Does Android have ANY streaming radio programs available? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey there all, I've been working with Android relatively well for the last six or so months and have been utterly shocked by the complete lack of mediaplayer software that will play streaming radio. I have two .m3u files and one .pls that I've tried in the stock player, Meridian, Astro mp, WinAmp Mobile, StreamFurious pro, and RadioHeart, but none of them will play it. Has anyone seen a media player or even a standalone program for Android that will play streaming radio files?
Thanks.
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XiiaLive Lite?

MortPlayer Music on the play store says it reads m3u files. So I'd give that a try.

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chislon said:
XiiaLive Lite?
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Bernie Nolan said:
MortPlayer Music on the play store says it reads m3u files. So I'd give that a try.
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Sorry, no dice on any of those.
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I can't believe it - nobody has got streaming radio to work on android?
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VLC Beta (April 23rd Build), but I can't get it to work with playlists yet so you have to resort to copying and pasting the stream source URL from within the playlist file. The format support is good pretty much any stream URL that works in desktop VLC will work mobile. Once they add playlist support and some other features from the desktop edition we may finally have a suitable Android replacement for TCPMP. I'm keeping my hopes up as this is an early unofficial build, and I've used VLC for years on my desktop. Its a very good media player and VLC will be doing an official Android version someday as they have a link placeholder on their website.
Its hard to believe that TCPMP was abandoned 5+ years ago yet it still beats anything offered on Android as of now. Sure there are programs out there like TuneIn and iHeartRadio that play radio stations, but if you want something that takes a custom stream or streaming playlists your options are limited. Looking forward to VLC official builds they may be the answer.

spunker88 said:
VLC Beta (April 23rd Build), but I can't get it to work with playlists yet so you have to resort to copying and pasting the stream source URL from within the playlist file. The format support is good pretty much any stream URL that works in desktop VLC will work mobile. Once they add playlist support and some other features from the desktop edition we may finally have a suitable Android replacement for TCPMP. I'm keeping my hopes up as this is an early unofficial build, and I've used VLC for years on my desktop. Its a very good media player and VLC will be doing an official Android version someday as they have a link placeholder on their website.
Its hard to believe that TCPMP was abandoned 5+ years ago yet it still beats anything offered on Android as of now. Sure there are programs out there like TuneIn and iHeartRadio that play radio stations, but if you want something that takes a custom stream or streaming playlists your options are limited. Looking forward to VLC official builds they may be the answer.
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Good call; I gave that a shot and found that I couldn't play the playlist files themselves, but opening them in a text editor and grabbing the URL did the trick for all but one of my radio stations, an ASX playlist (which I actually haven't used in a while, so this doesn't necissarily mean that ASX is out of the question as the stream could've changed).
I did find that to switch between streams would cause an FC, but it would be fine once it started up again. Hopefully they get this working even better, but until then, I still have to ask, is this the only thing on Android right now that can play streaming radio?
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Well like I said VLC is in an early beta, I believe its actually an unofficial build compiled from the source. The desktop VLC has great playlist support, xspf, m3u, asx, etc all work and I imagine playlist support will be added.
What I did as a temporary solution was to make a HTML file of my streams as links. Then I copied the file to my phone and bookmarked it in Dolphin HD. So now I can browse to the page, tap and hold a link, select copy URL and paste into VLC.
I've also been getting FCs if you open another stream. The issue seems to be that it tries to add the additional stream to a playlist much like desktop VLC, but since playlists aren't working yet something is going haywire and FCs it. We'll just have to wait for more updates and hopefully an official build from VideoLAN even if its still a beta. The finished project should be able to open playlists and change between streams without issues.
Winamp Pro can also do streaming, but is limited to MP3 and AAC streams (I can't get WMA working), under the shoutcast section you can add custom streams and save them as favorites. Its not free, and VLC will probably have better streaming support when its done.

I use the standard "boxed" streamers like Tunein, Slacker, Jango and Sky.fm so the platform will work with radio. Besides what has already been said there are apps out there that say they will do it : M3U Player, KamMa's folder player, ServeStream. Another question is, have you checked the files on a none Android platform?

