DLNA - How to? - HTC Sensation

I watched a video not long ago of playing music with your HTC sensation through the Playstation 3 via DLNA. I've had no luck on setting it up. Has anyone did this and if so how?

No idea how to setup DLNA with a PS3, I am having problems with my Sony BDP-S570. Any help is appreciated.

I was wondering this too, when i use connected media app and select video my Tv shows up , but when I select it as a player it always state that its unresponsive, tv doesnt show the phone as a media server either

Download Twonky app from market. Open app, go through settings tv/other device should pick up phone. Any probs let me know...

Not sure about ps3 but i have used 2 player (free market app) to play music on a variety of DLNA devices.
Oops didn't see this was an old thread that got bumped!

Use the app "Connected Media"

I am using Imediashare from market, easy to setup.. work with music, photos and videos

Great!
khduus said:
I am using Imediashare from market, easy to setup.. work with music, photos and videos
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Works like a charm!!!
You can even share online content

Has anyone had any luck sharing media to an Xbox 360? I can stream photos only, using the connected media app, via WMP on my Win7 notebook.
I'd like to know if it's possible to share stuff (photos, music + videos) directly to my XB, using DLNA or not, either way.

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Has anyone had any luck sharing media to an Xbox 360? I can stream photos only, using the connected media app, via WMP on my Win7 notebook.
I'd like to know if it's possible to share stuff (photos, music + videos) directly to my XB, using DLNA or not, either way.
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I use doubletwist with airsync, it allows you to airshare to ps3 and xbox360 and i think a few others too

I've. Used all apps here but no one of these are working on a Samsung home cinema system.

az5k said:
Has anyone had any luck sharing media to an Xbox 360? I can stream photos only, using the connected media app, via WMP on my Win7 notebook.
I'd like to know if it's possible to share stuff (photos, music + videos) directly to my XB, using DLNA or not, either way.
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It's dead easy (when you know how, and for Microsoft's definition of "dead easy")
First, you need to set your Xbox up as a Media Center extender, so with both the Xbox and your computer on the network and no firewall blocking anything between them:
1. On the 360 start Media Center, it will give you a numeric code
2. On the computer start Media Center and add an extender (tasks, then along to the right)
3. Enter the code the 360 displays and you should now have the 360 accessing the MC of your computer (you can close MC on the computer)
4. Open Connected Media on your phone and select the type of media you fancy streaming
5. Select the media (for photos, it starts a slideshow starting from the pic you select, if your pics are too large then they won't show for long due to their loading times, but you can pause them on the phone and manually go through them), you should then be taken to the player screen where you can select the "Xbox 360 Media Center Extender" and done
See? Wasn't what was required obvious?
Oh you'll need your computer on whenever you want to use the 360 as a MCE, but you don't need to log in (with W7 at least - the MCE logs in with it's own account in the background).
Basically, the 360 doesn't enter DLNA mode unless it's acting as a MCE, of course there's always the chance MS will release an update that allows DLNA without needing MC on a PC, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

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Using AllShare

Anyone know how actually get AllShare to work? Specifically with an xbox that I am unable to configure with windows media center (as I use a mac).
I'd love to be able to play HD videos and music on my tv, but but I haven't been able to get it to work thus far.
thanks.
With the Xbox I had to be inside of the Windows Media Center tab (on the Xbox). Then instead of just "Xbox 360" popping up inside of AllShare you get "Xbox Media Center" (or similiar, not at home). Then you just share to that.
What codec/format must the videos be in. I have been trying to connect to my server running tversity and nothing seems to work. I can browse my media but when I click a video I would like to watch I just get the "Sorry, this video cannot be played"
I have a Samsung TV with AllShare on it.
I can stream my movies I ripped and put on the phone just fine (although I don't have FFWD/RWD control)
The stupid thing is it will not play the phone HD video I took. It loads the video and then locks after the first 1 sec. Its like the phone's video isn't supported by the TV.
Try Orb.com, much better solution
djgleebs said:
Anyone know how actually get AllShare to work? Specifically with an xbox that I am unable to configure with windows media center (as I use a mac).
I'd love to be able to play HD videos and music on my tv, but but I haven't been able to get it to work thus far.
thanks.
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I could only get it to work with windows media center. You can try another media app to act as a server and that might work without a PC. There is one called imedashare, try that.
You could run a virtual machine on your mac, then run windows and setup windows media center. But i don't like the way it works with media center.
Let me know if you get it to work without mediacenter.
I was able to play an AVI file stored on Windows 7 Media Center PC - but it would not play any of my recorded shows - DVR-MS or WTV.
If I have to convert them all to MP4 or AVI, i might as well just copy them over locally as Windows down converts things that are streamed.
I could stream a video I recorded on the phone back to a windows 7 PC - that was sort of cool - 720P HD looked nice.

