Hi,
I've been trying to get videos streamed to my Gtab, and I finally decided to try an app from market, 'VLC Remote/Stream' by CodeJugglers, but I've encountered a number of problems.
For one thing, the VLC on my PC (Windows 7) seems to default to port 5544, whereas the VLC Remote/Stream app on the Gtab seems to default to port 5544.
I had a heck of a time, but I finally got VLC on the PC to use port 5554, and the app on the Gtab then tries to use port 5554, but:
1) whenever I go into "stream" mode, most of the time, it just displays a black screen. When I monitor port usage on the PC, I can see port 5554 open and listening, but nothing connected to it. ONCE in awhile, I can occasionally get a connection from the app to the PC on port 5554, but...
2) When it does connect, I get only video, and not the audio.
3) Also, in order to get VLC on the PC to stream, it seems like I have to manually, on the PC, configure the VLC player to stream every time. I have the impression that the VLC Remote/Stream app is suppose to remotely configure the VLC Player on the PC to stream, but that doesn't seem to work at all. I can "control" the VLC player via the Gtab app, but when I try to "Play", it doesn't stream, it just plays on the PC.
4) Another thing is that I've been trying to get it to play a physical DVD inserted into the DVD Player on the PC, but that doesn't work at all, so I've been just trying it to stream an file that I ripped from the DVD.
Has anyone tried this, and got it working?
Thanks,
Jim
P.S. This was my 1st purchase app from the market, and it gives you 15 MINUTES to try it. I was up most of last night trying to get this working, so it's kind of unbelievable that they expect you to get it working in 15 minutes !!
Hi,
I've made some progress re. #2 (audio). When I setup my VLC player on the PC for streaming, I have to paste in the following into the configuration:
Code:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=320,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=3,keyint=50,bframes=0,no-cabac,tune=zerolatency,ref=1,no-interlaced,vbv-maxrate=312,aq-mode=0,no-mbtree,partitions=none,no-weightb,weightp=0,me=dia,subme=0,no-mixed-refs,no-8x8dct,trellis=0},vfilter=canvas{width=400,height=240,aspect=400:240,padd},soverlay,acodec=mp4a,ab=96,aenc=ffmpeg{aac-profile=low},channels=2,audio-sync}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:5554/stream.sdp,mp4a-latm}
After I do that, and try the app on my Gtab, when I can connect to the RTSP stream (it's inconsistent, and I have to try a couple of times), I get both video and audio now.
So, it seems like the app is suppose to push the stream configuration to the VLC player on the PC, but it's not doing that, at least for #2...
Jim
i dont get video but get audio.
I think its my current firmware, its a bit overloaded.
I am interested in something like this, what Android phone do you have, is it working on the phone? Could be a (obviously) a GTab thing that's why I ask...
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
webby_s said:
I am interested in something like this, what Android phone do you have, is it working on the phone? Could be a (obviously) a GTab thing that's why I ask...
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Hi,
I don't have an android phone, but I got this mostly working now, w help from codejugglers support.
I am now using the default settings in the VLC R/S app. I enabled HTTP remote control on VLC player on my OC.
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
What I was doing wrong was not pressing the stream button before selecting the file.
There's still some flakiness. I sometimes have to press the play button several times.
Also, I haven't figured out how to play a physical DVD yet, but I'm waiting for a response now.
Works pretty well.
Jim
beowolfschaefer said:
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
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Thx. I'll take a look, but w VLC R/S, I think/hope I should be able to view physical DVDs.
Jim
jimcpl said:
Hi,
I don't have an android phone, but I got this mostly working now, w help from codejugglers support.
I am now using the default settings in the VLC R/S app. I enabled HTTP remote control on VLC player on my OC.
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
What I was doing wrong was not pressing the stream button before selecting the file.
There's still some flakiness. I sometimes have to press the play button several times.
Also, I haven't figured out how to play a physical DVD yet, but I'm waiting for a response now.
Works pretty well.
Jim
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Awesome glad you got things working. I have not though. I keep getting "VLC is not reachable"
I have double checked and triple checked my VLC setting and followed the instructions to the letter from codejuggler.com and can't get things set up. I have tried locally within my LAN and remotely on 3g and still no go.
Thoughts? It's probly user error but I have followed the instructions. I have made sure the ports are open and have shut down any firewall. I can get into my FTP over 3g on that same computer.
beowolfschaefer said:
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
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So I have been all over there website and I don't see anything about video streaming. I take it from what you are saying, it does do video streaming.
webby_s said:
Awesome glad you got things working. I have not though. I keep getting "VLC is not reachable"
I have double checked and triple checked my VLC setting and followed the instructions to the letter from codejuggler.com and can't get things set up. I have tried locally within my LAN and remotely on 3g and still no go.
