Juus wondering if there is a way to stream media from my pc onto the tablet?
Look for a program called UPnPlay in the market. Works good with my Windows Home Server.
I downloaded it but cannot get it to see my computer anything special I need to do there?
Well you have to have a upnp server somewhere. My Windows Home Server does, I also use a program called Playon that it sees. I have a Windows 7 computer that it sees. I think Xbmc can do it too..
Try Orblive.
Well I tried with the upnp and windows media center but no luck.
I tried orb it will connect then say it can't play the video. Then crashes on the computer its located. On
Windows Media Center doesn't have a upnp server in it that I remember. Just for fun maybe try setting up Playon, or XBMC on your pc. Playon lets you watch lots of things from the internet and works fine for me with the UPnPlay program. If that works then you know you are communicating with your pc. Then you just need to figure out what to use for a upnp server on your pc if you want to stream from it. XBMC should be able to do what you want and it is free.
try Gmote and select PlayOnPhone
Sprdtyf350 said:
Windows Media Center doesn't have a upnp server in it that I remember. Just for fun maybe try setting up Playon, or XBMC on your pc. Playon lets you watch lots of things from the internet and works fine for me with the UPnPlay program. If that works then you know you are communicating with your pc. Then you just need to figure out what to use for a upnp server on your pc if you want to stream from it. XBMC should be able to do what you want and it is free.
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Will give it a try
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Anyone know how actually get AllShare to work? Specifically with an xbox that I am unable to configure with windows media center (as I use a mac).
I'd love to be able to play HD videos and music on my tv, but but I haven't been able to get it to work thus far.
thanks.
With the Xbox I had to be inside of the Windows Media Center tab (on the Xbox). Then instead of just "Xbox 360" popping up inside of AllShare you get "Xbox Media Center" (or similiar, not at home). Then you just share to that.
What codec/format must the videos be in. I have been trying to connect to my server running tversity and nothing seems to work. I can browse my media but when I click a video I would like to watch I just get the "Sorry, this video cannot be played"
I have a Samsung TV with AllShare on it.
I can stream my movies I ripped and put on the phone just fine (although I don't have FFWD/RWD control)
The stupid thing is it will not play the phone HD video I took. It loads the video and then locks after the first 1 sec. Its like the phone's video isn't supported by the TV.
Try Orb.com, much better solution
djgleebs said:
Anyone know how actually get AllShare to work? Specifically with an xbox that I am unable to configure with windows media center (as I use a mac).
I'd love to be able to play HD videos and music on my tv, but but I haven't been able to get it to work thus far.
thanks.
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I could only get it to work with windows media center. You can try another media app to act as a server and that might work without a PC. There is one called imedashare, try that.
You could run a virtual machine on your mac, then run windows and setup windows media center. But i don't like the way it works with media center.
Let me know if you get it to work without mediacenter.
I was able to play an AVI file stored on Windows 7 Media Center PC - but it would not play any of my recorded shows - DVR-MS or WTV.
If I have to convert them all to MP4 or AVI, i might as well just copy them over locally as Windows down converts things that are streamed.
I could stream a video I recorded on the phone back to a windows 7 PC - that was sort of cool - 720P HD looked nice.
howdy all,
i just loaded my gtablet with tnt lite 2.2.1. i love this device. i have a server with a large repository of videos avi, mkv, ect. i stream from the server to my pc's and xboxs. is there any way to play these files on the gtab (streaming from the server)? the server is running server 2008 r2 and i would rather not install anything on the server.
ive tried rockplayer and others with no luck
I was able to browse my server with es explorer find a video and play it.
Es explorer gives a "sorry, not supported media type" or tries to stream and never starts.
Still running stock gtab but one of first things I did was had copy a xvid/avi, jpg and mp3 to an SD card and surprisingly they all worked. The files wouldn't play in stock player but they would using es explorer. Just no controls going that route.
After reading this post I realized es explorer had a LAN option so I went ahead and connected my qnap nas. I tried to browse those same files but from the nas only the mp3 would play. The mp3 played but no controls. The avi gave me same error you got and the jpg said it was loading but just got a blank screen.
