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TUTORIAL: Listening to XM Radio on mobile devices

It was yesterday that I’ve explained how you can listen to Sirius, North America’s one of the two most widely listened-to radio network.
Listening to XM Radio, the other major US-based radio broadcasting company is equally easy on all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, iPhone etc.) Let’s take a look at what we have at our disposal.
1. If you have WMA playback support (currently, Windows Mobile only)
... then, just fire up your mobile browser (any browser capable of invoking external applications: Netfront, Internet Explorer or Opera Mobile; Opera Mini or Thunderhawk will NOT work!) and navigate to http://www.xstreamxm.com/mobile/. There, just fill in your login data, select the channel you’d like to listen to, the bitrate and click Go at the bottom:
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after this, you’ll be shown the currently playing song title (the Web page is automatically refreshed every 5 second so the artist / title / album metadata is always kept up-to-date) and the default WMA player (by default, on Windows Mobile, the built-in Windows Media Player) is invoked in the background:
(as with SiriusWM5, the WMA player isn’t passed the metadata info as can be seen in THIS WMP screenshot)
2. Desktop-based transcoding
As XM Radio, unlike Sirius, defaults to high quality streams (and doesn’t require you to pay extra for high-quality streams), if you have a GPRS connection OR want to reduce your data fees, you will want to go for a desktop-based transcoding solution – even if you have a WMA streaming-capable platform (for example, Windows Mobile). The sole reason for this is as follows:
The high-quality WMA stream is broadcast at 64 kbps; the low-quality one at 32 kbps. The latter has really bad sound quality – much worse than that of Sirius. If you need to stream the radio at 32 kbps to your handset (because you’re on GPRS or you MUST reduce your data usage), a transcoder run on your desktop computer can easily transcode the original high-quality 64 kbps stream into a 24 or 32 kbps HE-AAC v2 stream, while keeping the same sound quality (YES, even at 24 kbps!). Similarly, should you want to have access to all your favorite channels in orb only (without having to navigate to another homepage), you might also want to consider “migrating” these channels to Orb. Then, however, you won’t be able to use HE-AAC v2; that is, you can’t reduce the bitrate without a major hit on sound quality.
And, of course, if you have a Symbian or iPhone device (and even the latest Blackberry ones!) currently* not being compatible with streaming WMA, your only choice is desktop-based transcoding – as is the case with listening to Sirius on these platforms.
*: as of 01/06/2008; on Symbian, CorePlayer is supposed to be compatible with WMA but is VERY buggy. The OS itself, while it supports playing back individual WMA files, doesn’t support streaming WMA. Hope the Nokia developers implement both HE-AAC v2 and WMA support in their forthcoming Nokia Internet Radio.
For transcoding, you will need / can to use exactly the same tools as with Sirius, with the only exception that, instead of uSirius, you’ll need to use uXM (current, tested version: 1.0RC2) as the source to either Orb or Winamp running on your desktop.
Configuring uXM, exporting / copying URL’s is done in EXACTLY the same way as with Sirius. The same stands for importing the channel list into Orb and Winamp – you need to exactly the same tricks to make them available for local transcoding. Therefore, please read the Sirius tutorial on all these questions.
Questions, of course, are welcome. Feel free to tell me if you still need a step-by-step tutorial on XM Radio. Again, as everything is done in EXACTLY the same way as with Sirius, I don’t think you’ll need any help.

UPDATE (01/06/2008): MoDaCo frontpage
UPDATE (01/08/2008): There is another, GREAT way of directly importing the full XM Radio playing back WMA streams (it will NOT work if your platform cannot play back WMA streams – that is, currently, anything else than Windows Mobile!). To do this, first, download THIS ASX file (right click and Save As). Open it with, say, Notepad and press Ctrl-H so that the search / replace dialog is activated.
In the “Find what” textfield, enter “XM_USERNAME”; in the “Replace with”, your e-mail address:
Then, click the Replace All button.
Do the same mass-change to your password; then, you’ll need to enter “XM_PASSWORD” in the “Find what” textfield (and, of course, your password in the “Replace with”).
Note that you can also change all occurrences of “speed=high” to “speed=low” if you prefer listening to the low-quality stream. (But, again, it’s in no way recommended; if you do want to preserve bandwidth costs / want a GPRS-compliant stream, strongly consider running a transcoder on your desktop PC and using the vastly superior HE-AAC v2 format).
Now, just transfer the saved and modified ASX file to your handset and click it so that your WMA-capable player (WMP by default) imports it:
Now, you can change any channel from inside the player. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
(Thanks for HowardForums forum member volwrath for the original tip!)