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Well like I said VLC is in an early beta, I believe its actually an unofficial build compiled from the source. The desktop VLC has great playlist support, xspf, m3u, asx, etc all work and I imagine playlist support will be added.
What I did as a temporary solution was to make a HTML file of my streams as links. Then I copied the file to my phone and bookmarked it in Dolphin HD. So now I can browse to the page, tap and hold a link, select copy URL and paste into VLC.
I've also been getting FCs if you open another stream. The issue seems to be that it tries to add the additional stream to a playlist much like desktop VLC, but since playlists aren't working yet something is going haywire and FCs it. We'll just have to wait for more updates and hopefully an official build from VideoLAN even if its still a beta. The finished project should be able to open playlists and change between streams without issues.
Winamp Pro can also do streaming, but is limited to MP3 and AAC streams (I can't get WMA working), under the shoutcast section you can add custom streams and save them as favorites. Its not free, and VLC will probably have better streaming support when its done.
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At least we're somewhere, even if the process is tedious. It's amazing to me how there is absolutely NO software in however many years we've had Android (the only smart platform left on the market) that there is no better way to stream radio; hopefully the newer releases of VLC will finally implement this. Gave WinAmp a try too, and no dice with that either. Hopefully somebody will get this figured out.
I mean, if the Epic users are banned from the privilege of listening to FM radio, you'd think we could at least stream something. Guess the whole radio thing wasn't meant to be (short of pasting the URLs into VLC Alpha) - maybe Samsung wins this one.
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Besides what has already been said there are apps out there that say they will do it : M3U Player, KamMa's folder player, ServeStream. Another question is, have you checked the files on a none Android platform?
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Gave "M3U Player", "Kamama's", and "ServeStream" a try this afternoon, and they don't seem to be able to play any streaming radio, M3U or otherwise from my playlist files (one of them might have had the tedious "pasted URL" option that VLC mobile had, but nothing we haven't covered so far).
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I suppose we all patiently wait for a software that will let us stream radio on our devices.
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Jogjastreamers
I use Jogjastreamers, it's a standalone radio streamers with limited channel - only radio Channel in Jogjakarta (Indonesia) and surrounding cities as the name suggests.
maybe not the one you are looking for, but it's a radio streamer app and it works

panmoto said:
I use Jogjastreamers, it's a standalone radio streamers with limited channel - only radio Channel in Jogjakarta (Indonesia) and surrounding cities as the name suggests.
maybe not the one you are looking for, but it's a radio streamer app and it works
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I'm just looking for a simple program that will let me click on one of the radio stations that I've got saved and play it. Just that simple. I can't believe Android has been going this long and still doesn't have anything like this.
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what about "A Online Radio?"
never use it, but it says it plays: MP3/M3U/PLS/AAC/AACP channels, shoutcast/icecast.

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panmoto said:
what about "A Online Radio?"
never use it, but it says it plays: MP3/M3U/PLS/AAC/AACP channels, shoutcast/icecast.
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I don't think I have it installed right now, but I do remember trying it and it unfortunately not working.
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kainppc6700 said:
I'm just looking for a simple program that will let me click on one of the radio stations that I've got saved and play it. Just that simple. I can't believe Android has been going this long and still doesn't have anything like this.
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VLC, but we are going to have to be patient. Hopefully it will have playlist support soon it already plays all my streams fine if I copy the raw stream URL into it. On my desktop I've made playlists of all my favorite radio streams that I play in VLC. Its a lot easier than opening my browser and opening some bloated player. On Android I have some streams in Tunein, some in iHeartRadio and some streams that don't have an Android app at all.
When I first made the switch to Android I was also surprised there was nothing out there that compared to TCPMP. Even WMP which was pretty basic on Windows Mobile opened playlists. VLC has the potential as long as they don't strip too many features but porting open source always takes time and I appreciate the efforts of the developers.

