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I have tried literally all the method I could find online. Plex,Xmbc, UpnP+Mobo. They all work but not perfectly. I dont know why its so hard for me to stream 720p movies...from what i read it works flawlessly for everybody..I have cable internet 15mbps and a D-Link dualband DIR-825 router with n-wifi and all that stuff. Can someone help?
I use Pogoplug. It's a $49 device I got at Best Buy that streams flawlessly. I do convert them down a little using Handbrake before I put them on Pogoplug.
ES file explorer streams now ?!
I use the free add supported version of emit
https://market.android.com/details?id=tv.wpn.biokoda.android.emitfree&feature=apps_topselling_free
it picked up my network with no issues and even over a weak connection it streams with almost no issue.
I setup a webserver(subsonic) on my desktop at home, downloaded the app for the tablet and it works fine. It streams music through the app and the movies it uses a flash player that loads in your browser. Works well.
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I have tried literally all the method I could find online. Plex,Xmbc, UpnP+Mobo. They all work but not perfectly. I dont know why its so hard for me to stream 720p movies...from what i read it works flawlessly for everybody..I have cable internet 15mbps and a D-Link dualband DIR-825 router with n-wifi and all that stuff. Can someone help?
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1) Do you have any issues with streaming lower-res media? You specifically mention 720p.
2) Are you able to play the EXACT SAME 720p content fine from local storage?
Not all 720p is created equal. I always encode to baseline profile and it works great from local storage, but I hear higher bitrates at main/high profiles can be problematic.
if your video doesnt play get Handbrake + this perfect preset
and you're good to go !
i encoded some 1080p video last night with it ... ==> wonderful !!! it encode in the same original resolution and the tab can still play !
ES File Explorer is the best option so far. Still not flawless but yes it works.
Even this isnt working for me :S I tried both Medium and High Profiles in the settings menu..there is a pause every minute or so during playback..seems like a buffering issue
this is what i could do with the preset
http://www.mediafire.com/?oc21u51qk2xv3a6
stream with ES Files explorer or copy via usb
read with Stock Touchwiz player !
I copied the exact same file to my tab. Playback was smoother, watchable but I wouldn't call it perfect. Good point. A lot of the apps have been working fine for most users(for hd movies). I am just thinking if there's something wrong with my Tab.
The vid works flawlessy. But if I were to encode all these movies it would take ages lol. I started Inception using the present you gave me.2 hours later only 20% :S At this rate I'll give up watching movies lol I continue to find a better solution for myself. Will post details
jeandujardin01 said:
if your video doesnt play get Handbrake + this perfect preset
and you're good to go !
i encoded some 1080p video last night with it ... ==> wonderful !!! it encode in the same original resolution and the tab can still play !
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Hmm, resolution limitations must not have been saved in the preset. The preset SHOULD limit the horizontal resolution of the output video to 1280 and vertical to 800 - there's no point in it being higher than the native resolution of our tabs.
datapunkk said:
The vid works flawlessy. But if I were to encode all these movies it would take ages lol. I started Inception using the present you gave me.2 hours later only 20% :S At this rate I'll give up watching movies lol I continue to find a better solution for myself. Will post details
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Details?
Was your source media bluray or DVD?
What CPU do you have?
I have a Core 2 Quad Q6600 - fairly old by today's standards. It can usually do DVDs a reasonable amount faster than realtime, 1080i MPEG-2 source media (e.g. HDTV recordings) in around realtime, and Blu-Ray source media in around 75% realtime.
However, my preset posted and linked to above SHOULD be limiting resolution as I said before. If it's encoding 1080p output, it's going to be a LOT slower.
I usually just enqueue a bunch of encodings before bed, then sleep.
My CPU is older than yours which explains why encoding is almost impossible. i have a core 2 duo 2.3 ghz cpu. 4gb ddr ram. Im just annoyed because Plex seems to work for most people but not me. i dunno.l if its the tab or my computer. Es File explorer so far has proved to be the best method.
Why streaming if you can directly play from your tab?
Just mount the folder with video to your tab (e.g. using Mount Manager, must be rooted) and play files with Moboplayer (works best for me). The player thinks that the file is on your device and plays it without buffering or lagging. Everything up to 720p videos works great over wifi. And there's no point watching 1080p videos on 1280x800 tab - better take a big tv with nice audio system and relax
I stream with TVersity and then put in the address in my browser. Use stock honeycomb player to view. No problems yet.
