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VLC or other stream for the Evo?

I'm trying to set up a VLC stream from my PC with all of my media to my phone. I'm hoping I can create a nice little media server with my 2TB of video so I can watch them any where, any time.
I can't find any new information for VLC on Android although I know the beta for the iPad was just released. Anyone know any more?

I've been looking for something like this as well, I've had no luck streaming anything. The only thing that has worked is orb and the quality sucks. I also had tversity running but its just to finnicky with x64 Windows 7. You may wanna try tversity if you have a atleast a core 2 machine running x86 xp.
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There's no VLC for Android. The closest thing is RockPlayer and the built-in Browser/Video/Music player.
And VLC on your computer doesn't quite work that way, either. You can only have it set to be a streaming server (like an Internet radio/video station) and then watch/listen to that stream from your Browser. You can't control it unless you get a VLC remote app (search in the Market) at which point you'll have to disconnect from the stream to open the remote.
As for anything similar, there's plenty. I just don't know/use any.

checkout VLC Stream and Convert in the market. VERY COOL app. Allows you to control VLC on the PC from the phone, including stream video from the PC to phone. Even allows a basic browser to find the media. Video quality over wifi is great. Can't say I've tried streaming through the internet but I'd bet its pretty decent. Dev has a website with instructions

Ok i just tried this app and it works perfect.

Does this work with HDMI Out?

david279 said:
Does this work with HDMI Out?
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Doubt it. Not till someone wins the bounty for desktop hdmi out.

david279 said:
Ok i just tried this app and it works perfect.
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Did you get it to work with video? I can play MP3s fine but I have not gotten video to work. Do you have any tips?

MSmith1 said:
Did you get it to work with video? I can play MP3s fine but I have not gotten video to work. Do you have any tips?
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Go to settings-stream to phone-general-and set the port to 5554

david279 said:
Go to settings-stream to phone-general-and set the port to 5554
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Think I tried that but ill try it again.

MSmith1 said:
Think I tried that but ill try it again.
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I had the same problem on Fresh 3.2. If you can't get his lastest version of the app to work for you, then I pulled this apk off of a nandroid backup. It's of an older version that still works for me. (Still have to change port to 5554).
Also, per the developers warning, VLC 1.1.4 supposedly has audio streaming issues, so you'll probably want 1.1.3 also.

Tab's AllShare (DLNA client)

errr.. is it just me, or did somebody actually fire the people that made the AllShare app in the SGS and just took a bunch of their notes and incorporated the WORST ideas that other team had ever devised?
Ok, so AllShare wasn't a top-notch app in the SGS to begin with, but AllShare on the Tab is just a bad joke. Loading the list of files takes ~ x10 as much time as it takes on the SGS and then .. NO OTHER option to just display the files (ALL THE FILES) in alphabetical order, regardless of albums/folders however you had/wanted them to be ordered on the server... At least the SGS's version let's me browse folders. Tab's version just displays a HUGE list of files in alphabetical order, which is NOT really good for usage...
Are there any other apps to fill in that void? I mean there are DLNA servers left and right, but are there clients? That I could play videos (preferable support for dualaudio+subtitles) from my DLNA server?

Id like to know this as well... or indeed any client that will stream in full quality over the lan.

Me too ! Please write if you tryed some other DLNA client working on Samsung Galaxy Tab

I tried AndroMote. It works fine for me.

Makoselm said:
I tried AndroMote. It works fine for me.
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????
That's a Remote Control application, NOT a DLNA client as we talked about... At least I understood it so. (You can't watch movies from a DLNA server WITH THE TAB via AndroMote, can you?)
EDIT: Apparently it SHOULD be able, it just doesn't do that on my SGS. Will try on Tab later.
EDIT2: ARGHhh! Yeees, it does work - sorta. It needs to DOWNLOAD the WHOLE file over the connection to the device, THEN play it... with installed available applications, not within the app. so... NO, not really a suitable replacement. It's not really a DLNA media player, but a tool to download files from said server.
Nice to have, I guess, but not what I'm after.