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spunker88 said:
VLC, but we are going to have to be patient. Hopefully it will have playlist support soon it already plays all my streams fine if I copy the raw stream URL into it. On my desktop I've made playlists of all my favorite radio streams that I play in VLC. Its a lot easier than opening my browser and opening some bloated player. On Android I have some streams in Tunein, some in iHeartRadio and some streams that don't have an Android app at all.
When I first made the switch to Android I was also surprised there was nothing out there that compared to TCPMP. Even WMP which was pretty basic on Windows Mobile opened playlists. VLC has the potential as long as they don't strip too many features but porting open source always takes time and I appreciate the efforts of the developers.
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I guess we will just be using VLC. Any word on when the newer or official releases are coming out?
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kainppc6700 said:
I guess we will just be using VLC. Any word on when the newer or official releases are coming out?
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I keep checking the VLC website to see if they will have any info on any official builds, but nothing has appeared yet:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
There are also the unofficial builds here that are being updated every few weeks or so.

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kainppc6700 said:
I suppose we all patiently wait for a software that will let us stream radio on our devices.
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You're not alone, guy! i'm searching a simple radio streaming app, too. An app where you just write the name and url of the radio that you want to listen. An app with only a play/pause button without advertising and 10000 radio pre-installed. An app like radiotray on linux.

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You're not alone, guy! i'm searching a simple radio streaming app, too. An app where you just write the name and url of the radio that you want to listen. An app with only a play/pause button without advertising and 10000 radio pre-installed. An app like radiotray on linux.
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In that case, you're in the right "waiting room". Right now, the closest thing we have to a solution is using one of the prerelease "XDABrewed" (I just made that one up) versions of VLC. Instead of simply opening a playlist file with the app though, you've gotta first open the playlist file with a text editor, copy the stream URL out, then paste it into VLC and it'll play. Also, if you decide to listen to a different stream, you have to fully exit VLC and start it again. This might seem like a lot of effort, but it is an early "alpha" sector build and there hasn't even been an official release of any kind yet.
If you find anything better, be sure to let us know!
Thanks for visiting.
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Orb on the Titan

