When i click on Mynet and it loads up, Shows my pc for a glimpse and VOILA, it goes again lol
By any chance before this came out Asus mentioned and demoed the desktop stream...anyone heard anything since then?
Btw such a good tablet, quality is solid, software to me is solid, screen is fantastic. I had a Motorola Xoom pre oordered but it was taking awhile to be delivered! and saw this did my research and it was out before the Xoom so I got this and wow I've been happy since.
Not got my tablet yet but people have had success with UPnPlay for connecting to a NAS etc so might work for ur PC. Also you can check out CifsManager, just not sure it works on honeycomb.
Hi mate,
My understanding is that MyNet is DLNA application and can only work with DLNA devices. In order to stream from your pc you should setup a DLNA server like (twonky, etc). I haven't got it to work with my pc, but I have a NAS with DLNA which works fine for images and music. Still can't get it to stream videos tough.
If you are not interested in streaming content all you need to do is add ES File Explorer from the market, and that gives you access to network shares and files directly.
Hope this helps,
rio
boiboi_67 said:
When i click on Mynet and it loads up, Shows my pc for a glimpse and VOILA, it goes again lol
By any chance before this came out Asus mentioned and demoed the desktop stream...anyone heard anything since then?
Btw such a good tablet, quality is solid, software to me is solid, screen is fantastic. I had a Motorola Xoom pre oordered but it was taking awhile to be delivered! and saw this did my research and it was out before the Xoom so I got this and wow I've been happy since.
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Ideally we want some ssh or samba fuse implementation as you don't need root for fuse, can just mount your remote drives. Not seen any though as they need the fuse kernel stuff which then needs root...
+1 for ES File Explorer.
If its only a few files and you don't want to go through any setup pains then Websharing file sync is very handy.
https://market.android.com/details?id=nextapp.websharing.r1
(there's also a free lite version)
Ok fella's
Thank you for all your help and I will try each one and see for myself
I must say I was in doubt before ordering this but now my doubts gone. Never really brought an Asus product apart from Graphics card from them before lol
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Has anyone have any experience using the Transformer as virtual desktop?
I would love to be able to log in via the browser via windows small business server to run all of my work apps when necesary while on the road.
I read that there was included software to help with this??? (Can't find the review that mentioned it now)
(I apologize if there is a thread somewhere on this!)
Thanks!
tfhiv said:
Has anyone have any experience using the Transformer as virtual desktop?
I would love to be able to log in via the browser via windows small business server to run all of my work apps when necesary while on the road.
I read that there was included software to help with this??? (Can't find the review that mentioned it now)
(I apologize if there is a thread somewhere on this!)
Thanks!
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That will be my first project once I get mine in, test it with couple of remote desktop apps. I will update you once I write a review!
I use virtual desktop, virtual viewer and pocketcloud on my EVO and they have helped when a PC/windows wasn't available so its worth it. It would be interesting to see how these apps behave on a tablet.
there's a built in app for remote desktop. I'll report back after I get mine friday.
The app built-in (since firmware update 1) is a free version of splashtop. It works very well.
forgive the stupid question...
But with a virtual desktop app, I know you can log into your computer and make the computer do stuff (run programs, open files, etc.).
I only tried it out once a while ago on a phone and it was neat, but altogether too difficult to really use on a phone. However witha tablet, that should be a different story.
My question is, can you load a media file one the computer and will it actually display on your tablet? Could I open Zune up on my computer and play a song and have the sound come through on the tablet? I imagine that's not possible... but a guy can dream can't he?
nubbin77 said:
My question is, can you load a media file one the computer and will it actually display on your tablet? Could I open Zune up on my computer and play a song and have the sound come through on the tablet? I imagine that's not possible... but a guy can dream can't he?
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That is the idea behind splastop but i could be wrong.. if you wait and soon we will have mobile virtualization happening on these devices.
Holy cow, thanks for the fast response. And I just went to splashtop's website... That just looks great, exactly what I would want.
Is it better than Logmein Ignition?
nubbin77 said:
forgive the stupid question...
But with a virtual desktop app, I know you can log into your computer and make the computer do stuff (run programs, open files, etc.).
I only tried it out once a while ago on a phone and it was neat, but altogether too difficult to really use on a phone. However witha tablet, that should be a different story.
My question is, can you load a media file one the computer and will it actually display on your tablet? Could I open Zune up on my computer and play a song and have the sound come through on the tablet? I imagine that's not possible... but a guy can dream can't he?
