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First off, would like to say thanks to all the great people here who have helped me over the years in unlocking, modding, theme-ing and generally hacking my various phones... I have never felt the need to start a thread as I could always find the answer somewhere in here - but this one has me stumped.
Since purchasing my NexusOne (running CM5.0.6), I have been searching for an app to replace Pocket Music Player that I used to use on my WinMo phone. Basically what it was able to do is read m3u files that had URLs instead of local file names. I think I have tried every Android media playing app and they are unable to read the file (except for one) - they actually delete the file from the SDCard after trying to play it! DroidLive was the only app I could find that would load and play the file, but provides no way to view the playlist, skip tracks or read any of the metadata (because I think it assumes its a live stream).
Why is this is important? I am currently running an apache webserver on my D-Link DNS-323 along with a bit of code called musicbrowser (open source project) that allows browsing, streaming (flash based), playlist creation & downloading of music on my home network. Basically, you navigate to the tracks you want, hit stream and it sends you an m3u file with the URLs of the tracks you queued. That way I always have access to whatever tracks I have recently purchased (not to mention the fact that I have ~ 200 GB of music, and some days still can't find something I'm in the mood for).
And just so people know, I have tried every alternative out there - orb (buggy as all hell, server crashes frequently), subsonic (the android app doesn't actually stream - it just downloads the entire playlist to your SDCard), & tonido (unstable as per orb). I was very happy with the way musicbrowser was working on WinMo and just want to get back there with Android.
And so... does anyone know of an app that will properly play M3U files with URLs in them?
(Sorry about the long-ish post, but I wanted to make sure people understood what I was asking for.)
Not sure if it will suit your needs but give steamfurious a shot
m3u Player
Can window media player play .m3u file as a online radio
Is any other software can play .m3u file for window mobile 6.5
Try http://www.gmote.org/faq for "Gmote".
In the FAQ it says:
Are music playlists supported?
Yes. Currently, the M3U format is supported. If your playlists are in a different format, it's possible to convert them to the M3U format. Try Googling something like "WPL to M3U". Also, please let us know what your favorite playlist type is so that we may add it to future versions.
Also, when you select a single song to play, all other songs in that directory will be queued and played after the selected song.
With froyo we get native support for music streaming but I have yet to see any details about the formats supported.
Streamfurious is a no go. Tried it, but thanks for the suggestion.
I'm not exactly sure what the WinMo question was getting at, but no - WMP would not play them but just about every other player did - Core, Pocket Music, Mort...
GMote is an app that controls a local source from a network location & and what I am looking for is to play networked music via a local source.
Perhaps I will just have to wait for 2.2 and hope that solves my problem.
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You could try Subsonic to stream your music. I tried it a few weeks ago, and it worked. Not as user friendly as most to set up, but it looks like you could handle it easily.
I have tried subsonic and while it claims to stream, all the android app does is download everything to the device (ie. it was trying to download my entire music collection OTA - not good for my data plan.)
I just flashed froyo to my device and while I am overall thrilled with it, I am unimpressed that the streaming m3u issue is still there...
Still looking for a solution if anyone finds one! Thanks for all the input thus far.
HooKy said:
I have tried subsonic and while it claims to stream, all the android app does is download everything to the device (ie. it was trying to download my entire music collection OTA - not good for my data plan.)
I just flashed froyo to my device and while I am overall thrilled with it, I am unimpressed that the streaming m3u issue is still there...
Still looking for a solution if anyone finds one! Thanks for all the input thus far.
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I've written and published a program called "Just Playlists" which reads M3U files and uses them to directly locate music files on the SD card via file paths. I'm close to releasing a new version that will also stream music pointed to by URL's within the M3U (or PLS) playlists. I added this feature to allow for playing SHOUTcast/ICEcast streams, but it will also play remote audio files. This may help you out. The only caveat is that I don't get ID3 tag information from the streamed files and I re-connect to the server for each URL, so the gap between tracks may be a bit large.
