Hi, I have a NFS share on my desktop, which I use for my WDTV, and use haneWIN NFS Server for it. I would like to be able to connect to this share with my prime to view/play my movies from it if possible. Is there a way that I can mount this share on the tablet and be accessible from within a compatible video player on the prime? Is there a decent player that can play 720/1080p mkv's over wifi? Or am I suck using SMB, or maybe go with DLNA access to my video folder? My prime is rooted, just received the JB update a few days ago. Thanks.
desperado836 said:
Hi, I have a NFS share on my desktop, which I use for my WDTV, and use haneWIN NFS Server for it. I would like to be able to connect to this share with my prime to view/play my movies from it if possible. Is there a way that I can mount this share on the tablet and be accessible from within a compatible video player on the prime? Is there a decent player that can play 720/1080p mkv's over wifi? Or am I suck using SMB, or maybe go with DLNA access to my video folder? My prime is rooted, just received the JB update a few days ago. Thanks.
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I use ESFile explorer and add my remote folders etc with its server share function... i also have run BSplayer and dice player which both can play files from remote shares.
I have in the past ran Cifsmanager to add remote share links (free from playstore) which should just act like a local folder on your device.
Danny-B- said:
I use ESFile explorer and add my remote folders etc with its server share function... i also have run BSplayer and dice player which both can play files from remote shares.
I have in the past ran Cifsmanager to add remote share links which should just act like a local folder on your device.
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The problem I have with ES File Explorer is that is sees my computer, but it prompts for user/pass, which would mean SMB sharing correct? I mean I could add a user to use this scenario but rather just mount the nfs share already there without doing anything extra. I tried BSPlayer, was kinda choppy playing a 1080p video, but does my SD content just fine. I suppose the prime is more than capable of decoding 1080 mkv's, or is it just the wifi that isn't up to the task (the tablet wifi itself). cifsmanager I could never get to mount correctly, so that was a wash. Thanks for the help.
desperado836 said:
The problem I have with ES File Explorer is that is sees my computer, but it prompts for user/pass, which would mean SMB sharing correct? I mean I could add a user to use this scenario but rather just mount the nfs share already there without doing anything extra. I tried BSPlayer, was kinda choppy playing a 1080p video, but does my SD content just fine. I suppose the prime is more than capable of decoding 1080 mkv's, or is it just the wifi that isn't up to the task (the tablet wifi itself). cifsmanager I could never get to mount correctly, so that was a wash. Thanks for the help.
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You should only need to add the username and pass the once if you add a server. at least i do anyway ... whats wrong with SMB?
I'd guess that the 1080p vids are too much for the wifi network... what speed is it?
Danny-B- said:
You should only need to add the username and pass the once if you add a server. at least i do anyway ... whats wrong with SMB?
I'd guess that the 1080p vids are too much for the wifi network... what speed is it?
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I do not want to use SMB, and wifi is N, either 150 or 300, haven't checked to be sure. Anyways, thanks for helping me out.
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I want to stream AVI files from my computer to my Nook. GMote doesn't work with AVI. I downloaded VLC Stream and Convert. I fired it up, pointed it at my desktop and it just worked. I was very impressed with it except that it streams all my videos in 4" X 4". I'm sure this would be great on a phone, but I've got 7" to work with here.
Does anyone know of an app that will reliably stream media in full screen? I'm willing to pay for an app that does this. I just need to stream over wifi when I'm at home.
I use CifsManager to mount windows shares, and then RockPlayer Lite to play videos off those shares. It will stretch to full screen, but unless you format the video correctly it's stuck with software decoding.
GMote plays AVI for me, do you have rockplayer?
No Rockplayer. I don't want to have to mount shares. It's an extra step. VLC Stream and Convert works perfectly except it's small screen. I open the app, click on browse, browse to the file I want to play and click play. It buffers and plays with no issues except for the screen size.
