i was wondering were there was any app that could turn my android phone into wireless receiver for audio currently being played on my pc over wifi...
so that i can play media on my pc and roam around in the network range with media output coming from android headset in my ears...
there are apps like audioin and airphones for iphone but i couldnt find any for android...
xperia x10i
cherian_aiims said:
i was wondering were there was any app that could turn my android phone into wireless receiver for audio currently being played on my pc over wifi...
so that i can play media on my pc and roam around in the network range with media output coming from android headset in my ears...
there are apps like audioin and airphones for iphone but i couldnt find any for android...
xperia x10i
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Gmote has a remote music feature. Allows remote play of music files, won't be a remote speaker though. Available in the Market for free.
I'm also looking for something like this, I would like to use my android phone as a wireless receiver at home so that I can plug my phone's audio out into my amp then stream whatever audio is coming from my laptop out of the main speakers.
The droid 2 comes with an app, that does somethins similiar to this, called DLNA. It is not a speaker for the computers audio player, but it will play the music you have stored on your computer through the phone.
Try audiogalaxy
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Gmote 2.0 now supports also music stream
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Try audiogalaxy
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Thanks mate, exactly what I needed, perfect suggestion.
Apart from that: I think you can also stream your music from your Dropbox! (click)
Thanks for the links but I am really looking for something more 'passive' that turns my phone into something like an Apple "Airport Express" while I am at home and it is on charge.
I mainly want to do this to use some streaming audio services that I can get on my laptop but not on the phone. Such as Spotify free and any flash based audio players as my device is Android 2.1 only :-(
There is an app for iPhone called AirPhones which does this. Any ideas for Android?
I'm also looking for something like this, something that will allow me to play all sound and not just music.
I understand what you guys are saying but I do not know of any app that does this yet. Currently, apps like homepipe, a gmote, use an app on your computer to create a server connection that your phone can connect to and then browse files. DLNA is the same thing but licensed. For what you guys want, you would need an app that creates a server connection but now to a file directory but instead to the audio card/audio out. I'm unfamiliar with how hacked airport express' work (the ones that allow you to stream any audio not just iTunes) but I was under the assumption that it worked at the programs I mentioned above, except the server app was itunes itself. essentially, iTunes could play music on your computer but it would then share the data over the wifi connection to another device (the airport express) which had access credentials. If I'm wrong someone please correct me...
bumping this really old thread.
still looking for a way to transmit pc audio to android over wifi.
anybody have any recommendations or news?
AirBubble, allows your phone to act as a AirPort Express. So you can stream music from iTunes, iphones, ipads, etc to your phone and then play it out via the headphone jack. As far as I know there are no apps which allow you to stream audio from PC.
I'm very much interested in this kind of app.
Specifically I want it so that I can watch Hulu/Netflix on my large TV in bedroom, but have the sound come through my headphones so I don't wake the beautiful lady next to me
Any help here would be much appreciated.
Anyone want to comment on quality?
neatchee said:
I'm very much interested in this kind of app.
Specifically I want it so that I can watch Hulu/Netflix on my large TV in bedroom, but have the sound come through my headphones so I don't wake the beautiful lady next to me
Any help here would be much appreciated.
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Our best hope is a port of Pulse Audio... I may look into this, but I'm admittedly over my head on that one... I'll see what I can do.
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About what?
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I am looking for the same thing,
Using an old android phone as Wireless Audio Receiver and Hook it up to speakers or Headphone in Bedroom, either Via Bluetooth or Wifi.
To receive audio from PC or any other wifi and bluetooth capable devices
This is a work in progress, but is highly complicated due to the differences between standard Linux and Android. More here: http://arunraghavan.net/2012/04/pulseaudio-on-android-part-2/
Soundwire
There's an app in google store called 'soundwire', that's a solution. It streams any sound from a notebook over wifi to an android device. Anyway I'm looking for the same kind of app which uses bluetooth for that. Would b nice not to have to use a router to stream sound from computer's sound card to my android phone.
I can't believe this isn't standard. This is the kind of tech that makes people smile and isn't impossible with the DLNA standard. Anyway, just crazy that this isn't out there and all over the place.
I'm in the same boat and want to clarify things a bit.
There are two vastly different things here. One is a bluetooth wireless music adapter (bridge) and the other is a DLNA capable server/client that plays from the server to the client but is server controlled.
Bluetooth is fine, but short ranged and crappy sound quality. We all already have wireless in our houses and Apple does this perfectly fine with the AirPlay, so why are we interested in bluetooth?
Most DLNA servers run and have media on them, then you connect a client which has the speakers and play from that client, streaming the audio to the client. we want a way to stream from a device (server) to a client, but that is server controlled, almost like pushing music to another device.
looks like AirBubble might be on the way there as are some others that set up an AirPlay speaker connection. Now we just need to find an app that will search for these AirPlay speakers and use them for out audio instead of the build-in speakers or headphone.
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okay got this working, mostly.
The apps I'm using are:
AirPlay/DLNA Receiver which is the receiver to connect to the speakers and
Twonky Mobile which streams your media to the receiver.