Another issue you mention is that your M3U files are being deleted by Android. I can explain this one. When Android scans your SD card for media files, it reads the M3U files it finds and, if it can't find any tracks on your SD card corresponding to the file paths in an M3U file, it assumes the file is effectively empty and deletes it. To stop this from happening, place an empty file named ".nomedia" in the directory containing your M3U files. The media scanner will no longer touch this directory or any below it. The new version of "Just Playlists" has an option to create/delete these files, as well.
I hope to have the new version of my program released within a few days.
That sounds awesome! I look forward to release of your app!
I must say this has been most frustrating as this functionality is something I used my phone for the most (even more than the phone part!) and look forward to getting back to it.
Cheers,
H
EDIT: Just noticed your post was more than a few days old and you have released the new version! I am grabbing it now and will report back.
Just Playlists!
THANK YOU! I am literally almost in tears right now. I was so frustrated that I could not stream from archive.org (I bought a bluetooth receiver in my car specifically to be able to stream music in my car from my phone to the speakers). This has made my day. I will be donating after i give it a trial run. THANK YOU!
Try "A Online Radio." I like it better than streamfurious. Really, my only complaint is that it doesn't play WMA streams. I would KILL for a streaming audio program that did.
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THANK YOU! I am literally almost in tears right now. I was so frustrated that I could not stream from archive.org (I bought a bluetooth receiver in my car specifically to be able to stream music in my car from my phone to the speakers). This has made my day. I will be donating after i give it a trial run. THANK YOU!
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I'm really glad to hear JP is working out for you! Let me know if you run into any bugs or quirks. Streaming under Android seems to be a bit flaky, so I'm working to make JP's streaming more reliable, or, at the very least, to recover from streaming dropouts in as many cases as possible.
HooKy said:
I have tried subsonic and while it claims to stream, all the android app does is download everything to the device (ie. it was trying to download my entire music collection OTA - not good for my data plan.)
I just flashed froyo to my device and while I am overall thrilled with it, I am unimpressed that the streaming m3u issue is still there...
Still looking for a solution if anyone finds one! Thanks for all the input thus far.
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Subsonic doesn't download your entire collection, it creates a database of your entire collection so you know what you have and what you don't.
reviving this thread xD
xiia plays m3u files can stream dnb radio now yay
alankstiyo said:
reviving this thread xD
xiia plays m3u files can stream dnb radio now yay
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not sure if this is relevant but sound cloud has awesome dub and dnb
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has anyone found a working soultion for this yet? I have a set of m3u and pls files which are saved URL's of online radio stations, some from shoutcast, some from other sources that on Windows Mobile I used GS Player to listen to
Just Playlists seems to come the closest out of any apps I've tried to working but either gives me an unexpected error message when trying to open the file or it looks like it has opened it but I get no playback.
I've tried StremFurious, VLC S&C and I think one or two others but no luck yet, curious if others have a solution
thanks!
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reviving this thread xD
xiia plays m3u files can stream dnb radio now yay
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Just installed XiiaLive Lite from the Market (free) It works very well and has a really nice interface. Thanks for pointing it out.
Streaming works but...
Hey streaming works well with Just Playlist but I was hoping to find music player which shows me the content of the playlist.m3u and you can pick from there the song you wanna play... I got my music on NAS but I can access NAS from 3G also and would love to stream my music on the road to my phone... Any ideas for this? I can access the files via http or ftp/sftp... Also if anybody knows good php based media library script with account managment, please tell me (with mobile-layout would be awesome)
Lazmo88 said:
Hey streaming works well with Just Playlist but I was hoping to find music player which shows me the content of the playlist.m3u and you can pick from there the song you wanna play... I got my music on NAS but I can access NAS from 3G also and would love to stream my music on the road to my phone... Any ideas for this? I can access the files via http or ftp/sftp... Also if anybody knows good php based media library script with account managment, please tell me (with mobile-layout would be awesome)
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try Mediastork.com (open source)
it is all custom and can be modded. it also automatically generates playlists of your mp3 folders
I for the life of me cannot find a good UPnP or DLNA app for the android, I tried the one that comes with our phone (allshare) and it reads and picks up fine but the problem is when I try and play a video it wont let me.
