Hi,
Seen a few threads on SMB issues, I am using ES Explorer to access files, however I would like to stream videos from my PC (most on DVD), but the video app does not work streaming (asks for a password/username everytime).
Tried all the tricks in the posts that I can see.
Any further ideas? Many stated Archos were looking at it, but they are quite old threads so presume it's not?
Darren
Have you tried using the built in file manager to browse and play?
It works for me, although I did have an issue with user name/ password. I just restarted everything (tablet, PC, router) and it was ok
Hi,
Yes was trying that last night unfortunately.
With the build in filemanager it's not working for me too. But with ES File explorer.
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The built in media apps are supposed to be able to connect to SMB shares, but I've yet to be able to connect to my WDTV Live using any of them. I haven't tried setting up any Windows shares to see if the combination fares any better.
I can, however, connect using ES File Explorer and ASTRO. ES File Explorer is actually able to find the SMB share on its own (smb://192.160.0.12). With ASTRO I need to specify the address. In any case, both apps can connect, I can copy, paste, and otherwise interact with the WDTV.
Unfortunately, whenever I run one of the stock media apps, it never finds any SMB shares.
I tried cifsManager, but based on the error messages, neither 2.1 or 2.2.1 on the A101 comes with its own cifs.ko. Perhaps one could be built for the A101, but that's beyond my level of knowledge right now.
The WDTV Live is running stock WD firmware. I've been thinking about loading brad's firmware, but I don't know if that will make any difference with this issue.
Any thoughts on what needs to be done to get this all up and running so I can stream right from my WDTV, rather than copying from it and then playing the video?
only works with dnsnames (as far as i know).
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, from Windows machines I am able to connect to the WDTV at '\\wdtvlive'.
I'm running DD-WRT on an Asus WL-520GU. Is there anything I can do with that to resolve the issue with the A101? Maybe setting up something with DNSmasq?
heard the same from some other users using a IOMEGA HDD NAS.
I have no problems using SMB with a Buffalo & Linksys NAS but I'm interesting in the solution of this issue.
So it seemed to be working with the latest firmware update, except that it's unbelievably slow at listing the share contents.
Now, after a reboot, it's either listing contents even slower, or it's not working past log in to the WDTV.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running stock image (no root).
I would like to set it up so that I can stream videos from network shares. I have looked at various options so far but none have worked.
ES File Explorer: could not mound any shares.
CifsManager : can't run it because of no root.
Astro file manager with samba module - did not work.
AndSMB - could not mount any shares.
SharesFinder - worked partially. Can access some network shares but not all. Requires entire file to be downloaded to start watching the video.
Any other ideas/suggestions would be most welcome and appreciated.
Thanks,
Osho
Try Buzz player! Works just fine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163921
just minus the xbmc.
Please use the New Galaxy Q&A Forum for Questions
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I am doing this already.
I have rooted my retail Tab 10.1, and pershoot made me the CIFS module so cifsmanager works great.
Check out my post here.
paua__ said:
Try Buzz player! Works just fine
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This app seems interesting. When it plays from Samba Share, does it require the entire video file to be downloaded first? I could not find any trial version of this app or else I would try it myself.
Thanks,
Osho
muzicman82 said:
I am doing this already.
I have rooted my retail Tab 10.1, and pershoot made me the CIFS module so cifsmanager works great.
Check out my post here.
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I am not likely to root (for personal and other reasons) - so cifsmanager and similar solutions requiring root will not work.
I already have something that works using Subsonic app but it requires the server to be transcoding all the files - this is less than idea. So, I am looking for a way to stream video using samba shares that do not require any transcoding.
Thanks,
Osho
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Unfortunately, I am not likely to root (for personal and other reasons)
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Care to elaborate?
My understanding with rooting with an unlocked bootloader is that you can "unroot" or go back to stock at any time, where then it would be in the out of the box state.
I read some info on BUZZ Player and it seems some people have had sync issues with SMB. It also seems expensive for a video player app.
Would this app work for you?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.plexapp.android
Allows you to setup Plex Media Server and stream.
Plex will stream movies, video, MP3 from your home computer to your phone, tablet or another over WiFi or the web. I works great on WiFi but can get a little choppiness over the web depending on your connection speed.
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I am using this for business purposes also and one business app I have says no support if rooted. Besides, I have a solution for streaming via trans-coding (PlayOn Local Media, Subsonic both works - and I just learned of Plex Server in this thread).