Oh, for files that don't play, I just open with VPlayer.
Played it on my Galaxy Tab 7". Nice quality video and audio. No jerkyness and very high resolution. My daughter loves it. Wants me to play it several times.
Is there any hope for me to transfer my MKV files from my NAS to my Gtab and just have it work? The files hare h.264 720p or 1080p.
I've read a lot and it seems like a PITA, if at all possible. I'm on a MAC, so I can't just drag and drop.
The MAC Kies software is not taking the files, either straight to the tab or to the library.
I have the wi-fi option of file transer, but at 4-5 gigs a movie that would take forever.
What about loading from the NAS to a hard drive or SD card, then loading on to the tab? Still sounds pretty time consuming, but at the same time more favorable as I can load up hard drive with several movies then transfer one or two at a time.
Will the tab, with the right movie player, play these files assuming I can get them onto the tab?
Amazing how you can read tons of threads that only lead to more confusion then all of a sudden you find the mother load of information and it all makes sense.
I'm currently transferring a 7 GB MKV movie via wi-fi using Cyberduck and file expert. About a 1/2 hour process I estimate. This might be taking a bit longer since I'm pulling the 7gb movie from my NAS, but I am connected with CAT6 at 1gb/s so who knows.
I've downloaded Diceplayer and am also going to download Vplayer and test them both with high action movies.
All my movies are MKV for my NAS and wireless streaming to my home TVs purpose. All are 4-7 GB in size.
I don't have the USB host adapter yet. You think I can use an external hard drive or SD card and play the movies directly from that source without any issue?
You'll find that stuff encoded above about 5-6Mbps (more importantly, anything that peaks around 15Mbps) will stutter on playback during the high nitrate scenes with any player. This is unfortunately a result of the Tegra chip and can't be fixed. With that said, you're also going to have trouble with anything above 720p unless it's encoded using baseline profile or with a really high quantizer.
As far as file transfers are concerned, you can use any number of wireless solutions to get the job done, but wired ones are few and far between. You can transfer using DDMS if you have the Android SDK installed, but it's not very intuitive and kind of slow. I recompiled the library that the 'Android File Transfer' uses to include support for the Galaxy Tab, but Google has obviously made some modifications because the program doesn't like my compiled version.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get the Android File Transfer app working as I think that is the best long term solution to our problem.
sassafras
Thanks for the info.
I'm not sure of the details of the movie encoding. Just know it's a .H264 in a MKV and is 7GB in size.
I used Diceplayer and watched a couple different spots in the move HEAT with no issues.
Transfer speed, when I looked, was 2.9 Mbs. A USB card reader attached to the dock port will still be much, much faster.
Let us know if you figure out the file transer app, as it would be nice to not have to transfer from NAS to SD then to Tab.
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Thanks for the info.
I'm not sure of the details of the movie encoding. Just know it's a .H264 in a MKV and is 7GB in size.
I used Diceplayer and watched a couple different spots in the move HEAT with no issues.
Transfer speed, when I looked, was 2.9 Mbs. A USB card reader attached to the dock port will still be much, much faster.
Let us know if you figure out the file transer app, as it would be nice to not have to transfer from NAS to SD then to Tab.
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Since heat is so ****ing long I'd imagine that 7GB is just about right in terms of size/quality ratio.
If your NAS is running an SMB server then you can use something like ES File Explorer on the tablet to connect directly to it and copy from there. I've found the transfer speeds to be acceptable and definitely less work than what you're putting up with right now.
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It's a WD 1 tb-- not sure if it's running an SMB server. Without too much explanation, what is an SMB server?
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It's a WD 1 tb-- not sure if it's running an SMB server. Without too much explanation, what is an SMB server?
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Windows Share.
I imagine it is, as that's probably how you access it from your Mac. Try ES File Explorer and see if that works for you.
sassafras
The NAS shows up on my MAC as a drive over the WI FI network or in my case a cat6 cable.
I'll try the ES file if it will speed up the transfers..
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Windows Share.
I imagine it is, as that's probably how you access it from your Mac. Try ES File Explorer and see if that works for you.
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So I've tried the ES File Explorer and transferred a file directly from the NAS.
A couple things I was wondering about.
Is this supposed to be faster than using FTP file explorer? I was getting 3.0 MB/second, not Mbs, MB.
I don't know what I'm getting using the ES file explorer because there is no status bar that tells me what I'm getting. I'm currently timing the 7 GB file using ES F. Explorer.