Thoughts? It's probly user error but I have followed the instructions. I have made sure the ports are open and have shut down any firewall. I can get into my FTP over 3g on that same computer.
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There's steps for getting it working here, near the bottom if the page:
http://www.codejugglers.com/vlc-remote-and-stream.html
I installed and ran netscan on my gtab from market, which helped me do port scans of my pc, to check that I could reach port 5554 from my gtab.
On the pc, install vlc clean, then do only the enable HTTP remote control. Nothing else.
In the gtab/vlc r/s, go to the app settings and do the restore to defaults, then add a device with URL HTTP://<ipaddress>:8080. Leave the Streaming URL empty.
Also, worst case, email them, they seem to be pretty responsive.
Jim
So the VLC I have what just the one I downloaded from the http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ The standard 20MB player right. (I am just trying to start from the beginning) I will next try the netscan app. And yes those are the instructions I have used.
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Ok I don't have a port open on my device(gtab), namely 5554, How do I open that port on my device PC and GTab? I know how to on my router.
i've tried everything with vlc. it just does not seem to work. i finally found out about subsonic from another post and that works. doesn't work exactly the way i want it but it does work. to date, subsonic is the only thing i've found that actually lets me stream my 720p High profile .mkv files.
like ive said in another thread.
It works on my HTC desire perfectly
Same settings on Gtab doesnt.
Ok I have had quite a bit of head way made here! But still getting blank screen on streaming.
jimcpl said:
Hi,
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
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Did it now I can control VLC on my computer
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
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Did all this, but like you before I am gettting a blank screen with the rtsp://192.168.1.109:5554 Do I need to open that port on my router settings? Or is it something on the android machine. (I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab) But I followed your instructions to the letter.... And like I said I can control VLC from android like a remote.
So in a nutshell, I have made progress, but I can't seem to stream quite yet. I opened all the ports I thought I needed both on my router settings and my Window 7 machine per these instructions
Is it something with a port that needs to be open on android?
its nothing to do with how you have it setup
the software doest fully support tegra is my belief and is just causing issue loading the codec i think.
^ I don't know if this was directed at me but:
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(I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab)
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And it looks like the OP got it going on his GTab cuz he states he doesn't have an android phone
webby_s said:
Ok I have had quite a bit of head way made here! But still getting blank screen on streaming.
Did it now I can control VLC on my computer
Did all this, but like you before I am gettting a blank screen with the rtsp://192.168.1.109:5554 Do I need to open that port on my router settings? Or is it something on the android machine. (I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab) But I followed your instructions to the letter.... And like I said I can control VLC from android like a remote.
So in a nutshell, I have made progress, but I can't seem to stream quite yet. I opened all the ports I thought I needed both on my router settings and my Window 7 machine per these instructions
Is it something with a port that needs to be open on android?
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The port, 5554, needs to be opened for LISTENING on the PC where VLC Player is running.
The connection is outgoing, from the gtab or evo where VLC R/S apparently is running, and incoming to the VLC Player on the PC. That's why I used netscan on my gtab, to check that I could connect from the gtab to port 5554 on the PC. If netscan doesn't show that port 5554 is 'open', VLC R/S won't be able to connect to the VLC Player on the PC.
Jim
webby_s said:
^ I don't know if this was directed at me but:
And it looks like the OP got it going on his GTab cuz he states he doesn't have an android phone
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I'm the OP, and yes, I can confirm that it works on my gtab . Still trying to figure out how to work w physical DVD though.
Jim
roguey said:
its nothing to do with how you have it setup
the software doest fully support tegra is my belief and is just causing issue loading the codec i think.
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No, it works, including streaming, on my gtab.
Jim
Ok, so I have been using the netscan app and I have an open port on the PC at 554 (yes 554 that's not a typo) and nothing at 5554. And yes I did up the scan to port 6000 on netscan to make sure it searched that high.
And I have changed the settings in windows 7 to have 5554 open both on outgoing and inbound. So at this point I think it's something with the pc. Cuz as I have said, I can control VLC in the app from android.
Edit: 554 is "real time streaming protocol"
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hello,
I just get my xoom and i would like to be able to read video file from my Pc (windows). I don't want a stream software (like orb) I would like to read with moboplayer or another one. I try to use es explorer to access file on the computer but when I launch the video but player as to copy everything before. I try to use cfis manager but it is not working with tiamat 1.3.2.
So if someone get a solution it would be perfect
thks
hmmm...did you load the cifs prior to using conf manager? THat's what i use and it works great. ONly option out there unless you encode your videos for streaming.
I play movies from a pc drive by mounting the drive on the xoom.
Here is a guide I wrote up to get it working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036316
i use tversity. Prettygoood post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039808
Two things that may simplify the process for you.
