Is there a way to hook this tablet up to my hard drive that is connected to my router? I have a ton of movies stored on this drive and would like to be able to stream them to my tab2. I tried using ES file explorer which found my router, but it's asking for username and password, which I have no idea what they are. It's not the same one that I used to access the router from my web browser. Any Ideas? I don't necessarily need to be able to do this anywhere but in my home.
thanks in advance
420fan said:
Is there a way to hook this tablet up to my hard drive that is connected to my router? I have a ton of movies stored on this drive and would like to be able to stream them to my tab2. I tried using ES file explorer which found my router, but it's asking for username and password, which I have no idea what they are. It's not the same one that I used to access the router from my web browser. Any Ideas? I don't necessarily need to be able to do this anywhere but in my home.
thanks in advance
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ES File explorer works, ive just searched and found my home server and my video folder streams no problem, might depend on your NAS drive, what make is it?
I have Netgear router with USB drive attached to it and the media server enabled. My Tab 2 finds all the media files automatically. ES File explorer works are well.
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ok so i have used remote desktops apps and everything but im looking for an app that just shows different drives on your home pc and able to open them up and play on your pc...
so it would kinda look like astro file manager but you can look though you pc
the closes that i have got was Gmote but they open it in there own player..
i wanna open and play it thought vlc
would be better to use wifi but bluetooth is ok 2
anyone come across a app like this???
I think there is an app that would fit your request... it`s calles "vlc remote" and turns your phone into a remote for the vlc on your pc via wifi, you can download it from the market
I hope that is, what you are searching for... i´m not sure if I understood your request in the right wy, my english is not very goot
You can use droid explorer: http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/39922 or
Android commander: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597098
Toeppi said:
I think there is an app that would fit your request... it`s calles "vlc remote"
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na i know vcl remote but that dont let me browse files in my computer and open them...
and them other 2 arnt what im looking for... there just to transfer files via wifi... there pretty good but not what i was looking for
ok ill give you a scenario...
im kicking back in my bed and i just finished watching a movie on my computer...
now from my phone i wanna be able to browse the files on my computer and play another movie...
browse like the look you browse in astro
thanks heaps
4luk88 said:
na i know vcl remote but that dont let me browse files in my computer and open them...
and them other 2 arnt what im looking for... there just to transfer files via wifi... there pretty good but not what i was looking for
ok ill give you a scenario...
im kicking back in my bed and i just finished watching a movie on my computer...
now from my phone i wanna be able to browse the files on my computer and play another movie...
browse like the look you browse in astro
thanks heaps
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gmote may work for you, in the market
and you install the server portion on your pc, you connect via lan/wifi to your home pc. you can browse through your drives/folders like you would in astro and when you click on a movie file it will play it on your pc monitor, the video player is built into gmoteserver (pc side)
you can also install vnc server on your pc and then install vnc on android (market vnc)
and control it just like you would a normal vnc session.
i myself am looking for a file browser for android that will let me browse network shares and let me copy files to my sdcard
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gmote may work for you, in the market
and you install the server portion on your pc, you connect via lan/wifi to your home pc. you can browse through your drives/folders like you would in astro and when you click on a movie file it will play it on your pc monitor, the video player is built into gmoteserver (pc side)
you can also install vnc server on your pc and then install vnc on android (market vnc)
and control it just like you would a normal vnc session.
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as i said in my first post gmote dose this but when you open a .avi file it opens it in its own weird player and dont run the codec from vlc so the video isnt as clear (is there a fix for that)... but yer i want something just like that... but opens the files in vlc...
im using a remote desktop atm (VNC) without much enjoyment.. its ok i guess just would like a simple app to all drives and pick a file to play full screen on my computer to the look of astro
4luk88 said:
as i said in my first post gmote dose this but when you open a .avi file it opens it in its own weird player and dont run the codec from vlc so the video isnt as clear (is there a fix for that)... but yer i want something just like that... but opens the files in vlc...
im using a remote desktop atm (VNC) without much enjoyment.. its ok i guess just would like a simple app to all drives and pick a file to play full screen on my computer to the look of astro
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sorry i must not have read your OP sorry about that.
there is another app gremote much more polished version but its a paid app (market app free but pc software is costs)
besides a vnc type app, i dont know of any app for the pc that will let you remotely launch files too. so if its not there for the pc, its probably not there for the android.
im going to search google for remotely executing files that may lead us to an app that may be made for the android
only other thing i can think of is continue using vnc, switch to media player home cinema as it pauses/play on mouse click. setup a play list on the pc, then use your phone to vnc in to play/pause/volume up/down.
next to that cordless mouse and keyboard =)
So you are looking for a Media Remote Control application.
http://andremote.anddev.org/
Also try the
http://www.remotedroid.net/
and another
http://code.google.com/p/android-vlc-remote/
No no no. What you want is estrongs file explorer. Browse network shares via
Samba (PC networking) or ftp. Over wifi for lan shares or 3G with ftp.