Thanks for the great tutorial. I am having a problem, though. I am running Alex's 1.62 ROM and whenever I try to listen to XM, I log in without problem, Windows Media loads, the name of the station apears and it says buffering. It will buffer for 10-15 seconds. Then it will say connecting. But next is will say paused and nothing wil play. Happens everytime. Didn't have this problem in earlier ROMs.
Do you have any ideas on what is going on or what is wrong? This ROM is otherwise perfect but it's frustrating that I can't log into my XM account with my Tilt. any suggestions would be apreciated.
In my searching I have seen a number of people with this issue but no solutuons.
I have not tried your other sugestion in the update post and will do so. but in the meantime any ideas would be welcome. even if it to say sorry or get a new ROM.
Thanks again.

Menneisyys, great tip. Never mind my prior post. The template works GREAT!!! I am now a VERY happy camper. Thanks for posting this. I searched for weeks for a solution and just today found this via a search on my Tilt via Google. Thanks again!

Can this work with mortplayer?
This works great, but I cannot get it to stream over mortplayer. Is it just me?

Good work Werner! Been using uXM for several months with great results. Works very well as a service too using the old NT tools Instrsrv.exe and Srvany.exe (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890).
Cheers!

Sorry for the double post...

ppclover said:
This works great, but I cannot get it to stream over mortplayer. Is it just me?
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as is explained in my related Bible ( http://www.pocketpcmag.com/old_blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=2350&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more2350 ), MortPlayer doesn't support WMA streaming.

i decided to use the method in post 2 and everything works great, thanks menneisyys.
EDIT: sorry i just saw it in post 1 /just one little question is there a way to get the song info to display on wmp thanks/

one more question, does anyone know a way around getting the xm error "we're sorry the channel is not available please logout and try again" i am assuming that this is because every channel i click on logs me in, so is there some way i can log in then change the stations with out keep logging in. i have tried to removed the username and password from all the channels except 1 and see if it will let me switch channels but it does not let me. thanks in advance

irus said:
one more question, does anyone know a way around getting the xm error "we're sorry the channel is not available please logout and try again" i am assuming that this is because every channel i click on logs me in, so is there some way i can log in then change the stations with out keep logging in. i have tried to removed the username and password from all the channels except 1 and see if it will let me switch channels but it does not let me. thanks in advance
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ya... having problems with that as well.. I don't think that's going to be a viable option..
I've had uXm setup as a service on my server before I found this thread but I can't seem to find any app that will stream it... I would have thought wmplayer would but it doesn't seem to like the format?
EDIT:
nevermind.. gotta check the box to make the http urls... yay working now
EDITEDIT:
strange I'm still getting that dumb "we're sorry..." message when I use uxm direct url's too! It only seems to happen when going forward in the list tho never happens when going backward... it it opens up a mms:// url to play the msg I don't understand how/why it's happening with uXM links.

Zenoran said:
ya... having problems with that as well.. I don't think that's going to be a viable option..
I've had uXm setup as a service on my server before I found this thread but I can't seem to find any app that will stream it... I would have thought wmplayer would but it doesn't seem to like the format?
EDIT:
nevermind.. gotta check the box to make the http urls... yay working now
EDITEDIT:
strange I'm still getting that dumb "we're sorry..." message when I use uxm direct url's too! It only seems to happen when going forward in the list tho never happens when going backward... it it opens up a mms:// url to play the msg I don't understand how/why it's happening with uXM links.
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its still not working for me and not i don't even get the "we're sorry..." error it just goes to the next link and then the next link etc. has anyone figured this out yet?

Perhaps a fix to xm radio?
Hey guys, I was a huge fan of xstreamxm, but it seems to have stopped working....
I built my own version and it's working for time being, all be it way too flakey
check it out, let me know if it does or doesn't work for you, and let me know what needs to be done. I know the station names are super out of date, but i'm working to get those parsed from xm asap...
let me know anything else that comes up...
*you may have to try the process several times, sometimes a blank page comes up after login, and i can't seem to see why...*
I think it's only working for mobile platforms right now as well. and btw, i'm not a coder, just a bored college student so don't bash too hard
http://bdawg.org/xm

I tried the second method. However I could only do it on the school's computer, which doesn't have notepad. Microsoft Word won't let me save as a .asx file (I'm assuming that's how we want it saved). So how do I save it in such a way that my phone will recognize it as a streaming file?

DLNA player for Android?

