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I heard about a program that will read a barcode of a dvd/cd/game and find a torrent and then have your computer at home start downloading it. I think this would be an awsome app but I cant find a download yet, not even beta. And I heard its only working with utorrent on Windows, I will need to work on Linux, I guess it might work with wine. anybody know more about this app?
I did however came up with a way to remotely control torrent downloads on my home pc from my G1 that I thought Id share.
Running Ktorrent on Linux Pc
-install plugin for "scan folder" and set up a directory to put .torrnent file you want to download.
-optionally you can install and set up the "web interface" plugin to control running torrents remotely.
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
- install AndFTP (or similar) on the G1 Android
note - also have to have a FTP server running on you pc
To Use -
- Find wanted .torrent file and download via browser and download wherever (have to long hold an "save as")
- Open AndFTP and connect to home pc (via no-ip) and upload the, or many, .torrent file to the torrent share directory and Ktorrent will start downloading it.
It nothing like the app with barcode scanning but id does work. I also use AndFTP and my no-ip account to move other files back and forth all the time. Its great when you want a mp3,video,picture,etc thats on your home pc.
Two questions
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
How do you get that, and 2nd How do you connect to your pc using the AndFtp, Perhaps a picture Tutorial? Thank you.
torrent droid. its in alpha.
I am currently alpha testing TorrentDroid and beta testing BarTor. BarTor recently (yesterday) added ktorrent support per my request (I use ktorrent at home). BarTor will be released a bit sooner than torrentdroid from what I can tell. The main differences between the 2 are how the search is performed. More info about these can be found on my home page at android-dls.com as I recently did mini reviews on both. Keep an eye out in the market for these apps.
I will not comment on the idea of scanning and downloading something, but I will comment on an easier to use Torrent "client". TorrentFlux lets you set up a server side client that runs on a linux server and allows you to start a download on the server from any computer or PDA.
Most torrent cliets have that now. It is what these apps use to send the torrent file. ktorrent, utorrent and vuze all have it and its called a webgui/webui/web interface. I do not think the "scan" feature of these clients is much more than soemthing to show off, but the manual search/upload feature is great.
Darkrift said:
Most torrent cliets have that now. It is what these apps use to send the torrent file. ktorrent, utorrent and vuze all have it and its called a webgui/webui/web interface. I do not think the "scan" feature of these clients is much more than soemthing to show off, but the manual search/upload feature is great.
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I know, but this runs out of a non-gui server OS. (My server runs Ubuntu with no gui, with Webmin for managing it.) This allows me to download things without having a full GUI or something else.
ryanroth said:
I heard about a program that will read a barcode of a dvd/cd/game and find a torrent and then have your computer at home start downloading it. I think this would be an awsome app but I cant find a download yet, not even beta. And I heard its only working with utorrent on Windows, I will need to work on Linux, I guess it might work with wine. anybody know more about this app?
I did however came up with a way to remotely control torrent downloads on my home pc from my G1 that I thought Id share.
Running Ktorrent on Linux Pc
-install plugin for "scan folder" and set up a directory to put .torrnent file you want to download.
-optionally you can install and set up the "web interface" plugin to control running torrents remotely.
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
- install AndFTP (or similar) on the G1 Android
note - also have to have a FTP server running on you pc
To Use -
- Find wanted .torrent file and download via browser and download wherever (have to long hold an "save as")
- Open AndFTP and connect to home pc (via no-ip) and upload the, or many, .torrent file to the torrent share directory and Ktorrent will start downloading it.
It nothing like the app with barcode scanning but id does work. I also use AndFTP and my no-ip account to move other files back and forth all the time. Its great when you want a mp3,video,picture,etc thats on your home pc.
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You can get remote access to your home PC by installing transmission and transmission-remote. But to use this, you would have to login to your home PC and submit the request.
I think this is what you were looking for...
*edit- For some reason, this thread got posted in Android Software and Hacking general instead of Android apps and games :-|
Hey everyone, its me again.
I have recently been using an app called Paw Server for Android. Though it may seem stupid, this app can really come in handy. The app itself is a utility for managing messages, contacts ect.. But what many people do not realise is that you can host your own website on it, wherever you go. Though this will only work over wifi, you can optionally do some port forwarding to make the site accessible over the internet.
To put a custom website on the server, do the following
1. Install PAW Server for android.
2. Mout your phone's SD-Card On your computer
3. This step has two options:
A Website:
Put your website files in /paw/html/ and make sure the index.html is in this directory. (If you need help creating a site, please visit http://cyanstatic.com)
A File explorer:
If creating a website is too much of a hassle, you can just put some files that you would like to access from your browser in /paw/html/. I Put a couple of songs and videos in the folder and had no trouble streaming the files to my browser.