You can ditch Astro after that find.
If you need to do it the other way around; browse the phone's file system with a pc or other device, use swiftp which is an ftp server.
larsdennert said:
No no no. What you want is estrongs file explorer. Browse network shares via
Samba (PC networking) or ftp. Over wifi for lan shares or 3G with ftp.
You can ditch Astro after that find.
If you need to do it the other way around; browse the phone's file system with a pc or other device, use swiftp which is an ftp server.
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astro just came out with SMB support, you can browse network files through that now too
While I was playing around with the Sylvania MID 7" from Sears, I found that it was able to search my local area network using ES Explorer and find files on my Windows devices (including my main Windows 7 machine). That device went back for a variety of reasons. Now with the G Tablet under ES Explorer, I can't see my PCs or NAS devices and I can only type in IP addresses which don't seem to work (even my Linksys NAS which runs a version of Linux doesn't connect). With the other device I was able to find video files and play them. This device isn't allowing me to do that.
Are there some settings or tweaks I need to be looking at?
Just checked my es expolorer and under lan I can see my network by IP.
Running DLink DIR-655 router.
I can see my dlink nas and other PC
I can even login to see my Home sever (HP Media Smart Server)
I have a TonidoPlug running Tonido and was able to add it as a new server in ES Explorer. I am able to browse the entire server and play media, open images, and open Word docs, etc from it. SUPER EASY!!!
It won't play avi's, but it will play mp4 videos streaming.
Thanks for the tip on ES. I didn't know it could connect over the network.
Hello all, Im having some trouble figuring this out. And I need a lil help if someone could. I would like to be able to file share between my computer and my phone, and even stream movies, music to my phone via wifi. I have a dsl modem with wifi built in, its connected to my laptop with a wire. So is there any thing I can do to achieve this? ES File manager has FTP and LAN clients built in, cant I use that somehow to connect to my computer and transfer stuff? Thanks for any help
You can always use DoubleTwist with AirSync or Winamp. They are the 2 apps that I know will allow this. Also, try Dropbox.
Sent from my AT&T Inspire 4G.
plug in the usb.. click disk drive
if you would like to transfer files wirelessly you have to install a media server on your pc.. i use serviio. then you have to find a program from the android store that will see the server on your pc from your phone and transfer files.
steevod79 said:
if you would like to transfer files wirelessly you have to install a media server on your pc.. i use serviio. then you have to find a program from the android store that will see the server on your pc from your phone and transfer files.
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ok, i installed serviio and its running, i chose which files to share, now what do I do? do I have to go into network sharing center and give it a name and pass or something like that?
I also have estrong file explorer and file expert which is supposed to connect to servers also.
Well you can just use Dropbox, its an app and also a program for PC...just sign in, and anything you put in it, you can access, whenever, anywhere (by singing into the app of course) .
Does anyone know why are wifi hdd's limited to just media and won't transfer regular files?
WiFi hard disk drive...? What is that?
Amazon search shows....
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004Z0S7K6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1349809845&sr=8-5&keywords=WiFi+hard+disk+drive
I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
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I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
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I've been wondering same thing also. I truly hope they are more capable.
Upon further investigation I've found various "hacks" or "modifications" to enable SMB support on some of these drives:
http://www.tools4movies.com/2012/07/seagate-goflex-satellite-wifi-samba-modification/
http://www.hackseagatesatellite.com/wordpress/welcome/
Not that I necessarily recommend modifying a device, but if you find yourself burdened with such a limited device you may as well try and make something of it. Just don't blame me - or XDA - if something goes wrong.
If you were able to do something like this, dear OP, you would be able to connect to the drive using an SMB-compatible file manager, available from the play store such as ES File Explorer (though I quite like AndroXplorer).
MercuryStar said:
I've been reading internet sites for ages trying to find out what protocol these use for accessing the filesystem over wifi (for instance, do they use SMB?) and for all my searching, it appears that you can't! All you can do is watch videos on the device through their proprietary app or a web browser, to access their crappy web interface. No direct filesystem access, no SMB, no copying or editing files on it, and (probably) no opening videos in your preferred video player app.
To actually access the files on the thing, you have to plug in to the USB port.
I'd always assumed that a "Wifi hard drive" meant you could access the drive over wifi, connecting to it like a Windows share.
It looks very much like this isn't the case. Somebody please tell me wifi hard drives aren't this useless!
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I bought one of the goflex wifi hdd and returned it because in my opinion they are that useless.
I find the goflex satellite drive quite useful, although I only got it for streaming videos to my tablet. Did my research and knew this going in.
If anyone is wondering, it uses a UPNP protocol, I only use their own app for setting password etc. I use either BubbleUPNP or Media House UPNP (kinda of like Mizuu in using a good Gui with movie poster art, but with some network support).
May hack it at some point though as would like to be able to write files to the drive from my Android devices.
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Looking at the tutorial for installing SMB, it seems extremely easy and I think I might just buy one of those drives and do that. It will take 15 minutes and once done you get a great portable drive that does nnot require USB connectivity.
