If your TV supports DLNA, as most modern smart TVs do, then you can stream video, music, and pictures off your phone directly to it. Go to "Settings > More settings > Nearby devices > File sharing" to toggle it on, then tell your TV to access it, and allow access on your phone.
I just tested this on my Samsung TV (connected to the LAN via GigE), and it works, but its playback of 1080p ....... BUFFERING ...... BUFFERING ....... BUFFERING ........ video over my fast 802.11N wireless is pretty crappy. Even putting my phone directly next to my NetGear WNDR3700 router (w/ddwrt) didn't help much. Attempting to view photos also took forever for an index to show up.
Anyone have a better experience?
(maybe if our phone's had an ethernet port it'd be better as my TV streams via DLNA from my GigE NAS without a hitch)
zmore said:
If your TV supports DLNA, as most modern smart TVs do, then you can stream video, music, and pictures off your phone directly to it. Go to "Settings > More settings > Nearby devices > File sharing" to toggle it on, then tell your TV to access it, and allow access on your phone.
I just tested this on my Samsung TV (connected to the LAN via GigE), and it works, but its playback of 1080p ....... BUFFERING ...... BUFFERING ....... BUFFERING ........ video over my fast 802.11N wireless is pretty crappy. Even putting my phone directly next to my NetGear WNDR3700 router (w/ddwrt) didn't help much. Attempting to view photos also took forever for an index to show up.
Anyone have a better experience?
(maybe if our phone's had an ethernet port it'd be better as my TV streams via DLNA from my GigE NAS without a hitch)
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I think this was also covered in the SGS2 forum. If I remember correctly it was the same thing for video about audio was fine. So I don't know if DLNA can handle video properly from our phones (in general).
Supposedly if you have a PS3 you can stream it through allshare and it works. I haven't tried it yet myself but will give it a try soon.
rosedog said:
I think this was also covered in the SGS2 forum. If I remember correctly it was the same thing for video about audio was fine. So I don't know if DLNA can handle video properly from our phones (in general).
Supposedly if you have a PS3 you can stream it through allshare and it works. I haven't tried it yet myself but will give it a try soon.
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Maybe nextgen...
1080p video requires like 400m stream internal what model of n router do you have?
zmore said:
If your TV supports DLNA, as most modern smart TVs do, then you can stream video, music, and pictures off your phone directly to it. Go to "Settings > More settings > Nearby devices > File sharing" to toggle it on, then tell your TV to access it, and allow access on your phone.
I just tested this on my Samsung TV (connected to the LAN via GigE), and it works, but its playback of 1080p ....... BUFFERING ...... BUFFERING ....... BUFFERING ........ video over my fast 802.11N wireless is pretty crappy. Even putting my phone directly next to my NetGear WNDR3700 router (w/ddwrt) didn't help much. Attempting to view photos also took forever for an index to show up.
Anyone have a better experience?
(maybe if our phone's had an ethernet port it'd be better as my TV streams via DLNA from my GigE NAS without a hitch)
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Works perfectly for me with my cheap netgear dsl/router combined (To Google TV) It also does depend on the channel your router has, 2.4 or 5.0 (mine is connecting at 5.0) which can aide in the wireless speeds. There are quite a few variables but they can affect things negatively (even if you are close to the router.) Go to Wifi and check the link speed your phone is connected at, mine says 72. You can also go to Advanced and make sure your phone connects at the 5Ghz range. It might help.
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Works perfectly for me with my cheap netgear dsl/router combined (To Google TV) It also does depend on the channel your router has, 2.4 or 5.0 (mine is connecting at 5.0) which can aide in the wireless speeds. There are quite a few variables but they can affect things negatively (even if you are close to the router.) Go to Wifi and check the link speed your phone is connected at, mine says 72. You can also go to Advanced and make sure your phone connects at the 5Ghz range. It might help.
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I'm only ever connecting to 802.11n / WPA2-PSK (different password for 802.11g hasn't been entered yet, so no auto-fallback). Connected at 65Mbps atm, which is way more than sufficient to stream any HD bitrate.
I may have exagerated the ... BUFFFFFERING ... a bit, but it still is noticeable, especially when first starting up most streams. When it finally starts to play, though, it often won't BUFFER anymore.
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Hello, first post here. Pretty new to the whole smartphone thing. Trying to get the allshare, specifically the screen share to work with my tv. I have an ethernet cord plugged into a samsung tv with allshare with the other end going into a wireless router. The phone and tv find each other and I can stream a movie without a problem. When I go down to the screen share option in the settings it says no device detected. I spoke with samsung a couple of times about it and they said the only way for that to work is with one of their wireless dongles. I find that hard to believe that I can stream movies but not share the screen but I'm also new at this so I was wondering if you had any insight. Thanks in advance
DLNA isn't made for screen sharing. It's just not...I've been using DLNA for a good while before I got a smartphone with that capability. It's really apples and oranges.
i don't understand why in the tv manual it would say that you could though. Just that my phone needs to have screen share on it. was hoping to browse the internet on my tv or play some emulators on it. has anyone else been able to do that with this phone?
ndavis, it seems you are thinking of the phone's tv out feature via 3.5 mm jack. You can't run emulators over DLNA.
i've been trying to figure out how to play videos on the phone (from my pc). the phone sees the videos, but when i try to stream them, it says "unsupported file format". I know that the file is supported because if i physically download it to my phone, it plays fine. Any ideas?