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you can. you can also play 720p or 1080p with sound.
ledhed said:
Is it better than Logmein Ignition?
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way way way wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better
ledhed said:
Is it better than Logmein Ignition?
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from the videos, it look a lot better.
If you are looking for something like RDP, then pocketcloud is good app... which I prefer over a apps like logmein which require installation on the client.
nubbin77 said:
forgive the stupid question...
But with a virtual desktop app, I know you can log into your computer and make the computer do stuff (run programs, open files, etc.).
I only tried it out once a while ago on a phone and it was neat, but altogether too difficult to really use on a phone. However witha tablet, that should be a different story.
My question is, can you load a media file one the computer and will it actually display on your tablet? Could I open Zune up on my computer and play a song and have the sound come through on the tablet? I imagine that's not possible... but a guy can dream can't he?
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Yes it can do all that. It even streams video files pretty well. It sends the audio to the tablet as long as you set your desktop machine to stereo sound.
dotpro said:
from the videos, it look a lot better.
If you are looking for something like RDP, then pocketcloud is good app... which I prefer over a apps like logmein which require installation on the client.
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I've used both, on my iPhone and now on my Acer (the trial, I'm not gonna buy it when it will be free on my transformer).
If you have a strong wifi connection it's awesome.
It's awesome that ASUS includes it for free.
Since I have a captive audience..
Can you log in, play music, then switch back to the tab and still have the music playing in the background (like if I wanted to browse the web from the tablet's apps while i listen to the music from the remote log in)?
tfhiv said:
Has anyone have any experience using the Transformer as virtual desktop?
I would love to be able to log in via the browser via windows small business server to run all of my work apps when necesary while on the road.
I read that there was included software to help with this??? (Can't find the review that mentioned it now)
(I apologize if there is a thread somewhere on this!)
Thanks!
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I do something similar now on my Nook color using Logmein Ignition - works great.. and the transformer is much faster/bigger screen..
-mark
nubbin77 said:
Since I have a captive audience..
Can you log in, play music, then switch back to the tab and still have the music playing in the background (like if I wanted to browse the web from the tablet's apps while i listen to the music from the remote log in)?
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no.
download amazons cloud app
that will let you upload all your music and listen to it anywhere.
splashtop
I posted a video (review II) on youtube with a little demo on splashtop
and another one (splashtop tutorial) shows how to set it up if you want to connect to your computer outside of a local network
go check it out if u'd like, sorry I can't post links here yet
andyxover said:
I posted a video (review II) on youtube with a little demo on splashtop
and another one (splashtop tutorial) shows how to set it up if you want to connect to your computer outside of a local network
go check it out if u'd like, sorry I can't post links here yet
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Andy! Welcome to XDA! Your videos were awesome!
andyxover said:
I posted a video (review II) on youtube with a little demo on splashtop
and another one (splashtop tutorial) shows how to set it up if you want to connect to your computer outside of a local network
go check it out if u'd like, sorry I can't post links here yet
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I'll do that for you, Andy.
Splashtop
Your reviews were awesome!
i just tried out Splashtop (the link is inside the Mycloud app btw not seperate logo) and it streams video and sound great. I tried it with Zune software and it worked great.
I have been looking around for good file manager for a while to connect to my windows shares and be able to stream flawlessly my HD content. As well access all of my shared files like i could form another windows node. Thats right even though i am a unix admin i still enjoy using windows. Well ok I game some enough said .
I have tried cifs manager and being an admin i tweeked with the mount options directio,rsize,wsize not much helped to enjoy my windows sharing experiance. I tried many other apps to no avail until I found ES File Explorer.
Used with Dice Video Player, it's an experience I have not been able to beat for HD video playback.
I know there is probably alot of you that know about it but after scanning the TF101 forum I didnt see a thread so heres my first post in the EeePad thread.
Attached is the app, enjoy!
TGA_Gunnman said:
I have been looking around for good file manager for a while to connect to my windows shares and be able to stream flawlessly my HD content. As well access all of my shared files like i could form another windows node. Thats right even though i am a unix admin i still enjoy using windows. Well ok I game some enough said .
I have tried cifs manager and being an admin i tweeked with the mount options directio,rsize,wsize not much helped to enjoy my windows sharing experiance. I tried many other apps to no avail until I found ES File Explorer.
Used with Dice Video Player, it's an experience I have not been able to beat for HD video playback.
I know there is probably alot of you that know about it but after scanning the TF101 forum I didnt see a thread so heres my first post in the EeePad thread.