All of these solutions require trans-coding on the server side - which is very compute-intensive. I am trying to figure out a way I can play videos from the samba shares such that:
1. The server does not have to do any trans-coding
2. The entire file does not need to be copied to the tab (typical files for me are between 1.5GB to 3GB)
I could do that without breaking sweat on a laptop (both 720p and 1080p videos) or on the el cheapo netbook (for upto 720p videos). I would like to be able to do the same using Tegra 2 on the tab.
Update: I got both ES File Browser and File Browser HD to connect to the windows share just fine and browse as usual. I did not do anything special to make that happen. It was not working couple of days ago and it worked today.
Thanks,
Osho
Anyone had any luck to stream videos (without downloading or transcoding) from mounted SMB shares?
Thanks,
Osho
I have been toying with something similar. My network router allows the use of a usb drive to be attached for network and internet access. The only program I found that will play the video files is vplayer (trial in market). Now I can stream movies and play music as long as im networked. I have tethering on my Evo so I have a hotspot wherever I go....
the new version of ES File Explorer works GREAT !!
along with the stock touchwizz video player it's all i need.
if it doesnt show the video file icon the tab simply wont read it (even if you transfert it via usb) so it makes it simple to know what can be read or not.
Yes, I had some success with the new ES File Browser as well - nice indeed.
Some of the 720p MKV did not play smoothly for me - maybe after the upgrade to touchwiz it will play better.
Anyone know of a good video player that can take advantage of Tegra2 720p/1080p decoding that works well on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?
Thanks,
Osho
oshogg said:
Yes, I had some success with the new ES File Browser as well - nice indeed.
Some of the 720p MKV did not play smoothly for me - maybe after the upgrade to touchwiz it will play better.
Anyone know of a good video player that can take advantage of Tegra2 720p/1080p decoding that works well on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?
Thanks,
Osho
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Diceplayer.
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jeandujardin01 said:
the new version of ES File Explorer works GREAT !!
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ES File Explorer worked for me fine a few days ago - but looks like the latest update to it in the market has broekn the Samba support? I can no longer browse the Windows 7 shared drives. Do you have the same experience?
I can browse the samba shares just fine using File Manager HD app - however that app does not support streaming.
Thanks,
Osho
network streaming
Playon works great.
oshogg said:
ES File Explorer worked for me fine a few days ago - but looks like the latest update to it in the market has broekn the Samba support? I can no longer browse the Windows 7 shared drives. Do you have the same experience?
I can browse the samba shares just fine using File Manager HD app - however that app does not support streaming.
Thanks,
Osho
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hmmm didnt update yet, cant even test cause i left my Tab & my Galaxy S II to my uncle so he can drool & get jealous
i'll let you know
I use UpnPlay when I'm at home. Wonderful app.
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Hi bit of a noob here
Had my Archos 80 G9 for a few weeks running ICS (4.0.5) but having trouble sending files from my PC (Win7) to the Archos, machines are paired but will not transfer files just keep getting error "Access denied " any ideas anyone, starting to tear my hair out and I aint got much left .
Jsut tried again and works fine on certain files, photos, movies etc, but will not send .apk files over bluetooth strange really when you consider that android uses .apk files ???
Thanks Kanalcommander for the insight (see post below)
What kind of file did you try to transfer? I figured out that not all extensions are accepted by my ARCHOS device via BT.
Jpg, PDF are working. I think most media files are accepted.
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Hi everyone, I'm new here so be nice
Just bought my phone today, and I'm having a few odd issues. I'm trying to transfer some .mkv files to my phone to play through moboplayer (one of the apps that I saw in the file transfer thread), but using the MediaGo program they won't transfer (an error stating "could not transcode" pops up, and when I click on the error it states no codec could be found, even though that shouldn't matter), and by using Windows Explorer to transfer them Explorer just crashes - which has never happened to me before with any program.
I've changed all the setting that I can find in MediaGo which should allow transfer, and still nothing. So, is there anything else I can do to get this working short of rooting the phone?
Thanks guys for your (hopefully impending and helpful ) help
Take a look at "My Phone Explorer", its a windows progam and a buddy app on your phone. Makes it really easy to push and pull files over wifi, usb or bluetooth.