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howdy all,
i just loaded my gtablet with tnt lite 2.2.1. i love this device. i have a server with a large repository of videos avi, mkv, ect. i stream from the server to my pc's and xboxs. is there any way to play these files on the gtab (streaming from the server)? the server is running server 2008 r2 and i would rather not install anything on the server.
ive tried rockplayer and others with no luck
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If your server has upnp capability you can use an app called upnplay. That, and Rockplayer works pretty well for now.
Gmote
The free app Gmote works well for me.
Doesn't transcode on the fly though.
thanks SpinKix
i use gmote on my media center pc but didnt know about the play on android feature.
what i have come too is that until there is better codex support ill have to live with gmote or orb installed on my server.
The best results I got is to install ORB on your computer ( goto orb.com) and then setup ORB to point to your media files.
Next install the FLASH plugin for the GTablet. (Search for out this site)
using the GTable web browser, Connect to you computer (Running orb using MyCast.Orb.Com)
(Note you may have to setup Port Forwarding on you home router)
Go to control panel in ORB and set streaming to FLASH and Layout to Home Theater.
You now have a easy to use interface to all your media files (If you have a TV Tuner card, you can stream your tv to your GTablet. Also Pictures and Music
upnplayer works fairly well. It plays back standard def MP4's under my PS3MediaPlayer nicely. But other container support is lacking, even standard AVI - but it is an alpha version so it might get better.
No Vorbis support. Boo for that.
bstirling2307 said:
thanks SpinKix
i use gmote on my media center pc but didnt know about the play on android feature.
what i have come too is that until there is better codex support ill have to live with gmote or orb installed on my server.
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Well, it DID work on TNTLite 2.2, but after flashing to VEGAn 3.0, gmote wants to play the video on the server and treats the gTab as a remote.
After trying VEGAn 3.0 I was hooked, so now I'm using Serviio on the server and upnplayer on the gTab.
Still no way to play a transcoding stream live.... frustrating!
Hope gingerbread fixes this so we don't have to wait for honeycomb.
brookfield said:
The best results I got is to install ORB on your computer ( goto orb.com) and then setup ORB to point to your media files.
Next install the FLASH plugin for the GTablet. (Search for out this site)
using the GTable web browser, Connect to you computer (Running orb using MyCast.Orb.Com)
(Note you may have to setup Port Forwarding on you home router)
Go to control panel in ORB and set streaming to FLASH and Layout to Home Theater.
You now have a easy to use interface to all your media files (If you have a TV Tuner card, you can stream your tv to your GTablet. Also Pictures and Music
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brookfield,
A great big THANKS!!
I've been trying to figure out how to strange TV to my Gtab. I have both a Slingbox and a HAVA. But Slingplayer has been flaky, and I didn't realize that Orb had a Flash option. Just tried that, streaming to my Gtab using the Orb flash player.
COOL!!!
Thx,
Jim
How did you make that work?
I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but if you install the Twonky DLNA client, you can stream every piece of media that is on a Windows 7 Media Center PC. I just installed it, and watched several movies, listened to music, and could see all my photos. Didn't do anything at all to the Win 7 box. It just worked...
Cool thanks for sharing. So many projects I could be doing... where do I start? Ha!
DudeInMyrtleBeach said:
I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but if you install the Twonky DLNA client, you can stream every piece of media that is on a Windows 7 Media Center PC. I just installed it, and watched several movies, listened to music, and could see all my photos. Didn't do anything at all to the Win 7 box. It just worked...
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Where did you get the client? I can only see twonky.
It called "Twonky Mobile". It's in the Market.
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It called "Twonky Mobile". It's in the Market.
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Ok, then I have downloaded the right one. Are you running anything on win7 media center at all? My tablet can't find my window 7 share.
Twonky didn't look for Windows Shares -- it connected via DLNA. I don't have my content shared via SMB shares on my HTPC. Twonky saw the HTPC, connected to it, and lets me browse via DLNA...
I'm running vegan on my gtab. Don't know if that matters or not...
