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Hey there,
I want to set up my prime to be able to connect to my home pc (running Ubuntu 11) so that I can browse/play content from the hard disk on the system.
Tried finding on google, and most of the content was pointing towards doing remote desktop, which is less than desired.
Also, samba connectivity is achieved but I dont want that either, since it requires me to download the content on the prime and then play it.
Isnt something better available there ?
please suggest.
regards
sraghav said:
Hey there,
I want to set up my prime to be able to connect to my home pc (running Ubuntu 11) so that I can browse/play content from the hard disk on the system.
Tried finding on google, and most of the content was pointing towards doing remote desktop, which is less than desired.
Also, samba connectivity is achieved but I dont want that either, since it requires me to download the content on the prime and then play it.
Isnt something better available there ?
please suggest.
regards
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You might try looking for a DLNA server for Ubuntu, and then use a DLNA client on the Prime (search the market there are quite a few).
first you should take a look at setting up samba(smb) server on your ubuntu and then install es file explorer on your prime than use it to browse files over lan.
You should be able to set up samba relatively easily there is a terminal based version and a gui based one google it.
To watch movies I use bsplayer lite it has a lan mode where I just stream the content.
If playback is laggy I use a combination of es file explorer and mx player or mobo player.
if it's true mounting virtual drive your device has to have unlocked bootloader and rom that supports cifs. I currently I have it set up on my samsung i9100 but due to problems with unlocking bootloader haven't done it yet on my Prime. It need cifs supported roms you just install cifs manager then done see it as a folder on device but sometimes streaming movies may be laggy.
PS3 Media Server (PMS) is a java-based DLNA streamer. I use it on my ubuntu server at home and it works great with Upnplay from the market on the TFP (along with either the stock Video Player or DICE Player). When away from home, DLNA won't cut it over my 2Mb upstream, so for that I switch to my Subsonic server, which can do on-the-fly transcoding for most video/audio files that makes them much better for streaming over the Interwebz. Subsonic streams video via Flash which works in most browsers on the Prime (sans Firefox, Chrome). Audio is handled by the Subsonic app itself.
I have a Linux unRAID box using NFS shares it it streams all type of video/audio without having to download anything first.
Any bright sparks out there can tell me how to stream live webstreams to my TV.I can throw media content that is stored on my tab without any problem and I can throw a web page but that's as far as I can get.Basically what I want to do is throw sopcast streams to the TV.
Cheers Vinny
Vinny1967 said:
Any bright sparks out there can tell me how to stream live webstreams to my TV.I can throw media content that is stored on my tab without any problem and I can throw a web page but that's as far as I can get.Basically what I want to do is throw sopcast streams to the TV.
Cheers Vinny
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Hi Vinny,
Try using Imediashare. It allows to stream media online contents (like youtube, ustream, etc), to any DLNA supported device, through your LAN WIFI connection.
Let me know if it helps you.
Cheers,
Paolo
cryogenic9 said:
Hi Vinny,
Try using Imediashare. It allows to stream media online contents (like youtube, ustream, etc), to any DLNA supported device, through your LAN WIFI connection.
Let me know if it helps you.
Cheers,
Paolo
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Cheers Paolo.Tried that.My TV picks up imediashare but imediashare doesn't pick up the tv and I can't play anything on the it.
Vinny
Hi guys. How do you throw a web page? I know how to throw music, pics, and video, but not web pages.
305nole said:
Hi guys. How do you throw a web page? I know how to throw music, pics, and video, but not web pages.
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You can do that with the Media Remote app.
Vinny,
I think maybe what your looking for is a way to watch tv/video/music on your phone from your computer? If so, checkout www.playon.tv . I have used it for about a year now and love it. Setting up router very easy for watching things remote and it has a free trial. Give it a whirl.
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You can do that with the Media Remote app.
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I've tried looking everywhere in the Media Remote app I can't seem to find throwing web pages anywhere.
