I'm looking to set-up a home audio streaming solution using Airplay, and I'd like to use some of my Android devices as receivers. The problem is, any apps I've tried (Android HiFi, Airbubble, etc.) have a delay on them. I'd like my music to be synchronized across various devices, but I can't seem to get it working. Are there any apps that can stream in-sync? Or do i need to give up and just use Apple devices?
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Hi,
I want to set up a whole house media center, I have a xbmc server running in my house and a windows 7 pc which I can stream from also.
I have seen applications for andriod like 2player and skifta which allow me to stream music from these devices and it offers the ability to stream to other devices.
Can anyone advise me how I could set up a second android phone as a receiver. Since android phones are now so cheap I think it would be quite nice to have multiple android devices to act as receivers around my home.
I would aim to start a application like 2player on my own personal phone, choose my pc or xbmc server as source and then choose the music to play on one of the android phone.
Can anyone advise how to set this up as I don't know how to get the android phones to listen for streams.or even any alternative suggestions?
thanks in advance,
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Hi guys,
Just to update this post last night I spent a bit of time researching this.
I found another app called "bubble upnp" which works as a dlna dmr.
I can see it all starting to come together now. I was able to stream from my xbmc server to another android phone running bubble upnp and using 2player on my own phone as the control point.
I am happy with this but I'm not sure if these are the best app's for this?
Also I think there maybe a small issue with power usage. I don't want to leave WiFi running on the end devices all the time. And or the dlna dmr app if possible.
I think sms gps can remotely turn on WiFi aswell as gps so this maybe a simple work around.
But not sure how to launch an app remotely on android phone.
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Hi guys,
Maybe it's weird but do you think i can use an Android Stick in replacement for the Mac Mini?
Currently, the Mac mini is connected directly to Sony Bravia HDTV via HDMI and acting as HTPC.
And the only thing that we are doing mostly on the current connection is streaming videos from net Browsers (Chrome or Firefox).
We seldom use the XBMC or Plex apps on the mac mini since the TV Shows and Movies that we would like to watch are cannot
be found.
I've read a lot of items regarding Android Stick and based from them I've learned that most of the things that I can do on an android
phone can also be done to the Android Stick. (especially installing apps, playing games, etc.)
But I don't remember anyone mentioning about the Browser apps on the Android Stick.
Are they performing good? Can they play all videos including Flash videos?
Can I browse the internet without any problem just like in an Android phone?
Or should I consider other devices instead of Android Stick?
Hello I was hoping someone here could help me with a issue I am having.
I currently use a few cheap android phones as squeezebox clients to have audio throughout my house and I use my tablet to control what plays where. Recently the tablet I used went belly up and had no way to control my audio clients. Got me thinking on alternative ways to control the music that plays in my house.
I would like to have voice control over my music that plays. It doesn't have to sync or any other features of lms. No zone control or anything just simply play the song I select in the room the phone is in. I installed google now and open mic+ so my phones are always listening however I can not find any way to just say "computer play american idiot" or something to that nature. My music is all stored on my raspi so the app has to be able to communicate with my storage server. I know google has a music app, but i store my music offline and I don't want to have to upload it to every phone for local playback. Jumping through hoops for the setup isn't a issue however my significant other wants it to be as painless as using the tablet was to select what to play.
I've heard Yatse has voice control however it communicates with googles servers I believe for voice support. This would be a issue as I keep my various media on one network and my internet on a different WiFi network. All phones run at least jelly bean as well.
Any suggestions would be mightily appreciated!
So I've discovered that the Google "Cast Receiver" app for the Nexus Player (APK download) installs fine on my S4 running Android 4.4.4 AOSP (PAC-ROM) but doesn't seem to actually DO anything, so was wondering if someone might be able to get it working, as using our S4s (and perhaps other devices like tablets) as Chromecast receivers / Nexus Players would be handy in many situations, e.g. hotels (play from phone to tablet plugged into hotel TV), development/demos (demonstrate on one device, mirror to another), etc.
Alas I don't know anything about modding Android apps myself, but perhaps someone here might fancy giving it a go...?
Hey everyone. I´m currently trying to find an app that allows me to control where audio from certain apps is playing.
Example: I want certain apps (i.e. Spotify) to play through a bluetooth connected device and other apps to use the built-in speaker
Little bit of backgroud: I installed a Android box into my car which is connected via Bluetooth to my In-Car Entertainment system to play music etc on. In addition, on that Android box I do have a speed cam ("camsam", "Blitzer") app running, but in case I´m not playing music from that Android box (i.e. when I´m listening to FM radio) I won´t be able to hear the speed cam alters. As a solution I would like to force play the Speed cam app through the Android box speaker (which I would be able to hear no matter what other audio I´m listing to) and other apps such as spotify through Bluetooth.
I tried to achieve this via Tasker or other automation apps but the If->Then based approach doesn´t seem to lead me anywhere.
P.S. The Android Box is running 7.1.2, Root is available.
Any idea is appreciated!