i tried setting up a upnp and it worked fine over wifi but doesnt seem to work over 4g and im not sure what else i can use to setup a working stream.
if you have the option to set up an ip address in your upnp player, you could try a service like dynamic dns to give your server an outside IP, you'll have to forward the ports in your router, but instead of connecting to 192.168.1.100, you'd connect to myserver.dyndns.com in your upnp app.
how are you getting 4g to the transformer? some sort of myfi?
evo 4g. with the filter proxy to get better speed
mystax said:
i tried setting up a upnp and it worked fine over wifi ...
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Hello,
I'm trying to stream video to my asus eee pad transformer with upnp (ushare) and my tablet is not able to play video even over wifi.
What app did you use on Android as client? Is this a player which can connect directly to your upnp?
Thank you in advance.
Dorgan
upnplay and mobplayer. file were hosted through windows media player. currently look at a render to use to stream
Thank you for you reply.
I hope you'll find a way to read your stream over 4G.
I was having similar problems, my TF can see the movies on my shared drive, but when i click them it cannot play them using the 'my net' app.
I have installed 'PLEX'
http://www.appbrain.com/app/plex-for-android/com.plexapp.android
(and the server on my PC.)
you use the server program and add the folders you want shared, then you use the app and you can stream lots more formats than the 'my net' app and you can specify the transfer speed/bandwidth etc.
the server app grabs meta data for the files you add from the net and adds DVD cover art to your movies as well.
I didnt need to do any port forwarding or anything complex with it installed on Windows 7 home premium, it just works.
It also says it will work over 3G/4G but I havent tried yet.
Also, just discovered, the app UPnPlay http://www.appbrain.com/app/upnplay/cx.hoohol.silanoid is very good, it allows you to choose the app that you want to use to play the streaming movie with,
so you can use rockplayer moboplayer or vplayer etc. I havent found a single file format that wont stream yet using a UPnPlay-rockplayer combo.
still no luck on finding something that would work over 4g beside myCloud.
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I have a 4 TB NAS appliances on our home network loaded with all our family's media. This works great for our other networked devices (blu-ray players, wii, 360, etc) and using the builf in file manager on the G I can map to the NAS. Problem comes whenever it hits some xvid/divx/mpg video files, it just won't play.
Any recommendation of an app that can do media from a network server?
There is a dlna app that comes with the droid x that I don't believe is tied into the framework. I will see if I can link the files for it.
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Getting a decent uPnP client is on my list of ToDo's - I'm hoping that we can port the Archos video player over, just for that purpose.
Found a link to the APK, but I haven't tried it yet...
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-discussions/2818-droid-x-dlna-app.html
<edit> Parse Error: There is a problem parsing this package. when trying to install it via Root Explorer.
<edit2>Copied the link wrong which caused the parse error, APK installs correctly and the app runs fine as a DLNA server. ( I didn't verify connectivity), but it force-closes if you select "Network Settings Set up Wireless Access Points" possibly due to the TnT version of Settings?
either way, it makes your gTablet a server, not a client so you won't be browsing your NAS with this APK...
ah well, looks like we might be waiting for kernel source or a custom compiled kernel to get streaming video.
TheDude
I found an app called UPnPlay in the market that is working really well for me. If you are familiar with the Archos media player this has very similar capability. If you haven't done the market fix you probably won't find it though.
I was just watching a movie streaming from my Windows home server on my G tablet. Played nice.. Took it a few minutes to initially find my server but it did.
Sprdtyf350 said:
I found an app called UPnPlay in the market that is working really well for me. If you are familiar with the Archos media player this has very similar capability. If you haven't done the market fix you probably won't find it though.
I was just watching a movie streaming from my Windows home server on my G tablet. Played nice.. Took it a few minutes to initially find my server but it did.
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Nice tip used it and rockplayer worked perfect
This is a nice app - tried it and it found my media player (PS3MediaServer) fairly quickly. It did crash once, but it's certainly better than nothing.
It plays audio and photos well, but video seems a bit choppy on my setup so far. I have all different types of containers / codecs so I might have to find the sweet spot - Xvid / MP3 / AVI's seem to play best.
Thanks for the find!