Hi Guys,
I had a thought, whilst trying to look through the Google PlayStore for a DNLA Server app to play some files both off my Android Device and via the NAS Server I have connected to my Router. But unfortunately couldnt find a decent enough App in the PlayStore that catered for every feature I want, and thought...
1) Wouldnt it be AWESOME if the CyanogenMod team include a built in DLNA Server into their current roms??
and,
2) (This is where I am hoping a talented Android Programmer viewing this post may step in...) It would be really useful to have an App that can scan your NAS (or whatever other storage you have), and then list all the files (especially movies) as to:
a) What folder they are in
b) What name the file is called
c) How big that file is in size
d) What format, codec, and resolution
... and so on!!
Some Apps do show some of this information, but not all of it... And so wondered if anyone could code such an App?? Sure it wouldnt take a talented programmer too long to write a file scanning App that could create/output to txt, csv, html reports..??
Does this sound like a good idea??
Cheers, Lister
Anyone?
hi mate,
in wich form do you serve the media on your nas?
You mentioned that you have searched for dlna progs on google play, whats with BubbleUPnP?
Its working fine for me. Or do you have a smb connection to your nas and just want to scan there for movie files?
In this case wouldnt a good file manager be enough?
Hi @clonednull,
Thank you for your reply, and interest....
1) Not sure what you mean by "which form do you serve your media on Nas" ?
My media is various movies (DVDs mainly) that I've ripped in MP4 or MKVs of TVs and Films, stored on a QNAP NAS for easier viewing via my TV (networked) but also on Mobile devices around the house....
2) DLNA Apps on GooglePlay, much like uPNPBubble
True, there are many Apps on the PlayStore that support DLNA, but I guess I'm being a tad fussy here.. I am looking for something that has the looks, elegance and features, such as 3D carousel view of media that can be flicked through, but then clicked and pushed to DLNA devices. I am looking for an App that can push local (on my Android device) as well as networked media (such as my NAS) too the TV. But it all comes down to looks, and so many Apps either look dated, or the ones that look good dont work with local content, and only networked content...
3) SMB Network connection to NAS
Not too sure on the networking side of things, just know I have a QNAP NAS, that works fine when connecting/viewing via the TV. However an App such as "FX Explorer" on the PlayStore views the NAS connection as a SMB.
However the App I am looking for, to connect to my NAS via an Android App... I would like it to be able to scan the directories, count how many files/videos are in each directory, be able to tell me their file sizes, the file formats, their dimensions (ie: 720, 1080, 352 and so on) and then if possible, be able to export this data to the SD Card as a report, beit txt, csv, html and so on....
Basically so I can audit my data/content, so easy to browse and so on....
I did start to look at File Managers, rather than SMB scans or Movie Collection Apps... But cant find a single App on the AppStore than can scan my OWN content, and list it in the format that its recorded in and so on....
If you know any Apps, I would be very grateful...
Many thanks, Lister
Lo @Lister Of Smeg!
Aha so you want a viewer / streamer / dlna client + server / media list scanner + exporter for all specific file informations and this all should be wrapped in a fancy 3d look.
I'm afraid what you are searching for will not be found in one app.
As before mentioned i personally like BubbleUPnP for dlna content and i use the default file explorer (wich is Solid File Explorer) to search arround in my smb content.
If you want a good looking movie library of your smb content check out apps like MovieFlow
A nice looking video player with upnp and smb support is also Archos Video Player
Last but not least you could try out XBMC for android. It looks nice, has a lot of features and also plugin compatibility for many things but it is somehow "overdressed" for most situations.
Check them out at their Homepage: xbmc.org
Hope i could help a little bit mate and wish you all best! :highfive:
Hi @clonednull,
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you.... and thank you so much for your reply!!
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Aha so you want a viewer / streamer / dlna client + server / media list scanner + exporter for all specific file informations and this all should be wrapped in a fancy 3d look.
I'm afraid what you are searching for will not be found in one app.
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Indeed, lol.... Yeah I appreciate Im not going to find summit that ticks all those boxes in one App.... :crying: But that wasnt really what I was after, I'm kinda after 2x seperate Apps...
