I've installed Allshare Play and have it up and running, but I have a few questions I am hoping somebody might be able to answer for me.
1- Everytime I access the local host on the PC, I get a message from my browser saying, "Intranet Settings are turned off by default"
I then have two options: a) Don't Show This Message Again or B)Turn on Intranet Settings. Does anybody know if there is any reason why I should "turn on intranet settings"? IE: Security, etc.
This is the control for content that is accessed on the same network, via wifi. Such as my GT 10.1 through the regular Allshare app or from another PC.
2- There are menus in the app for Music, Video and Files. Under Files, all file types show. However, if I start accessing a media file there, it begins a download bar (doesn't download to my phone permanently unless I choose to.) If I choose from the video menu, no download bar, just a very long wait (even with FIOS internat on my home computer and LTE on my phone). Is this basically doing the same exact thing? Just downloading it enough to view. Music comes on instantly, video obviously takes longer.
3- I can only access files from the AllShare Play app, nothing shows in the gallery. I assume this is correct.
So far it comes in handy and is fun. Definitely makes good use of unlimited data when out. Anybody prefer any other apps that work better, etc. I've heard of Polkast and a few others. Anything more optimized, etc. than Allshare Play?
Thanks!
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I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
b33p_ said:
I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
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What's up with windows mediaplayer?
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i know this isn't the answer that you're looking for but if you embed album art in the music files themselves then you are no longer tied to using any particular piece of software to copy music. you can use copy and paste or any other software knowing that your music is always complete with album art.
the downside of course is that you have to tag all of your files properly complete with album art. if you want to do this i would take a look at mp3tag.de which is free. i think media monkey can do this automatically too ...
if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
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if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
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Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
Just copy and paste a folder of music onto the phone with the album art in the same folder as the music, that seems to work for me !
if you want a nice easy interface try kies air, you will get the interface without having to load any software onto your computer, (it's really cool)
Kies Air doesn't work either. I wonder if this is because I rooted yesterday.
Im not sure if you're aware of this but most popular media player software would have embedded the album art in the mp3 itself when it was tagged. Album art is often also added to the folder outside of the mp3s just so that the folder icon will show the art. It isnt however needed with most modern players as they are capable of using the embedded artwork.
when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
Me its always been cut and paste .
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Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library, which for me came as an advantage cause been using iphone for the last couple of years so I just transfer new songs into my itunes and use syncr to transfer the playlists to my phone. U can also wirelessly transfer tracks using syncr which means you can be out and about in the house whilst syncr is doing its job.
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Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library
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I don't use iTunes so I haven't tried it
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when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
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Ah, Kies air is working today! Thanks for your help. Interface is kind of crappy but I came from a SE Satio so my expectations are low, I'm perfectly happy! I hope the Music app on the phone is good although I know WinAmp is good.
I came from an iPhone so everything was on iTunes. I still use iTunes as I find some things easier to manage e.g. automatic import & the remote controls you can buy work well with it. It is a terrible piece of resource hogging software however.
I moved to MediaMonkey and used that to sync both iPhone and Android. It's very easy, just identify which playlists, albums, artists you want to sync and plug in.
Recently I've been using Winamp to wirelessly sync. It's convenient but without as many features as MediaMonkey.
If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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Isn't that USA only?
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Isn't that USA only?
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Oh my bad. Sorry I keep on forgetting the US restriction. :/
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b33p_ said:
Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
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If you can't connect to kies via USB, go to you Settings > Applications > USB Debugging and switch it off.
You have to switch it back on if you want to usethe phone as USB mass storage.
I just end up dragging and dropping it into the sd card
I'm using Winamp via WiFi and it works greate, Winamp also can convert all files to a different codec like HE-AAC (MP4). But then my phone doesn't show the embedded album art - it just shows it at MP3-files. (does somebody has a workaround for this? Does it work to put a folder.jpg into the album-folder?).
You could enable usb debugging, doing so gives you access to the sd card when connected to a pc. At least, mine does.
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Mediamonkey
One word: Mediamonkey.
Mediamonkey organizes all your music easily and allows for easy tagging from amazon, embedding of cover art into the file tag etc. I've used it for years now and there is no way around this if you want to manage a lot of tracks and stay sane. And here's why it's good to use with your phone:
It's not a massive resource hog as iTunes.