No mkv support, but otherwise looks good
Heck, this thing even found our DirecTV HD DVR as well as the uPnP NAS!
liquidcaffeine said:
Heck, this thing even found our DirecTV HD DVR as well as the uPnP NAS!
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I think it's limited by the video player - and MKV support on the GTab is very limited, unfortunately.
Fantastic Find! Thanks Sprdtyf350-
Nice!
This finds my MythTV server. I am able to play .wmv videos on the MythTV server, with the default player. But it is unable to play the MythTV recordings of OTA digital (HDTV). These are a form of mpeg-2 video, similar to what a standard DVD is. If we can find a player that can play DVD files, then I think it will play MythTV recordings too.
ORB LIVE is the answer.
Orb is the Answer to this... if we can make it work.... I use Orblive on my EVO and it works amazingly. I can stream from anywhere and it decodes most files. It runs over Wifi, 3g and if I am on the same network as my server, it goes direct without hitting the Internet. I works GREAT.
But unfortunately, it doesnt work right on my GTAB. This could be specific to my device, but it cannot stream the files. This sucks because this is one of my main uses for buying this device. With Flash fixed, I can stream through the internet via the orb.com webpage. But the App works much better. If anyone that understands the codecs of these things can figure out how to make the orblive app work, it would be amazing.
To the G tablet users using UPnPlay, how do divx files do for seeking/searching? I'm using UPnPlay on my Evo with both Rockplayer and Vplayer and neither searches or seeks particulary well..... or at all. If the video file plays with Androids native video player, it seeks just fine.
I don't want to be forced to always begin playback and the start of the video and not be able to resume where I left off if I have to leave the player/app.
howdy all,
i just loaded my gtablet with tnt lite 2.2.1. i love this device. i have a server with a large repository of videos avi, mkv, ect. i stream from the server to my pc's and xboxs. is there any way to play these files on the gtab (streaming from the server)? the server is running server 2008 r2 and i would rather not install anything on the server.
ive tried rockplayer and others with no luck
I was able to browse my server with es explorer find a video and play it.
Es explorer gives a "sorry, not supported media type" or tries to stream and never starts.
Still running stock gtab but one of first things I did was had copy a xvid/avi, jpg and mp3 to an SD card and surprisingly they all worked. The files wouldn't play in stock player but they would using es explorer. Just no controls going that route.
After reading this post I realized es explorer had a LAN option so I went ahead and connected my qnap nas. I tried to browse those same files but from the nas only the mp3 would play. The mp3 played but no controls. The avi gave me same error you got and the jpg said it was loading but just got a blank screen.
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howdy all,
i just loaded my gtablet with tnt lite 2.2.1. i love this device. i have a server with a large repository of videos avi, mkv, ect. i stream from the server to my pc's and xboxs. is there any way to play these files on the gtab (streaming from the server)? the server is running server 2008 r2 and i would rather not install anything on the server.
ive tried rockplayer and others with no luck
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If your server has upnp capability you can use an app called upnplay. That, and Rockplayer works pretty well for now.
Gmote
The free app Gmote works well for me.
Doesn't transcode on the fly though.
thanks SpinKix
i use gmote on my media center pc but didnt know about the play on android feature.
what i have come too is that until there is better codex support ill have to live with gmote or orb installed on my server.
The best results I got is to install ORB on your computer ( goto orb.com) and then setup ORB to point to your media files.
Next install the FLASH plugin for the GTablet. (Search for out this site)
using the GTable web browser, Connect to you computer (Running orb using MyCast.Orb.Com)
(Note you may have to setup Port Forwarding on you home router)
Go to control panel in ORB and set streaming to FLASH and Layout to Home Theater.
You now have a easy to use interface to all your media files (If you have a TV Tuner card, you can stream your tv to your GTablet. Also Pictures and Music
upnplayer works fairly well. It plays back standard def MP4's under my PS3MediaPlayer nicely. But other container support is lacking, even standard AVI - but it is an alpha version so it might get better.
No Vorbis support. Boo for that.
bstirling2307 said:
thanks SpinKix
i use gmote on my media center pc but didnt know about the play on android feature.
what i have come too is that until there is better codex support ill have to live with gmote or orb installed on my server.
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Well, it DID work on TNTLite 2.2, but after flashing to VEGAn 3.0, gmote wants to play the video on the server and treats the gTab as a remote.