Ok, I use TVersity/PS3 Media Server to share my media to my TV/PS3/360 for viewing on the TV, and now i'm using PlayON to eventually replace it.
I was wondering if there is an app that anyone knows of for Android that will play DLNA shared content (over 3G/Wifi)
If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated
now i just have to find a set of TV cables for my Incredible

Twonky works for PS3 but not 360.

sorry, i should have clarified, I want to be able to see my media server content on my phone, not from my phone to my PS3/360.
Thanks though, i may have to look that server up

I think I recall reading the Samsung Galaxy S will include a DLNA client and server app.
simply google samsung dlna, there was a posting on phandroid about it. (i would post the link but new account, first post, etc)

twochannel said:
I think I recall reading the Samsung Galaxy S will include a DLNA client and server app.
simply google samsung dlna, there was a posting on phandroid about it. (i would post the link but new account, first post, etc)
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While I have DLNA on my Samsung TV, every search i did for the DLNA component of Galaxy S says sharing to the living room, not the phone.
I need it to be from the PC server to the phone via DLNA, not the other way around
Thanks for the info though, didn't know Samsung was making an app for Android
i hope to find one
one thing i found interesting while searching through the list of managed applications on my Incredible was, I found that theres an application similar to the one on Windows Mobile by HTC called "Streaming Media Player by HTC" but i can't find anywhere to run the application, its like its "hidden"
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Free player that works on Galaxy tab
Try Vplayer (free) that was just released on the market. If your server or NAS has basic http viewer (Twonky or otherwise) you can navigate to your media files through a browser and long click on your file and select vplayer as your preferred player. This has worked flawlessly on my galaxy tab.
Also if you have access to the pay market I've seen that Plug player was just released that should be able to playback videos straight of the server without the need for browser access.
This was the last thing my tab wasn't able to do so now it's complete and perfect..

supply this link for you: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/dlna+player
this site lists dlna player for android, hope you can get you want

Hey I know what you're looking for, however no great solution for Android yet, the following is a list of programs which will work, but none are perfect, a lot have some features not all, and 3g streaming is sketchy, anyway check em out see if any work for you.
Qloud video
RedDONUT
PLEX
MIRAGE
VLC Remote
I am still hoping airvideo will someday become available for android, this is the perfect app for this in iOS

Look up upnplay on the market. I've been using it for a couple months now and it works perfectly for me.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA Premium App

NCX Designs said:
While I have DLNA on my Samsung TV, every search i did for the DLNA component of Galaxy S says sharing to the living room, not the phone.
I need it to be from the PC server to the phone via DLNA, not the other way around
Thanks for the info though, didn't know Samsung was making an app for Android
i hope to find one
one thing i found interesting while searching through the list of managed applications on my Incredible was, I found that theres an application similar to the one on Windows Mobile by HTC called "Streaming Media Player by HTC" but i can't find anywhere to run the application, its like its "hidden"
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That app is used to watch videos through the browser such as Skyfire in Android mode rather than Desktop mode.
Sent from my Hybrid using XDA App

they have a dlna player on the Droid X. i might be able to pull it from it tomorrow. you can see if it works from that.

A lot of these streaming bundles are a specific server and client pair...
I installed a generic DLNA server - TVersity and then installed one of the many DLNA browser/player apps from the market.. My Samsung Charge already has one on it - allshare..
On my tablet I settled on bubbleUPNP. It allows me to browse the video audio etc.. and play the media on the media player on the my choice - MXVideo..
No specific player/server combination is needed.
my $.02
chrisaba1 said:
Hey I know what you're looking for, however no great solution for Android yet, the following is a list of programs which will work, but none are perfect, a lot have some features not all, and 3g streaming is sketchy, anyway check em out see if any work for you.
Qloud video
RedDONUT
PLEX
MIRAGE
VLC Remote
I am still hoping airvideo will someday become available for android, this is the perfect app for this in iOS
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I use i media share it works great on my ps3 it shares the media on your Droid to your DLNA client
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Try Skifta.

PLEX Update
PLEX has just been updated and the latest server version and client allow you to stream all your media to your phone via 3G or WIfI, best of all, all you have to do is login to your account on the server and on the phone and it just works. I have been waiting for an app to do this on Android for a long time, PLEX is now my number one program on my phone.

How is plex compared to emit?
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

watch on tv what's on the phone's screen
hi guys,
is there any way to stream through a dlna server what is showing on the phone screen? it would be nice to sit in front of my tv and surf the internet on a 56" screen instead of a 4" screen.