Ok, this thread is all about using Orb (or possibly other streaming media applications) on your Titan.
I currently use Orb 2.0 to stream all of my media (pictures, music, movies, videos, documents, etc) to my Titan. It works pretty well, but Windows Media player is the default player, and it's somewhat choppy and a resource hog. Some people have reported good results using TCPMP for playing media with Orb. I also use Pocket MVP for movies from my storage card, so I was wondering if that may be a good alternative as well.
My question is...what Codec is used by default to stream media?
What file associations do I need to change in TCPMP (or any other media player)?
What other codecs work, and how well (flash, etc.)
So far I have been unable to get Live TV to work through Orb, but I believe that may be a problem on the desktop app side.
With EVDO and RevA speeds getting better all the time, this is quickly going from a frustrating experiment (try watching a 2 hour movie with it stopping every 3 minutes to cache data)...to a very good replacement for having to store huge amounts of media using precious memory on your device.
I only have experience using TCPMP so I can't comment on Pocket MVP, but it works great and my be able to replace Pocket MVP for your sd card movies.
I use TCPMP v0.72 RC1 (attached below).
I check all the file type associations in TCPMP except picture files.
I set the "Manual A/V offset +/-" to -400 msec to fix A/V sync.
I change the video driver to "GDI".
Orb streams .asf files by default but if you're using WM6 or WM6.1 you'll need to copy the WM5 WMV9 codecs (also attached) to your pda's \Windows directory for Orb's .asf's to play. Be sure to restart TCPMP after this.
When TCPMP is used with the latest FlashVideoBundle (also attached) it also allows the playing of YouTube (and other) videos from pie. Just run the .cab from \My Documents, soft reset, and click a YouTube vid.
Not sure what your Orb live TV issue is, but remember only one application can have control of a capture card at a time.
Cool, thanks. I think that I figured out my TV issue. I set it up to use the ATI MPEG encoder thats built into my All-In-Wonder Video card, and it works. I'll just have to see how that works with Divix and MPEG movies, but I would think that it should be better since its a dedicated hardware encoder vs software.
I just began using Orb yesterday and it is great!!! My car stereo has built in bluetooth, so as long as Im in an EVDO area, I have access to my entire mp3 collection on the road now.
So, how well does the bluetooth work for you for stereo? With all of the bluetooth issues, I had put off buying a pair of stereo headphones....but there have definately been some improvements. At least now I can use Voice Command with some reliability
Well this looks very interesting as a solution. Does anyone have PIE remembering the password for ORB? I can not get my Titan PIE to remember the password no matter what I do, so I was thinking I need to switch to a different browser.
These aren't free, but you can try them and see if you like them:
(These solutions are for if you don't like using PIE to access ORB)
PocketStream Server:
This program comes with a GUI (although a bit choppy) for the phone, so all you need to do is connect to your computer with the app and it lists all your music/video files. It is streamed with TCPMP.
LobsterTunes:
This is what I use. Currently it only supports streaming music. It is a uPnP (Universal Plug&Play) app that can connect to any media server that supports uPnP (Orb, WMP11, TVersity). It auto sets up for you so you don't need to input anything. Just load it up and it will auto search for your computer networked sharing folder. The GUI is a lot faster than PocketStream, but it uses WMP as a backend to stream music (not changable).
Will Lobstertunes support the Internet Radio Stations under my ORB account, and thus stream them? I am all for trying something else that will work more efficiently with ORB (or any other pnp server software - as long as it works with all modalities of the pnp software).
wow... glad I came across this thread... lobster sounds EXACTLY what I was looking for... streaming media in car just isn't viable... the funny thing is, evdo is MUCH faster than streaming bandwidth but you never take advantage of that extra bandwidth when you're streaming...
this looks awesome.. it downloads your songs in the background so no skipping between towers!
Lobstertunes does support radio stations, but I'm not sure if it *sees* the ORB radio stations. Best thing to do would be to create a playlist with the radio station on it. I haven't tried it before because I use TCPMP for radio.
this looks awesome.. it downloads your songs in the background so no skipping between towers!
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That's one thing I like about it. It always downloads half your available storage memory, so when it reaches that threshold, it will just overwrite previous files so you don't have to worry about wasting space.
I also came across this software:
http://www.pocket-tunes.com/
and it looks pretty slick lol, but I'm not sure if it'll work on the Titan. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime tonight. I'm looking for something to replace LobsterTunes because although it works, it's still a little slow in my opinion.
I've been using ORB since the mogul came out and previously on my Treo 700wx.
I do have to admit my 4 year old has used it more than I have...the quality while traveling on the interstate is quite impressive.
I do have to try the tcpmp, maybe it will put it over the top.
My only failure with ORB 2.0 and the old version is neither will record for me, but I'm sure it's my fault.
orb is good... I like it.. I just wish there was a software front-end for it for the ppc..
I was really excited to get lobstertunes a try but it simply does not work on my device... not quite sure why but it crashes during the login process.
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orb is good... I like it.. I just wish there was a software front-end for it for the ppc..
I was really excited to get lobstertunes a try but it simply does not work on my device... not quite sure why but it crashes during the login process.
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I found that error too, one way to fix it is to open up lobsterconfig.txt from within the install directory on your PPC and edit the line from /localtest=false to /localtest=true
Don't have the config file on your phone? There should be one in x:\program files\ElectricPocket\Lobster just edit the line and transfer the file to your PPC.

Live BBC Radio via wifi or 3g.

