Does anyone know of a file browser that can see (copy from) media on a home network?? (NOT ROOTED)
Even better can I mount a network folder so all apps can see it?
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File Manager HD or ES File Explorer.
In order to mount the network drive or folder you need to root and use cifs manager. It is also built in to the Prime roms. I have a lot of pictures and a lot of game roms I store on my NAS and I mount that drive using Cifs manager.
I used ES File explorer for the few days I wasn't rooted.
I recommend File Expert and its SMB plugin - which has the added bonus of streaming via SMB, while ES Explorer for example tries to copy movies to its internal storage before playing them...
I found UPnPlay to be really good, and a touch easier than es file explorer.
Ghost commander..
marinierb said:
File Manager HD or ES File Explorer.
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Used both, lately File Manger HD is winning because of better UI... but it is updating like crazy, almost every other day...
My TF is not rooted FYI.
rio
Thanks for all of the tips, I tried both es file manager and file manager HD. Both of these seem to have troubles streaming video, they must copy the entire file before it starts playing. I will try the others and let you know what I find. Thanks again.
Can someone post the link to the File Expert SMB plug-in, I can not find it.
File managers are exactly that. If you want to stream, use UPnPlay along with MoboPlayer.
rio911 said:
Used both, lately File Manger HD is winning because of better UI... but it is updating like crazy, almost every other day...
My TF is not rooted FYI.
rio
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I remember trying File Manager HD when I first got my TF. I ended up sticking with File Explorer ES (I think it worked better with my Samba share). I just tried out FM HD again, and wow, so much better. The UI is great, beats out the stock manager by a lot too.
Thanks for getting me to try it again!
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File managers are exactly that. If you want to stream, use UPnPlay along with MoboPlayer.
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I also find these the perfect combo!.
Using File Manager HD, works great! Copying files seems a bit slow though, but that probably has nothing to do with the app.
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A new Youtube app for for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones.
You can install it using your phone and browse to the following adres.
http://m.youtube.com/app
More info you can find here:
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com
Thanks Leo!
Cheers,
Thanks Orb,
The app interface looks great but unfortunatly the quality of video is less than the Youtube app that comes with HD2 Leo rom.
orb3000 said:
Thanks Leo!
Cheers,
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Any posibility of seeing a cab posted for direct download via PC?
Cheers,
Here you go.
Much appreciated ... imagine this kind of customer service in stores? We'd never complain.
Heh, no problems, man!
I like the official youtube player better than HTC's, even if the quality is a bit lower. As the video runs, a .flv file is dumped into one of your temporary internet folders. If you stop the video just before the pink bar (not the full red one) gets to the end, you can copy the file out of the temp folder to your sd card, rename it, and watch it whenever you want with tcpmp. It can be tricky stopping the vid at the right moment, though. It's easier if you empty your PIE cache first.
That's indeed interesting, thanks for that tip
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Heh, no problems, man!
I like the official youtube player better than HTC's, even if the quality is a bit lower. As the video runs, a .flv file is dumped into one of your temporary internet folders. If you stop the video just before the pink bar (not the full red one) gets to the end, you can copy the file out of the temp folder to your sd card, rename it, and watch it whenever you want with tcpmp. It can be tricky stopping the vid at the right moment, though. It's easier if you empty your PIE cache first.
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Laurentius26 said:
That's indeed interesting, thanks for that tip
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I got an even better one for pandora, lol. Pause pandora just as a song is ending, then go into \my documents and copy the .tmp file to your sd card. Rename the file to 'nameofsong'.wma, and you've got yourself a nice copy of the song. Assuming it doesn't make you feel to guilty, lol.
I'm having this problem and it is very frustrating. When I go to this site:
http://theblogof.rosscbrown.co.uk/2007/02/ctu-ringtone-from-24/
on my phone and try to donwload the first mp3 link, it decides to automagically stream the mp3 and play it.
Instead I want to save the file so i can use it as a ringtone. I have astro file manager and enabled the browser downloads, it doesn't help. I have used Download Crutch, and that didn't work either. At one point I had Winamp installed but all that did was give me a different option to stream the file.
I'm aware I can download the file on my PC and transfer it, but I want to avoid this. When I longpress on the link and save link, it starts to download some random *.bin file instead, which is nothing but a script to download the file.
It used to work fine until I updated to EE19 stock. This is a clean slate, I wanted to start fresh since I had performance issues before. How i change the behavior of mp3's? Seldom do I want to hear them, I'm usually clicking on them so i can save.
Thanks! Very frustrated as I can't seem to find a solution anywhere
If you long press the link does it give you the option to save it?
Try a different browser. xScope, Miren, Maxthon, Dolphin, all are great and have the ability to download media files instead of playing them.
I have tried Stock, Opera, Dolphin, and Firefox. Some open the media file in their own player, but none of them give me the option to save the file. I believe the link is a redirect to a download, so the link itself is to a script that serves the file. I want the behavior to happen when the file is being opened to automatically ask me to save it instead of play it.
The link to download the mp3 is actually pointing to...
http://theblogof.rosscbrown.co.uk/?dl_id=4
So, as you can see it's not a mp3 file, but it results in that after the script points it to that. If I right click and save target as on my PC i get the mp3 file.
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I have tried Stock, Opera, Dolphin, and Firefox. Some open the media file in their own player, but none of them give me the option to save the file. I believe the link is a redirect to a download, so the link itself is to a script that serves the file. I want the behavior to happen when the file is being opened to automatically ask me to save it instead of play it.