Another option
I set up my videos folder on my HTPC as a network share, and installed esfilexplorer and mxvideo apps. I just connected via wifi in esFileExplorer and select videos and play them back with MxVideo works great. I am doing this on a Lenovo IdeaPad K1.
I also run tversity and can connect to htpc via web interface if I am not on home network, works but web interface is pretty basic and load times can be long on large files.

mscroggi said:
A lot of these streaming bundles are a specific server and client pair...
I installed a generic DLNA server - TVersity and then installed one of the many DLNA browser/player apps from the market.. My Samsung Charge already has one on it - allshare..
On my tablet I settled on bubbleUPNP. It allows me to browse the video audio etc.. and play the media on the media player on the my choice - MXVideo..
No specific player/server combination is needed.
my $.02
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Bubble is great and it controls the volume on my tv yaaaaaay

Skifta is probably the best for DLNA client/server on Droid that is free (if you want you can setup their PC server for playing the media on your comp anywhere via 3G/WiFi even at a friends and if you want you can even remote access your home DLNA server from your friends house then use your Droid as a bridge to any DLNA client on that wifi network. It's pretty cool.
If you're a TVersity fan/lover, just enable web access and use their flash or mobile relay interface to watch over 3G or Wifi (but you'll need a streaming player like MX Video or alike to watch remotely instead of downloading then watching).
I myself use Skifta only on my phone and combine TVersity on my PC with web portal activated and MX Video to watch everything.
(Twonky is good if you have an Internet TV but costs money and their help desk is ****).
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how does dlna suppose to work in sensation

I have htc sensation and galaxy 10.1 tab.
If I start allshare in galaxy and want the video to be shown in htc sensation,
what applicaition do I need to install?
Is sensation a server only DLNA device? so it can only provide media to others.
Thanks.

Pretty sure its only a server.
Sent from my Sensation using Cyanogenmod

Sensation is a streaming server. You need a client, like a DLNA enabled TV (like the latest Sony Bravia LED TVs) or Windows 7/Mac OS enabled machine with streaming on to play back the videos.
You also need to be on the same network (like home or office LAN). Sensation detects all playback devices automatically and starts streaming.
It's pretty cool too, I love this feature. Gives me the option of not buying a stereo dock, I can just use my TV to playback music.

Thanks. can I make it a streaming client?
e.g.: others with sensation could just watch what is from streaming server.
irtiza.nazar said:
Sensation is a streaming server. You need a client, like a DLNA enabled TV (like the latest Sony Bravia LED TVs) or Windows 7/Mac OS enabled machine with streaming on to play back the videos.
You also need to be on the same network (like home or office LAN). Sensation detects all playback devices automatically and starts streaming.
It's pretty cool too, I love this feature. Gives me the option of not buying a stereo dock, I can just use my TV to playback music.
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henrik.dk said:
Thanks. can I make it a streaming client?
e.g.: others with sensation could just watch what is from streaming server.
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Unfortunately, I haven't tried that. But how it should work - if it supports playback from other DLNA devices - is that you should be able to find your "Sensation Z710e" in the list of streaming clients in Windows Media player (for instance). I can, for e.g., find my TV in that list. Same should be true for the Sensation.
Let me get back to you on this, I'll give it a try.
But logically you should stream from a smaller screen to a larger so everyone can see what you have on your hand-held. Can't think of a scenario why you'd like to do it the other way round - cell phones are more personal .

Just a general question.
e.g. there could be a situation where 10 people with sensation and want to share a media or picture. In this case one of the sensation could be the server and others could be the clients.
I have galaxy tablet 10.1 with allshare. I could not connect sensation with tablet. Seems that they can only be the server. odd.
irtiza.nazar said:
Unfortunately, I haven't tried that. But how it should work - if it supports playback from other DLNA devices - is that you should be able to find your "Sensation Z710e" in the list of streaming clients in Windows Media player (for instance). I can, for e.g., find my TV in that list. Same should be true for the Sensation.
Let me get back to you on this, I'll give it a try.
But logically you should stream from a smaller screen to a larger so everyone can see what you have on your hand-held. Can't think of a scenario why you'd like to do it the other way round - cell phones are more personal .
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Don't know of any real-time collaboration features in the HTC Sensation, but would be nice though. DLNA is not the choice of protocol for this though.
Your solution would need a server maintaining lists of clients (or one of the phones could act as one) and the rest would connect and get shared content from them. Haven't seen any app on the Market that does this kinda P2P.
P.S., tried the Windows Media Player stream list, HTC Sensation wasn't listed there among the set of DLNA clients that can play the stream. Sorry, bro.

