(Q) okay so how does DLNA work? - HTC Inspire 4G

Okay I've heard dlna here and there. Whatbdo I have to do to access it? Bluetooth? Or what? In running miui right now and have no idea how to do it.
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DLNA is a standard that ensures different devices can communicate with each other in order to stream media. Devices include servers, ie Windows computer, and players, such as a blue ray player, xbox,etc. Typically it is used over WiFi or Ethernet connections.
Examples of how it works include streaming music or movies from your device to your tv, or using your phone to control your computer to stream media to your phone, tv, or another computer.

Okay how do I watch my movies on my inspire on my television?
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The Connected Media app, and a receiver for the signal like ps3, xbox 360, or any other dlna certified device.
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Thank ya I noticed I have to have wifi on
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I currently have a samsung C6500 bluray player, this is a DLNA certified player attached to an old plasma, for streaming videos from my phone to bluray player I use iMedia Share app, phone shows up as a connected device in the bluray player menu and I can then select any audio/video/picture file to listen/view.

But do u have to have wifi on? Or can u use data
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You need to use WiFi so the devices can communicate over your network.

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I have used the htc app to play music on my phone to my computer....but can it work the other way? There is a tab on the far right in the music app to connect to a computer, but it never connects. Has anyone here been able to accomplish this?
It works for me.My phone sees all 3 of my pc's,2 xbox 360's and a ps3.And my tversity and twonky servers.
booty hater said:
It works for me.My phone sees all 3 of my pc's,2 xbox 360's and a ps3.And my tversity and twonky servers.
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Can it play music and vids from your pc though?
Sure does.
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Sure does.
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Did you set up the sharing in media player? I guess my issue may be a firewall issue....which if so... I'd probably just give. Firewalls can be a *****.
I already had media sharing setup prior to getting the phone.
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Through the regular connected media app I can see my PC which has Serviio installed and can play Video (not all formats), music and pictures. My samsung C6500 bluray player which is also DLNA enabled does not see Inspire though.
I installed iMediaShare app from the market, now my C6500 bluray can see the phone, I can browse the folders on my Inspire and can play video/music and pictures.
waitisover said:
Through the regular connected media app I can see my PC which has Serviio installed and can play Video (not all formats), music and pictures. My samsung C6500 bluray player which is also DLNA enabled does not see Inspire though.
I installed iMediaShare app from the market, now my C6500 bluray can see the phone, I can browse the folders on my Inspire and can play video/music and pictures.
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Yeah, I can get music and videos to stream to my pc, but not the other way. I think the media share is set up that way, but the music app seems to be able to play music from the pc on the inspire. That gives me a permission error. I have enabled all of the settings in media player, but no dice....either its cool, but wish I could listen to my pc music on my inspire.
I forget which port it was but I had to manually set it up in the port forwarding tab for my network to have it so all my devices (xbox,ps3,etc) would be able to access my full media library. Maybe the phone needs the same thing.
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[Q] Watch Streaming Video on Laptop from Thunderbolt?

Does anyone know of a way to watch streaming video on your laptop from your Thunderbolt? So lets say I am streaming video from JetFlicks, is there a way to watch the samething on my laptop monitor? Basically a monitor out.
Use the connected media app. I guess that would only work if you had it downloaded it to your phone...
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or you can share your wifi connection with your laptop...or use USB tether when that runs out.
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or you can share your wifi connection with your laptop...or use USB tether when that runs out.
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He is talking about getting the video to play, not how to share the internet connection.
I know you can do it the other way around, from a pc to the TB, but i'm not sure if there is a way to do what you are trying to do.
Can't vlc/vnc do this
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He is talking about getting the video to play, not how to share the internet connection.
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What can a TB stream, that a PC can't? i.e. why stream it on the TB and display it on a PC, when you can just stream it directly on the PC?
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What can a TB stream, that a PC can't? i.e. why stream it on the TB and display it on a PC, when you can just stream it directly on the PC?
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I'm with you on that, don't understand, but its something the OP is asking about.
Yes, the TB has DLNA support for streaming from the phone to your computer or TV provided you have the phone and PCs connected to the same WiFi network.
In the media gallery click the video you want to stream, then press menu, select player, and your pc should show up if you have Windows media player open and the settings set for streaming.
You can also use an app to stream like Twonkey, but be prepared to download a PC server version to your pc as well.
The question is about displaying video being streamed to the TB on a PC. I don't think it can be done. A DLNA server on the TB (like twonkey) will stream media files to a PC (no special client needed on Win7, just use WMP), but I don't think you can pass through a stream to a stream.
oh, I see what he meant now. Technically you can stream a stream, depending on the app. For "tv streams" and "movie streams" if you stream from a server (not Megavideo) that allows you to use an outside video player you can. These are the only two apps I personally know of that allow it though.
Playon for paid program and tversity for free or paid
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Playon for paid program and tversity for free or paid
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How would you use tversity to stream tv streams or jetflicks to your pc?
I use ims media share to stream to my ps3. It has tv stations in the app and you can stream any music and movies you download.
but have not tried to computer.
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I use ims media share to stream to my ps3. It has tv stations in the app and you can stream any music and movies you download.
but have not tried to computer.
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Can we stream to the Xbox 360?
My BluRay player and TV are DLNA and yet my the Connected Media app can NEVER find the devices. Has anyone ever get this to work?
Anyone using DLNA app, like HTC Connected Media?
Use this http://www.twonky.com/products/twonkymobile/default.aspx
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I got it too work on my ps3 i dont rember off hand give about 30 minutes to figure out
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Sorry u can also find it at the market under twonky
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to stream tv well i was wrongish on tversity orb might work better but tversity can stream any video file on your comp with proper setup of course .
so if you have a tv capture card and windows 7 this = DVR capability ie stream shows that are recorded not so much stream on the go.