1) A DLNA Player/Server, that can play both local content on my phone, as well as videos found on my NAS. With a CoverFlow kind of interface...
So many of the Apps will not play locally or if do, they pass the playing feature onto another 3rd party App installed. Or they dont have a very good GUI on them, and have something like that of a Gingerbread App... lol
I've tried the Archos Video Player out before, and I think that is awesome... Especially on a Google TV Stick. I bought my folks one of these for Christmas, and have it pointing to my NAS with all my films and TV shows... Looks beautiful and plays beautiful too...
Also tried XMBC, but on previous hardware it didnt really run to well as it wasnt designed for it, and so had a lot of crashes, but it was fairly early into the development days... Looks a lot better now on my phone...
Tried MovieFlow, had a few issues with that... Didnt really want to connect too well I think, and I think it maybe because of the English Database issues its having at the moment (or at least thats what the App says....)
Solution: I think maybe I'll ask the MoboPlayer team, if there is any likely hood of them adding a DLNA client into their App sometime in the future. As that App can play anything and everything, has a lovely interface for local stuff... and especially the CoverFlow. Just needs to add SMB scanning and DLNA output and we're sorted
2) SMB Directory Movie Lister, basically any App (Movie or FileManager based) that can scan SMB / NAS devices, read all the video files on them, create a report on: Folder Location, Name, File Size, Screen Dimension Size, Format, Totals.... and then be able to Output it to a file (beit Cloud based, or local SD Card)
I am really surprised nothing like that exists out there, despite how popular NAS storage is for movies, and even though some Movie Apps can identify such detailed info when scanning files on these Servers, why cant any of them do Reports, say Movie Collectors/Audits...??
But thank you for all your help, very much appreciated... as always!!! I shall update this post if I hear anything back from MoboPlayer team...
Cheers, Lister
Hey guys, i'm looking for best android apps to stream videos to chromecast. The problem is that most of them only support mp4 files. I found only one that supports all file formats, it transcodes the file on the fly on your phone and streams directly to chromecast. its called Megacast. Does anyone know anything similar?
Try using Plex... It's a paid app, but free from time to time in Amazon App Store
Megacast - Chromecast Video
This isn't strictly a Chromecast app, but rather than Android one that you'll need to download on your phone. Regardless of how you get it on your TV, through, Megacast is an excellent Chromecast player that has real-time transcoding support, allowing you to play files from your phone or tablet that aren't supported natively on your individual Chromecast device. This includes AVI, MKV, 3GP files and more. It can also automatically pre-load subtitles or let you add your own, making it one of the most flexible video streaming apps around
The Google Chromecast lets you display video, photos, pictures and other media content from supported apps on your big-screen TV, using your Android or iOS device as a remote control. You can also send content straight from a Chrome Web browser on your computer. There are hundreds of apps that take advantage of this unique technology, which Google calls "casting," to offer a new way to link.
Try BubbleUPnP
BubbleUPnP, many video + audio options, local transcoding, supports configurable subtitles and transcodes only when necessary.
Plex always transcodes when using subtlitles, always thanscodes if audio is Dolby/DTS to Stereo, and does not support AC3 passthrough as BubbleUPnP does.
Plex is a hog.
+1 for BubbleUPnP, amazing Android app. With a good media server running on the pc (like Serviio) you can stream everything to your Chromecast (transcoding is done by the pc).
Not a huge fan of BubbleUPnP, when I download something off ttorrent, its a roll of the dice of it will work with it. I'd have to say my go to is local cast. Worst is allcast
Allcast isnt bad. I mainly use it to stream Showbox
Plex by far.
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Emby all the way. Its,s free, its for, its better than plex
BubbleUPnP also works with DLNA and transcoding on the fly. With a powerfull device is amaizing. Slow devices work with hickups. Waiting for a while for Mxplayer to chromecast but still no go.