You can do this with any lan file manager. I use Astro smb.

ftgg99 said:
You can do this with any lan file manager. I use Astro smb.
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Which is all well and good as long as you're not watching anything decently HD or over 2GB in file size
I agree the AllShare app is aweful. I've found that ES File Explorer over SMB does a good job but neither the built in Video player or Rockplayer behave well with this. It only works if I turn off hardware decode in Rockplayer, which means it cannot keep up with the HD video demands.
UPnPlay in the market has a decent attempt via DLNA however it chokes on HD too.

netgun71 said:
Which is all well and good as long as you're not watching anything decently HD or over 2GB in file size
I agree the AllShare app is aweful. I've found that ES File Explorer over SMB does a good job but neither the built in Video player or Rockplayer behave well with this. It only works if I turn off hardware decode in Rockplayer, which means it cannot keep up with the HD video demands.
UPnPlay in the market has a decent attempt via DLNA however it chokes on HD too.
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I think ftgg99 meant you can do with filemanager anything you could do with AndroMote, not DLNA client

Indeed i did. And when you sab behaves properly you mean it doesnt work because streamimg headers are not appacked to filetypes.

Try twonky from the market, works quite well.

ritdaw said:
Try twonky from the market, works quite well.
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Isn't Twonky (mobile) just a server? Does it play on the device also?

AnttiV said:
Isn't Twonky (mobile) just a server? Does it play on the device also?
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There are two versions of it now, the one that has a pie chart icon is similar to all share

Indeed you are right, it does! Thanks!
Err.. Anybody got it to work? I get only an error with every single video I try to play. I only get "unable to start playback"
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Mine seemed to work with all my videos except MKV files, however my mate said they worked on his tab :s

Use vplayer, it should play everything.

ftgg99 said:
Use vplayer, it should play everything.
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Doesn't have built in dlna does it?

Indeed not. However you should have a Dona service already. I can't get it to work either, probably because I removed both allshare and dem content launcher... I would love to get them back, but have no apostle.

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Try twonky from the market, works quite well.
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+1 - Been using this since I got my Vibrant in July. Easy to use and works awesome. Works just as nicely on the Tab too.

epakrat75 said:
+1 - Been using this since I got my Vibrant in July. Easy to use and works awesome. Works just as nicely on the Tab too.
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Twonky looks good and is waaay faster than AllShare, but unfortunately is out of the question since it refuses to play .avi files (and mkvs and wmvs and and. I can't get it to play anything at all really. Don't have any mp4s around, I hear those should work...)
Also, I don't know if it had something to do with the server-side update (I use TwonkyManager v2 in a Win7 machine) but couple of days ago my "browse by folder" ability disappeared completely, no I can just browse everything by date of playlists, which isn't at all practical with folder-based organization...

I'm looking for a streaming solution too for the Tab. On the iPad I had the StreamToMe software running, and it would transcode the video on the fly, and stream to iPhone or iPad. Doesn't seem like there's similar solution on Android. I tried copying some of the movie file I have and it's just laggy to play even locally with vPlayer and RockPlayer. Anyone has a good solution?

[Q] MyCloud/MyNet

Hi, noob here with his first thread. I've ordered my transformer with the dock and loved the idea of streaming from my laptop to my tablet but from the scarce reviews which I have read and seen the application doesnt work too well? Can any please look into this in a bit more detail and explain if it works or not?
many thanks

Not sure where you've seen it doesn't work well because I've got MyCloud up and running and was streaming music from my PC to my TF and had absolutely no probs. Smooth playback and only times it jumped were because my PC is having issues and was at stupidly high CPU usage. Other than that works a treat and even checked out a vid and looks to work really well too. Not worked out what I'd use MyNet for yet as couldn't get it working with my PC but seems to be for DLNA equipped devices as had a message to check DLNA devices so guess it's for streaming from the TF to a DLNA equipped TV or the likes.

