App recommendation - General Questions and Answers

Anyone know of an app that can copy pics clicked on phone to a NAS drive automatically when on wifi?
I have two devices in my home. ios & android. So a recommendation for either platform will be great.
The requested feature is something similar to what the dropbox and onedrive apps already do. But they push it to the cloud rather than to a NAS on my local wifi. Western Digital has an app, but it will only push to to WD NAS.

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Download from my PC to phone over the internet?

I'm looking for some software that will allow me to download videos, music, photos and other documents from my home PC to my android phone over the internet.
So far I have found only remote desktop clients and some streaming services but I really want something that will allo me to download the files rather than just stream them.
Any suggestions welcome!
I need it too!

App to remote into desktop PC if IP isn't static? Stream music, vids, etc?

So, I am going to set up a desktop at home to use as a media server of sorts. Basically, I just want to be able to stream music and movies and whatnot to my TF from the PC at home while I'm at work. What is a good app to do this sharing? There user to be one that indexed the files on the PC, then it had an app for Android and iPhone that allower you to stream that content remotely. Something like that (can't remember the name) is what I'm looking for. Speceifically, a free solution to do this...
Now for the second part of the question. I'll need to be able to remote into this PC from work as well. I'd like to avoid using dydns or anything like that, and avoid port forwarding on the router since it's a PITA, however I will not have a static IP on this PC, so the IP WILL change. What I'm looking for is something like LogMeIn.com that has a little app that runs on the PC and allows connection to itself even when the IP changes. However, as above, I need a free solution. The LogMeIn app is just too expensive.
Any ideas?
And... Thanks
Not sure about the streaming, (in fact I think it fails), but PocketCloud is great to remotely control your Mac or PC from your tablet (I love it); and it's free.
DynDNS or a service (not free) like LogMeIn are your only options for a rotating IP.
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Pocketcloud Pro has a way of finding dynamic IP addresses using your gmail account. It's not a free app, but it was on sale pretty recently, might still be.

Accessing files on Server

Hi,
I'm in the process of building a Server, and I still haven't decided which OS to choose. My main concern is the compatibility with my Windows Phone 7 (Htc Mozart).
These are my options:
-Windows Server 2008 R2 (Free, as I'm a student)
-Windows Home Server 2011 (Dirt cheap nowadays)
The problem is, I can't seem to find a way to access not only my media, but also my Documents on my phone.
Ideally, what I would want is a Server that would stream my Music & Video directly into my Zune Hub, show my Pictures into my Pictures Hub, and let me see my Word/Excel/PPT/PDF files on my Office Hub.
What is the best way to do this?
WHS 2011 has a connector for Music, Videos & Pictures, but nothing for documents. On the other hand, WS2008R2 has no connector, but I can install Sharepoint and have my Documents on my phone.
Phone is running Mango (Skydrive's working fine, but I want more than 25GB, and I want control over my HDD's)
(Please disregard local LAN streaming, either of the two servers can do this perfectly. The decision will be based solely on the Phone compatibiliy).
For a home server solution you can go with the official WP7 application from MS or a 3rd party one WHS Phone. With the latter I can access txt files (only ones I have to test) which open in IE for some reason. You can try contacting the dev at whsphone.com and see what he has planned for future versions.
I See that he is planning a WHS 2011 version (the current one doesn't satisfy my needs).
Also, it doesn't integrate with Zune or Picture or Office hubs... I might give it a try when it comes out.
There is some integration with the Pictures hub, you can share directly to your home server from there. Hit up the dev and see what he has in store.
I installed TVersity on my WHS2011 and installed MyMedia WP7. Works like a hose, and transcodes .mkv files on the fly.
You're not going to get any app that will integrate the songs and videos into the Zune hub, nor pictures into the Picture hub unless MS does it at the lower level to integrate with WHS. Even their current app can't do it. I wish there was a way too.
efjay said:
There is some integration with the Pictures hub, you can share directly to your home server from there. Hit up the dev and see what he has in store.
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I haven't seen anything that will pull down pics into the Pictures hub. All that the MS WHS Phone app will do is allow one to upload a pic to the WHS.

[Q] Streaming Music from home PC

Hello,
I'm looking to extend my music collection available on my device by streaming from my PC, either on my home network or on other WiFi networks. 3G is generally not up to the job, so I'm not interested in that.
I did a quick google and found a program called JukeFly, but it's not available in my region, and I can't find it on Marketplace. Is there a way to get JukeFly on my device?
I know that I can add music to my SkyDrive, but this is only accessible through the Office Hub, so is a bit clunky to access and I presume I'll be limited to opening one track at a time.
I've come across Media Buddy, which works with Windows Media Centre, but I'm really looking for something that will at least appear in the Applications list in Zune on my device.
Anyone got any clever solutions?
Thanks
When you're at home you could use a DLNA app.
Or you could install TVersity Server (it's for free) on your PC and then download and install either myMedia WP7 or TVersity Remote on your device. Works like a charm for me.
Streaming from your PC to WP7
There is an app in the marketplace called Tonido. It is really good at what its for. It reminds me of orb before it got screwed up, but tonido you should enjoy

Seagate Central 3TB Personal Cloud Storage Remote Support Discontinued

Hello
Seagate has discontinued remote viewing of this series of cloud drives....
I do have an older model of this drive that still is recognized in the cloud. I use it to store movie libraries on PLEX.
I used to be able to login in a chrome pointed to the IP Address ie 192.168.1.222 .... simple enough but remote cannot be turned on.
HOWEVER, using the X-plore app by Michal Bacik on My Pixel OS 12 Phone I can add the drive as a server and see all the files and all is well.
Using File Explorer, Windows 10 Sees this drive and lists it under the Network tab, but clicking on the drive says Windows cannot access this device ?
Under Network locations it sees it as "SCSS DLNA Server: SEAGATE3TB-02" (SEAGATE3TB-02 is what I named it)
Clicking on "SCSS DLNA Server: SEAGATE3TB-02" it opens a window ">COMPUTER >SCSS DLNA Server: SEAGATE3TB-02" and says this folder is empty.
It's not empty... lots of mp4 video files which I can access and play using my android phone.
Any Ideas ?
Thanks
Chas

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