There's no extra steps, you browse to the avi you want to play in gmote, click it and rockplayer opens it.
I tested out the GMote Rockplayer combo you all suggested. It worked very well, except I can't seem to fast forward and skip around inside of videos. Is this something I"m doing wrong or is it a limitation of this solution?
A. Nonymous said:
I tested out the GMote Rockplayer combo you all suggested. It worked very well, except I can't seem to fast forward and skip around inside of videos. Is this something I"m doing wrong or is it a limitation of this solution?
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I think it may be a limitation. If there's a fix, I don't know it. Rockplayer by itself allows skipping around but youve got it streaming the video through GMote and I doubt that Rockplayer is communicating to GMote.
I got this to work with VLC Stream and Convert. There are options buried in the menu to make the output full screen. I love it. I have to start VLC on my computer ahead of time which is kind of a pain, but I'm at home anyway when I'm doing this. Once I do though, I can stream any of my media and also fast forward, rewind and skip around in it whether in portrait or landscape. Highly recommend this.
I was hoping to provide a solution using orb or Androrb, but I tried with mplayer, rockplayer, and stock player with no luck.
Gmote/rockplayer works for me, but no ff as mentioned. If the v player dev could support the nc it may have potential.
To the above poster, you could use teamviewer to log in to your pc and start the vlc stream.
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+1 for VLC Stream & Convert
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I was hoping to provide a solution using orb or Androrb, but I tried with mplayer, rockplayer, and stock player with no luck.
Gmote/rockplayer works for me, but no ff as mentioned. If the v player dev could support the nc it may have potential.
To the above poster, you could use teamviewer to log in to your pc and start the vlc stream.
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I suspect that Gmote/Rockplayer doesn't have FF because it's not accessing the stream directly. Gmote is accessing the stream and forwarding it to Rockplayer. I'm in my house when I'm using my NC and I have a VLC shortcut on my toolbar so it doesn't take but a second to start it. I could probably configure VLC to start the web interface part automatically when Windows starts, but I'm too lazy to look into that right now.
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I suspect that Gmote/Rockplayer doesn't have FF because it's not accessing the stream directly. Gmote is accessing the stream and forwarding it to Rockplayer. I'm in my house when I'm using my NC and I have a VLC shortcut on my toolbar so it doesn't take but a second to start it. I could probably configure VLC to start the web interface part automatically when Windows starts, but I'm too lazy to look into that right now.
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In the Icon properties, add this to the target line:
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Does this require you to be on the same network as Said PC for it to work, ie, can I stream Video from home PC when I am in another area, like the mall, or your moms house?
stinky634 said:
Does this require you to be on the same network as Said PC for it to work, ie, can I stream Video from home PC when I am in another area, like the mall, or your moms house?
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VLC convert and stream allows this, yes.
vlc stream and convert works fine, you just have to mess with the settings, make sure video playback width is set to 1040 or screen width
When I try to use S&C on my Nook (CM7), it tells me "buffering" for about a minute, then tells me it can't play, too many errors. Installed it on my Inspire HD and it works great. Any ideas, anyone?
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When I try to use S&C on my Nook (CM7), it tells me "buffering" for about a minute, then tells me it can't play, too many errors. Installed it on my Inspire HD and it works great. Any ideas, anyone?
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Do you have it set to h.264 in the streaming settings? I'm not sure how well the other settings work (if at all).
bobzdar said:
Do you have it set to h.264 in the streaming settings? I'm not sure how well the other settings work (if at all).
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Yup. Went through the entire setup, all of the settings mirror the ones on my Inspire. Frustrating.
SmittyRN said:
When I try to use S&C on my Nook (CM7), it tells me "buffering" for about a minute, then tells me it can't play, too many errors. Installed it on my Inspire HD and it works great. Any ideas, anyone?