Seems like a common situation with all the other UPnP apps that I saw. I just want to know if there is any apps that are even close to good.
I have tried orb and its not that great for video.
For me on SUSE 11.2 system, the problem with Allshare not playing audio and video files turned out to be some problem with the media server. After I replaced mediatomb with minidnla, Allshare played those files just fine.
The Allshare player app still isn't very good though; is on a par with UPnPlay.
gary_lankford said:
For me on SUSE 11.2 system, the problem with Allshare not playing audio and video files turned out to be some problem with the media server. After I replaced mediatomb with minidnla, Allshare played those files just fine.
The Allshare player app still isn't very good though; is on a par with UPnPlay.
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Hm I'm using lemonade firmware via verizon 7501 router. I'll give minidlna a try. every other device I have that uses dlna doesnt have a problem with playback except the captivate.
Search for DLNA servers that transcode. The problem is not a Captivate problem, but one with the whole concept. No one defined what plays where so more likely then not, the server has files the client doesn't understand. The solution is a server that can transcode on the fly. they do exist.
here is a very old comparison link;
http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux
I actually found that link (due to crs, I'd already forgotten it) and used it to search for available linux alternatives to mediatomb; minidlna was just the first I found. Looks like transcoding is an open question for minidlna.
Anyway, it seems that Allshare is a more robust server than client application.
thanks for the link and info I'll give them a try
VLC Stream & Convert
Have you tried using VLC Stream & Convert? This is advertised as a mere remote control for VLC, but it also handles streaming direct to the phone. Have to make sure you set up VLC and firewall properly on the server then connect with your phone to use phone as a remote, or to watch/listen on the phone.
AndroMote is also a great app. Will work with any UPnP media server. However, this only streams audio. Just make sure you go into settings and choose the local device as the media renderer, or you will receive error message when you try to play a file.
If these 2 apps are no good for you then I would suggest loading a ROM that has cifs (samba) support. Then you can map all your media to your filesystem.
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If these 2 apps are no good for you then I would suggest loading a ROM that has cifs (samba) support. Then you can map all your media to your filesystem.
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If the file won't play via allshare, it probably will not play if you copy it down to the phone. I just convert all my media on my DVR to mp4 and copy to my phone via USB- I can stream it via allshare if I want to, but if I am home I watch on a bigger screen. If I am away I have it with me, I am not going to try and stream a 500MB file to my phone.
BTW, FTP server should be faster then Samba and there should be an android FTP client in the market.
Do we even have a rom that has samba support?
Hey guys,
I wanted to know if there is a app that will let me stream movie files from my network nas to my gtablet. I have alot of standard avi's and mkv files and wanted to watch over my network at home. Looking for something like xbmc. When I try with es explorer it starts to dl the file. Any info would be great. Thanks
I've been experimenting with Pogoplug beta and Opera Unite, with relative success, both products need a lot of work.
Gemni69 said:
Hey guys,
I wanted to know if there is a app that will let me stream movie files from my network nas to my gtablet. I have alot of standard avi's and mkv files and wanted to watch over my network at home. Looking for something like xbmc. When I try with es explorer it starts to dl the file. Any info would be great. Thanks
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There are several on the Market that are based on you having Videolan (VLC) on your server, for example VLC direct, VLC S&C Free and VLC RS9 fee based). There is also QLoud Video which has it's own host component installe on your server. I haven't been completely successful with any of them yet but I am still experimenting.
Hey Pearlyking,
Im looking for something that i dont need installed on my server. Im not really using a computer to host the files. Im using a synology NAS to host the files. I have a bunch of media players around the house that just stream the media from the nas and trying to get the same effect on the gtablet. The Nas has its on firmware and im just using it as a samba. Hope that makes sense.
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There are several on the Market that are based on you having Videolan (VLC) on your server, for example VLC direct, VLC S&C Free and VLC RS9 fee based). There is also QLoud Video which has it's own host component installe on your server. I haven't been completely successful with any of them yet but I am still experimenting.