Please advice from your experience:
I search for a resonabely priced LED/LCD TV (32", 100hz full-hd, DLNA) supporing my SGS2's all-share, via wifi or wifi dongle.
Please recommend.
Which wifi USB dongle should be used with such a TV?
Which video formats are supported (via DLNA)?
Thanks
zolom said:
Please advice from your experience:
I search for a resonabely priced LED/LCD TV (32", 100hz full-hd, DLNA) supporing my SGS2's all-share, via wifi or wifi dongle.
Please recommend.
Which wifi USB dongle should be used with such a TV?
Which video formats are supported (via DLNA)?
Thanks
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hi,
I have samsung 40C6820 in my home.
ITs connected with wire to my adsl modem and sgs2 via wifi.I am not using a wifi dongle and its working perfect.
I can play most of the video from phone on tv. It depends on your tv which video formats you can play.
Also there is a program samssung remote which you can control tv with sgs2 like a remote controller over wifi ie. from other room you can volume up or down. etc..
Thanks
Since the TVs in my home do not support DLNA; I did decide to go with the LG-ST600 Smart TV Upgrader (see: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/au...ries/lg-st600-smart-tv-upgrader-958975/review)
regards
I guess every TV with DLNA works. Mine Samsung 6700 (46" LED) is working perfectly - it's connected via cable to my home network. And if you buy a Samsung TV there is a remote control app available via the Samsung market -my girlfriend got a bit crazy when I played with it :-D
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Hey guys i was wondering what is the best app out there that will allow me to stream my movies and tv shows from my nas to my tab while im away from home. I know how to do port forwarding just cant find a app that will stream the media
Plex works really well! It converts on the fly if you have a PC next to your nas. Quality on your LAN is great! Quality on the WAN is so so but it works!
Thanks for the reply i have plex installed but it doesnt work outside of my home network on my tab. It works fine on my phone but not on my tab ( my tab is tethered to my phone to access the internet when im not home)
TVersity allows you to stream outside of your network. Quality is much better than on Orb or some of the others.
what app do you use for tversity i checked the market and nothing came up
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what app do you use for tversity i checked the market and nothing came up
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I don't use an app. usually. I do it straight from the browser. You can enter an http address and pull up files or a flash file.
Alternatives are Vplayer, the Toshiba Media Player app available on XDA (works the best actually) and um..... one other one I forget. You just install TVersity on your PC and let it scan wherever your media is installed. Whether it be on your puter or an external.
I use J.River Media Center, the app is called "Gizmo" (just search in the market).
I'm able to control all my music in different rooms, workplace etc over the pad. Or stream it to the pad itself.
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Thanks for the reply i have plex installed but it doesnt work outside of my home network on my tab. It works fine on my phone but not on my tab ( my tab is tethered to my phone to access the internet when im not home)
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I use Plex over 3G on my Wi-Fi Tab tethered to my phone. I'm tethering via Wi-Fi, not USB. I have to store the remote IP address for the server Plex is running on in order for the app on the Tab to find it.
yeah i have my remote ip address saved and im teathered via wireless as well and i dont get a connection. My phone has the same remote ip address as well and it connects just fine. Ive also tried connecting to my vpn teathered and that doesnt work either, but my phone can connect without any problems
I have a QNAP 212 NAS and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Tried Tversity/uPnP and the rest but all I got was jerky playback over wifi.
Solution was long winded but now I can stream anything stutter free
1. Map NAS drives to PC (Windows 7 cannot index NAS so use this workaround)
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...to-index/d6a6cb41-1d66-476c-ab1e-70329dd55cc5
2. Install Qloud
3. Stream at 2048mbps
4. Funmouth
thanks for the reply works like a charm
no worries
Anyone uses his sgs2 to stream video on Samsung smart TV?
The thing is , for the moment ,I don't have internet installed in my flat, but I can connect the phone with tv by using soft AP from tv menu (phone and tv make their own wifi network) so I can stream anything to my tv thru allshare, BUT when I am playing HD videos it is running for couple of seconds and then freezes for couple of seconds and so on.. I noticed that it is not related to the size of the file because I played videos hundreds of mbs in size with no problem but those were 320 per something dpi. Is this going to be a permanent problem even if I get the internet? Any help is appreciated! Thanks
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I haven't seen that issue, but then again I haven't used the soft AP. My 55" 7000-series LED TV is connected to a wired Gigabit ethernet, and my i9100 is connected on 5 GHz 802.11n provided by a Netgear WNDR3800 router, also connected to the Gigabit network.
I'm using SG2 MH- HDMI adapter to watch movies on TV and found that HDMI and WiFi don't work at same time, e.g if i watch movie and switch on wifi then hdmi disconnects and vice verse as well. I guess this behavior done because of high power consumption. But is it possible to do some workaround and force both features work in same time ?
The basic idea is to use shared folders on Linux PC and watch movies from them via Wifi instead preloading full movie to SG2 before watching.
Change in wifi router settings to channel 4
Do you mean use channel 4 on Wi-FI router where SG2 connected to ? Don't understand how router channel may depend from HDMI-Wifi on phone.
Yes.
Best ideea, tronsmart t428 mini stick.