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I tried the same thing, works great in rooted Eclair but not in any of the CM7 versions. I think it is because there is no DSP working in CM7, but I could be wrong.
what is the best way for me to stream. Mp4 movie files i converted with handbrake pc version to my galaxy tab? what is everyone using? Thanks
Plex is amazing. I have it running on my WHS and stream MKV files over both Wi-Fi and 3G with no stuttering. It displays movie descriptions and episode descriptions for TV shows. It also support audio with album art. It's pretty slick and impresses everyone I show it to. Both PlayOn and Orb Live work also but they're not nearly as elegant. PlayOn and Orb Live support Hulu without stuttering if that has any value to you. BTW, none of them are free.
Excuse my ignorance. What is whs?
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Excuse my ignorance. What is whs?
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Windows Home Server, running the same setup too. Love plex, not only am i streaming to my tab, i use the plex addon for XBMC for streaming windows. I can start a video on computer and resume if needed on the tab and vice versa.
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If you already converted the movies simply use ES file explorer to access a shared folder on the PC. ES file explorer is a crude app to use and is not tablet optimized but at least you dont have to run a streaming app on your PC which take up alot power to run. No reason to re-encode the movies you already re-encoded.
5thElement said:
If you already converted the movies simply use ES file explorer to access a shared folder on the PC. ES file explorer is a crude app to use and is not tablet optimized but at least you dont have to run a streaming app on your PC which take up alot power to run. No reason to re-encode the movies you already re-encoded.
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Are you able to stream videos from outside the network using that method?
One of the other features I enjoy with Plex is able to stream from anywhere using either my tablet or my laptop. It's not just limited to android .
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Are you able to stream videos from outside the network using that method?
One of the other features I enjoy with Plex is able to stream from anywhere using either my tablet or my laptop. It's not just limited to android .
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For outside the network I guess I would use Plex. Inside, no way. Plex uses way too much CPU resources on even on high end PCs. It takes alot to re-encode movies in real-time. No reason to stress your PC when you dont have to. Besides, you can access shared folders with your laptop as well you know.
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For outside the network I guess I would use Plex. Inside, no way. Plex uses way too much CPU resources on even on high end PCs. It takes alot to re-encode movies in real-time. No reason to stress your PC when you dont have to. Besides, you can access shared folders with your laptop as well you know.
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I use to used media player 11 to stream on my laptop, but plex completely changed that. And no, it does not use that much resources to run, I have a Q9300 with 8 GB of ram, and it uses maybe... maybe 2% of my memory and nothing on the processor. I even did a stress test and had it stream to my desktop, laptop, and tablet while playing videos using XMBC on WHS with DTS @1080p... no hiccup.
So no, it does not stress my PC.
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I am trying to access media files (mp3 or video files) from shared network drive and play directly in Galaxy Tab 10.1. I am using ES File Explorer and i am able to access my network locations. But it is very SLOW. If any one knows any app with which i can directly access network files on my tab and play them directly in the same wifi network, please advice.
I use a similar setup, SMB network share (which my NAS provides) and ES File Explorer to access the files. It's very fast, I have no problem streaming 720p videos using Dice Player. What apps do you use to play the videos?
MP3s are no problem as well but I prefer DLNA/UPnP via Allshare to play music since it shows album arts.
music.google.com
I use CifsManager (with pershoot's kernel and the CIFS module) together with Mobo and RockPlayer Lite.
CifsManager lets me mount remote CIFS/SMB shares on my device (/sdcard/smb in my case) and then I can play them as if they are stored locally with Mobo and RockPlayer.
Did anyone ever find a solution to this? The issue it bizarre, I have Samsung Glide on the same network that plays 720 files from the network just fine, but the GalaxyTab gets 5kb/sec. Same issue on other wireless routers.
I usually play video over LAN with BS Player, it has a "LAN mode" integrated into the app.
But as long as the files are under 2GB (at least that seemed to be the case, since if I wanted to play a 3GB file it didn't work (very slow and stuttering) but if I split it into two smaller pieces it worked fine) going to their location in File Manager HD and playing them like local storage seems to work too (tried BS player and Dice player, both worked fine).