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you can use a cifs mount and a few regular player will work since the network folder
will appear as local in /mnt/cifs/some smb share
qqplayer, aplayer, rockplayer, vital player
Can you povide me some info on how to do cifs mount?
P00r said:
you can use a cifs mount and a few regular player will work since the network folder
will appear as local in /mnt/cifs/some smb share
qqplayer, aplayer, rockplayer, vital player
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I use yxplayer. My server is HFS. Very simple. Instead of clicking the link, I copy the link to "add a stream." Works with avis, jittery with HD.
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Can you povide me some info on how to do cifs mount?
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You'll have to DL CifsManager or some such app - and it needs root, so you'll need to be able to grant it root.
Then you run the app and mount the drive.
I have done this for my music; it loses a little bit (the music player won't grab the info on the files, etc) but it plays...
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You'll have to DL CifsManager or some such app - and it needs root, so you'll need to be able to grant it root.
Then you run the app and mount the drive.
I have done this for my music; it loses a little bit (the music player won't grab the info on the files, etc) but it plays...
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You will also need root, but also custom kernel from either pershoot or clemsyn which has all those available module in the kernel.
I don't know about MKV format but if you just want to stream video files from your computer then Gmote works very well, it says it won't work with AVI files but I've never had a problem with them.
Just have to download it to your computer and have it running when you use it on the tablet.
Thanks for the info guys. Will try it out when i get a chance.
I use upnplay to stream video files off my wifi router with a harddrive plugged into it. I accesses the files very easily and then once selected file opens with rockplayer and plays just fine. Best solution I have found.
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You will also need root, but also custom kernel from either pershoot or clemsyn which has all those available module in the kernel.
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I would say if you are new to a cifs module to go with clemsyn kernel cause cifs and all needed modules are pre built in. Pershoots kernel you will have to follow instructions on website on intalling cifs and utf8 modules and then chmod them. I personally like pershoots cause seems much snappier to me. But you decide.
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I simply just use playon it works like a charm on my droid x and on the gtablet out of the box.
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I simply just use playon it works like a charm on my droid x and on the gtablet out of the box.
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I can't get playon to stream to my gtab? What player are you using on your gtab? I can browse all the channels on the playon server, but my tablet won't play them. I am on Caulkulin w/Clemsysn kernal.
What is the easiest way to stream HD MKV to my tab maybe one that doesn't need all sorts of apps installed I have xbmc and vlc already installed on my desktop rig
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VLC Direct is what I use. As long as you setup the web interface and have both devices connected to the same network, you'll be able to do the automatic setup and either use your tab as a remote for your computer, or (if you long press) stream the file straight to your tab.
The cool thing about VLC is that you can set this stuff up over 3g as well. As long as you open the port that VLC uses for its web interface and have your ip address (which you can get from www.ipchicken.com) you can remote/stream through 3g. However, unless you have some crazy upload speeds from your ISP, it won't really work too well for streaming.
By upload do you mean 3G out my actual internet
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If your tab is rooted: I use cifs manager to mount a share I have setup on the PC and play the files through Diceplayer. Works really well.
I haven't tried it with MKVs, but ES File Explorer can stream a video file over samba to a video player of your choice without the need for cifs manager even.
Personally, I like Upnplay + Moboplayer. Sure, you need a DLNA/UPnP server on your PC, but there are lots of free ones.
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I haven't tried it with MKVs, but ES File Explorer can stream a video file over samba to a video player of your choice without the need for cifs manager even.
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does ES file manager let you pick which video player? I've been trying different combos of file managers SMB/cifs clients and video players (as well as editing build.prop) to get a working solution EVERY time, I've got it to work once, but as soon as i did a fresh stock > rooted stock flash the same process doesn't work anymore. Oh well, more tinkering I suppose..
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does ES file manager let you pick which video player? I've been trying different combos of file managers SMB/cifs clients and video players (as well as editing build.prop) to get a working solution EVERY time, I've got it to work once, but as soon as i did a fresh stock > rooted stock flash the same process doesn't work anymore. Oh well, more tinkering I suppose..
