Hello,
I work for a corporate TV channel that broadcasts in hotels. We have a 1hr program that changes every month and is looped all day every day on the channel. We have our own equipment inside each hotel. Currently we distribute USB sticks with the new show on every month. It's time consuming and expensive.
We want to start updating the show more regularly - every week, maybe sometimes every day. Short of fully-fledged IPTV, we want a system whereby we can quickly and easily distribute the new version of the show over the internet... in HD. There is another complication. Each client needs a slightly unique set up; as well as the regularly updated show, they also have a unique video about their hotel. The two videos play in a loop.
Yes, we could use Focus Media to do it (I think). But we want to do it cheaper if possible...
An idea I've had:
Use Android boxes (like the Mele A2000) at the client side with Dropbox installed. This will synchronise a folder on the client machine with a centralised office machine. When we update the show in the office, it is automatically updated on the client.
But... if the client is playing a video when it is updated, the video will halt as Dropbox deletes old versions of a file and replaces them with a new one. So... We could use two playlists that alternate each day. Playlist A will play the local hotel video then the current show from Dropbox. Playlist B plays the same but from different files. As long as the playlist A show file is updated when playlist B is playing and vice-versa, the stream won't have to close. I was thinking I could schedule a task whereby the correct playlist starts at the beginning of each day (i.e. Playlist A starts running at midnight on Monday, Wed, Fri, playlist B starts at midnight on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday).
I would use webkey as a remote access system, allowing me to administer each machine individually should issues arise.
I've got as far as playing playlist files - android doesn't seem to like them. I'm playing around with .pls files but not having much luck. Does anyone know how to build a .pls file to play videos on android?
Also... Is this an overly complicated idea? If anyone has opinions/advice I'd appreciate it, and be ruthlessly honest!
Cheers guys,
Jim
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Just getting started with in the world of android. For the last 5 years I have been using WinMo and loved it but don't care for the new Win Phone. So I came this direction.
Just looking to see what peoples must have apps and tools are. I don't really use my phone for games. Mostly web browsing, light social networking (but hate it being an infestation through out my phone), tools for day to day life with networking and Audio/Video presentations and entertainment.
I have read a bunch of other areas on here, just thought I would ask the people using my same device.
Also wondering about the security apps. I have read alot of different opinions on where to use them or not.
But I do like the idea of blocking some apps from getting to things like phone ID contacts and things like that where it makes sense.
I use plume for twitter. Customizable skin, keeps your place pretty well across multiple devices (phone and kindle fire for me).
I use vplayer for playing avi videos. Apparently it doesn't handle 720p videos the best, but I don't tend to download those anyways. I've heard MKV player plays those best.
I use plex media app to stream videos from my pc. With their new myplex, setup is much easier than it used to be.
Sling mobile was working well until my slingplayer died.
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shermanpat said:
Also wondering about the security apps. I have read alot of different opinions on where to use them or not.
But I do like the idea of blocking some apps from getting to things like phone ID contacts and things like that where it makes sense.
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I've installed a couple of security apps, always uninstall them. Not doing anything that exciting on my phone and always install apps from secure sources.
Easy Profile Switcher - Setup profiles to increase battery life and automatically change settings (Ringer, WiFi, Bluetooth, ect.) based on Location or time.
Dolphin Browser-fast with lots of useful addons
Angrybirds - Good game to pass time on train to work ect.
ES File Explorer - Like Total Commander on WinMo6.5
Wol Wake on Lan Wan - Sends Magic Packets to wake a computer even over net.
Subsonic Music Streamer - Stream from PC across the web, also video, tweakable.
Zumocast - Not in VZ's Market, Stream Music and some vids from PC, easy setup.
Team Viewer for Remote Control - Client to remote control a PC with TeamViewer server, easy setup.
TITANIUM BACKUP PRO - Backup almost every aspect of your phone, needs root.
Dood's Music Streamer - Free GrooveShark Client, no Grooveshark registration req.
Netflix - Streaming Netflix, HD not supported on Rezound yet.