The link to download the mp3 is actually pointing to...
http://theblogof.rosscbrown.co.uk/?dl_id=4
So, as you can see it's not a mp3 file, but it results in that after the script points it to that. If I right click and save target as on my PC i get the mp3 file.
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So do it on your PC and transfer it to your sd card.
Have you tried changing up the "user agent" settings in any of the browsers?
Tried editing the User Agent setting but it didn't change the behavior. I think opening an MP3 in a browser automatically triggers to stream the file instead of treating it like other files where you have the option to download them.
Need an app that acts as an MP3 file player but instead brings up a dialog to save it to sdcard.
I could have downloaded it on my PC and put it on the SD card (which I did) but the problem remains, if im laying in bed trying to do this, I do not want to get up and go turn my PC on just to download an MP3.
Thanks for all the help... I'll keep digging.
Try resetting the defaults in settings>applications>manage apps. When you open the file it should ask what you wanna use to complete the action. Choose browser and it should start downloading. This was the case with videos on certain sites. May work for this as well. Hope this helps
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downloading music
I had the same issue, i downloaded the app called "downlad all files" then when I go to things in the stock browser and click on a file it will ask me to open up in browser and when it does it download the mp3 files automatically.
That is a godsend of an app. I will stand by that one any day of the week.
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The new ES File Explorer now lets you stream videos and images over network without it having to download first. It's pretty impressive and instant. People who are using file manager HD over this should really make the switch.
Best of all no need for Root. Now if only it could work with CBR files.
I'm using file manger hd with cifs manager and I can stream video just fine. How is this different? Is it supposed to take care of the cifs manager part?
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No need for CIFS manager, no need for root. It also comes with dropbox as an option. It's the ultimate file manager. Also no ads.
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The new ES File Explorer now lets you stream videos and images over network without it having to download first. It's pretty impressive and instant. People who are using file manager HD over this should really make the switch.
Best of all no need for Root. Now if only it could work with CBR files.
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I'n tried it and all the files, avi, i get the mesage that the file cant be streamed... can u leave the Market Link? I've found several ES File Explorer and i dont know if i'm using the right one.
PS: CBR would be great.
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I'n tried it and all the files, avi, i get the mesage that the file cant be streamed... can u leave the Market Link? I've found several ES File Explorer and i dont know if i'm using the right one.
PS: CBR would be great.
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I believe he's referring to this one on the basis that there are over 95,000 reviews of it in the Market. I remember reading about this file manager before, seems quite popular. BTW I also use File Manager HD.
What is the difference to upnplay?
For me its the same, i still need to use rocketplayer to play my avi movies.
Seems faster and supports smb... dunno if upnplay supports that.
i dont see any speed advantage
I've found it, but it wont stream the subtitles...
I'm using Moboplayer to play my files and it starts in 5 seconds and I can scroll anywhere I want in the video with no lag. Didn't test with subtitles. Since I am not rooted, I'm very impressed. That's all.
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I'm using Moboplayer to play my files and it starts in 5 seconds and I can scroll anywhere I want in the video with no lag. Didn't test with subtitles. Since I am not rooted, I'm very impressed. That's all.
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Yes, it works fine, i can too scroll anywhere but it wont load the subtiltes
Anyone have problems connecting to the pc? When I turn my pc on it works, but a couple hours later it cant connect. Shows the possible errors such as wifi isn't on, or out of network scope, but once i restart my pc it can connect again.
Anyone know how to fix this, I'm using windows 7 pro 64bit, and Asus Transformer with prime 1.6v2.
I used to have the iPhone 3GS and I had a great program called Air Playit for streaming video and audio to my iPhone. This tool is great so I almost chose not to upgrade to Android cause it wasn't on the Android platform. The good news approaching to me hints that this App is available for Android now!
The great thing about this program, was that everything was on the fly, and went automatically, you didn’t have to convert EVERY video file to mp4 (or similar) before you started streaming. Hie-iee-.Yes, Yes, I am bursting to apply it with my new Samsung Galaxy.
Thats cool, welcome to android have fun.
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Here.
Air PlayIt for Android
http://www.airplayit.com/download/airplayit_android.apk
Edit: The app was amazing! Streaming via wifi or even in 3G is super slick. Can convert and download also. You have my word, this is the best streaming app ever!
es file explorer will do the same , but only for wifi though
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es file explorer will do the same , but only for wifi though
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Yep, That is similar with Qloud Media. But Qloud Media does not work over 3g. This app is great!
for Video, I use: Plex for Android
for Audio, I use: Google Music (I upload all my music to their servers)
Good morning, So i recently converted a bunch of my DVD's to version that plays on my SG4 phone. I moved them to my SDK card and put them in a file labeled movies. So I can watch them no problem, but when I go into my gallery and under the movies folder, it just shows a bunch of videos I can play without showing movie titles.
Is there a way to have them show up in the google movies app or somewhere else that will label them? Should I move them somewhere else?
You can imagine I have to play each movie to figure out what it is
Hope my question makes sense
thank you
This is the Way Gallery has been designed on Stock Firmware to provide a showcase. You may wish to use other applications that would provide a Listing. ES File Explorer [APP][2.0+][20130531]Top 1 File Manager on Google Play, ES File Explorer 3.0 Released Does come to mind.
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This is the Way Gallery has been designed on Stock Firmware to provide a showcase. You may wish to use other applications that would provide a Listing. ES File Explorer [APP][2.0+][20130531]Top 1 File Manager on Google Play, ES File Explorer 3.0 Released Does come to mind.
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Thank you for the response. I checked out that program and it looks good, except I was hoping not to change everything to a third party app. Is there something that I could use that would just contain my movies?