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I created a small app that adds channels to the new Android TV 8.0 home screen and fills them with content from my DLNA media server. The channels are regularly updated and media can be streamed with any media player app installed.
Features:
Browse local DLNA media servers.
Select folders from media servers to be added to the TV home screen.
Directly open media stream with external playback app (e.g. VLC).
View available media servers as channel on the TV home screen.
Configurable channel update interval.
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.nullptr.dlnachannels
APKs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PX46yJrM-jSKmYwajMSz5IJF47mTspgD
Note:
The app is in beta. At the moment it was tested with one device, one DLNA server, VLC as media player app and a limited set of media files. Let me know if there are any issues.
Seems to work pretty solid. How do you get the covers to display? What DLNA server are you using?
This is pretty awesome. It just works. Love the app. The app sees my WD My Cloud drive with my movies on it. The drive already has all the artwork in it. Is there a way to display the artwork instead of the movie thumbnails. Either way this is a great app! Anyone who has a media server should check this out.
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You can even add movies to the Play Next Channel. You really did a great job with this app.
lfrst05 said:
I created a small app that adds channels to the new Android TV 8.0 home screen and fills them with content from my DLNA media server. The channels are regularly updated and media can be streamed with any media player app installed.
Features:
Browse local DLNA media servers.
Select folders from media servers to be added to the TV home screen.
Directly open media stream with external playback app (e.g. VLC).
View available media servers as channel on the TV home screen.
Configurable channel update interval.
Installation: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.nullptr.dlnachannels
Note:
The app is in beta. At the moment it was tested with one device, one DLNA server, VLC as media player app and a limited set of media files. Let me know if there are any issues.
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Not sure if this is a DLNA issue or the app issue. I use a WD My Cloud drive connected to my network. The app finds the WD My Cloud as a DLNA server and I can browse the folder with movies and all the movies show up. But when I make the folder with the movies a channel.... some of the movies are missing. If I go back to the WD My Cloud folder in the DLNA list I used to make the channel the files are still there. Sorry if my description is less than clear. Some movies only fail to show up in the Channel I create from the server.
lfrst05 said:
I created a small app that adds channels to the new Android TV 8.0 home screen and fills them with content from my DLNA media server. The channels are regularly updated and media can be streamed with any media player app installed.
Features:
Browse local DLNA media servers.
Select folders from media servers to be added to the TV home screen.
Directly open media stream with external playback app (e.g. VLC).
View available media servers as channel on the TV home screen.
Configurable channel update interval.
Installation: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.nullptr.dlnachannels
Note:
The app is in beta. At the moment it was tested with one device, one DLNA server, VLC as media player app and a limited set of media files. Let me know if there are any issues.
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After updating shield to 7.0.2 it seems all movies on DLNA server are showing up. So I would also like to know how do you get the cover art to show up on the channel. Seems to work great btw.
@n1gh7mar3: I am using the DLNA server that comes with Plex.
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You can even add movies to the Play Next Channel. You really did a great job with this app.
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Thank you! Actually, I didn't know that "Play Next" works - unintentional feature
I have updated the app last week a few times and I will try to update it regularly. It has crash reporting integrated and I get notified when the app has issues with new DLNA servers.
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The drive already has all the artwork in it. Is there a way to display the artwork instead of the movie thumbnails. .
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My DLNA server (Plex) does the artwork lookup automatically. Right now the app uses the images the DLNA server provides. Does it work correctly when you try in other app? (e.g. VLC for Android TV)
if i may ask the question in theory would this work for other things other than DLNA ? like can you convert other apps to show as channel with content?
In general "converting other apps to show as channel with content" is likely not possible.
I am not converting/modifying an app to show as a channel. The "DLNA channels" app searches in your local network for media servers and creates channels based on their content. Then, when you try to play an item, the app looks for a compatible media-player app on the device that can play it.
It depends on what you are thinking of in particular. If the app that you are thinking of looks for content somewhere (files, local network, internet) it is most likely possible to implement the same in a new app for it that offers the content as channels.