Here are the .rm addresses of some BBC radio stations for live broadcasts.
I got these by installing Real Player Alternative (google it!) on my pc which plays the streams back through Media Player Classic. I then brought up the "Playlist" function in Media Player Classic and hovered the mouse over the encoded address which gave me the true .ra stream information to put into Real Player for PPC.
I have tested all the streams on my x7500 and they work a treat. I get a coach from Balsfjord to Tromsø (1,5hrs) every day and it has a free wifi connection for the passengers so now I listen to the BBC.
This method will also work to get stream information for shows kept on the BBC iplayer for 7 days. So if there is a live broadcast you missed you can listen anytime.
If you put these addresses into a text file and then rename the file name extention .rm e.g. Radio2.rm (not the stream address!) on your Advantage you can use them as buttons on something like claunch that will auto open in Real Player PPC.
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio2/live/r2_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio3/live/r3_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio4/live/r4_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio5/live/r5_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/6music/live/6music_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/bbc7/live/bbc7_dsat_g2.ra
The BBC is soon to switch it's iPlayer audio streams over to AAC but the method should work again so long as you can open the stream in Media Player Classic to get the address and then find a new piece of Software that will play AAC streams on the Advantage. (I think Mort's Player may do this already).
enjoy
Another way is to go to www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/radio/listen for WM and RM links for all BBC radio stations
or
http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/pda/
Thanks guys.
I only listed the live feeds as an example of how to expose the true .rm stream. I know they are freely available elsewhere but I still have not found a regular resourse for the "listen again" streams in iPlayer. As I said in my post you can find the stream address for any shows over the last 7 days via the method I put up.
I should have made that that main point clearer, I know.
opps... thanks matt- i for one should have read your first post more clearly
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opps... thanks matt- i for one should have read your first post more clearly
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Thanks for the links though, i lost radiofeeds way back and couldn't remember its name. A senior moment

[Solved][Q] Streaming AVI Divx/Xvid

First of all, I am grateful that the vibrant can play divx encoded video files; I don't think I could live without it. Unfortunately it cannot stream them.
A solution is to start downloading the Avi and then [while its downloading] switch over to the Files application, go to the ".downloadTemp" folder [you need to first enable "hidden files" in the options], and open the incomplete *.avi in the stock video player application. This works wonderfully and i can instantly start watching a video AS IT DOWNLOADS.
UNFORTUNATELY, the video player app will not let me fast forward. Sometimes it lets me rewind, but it mostly takes me back to the very beginning of the video if I even touch the trackbar. And yes, for those who are wondering, the Video WAS sufficiently done downloading to reach the part of the video i wanted to fast forward to. I obviously wasn't trying to forward to the end of the video with only 10% of it downloaded.
I looked in the android market for alternative video players, and the only one that REMOTELY worked was Rockplayer. It would let me fast forward and rewind, except it was really glitchy and full of ads. I prefer just watching it on the perfectly stable stock Player than to use a glitchy one.