Streaming media from Windows Media Center 7

I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but if you install the Twonky DLNA client, you can stream every piece of media that is on a Windows 7 Media Center PC. I just installed it, and watched several movies, listened to music, and could see all my photos. Didn't do anything at all to the Win 7 box. It just worked...
Cool thanks for sharing. So many projects I could be doing... where do I start? Ha!
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I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but if you install the Twonky DLNA client, you can stream every piece of media that is on a Windows 7 Media Center PC. I just installed it, and watched several movies, listened to music, and could see all my photos. Didn't do anything at all to the Win 7 box. It just worked...
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Where did you get the client? I can only see twonky.
It called "Twonky Mobile". It's in the Market.
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It called "Twonky Mobile". It's in the Market.
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Ok, then I have downloaded the right one. Are you running anything on win7 media center at all? My tablet can't find my window 7 share.
Twonky didn't look for Windows Shares -- it connected via DLNA. I don't have my content shared via SMB shares on my HTPC. Twonky saw the HTPC, connected to it, and lets me browse via DLNA...
I'm running vegan on my gtab. Don't know if that matters or not...
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Dudeinmyrtlebeach...do you have an xbox or other device setup to stream to? The mediacenter PC might not run the server if no extenders are setup.
Make sure u have wmp with the option to stream over the network. Only then u will see your pc in twonky
Thanks. I will try that.
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XBOX... I'll bet that's what it is.. I have 2 of 'em set up as extenders. I also have a couple of other tablets (Motion LE's) running Windows 7 that connect to the media center pc.
Maybe that's what it is...
... and I just tried Twonky on my Droid X, and it didn't see my HTPC... I have no idea what gives. Rebooting the X...
DudeInMyrtleBeach said:
... and I just tried Twonky on my Droid X, and it didn't see my HTPC... I have no idea what gives. Rebooting the X...
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Have u checked the allow streaming option on windows media player? I had to let it finish the library scanning before i could see my htpc on gtablet
It works fine on my gtab. Doesn't work at all on the X... No idea...
If you don't like Twonky, there are other options as well.
Upnplay is really good and free as well.
2player is a dlna/upnp client but more focused on music. I like that it can play Windows Media Playlists.
Eyecontrol and Andromote are dlna players that also allow you to control where your media is playing to - so for example you can use it to tell your PC to play something on your TV, or your phone to play something to your radio - etc. etc. etc.
Great DLNA or Streaming software examples are TVersity, which you can put on your PC - share everything you want to share to and it will automatically convert the file if necessary to whatever you're using to stream from it.
PlayOn is like Tversity but the free part allows you to stream only from your local media collection. If you pay for a license, it allows you to watch Hulu/Netflix etc. on your DLNA client. I don't know if this works.
Orb is like a mashup of Tversity and Upnplay in that it streams almost anything to your device - the main difference is that you can achieve the functionality of doing it through the internet at default, whereas the other products are geared primarily as in-network solutions.
Twonky is finicky at best. I have it on my Mytouch 4G and sometimes it works great while at others it stops randomly. This is what lead me to looking for alternatives.
Good Luck.
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Thanks for the tip, Dude... it is working now, I can see my pics/music and videos... now my desktop is useful again (as a media server for my GTab!)
Orb Fc for me. Vegan 5.1
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Have u checked the allow streaming option on windows media player? I had to let it finish the library scanning before i could see my htpc on gtablet
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I have done that on Windows Media Player which has all of my libraray in it, but still can't see the list using TWonky or other DLNA player. I have enabled WMP to stream, and still don't see any libraries.

HTC Arrive to XBox 360 DLNA streaming

So I noticed HTC's Connected Media App now available for my HTC arrive.
I downloaded and have gotten it to stream to my XBox 360. Here's what to do for those interested.
Requirements:
1. HTC arrive with Mango
2. HTC's connected media app
3. Xbox 360
4. PC with Windows Media Center
What to do:
1. Make sure all devices are on the same wifi network.
2. Connect your pc's Windows Media Center to the XBox 360
3. Start Media Center on the XBox 360
4. Start the connected media app
5. browe music artist, albums, songs whatever
6. push the output button on the bottom and select the xbox
7. find some music to play
On my Arrive the app isn't seeing any of my videos so I don't know if video streaming is supported.Pictures are working though. Also the streaming worked with less interuptions when my Arrive was plugged into a power source.
Enjoy
Update
Update: I was unable to do video because all my vids were drm protected zune stuff. So no streaming DRM music or videos. Also, I started having problems finding my 360 with the app. I have now found it helpful to select media servers from the main screen and then select output on the bottom of the screen.
Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.