After trying VEGAn 3.0 I was hooked, so now I'm using Serviio on the server and upnplayer on the gTab.
Still no way to play a transcoding stream live.... frustrating!
Hope gingerbread fixes this so we don't have to wait for honeycomb.
brookfield said:
The best results I got is to install ORB on your computer ( goto orb.com) and then setup ORB to point to your media files.
Next install the FLASH plugin for the GTablet. (Search for out this site)
using the GTable web browser, Connect to you computer (Running orb using MyCast.Orb.Com)
(Note you may have to setup Port Forwarding on you home router)
Go to control panel in ORB and set streaming to FLASH and Layout to Home Theater.
You now have a easy to use interface to all your media files (If you have a TV Tuner card, you can stream your tv to your GTablet. Also Pictures and Music
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brookfield,
A great big THANKS!!
I've been trying to figure out how to strange TV to my Gtab. I have both a Slingbox and a HAVA. But Slingplayer has been flaky, and I didn't realize that Orb had a Flash option. Just tried that, streaming to my Gtab using the Orb flash player.
COOL!!!
Thx,
Jim
How did you make that work?
I'm new to the world of Android having come across from the iPad and thought I'd try to stream from my home MAC to the Asus on the local network.
I installed Skifta and XBMC and managed to stream successfully (although 720p was incredibly stuttery).
Anyway, with the new update I started using myNet, but while I can send from the Asus to my Mac's XBMC I cannot send from the Mac to the Asus - the Asus thinks about playing, then stops. Anyone else managed this?
As a brief aside, should I be using something other than Skifta/XBMC? I tried Homepipe but it don't seem to stream, and there was no Mac server for Androstream as far as I could see.
Thanks!
Hi,
No-one tried this yet?
I've found the combination of UPNPlay and mobo player work great for streaming videos etc from my computer to the transformer. Both are free on the market. I've streamed 720p videos from my PC that worked perfectly using this method.
https://market.android.com/details?id=cx.hoohol.silanoid&feature=search_result
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&feature=search_result
On a vaguely related note, I'm hoping that the developers of Mirage Beta (find it on the market) will soon release a version for tablets. This app uses the Air Video server (which works great on the ipad) to stream/transcode content on your phone/tablet. It works pretty well at the moment on my HTC Desire, but won't work on the tablet.
I tried this last night for the first time, and while mynet in theory works a treat, finds all the UPnP devices ont he network, finds all the findable folders and media (and vice versa, other machines on the network can see the TF101 perfectly), none of the files i can see will play on the Asus. The default player starts and instantly crashes on any video, music or photo file. I am going to replace the stock one with a couple from the market and see if that helps, although ironically the video stock player on my Archos 70 works a wonderfully over the network.
Ipcress, yup, that is what I'm seeing.
If I use Skifta instead of MyNet all works fine (except those dreaded high profile h.264s.....)
I'm using a combo of Tversity, UPnPlay and Moboplayer, AVI's work fine but no dice with MKV's.
I've heard MP4's work so maybe converting the MKV's to MP4's might work ?.
I got told off the other day for referring to mkv files when in fact they are just containers and pretty much anything could be inside. You have been warned!
Converting using Handbrake etc will work but it is a pain to have to do. Thats why I miss Airvideo and the on-the-fly conversion.
Apparently there is something called Mirage Beta (?) which is similar on Android, but is isn't available for tablets yet.
I was having similar problems, my TF can see the movies on my shared drive, but when i click them it cannot play them using the 'my net' app.
I have installed 'PLEX'
http://www.appbrain.com/app/plex-for...lexapp.android
(and the server on my PC.)
you use the server program and add the folders you want shared, then you use the app and you can stream lots more formats than the 'my net' app and you can specify the transfer speed/bandwidth etc.
the server app grabs meta data for the files you add from the net and adds DVD cover art to your movies as well.
I didnt need to do any port forwarding or anything complex with it installed on Windows 7 home premium, it just works.
It also says it will work over 3G/4G but I havent tried yet.
(ps. on a side note, the few iPhone formatted mp4 files i have on my shared network stream ok through 'my net' so the problem is probably file format related / codec related.)
I also went with Plex after trying several different apps that claimed to stream. Plex was the only product that I found that streamed in HD and the quality looks great! Best $5 I ever spent!