thanks. Now understand a bit more about DLNA, something so so.
irtiza.nazar said:
Don't know of any real-time collaboration features in the HTC Sensation, but would be nice though. DLNA is not the choice of protocol for this though.
Your solution would need a server maintaining lists of clients (or one of the phones could act as one) and the rest would connect and get shared content from them. Haven't seen any app on the Market that does this kinda P2P.
P.S., tried the Windows Media Player stream list, HTC Sensation wasn't listed there among the set of DLNA clients that can play the stream. Sorry, bro.
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For some reason the htc dlna app doesnt work with my ps3 of galaxy tab (gt-p1000). just use skifta instead
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Actually the Sensation does also have a DLNA client - I can log on to my Serviio server and stream from it
When in the music player, tap the arrow in the top-right and you get the option to find a server on your network.
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is it possible to stream to a ps3 or Xbox ? And this may be a Dunn question but when is streams does it send the file or does it just output ?
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I ran into an issue with this still don't quite understand it. But I was able to get it to work once on my pc. The pc had to have the media player open before ny sensation was able to find it. But now I can't get it work at all. No settings have been changed since I was able to get it work. So Idk hopefully HTC will come out with a fix. Or maybe someone can come up with a definitive answer to all these questions. DLNA on the sensation seems to be an issue for a lot of users

maybe someone can make a quick tutorial?
I would love to watch photos and movies from the sensation on my PC without cable.

wmoore said:
Actually the Sensation does also have a DLNA client - I can log on to my Serviio server and stream from it
When in the music player, tap the arrow in the top-right and you get the option to find a server on your network.
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Bro, you got it the other way round. What you're explaining is the Sensation being the server (since it is streaming) to the clients (which are playing back the stream).
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Iceananas said:
maybe someone can make a quick tutorial?
I would love to watch photos and movies from the sensation on my PC without cable.
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The guy above has done it pretty nicely, though he had his client-servers mixed up. Also, the playback quality on my HD TV was outstanding, no run-time compression (come on, it's a mobile phone, who are we kiddin ) and the playback had no lags. Also, I can play it from anywhere in my home - even outside if I can get a decent enough signal on my WiFi.

irtiza.nazar said:
Bro, you got it the other way round. What you're explaining is the Sensation being the server (since it is streaming) to the clients (which are playing back the stream)
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No. What my graphic shows is the Sensation's DLNA client logging on and streaming media FROM my server. Trust me.

wmoore said:
No. What my graphic shows is the Sensation's DLNA client logging on and streaming media FROM my server. Trust me.
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It can act as a server to an Xbox 360 for instance, but the Xbox must be in Media Center Extender mode for it to work, meaning you need MCE running at the time.
Now with W7 the Xbox will log into the W7 computer as a service account and start MCE for you (once you've done the initial setup of course), not sure about Vista.

wmoore said:
No. What my graphic shows is the Sensation's DLNA client logging on and streaming media FROM my server. Trust me.
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You can do the same thing from the Gallery app to allow you to stream video FROM a DLNA device (via Windows Media Player on Windows 7 PC in my case) to the Sensation.
Thanks so much for the heads-up on this. My girlfriend can do the same on a Sense 2.1 ROM I put on her Desire, but I couldn't work out how to do it on my new Sensation (now I have INXS in my head) because the 'Videos' app of old is gone. Now Santa can buy me a nice big NAS for Christmas and I can put all my film/tv shows on it and watch them in bed! Unfortunately I doubt 'santa' is reading this because she, I mean he has a life.
By the way, if it helps anyone, in Windows Media player on a Windows 7 pc, click on the 'Stream' drop-down menu on the Library page (top left of) and choose the options you want to enable. For me it's 'Allow remote control of my player...' and 'Automatically allow devices to play my media'. If your Sensation and your PC are connected to the same router, you should now be able to stream media from your phone to the PC, AND also view media from your pc on your phone : )

Ouzo said:
... new Sensation ... INXS ...
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I think ArkMC application can solver your task. I has not cool interface, but really good functionality.

[Suggestion] App that routes all android audio to PC via Wifi (No DLNA or UPNP)

Hi there,
I want to make an app suggestion. I hope that this does not count as cross posting as I already put a question, if such an app exists in the Q&A section of android. Since I did not get an answer, I suppose that there is no app like this:
Please see my original post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379161&highlight=Audio
I want to summarize the general idea of the app:
I think it would be great if you could output all (or most) of your android audio via wifi to the PC. If you could create an app, that would work like the bluetooth headsets or car radios, you would have something like airplay for apple (at least for sound). This would be really different from using dlna or upnp solutions or remote controls and would have several advantages, because you could switch between listening with your ear plugs to going to the hifi system coupled with the PC without a break (or at least very little). You could output all sounds like music apps which are using streaming services and don't offer remote controls.
As I posted in the Q&A forum before, I am no developer. But I want to make the suggestion here. I think, a lot of people would love an app like this. Perhaps something like this could be done, if you fool android to believe that it connected to a bluetooth device, but in fact it is the app which is rerouting all the audio to the client on the PC.
I would be happy to hear, if you think this is a ****ty idea or if you like it. Is it even possible on a rooted phone. Or is fooling bluetooth to much of a hassle?
Best regards,
Bel.