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@n1gh7mar3: I am using the DLNA server that comes with Plex.
Thank you! Actually, I didn't know that "Play Next" works - unintentional feature
I have updated the app last week a few times and I will try to update it regularly. It has crash reporting integrated and I get notified when the app has issues with new DLNA servers.
My DLNA server (Plex) does the artwork lookup automatically. Right now the app uses the images the DLNA server provides. Does it work correctly when you try in other app? (e.g. VLC for Android TV)
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Just wanted to come back and say I think I have this working beautifully! Created a Plex Media Server on my old i3 Laptop,
and setup the library from my WD My Cloud 2tb drive that has all my movies. I didn't use the shields Plex Media Server because it seems to slow my Shield down when the Plex Media Server and the app are both enabled. Not sure why...it just feels sluggish when they are both enabled. Scanned in my movies library from the WD My Cloud into the Plex Media server, fired up the DLNA app on the shield tv pro and the Plex Media Server showed up in the DLNA App on the shield with all the movie artwork, not just thumbnails. Browsed to the folder with the movie library and all my movies seem to be there. Clicked on create Channel and there it was! all my movies in a channel right on the home screen complete with cover art. No more opening an app and browsing for movies. And the movies seem to open up very quickly. I'm not sure why more people aren't using this??? If you have a NAS drive with DLNA or any DLNA media server this should be a must.
Thanks again for a great app!
Anyway to get the APK? I can't find it in the store or push it from online
I can provide an APK today in the evening. When you try it online what does Playstore say? Device incompatible? (If so, are you running Android 8 Oreo?)
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I can provide an APK today in the evening. When you try it online what does Playstore say? Device incompatible? (If so, are you running Android 8 Oreo?)
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Not compatible with any of my Oreo devices. My shield has been on Oreo for a few weeks now too
I am using minidlna as mediaserver.. it works good for Sony TV and Sony Bluray.. but no artworks/posters with dlna channels..
I don't want to change my dlna server, because I am writing the artwork-images locally to have some extra information.. so this minidlna is good for that. Files are playing ok by dlna channels but no artworks showing up!
The app can only display artwork/thumbnails if the DLNA server provides them. Can you try if it works in another DLNA client (e.g. Windows File Explorer or VLC Media Player on Android). If they do not show any artwork/thumbnails either than it is a server issue and I cannot do anything about it.
(Edit: Or did you mean that your Sony TV shows the artwork from MiniDLNA and DLNA Channels does not?)
Yes, I did and do mean that my Sony TV shows the artwork from MiniDLNA and DLNA Channels does not.
And sony bluray disc player shows artwork from minidlna.
And one another tv standalone digibox showed the artwork correctly.
And dlna channes does not show.
AND VLC in android tv shows the artwork from minidlna ok.
Right now I am in the process of rewriting a large part of the App (replacing the third party DLNA library with my own). I haven't released it to everyone yet because I want to test it more. But if you want, you can join the Beta-Test here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/at.nullptr.dlnachannels.
I think the artwork with MiniDLNA should work in the new version.
YES! I can confirm that artworks from minidlna are showing up now with this beta version! Very good!
How often does the app checks for if the artwork has changed? I wrote in the artwork if the recording is watched or going to be deleted.. and no update seen.. in dlna channels? (and Sony .. shows them immediately).
The artwork is not updating due to 2 reasons:
MiniDLNA gives no indication that an image has changed (e.g. changing the URL)
The images shown in the channels on the homescreen are downloaded and cached by Android. It will not download an image again if the URL does not change. (Even removing and adding the channel again does not matter. The only way I got the homescreen to refresh the image was by deleting the data of some system apps in the settings menu- i think "Media Storage" was the one - but this also removed all my channels)
Sorry to say it but I don't see a good and easy way that would work around these limitations. I guess it works on the Sony TV because it is not caching images but instead downloading everything every time.
Do you mean that if I add some random data sequence to minidlna link.. the homescreen will update every time?
Maybe I will try that.