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[Q] Streaming Video from My Network?

Hi
Could anyone tell my how can I stream video on my Android from my home network without have to download it first?
Thanks

There are different programs like VLC DIRECT which can do it. That is the one I use and it works great. I think there is another one called Emitt.

nafpliotis said:
Hi
Could anyone tell my how can I stream video on my Android from my home network without have to download it first?
Thanks
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I just recently got this working myself, so I hope this combination of two apps works for you.
The first app accesses the network shares of my Windows PC. I'm using Estrongs File Manager which saves username/password information and specific file directory share shortcuts. It even see's the admin shares (c$, d$...) so I can access anything on my desktop.
For the Media Player I use MX Video Player.
When I select a Video file in Estrongs from any of my Desktop's file shares, MX Video Player plays it over the WiFi. I'm playing all sorts of .AVI, MPG, MPEG, and WMV files without a problem so far.
I sure wish I could do this on my iPad as easily.

DaWeav said:
I just recently got this working myself, so I hope this combination of two apps works for you.
The first app accesses the network shares of my Windows PC. I'm using Estrongs File Manager which saves username/password information and specific file directory share shortcuts. It even see's the admin shares (c$, d$...) so I can access anything on my desktop.
For the Media Player I use MX Video Player.
When I select a Video file in Estrongs from any of my Desktop's file shares, MX Video Player plays it over the WiFi. I'm playing all sorts of .AVI, MPG, MPEG, and WMV files without a problem so far.
I sure wish I could do this on my iPad as easily.
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Thanks Man
working better than fine

Hi, half -Off topic - sorry
i followed your ideas, as is sounds great. Got confused about "Estrongs".
cannot see my "shared folders" from pc. Tried to find the server as provided in Estrongs.
It finds my PC's IP but I cannot log on or see any shared folders.
I also tried to connect via the built in FTP client. then it cannot find my FTP server on the PC. Strange, as I am quite advanced in using my network.
Am I missing something>??

nafpliotis said:
Hi
Could anyone tell my how can I stream video on my Android from my home network without have to download it first?
Thanks
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Emit (free/pro)
Or:
cifs manager + any player (I find cifs manager better than the mount feature of estrongs/file expert/astro)

I use Plex and it works great. Install PLex media server on your PC\Home server and then you can stream the video to your android device using the PLex for Android app.

Subsonic
The only real choice for this is Subsonic

+1 for the CIFS Manager + video player (in my case, Mobo Player) solution. I've used it for 8 months and it works like a dream, super-fast, super-flawless.

I use a combo of EStrongs file manager, and Mobo player. Just add your computer to the "LAN" section, find the file.
I was able to stream pretty much anything over the network at home.

Imedia share works for me
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[Question] Slow network stream

I am using ed file Explorer coupled with mx player and my. My files seem to stream very slowly from my computer. Anyone have any ideas how to increase the buffer? They are cached on an ssd and it does not make sense that I am having such a slow down.

There is a similar report over here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52331493
As per the report there is a pocket drop between ES to MX. Try some other file msnagers.
It may fix the issue.
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I use File Manager HD for the same purpose and it works perfectly. I have a link to the network folder with my videos on the homescreen and it opens as instantly as any other map.
Seeking through videos is almost as smooth as local files, but that might be because it is actually on an external HDD, it may even be a lot faster on an internal SSD.

yeah it ges a lot of hiccups is there a better video player than MX Player with a longer buffer?

I use Root Explorer to get videos off an SMB network drive and it's also reasonably smooth.

When you use root you can't stream though correct? I have root Explorer as well.

... What do you mean by that? You can add an SMB address to Root Explorer by adding a new tab.

subtitles!
CDB-Man said:
... What do you mean by that? You can add an SMB address to Root Explorer by adding a new tab.
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Just switched to Root Explorer!
Streaming is a lot smoother via Root Explorer for me...
However, MX player doesn't automatically pick up the subtitles like it used to do on ES..
Anyway around that? Because i can't browse to the SMB drive via the Subtitle panel of Mx Player..
Checked the same file via ES, worked perfectly...
Extra info: The file name is the same(exactly the same)..for both the video and the .srt file...
Am i doing something wrong?? Please Advice! I really need subtitles..:crying::crying::crying:

I'm not sure if it can pickup on external subs via network stream as I've never tried before; all my videos have embedded subs.
If you're big on network playback, I suggest trying BubbleUPNP DLNA app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118891

[Feature Request] SMB Share / Network Folders

Hello,
I have a few questions, I hope some one can answer them.
I would like to know if it is possible to set a video folder that is on a network or a web site. I have all my DVDs copied onto my server and would like to access them from my devices.
When I try to add a folder, via settings, it will not show me a network. If I go to Network stream I have to type in the complete url to the file its self for it to play.
Example: 13.125.44.133:4040/movies/61/video_ts/vts_01_1.vob
I would like to be able to see the directory with the list of folders that the movies are in and then select the folder and have the app play the movie.
Example:
Movies/
61
2012
After Earth
....

Maybe the only way to access to this folders its using a file explorer with the capabilities of accessing to network folders.

I was able to locate the file, like you suggested. I am using ES File Explore, it allowed me to save the path and also associate the vob files with MX Player. So now I have one more question. When I ripped my DVD's, they are just like on the DVD. There is 4 or 5 vob files numbered 1, 2, 3... When I select the first vob file and it plays to the end it goes back to the ES File Explore app and does not continue on to the second vob file. Is there a switch so that it will do this or will it just not do this?