My Verizon - Bloatware app that gives you account / usage details.
Amazon Mobile - Amazon.com shopping made easy on a mobile phone.
GotYa! Face Trap - takes pic of anyone trying to unlock your phone, emails pic /w GPS Map Location.
Lookout Security and Antivirus - Virus and Malware protection, Remote phone lock, GPS locator, Remotely ring phone even with ringer off, remotely disable phone.
If this was helpful hit the Thanks
Good list... Gave me a couple new apps to try out.
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Mc_365:
Great list I have found a few and sounds like a great few more to try out. I am running Scotts Clean rom1.2 and love it and found a few of those in there.
I'm sticking with Temp Root for the time. I've had some issues with my audio jack and may need replacement.
The Wake on Lan app is simple but it will take propper configuration of your router if you want to use it over the net. I'm using dd-wrt flashed on my router you can also use tomato or other 3rd party firmware to get the setup.
The wake on lan app lets me keep my pc asleep until I need it for streaming and such.
I not ready to put my stuff in the cloud yet, and I'm trying to cut my carbon footprint down. Subsonic can be configured to transcode audio/video to lower bitrates to make streaming from home easier. I have 5Mb upload and I had no problems streaming vids of reasonable quality.
I'm also using WiFi Tether, root required.
I have a fantastic Windows 7 x64 Media Center PC in my living room where all of my digital media is stored.
I installed Air Playit on my phone (Samsung Epic 4g) and the server on the PC, and everything is working smoothly.
However - tried installing 'er on the Touchpad and it just FCs every time I try to enter the local IP address. If it matters, I'm running the latest CherryKANG ROM.
I know a little, but probably not enough to get this to work right now.
Ideally - I want to stream this media anywhere in my house over WiFi as well as when I'm out of the house - which was the main reason Air Playit was a good choice for my phone. I use the tablet less outside of the house but that may change soon. Just looking for a good option to stream over SMB or whatever it may be.
Thanks for any help!
I've googled and found a few options but am wondering what the best one is according to XDA.
Plex is nice if you want a gui/jukebox style media center interface. ES File explorer and MX player work nice if you just want a free, simple solution.
Seconding Plex. I setup the server to work with my Roku, but it seems to work nicely with Android and iOS also. Both my TouchPad and phone work well with the plex server.
there is an app called Bubble Upnp that will stream media from your PC if it's running WMC or any other upnp/dlna server. While it may not be as fancy as Plex, it's free.
Great - thanks for the suggestions guys. Will try one or two in the next few days here and see how it works. Just realized I'm going out of town for a week next week so that'll be a good test to see if I can access everything.
Hi,
my requirement is i have multiple android phones installed at different places. Each have 3G internet connection. I need to PUSH the stream to Web-Client that has multiple embedded players in a webpage. This is surveillance system. I have not designed the webpage Yet.
This is a Live stream but i may want to record video on hourly basis in later stages of project.I don't need to store the videos more than a day there by releasing the space occupied. This storage of file can be in my local sdcard or on my webserver.
Basically i want a Peer-Peer Live Streaming. My scenario is MANY-ONE. There will be only one viewer. For this, Do i really need a Mediaserver like WoWza or RED5?
I have seen many forums. I have tested Wowza on my localhost and it is working fine, if i want to test over the internet.. i mean push my stream over 3G. I am specifically mentioning this "*pushing Live Stream over 3G*" because many people may offer a solution of Port Forwarding which i tried. When i did port forwarding my port "8080", i could see my local stream over the Internet by using my External IP of Router. Basically, my phone now works like an IPCamera.
But this is not what i need. I need my android phone to push the stream to My Own public webserver that has HTTP..My WebServer is not a Media Server.
My question is Do i need to use a Media Server like WoWZA or Opensource RED5? As there will not many people watching the stream, Can i avoid this?
Please Help!!!!!
Hi all,
I've been playing with the airplay apps over the last week or so but am hitting some problems.