So i come to you guys, hoping for a solution. Any Ideas? Are there any other Video Players that i missed that will let me fast forward and rewind incomplete video files as they download?
(Oh, and if you're wondering the source of the videos, i usually just watch divx movies and shows that have been uploaded to megaupload, such as: megaupload.com/?d=T5D3YV8R&w=719&h=349)
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Solved: VPlayer and Moboplayer support HTTP Streaming for DviX
I have read a few posts similar to yours, complaining about streaming divx avi files.
I myself do NOT have any issues with this and have tested a fair share of my 900gigs of divx avi's. I DO have issues stream MKV files while I have seen others report that they can stream MKVs.
What does this mean?
This means that AllShare is no different then any of the other DLNA based streaming software out there, there are compatibility problems that need to be worked out. Usually this is sorted out on the streaming server side and not the player.
I am saying that the software you are using to stream is more then likely causing the problem.
Give Twonky a try. Thats what I use and as I said I can stream divx/xvid avi's without issue. The downside is that Twonky is not free, the upside is that there is a 30 day trial to test and see if it resolves your issue. If it does, I dont think the price for Twonky is that bad, I paid $15. If you want a free one (they update compatibility less frequently) just google search DLNA or UPNP streamers and test a few out. XBMC is a good open source alternative, but is really not an option if you are using a windows box. XBMC is a program and not a service so you would be running a full media player at all times. XBMC can be setup as a standalone in linux though, if you have a spare PC to use.
Good luck.
When I say "stream," I don't mean from a home network source, I mean from an http source.
Therefore, I don't think the DLNA solution applies (Although i'm probably going to end up taking your advice for when i want to play videos from my computer, so thanks for the tip )
But that still leaves the current issue. Any Ideas?
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When I say "stream," I don't mean from a home network source, I mean from an http source.
Therefore, I don't think the DLNA solution applies (Although i'm probably going to end up taking your advice for when i want to play videos from my computer, so thanks for the tip )
But that still leaves the current issue. Any Ideas?
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AHHHHH.... I have been looking for a way to do this as well. HTTP streaming should no longer be an issue when 2.2 drops as sites like quicksilverscreen and the like all work fine through Flash 10.1 in 2.2. I have tested this with a Nexus1 and it works beautifully even over 3g.
I still want to have access to my home server though as I have close to a terabyte of video and my system is setup to auto download shows as they come out.
I am hoping to get my hands on a deODEXed version of the AllShare app to see if I can remove the WIFI only restriction. After that it should just be a matter of setting up a VPN back to my server.
Right, megavideo should work fine once we get the 2.2 update (woot! cant wait till we get flash xD)
as for movies uploaded on megaupload, I guess i'll survive with the .downloadTemp folder trick for now. Thanks.
And if i may ask, what's the quality like on allshare and twonky? and how fast does it respond to fast forwarding/rewinding?
I would like to stream from a regular windows samba share over wireless. I can't even get that working properly. It appears to be a limitation with the player and not the OS.