Thanks, I'll give it a whirl
Dont use pc companion.. just use windows to transfer files
Just tried using myphoneexplorer, unfortunately I've searched through the phone and can't find a setting to only charge when connected via usb, and an option for usb debugging. Any help regarding this?
ribidat sense
Seansmit17 said:
Dont use pc companion.. just use windows to transfer files
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Which as I said crashes Windows Explorer.
Can anyone else help with this?
Sorry to repeat post, but I'm still having this issue. The thing I'm worried about the most is the Windows Explorer crashing issue
Shayper said:
Just tried using myphoneexplorer, unfortunately I've searched through the phone and can't find a setting to only charge when connected via usb, and an option for usb debugging. Any help regarding this?
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There is no function for charge only - usb debugging is in setup -> Programs -> Development.
Windows explorer is behaving strange for the moment - only hope is it will be fixed in a new upgrade (as far as I remember i did not have it on the .62 version). I backed up yesterday on wi-fi using X-plore on my phone - time consuming but worked.
harfot said:
There is no function for charge only - usb debugging is in setup -> Programs -> Development.
Windows explorer is behaving strange for the moment - only hope is it will be fixed in a new upgrade (as far as I remember i did not have it on the .62 version). I backed up yesterday on wi-fi using X-plore on my phone - time consuming but worked.
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Thanks, I'll try the USB debugging when I get back
I can't use WiFi unfortunately, as one of the campus terms and conditions is that you can't set up your own WiFi network.
It's the only problem I have with my phone really, although I tried torrenting an mkv file (that I own on my pc) using a torrent app and that works fine using mx player . I think I may be in love with this phone
I've not been having any issues transferring files to the device through Windows Explorer, however, i'm finding that files larger than 4GiB aren't accepted - it seems like the 25GiB Data partition on the internal storage is formatted FAT32... which seems a bit pointless to me.
Surely a Device with a 1280x720 screen and enough grunt to render 720p video should be able to accommodate large files on its data partition!?
Silly Sony
You need encode your data smaller convert to mp4 only
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I can confirm this problem with windows explorer and the XPS - this issue is with mkv files it seems, regardless of file size. It was really confusing when I was transferring my libraries over to the new phone and it just crashed winexplorer partway =(
MyPhoneExplorer did succeed in transferring the mkv file though, thanks.
But I'm sad to say that not everything plays well even with DICE player... the XPS still struggles with some 720p h264 mkv files. So might still have to convert whatever you want to watch with something like Handbrake =(
running 6.0.A.3.73
steelmm said:
You need encode your data smaller convert to mp4 only
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That's what I figured, until someone works out how to reformat that partition to ext3 or ext4 anyway
BleeDK said:
I can confirm this problem with windows explorer and the XPS - this issue is with mkv files it seems, regardless of file size. It was really confusing when I was transferring my libraries over to the new phone and it just crashed winexplorer partway =(
MyPhoneExplorer did succeed in transferring the mkv file though, thanks.
But I'm sad to say that not everything plays well even with DICE player... the XPS still struggles with some 720p h264 mkv files. So might still have to convert whatever you want to watch with something like Handbrake =(
running 6.0.A.3.73
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Yeah, I updated to the .73 firmware and still not working... Ouch.
I converted the file to .avi though, and can't notice the difference in quality. However it would be nice to put some of my hd films on there without conversion.
Thanks guys for all the useful help
Does anyone know if there is or will be a WiFi Direct function in ICS for our SXS?
I thought this would be supported native by Android 4?!
I am missing that..
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With what you will use it for?
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electrash said:
With what you will use it for?
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Think of it as being like Bluetooth, but a faster way to send files to another person or device.
My Sony Bravia TV can take pictures, music or video via Wi-Fi - if I search and find the device by doing a scan. But I need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network that the TV is.
My TV also has its own SSID, and if someone else took a photo or had a video on their phone - they could simply scan for the TV and - bam - it appears on the screen. The One X and Galaxy S III has Wi-Fi Direct, and given Sony TVs do, it seems very odd to leave it out.
jonmorris said:
Think of it as being like Bluetooth, but a faster way to send files to another person or device.
My Sony Bravia TV can take pictures, music or video via Wi-Fi - if I search and find the device by doing a scan. But I need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network that the TV is.
My TV also has its own SSID, and if someone else took a photo or had a video on their phone - they could simply scan for the TV and - bam - it appears on the screen. The One X and Galaxy S III has Wi-Fi Direct, and given Sony TVs do, it seems very odd to leave it out.
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This is exactly what I was talking about. Thank you.
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