App that can do both photos and videos?

I am looking for an app that can play both photos and videos in the same playlist from a presentation standpoint so I can hook my tablet up next to a TV and have it stream both to the TV.
Right now the Gallery can do photos and MX Player can do Videos, but I need something that can do both in the same play list. Anyone have any ideas?
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I am looking for an app that can play both photos and videos in the same playlist from a presentation standpoint so I can hook my tablet up next to a TV and have it stream both to the TV.
Right now the Gallery can do photos and MX Player can do Videos, but I need something that can do both in the same play list. Anyone have any ideas?
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So you're basically looking for a media server? I use Twonky. Check out the description, but it should match what you are looking for.
I have only once used the app to stream (via WiFi) a movie from my tablet to a TV and it worked fine. I also have Twonky running on my NAS as a permanent media server to serve all my devices that are connected to my home network.
I will look into it, but not looking to have this need to be over a server.
I am looking for something to simply play a slide show that can go from photos, to video, to photos, etc and have all the files on my tablet and not stored remotely.
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I have all the files on my tablet and not stored remotely.
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I think I confused you. Twonky is just that, it runs on your tablet so the TV (or any compatible media play device) can play/display the files you allow it to access. Twonky will turn your tablet into a media server.
I was only explaining that I have used it only once on my tablet. This was to watch a video that I had on my tablet on a TV via WiFi. So I was not using a HDMI cable to hook my tablet to the TV, which is something different. In addition I tried to explain that I use Twonky for the exact same purpose at home, just not on the tablet, but on a NAS.
I see apps for Twonky Mobile, Beam, Video, etc on there. Which one should I use to display these on my tablet in a playlist/slideshow. I will be attached via HDMI.
It doesnt seem to allow me to put both a video and a photo into the same play list... is that correct?
I think what the OP is looking for is a single application that can play both audio and video content within.
Try QuickPic, its a gallery application similar to the stock Gallery, but can play video as well (says standard video on the page).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
If you want to create a 'playlist' of sorts, you could create a folder and put your files (pictures, video) inside of it. It should come up as a folder in QuickPic. I'm not sure about the ordering however, you'll have to play with that. Possibly alphabetical, or date modified.
Take a look at BubbleUpnp.
It's a dlna app, and the paid version lets you set up your device as a renderer or a library. Set your phone as the server/library, set your TV as the renderer, et voila...
I've tried loads of options, and this is by far the most comprehensive.
You even have the option to subscribe to a cellular based protocol...

[APP]Necta DLNA-Instant stream your phone's photos, videos to your smart TV or DLNA

Hi, everyone, we have developed new app, which could instant stream your photos, videos to your smart TV or DLNA devices.
Here is the app description:
The ONLY one Android app instant stream your phone's photo, music and video over WiFi to DLNA certified devices or applications - including smart TV, DLNA Blu-ray players,XMBC/Kodi, WMP and more.
And also it can browse any certified DLNA media Server, stream them to any other DLNA certified device,also stream to your phone for playing.
Features:
☆ Instant stream your phone's music, photo or video to DLNA devices.
☆ Directly stream any other DLNA Media Server content to DLNA devices.
☆ Stream any DLNA media Server's media files to your phone for playing.
☆ Browse any certified DLNA media server shared media files.
☆ Remote control DLNA media renderers, play/pause/volume +/-.
How To Use:
1), Make sure your phone and DLNA devices at the same network.
2), Make sure DLNA device or DLNA applications start service.
Take WMP for example: Start WMP, you should click "media stream" menu, and click "allow remote control
my player" and "auto allow device play my media".
3), Start Necta DLNA, your will see "My phone" and other DLNA devices.
4), Browse it and tap one file, select one media renderer, then you can control it.
Here is the GP link: Necta DLNA
I downloaded it and tested, here are my 5 cents:
1. Add your app as one of the share options. This way I can open my phone gallery and share a pic to the TV.
2. Just list photos and videos as default when opening local device with an option to browse other locations. I guess most people wish to share something from the gallery, nothing else.
3. When sharing, allow to swipe to another image instead of forcing user to press on-screen keys.
Still thanks for another nice app.
Thanks for your suggestions, we will fix it and keep inform you when done.
Wredal said:
I downloaded it and tested, here are my 5 cents:
1. Add your app as one of the share options. This way I can open my phone gallery and share a pic to the TV.
2. Just list photos and videos as default when opening local device with an option to browse other locations. I guess most people wish to share something from the gallery, nothing else.
3. When sharing, allow to swipe to another image instead of forcing user to press on-screen keys.
Still thanks for another nice app.
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Hi, all, we have released stable version, it fix many errors. thanks.

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