As mentioned above BS Player's LAN mode is doing the trick for me.
I think its worth to mention VLC Direct Pro, if you have an active computer on the network (wont work directly from something like an NAS) since it will provide support for pretty much any. possible. file. ; 1080p high profile mkv's, name it;
el3ctrik said:
I use CifsManager (with pershoot's kernel and the CIFS module) together with Mobo and RockPlayer Lite.
CifsManager lets me mount remote CIFS/SMB shares on my device (/sdcard/smb in my case) and then I can play them as if they are stored locally with Mobo and RockPlayer.
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I'm getting "invalid arguments" when mounting it through CifsManager or manual mount.
any advise ?
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Hi:
i installed
[ROM] UNOFFICIAL CM9 with working camera
previously i used only webos .
i used kalemsoft media player and streamer for all media including media stored on PC and from another wifi network when away from home.
it works great and is really simple
besides the actual droid version of this app, is there another comparable?
i do want a player able to handle all video types and a matching streamer..
thanx
amkaos said:
Hi:
i installed
[ROM] UNOFFICIAL CM9 with working camera
previously i used only webos .
i used kalemsoft media player and streamer for all media including media stored on PC and from another wifi network when away from home.
it works great and is really simple
besides the actual droid version of this app, is there another comparable?
i do want a player able to handle all video types and a matching streamer..
thanx
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I use mVideoPlayer to stream and play videos on my Touchpad that were recorded and stored on my computer using Windows Media Center.
bananagranola said:
I use mVideoPlayer to stream and play videos on my Touchpad that were recorded and stored on my computer using Windows Media Center.
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thanx for your reply..
i dont see how to set-up to stream from a PC on home network.
thanx
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i may have stumbled into it.. do you know how to access files from another LAN?
amkaos said:
thanx for your reply..
i dont see how to set-up to stream from a PC on home network.
thanx
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I use Remote Potato Server on my computer, so I can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.dyndns.piet5211.rempotatoclient on my Touchpad. When I stream video from the app it uses mVideoPlayer to open it.
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I use Remote Potato Server on my computer, so I can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.dyndns.piet5211.rempotatoclient on my Touchpad. When I stream video from the app it uses mVideoPlayer to open it.
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i will look for it .. thanx
For a decent DLNA server, check out TVersity (do a Google search).
BubbleUPnP from Play Store is a reasonable, free client.
Personally I just share a folder on my PC on my home network, then use ES file explorer to goto the folder and MX Player (which plays nearly everything) to stream to my Touchpad. That way I don't have to install anything on my PC.
You can also try Emit. Its pretty simple but it does use a lot of the remote PC's CPU.
https://www.emitapp.com/
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emuX said:
For a decent DLNA server, check out TVersity (do a Google search).
BubbleUPnP from Play Store is a reasonable, free client.
Personally I just share a folder on my PC on my home network, then use ES file explorer to goto the folder and MX Player (which plays nearly everything) to stream to my Touchpad. That way I don't have to install anything on my PC.
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++1 this is the way to go for sure. es file explorer and mxplayer for the win. you dont even need to create shares on the windows PC. just scan the LAN for the computer that you want to access files on, then enter the login username and password that you login to the windows machine with and voila, youll have access to everything on your PC.
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++1 this is the way to go for sure. es file explorer and mxplayer for the win. you dont even need to create shares on the windows PC. just scan the LAN for the computer that you want to access files on, then enter the login username and password that you login to the windows machine with and voila, youll have access to everything on your PC.
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on webos i used kalemsoft .. i really like it..
i ll try this..
from what i tried so far for android, nothing else is as simple and good..
thanx
VLC direct
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I downloaded xbmc android from the pivos website but I didn't try network streaming. Otherwise it seemed pretty functional, if your interested I would try to find a link.
http://www.pivosforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=847
I use a variety of methods .