4. Now open PAW and press the 'Start" Button.
Congratulations!
Your website/chosen files should now be accessible from your browser
i use swiftp, does pretty much that, though it is dedicates to do so, so i think it's a bit more comfortable
This is a great tool
Will give it a shot
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i use swiftp, does pretty much that, though it is dedicates to do so, so i think it's a bit more comfortable
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Really? So can swiftp run a web server or just file services?
Wow amazing!
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I used PAW Server to host a WIKI on my Nexus One
I used PAW Server to host a WIKI on my Nexus One....
And it almost worked!
tiddlywiki (google it, I'm new and can't do links) is a one page wiki written in, I can't really tell because the tiddlywiki page doesn't do much about talking about how it works.
But PAW serves the pages, and some of the read/browse functions seem to work -- but I was unable to figure out how to edit a page -- and that could just be my fault.
And installing the wiki was pretty easy. I downloaded the zip file to my pc, moved it into my dropbox directory, unpacked it into a directory called wiki, and then on my phone, I synced drop box, and I moved the wiki directory into the paws/html directory. And it served up the page just fine.
But I couldn't edit it.
Why does it ask for permissions to everything? ie Camera, Vibrate, etc....
This maybe unintentional with the manifest, but it looks awfully rogue when programs look for permission to things they don't use.
Very cool thanks for the share! Tough it doesn't make much sense serving via mobile, but i might give it a shot and see if I can use some DNS servers too, starting with dyndns.org
Check out Wifi Remote Access for Windows Mobile: You can do the same thing, but it also comes with a whole range of other stuff.
To edit it, you just need to go into program file, and add a folder inside public (I think) with all your website files. Then change Wifi Remote Access's default.html to redirect you there,instead of to /fs/
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Why does it ask for permissions to everything? ie Camera, Vibrate, etc....
This maybe unintentional with the manifest, but it looks awfully rogue when programs look for permission to things they don't use.
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This is because it comes with a site on it for managing your phone, like take pictures from the browser and send sms.
With the server it is also possible to develop web applications that use the Android API.
That's also a reason (apart from the web interface mentioned by GlobaL_TroTTer) why there are so many permission requested.
Great find! This is going to be very beneficial to me if I ever misplace my phone around the house or at school. It also has several features that are invaluable IMHO.
Great App - but not working on Verizon network
PAW Server is a real gem... it works great in a LAN/WiFi environment.
Unfortunately, it appears that Verizon Wireless doesn't route ANY traffic that is not initiated by the phone/user.
So thi nice little personal web server is unreachable over the air.
Same for Telnet, FTP, etc.
If anyone has a working app (on a Verizon network) - reachable FROM the net - please let me know!!
Android Port Forward?
GlobaL_TroTTer said:
*Though this will only work over wifi, you can optionally do some port forwarding to make the site accessible over the internet.
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I'm trying to access the server without connecting through wifi. Is this even possible?
Thanks
I've played around with PAW Server. I like the PHP Plugin. I created an offline UPC scanner web app (for retail inventory) in PHP/JS/WebSQL which synched with a remote server. It eventually turned into a Phonegap app.
Directory Permissions
Does anyone have a link to some documentation regarding "Directory Protection" part of PAW?
It mentioned that granting permissions to certain folders must follow the following format
relative-directory:auth-type:realm:users
with a sample of
/test:basic:Test Real:user
But I don't know what auth-types are available. I'd like to grant a certain folder read permissions to everybody.
I just have to say that setting up my own website with PAW was super easy (10 easy steps):
1) Install PAW and start up server: google PAW android
2) Find external IP: google "what's my IP"
3) Go to router (192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 ) and enable port forwarding to your android for the port you used.
4) Set up PHP: Use browser to hit server(192.168.1.?), sign in, go to add-ons, setup PHP, transfer unzipped folder to /sdcard/paw/html/app/plugins/ and restart PAW server
5) create file (mypage.php) with contents(<html><head></head><body><?php echo '<p>Hello World again</p>'; ?> </body></html>) and place it in /sdcard/paw/html/app/
6) Navigate to [myexternalIP]:[myport]/app/mypage.php (note requires login) Unless you changed the port number it defaults to 8080
7) Register for a free domain: no-ip.com
8) Modify host to have "Port 80 Redirect" to the port you configured (typically 8080)
9) Fix permissions on certain folders so joe blow can hit my server <---- How to do this part????
10) Profit!
Hi, I want to be able to easily and quickly transfer files from my computer to the tablet. Preferably, wirelessly, and controlled from my computer. I hope we can discuss various solutions in this thread.