Basically set up your Android device and plug in the cable to your stereo or headphones. Start the AirPlay/DLNA receiver. Then use the Twonky app to stream whatever is in your other Android device to the receiver. After setting it up Twonky should find your other device and let you stream to it.
Pulse Audio is not a piece of dlna software. Pulse Audio is an audio subsystem of Linux, an alternate to the subsystem in Android. Pulse Audio has the native capability to broadcast lag-free audio for free across a number of connections.
Dlna is more just a file sharing protocol. It certainly can be used to play music files across a network, but it isn't nearly as capable as pa (pa sends pure audio over a connection and costs nothing to either system).
There are some dlna clients that integrate pa for a well-rounded media solution, but they are fat from one in the same.
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I am trying to get my device to work with my Ford Sync--which I like (so no haters, please).
When I connected my previous phone (iPhone 4) I could use it through USB. I use a music streaming service (Rdio) and it would be able to transfer the song's data (Track name, album photo) to the car stereo.
When I changed my phone to the Note and connect via USB, it says that the device is an unknown USB device and to disconnect it. However, it charges.
I know I can stream via bluetooth A2DP, but that's not what I want to do (plus the bluetooth stack doesn't sound anywhere as good as the iPhone's for some reason). Not to mention that I can't see song data on the screen.
I have tried connecting the device and setting it as USB mass storage (which is a b!tch, by the way, on a car radio) and all it does it see the device as a hard drive (again, not what I want it to do).
Does anyone know of a way to get the audio stream and control over the USB port?
Much appreciated to all efforts.
I do the same but stream my audio via BT. Will check again in my ford sync tonight to verify
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The sync system does require updates from time to time. Its possible you may need one. I got tired of plugging in my phone all the time so I eventually decided to use one of my old phones as basically an mp3 player. It stays in my console connected to USB all the time. I only take it out to add or delete music, update Pandora, etc.
I just tested my 2008 Fusion with Sync. It worked fine with BT.
I had to push the AUX button on the front of the radio to get to BT audio, to allow it to stream to the car radio.
I use A OK Radio app to listen to music.
The sync voice did say something about going to Media Menu to setup streaming, but that was not required.
Ah. Thanks for the responses. What I've been doing is exactly that--leaving my old iPhone as the music device. However, I miss being able to stream albums that don't reside local to the old phone. I'm thinking of rooting my Note just to allow my iPhone to pick up other albums.
Also, I forgot to mention that I have the My Ford Touch system (2011 Explorer) with the Sync interface if that bit of info helps.
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Hi,
Many cars have a USB socket into which the driver / passenger can plug their MP3 devices and listen to music through the car's audio system. Can an Android phone redirect its sound to the car's USB, like it does for Bluetooth (if the car has one)?
I know this does not happen by default. But for cars that do not have BT, it would be useful if there was some application / hack which allowed me to do phone calls and listen to any media (including directions from a navigation system) by plugging the Android phone into the USB.
Theoretically, I can imagine some piece of software (not sure if an Android app can do that) that would represent itself to the car's audio system as an mp3 player, capture all audio-out of the phone, and play it as a single (continuous) mp3. When the phone does not produce any audio, it would just put silence into the generated mp3.
Thanks,
Shlomy
** Edit: Simple solution found. I have an AUX port next to the USB port in the car. Connecting the phone's earphone socket to AUX in the car (with a standard 3.5 cable) does the same thing that I wanted.
I've hunted through the forums and on Google for an answer but I'm drawing blanks!
What I'd like is a remote to control my phone whilst listening to music. More specifically whilst in the car.
I find it quite fiddly to double tap the screen and then skip tracks whilst driving.
Is there a solution?
LG-G2 / Android 4.2.2
http://www.amazon.com/Satechi-MediaRemote-Bluetooth-Multi-Media-Control/dp/B00824948U
Valiceemo said:
I've hunted through the forums and on Google for an answer but I'm drawing blanks!
What I'd like is a remote to control my phone whilst listening to music. More specifically whilst in the car.
I find it quite fiddly to double tap the screen and then skip tracks whilst driving.
Is there a solution?
LG-G2 / Android 4.2.2
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One solution is to use tasker to disable screen turnoff while connected to your car bluetooth and charging (assuming you have a car charger). Then use something like Unity Music Media Keys (universal control widget that you can supersize, works with pretty much every major music service) for easy skipping.
Or they make aux cables (if you are not using bluetooth) that basically add android remote (volume and skip) functionality and then have a female end (so you can plug into your car normally).
empiremaster23 said:
One solution is to use tasker to disable screen turnoff while connected to your car bluetooth and charging (assuming you have a car charger). Then use something like Unity Music Media Keys (universal control widget that you can supersize, works with pretty much every major music service) for easy skipping.
Or they make aux cables (if you are not using bluetooth) that basically add android remote (volume and skip) functionality and then have a female end (so you can plug into your car normally).
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Thanks.
I've had a look in play store and can't find the unity music media keys
LG-G2 / Android 4.2.2