I have a couple of old android phones setup around my house which have speakers connected to them. I run Bubbleupnp on each of those devices which then effectively sets them up as DLNA libraries and renderers. I have two other devices setup - an android tablet and a QNAP NAS. My QNAP NAS supports DLNA and this is where my music library is stored. The android tablet is used as a controller, again running Bubbleupnp, where I can choose the NAS as the library and either of the android devices as speakers. This works great.
One problem is that with Bubbleupnp, it is only possible to select one renderer which means it is not possible to stream to multiple speakers at the same time. E.g. I want to stream to my kitchen and my living room at the same time with the music completely in sync. Another problem is that when using Bubbleupnp, music sent to the renderer must be from a library and cannot be live streaming on the controller device (E.g. Spotify, Youtube etc.).
I then found AirAudio which actually fixed both of the issue (Sort of). Firstly, when running AirAudio on a rooted device, you can push any sounds from the controller device to any of the DLNA renderers (E.g. Spotify). Secondly, it is possible to stream to multiple DLNA renderers at the same time (Obviously, Bubbleupnp still needs to be running on these devices to make them DLNA devices). The only problem here is that when sending to multiple renderers at the same time, they are not in sync. The is due to the actual streaming being performed on the individual devices and therefore they all perform differently.
I emailed the AirAudio development team and they were extremely helpful in explaining the details of this to me and even recommended some other apps to try which might help. The apps which they recommended were Android HiFi and AirBubble where it is possible to set different delays for the different renderers. I am yet to actually try this as I imagine that the delay is not exactly the same each time I try and play music and therefore the delay will need to be altered regularly (Bit of pain).
This whole problem is a limitation of DLNA - you cannot synchronise multiple devices. Apparently you can synchronise multiple AirPlay devices?
So, after all of that, my question is, 'Is it possible to turn an Android device into a AirPlay device?' The developers at AirAudio seemed to think that audio synchronisation of AirPlay receivers for Android is not supported, if this is true, does anyone know why? Seems mad that something as powerful as an Android phone can't be an AirPlay device.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Dan
Sorry to bump this but just hoping that someone reads this who can help.
Dan
Last try...
Anyone got any ideas here?
Effectively I want Boombotix Sync for Android (This is for iphone only). There's also Speakerfy but it's limited to music library on the host and it's ui is horrible.
can't believe there's still no solution to this. .
I can't believe that no one out there isn't trying to do the same as me!
I still can't find a suitable solution. Please please help.
Hi all, within the last year I've been using my first smartphone, and with that recently have been able to expand the memory, and load a large portion of my music collection in flac format. I'm using Foobar 1.0.94; installing any later version just gives me the message that this software is not compatible with android.
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I want to update to a newer version of the android system, which apparently is 8.1. I've successfully downloaded the update, which has taken about a month, because where I live has little wi fi connectivity. I was wanting to back the update file up first, before installing, but apparently asking about the location where the file has downloaded to was enough to get me booted off the Lenovo help forum. I would have liked to back the file up, just incase of any problems or corruption issues. This is just explaining why I'm still on android 7.11.
-----back on topic-----
But now my main question is trying to find a music player or DSP plugin for foobar that can crossfades songs properly. I've tried a number of programs, but they ALL crossfade as in introducing a fade both at the end of the song, and the start of the next. So in other words, the beginning of any track is never a hard start. It always fades in, and the first few seconds of the song is missing.
Idealistically I would like the song to fade off naturally as it does from the album, and at a given db point, the player would trigger the next track without any fades; just playing normally.
I thought this would have been relatively simple, but I'm trying to find something that would start the next song at the point in which the previous song's ending falls below a nominated threshold level, such -33db, and then start the next song WITHOUT killing the residual of the previous song's fade that would still be taking place underneath.
They are players out there that come close, but all stubbornly fade the intro of the new song in regardless. Below are my system specs, hoping someone please could forward any recommendations.
Thanks from wintery sydney.
Phone model - Moto G5s XT1797
Software channel - retapac
Android version - 7.11
Music Software - Foobar for Android
Version number - 1.0.94