Streaming Video and Audio from home media server

Thanks to a tweet from Kmob, I just found out about SubSonic.
Its an open source media server that runs on windows/linux/mac and creates a very clean web interface for accessing all your media you have stored on your home network.
I have a windows box that I use as my media storage server. I installed subsonic in about a minute, configured it in under 3 (including setting up the paths to my specific media folders, and opening a port on my router)
They have an android app, installed it on my new atrix... setup the app to point to my router's dyndns address with the specific port I setup and BAM, done.
you select the media item you want to play via the very clean app interface, then it opens in a browser window showing a flash player. Make the player full screen and you are set.
From start to finish, I was watching House in less than 7 minutes.
Links:
Subsonic Web Page
Subsonic Android App (on Android Market website)
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Why aren't you using DLNA ?
I smell a plug.
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Why aren't you using DLNA ?
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Correct me if im wrong, but isnt DLNA for getting media stored on your phone to display on your tv? This lets you play media stored on your pc on your phone... On wifi or even 3g
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I smell a plug.
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if by plug you mean trying to pass on information about a program that I found and thought was useful to me, then sure... I guess I'm plugging this
But if by "plug" you are insinuating that I am some how affiliated with the software or might profit from telling people about it, (here, I was going to say something about "plugging" and "your mom", but instead i'll assume you were just trying to be witty, and say...) you are mistaken.
And I plugged your mom
nice
nice reply and subsonic seems to be pretty amazing so far. Have not tried over 3g yet but if thats good then id say this is a good find.
I use Plex for all my streaming needs. Works well for $5!
windows and mac servers are avail
Does it have any authentication? If it does I might give it a try. I have been struggling to find a good streaming app with security. I have tried orb, plex and several others. Orb seemed to work ok as long as you dont have a large library. Plex didn't see alot of my files because they didn't meet its naming convention. Plex also had no easy way to set up security.
I miss Airvideo. It was and has been my only regret about leaving the Iphone.
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DLNA no audio
I am trying to use DLNA via a Windows 7 pc. Video shows up fantastic, but no audio, I hope I don't have to transcode the audio, some of them are AC3 and DTS.
Can Subsonic handle that?
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Does it have any authentication? If it does I might give it a try. I have been struggling to find a good streaming app with security. I have tried orb, plex and several others. Orb seemed to work ok as long as you dont have a large library. Plex didn't see alot of my files because they didn't meet its naming convention. Plex also had no easy way to set up security.
I miss Airvideo. It was and has been my only regret about leaving the Iphone.
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Yes, you can create multiple users, it even supports Ldap (windows domain user credentials)
I think it even supports ssl, but im not 100% sure on that.
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I am trying to use DLNA via a Windows 7 pc. Video shows up fantastic, but no audio, I hope I don't have to transcode the audio, some of them are AC3 and DTS.
Can Subsonic handle that?
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Subsonic handles transcoding flawlessly.
mburris said:
if by plug you mean trying to pass on information about a program that I found and thought was useful to me, then sure... I guess I'm plugging this
But if by "plug" you are insinuating that I am some how affiliated with the software or might profit from telling people about it, (here, I was going to say something about "plugging" and "your mom", but instead i'll assume you were just trying to be witty, and say...) you are mistaken.
And I plugged your mom
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Apologies, I just briefly checked your other posts and came to the wrong conclusion. I've actually picked this up based on this thread and I'm enjoying it. I had the same issue with video but no audio, and it handles it great. Thanks for the heads up.
p.s. my mom would like to know when you're calling her back.
So I tried this and over all am happy with it.
I have been tweaking the settings to get things working well over 3g.
My friend on sprint 4G seems to have better results than me.
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Correct me if im wrong, but isnt DLNA for getting media stored on your phone to display on your tv? This lets you play media stored on your pc on your phone... On wifi or even 3g
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Actually, atrix can be acted as DLNA client which can play media stored in DLNA server. I use PS3 Media server on my mini mac to streaming avi files to my PS3 and Atrix. Only problem is I cannot watch some of avi files because of compatibility issue with codec - Atrix will say "not supported media type" sometimes.
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Actually, atrix can be acted as DLNA client which can play media stored in DLNA server. I use PS3 Media server on my mini mac to streaming avi files to my PS3 and Atrix. Only problem is I cannot watch some of avi files because of compatibility issue with codec - Atrix will say "not supported media type" sometimes.
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Correction noted, thank you.
Subsonic can install on a mac, and takes very little ram, so there probably wouldn't be much harm in running both (PS3 MS and subsonic) on your mac mini.
The real time transcoding SS does should eliminate any chance of codec compatibility issues.
I can vouch for SubSonic.. been using it for the past month, streams videos FLAWLESSLY. Way better then AirVideo for the iPhone, and a cinch to set up. In order to use the domain from another PC you have to donate, but it works for free streaming to the Android..... love this app so far.
Now if only Android can get the new version of iMobsters that was pulled from the appstore, and NHL 2K11, only then I can finally sell my iPhone 3GS.
Is this the same as Using the Open Source VLC Player to stream over http or rtsp? I'm using this now, and it works awesome...it converts and streams every file type VLC can play...with no buffering time over Wifi...and bearable buffering over 4G. But, here's the catch for me. You have to have VLC running all the time on PC side, with web interface enabled. So it it's not, I have to log in, remote control computer open VLC.
Is this way an application, or just a process running in the background on PC side? I'm sure I got some of the terminology confused a bit, as I'm not an expert...hopefully it's understandable though.
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HTTP(S)/FTP Music Streaming