There is a little download icon in the task bar- it seems buggy to me. Have you experienced this?
Am I missing anything here?
At this point the only advantage I see using this method over FTP is I don't have to be next to my computer to get things started.
pdxrealtor said:
So I've tried the ES File Explorer and transferred a file directly from the NAS.
A couple things I was wondering about.
Is this supposed to be faster than using FTP file explorer? I was getting 3.0 MB/second, not Mbs, MB.
I don't know what I'm getting using the ES file explorer because there is no status bar that tells me what I'm getting. I'm currently timing the 7 GB file using ES F. Explorer.
There is a little download icon in the task bar- it seems buggy to me. Have you experienced this?
Am I missing anything here?
At this point the only advantage I see using this method over FTP is I don't have to be next to my computer to get things started.
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It's always worked really well on my phone, but I actually rarely use it with the tablet so I can't tell you much. I know that it's fast enough to stream movies (which it does well) but as to overall speed I can't help.
As far as progress, I've always had it show me a progress bar in the notification pane. Never had any problems with it.
If it doesn't work for you, then it's no skin off my back
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what is the best way for me to stream. Mp4 movie files i converted with handbrake pc version to my galaxy tab? what is everyone using? Thanks
Plex is amazing. I have it running on my WHS and stream MKV files over both Wi-Fi and 3G with no stuttering. It displays movie descriptions and episode descriptions for TV shows. It also support audio with album art. It's pretty slick and impresses everyone I show it to. Both PlayOn and Orb Live work also but they're not nearly as elegant. PlayOn and Orb Live support Hulu without stuttering if that has any value to you. BTW, none of them are free.
Excuse my ignorance. What is whs?
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Excuse my ignorance. What is whs?
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Windows Home Server, running the same setup too. Love plex, not only am i streaming to my tab, i use the plex addon for XBMC for streaming windows. I can start a video on computer and resume if needed on the tab and vice versa.
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If you already converted the movies simply use ES file explorer to access a shared folder on the PC. ES file explorer is a crude app to use and is not tablet optimized but at least you dont have to run a streaming app on your PC which take up alot power to run. No reason to re-encode the movies you already re-encoded.
5thElement said:
If you already converted the movies simply use ES file explorer to access a shared folder on the PC. ES file explorer is a crude app to use and is not tablet optimized but at least you dont have to run a streaming app on your PC which take up alot power to run. No reason to re-encode the movies you already re-encoded.
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Are you able to stream videos from outside the network using that method?
One of the other features I enjoy with Plex is able to stream from anywhere using either my tablet or my laptop. It's not just limited to android .
nakedninja42 said:
Are you able to stream videos from outside the network using that method?
One of the other features I enjoy with Plex is able to stream from anywhere using either my tablet or my laptop. It's not just limited to android .
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For outside the network I guess I would use Plex. Inside, no way. Plex uses way too much CPU resources on even on high end PCs. It takes alot to re-encode movies in real-time. No reason to stress your PC when you dont have to. Besides, you can access shared folders with your laptop as well you know.
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For outside the network I guess I would use Plex. Inside, no way. Plex uses way too much CPU resources on even on high end PCs. It takes alot to re-encode movies in real-time. No reason to stress your PC when you dont have to. Besides, you can access shared folders with your laptop as well you know.
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I use to used media player 11 to stream on my laptop, but plex completely changed that. And no, it does not use that much resources to run, I have a Q9300 with 8 GB of ram, and it uses maybe... maybe 2% of my memory and nothing on the processor. I even did a stress test and had it stream to my desktop, laptop, and tablet while playing videos using XMBC on WHS with DTS @1080p... no hiccup.
So no, it does not stress my PC.
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It appears there is an audio issue with RockPlayer and Hardware Decoding on our device. After contacting the developers, they will be releasing a version with SW audio support while using hardware for video to fix this. Expected within one month. Post will be updated once released.
DicePlayer has been recommended as an alternative as it has HW decode and native SAMBA support, however it does not appear to handle hardware decoding for as many formats as RockPlayer (watch for SW in the upper left).
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Hi all,
While going through the Accessory Guide post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377669) I realized there was an odd recommendation on video playback using Emit Free. With our devices there is no need for transcoding like you would have to do on an iPad, but it's still not "easy" to get full 1080P playback over the network.