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Yeah, it's a recent addition to ES, past month or so maybe. I use it with Rockplayer.
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By upload do you mean 3G out my actual internet
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Yeah. If you have a high enough upload speed at home (meaning, higher than like, 7-12 mbps, most American households have around 1-3 mbps >.>), you'll be able to stream no problem through 3g (but it will use data on your tab). Meaning, you can watch it from anywhere.
Or, you could just stream to your tab via your wireless LAN in your house.
Hai!
I've been seeing alot of people wanting to stream video from thier Home PC or HTPC to thier Xoom. I've also seen some really hard ways to go about it, srsly.
Here's an easy way that does not require you to install anything on your PC.
1. Share out your video folder on your PC, allow full access to everyone.
2. On Xoom, connect to your WiFi then goto Market, search "bs player" and download and install it, and the ARM7 addon next to it.
3. Open BS player, in top right menu, select LAN Mode.
4. Add your host(IP) and share: 192.168.0.2/downloads (this may not work for, is only example), add your username and password for the PC (your Login). You may need to add // infront of your IP address in some cases, not sure why.
Done.
BS player also plays most files inc .avi. Streams 720p quite fluently.
Also there is a way to do this over the net, but your net would probably die and it takes longer to explain and i'm at work, and i'm lazy ^_^.
Ciao.
You could do the same thing from your file explorer and have any player play the files from your computer. I switch to LAN in Honeycomb HD File Explorer and put my home IP in and now I can watch any of the files on my Xoom.
I installed tversity server on the pc and shared the video folder
I installed bubbleUpnp on the xoom..
open bubbleUPNP, browse to the folder, click the video and watch it on MX Video Player (or others)
Works beautifully
There are a few ways to do it.
This appears to be one of the easiest ways, along with sharing and using it through HD Explorer, which i do more than the way i posted.
But having to install software on your PC just to stream videos, in my oopinion, is unacceptable.
My PC has way more than enough power to do it as it was built for gaming, but I'd prefer not to add software that i don't need to.
But everyone has their way of doing it, this was just for those who aren't overly computer savvy and wanted to know how.
Qloud Free does a really good job of streaming video as well. Adjustable bit rate before you start each video even allows you to take in to account how powerful the CPU on the PC you are streaming from might be.
I followed your instructions, but nothing will play. Every file on my WHS server that I click on just crashes with "Unexpected error occured". I tried MP4, AVI (Xvix and Divx), and WMV files. I can see all my files under the folder I shared, none of them will play though.
I use Splashtop. What it basically does is lets you control your PC from your Xoom. Not sure if thats what you need. On the same network its pretty smooth.
If you are just looking to play it directly on your Xoom without it playing on ur PC then there are several softwares/apps available that let you view your PC files on your tablet.
What I would do is enable web sharing on my PC and then access the URL from my tablet's browser.
don't forget gmote 2.0. Its been streaming brilliantly for me
There is also Zumocast. Originally it was only available for select motorola phones, but you can find it in XDA forums...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276410
Grabbing Plex is also a good way, though it isn't free. If you have a wide array of video formats (I have a large mix of SD, 720p, and 1080p content), something that can transcode is pretty much the only option, and Plex is much cheaper than the paid version of TVersity.
The Plex Media Server app catalogs videos with metadata like XBMC does on the PC, but requires their paid app from the market to access it. It handles real-time transcoding for videos that would otherwise be unplayable on the Xoom (ie 1080p high profile).
I agree with splashtop. I though about streaming other ways but didnt want to leave my video folder open to the entire network. Splashtop works perfectly.
I also use splashtop to get the video onto my xoom and then plug it into the tv with hdmi rather than carrying my laptop around or using a media streamer.
I personally like Remote Potato on windows 7. There is an app in the market called Remote Media Center that works real nice.
You will need Windows Media Center for this to work. I like it because I can also stream Live TV and the Guide.