Mycloud (Splashtop) works very well for me....I even played WOW a bit on my TF with the help of the docking stations, it's absolutely fine to do some simple daily quests on the TF..

ive never got it to stream videos smoothly. not sure if im doing something wrong but playing movies using mycloud is always choppy.
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neotekz said:
ive never got it to stream videos smoothly. not sure if im doing something wrong but playing movies using mycloud is always choppy.
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in one particular review the application simply fails to stream any of the files, although after doing some more digging i have seen it working. So is it a case of incorrect set up or does the tablet support only a limited number of file formats? i mainly use .avi and .mkv, wil these work??

I've used it to stream music to my Sony Bravia TV via DLNA and it works fine. I'll test some video once I get some onto the device and post results.
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jamieyates79 said:
I've used it to stream music to my Sony Bravia TV via DLNA and it works fine. I'll test some video once I get some onto the device and post results.
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cheers! it'd be a big disappointment if .avi and .mkv dont work
EDIT: youtube.com/watch?v=Zr8iBI_duJs this is the review i was referring to; skip to 3.30. again i dont know if he's got it set up properly but I saw this and began to worry!

Streaming to the tablet has no limitations with regards to file types, remember it's only displaying whatever's on the host so you can play anything your PC/laptop will play. Obviously if you're using your tablet as the host and streaming to your TV/PC/laptop etc then it's completely reliant on what the TF can do. I guess choppy playback and issues are all down to setup and quality of the network. If you have a good setup you'll not have any issues with streaming any files. I have a fairly basic setup with all devices on a WiFi N network and runs well enough

AvRS said:
Streaming to the tablet has no limitations with regards to file types, remember it's only displaying whatever's on the host so you can play anything your PC/laptop will play.
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As long as your PC is transcoding, that is.

Stream video from PC

Hi guys
Im trying to find a app than can help stream movies and view other files on my PC. I havent had any luck so far and i tried searching but didnt end up with anything that feels simple enough?
On ipad there was a great app that made me able to view all files and play video that converted the files "live" so they were able to play on the pad. Was superb.
Anyone know anything like that?

Discusbass said:
Hi guys
Im trying to find a app than can help stream movies and view other files on my PC. I havent had any luck so far and i tried searching but didnt end up with anything that feels simple enough?
On ipad there was a great app that made me able to view all files and play video that converted the files "live" so they were able to play on the pad. Was superb.
Anyone know anything like that?
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Hi, I would recommend the combination of UPnPlay and moboplayer. works a charm!.

Discusbass said:
Hi guys
Im trying to find a app than can help stream movies and view other files on my PC. I havent had any luck so far and i tried searching but didnt end up with anything that feels simple enough?
On ipad there was a great app that made me able to view all files and play video that converted the files "live" so they were able to play on the pad. Was superb.
Anyone know anything like that?
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try Plex...it runs great on android tablet ..just like air video on iOS..i.e. live convert/stream from your PC

or u could just set up themy cloud software that came with your transformer it works great nearly no lag.. i tethered to 3g with my phone and there is about .5 seconds of lag fro the screen but if u weren't looking at the computer at the same time u woud never know

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or u could just set up themy cloud software that came with your transformer it works great nearly no lag.. i tethered to 3g with my phone and there is about .5 seconds of lag fro the screen but if u weren't looking at the computer at the same time u woud never know
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i feel like really stupid cos ive been looking at mycloud but cant figure out how to stream with it??

Yep, use the mycloud splashtop software and it works like a dream.

Discusbass said:
i feel like really stupid cos ive been looking at mycloud but cant figure out how to stream with it??
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here's what you do... first figure out what your static ip for your router is... try going to http://www.whatismyip.com/ this should tell u what your ip is... now go into your router... normally by typing 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 depeding on your router... now open up ports 6783 to 6786 in TCP mode (these numbers may change due to your settings in MyCloud Software) now go and manually set up a new connection using the static IP you got from the website and everything should work!!!!!