With root, you can install cifs drivers that are pretty efficient, but without it, many times video stutters. I tested a large combination of File Managers that mounted CIFS/SAMBA shares and Video Players to see which performed best.
From File Manager HD and Astro to MXPlayer and XYPlayer nearly all of them had stuttering issues with 1080P video, and lag when seeking in 720P video. Below is where I ended up, which entailed perfect 1080P playback, with zero lag when seeking (tested on high bitrate MKV and AVI w/ AC3 and DTS audio samples).
1. Install ES File Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
ES File Explorer is a file manager that supports CIFS/SAMBA mounts (these are the shared folders on your Windows, Mac, or Linux PC). Once open, swipe right to access the network shares. I recommend turning on "Detail" mode in the settings, so you can see file sizes and permissions, too. The advantage of ES File Explorer over other managers I tried is that the CIFS implementation has been optimized very well, and was the best at streaming the file data to the video player from a speed and bandwidth perspective.
2. Install RockPlayer Lite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite
RockPlayer is a great player that includes hardware acceleration, much like MXPlayer. The difference here is that like ES File Explorer, RockPlayer seems better optimized for network file handling. With other players in combination with ES File Explorer, there were still lag issues during seek. RockPlayer has none of these issues.
Be sure to enable HW acceleration in Rockplayer
Also ensure app mode is set to "stretched" instead of "zoomed"
Any questions, or other options, feel free to post below.
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i tried your suggestion.
yeah it gets rid of the lag but:
- there is no sound for most of my hd mkv videos
- subtitles dont show for mkv files
nice to see that the tfp actually does have the power to play these smoothly though!
I have been using ES File explorer and it does help with the streaming. However, I have not gotten a streaming video to play thru the whole movie/show. Seems every 10 or 30mins (differs), it will quit playing. I've tried the same setup on my Galaxy Nexus and don't have issues. I guess I can try Rock Player. I guess no one else has this issue? I've seen it mentioned once or twice while reading the boards but no answers. I thought maybe it was on my end and somehow the wifi was dropping, but if it is...its not displaying it.
I use dice player. It has native ability to open network shares and plays HD MKV files over wifi without lag or stutter.
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I use dice player. It has native ability to open network shares and plays HD MKV files over wifi without lag or stutter.
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can it transcode dts audio or any multichannel audio? any program i have tried plays fine but there is no audio
tried it , unfortunally no sound on most of my mkv's.
Dice player does a better job, way more codecs supported and equal network performance, rockplayer seems to build up a bigger buffer, at the beginning it may look like its more stable but after a while both are laging .. (high profile 1080)
what's up with all the lagging ? wifi performance not good enough or is the SOC not capable of streaming and decoding all at once? no problems from sdcard ..
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can it transcode dts audio or any multichannel audio? any program i have tried plays fine but there is no audio
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Dice player works great with mkv movies with DTS and AC3 audio on my TF201. Dice player is the best way to stream movie using a NAS Imo.
tested with dlink dns-323 and stock tf201.
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tried it , unfortunally no sound on most of my mkv's.
Dice player does a better job, way more codecs supported and equal network performance, rockplayer seems to build up a bigger buffer, at the beginning it may look like its more stable but after a while both are laging .. (high profile 1080)
what's up with all the lagging ? wifi performance not good enough or is the SOC not capable of streaming and decoding all at once? no problems from sdcard ..
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Wifi performance is the issue for me. If i'm sitting next to the router 1080p plays fine. If I go to other rooms(even adjacent rooms) then it will stutter periodically. It really impairs one of the primary uses that I wanted the Transformer Prime for. As of now I use Plex to transcode to a smaller bitrate
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tried it , unfortunally no sound on most of my mkv's.
Dice player does a better job, way more codecs supported and equal network performance, rockplayer seems to build up a bigger buffer, at the beginning it may look like its more stable but after a while both are laging .. (high profile 1080)
what's up with all the lagging ? wifi performance not good enough or is the SOC not capable of streaming and decoding all at once? no problems from sdcard ..
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Interesting, I've had the exact opposite impressions with Rockplayer having more HW decoding support. In any event, I'm stupid for not testing audio.
I've updated the first post based on discussions with the developers of Rockplayer, and will do a re-work of this guide focusing on both solutions once it is released and we can test.
Thanks,
Ben
I haven't tried Rockplayer. However, I get excellent results with Diceplayer. I stream all 720p and most 1080p .mkv using estrongs file explorer. Some 1080p will get lag. Just depends on the bit rate your 1080p video is encoded at, and your WIFI connection speed.