Does anyone know any Android music players that stream from FTP/HTTP(S)? The only ones I know are Dice Player and ES File Explorer. The former has no playlist capabilities whatsoever, while the latter's playback capabilities are fairly restricted and clunky.
I think bsplayer can too.
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I think bsplayer can too.
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Thanks, I looked into it, and it seems it doesn't.
bump (too important a topic to let it sink)
Discovered one more that does ftp streaming, though as far as I can tell, it doesn't have much in the way of playlist capabilities: VLC for Android.
One more that does FTP streaming, and also has some playlist capabilities (not much though).
coconut music player
Though it lags a lot . even on my s4
XBMC for Android does it too, though it's way too clunky at the moment. My hopes are that the VLC people will eventually see the light...
Coconut music player.
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Coconut music player.
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Not really: Coconut does not do stream playback/streaming, but just downloads the track(s) and then starts playback. Nice try though
My FTP streaming findings.
Hi
I just found this thread so I thought I would resurrect it to see if the OP has found a solution?
My situation is I have an FTP server set up and I want to stream music to my S4. I have tested many players and the best I have found so far is MX Player as it has some buffering capabilities.
Trouble is that as MS Player has no inbuilt FTP support I have to open the file(s) using ES File explorer. Opening one file works a treat as you have the 'open as' option. But if you select multiple files you lose the open as option and ES File explorer defaults to using it's own media player which is some what lacking and has no inbuilt buffering capabilities. So when streaming in areas with poor reception the playback is jerky.
I tried using a playlist to get round this problem but MX player doesn't support them, anyway I am not sure that a playlist would work over FTP.
Player I have tried (that I can remember) are:
VLC - Works but no buffering (shame my favoured windows player)
ES Media player - can open multiple files in ES File explorer however no buffering.
Google media player - Same as VLC
XMBC Gotham nightly build - Couldn't find the FTP functions described in this post
FTP Media Player - disappointing and the title was so promising.
Also tried quite a few others all with the problem that you had to play through ES File Explorer and no buffering.
In short I am looking for a player that supports FTP and has buffering.
OR
A way to get ES File explorer to send multiple files to MX Player.
Cheers Dave
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I just found this thread so I thought I would resurrect it to see if the OP has found a solution?
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The solution I have found is to simply drop my quest for FTP streaming, and switch to HTTP(S) streaming. Better chances of finding a client-server pair. Currently using ServeStream for a client, and ServersUltimate for server. The latter is well worth the money, and then some.
VLC - Works but no buffering (shame my favoured windows player)
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Haven't tried this one recently. Did they build in any playlist capabilities in the meantime by any chance?
Google media player - Same as VLC
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What player is that? Never heard of it. Link? Is that Google's Play Music by any chance? I remember trying that, but it wouldn't stream from FTP.
XMBC Gotham nightly build - Couldn't find the FTP functions described in this post
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Dig a li'l deeper, and you'll find it. My issue was that it's too big and clunky. I need something much leaner, don't care much about all its myriad other features.
In short I am looking for a player that supports FTP and has buffering.
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Switch to HTTPS streaming. My advice.
A way to get ES File explorer to send multiple files to MX Player.
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Have you tried assembling an .m3u playlist and feeding it to MXPlayer or ES File Explorer?
Thanks for the speedy reply
I already have a HTTPS setup as well. I am running Windows server 2008 R2 and have used the inbuilt server functions in that.
But while ok (only OK though not amazing) for windows to windows, it's no good for Android as it uses Silverlight to play the file, I was hoping something would come from the Moonlight devs but that seems to have died a death now MS are planning to ditch Silverlight in favour of HTML 5.
I will defiantly check out ServersUltimate.
I really setup my FTP server as a bit of an exercise to start with, and then got round to thinking it would be cool to stream my music collection on the move.
No it would seem that VLC still doesn't have playlist capabilities. In fact I didn't have any luck with M3U playlists at all. But I am thinking this maybe due to trying them from a remote location? I may give one a go from a local location just to test this out.
AS for the Google app yes I was talking about Play music, the standard player that gets shipped with the phone.
I too thought XMBC was a bit to much and ended up uninstalling it after my initial look around seemed fruitless.
Looks like I will be looking into HTTPS alternatives. Shame it felt so close as I actually had something working.
Cheers Dave
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You should look into daap streaming instead. There are some free servers out there.
I've had a good experience with subsonic (subsonic dot org ) even though it's on the resource heavy end for my liking. It works better than any of the other alternatives I've tried.
Any news lately relevant to our HTTP(S) music streaming quest?
Hi all, I myself am looking for an FTP music streamer. Any new apps or updates on this subject?
Neutron Player for Android claims lots of support for network playing including CIFS/SMB and FTP. However I've never been able to get it to work. Give it a try, you may have better luck with it.
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Neutron Player for Android claims lots of support for network playing including CIFS/SMB and FTP. However I've never been able to get it to work. Give it a try, you may have better luck with it.
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Does it do streaming over HTTPS?
Jimthree said:
Neutron Player for Android claims lots of support for network playing including CIFS/SMB and FTP. However I've never been able to get it to work. Give it a try, you may have better luck with it.
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A year passed, and yet.
Neutron player didn't work for me either, it never able to find any files/directory in FTP.
Capriccio player works quite well

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