Twonky
Dudeinmyrtlebeach...do you have an xbox or other device setup to stream to? The mediacenter PC might not run the server if no extenders are setup.
Make sure u have wmp with the option to stream over the network. Only then u will see your pc in twonky
Thanks. I will try that.
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XBOX... I'll bet that's what it is.. I have 2 of 'em set up as extenders. I also have a couple of other tablets (Motion LE's) running Windows 7 that connect to the media center pc.
Maybe that's what it is...
... and I just tried Twonky on my Droid X, and it didn't see my HTPC... I have no idea what gives. Rebooting the X...
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... and I just tried Twonky on my Droid X, and it didn't see my HTPC... I have no idea what gives. Rebooting the X...
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Have u checked the allow streaming option on windows media player? I had to let it finish the library scanning before i could see my htpc on gtablet
It works fine on my gtab. Doesn't work at all on the X... No idea...
If you don't like Twonky, there are other options as well.
Upnplay is really good and free as well.
2player is a dlna/upnp client but more focused on music. I like that it can play Windows Media Playlists.
Eyecontrol and Andromote are dlna players that also allow you to control where your media is playing to - so for example you can use it to tell your PC to play something on your TV, or your phone to play something to your radio - etc. etc. etc.
Great DLNA or Streaming software examples are TVersity, which you can put on your PC - share everything you want to share to and it will automatically convert the file if necessary to whatever you're using to stream from it.
PlayOn is like Tversity but the free part allows you to stream only from your local media collection. If you pay for a license, it allows you to watch Hulu/Netflix etc. on your DLNA client. I don't know if this works.
Orb is like a mashup of Tversity and Upnplay in that it streams almost anything to your device - the main difference is that you can achieve the functionality of doing it through the internet at default, whereas the other products are geared primarily as in-network solutions.
Twonky is finicky at best. I have it on my Mytouch 4G and sometimes it works great while at others it stops randomly. This is what lead me to looking for alternatives.
Good Luck.
Twonky
Thanks for the tip, Dude... it is working now, I can see my pics/music and videos... now my desktop is useful again (as a media server for my GTab!)
Orb Fc for me. Vegan 5.1
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Have u checked the allow streaming option on windows media player? I had to let it finish the library scanning before i could see my htpc on gtablet
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I have done that on Windows Media Player which has all of my libraray in it, but still can't see the list using TWonky or other DLNA player. I have enabled WMP to stream, and still don't see any libraries.
Hey everyone-
I've been doing a bunch of searching lately for an easy-to-use and convenient application for streaming videos from my pc to android device (like airplay for the iphone). And I can't seem to find one specific app that makes it simple and easy, they all seem to be a pain in the ass. I know this question has been asked before, but not for a couple months, so what in your opinion is the best application and/or method for streaming content from a pc to an android device? Thanks in advance for any help.
-bobofosho123
bobofosho123 said:
Hey everyone-
I've been doing a bunch of searching lately for an easy-to-use and convenient application for streaming videos from my pc to android device (like airplay for the iphone). And I can't seem to find one specific app that makes it simple and easy, they all seem to be a pain in the ass. I know this question has been asked before, but not for a couple months, so what in your opinion is the best application and/or method for streaming content from a pc to an android device? Thanks in advance for any help.
-bobofosho123
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If you have your PC setup with the dnla server software, this place has a beta dnla client for Andoid. I saw the write up on EuroDroid.com.
http://www.skifta.com/
I tried using the Playon streaming with the mobile link. It worked ok...but I do want a nice streaming option.
VLC Remote
Doesn't VLC Remote just control whats playing on your desktop? I think the OP is looking for something to stream movies to his handset.
That aside, I love VLC Remote.
Yes, I'm looking to stream videos from my pc's hdd to my phone, in an easy way (i.e. in the same way that airvideo for the iphone does).
flinkisme said:
If you have your PC setup with the dnla server software, this place has a beta dnla client for Andoid. I saw the write up on EuroDroid.com.
http://www.skifta.com/
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And i don't have a dlna server on my pc, it's just an external hdd connected to my pc.
