Hey guys, after a full afternoon of searching I turn to you for help.
As the title says, I'm looking for a way to stream my Win System Sound to my SGS. Not specific media like movies or music, the entire Master Mix. Either through an App or through a Windows Server of some kind.
I already tried VLC Stream & Convert but failed miserably setting it up to capture and stream my Desktop correctly - got just the image, no sound. Also couldn't get it so stream a captured DirectShow Device, for the simple reason that my Win-VLCPlayer can't seem to find any.
Any hints on how to get it working or links on further reading are much appreciated.
manup0d
Managed to get it working, kinda.
For those interested: The problem with the DirectShow Device streaming through VLC is the original Windows7 audio driver for Sound On Board Mainboards. You have to install the Vista driver to be able to select the Stereo Mix as a Recording Device. DRM says hello. With the Vista codec you just select "Capture DirectShow" in VLC Stream & Convert and voila. (pro version is needed)
The issue now is the six second lag I get even over WiFi. XD
Have to play around with the transcoding and codec settings. Any advice or other solutions?
Hi Manup0d!
Could you give me a few pointers on how you got this working with VLC Stream & Convert?
All I get is... well, nothing. I suppose I have the same audio driver issue - where did you get the Vista driver? Or did you just download your sound card manufacturer's Vista driver set and install that?
Have you found any possibility other than VLC, by any chance?
I'd love to be able to do this, for listening to music with one of the many Winamp Remote Control apps...
-edit- Works on Windows 7 if you use "Virtual Audio Cable" as the sound device (just set it as the default device or set it as the audio device in the app you're trying to hear audio from), then run VLC Stream & Convert regularly and use "Open Input => DirectShow".
The delay really is annoying though - between 5 and 15 seconds on WiFi . Have you found a way to get rid of, or at least reduce the delay? Anything under 5 seconds would be fine
I can't find the answer and please believe me, I'VE SEARCHED.
I have 2 Android phones in my house (HTC Aria & Samsung Captivate)
I have an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop behind my TV with a 1TB external usb drive.
the drive has 3 shared folders (videos, music, pictures) and it's shared for everyone, full control (I know "full control" is windows talk but I'm a wintel sys admin so linux guys should know what I mean)
I have downloaded and install Astro on the phones with the SMB add on and browse to the shared folders successfully but I can't find any media apps that will let me watch, play or view any of the files across the wifi network.
It seems like for all of them (default video player and rockervideo, etc.) everything has to be on the local sd card for it to play on the phones.
Help! please?
I know Orb.com and I think it is a FANTASTIC solution (FOR WINDOWS DESKTOP PC's), but it will measure your network speed and lower the quality accordingly for slow connections. Oh yea.. and I'm using an Ubuntu desktop. So orb is out.
I just want to play the file straight from the network share.
I read someone used something called cifs to mount the network shared folder to a blank folder on the sd card. (that's a whole lot of linux talk to windows guy) Can someone explain that to me please? Is that like mapping a network drive in windows? Will that work for what I want to do?
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I have also been playing around with this. I attempted to utilize the DLNA technology but have yet to have any success. I also agree with what you said about Orb. It's decent for desktop streaming, but for our mobile devices, it just sucks.
SlyDogJeff77 said:
I read someone used something called cifs to mount the network shared folder to a blank folder on the sd card. (that's a whole lot of linux talk to windows guy) Can someone explain that to me please? Is that like mapping a network drive in windows? Will that work for what I want to do?
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yup, is like mapping a network drive (i'm a windows guy)
you need a compatible cifs.ko module for your devices, im a galaxy s user
here
here
Cifs Manager
reverendkjr said:
I have also been playing around with this. I attempted to utilize the DLNA technology but have yet to have any success. I also agree with what you said about Orb. It's decent for desktop streaming, but for our mobile devices, it just sucks.
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I've managed to get DLNA to stream MP3 via Wifi on my Milestone 2. I've installed TVersity on a server PC that's always on and pointed it at my MP3 collection (which happens to be on another PC), and the DLNA app supplied on my phone picks it up and plays the stuff just fine. Obviously, it's a bit more involved than just playing the files directly from a share, but it doesn't require any messing around with the phone.
Cheers,
Steve.
Hello guys,
I want the same thing as you, now I have 2 NAS devices in my house where I have the music and videos, but I intend to build one Low Power PC (~30W - 40W) and keep everything there and few other things too like a fax PCI card and some security camera capture card.
I was thinking on buying some cheap tablets with Android OS to be able to play the music wirelessly in any room (of course, with the help of some speakers, not the build in tablet speakers) but couldn't find until now a way to do this. Now as I found this post I installed 2Player Network Music on my wife Android Phone, to test it out. I will try to find a DLNA server, for now to install it on my Windows PC , but I want to put it in the new NAS PC I want to build, I will have a LINUX distribution installed, don't know yet which one.