Look for an app like Twonkey that will allow UPNP streams. They are NOT converted so the file will need to be a playable file format on the Xoom for it to work. As a bonus Twonkey will allow you to stream video from the Xoom to your PC or UPNP/DLNA capable TV.
Wait for Plex to release their update for the Xoom. This is VERY close to completion, but I can not give you any exact details. Plex makes Orb look like a steaming pile of you know what, with regard to browsing your media library and the quality of the transcoding. As a few lingering bugs get worked out it will also allow for native streaming of the file with no transcode if bandwidth allows.
Yeah so when is plex coming out for xoom? I've been waiting for it since february! patiently, no less! as it is i'm using skifta as a dlna client, but the image is wonky and it doesn't work nearly as well as plex does on my iphone.
You could just, you know, send me the plex beta apk? I already bought it for android. thanks?
I use Ubuntu at home and here is my setup. You can certainly modify it for a Windows box.
I use Coherence as a UPNP server on ly computer. Youcan use Tversity on Windows for a similar service.
On my Xoom, I run an app call UPNP Play, which will find all UPNP severs on your wifi network. I choose the file I want, and play it via Rockplayer.
So far I haven't had any problems. No need for transcoding at all. Most files I tried have worked beautifully. But I haven't tried a h.264 file yet.
Playon has a beta MyMedia function that converts and streams and works pretty well on my Zoom to watch my .avi and mkv files. Not free but it works pretty well and gives you Netflix too.
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PlayOn is my top favorite since I can watch shows from Hulu on it
Skifta is my second choice because I use it to stream all other types of contents from my primary media server - http://vortexbox.org
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Yeah so when is plex coming out for xoom? I've been waiting for it since february! patiently, no less! as it is i'm using skifta as a dlna client, but the image is wonky and it doesn't work nearly as well as plex does on my iphone.
You could just, you know, send me the plex beta apk? I already bought it for android. thanks?
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Well we are working on the RC for public release right now. Two major bugs were found in it and are being fixed as I type this. Public release should be right around the corner.
Sorry but I cant hand out the beta apks. Hell I probably should not be telling you that its almost out. I know its been far too long and some are loosing interest, but the wait will be worth it.
thx for all in fact the problem was in the cifs.ko not loaded, now everything work except cfis manager that I have to load from the market (not from the app ) :/
Now i have to find a quick way to encode video (all high profile :/)
Hi all!
I already have a DLNA compatible Philips TV and I run 2 differnen DLNA server apps on my Win 7 PC, Windows Media Player 12 and TVersity. That way I can browse and play almost all my movies on my PC from the TV interface.
Now I just got my first Galaxy S.
Used, with stock Android 2.2. First thing, I rooted it and prepare to install CM 10.1.
But before removing stock I want to learn how DLNA works on the phone.
I took some photos and videos that I want to stream to the TV.
The stock AllShare would sometimes display my TV as selectable target, sometimes not.
When I could select the TV I could always stream photos to the TV but only sometimes videos.
The same happened with Skifta.
I will also test some other DLNA players such as MediaHouse, iMediaShare, Beam, BubbleUp.
But so far my results seem unpredicatable and unreliable.
I searched the web and XDA but found very little.
Can somebody share their experiences of streaming media from Galaxy S ot a TV?
Working configurations?
Would somebody have an install apk to AllShare?
The Samsung support pages recommend installing their AllShare server software. Is that important? MWP and Tversity should be compatible, or maybe not?
perakesson said:
Hi all!
I already have a DLNA compatible Philips TV and I run 2 differnen DLNA server apps on my Win 7 PC, Windows Media Player 12 and TVersity. That way I can browse and play almost all my movies on my PC from the TV interface.
Now I just got my first Galaxy S.
Used, with stock Android 2.2. First thing, I rooted it and prepare to install CM 10.1.
But before removing stock I want to learn how DLNA works on the phone.
I took some photos and videos that I want to stream to the TV.
The stock AllShare would sometimes display my TV as selectable target, sometimes not.
When I could select the TV I could always stream photos to the TV but only sometimes videos.
The same happened with Skifta.
I will also test some other DLNA players such as MediaHouse, iMediaShare, Beam, BubbleUp.
But so far my results seem unpredicatable and unreliable.
I searched the web and XDA but found very little.
Can somebody share their experiences of streaming media from Galaxy S ot a TV?
Working configurations?
Would somebody have an install apk to AllShare?
The Samsung support pages recommend installing their AllShare server software. Is that important? MWP and Tversity should be compatible, or maybe not?
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AFAIK AllShare isnt supported by CyanogenMod... AllShare works only on Stock Gingerbread Roms with the standard framework.
You have to use apps like imediashare or something. The Streaming works very well with stock... The only problems are the free apps which are provided in the market in my opinion. the most of them have a really annoying UI but it works. music, photos are working fine. for videos i cant say anything since i didnt try to stream movies.