Here are the suggestions I and the other participants in this thread have come up with:
SD card: Possibly very fast, but I would need to plug/unplug the card every time, and maybe move files internally
FTP server on tablet: I have tried two FTP servers, both are very slow and stops after a few files.
Samba client on tablet: Should work OK, but I would then have to control it from the tablet
Samba server on tablet: Would be the perfect solution, but as far as I could find out, I need root (which is not yet possible on my B80)
USB connection: Fast and easy, but requires me to unplug the proprietary mad cable from the charger and into the tablet
DLNA: Buil-in support in both Transformer and Windows, but only supports streaming.
Dropbox: Simple and easy, but with space limitations.
SSH/SCP: QuickSSHd
WebDAV: ServersMan
What is your best solution?
Without root you don't have anymore options it seems to me.
Edit.....Thanks CaNsA......Dropbox, but its slow
You have exhausted all available options bar one......
Dropbox
And if its not good enough then create an app that will do what you want.
/end of thread.
CaNsA said:
You have exhausted all available options bar one......
Dropbox
And if its not good enough then create an app that will do what you want.
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Thanks for the tip, I just thought of another one that might have great potential: DLNA. Will explore later.
/end of thread.
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Seriously?
Wifi File explorer here in free version, won't allow uploading files to Android, only downloading to the computer, but does a fine job once it's the paid one.
What FTP servers did you try? I admittedly used it ONLY on the Galaxy tab, but FTPServer worked very well for me. At least using Cyberduck as a client on the computer. For example, doing the opposite accessing an ftp server hosted on a computer, AndFTP gave me horribly low speeds. Free version anyway.
More options? Sure. SSH. I use QuickSSHd and again, still not tested on the TF.
Still not finished here, WebDAV in the form of something like ServersMan. Never really used it to be honest. But hey, still an idea right?
Also, give up on DLNA, at least partially. Depending on the client you might be able to only stream multimedia files instead of saving them. Keep in mind that there isn't any upload to a DLNA server, so you'd need a server on the computer (possibly a good one, not WMP) and control everything from the TF. "Everything" meaning pictures, music and videos shared by your server. Upside is that you can just stream stuff without using up space if that is fine with you... like watching a movie for example from bed. And you can get better results if using something that transcodes the files, I found to work very well Plex that however requires the paid app to connect to the Plex media server on your computer, might not be the best thing for you. Useless anyway if you need files that aren't multimedia. (notice so far no subtitles with Plex for Android, my only and actually huge, complaint)
On the TF side you could access the SMB shares on your network with ES File Explorer that works very well. But it's all done from the TF.
Now you have more options
Great post, I will update the first post and try the various solutions. I briefly tested DLNA, and reached the same conclusion. It's a shame, I suppose it wouldn't take much development effort to make file transferring possible when the auto discovery and data streaming implementation is done. Still, I guess that's not the purpose of DLNA.
I tested FTP Server and SwiFTP, both hung while transferring from Windows or WinSCP.
Also, I read that Dropbox supports direct transfer when the two clients are on the same network, great. However, I want to be able to transfer videos without caring about my Dropbox limit...
I use ES File Manager and transfer from my tablet, so far it's the best method.
I just use Samba on my TF and access it from my desktop
Install https://market.android.com/details?i....softdatacable to your transformer
Find a good ftp client on your computer (I use filezilla, there a setting for concurrent transfer, set it to max)
Run software data cable, open ftp client, enter ip and port and copy away
thebadfrog: I suppose you have rooted, then? Samba would be my preferred solution, but unfortunately, I can't root mine yet...
I have had good luck with File Expert. It is free and supports transferring using a web interface and ftp. I have mostly used the web interface which always has worked great.
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Actually, DropBox is great, but means you have to manually sync files you want.
DropSync solves that problem and makes Dropbox on the tablet work just like Dropbox on your PC/Mac with background syncing. I've been using it for 2 weeks now with no issues and virtually no battery impacts. If you pay you can configure the sync frequency. I have mine at 10 minutes, but a simple options click can force a sync if you really need it. You then have all your dropbox files on the TF.
I would say MyPhoneExplorer is what you need. You can copy or install from PC and it does much more.
I mostly use adb (adbwireless) to push files to the transformer. It seems to work fastest. There is a fuse file system available, so if you are using linux on the desktop you can even mount it. Very convenient!
Get ES File Explorer, go to LAN and point it to your computer's internal IP (requires it to be static)
Then you have access to all shared folders on your computer. Of course, this only works when you're connected to the same network, but I assumed that'd be the case anyway.
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Wifi File explorer here in free version, won't allow uploading files to Android, only downloading to the computer, but does a fine job once it's the paid one.
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They had it free on the Amazon market so I tried it. Worked quite well, I bought it (on the Android Market, I dont like how you need the amazon market installed and how slow it is with updates).