For music only, did you had any problems on playing streamed music from LAN ?
Hi, ppl.
I steel haven't solution for video, but for audio I use DAAP-protocol.
For android I use http://www.appbrain.com/app/daap-media-player/org.mult.daap
A lot of DAAP solutions for windows and linux to stream audio on demand.
Hi guys again!
I have the greatest news!!!
I have found Buzz Player! It's payed app, but it works great!!!!
Moment ago I have checked it on my desire hd! It works!!!
I am going to install on galaxy tab of my wife
Good luck!
Don't know if this is much help, but there is an app called VLC direct which lets you stream from or to an android device. The video quality isn't brilliant but this could just be my rubbish router.
Noodled24 said:
Don't know if this is much help, but there is an app called VLC direct which lets you stream from or to an android device. The video quality isn't brilliant but this could just be my rubbish router.
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But you need a VLC Server. Doesn't work with a NAS.
BSPlayer Lite
I had the exact same problem. No decent player for SMB/network shares of video files. My home NAS (Synology) has no way of running the windows-only software that many of the video streaming software requires.
I recently discovered BSPlayer Lite (apparently a pro version is on the way), and it does exactly what we were looking for: plays media from a network share with no conversion or special server-side software required. It works amazingly great, and I was able to stream to my phone (HTC Thunderbolt) via my G wifi network. No stuttering or issues seen so far. It doesn't always read the subtitle information properly, but that could be my own fault somehow. I haven't tested it much, but I was able to watch several videos last night with no problems.
And the ads really aren't bad at all. I've only seen them when navigating a menu, but not while a video is playing.
Here is a link to the app, and a list of its features (I'm a new member, so excuse the funky link, as it won't let me post the full thing):
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free&hl=en
Main features:
- Hardware accelerated video playback - increases speed and reduces battery consumption*
- Support for almost all media files (video and audio player), such as: avi, divx, flv, mkv, mov, mpg, mts, mp4, m4v, rmvb, wmv, 3gp, mp3... and streaming content such as RTMP, RTSP, MMS (tcp, http), HTTP Live stream, HTTP.
- Multiple audio streams and subtitles.
- Playlist support and various playback modes.
- External and embedded subtitles ssa/ass, srt, sub...
- Find subtitles automatically (mobile data or wi-fi must be enabled to work)
- Playback media files such as videos and mp3's directly via Wi-Fi from your LAN shared drives/folders (such as external USB drives, SMB shares, PC shared folders, NAS servers (Synology and others)) - no need to convert video files and copy media files to SD card anymore!
- Playback files directly from uncompressed RAR files and much more!
This package includes support for ARMv7 with VFP and NEON. For other CPU types please download appropriate package. Application will notify you which package you need.
BSPlayer lite version is ad-supported application. Pro version without advertisements will be available soon.
works for me!
Es file explorer lets you view your lan and select servers, view files ect. play your videos and audio from there. save locations for frequent use. handy free tool
if you just want to play your video BSplayer lite will do just that, Set it lan mode and navigate through your net work.
both support user name and password protected storage
hope that helps
hi hi.. use phone can connect pc it's oke..
Thanks for your suggestions..
I will try out ES File Player and BSBPlayer
Any new programs which you can recommend?
There's an app on Google Play called Vidnal that streams audio and video from a network share - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mu.vidnal
I am looking to see if there is an app that any one on the XDA community knows of.
The app in question has no name (that I'm aware). But its functionality would be that of plugging your phone into your computer via usb and using it essentially as a microphone to record audio or conversations that outputs in mp3, wav, or other common audio formats.
If you know of an app with similar functionality or exact functionality please let me know
Edit: I forgot to mention that this would be used for streaming video or recording videos on a computer or etc.
Hello,
I have got a JVC Stereo in my Car and it support audio streaming via there media player to the stereo using USB, i'm wondering if it is at all possible even if i need to root my phone to send audio from all apps to the stereo. I am a programmer but don't know Android Programming. My thought on this was that if they can build a Media Player app to stream to the stereo via USB it should be able to do the same for any audio using some form of Audio Capture then convert it into the stream to send to the stereo would this be possible,
i have tried to decompile the JVC Media Player however i have not been completely successful the code i got was broken and unable to be compiled. `Source.zip` if it is possible would some one be able to help me build a mobile app to do this i know that it will more than likely need root as i have looked into MediaRecorder using
Code:
MediaRecorder.AudioSource.REMOTE_SUBMIX
however the first thing im trying to do is just to get audio from my device playing on the stereo, after that i will deal with trying to capture all the audio to send.