For xbmc have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089
The one I prefer is to mount my NAS directory onto the touchpad via "cifs manager" from the market and then I use Vplayer. No issues at all.
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haxin said:
++1 this is the way to go for sure. es file explorer and mxplayer for the win. you dont even need to create shares on the windows PC. just scan the LAN for the computer that you want to access files on, then enter the login username and password that you login to the windows machine with and voila, youll have access to everything on your PC.
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i have troubles getting this to play things like mp4 etc.. i did like your sugg*
about es file explorer..
also, i looked at vlc and saw many warnings so idk how far i should look into it..
w/ many ways to play files from remote locations, i still dont know how to set up to play from a network other than my own home LAN while on the network..
even tho i would like to get setup in android, i limited times when i can fuss w/ it..
wouldnt be such a big thing if i have to boot to webos for access outside my own LAN..
All help and sugg's are appreciated..
thanx again
emuX said:
Personally I just share a folder on my PC on my home network, then use ES file explorer to goto the folder and MX Player (which plays nearly everything) to stream to my Touchpad. That way I don't have to install anything on my PC.
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I do this with ES File Explorer, works great with the VLC nightly builds as well located here. If you've ever used VLC on a desktop it plays almost every format out there, and the mobile version does too. This is the real, on device version of VLC, not a streamer that relies on a desktop version of VLC to be running.
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I do this with ES File Explorer, works great with the VLC nightly builds as well located here. If you've ever used VLC on a desktop it plays almost every format out there, and the mobile version does too. This is the real, on device version of VLC, not a streamer that relies on a desktop version of VLC to be running.
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i installed and tried to stream from ES File Explorer.
the status number (buffer?) at tlhe corner stuck @ 68% on every video i tried, no matter the *.ext...
i uninstalled / reinstalled then rebooted.. same thing.
i would like to get this thing going
thanx
amkaos said:
i installed and tried to stream from ES File Explorer.
the status number (buffer?) at tlhe corner stuck @ 68% on every video i tried, no matter the *.ext...
i uninstalled / reinstalled then rebooted.. same thing.
i would like to get this thing going
thanx
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Install MX Player as per my original post and use that to play your video (just use ES File Explorer to select the video.)
When you select the file in ES Explorer you should get a pop up option to choose a player, like in the screen-shot below from my phone (lent my TP to my mum for a few weeks):
amkaos said:
i have troubles getting this to play things like mp4 etc.. i did like your sugg*
about es file explorer..
also, i looked at vlc and saw many warnings so idk how far i should look into it..
w/ many ways to play files from remote locations, i still dont know how to set up to play from a network other than my own home LAN while on the network..
even tho i would like to get setup in android, i limited times when i can fuss w/ it..
wouldnt be such a big thing if i have to boot to webos for access outside my own LAN..
All help and sugg's are appreciated..
thanx again
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ok when you say "play from network" what do you mean exactly? are you talking about playing a video link from a website? or are you talking about from computer on another network, for example do you want to be able to access your videos on your home computer when you are away from home?
"Install MX Player as per my original post and use that to play your video (just use ES File Explorer to select the video.)"
k,, i'll try again... im having probs w/ other apps also.. there may be a connection between those probs and vid players not behaving..
"ok when you say "play from network" what do you mean exactly? are you talking about playing a video link from a website? or are you talking about from computer on another network, for example do you want to be able to access your videos on your home computer when you are away from home?"
yees, i was speaking of "access your videos on your home computer when you are away from home".
w/kalemsoft player, there is option to type in my known IPaddress etc..
thanx
playing movie files remotely
amkaos,
what you are trying to do requires 2 things, first for your movies to be accessible from outside your lan,
For this, there are a wide range of possibilities. You can use cloud storage, you can open ports on your router and gain access to a NAS device at home from outside, a VPN connection to your home machine, and few others I am sure.