Perhaps I did not properly explain, what my suggestion was?
In a short formula it would be: (fake) a2dp but with wifi and not bluetooth.
Something like this possible?

Bad style....
I know this maybe bad style, but I wanted to push this thread up again. So I am writing this message. --> "Push Up"
Did not want to bug you with my threads, but I am really curious if something like this is possible.

Belisarith said:
Hi there,
I want to make an app suggestion. I hope that this does not count as cross posting as I already put a question, if such an app exists in the Q&A section of android. Since I did not get an answer, I suppose that there is no app like this:
Please see my original post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379161&highlight=Audio
I want to summarize the general idea of the app:
I think it would be great if you could output all (or most) of your android audio via wifi to the PC. If you could create an app, that would work like the bluetooth headsets or car radios, you would have something like airplay for apple (at least for sound). This would be really different from using dlna or upnp solutions or remote controls and would have several advantages, because you could switch between listening with your ear plugs to going to the hifi system coupled with the PC without a break (or at least very little). You could output all sounds like music apps which are using streaming services and don't offer remote controls.
As I posted in the Q&A forum before, I am no developer. But I want to make the suggestion here. I think, a lot of people would love an app like this. Perhaps something like this could be done, if you fool android to believe that it connected to a bluetooth device, but in fact it is the app which is rerouting all the audio to the client on the PC.
I would be happy to hear, if you think this is a ****ty idea or if you like it. Is it even possible on a rooted phone. Or is fooling bluetooth to much of a hassle?
Best regards,
Bel.
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Its possible but you need two diffeent apps. one for phone/tablet, one for computer. i havent looked at the android SDK much when it comes to audio, but if you can grab the audio source, whether its hardware or software, then you can just write a quick portion that uses udp packets and a companion java app or whatever for your pc that grabs those packets off the network and plays the sounds in the packets.

Not to be rude but I suspect the reason nobody has replied to this is because it is really not desirable. If I am correct, you want to enable your android to stream music through your wifi to your computer which sends it to your speakers and causes sound. The only reason I can think you would want to to do this is if you wanted to here streaming internet radio from your android play on your stereo. Why not just access the same streaming radio on your pc via the internet? If you have no internet, just tether your phone.
I am currently experimenting with ftp serving. By setting my verizon DSL modem/router to "DMZ Hosting" ENABLED and installing "andFTP" on my phone and "serv-u" on my pc, I made my pc an ftp server which shares files with any device that has the proper credentials to access it. Currently I can access files on my pc from anywhere I go, but I have as of yet not been able to transfer streaming media. I am now looking into "UPnP" but don't know if it will work over a WAN (internet)

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Not to be rude but I suspect the reason nobody has replied to this is because it is really not desirable. If I am correct, you want to enable your android to stream music through your wifi to your computer which sends it to your speakers and causes sound. The only reason I can think you would want to to do this is if you wanted to here streaming internet radio from your android play on your stereo. Why not just access the same streaming radio on your pc via the internet? If you have no internet, just tether your phone.
I am currently experimenting with ftp serving. By setting my verizon DSL modem/router to "DMZ Hosting" ENABLED and installing "andFTP" on my phone and "serv-u" on my pc, I made my pc an ftp server which shares files with any device that has the proper credentials to access it. Currently I can access files on my pc from anywhere I go, but I have as of yet not been able to transfer streaming media. I am now looking into "UPnP" but don't know if it will work over a WAN (internet)
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Setup lamp/wamp (webserver) on your pc, and install ampache media server. Works great and has a couple android clients already.
You could also setup a webdav for filesharing, and ssh for remote io. Ssh is much better than ftp for security, especially combined with keys.
If you run Linux setup mpd, and port forward to the server to allow access from anywhere. The Mpdroid android client will stream to your phone too.
Hope this helps.
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This is exactly what i am looking for for like a year now and no one has a solution and im still studdying programming so i cant do that yet.
If someone can make an app like SoundWire then someone should be able to turn it around shouldnt they or aint it soo simple?

slugger7 said:
This is exactly what i am looking for for like a year now and no one has a solution and im still studdying programming so i cant do that yet.
If someone can make an app like SoundWire then someone should be able to turn it around shouldnt they or aint it soo simple?
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No need for all this just found out i can do it via htc sense all i did was set up my homegroup on windows and then my windows media player
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No need for all this just found out i can do it via htc sense all i did was set up my homegroup on windows and then my windows media player
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I am looking an app that can stream any audio to Samsung Smart TV. Just like HTC Sense music player does with music. I've found this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.airaudio but it streams only to airplay devices.