Attached is the app, enjoy!
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My problem with ES is that it opens the file in streaming mode, so you can't skip past the buffered video. Watching a movie isn't really a problem, but if I want to skip to a certain part of it, I have to wait till it finishes buffering.
Using CIFS allows me to skip to any part of the file instantly, but it does have slower transfer speeds. Directio gives me ~2MB/s, but strangely, it breaks MP4 streaming. rsize=16384 gets me up to 1.2MB/s, but I also added a 16K block size to my Windows box's registry, so I'm not sure if it was the combo that did it. ES gives me about 2.2MB/s, but with the problem of not being able to seek.
1.2MB/s is enough for most 720p stuff I have, so I'll continue to use CIFS. Really wish I could match ES' speed though.
Thanks TGA appreciate your work on the g2x also. Some reason Es is not picking up my LAN when I scan.
Edit: ok put it in manually found it but my shared files aren't showing up.
Sent from my MeGaBoT Transformer!
KingDavid63 said:
Thanks TGA appreciate your work on the g2x also. Some reason Es is not picking up my LAN when I scan.
Edit: ok put it in manually found it but my shared files aren't showing up.
Sent from my MeGaBoT Transformer!
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Try enabling password protected sharing in windows , give your user Administrator privileges and check the files being shared that you have security permissions to them read write exec and the whole drive.
I can see my hidden shares in windows even! C$ D$ S$, etc and everything in them.
oh and turn off all firewalls on you pc.
Yeah I got it... Had to share with everyone though... Mobo is real choppy gonna try dice. Just something i'm gonna have to mess with. That everyone thing could get me in trouble I imagine. Windows 7 is cool, just not real experienced with it.
Edit: all is well got it... Thanks man Playing perfectly.
Sent from my MeGaBoT Transformer!
Hello All,
This is my first android operating system, was always apple and windows before. I am loving my new TF700 and already found 4share.
My question is advice on apps to help me out. I have a home theater PC filled with thousands of movies, what is the best way to stream it to my tablet? Also, is there a good app for downloading things from my PC over wifi?
I saw that this tablet came with something called Splashtop, is that the best way to remote desktop? Or should I be looking for something else.
Sorry if these sound like n00b questions, I just thought this would be the best place to ask since we are all using the same device and I thought some/most of you have already found something good to fill this gap.
Thanks!
you can stream with a file manager, such as File Manager HD. I use BSPlayer to stream my blu ray collection.
you can also copy items from your pc to device by using File Manager HD as well. Just go to settings, LAN connection and scan until you find it. Then just put in your credentials. On your pc, just make sure you set the sharing permissions accordingly.
Im not sure abut splashtop, i use ubuntu, but i hear its a good app.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
Sth called MyNet comes preinstalled, it uses DLNA. You can try Movie Browser HD too, for example. There's bunch of similar apps for that, search the market in case these two don't satisfy your needs.
Remember to switch DLNA on on your PC.
fandry said:
Hello All,
This is my first android operating system, was always apple and windows before. I am loving my new TF700 and already found 4share.
My question is advice on apps to help me out. I have a home theater PC filled with thousands of movies, what is the best way to stream it to my tablet? Also, is there a good app for downloading things from my PC over wifi?
I saw that this tablet came with something called Splashtop, is that the best way to remote desktop? Or should I be looking for something else.
Sorry if these sound like n00b questions, I just thought this would be the best place to ask since we are all using the same device and I thought some/most of you have already found something good to fill this gap.
Thanks!
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The best one I ever used is VPlayer, it's way better than BSPlayer which volume is significantly lower. Its UI is way better, you just swipe to right or left to get local, streaming from media servers or urls. Try it.
Servio and Plex runnng on my home server covers all my needs server side. I stream to a host of different tablets, phones, remote access browsers, and google TV. Plex is my preferred method, but also use Bubbleupnp To stream and download from the Servio server software.
the mynet one on the stock infinity turned out to be great ! thanks guys . im really intrested in buying a roku and running things to more devices now
Does anyone know why are wifi hdd's limited to just media and won't transfer regular files?
WiFi hard disk drive...? What is that?
Amazon search shows....
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004Z0S7K6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1349809845&sr=8-5&keywords=WiFi+hard+disk+drive
I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
MercuryStar said:
I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
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I've been wondering same thing also. I truly hope they are more capable.