I actually just run an entire home PC with Win 7 Ultimate on it for my movie collection. I just RJ45 it right to my Wireless router. That way I can stream all of my movies to any device in my home. I have quite a few WDTV lives hooked up to all my tv's in my house. So it works out great.
Plus once in awhile If a 1080p video isn't playing well on my prime. I convert it using airvideo. I have airvideo server running on the Win 7 server. (those that have an ipad 2 that is) Have this option. You simply load airvideo on your ipad 2. Select the .mkv you want to convert to .m4v and add it to quere. Airvideo has all the conversion and bitrate methods built in the program. So I don't have to mess with jumping on Win 7 machine. Loading a conversion program and blah blah. I have yet to find an Android program that compares to Airvideo. If someone has suggestion let me know. (Yes, I have tried PLEX). Just can't beat the Live Conversion and simple conversion in Airvideo.
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I have been using ES File explorer and it does help with the streaming. However, I have not gotten a streaming video to play thru the whole movie/show. Seems every 10 or 30mins (differs), it will quit playing. I've tried the same setup on my Galaxy Nexus and don't have issues. I guess I can try Rock Player. I guess no one else has this issue? I've seen it mentioned once or twice while reading the boards but no answers. I thought maybe it was on my end and somehow the wifi was dropping, but if it is...its not displaying it.
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Yeah i get the same thing happening to me randomly.
Using mx player and es file explorer, maybe 15 or 20 mins into watching, the player will just quit by itself. Doesnt happen always though, maybe twice for every 5 vids i play.
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I haven't tried Rockplayer. However, I get excellent results with Diceplayer. I stream all 720p and most 1080p .mkv using estrongs file explorer. Some 1080p will get lag. Just depends on the bit rate your 1080p video is encoded at, and your WIFI connection speed.
I actually just run an entire home PC with Win 7 Ultimate on it for my movie collection. I just RJ45 it right to my Wireless router. That way I can stream all of my movies to any device in my home. I have quite a few WDTV lives hooked up to all my tv's in my house. So it works out great.
Plus once in awhile If a 1080p video isn't playing well on my prime. I convert it using airvideo. I have airvideo server running on the Win 7 server. (those that have an ipad 2 that is) Have this option. You simply load airvideo on your ipad 2. Select the .mkv you want to convert to .m4v and add it to quere. Airvideo has all the conversion and bitrate methods built in the program. So I don't have to mess with jumping on Win 7 machine. Loading a conversion program and blah blah. I have yet to find an Android program that compares to Airvideo. If someone has suggestion let me know. (Yes, I have tried PLEX). Just can't beat the Live Conversion and simple conversion in Airvideo.
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I'm amazed you think going through all that is better than PLEX. With PLEX you just load the app and select the movie... Done. For bonus it also works when you're away from home and want to watch a movie even tethered through 3G
dalingrin said:
I'm amazed you think going through all that is better than PLEX. With PLEX you just load the app and select the movie... Done. For bonus it also works when you're away from home and want to watch a movie even tethered through 3G
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Well, I will try Plex again. I haven't tried it in awhile. Alot of movies I don't have any problem with. Its only the high bit rate 1080p mkv's. I know Plex does Live conversion as well. Perhaps they have improved it since I last used it. One feature i did think was cool with plex was how it catagorized your movie collection for you.
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Well, I will try Plex again. I haven't tried it in awhile. Alot of movies I don't have any problem with. Its only the high bit rate 1080p mkv's. I know Plex does Live conversion as well. Perhaps they have improved it since I last used it. One feature i did think was cool with plex was how it catagorized your movie collection for you.
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Another nice thing about Plex is that you can choose not to do live transcoding and just stream the original video(silly wifi bandwidth allowing). But, that does bring me to my one complaint about Plex. You cannot directly stream the original video if it is mkv, it will always transcode.
In my experience:
If you want to avoid transcoding, then rooting + CIFS support really is the best, most efficient way, imho...plus, you're killing multiple birds with one stone, as file types not recognized by ES or other file explorers that support SAMBA, but which are supported by various apps on your tablet, will still work with whatever app you're using to interact with them.
Otherwise, this guide is good for playback without transcoding for some files. I'm able to stream some of my bluray and HD DVD rips (full bitrate mkv's with no down-sampling, de-rezzing, additional compression or detail removal) without transcoding, but high-bitrate titles such as The Empire Strikes Back hitch frequently. Don't know if that's a limitation of my wireless setup, tho).