Silppa said:
I am looking an app that can stream any audio to Samsung Smart TV. Just like HTC Sense music player does with music. I've found this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.airaudio but it streams only to airplay devices.
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Have you tried using the app called Skifta. Sorry i cant give you the link at the moment not at my PC

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I find the OP's app suggestion desirable. I have been searching for an app/program that will do just this: send all my phone audio to my WiFi speakers and/or HTPC. This option would not only allow me to switch to WiFi speakers from my headphones when I am returning home, but also to receive call/text audio notifications in a timely manner when I'm not near my phone, which is often.
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Not to be rude but I suspect the reason nobody has replied to this is because it is really not desirable. If I am correct, you want to enable your android to stream music through your wifi to your computer which sends it to your speakers and causes sound. The only reason I can think you would want to to do this is if you wanted to here streaming internet radio from your android play on your stereo. Why not just access the same streaming radio on your pc via the internet? If you have no internet, just tether your phone.
I am currently experimenting with ftp serving. By setting my verizon DSL modem/router to "DMZ Hosting" ENABLED and installing "andFTP" on my phone and "serv-u" on my pc, I made my pc an ftp server which shares files with any device that has the proper credentials to access it. Currently I can access files on my pc from anywhere I go, but I have as of yet not been able to transfer streaming media. I am now looking into "UPnP" but don't know if it will work over a WAN (internet)
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Silppa said:
I am looking an app that can stream any audio to Samsung Smart TV. Just like HTC Sense music player does with music. I've found this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.airaudio but it streams only to airplay devices.
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Simply run the free AirPlay-receiver "shairport4w" on the PC and everything should be fine

Hi guys,
I just published my first app on Google Play, it's called Weezzler and it lets you play the music in you phone in any brower using wifi. No need to install anything on your computer, just control your music from the browser once you are conected. The only requirment is to be connected to the same wifi network in your phone and the computer.
Sorry I can't post links, I'm new at the forum. Soon I hope to create a special thread for this.

[APP][4.0+] vGet: Stream, Download, DLNA/UPnP of Embedded Videos

I've released vGet (Play Store) as a tool to download HTML5 videos from any site for later offline viewing.
It works as a simple web browser, but instead of playing the videos directly it allows to download embedded videos or play them with a player of choice. This also works for many flash videos.
It includes has an integrated download manager that supports multiple concurrent connections to speed up downloading form slow servers.
It has two browsing modes:
Desktop/Flash Mode: Pretends to be a Desktop Browser with Flash support. Some sites only show (flash) videos if they detect a desktop browser. It basically extracts the video URL used by the Flash Player. This only works if the video is a static file - which it is in most cases. But as there is no canonical show a video with Flash it can fail to extract the video URL. It also does not work for RTSP or live streams.
Mobile Mode: Pretends to be a Mobile browser without Flash support. Some sites support HTML5 videos, but only use them if Flash is NOT supported by the browser (which is kind of silly but it happens). This should work an all sites that use HTML5 Videos. The only exception that I am aware of is HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) which is currently not supported by vGet.
HTML5-Videos are also detected in Desktop Mode - if used by the site.
NEW: vGet (v0.3) now allows to play (cast) videos directly on a DLNA-Device (for example your SmartTV, XBoX, MediaCenter, AllShare device etc.). vGet instructs your SmartTV to streams the video directly from the Internet. The video stream is not relayed though vGet. This saves battery and even allows to turn of your Android device completely while the video keeps playing. Please note that this feature is still experimental and depends on the capabilities of your DLNA Device.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Hi,
the link is https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id=mb.videoget
Enjoy everyone!
cheers

tmbmb said:
I've released vGet (available on Play store, can't post a link as new user) as a tool to download HTML5 videos from any site for later offline viewing.
It works as a simple web browser, but instead of playing the videos directly it allows to download embedded videos or play them with a player of choice. This also works for many flash videos.
It includes has an integrated download manager that supports multiple concurrent connections to speed up downloading form slow servers.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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Looks interesting thanks. What sites have you tested it on?
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can't find it anymore, don't know if it's due to the fact I'm in italy and it's not listed in my country or just banned.

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can't find it anymore, don't know if it's due to the fact I'm in italy and it's not listed in my country or just banned.
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The link in the second posr seems to be broken. Just search for vget - should be available in Italy.

