An app for remotely accessing music in an android device from another. - General Questions and Answers

I have a Nougat 7.1 android head unit in my car and also a nougat 7.1 android device (Moto Z). I can normally play any songs on my device from my head unit with the default application that comes with the it. I can also use any bt player available to do the same. However, I'd like to do one thing that these players do not enable, which is to remotely list the songs available in my device and choose the one I want to play from my head unit.
All I can do is to play, stop, play next or play the previous song. I want to actually list my songs, sort them by genre, album, artist, etc, and choose which one I want to play in my head unit. It is much more comfortable to it in the head unit than to use my phone while driving to change songs. I think if it has anything to do with AVRCP version supported.
I wonder if there is an app that enables me to do just that, either via bluetooth or wi-fi (tethering). I suppose one could build an app for that by implementing a more flexible protocol over BT or even the wifi network. I am just wondering if it does not exist already.

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[Q] Streaming from Android to PC

Sorry if there is already a thread for this.
I'm looking for an app which play the sound of my mobile on my computer (and them my Hifi)
Then I can listen to toutube or spotify easily on my Hifi, simply using my Android phone.
Thanks a lot
Android to Audio Stream
Is there a solution yet since I am also looking out for something like this.
I don't know guys if you are interested into, but there is an application that allows you to stream video and audio and see your picture via Wireless on your computer using your web browser...
Websharing file 1.6.1 apk
Nextapp is the company who create it, I use regularly everyday and is a good one!!
AFAIK, there's currently no way to do a raw audio stream from Android over the network; and I can almost guarantee you it won't be possible at all without root. Closest you could get would be getting a Bluetooth audio sink (like this or the official Nexus home dock) and hooking that to your hifi. There are apps to stream local content via DLNA, but there isn't anything to stream arbitrary audio in Android.
EDIT: Some PC Bluetooth stacks may also be able to receive A2DP audio as well, but it's not a universal feature.
Check out mecanto, it's an app that syncs your music to the cloud and then you can stream it from the cloud and play on your phone.
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I'm amazed that there's no interest in this. I'm sure I haven't searched enough and so probably should pick on a more current thread. But it seems a no-brainer to me to want to go this direction. Everyone discusses streaming from PC to phone. Why would I do that instead of just listening to the PC? Now if I could stream from phone to PC... I have many phone apps that let me listen to unlimited tunes and radios from all over the world, which of course I use outside the house. But using it in this way in the house, my phone would not only be the source, but the "remote" -- the controller. Walk around the house w/ just the phone. Beats my carrying my Squeezebox "portable" radio, as I do. Or maybe I need to pay $150 for the Squeezebox solution, their remote controller... Just don' get it.
yes. i also think this is a great idea. there a heaps of pc to android threads.
usage scenario i am thinking.
walking around with device. the device contains song files and player. if that player had a button like stream to ie desktop, home theatre speakers, etc etc. that would be great. sorta like wmp 12 stream to button if anyone is familiar with that. bluetooth has the restriction of range so ideally wifi would be the better solution. curious to know if anyone has come across any updates to this.
I use 2 apps because im undecided which is best firt one is called 2play dnla
and the other is upnp. search in the market for both :-D
THAKS DREA!!!! wow I have been wish exactly the 2play app do... I like to play music on my Android tha I can listen from my large PC speakers!!! COOL!!
Streaming from Android To SERVER STREAMING
Is there any application also in beta test to let the android phone act as Media encoder to stream to a Server what's coming on your phone?
On Iphone platform there an interesting app LIVU (stevemcfarlin.com/livu/features.html).
Would be nice to have one similar on Android phone
Fabio
Theres an app called Twonky which acts as media server on your Android. It lets you stream upnp to whatever device you have capable such as Apple TV, Playstation etc. I have an AC Ryan Playon HD player which is hooked to my local network and I am able to recieve and play media through this to my HD TV from my Desire over wifi.
Any suggestions on the following then:
I would love to find a program that can both send audio and video without transcoding that can manage both IOS and Android
Im currently using PS3 media server for the PS3 and StreamToMe for sending to my iphones/ipads. They both work excellent. Was also amazed with the lack of streaming programs.
A simple solution that worked for me from a windows pc to android was was using ES File Explorer (free), choose LAN from dropdown (top left), add new server, scan - it should then pick up your shared network.
Then navigate to your chosen movie, play with moboplayer. Voila.
If it doesn't play straight away make sure moboplayer is set to soft decoder.
Sometimes you may have to press and hold your movie icon, open as video, choose moboplayer.
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Sorry my bad, thought you meant streaming from pc to Android device.
You may try skifta, it was recently showcased on market home site.
www.skifta.com
i'm looking for a way to stream notifications to my pc, especially the phone ringer. i'd like to be able to hear my phone ring, through my pc speakers, while i'm away from my computer and have music playing
ghostrill said:
i'm looking for a way to stream notifications to my pc, especially the phone ringer. i'd like to be able to hear my phone ring, through my pc speakers, while i'm away from my computer and have music playing
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I think MyPhoneExplorer can do that (not sure)
For youtube videos: the youtube app can link with your pc through Youtube leanback
There is an app called "Remote Droid Player"(play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.newandroid). Though it needs a small application needs to be installed on PC.
hmmm... I saw the program ArkMC in google play , when I have the similar problem , you can try...good luck!
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Still no way to stream every sound that your android device plays to your PC? Is it not technically possible to create and android server that sends a raw stream of sound to the PC over wifi?
All the solutions linked in this thread requires you to actively choose what mp3 to listen to. I want to stream notifications/spotify/radio/everything that is played.

