and just play the files on my windows media library?
thanks any help would be much appreciated
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I am about to purchase a NAS device to act as a home media server.
So far my short list includes:
Synology Disk Station DS210j
QNAP TS-210 Turbo NAS
Some of them support iTunes server and can stream music to an iPhone. Surely there is a way to do this on the Eris! Is there an iTunes client for Android 1.5 or perhaps a better way to do this?
Any help appreciated!
dont know anything about android, but my nas drive packed in and i got a new one from pc world. i thought it was a nas drive but wasnt it was a network media storage, my ameo couldnt pick it up at all because it wasnt a nas drive, pc seen it fine and could map. hope this is of some help. make sure its nas.
Not sure if your NAS device supports Upnp, but if it does like windowns 7 and can share media as Pictures Music and Videos, I found a program on the market that I could access the files on the computer over my network, the music would work but I couldn't get the videos to play. Search for UPNP on the market, I'll post the program later when the gf brings her phone around. There was a similar program on the Ipod touch, although it was able to play the video files, probably missing a codec in android.
The program was Andromote... if you have windows 7 set up sharing all the media on your nas you would be able to access it.
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It's not exactly graceful, but I use MPD (Music Player Daemon), PMix (an Android client for MPD), and A Online Radio to stream my music collection to my Droid Eris (via Icecast). Unfortunately, the native Droid media player doesn't support the usual streaming protocols, but the above combo works. When I'm outside my home network, I use a web based client for MPD and have my Icecast port forwarded on my router. If the NAS device you pick up supports Linux, you should be able to install MPD and Icecast (both are available in most distros); the Market has both PMix and AOR for free.
The protocol iTunes uses for streaming audio is called DAAP, but I'm unaware of any DAAP clients on the Android platform yet. Searching google for "Android DAAP" led me to a site which offers a client application to control iTunes from Android, but not client. Again, if the NAS system runs Linux but doesn't provide a DAAP server, you can possibly install Firefly Media Server (formerly mt-daap) to mimic the fuctionality. However until there's a client, there is little point.
Anyone know of an app that lets me stream music from my PC via Windows Media Center by acting as an extender? Like how the xbox streams music and videos from the PC.
Thanks in advance,
Shen
I need some DLNA player to my phone and maybe DLNA server to Windows.
- What I want from a DLNA player to my phone: gets subtitles from server, and play avi/mkv/mp4 files, with subtitles.
- What I want from a DLNA server to Windows: stream avi/mkv/mp4+subs without needing to encode.
If possible, a explanation about CIFS, can it be useful to share my stuff and play on the phone with subtitles?
[To DLNA server I'm using Samsung PC Share Manager 4.2, I won't upgrade to AllShare, it's worse. And I use PC Share Manager with my Samsung TV, and it's working good]
And yes, I've tested a lot of servers and players, and no luck. The closest I got was BubbleUPnP+PC Share Manager, but it was without subtitles.
Thank you.
Hi,
my girlfriend wanted to look her pictures from the PC on her smartphone.
So, I found that the Windows Media Player (WMP) supports DLNA and activated it.
On the SGS 3 I activated the settings for DLNA.
In the Windows Media Player I now can see the SGS 3.
And now?
How can I transfer pictures from WMP to Android?
I tried it with drag & drop but it didnt work.
So I tried some DLNA-Apps from the market.
But no one can see my WMP, only the FritzBox Media Server.
I deactivated the firewall but that didnt work either.
Last hope was the BubbleUPnP APP, but that App needs an server address, I guess from WMP.
Can anyone help me please?
You should try ArkMC
It automatically finds your PC in network (note, that they should be in same network)
can i Turn my Windows PC Into An Wireless Receiver To receive Songs From my android device
sorry for my english
Yes you can! Downtown a program called VLC from videoland and from the play store vlc direct.
You setup vlc on your PC as the server and you control from your android. You can play both audio and video files and the files can be on your PC or streamed from your android.
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thanks, but any way to do this easier and use any music player
any help
no one know another method