The second thing you need is good connectivity, good download speed to your device and good upload speed from your home network if is where the files reside.
Once you have access to the files and good connectivity you should be able to open the files and play them on your device with most of the software that has been mentioned here.
I hope this helps.
idk how to get xbmc to stream from lan.
es player, mixed results of supporting formats..
couldnt get vlc player to work at all w/ lan
mx player pro wouldnt play atall from lan..
vplayer.. had place to type local ip.. but still wouldnt show the any of the shares on the pc..
would not play when selected from es file explorer..
xbmc ..
this looks very promising but i couldnt even to get it to show in the video choices in es file explorer.
i tried to use local lan ip address //192.168 etc..
smb://192.etc.. as shown in esfileexplorer..
beyond that i dont know how else to search..
i tried to use my actual ipaddy from whatsmyip.. no go there either
mixed results == not playing atall or wont stream, wants to copy entire file then play..
i am sure that part of the probs is that i dont really know how to properly search for the lan share..
vlc..wouldnt show up in esfileexplorer video choices ..
to stream, app wants me to install the player on pc.. im not willing to do that for now..so didnt try it..
thanx
This is my SECOND week experiencing android. I have a Samsung TV and I couldn't live without AllShare. I also have an iPad and I couldn't live without AirVideo either.
Unfortunately, they do not make AirVideo for Android. I have tried Emit, Qloud, BubbleUPnP, and two different VLC streaming apps and all of them were choppy. I have tried with a 5 GB video file and with a 700 MB video file and its still choppy. Did anyone have luck with any of these apps or with another DLNA app?
If anyone can tell me how to get AllShare working on my CM10.0 Nook Tablet, that would be perfect.
By the way, Netflix works just fine.
Try using Skifta and MXPlayer that works well for me.
Plex makes an Android version, but I'm pretty sure you have to have the Plex Media Server on your computer as well (easy enough to set up). I use that with my Roku, and can use it with both of my Xbox 360s; but I've never tried the Android app.
+1 MxPlayer. I use ES root explorer to browse the network, select a file and play it with MX. almost never choppy on 700mb files. Or even 1.4. Haven't really tried higher though.
Thanks
Thanks,
I will try skifta and plex
You might want to give Twonky and iMediaShare a shot if you haven't already.
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You might want to give Twonky and iMediaShare a shot if you haven't already.
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Yes iMediaShare is a good upnp server for Android.
arseman03 said:
This is my SECOND week experiencing android. I have a Samsung TV and I couldn't live without AllShare. I also have an iPad and I couldn't live without AirVideo either.
Unfortunately, they do not make AirVideo for Android. I have tried Emit, Qloud, BubbleUPnP, and two different VLC streaming apps and all of them were choppy. I have tried with a 5 GB video file and with a 700 MB video file and its still choppy. Did anyone have luck with any of these apps or with another DLNA app?
If anyone can tell me how to get AllShare working on my CM10.0 Nook Tablet, that would be perfect.
By the way, Netflix works just fine.
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what are you trying to do?
if you are trying to play files on your computer streamed to your nook.
es file explorer or vlc and windows smb file sharing works fine as suggested without extra steps.
or perhaps installing a dnla software server on your pc like tversity and using a dnla compatible client like xbmc for android.
if you trying to share media files from your nook to your tv via dnla then imediashare sounds about right. I
there is also orb server (x86) free and orb client for android. (not free)
vlc is the king of all media players. if you cant download cause your in the U.S. look for the vlc nightly. vlc_debug.apk cheers.
rp201 said:
vlc is the king of all media players. if you cant download cause your in the U.S. look for the vlc nightly. vlc_debug.apk cheers.
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Which version of the nightly build should I download?
armv6-android-fpu or
armv6-android-nofpu or
armv7-android
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Which version of the nightly build should I download?
armv6-android-fpu or
armv6-android-nofpu or
armv7-android
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armv7
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Try this
i used it to tested device.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bianor.amspersonal