Upon further investigation I've found various "hacks" or "modifications" to enable SMB support on some of these drives:
http://www.tools4movies.com/2012/07/seagate-goflex-satellite-wifi-samba-modification/
http://www.hackseagatesatellite.com/wordpress/welcome/
Not that I necessarily recommend modifying a device, but if you find yourself burdened with such a limited device you may as well try and make something of it. Just don't blame me - or XDA - if something goes wrong.
If you were able to do something like this, dear OP, you would be able to connect to the drive using an SMB-compatible file manager, available from the play store such as ES File Explorer (though I quite like AndroXplorer).
MercuryStar said:
I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
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I bought one of the goflex wifi hdd and returned it because in my opinion they are that useless.
I find the goflex satellite drive quite useful, although I only got it for streaming videos to my tablet. Did my research and knew this going in.
If anyone is wondering, it uses a UPNP protocol, I only use their own app for setting password etc. I use either BubbleUPNP or Media House UPNP (kinda of like Mizuu in using a good Gui with movie poster art, but with some network support).
May hack it at some point though as would like to be able to write files to the drive from my Android devices.
Sent from my GT-N8010 using Tapatalk 2
Looking at the tutorial for installing SMB, it seems extremely easy and I think I might just buy one of those drives and do that. It will take 15 minutes and once done you get a great portable drive that does nnot require USB connectivity.
Szadzik said:
Looking at the tutorial for installing SMB, it seems extremely easy and I think I might just buy one of those drives and do that. It will take 15 minutes and once done you get a great portable drive that does nnot require USB connectivity.
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If you do please keep us informed.
Hey,
I just got an MK808 TV Stick and I it's a pretty neat slick device. Like how small it is, and seems to be pretty fast (but, will probably flash some custom ROM on it soon).
Anyways, I want to use this as a replacement OS for my Smart TV and play Netflix/Hulu (have to root/market enabler to get this)/stream from my personal library, which is all shared on a raspberry pi PC via SMB. My Smart TV is DLNA compliant, but can't play all the different formats that I have accumulated over the years. My new stick TV PC, so far can handle it all.
Whats the best and easiest way to open files stored on SMB drives, and play them in a media play on my stick PC (right now, using VLC do to this). I say easy, in the sense that when my 6 year old kid wants to watch one of his movies he doesn't have to mount a drive via ES file explorer and choose what file from a list of directories like I am willing to do, but more of a "see the cover art, click and play" kind of way. I know XBMC would do most of this (if not all) but it only does software decoding, and I would like to have hardware.
Thanks in advance.
Ive got an ICUBE mk809II, i also have a NAS (nsa310) with my network share on. I use solid explorer and you can map to your network drive with that by adding an SMB share. Hopefully you have root. You can also then do a shortcut on the desktop by doing a solid explorer widget to that network share.
The second way i've used is to download a CIFS/SMB app, MountManager seemed the best, and you a can make a virtual link to your network share which is by default in your mnt folder. If you wanted to use your tv stick as a torrent box, you can map to the network share, and point Adownloader to the virtual link in the mount folder and it will get to your share. Its then easy to bookmark to your SMB/network share by doing a widget in Solid Explorer on your desktop. So with one click from the desktop, your there, I mainly use MX Player over VLC player as VLC was having audio sync problems.
colhavoc said:
but more of a "see the cover art, click and play" kind of way.
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Try MIZUU BETA .
Tried MX Player?
Did, played some of my content, but not all of it. VLC so far is working ok.
Anyone have any idea how to install Finless rom with this? Can't seem to find much information on how to flash it, just what its features are.
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zmaki said:
Try MIZUU BETA .
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Wow zmaki, that was the perfect choice! App works great for streaming from my SMB shares and shows the cotent like XBMC, except with decent rendering!
I have to admit though, I wish the program had its own built in media player with codec support, that would make it the cats ass.
PLEX works awesome, no problems with any streaming and it looks great.
colhavoc, welcome from hfx...
Hi,
The question here is the same issue I have wirh my new android miniPC to let my children (and even my self) an easy access to files stored on my PC.
My device is not rooted (not I'm goind to do so).
The device is conected over the same LAN (wi-fi is disabled).
I saw codlike two solutions ("solid explorer" or MountManager) but both need root, is there another solution?
dannygud said:
Hi,
The question here is the same issue I have wirh my new android miniPC to let my children (and even my self) an easy access to files stored on my PC.
My device is not rooted (not I'm goind to do so).
The device is conected over the same LAN (wi-fi is disabled).
I saw codlike two solutions ("solid explorer" or MountManager) but both need root, is there another solution?
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es file explorer?