It lets you specifiy which subdirectory you want your stuff to be placed on the device, and how files and folders are to be named based on tag info.
(Mine usually goes into "\Music\<Album Artist>\<Album>\<Title>".)
It allows you to set up automatic sync of playlists or folders or whatever you set up. This can also be done automatically once the device is connected. I.e. my device will have all tracks in my auto-playlist "higher rating than 2.5 stars" automatically synced once connected. It will only transfer new files rated >2.5 stars to the device, not all the tracks again.
No need to copy only the tracks you want on the phone from your library to a "watched" folder that Kies or HTC Sync or whatever will automatically transfer. Simply pick the tracks you like and select Send To>Phone>Sync. Bam!
Of course, you can also sync individual files to your device from Mediamonkey.
It's simple and straightfoward. I am still wondering why there are so few people around knowing about this much better alternative to itunes in the Windows space...
Sorry if this sounds like a cheap ad... but it is the only one tool you need for organizing and playing music you need.
Hi All
Usually if i put the file .nomedia in the folder, it would not show up in the gallery.
But for my transformer Prime stock gallery, it still shows up there. Is there anyway to make it not show up?
Some updates here
1. I found out this is an ICS problem, not just from TP. Checking on the Nexus forums. there are several post on this.
2. Alternative solutions appart from using 3rd party apps:
http://code.google.com/p/ankidroid/issues/detail?id=910
"It did work for me to clear Media Storage. For the record (and those who may find this bug), you go to Settings-Apps-All Apps-Media Storage-Clear Data. And restart the phone."
This works for me at least..
I am trying to share content over my home wi-fi network between my 2 PCs and my SGS3.
I've tried a few things but I can't manage to see the S3 device under "View network computers and devices"
I don't see a lot of options on the S3 to help with that. There's just Wi-Fi direct and Nearby Devices - File Sharing. But even with both activated or one at a time, I get no magic.
My PCs are running windows 7 and 8
How do i view my phone's content on my PC and vice versa over wi-fi?
Just to be a bit clearer, my aim is to stream media and access documents
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You can try WiFi File Explorer PRO from the Play Store (it's a paid app, $0.92). I've used this in the past and it works well. It allows you to access the files on your device from your PC.
If you want to share media between your device and PC, take a look at Plex, you can get it from the Play Store and you can download the app for Windows. It's pretty simple to setup the media server.
nadram said:
I am trying to share content over my home wi-fi network between my 2 PCs and my SGS3.
I've tried a few things but I can't manage to see the S3 device under "View network computers and devices"
I don't see a lot of options on the S3 to help with that. There's just Wi-Fi direct and Nearby Devices - File Sharing. But even with both activated or one at a time, I get no magic.
My PCs are running windows 7 and 8
How do i view my phone's content on my PC and vice versa over wi-fi?
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I tried this for my NAS drive so may work for you.
Req: i am assuming the phone and the media drive are sharing the same network. The media drive should have a fixed IP address.
Download ES File explorer on your phone.
Open ES app.
On the topmost left corner it will show a tab : Local, tap on it, select LAN. From the top menu click New > Server
Now you will have a option window open up.
Type the IP address of your wireless streaming media drive in the field.
If you have a username and password to access the drive type that in and hit enter/save
You should now see the drive IP address in the es explorer main screen. Select and you should have access to the hard drive contents. Just copy move or do whatever else you want to do..... ;-)
Hope it works for you. Screen shots attached
Send me a pm if it does
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FIVE86 said:
You can try WiFi File Explorer PRO from the Play Store (it's a paid app, $0.92). I've used this in the past and it works well. It allows you to access the files on your device from your PC.
If you want to share media between your device and PC, take a look at Plex, you can get it from the Play Store and you can download the app for Windows. It's pretty simple to setup the media server.
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Certainly worth a shot, i'll try it tomorrow. Watching the Euro games now
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I tried this for my NAS drive so may work for you.
Req: i am assuming the phone and the media drive are sharing the same network. The media drive should have a fixed IP address.
Download ES File explorer on your phone.
Open ES app.
On the topmost left corner it will show a tab : Local, tap on it, select LAN. From the top menu click New > Server
Now you will have a option window open up.
Type the IP address of your wireless streaming media drive in the field.