The correct link is :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mb.videoget
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@d3xp2pc:
I tested it on some video hosting sites. It has two browsing modes:
Desktop/Flash Mode: Pretends to be a Desktop Browser with Flash support. Some sites only show (flash) videos if they detect a desktop browser. It basically extracts the video URL used by the Flash Player. This only works if the video is a static file - which it is in most cases. But as there is no canonical show a video with Flash it can fail to extract the video URL. It also does not work for RTSP or live streams.
Mobile Mode: Pretends to be a Mobile browser without Flash support. Some sites support HTML5 videos, but only use them if Flash is NOT supported by the browser (which is kind of silly but it happens). This should work an all sites that use HTML5 Videos. The only exception that I am aware of is HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) which is currently not supported by vGet.
HTML5-Videos are also detected in Desktop Mode - if used by the site.
Let me know if you find a site where it is not working as expected.

BTW, also if you're missing a feature or have suggestions for improvements use the issue tracker or just post them here.

DLNA support
Version 0.3 adds DLNA-Support:
vGet now allows to play (cast) videos directly on a DLNA-Device (for example your SmartTV, XBoX, MediaCenter, AllShare device etc.). vGet instructs your SmartTV to streams the video directly from the Internet. The video stream is not relayed though vGet. This saves battery and even allows to turn of your Android device completely while the video keeps playing. Please note that this feature is still experimental and depends on the capabilities of your DLNA Device.

it's not work on youtube right?
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I'm totally going to try this. I wonder if this will make First Row Sports work better.

afifth said:
it's not work on youtube right?
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Yes, Youtube is disabled - otherwise distribution in Play Store would not be possible.

Works perfect here on htc one GE @ 4.3.
DLNA is the best feature and it works nicely on my desktop here with wmp.
I will try this later on my Samsung F series model at home.
Looks realy promising and makes a chromecast dongle needless if the tv can handle upnp.
Is there a chance to get the "Youtube unlocked version" here as apk in the forum?
thanks,
Doenersoldat

doenersoldat said:
Is there a chance to get the "Youtube unlocked version" here as apk in the forum?
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I personally didn't feel the need to use it on Youtube yet. But maybe, I'll release a non-Play Store version at some stage.

update
v0.3.1 reduces battery usage by disconnecting from playing DLNA-Devices while the screen is turned off.
So now vGet does not consume any power at all while playing on a DLNA device when the screen is turned off.

great app!!!
thanks a lot for this man! I dumped a lot of apps in place of this. i have firefox+flashdownloader plugin installed on my phone just for saving flash videos but I guess it's goodbye FF and Flash Player for me I love how the download continues even after phone restarts. more power to the development of this app man! a release that works with youtube videos will be more awesome, hoping you consider it! thanks again.

perfect!
Hi,
congratulations for the great app. I use it a lot. Do you guys know if a similar solution exists for Windows 7?? Maybe as a plugin for firefox or chrome? Since some of the websites are not optimized for mobile gadgets i'd like to stream from my laptop instead of from my android phone. I've tried to google but could not find anything...
Thanx for some hints!

bigapple888 said:
Hi,
congratulations for the great app. I use it a lot. Do you guys know if a similar solution exists for Windows 7?? Maybe as a plugin for firefox or chrome? Since some of the websites are not optimized for mobile gadgets i'd like to stream from my laptop instead of from my android phone. I've tried to google but could not find anything...
Thanx for some hints!
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I guess you are referring to the DLNA feature? I was actually thinking about releasing a Chrome extension with features similar to vGet. But it would probably lack DLNA support as this would require native code (a browser plugin) and I don't like that idea. Chromecast could be supported in a browser extension, but it only supports a limited set of media formats - so it would not work for many flash videos.
You could of course just playback on the computer and mirrors the complete screen - but that's rather inefficient.
Personally I just use a tablet instead of a phone for vGet, so non-mobile sites are not too hard to use.

tmbmb said:
I guess you are referring to the DLNA feature? I was actually thinking about releasing a Chrome extension with features similar to vGet. But it would probably lack DLNA support as this would require native code (a browser plugin) and I don't like that idea. Chromecast could be supported in a browser extension, but it only supports a limited set of media formats - so it would not work for many flash videos.
You could of course just playback on the computer and mirrors the complete screen - but that's rather inefficient.
Personally I just use a tablet instead of a phone for vGet, so non-mobile sites are not too hard to use.
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Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I mean the DLNA feature. I don't wanna buy another device such as chromecast so I was hoping for such a convienient way to stream to my WD TV like with vget. I tried to mirror the screen already but performance is not the best. Anyway, thanks again for your reply.

I'm a huge fan of your app. Will it be available for kitkat soon?
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