Best app to stream?

Hi,
Whats the best app to stream music/videos from pc to phone?
Thanks
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The HomePipe Android Application lets you get all your content - photos, videos, music, and more from your PC from anywhere on a network. You can stream music, videos without much hassle.
o0o Wiggy o0o said:
Hi,
Whats the best app to stream music/videos from pc to phone?
Thanks
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Theres Twonky and also DoubleTwist / Airsync too
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Thanks ill check them out.
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You can share Audios/Videos/Pictures with the upnp protocol, HTC include "Connected Media" for this.
google music for music
I use PLEX. It have great interface and auto pull TV epsoide and movie info.
I can also access my media on 3g and different wifi location.
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I use PLEX. It have great interface and auto pull TV epsoide and movie info.
I can also access my media on 3g and different wifi location.
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+1
I also recommend Plex, very nice player and great quality streams outside your home network.
Twonky
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HTC included a media server option within their Gallery App. Just click on the drop down and select Media server.
Double Twist and Google Music for Me as well
Audiogalaxy > Google Music for me. I have 320g of music on a NAS and I'd hate to find out what Google would charge me to 'cloud' all of that.
500gb of music via Subsonic
It's not true streaming - the audio is copied to your device and you set how much space to use and whether the music is visible to the system music app. Traffic can be encrypted. Win/Linux/Mac. Android App available. Web interface. Can do video too.
Twonky is nice but I don't know if it's worth it yet. Have to test it out.
Built in ability is nice but not sure if it will work over 4g.

Streaming video

Is there a way to stream video from a pc to the transformer? Using something like ps3 media server?
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Being lazy I just play it on the PC and use SplashTop via MyCloud->My Desktop to watch it from my TV, or I will play locally using a file or mount (SMB/CIFS/SSHFS).
Past that, you should probably look in the MARKET for client software to deal with what your server software uses. If you don't know what the server software is, you should find out first .
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SMB share and BSPlayer.
Works a great.
Look into Zumocast - there is a version that works on the Transformer floating around... Allows you watch videos, play music and just transfer files from a remote PC over the internet... Works great!
I use upnplayer and moboplayer to stream vid from my ps3 media server.
Works amazingly well and smooth.
Ill try those thanks
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Thanks angry those apps worked awesome.
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best streaming apps i have found so far are EMIT and PLEX. note that when you want to stream 720p you need a good wireless N signal.

Allshare questions

I of course have the gs3, I have a Samsung d490 plasma with the Allshare dongle and also Samsung blu ray player. My question is how do I get Allshare to recognize either tv or blu ray player, also what exactly can I do with Allshare. Thanks and sorry if this is in the wrong place.
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I of course have the gs3, I have a Samsung d490 plasma with the Allshare dongle and also Samsung blu ray player. My question is how do I get Allshare to recognize either tv or blu ray player, also what exactly can I do with Allshare. Thanks and sorry if this is in the wrong place.
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I'm not 100% sure how to set it up trying looking on Samsung's support site or the manual that came with the bluray player, tv or allshare dongle itself. As far as what it can do in can do everything from stream pictures and videos on your phone wirelessly to your tv to PowerPoint presentations on your tv. Hope this helps :thumbup:
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I don't have a Samsung TV or DVD player, however, if they connect to WiFi like my Sony DVD player did and my Galaxy Tab, once you install the Allshare / Allshare Play software, it asks if you want to allow various devices on the network (provided they are on) to acess the shared media (Whether its from your phone or computer). Then I automatically had the option to send to any of those devices to play. With the tab, I believe as long as Allshare was open, it went right through to it and played to it (not so on my Sony DVD or PS3 obviously).

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