If you have a username and password to access the drive type that in and hit enter/save
You should now see the drive IP address in the es explorer main screen. Select and you should have access to the hard drive contents. Just copy move or do whatever else you want to do..... ;-)
Hope it works for you. Screen shots attached
Send me a pm if it does
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I'll give this a shot. Yes, I also have an NAS and managed to stream video and music from my phone to it without any apps. Just start playing the movie or open the picture, and there's an icon to play on other device right there on the GS3 screen. I never managed to access my NAS from my phone before though.
I was hoping to be able to do all of this without using any new apps. If there's no other suggestions, I'll get started tomorrow...
Thanks!
nadram said:
Certainly worth a shot, i'll try it tomorrow. Watching the Euro games now
I'll give this a shot. Yes, I also have an NAS and managed to stream video and music from my phone to it without any apps. Just start playing the movie or open the picture, and there's an icon to play on other device right there on the GS3 screen. I never managed to access my NAS from my phone before though.
I was hoping to be able to do all of this without using any new apps. If there's no other suggestions, I'll get started tomorrow...
Thanks!
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ES file explorer is a great file management and app backup manager rolled into one. So it's a good one to have on your phone anyway.
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Just download Kies Air from the Play Store....you will love it!!!
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Just download Kies Air from the Play Store....you will love it!!!
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Thanks bro. I have that, but again, it doesn't work both ways and it's impractical. I also need to view pc content from phone.
When I walk home I want my phone to show up on my pc as a network device and the opposite.
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I have a download box that continually seeks and downloads new TV shows, and I like to watch them on my tablet.
What I want to achieve is making my tablet copy and then delete the sourcefile of the new shows my downloadbox deposits in a designated folder.
There are lots of sync apps out there, but as expected, none of them has the option to move files, focusing entirely on mirroring.
This means whenever I delete a show on my tablet after watching it, the sync app would replace it again.
Setting it to both way sync usually results in copying missing files rather then deleting the excess ones.
I have tried setting up an FTP server on my tablet and letting my PC handle all the logistics with a simple batch file,
but this all too often results in corrupted files because the FTP transfer seems to regularly flake out.
Does anyone know of a solution to securely and automatically move files from PC to tablet?
There's lot's of apps that do this sort of thing, but none of them do exactly what I want (from what I've found so far).
I have tried DoubleTwist, but it tries to automatically sync my ENTIRE music collection to my phone. That's ridiculous and unnecessary. I don't need my entire 100+ GB collection with me at all times.
What I'm looking for is something like this: I want to set a specific folder that automatically syncs all of its content with my phone and/or tablet. Kind of like how Dropbox works. I copy something into the Dropbox folder, and eventually that something is on the cloud, accessible by me wherever I am.
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind simply Right Clicking in Windows, and then "Sending To" one of my mobile devices, as long as they're on the same WiFi network as my laptop.
Does something like this exist?
Ps. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy 3 & Note 8.
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There's lot's of apps that do this sort of thing, but none of them do exactly what I want (from what I've found so far).
I have tried DoubleTwist, but it tries to automatically sync my ENTIRE music collection to my phone. That's ridiculous and unnecessary. I don't need my entire 100+ GB collection with me at all times.
What I'm looking for is something like this: I want to set a specific folder that automatically syncs all of its content with my phone and/or tablet. Kind of like how Dropbox works. I copy something into the Dropbox folder, and eventually that something is on the cloud, accessible by me wherever I am.
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind simply Right Clicking in Windows, and then "Sending To" one of my mobile devices, as long as they're on the same WiFi network as my laptop.
Does something like this exist?
Ps. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy 3 & Note 8.
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did you try Google Drive ?
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did you try Google Drive ?
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I actually stopped using GDrive in favour of Drop Box because it wouldn't automatically upload files from my laptop to the cloud storage.
Are you saying that if I copy a music file into Google Drive it will be on my phone? Even when it's offline? (That's the key)
nubreed000 said:
I actually stopped using GDrive in favour of Drop Box because it wouldn't automatically upload files from my laptop to the cloud storage.
Are you saying that if I copy a music file into Google Drive it will be on my phone? Even when it's offline? (That's the key)
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Of course not if you are offline, there is no software can do it without internet connection
you should look for software that sync over WIFI if you are in same network. I suggest you to google "sync over WIFI"