MX Player currently has no built-in SMB share support. External apps like ES File Explorer only pass 1 file URI at a time to MX.
This has been previously requested before. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mx-videoplayer/nYpihpAVJq0/discussion
It's already on the feature requests list. http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/sticky-running-list-feature-requests-t2718297

i see that there is a "back to list" i uncheck this and it went to the next file, seam to work.

Interesting, I didn't think that they would have changed so quickly to passing all the URIs in the folder. Well, good to see that you found a solution.

Related: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/bug-report-video-button-lan-mounted-t2967882
An amendment to what I said above; MX still doesn't receive all the URIs, but rather does predictive requests based on filename, as a quickfix to this issue.

I use ES file explorer to do this, you can 'save' the location as a shortcut to the desktop of your device (long press on the folder, select save to desktop)
There are currently a few bugs with this in the latest version which i have my own thread about, subtitles dont load and some videos require software playback to prevent audio going out of sync but it works and works well in general.

Anyone using this feature could tell me how it works when there are 2 files - video and subtitles?

ch3mn3y said:
Anyone using this feature could tell me how it works when there are 2 files - video and subtitles?
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If the directory listing is enabled on the host, MX Player can get the list of files. So, it will automatically load the subtitle as we. Else, MX Player will try to get the subtitle by assumption (by just replacing video extension with subtitle extensions). But, it doesn't work everywhere.
So, it's better to enable directory listing if you are using a local server.

[Feature request] SMB Authentication

As I know, MX Player supports SMB if started from programs like ES Explorer. But today i had to deal with network share, that requires authentication. MX didn't asked me about credentials, but instead failed to open file. Hence my feature request: add SMB authentication.

Torbins said:
As I know, MX Player supports SMB if started from programs like ES Explorer. But today i had to deal with network share, that requires authentication. MX didn't asked me about credentials, but instead failed to open file. Hence my feature request: add SMB authentication.
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MX Player doesn't support network shares directly. As you said other apps can forward the url to MX Player. So that it can be played. I am using MX Player to play videos from "Protected" network shares. But, never had an issue.
Can you collect the logs immediately after playing the file & upload here.?
Sent from my SM-G900H

ktsamy said:
MX Player doesn't support network shares directly. As you said other apps can forward the url to MX Player. So that it can be played. I am using MX Player to play videos from "Protected" network shares. But, never had an issue.
Can you collect the logs immediately after playing the file & upload here.?
Sent from my SM-G900H
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Starting MX from ES Explorer (failed): View attachment report_2015-04-10_082750.zip
Pasting link manually in to Network stream (second half of the log, failed): View attachment report_2015-04-10_083233.zip
Starting MX from com.rhmsoft.fm (succesfull): View attachment report_2015-04-10_083952.zip
Looks like first failed attempt can be due a bug on ES Explorer side.

Initializing reproduction from ES Explorer or DS Files works, but on my smartphone and on my Minix android media station the experience is worse than MX file browser.
For instance MX integrated file browser would:
- remember last file played or what's new and what's not
- be easily browsed with a tv remote
- easily allow to delete watched files
- remember last position of a movie to resume
therefore it would be very nice to add SMB folders to the interface folders!

dam76 said:
Initializing reproduction from ES Explorer or DS Files works, but on my smartphone and on my Minix android media station the experience is worse than MX file browser.
For instance MX integrated file browser would:
- remember last file played or what's new and what's not
- be easily browsed with a tv remote
- easily allow to delete watched files
- remember last position of a movie to resume
therefore it would be very nice to add SMB folders to the interface folders!
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SMB support is already there in our roadmap. We will try our best to make that possible at the earliest.

Cannot play video from ES file explorer smb share.

Hi,
I have a NAS that share video file with smb, I used to open these files in ES file explorer and it will give me the option to open it in MX player. Recently I got my Nexus 6P with Android 6.0.1, and there is no such option anymore. The video will always default to use es file explorer video play. Anyway I can fix this?
Update:
I noticed in the app details page on the phone there is a "Open by default" option and inside there is "supported links" which has the value "*" . Maybe this is the cause? I used to developed an app that forwards intent to mx player and if I use "*" it will not work. I had to provide mime type so mx play show in the open list. Another thing I noticed is the problem is not only for MX player but for all other video streaming supported players. So it must be something changed in Marshmallow.
Thanks.

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Is this a empty answer?

@ktsamy seems your post got posted blank.
Regarding the OP, hmm, I wonder if instead the problem is on ES's side. I don't know much about this area, though.

Same here, I can't get to make mx player appear in the list of players capable of playing a video from a smb share or a local dlna renderer

Issue still exists.

@zhumingvictor
@obladi64
@TeoLinuX
@CDB-Man
The issue is from the android itself.
There are 2 major issues.
1. Android 6 has a issue which will lead to disappearance of Apps. If you set app as default & Then clearing the defaults, many apps including MX, BS, VLC have disappeared from open with list. There is no way to bring them back other than uninstalling/disabling the app which you have set as default earlier in order to bring the missing apps back to list. The issue was reproducible even in Stock Nexus devices. But, it was fixed in 6.0.1
2. Pathpattern no longer works with many third party apps in newer android versions when host is set to *. This is one of the major issue. But, When you remove the host entry as you suggested, some apps will list MX Player incorrectly for unknown contents for a unknown reason. One more thing is that Google Chrome & Stock brower doesn't list the app for video files when it's removed. So, it can't be removed straight away.
BTW, after lot of test & trails I have found the solution for the issue. I have forwarded the same to the MX Player developer as well. It's now fixed on MX Player code base. Next update will bring the fix to both issues.

Thanks for your effort. My workround is to make MX player default for all required file types by opening files from local storage. Than MX Player will be default for smb files too.