Szadzik said:
Looking at the tutorial for installing SMB, it seems extremely easy and I think I might just buy one of those drives and do that. It will take 15 minutes and once done you get a great portable drive that does nnot require USB connectivity.
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If you do please keep us informed.
Hello,
I'm trying to connect my S7 to my mac using Total Commander but I can't connect... Do someone konw how to do that ?
I'm using the Lan plugin for TC.
Thanks !
Not sure there are drivers available for Mac, I remember others having the same problem with the S5 unless something has changed since then
Thanks for your answer, in fact my question was more like "how to access to my LAN connected devices, and I'm a Mac user with 2 Mac connected, one on a lan connexion, the other one via wifi (MBair), and I have also 1 NAS connected to this network, in order to be able to play (for exemple) mp3 or video files located on a Mac or on the NAS from my S7, or the reverse opération, playing media files located on my S7 from from of my Mac or my internet box without having to transfer the files locally".
I managed to create sftp connexions, but that only allows file transfers, not remote playing.
In fact I would like to turn my S7 into a "regular" network connected device. I understood that Android can connect easily to windows networks and it is possible to have a network with Mac and windows devices connected together. Why not not an Android device with Mac devices to NAS devices ? I don't want to connect the S7 with a wired connection, I still want to use the wifi connection. Like my MacBook Air is connected with wifi to my local network.
I don't know if this is clear... My English is not perfect and my LAN knowingness is even more tiny...
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Thanks for your answer, in fact my question was more like "how to access to my LAN connected devices, and I'm a Mac user with 2 Mac connected, one on a lan connexion, the other one via wifi (MBair), and I have also 1 NAS connected to this network, in order to be able to play (for exemple) mp3 or video files located on a Mac or on the NAS from my S7, or the reverse opération, playing media files located on my S7 from from of my Mac or my internet box without having to transfer the files locally".
I managed to create sftp connexions, but that only allows file transfers, not remote playing.
In fact I would like to turn my S7 into a "regular" network connected device. I understood that Android can connect easily to windows networks and it is possible to have a network with Mac and windows devices connected together. Why not not an Android device with Mac devices to NAS devices ? I don't want to connect the S7 with a wired connection, I still want to use the wifi connection. Like my MacBook Air is connected with wifi to my local network.
I don't know if this is clear... My English is not perfect and my LAN knowingness is even more tiny...
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Ah sorry I misunderstood your question
ES File Explorer can create LAN/FTP connections for playing between network connected devices
I use it for playing from my NAS to my S7
I surely made something wrong with ES Explorer, I tried it, because I couldn't create a LAN connection. Only sftp. Did you configure something special on you Mac ? I removed ES Explorer because I was overwhelmed with notifications (battery saving, etc)... And it seems that it creates internet connexions even when I don't use it.
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I surely made something wrong with ES Explorer, I tried it, because I couldn't create a LAN connection. Only sftp. Did you configure something special on you Mac ? I removed ES Explorer because I was overwhelmed with notifications (battery saving, etc)... And it seems that it creates internet connexions even when I don't use it.
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I'm not using a Mac, the connection it makes is LAN so should work on both PC and Mac alike / anything with network access
The free version of ES File Explorer is full of ads, I bought the Pro version
Left Hamburger menu > Network > LAN > + sign for making a new connection > Enter IP address of NAS and login
(Or press the top scan button to auto discover)
You can create FTP server connections on the phone using ES too afaik but have not done that yet, I used to use FTP Server app on the play store for that, and FileZilla Client on the PC (Any FTP client Mac alternative will work)
Thanks, no problem to access the NAS (with ES FE) but I have this message when trying to connect to my Mac : (personal English translation...) "the server you want to configure needs SMB 2.0. Please first unlock it"...
essor-13 said:
Thanks, no problem to access the NAS (with ES FE) but I have this message when trying to connect to my Mac : (personal English translation...) "the server you want to configure needs SMB 2.0. Please first unlock it"...
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Looks like a limit of the Mac
Some suggestions I found:
If you're trying to connect to a mac, take it from me and give up on AFP & SMB.
Just follow wrxtasy's advice and use NFS with NFS Manager. It works perfectly.
It takes a little in the setup, but it's worth it.
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=214091&page=3
Networking with non OSX computers is always a nightmare. With ES FE or TC I can create a ftp connexion without problems. And Ia can access to my NAS. The issue with to connect to the Mac's HD... Thank you for your link, I'm gonna try this.
Sorry I don't have a Mac to help further
File Explorer is a file management app on Android. It helps you to access your files not only on Android device, but also on PC, Mac, NAS and cloud storages (Dropbox, Google Drive etc). Stream movies and songs from computer, NAS to your Android device. Directly view photos, documents without downloading.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skyjos.apps.fileexplorerfree
Ok, thanks for your time !
If someone has another idea... I can't believe that I'm the only human being trying to connect an Android device to a mac...