ES file explorer with the PC added as a server sharing the appropriate folders over network works pretty well for me!
+1 for ES File Explorer
Bluetooth
Today for the first time I used Bluetooth to send some e-books from my laptop to tablet. Not the fastest way , but convenient for smaller files, as it works without having to install or run seperate apps.
Great sugestions from all, much appreciated
Cheers,
Richard
ES File Explorer is great for what it does but it is not what the OP is looking for(Read the title)
+1 for My Phone Explorer, can transfer/delete/move files to sd,microsd, and internal hard drive.
I've found tons of remote desktop apps, but is there anything that will just access my filesystem? Hopefully as clean and as intuitive as astro or es. Maybe I'm just searching the wrong stuff, maybe astro and es can do this but i don't know how.
note: i want to be able to do this from the internet, not the same network.
Thanks all
if you mean access your tab from somewhere else then it is possible. you could ftp into it by using the ftp server app on your tab and note down the external ip.
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Depending on what you are trying to do there are various solutions. To access my tab from my desktop I use WiFi File Explorer. To access my computer files remotely I use Tonido and PocketCloud Explore.
I use PocketCloud Explore to access my file system. It works great.
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Depending on what you are trying to do there are various solutions. To access my tab from my desktop I use WiFi File Explorer. To access my computer files remotely I use Tonido and PocketCloud Explore.
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+1 for WiFi File Explorer, too. That's also a great app.
Personally I suggest setting up a ftp server. It is very versatile and can be accessed anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.
Mozilla has a good, easy, and and most importantly free one called FileZilla. Both astro and es have ftp support so getting to your files will be easy, and seemless.
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I'm a lazy bastard. I use either SSHFS or SMB/CIFS. FTP is not as secure as SFTP.
If you have a SSH server on the host, you can FUSE mount it as a file system over SSH by way of SSHFS. My tablet can both mount hosts (sshfs package in Debian chroot) and be mounted by my PCs, netbook, etc. SFTP is also possible but wasteful IMHO.
SMB/CIFS - Windows network shares. You can access files on machines using a client. You can access your /mnt/sdcard from another machine by installing a server on your tablet.
I use "Samba Filesharing" from the market place and can access my tablets storage from PC perfectly fine. Like wise a client can be used to access a Windows box or a unix box or Android device with Samba (or simillar server). I use File Manager HD (menu->LAN connection) or SharesFinder to access network shares from my tablet. Astro has a plugin for it, just go to the market and Google. On my PCs, I use Windows Explorer and Samba (client) to access files on my tablet.
The Prime ROM also comes with CifsManager, which can mount file systems over the same protocol and make them appear as part of your tablets storage. So two way is possible very easily. PC's can do the same to the tablet when running a server like Samba.
In my experience: SMB/CIFS isn't as good as SSHFS for such stuff but when Windows is in the mix, it's best, and works better with Android than FTP or NFS, and is perhaps the most reliable.
For any access via the Internet you may have to configure port forwarding on your router (both at home and e.g. at work) to your machine. SSHFS/SFTP works best for that, FTP and SMB/CIFS are greater configuration pain, depending on your packet filters.
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Some of you were a little off... I want to access files on my desktop from my TF. Sounds like ftp is going to be it.
Thnx all
I use FileManager HD to access my NAS and other shared computer files.......it's easy to configure, has great functionality, looks good, and is free.
Hi,
I was hoping to use the tab plus as an ebook reader among other things. I noticed that I can't sync it with Calibre. I'm fine with the ebook app on here but how do I side load epub files?
I tried emailing them to myself and seeing if I could download but Gmail says there is no app on the device that can read this file. I know this is not true though.
just copy the files to your tab and import the book from reader
how do I do that? It doesn't seem like I can mount the tab as a mass storage device. All it allows for is MTP mode. This doesn't seem to mount on Mac OSX.
you can use airdroid or any wifi explorer in market to transfer via wifi.... since 7+ used honeycomb it cant be mount as mass storage device.
Great, I'll give that a try thank you!
Um, guys, you know that Calibre has a mini-webserver capability now for the library right?
So... server + wifi + browser = no problem, I even use it with my kobo touch and it's browser and haven't hooked up to my computer for book syncing pretty much since that capability was added.
The only real drawback about the calibre server is that there's no builtin multiple select to download all at once, but I'd never really considered that until just now as I'm usually just pulling one title/document at a time.
Also you can email them to yourself, that's what I do when my cable is not present. Then go into astro (or any file manager would likely work) and move them to the ebook/import folder on the onboard storage. That part might not be necessarily but even if it isn't I just like have my books in the ebook folder.