On the transcoding side:
Emit free works fine. It's a little easier, imho, to set up remote file sharing that even Plex is, if you have to set up port forwarding manually on your router, as the instructions are pretty explicit about which ports it's using and how to get it set up. And, it's free.
Plex works fine, and cross-compatibility between Ipad and Android on the Plex server side, along with the cataloging, support for file types such as .wtv, and the channels concept, is pretty damn cool imho. You have to look around if your setup falls outside the norm as far as port forwarding manually is concerned, but if you don't experience issues, getting set up with a myPlex account for remote streaming is pretty straightforward. Transcoding looks pretty stellar if you can support anything above 4 mbps on your wireless, and it doesn't take a lot of CPU horsepower to do live streaming, either. I have an older AMD processor in my HTPC, and I stream 1080i .wtv files all day long to both my Prime and my wife's Ipad with no or extremely little stutter, and all my bluray rips play without issue. .WTV files can be played back while they're being recorded, and while watching something else on the HTPC, too...oh, and combine this with a Windows Media Center control app, and you can basically watch live tv on the Prime...just browse the guide, set a show to record, and you can watch it almost immediately in Plex, while it's recording.
Last, but not least, Splashtop THD or whatever the newer version is, actually works pretty damn well on my office rig, which is nvidia-equipped. .wtv files work as well, but you have to set your machine to open them by default in WMP instead of Windows Media Center.
Hi, I have a NFS share on my desktop, which I use for my WDTV, and use haneWIN NFS Server for it. I would like to be able to connect to this share with my prime to view/play my movies from it if possible. Is there a way that I can mount this share on the tablet and be accessible from within a compatible video player on the prime? Is there a decent player that can play 720/1080p mkv's over wifi? Or am I suck using SMB, or maybe go with DLNA access to my video folder? My prime is rooted, just received the JB update a few days ago. Thanks.
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Hi, I have a NFS share on my desktop, which I use for my WDTV, and use haneWIN NFS Server for it. I would like to be able to connect to this share with my prime to view/play my movies from it if possible. Is there a way that I can mount this share on the tablet and be accessible from within a compatible video player on the prime? Is there a decent player that can play 720/1080p mkv's over wifi? Or am I suck using SMB, or maybe go with DLNA access to my video folder? My prime is rooted, just received the JB update a few days ago. Thanks.
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I use ESFile explorer and add my remote folders etc with its server share function... i also have run BSplayer and dice player which both can play files from remote shares.
I have in the past ran Cifsmanager to add remote share links (free from playstore) which should just act like a local folder on your device.
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I use ESFile explorer and add my remote folders etc with its server share function... i also have run BSplayer and dice player which both can play files from remote shares.
I have in the past ran Cifsmanager to add remote share links which should just act like a local folder on your device.
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The problem I have with ES File Explorer is that is sees my computer, but it prompts for user/pass, which would mean SMB sharing correct? I mean I could add a user to use this scenario but rather just mount the nfs share already there without doing anything extra. I tried BSPlayer, was kinda choppy playing a 1080p video, but does my SD content just fine. I suppose the prime is more than capable of decoding 1080 mkv's, or is it just the wifi that isn't up to the task (the tablet wifi itself). cifsmanager I could never get to mount correctly, so that was a wash. Thanks for the help.
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The problem I have with ES File Explorer is that is sees my computer, but it prompts for user/pass, which would mean SMB sharing correct? I mean I could add a user to use this scenario but rather just mount the nfs share already there without doing anything extra. I tried BSPlayer, was kinda choppy playing a 1080p video, but does my SD content just fine. I suppose the prime is more than capable of decoding 1080 mkv's, or is it just the wifi that isn't up to the task (the tablet wifi itself). cifsmanager I could never get to mount correctly, so that was a wash. Thanks for the help.
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You should only need to add the username and pass the once if you add a server. at least i do anyway ... whats wrong with SMB?
I'd guess that the 1080p vids are too much for the wifi network... what speed is it?
Danny-B- said:
You should only need to add the username and pass the once if you add a server. at least i do anyway ... whats wrong with SMB?
I'd guess that the 1080p vids are too much for the wifi network... what speed is it?
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I do not want to use SMB, and wifi is N, either 150 or 300, haven't checked to be sure. Anyways, thanks for helping me out.