Hey guys, can you help me rule my parties?

I've always been a party maker for my small group of friends, and i decided to offer them a new option at my home for having fun and discovering good music.
I've got a note 3 and a lg p500 available for the job.
My idea is to pair one of those devices into an hifi system, and use some sort of media server application to do the magic.
What i want is a way to permit my hosts to send a song, mp3, to my phone, and then, the phone, automatically adds it to a queue.
I thought that an automatic bluetooth accept system would do the trick, but i need a way to tell the player to play the latest added song, right after the one is playing.
Any suggestions?
I also thought that is would be the best if there is some sort of "voting system", for example, all the hosts have the app (or use a web based screen), to vote up and down the songs.
But this last is almost impossible.
Is there anything available on android world to do this? Or at least any alternative for computers?

[Q] voice controlled audio playback

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!

Is there an Android Tablet/ROM/App strictly for Controlling/Cast Music?

Hey all,
I have an old (80's-style) full-length cabinet that sits on the floor. It's got a 8-track, FM/AM, and record player built-in, but the radio sucks and the record player is broken. I want to gut the whole thing, install some more modern speakers, install a new record player, and control it all from a tablet or touch screen computer. The big thing I'm looking for is a bit of "future-proofing" so that it can control both the built-in speakers and cast to other devices across the house or even the back patio. We have guests over pretty often, whether to cook out or just hang out in the house. I'd like to be able to pop open the lid of the cabinet and let anybody add/change the music playing, or be able to play the record player throughout the speakers in my house (my wife enjoys the records, while I prefer the convenience of Google Play Music).
I think the best way to do this is through Android, since it's much easier to cast to devices, and I can still change the music playing throughout the house via phones, tablet, and gHomes if I want.
Does anyone have a recommendation for building this solution? I think the most effective way to do this will be to set up the speakers in the cabinet and just plug them directly into a Chromecast Audio. I'll need either a ROM or a home launcher that's more conducive to selecting and limiting itself to a select few music apps & YouTube.
The big hurdles I see are setting up "zones" so that I can pick which Chromecasts the system plays to depending on where in the house we're going to be. I also need a way to feed the external audio (the record player) to the Tablet so it can forward that sound to other Chromecasts. I've looked for how to do this a bit, and it looks like Mozilla figured out a way to do it using a Raspberry Pi. I'm not opposed to this, but I want to be sure that I can use the tablet/computer I build into the cabinet to select which Chromecasts this streams to.
Thanks for the help / recommendations! If I get all of this figured out, I'll be sure to share the end result so people can see how well it all worked out!

[App Search] Looking for an app to control the audio output channel per app

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!

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