Only downside to Plex is that Im not too thrilled about the interface. It shows all your movies in a grid, I really wish there was an option to display just the list of movies. I have quite a few movies in my collection so loading up all the movie covers can take some time and makes scrolling slower than hell. If they let you sort just by list without cover art, I'm betting it would scroll a whole lot better.
mug2k said:
I'm using a combo of Tversity, UPnPlay and Moboplayer, AVI's work fine but no dice with MKV's.
I've heard MP4's work so maybe converting the MKV's to MP4's might work ?.
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im surprised you had trouble, tversity is supposed to downconvert if needed. Not tried them myself, but this is the same setup im using.
I just got my transformer with the new 3.2 HC and having trouble streaming videos from my PC to my Transformer. I've followed the direction on the manual and also downloaded Moboplayer (moboplayer not seeing the files on my PC). Did anyone find a way to get MyNet working correct??
I've found Mynet to be largely unreliable as there are too many formats that it wont play.
I've found a great combination that works really well, and you can play anything as the video is converted on the fly.
Movie Player: MX Player
This player is capable to playing 720p videos very well, and I found it to be faster than Moboplayer
UPNP Client: UPNPlay
this program is very easy to use and is used to fine the files
Server: PS3 Media Server
This server is freeware and works on Windows and Mac. All you need to do is to manually enter your IP address, and make sure you have your android's UPNP Client running before you start the server.
Alright so I am looking for a way to stream media from my Windows7 machine to my phone in a nice easy way if possible over my local wifi network for now, over the internet would be a plus... I am running a 2.3.3 rom but my biggest problem I think is getting software to turn my computer into a media server that my phone can recognize and then start streaming media from my media hard drive...
Any ideas or suggestions... would love to know what you guys are using!
Thanks!
I use serviio to stream all my movies and shows to all devices in the house, for the phone to see all shares I use upnplay and mobo player for unsupported formats. Also if you have smart share on stock builds that works really good.
Plex works best, I've tried many alternatives.
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Ya Plex is awesome, I completely forgot about it. Plex shows you artwork for all your media, very clean look. You can also set it so you can access it over WiFi or 3g from anywhere. As long as you have a decent upload.
ES File Explorer
allows you to view shared files over LAN. just share the folder you want to view (or put it in the "Public" user folder). Built in video player and image viewer.
VLC does this as well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vlcdirect.vlcdirect&feature=search_result
Just open up a share to the folder, and provided your rom (well, more specifically, kernel) has cifs support, it's easy. If you don't want to mount shares manually there is an app in the market that does it. (I think it's cifs manager, if memory serves.)
I'm looking for an app that will let me stream music that I have saved on my computer to my TF over my home network. I have my network all set up for sharing and everything. I've been using File Expert and more recently Antek to stream videos over SMB, which is all well and good, but it kind of sucks for music when I can only stream one file at a time. I'd like something that I can designate a network location as a music library and then have access to all of my music and so on and so forth. Does such a thing exist? Even if I have to use a program on the PC in conjunction with the app, that would be super.
I cannot use Google Music here in Canada (unless that has changed recently) or else I probably would.
Tyfighter said:
I'm looking for an app that will let me stream music that I have saved on my computer to my TF over my home network. I have my network all set up for sharing and everything. I've been using File Expert and more recently Antek to stream videos over SMB, which is all well and good, but it kind of sucks for music when I can only stream one file at a time. I'd like something that I can designate a network location as a music library and then have access to all of my music and so on and so forth. Does such a thing exist? Even if I have to use a program on the PC in conjunction with the app, that would be super.
I cannot use Google Music here in Canada (unless that has changed recently) or else I probably would.
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What you need is dlna server and client. transformer already comes with program that supports it. It's called "mynet". On pc you can use windows media player to share you music.
Ps3 media server is the best PC side app ive used for this sort of thing, never tried it with the tf101 but works great with a ps3 or wd tv live.
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Maybe Audiogalaxy is what you are looking for? It is what I use to stream music from my PC to my Transformer. It's very easy to use.
I use PlugPlayer. It picks up on any DLNA servers so no additional PC services needed. I also use subsonic for remote access away from home, but it does use a PC service.