Discusbass said:
i feel like really stupid cos ive been looking at mycloud but cant figure out how to stream with it??
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And just to add clarification, splashtop is a remote desktop tool not a media streamer as such, although as people have said depending on your connection it works just as well as one.
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I use cifsmanager to mount the drive. then mobo to play. haven't tried any other players on hc yet.

pastey said:
Hi, I would recommend the combination of UPnPlay and moboplayer. works a charm!.
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This is the exact combo I use. The great thing about upnplay is that you don't have to install anything on your desktop just a few setting in windows media player.
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Plex Media Server gives me the best payback quality compared to mounting cifs and playing with vplayer or mobo, upnplay, and vlc s&c
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I use Mirage. It works off the iPods Air Server. Works pretty good except for higher quality video it gets choppy. Gonna try this Plex one.
...Sent via Asus Transformer...

neotekz said:
This is the exact combo I use. The great thing about upnplay is that you don't have to install anything on your desktop just a few setting in windows media player.
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why use upnp though when u can just play the file directly without libraries and conversions on the server?

Subsonic is the way to go.

Zenoran said:
why use upnp though when u can just play the file directly without libraries and conversions on the server?
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I'm not sure what you mean. I also use upnp and moboplayer and works great. Moboplayer can't stream from the network and mynet does not play any codec other than h.264. With upnp and moboplayer, I don't have to worry about what type of video/audio file it is.

I've been using Upnplay and Mobo player and that combo works great for files served by a media server. I would also like to play files directly from a network share without needing the media server. CifManager sounds perfect except it appears to require root. Any similar options that don't require root? Any other apps that would allow a network drive to be permanently mapped as a folder on the tablet?

pastey said:
Hi, I would recommend the combination of UPnPlay and moboplayer. works a charm!.
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Hey there, could you perchance explain how one might go about doing such a thing for themselves?

tcpsyn said:
Subsonic is the way to go.
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Yep, but the native android app needs native playing without the flash video player... is that fixed yet?

Helium_Junkie said:
Hey there, could you perchance explain how one might go about doing such a thing for themselves?
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First media sharing needs to be set up on your desktop (Google can help with this part) then as long as you are connected to the same home network as your desktop it will show up in upnplay just like it does in mynet (its name will be the set name of the PC). Then you can navigate via libraries or just via the folder paths to find your media files (this is how I do it to avoid setting up libraries). Once u have found your media file run the file using moboplayer/vplayer/etc. This will only work for video.
Hope that helps..
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[Q] need help - need an app for controlling my laptop from Nexus 5

hello,
I am looking for Smart PC remote control. an app thru which I can control my pc (laptop - windows) thru my nexus 5. (for eg: control BS player while playing media files, control volume, etc etc etc)
pls suggest me best way to do this.

I don't use this quite often, but when I do, I just use team viewer to control my computer. Especially when I'm watching movies from a distance (too lazy to get up lol) as I don't have wireless mouse or board.
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I play all my media via XBMC, so XBMC Remote works perfectly for that.
I would recommend using a descriptive thread title. Not many people respond to "Please help me" threads.

vin4yak said:
I don't use this quite often, but when I do, I just use team viewer to control my computer. Especially when I'm watching movies from a distance (too lazy to get up lol) as I don't have wireless mouse or board.
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thats exactly same reason why i need an app thru which i can control BS player. ( i use BS player to watch all videos on my laptop)

ags84 said:
thats exactly same reason why i need an app thru which i can control BS player. ( i use BS player to watch all videos on my laptop)
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It's mirroring your PC to the phone just like remote assistance, you need to install the chrome plugin as well.
It's working really well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.chromeremotedesktop

ags84 said:
thats exactly same reason why i need an app thru which i can control BS player. ( i use BS player to watch all videos on my laptop)
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Have you tried these?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.hupca.bsremote&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.giorgos.androidclient&hl=en

thank you guys..
using BS remote..
its working good....
thanks for ur help
cheers

Or you can use phonemypc
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.RemotePaid

I use gmote and/or yatse, sometimes even the vlan remote when i can get it to work.. (that's not very often!)