I use File Expert as a file manager/explorer and I mapped my computer under it's network tab, then when I select a video I use VPlayer to play it in. Works perfectly!
Every other way I tried before this required the video to download before watching, but this way I can stream any video directly.
You will need to setup your video/movies/etc folders on PC to be shared with proper permissions. Easiest to just share the whole external HDD.
ErOR22 said:
I use File Expert as a file manager/explorer and I mapped my computer under it's network tab, then when I select a video I use VPlayer to play it in. Works perfectly!
Every other way I tried before this required the video to download before watching, but this way I can stream any video directly.
You will need to setup your video/movies/etc folders on PC to be shared with proper permissions. Easiest to just share the whole external HDD.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.
Let me put it this way, is there anything as stupid simple as audiogalaxy for android that will do the same thing for music?
I'd definitely give RockPlayer a go. It has both hardware and software decoding and it works with TVersity!
Same way, through the file explorer. You just need to share your music on pc and connect to it.
My Desire HD came with DNLA client software and when I go into the music program I can stream in there directly from my WMP library, that's probably the easiest way but that would vary with different phones.
I use VLC Stream & Convert, though it is somewhat cumbersome to set up...
I ended up using windows task scheduler and a lot of program commands to start it with my computer all stealthy
Yeah, I've got windows media player set-up correctly with all the proper permissions and such. All of my media files are showing up, i.e. music, videos, etc, and all of my music plays fine as well. But, the one thing that won't play are ANY of my videos, which are mostly xvid-encoded .avi files, which I'm not sure skifta supports (as it uses the dlna classification). Any suggestions?
If you have a windows PC you can easily setup windows media player to stream via dlna. Just google "windows media player dlna". If you are on mac or linux, just substitute for OSX or your linux distro and the word dlna for a bunch of options. Once it's up and going you can use the dlna app mentioned earlier or if you are lucky enough to have a SGS like me, you can use Samsung All Share to stream. I have used this since I got my phone and it's working like a charm!
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Let me put it this way, is there anything as stupid simple as audiogalaxy for android that will do the same thing for music?
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I assume you mean video since audiogalaxy is for music? And to put it bluntly, no there isn't anything as simple as that for video yet.
i tried setting up a upnp and it worked fine over wifi but doesnt seem to work over 4g and im not sure what else i can use to setup a working stream.
if you have the option to set up an ip address in your upnp player, you could try a service like dynamic dns to give your server an outside IP, you'll have to forward the ports in your router, but instead of connecting to 192.168.1.100, you'd connect to myserver.dyndns.com in your upnp app.
how are you getting 4g to the transformer? some sort of myfi?
evo 4g. with the filter proxy to get better speed
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i tried setting up a upnp and it worked fine over wifi ...
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Hello,
I'm trying to stream video to my asus eee pad transformer with upnp (ushare) and my tablet is not able to play video even over wifi.
What app did you use on Android as client? Is this a player which can connect directly to your upnp?
Thank you in advance.
Dorgan
upnplay and mobplayer. file were hosted through windows media player. currently look at a render to use to stream
Thank you for you reply.
I hope you'll find a way to read your stream over 4G.
I was having similar problems, my TF can see the movies on my shared drive, but when i click them it cannot play them using the 'my net' app.
I have installed 'PLEX'
http://www.appbrain.com/app/plex-for-android/com.plexapp.android
(and the server on my PC.)
you use the server program and add the folders you want shared, then you use the app and you can stream lots more formats than the 'my net' app and you can specify the transfer speed/bandwidth etc.
the server app grabs meta data for the files you add from the net and adds DVD cover art to your movies as well.
I didnt need to do any port forwarding or anything complex with it installed on Windows 7 home premium, it just works.
It also says it will work over 3G/4G but I havent tried yet.
Also, just discovered, the app UPnPlay http://www.appbrain.com/app/upnplay/cx.hoohol.silanoid is very good, it allows you to choose the app that you want to use to play the streaming movie with,
so you can use rockplayer moboplayer or vplayer etc. I havent found a single file format that wont stream yet using a UPnPlay-rockplayer combo.
still no luck on finding something that would work over 4g beside myCloud.