Wondering if anyone has managed to solve the problem of video files restarting when being pulled from a windows share?
Using GT P1000
Tried CIFSManager... wouldn't mount the share. "Mounting has failed. No such device."
Tried a menagerie of other apps also to no avail.
ES File Explorer seems to be the best and most simple way to get the job done BUT, the videos restart when coming across from a windows network.
Any help would be appreciated...
CIFS manager is a pile of dung, stick to Mount Manager.
works on N1, sgs and sgt
I feel like... a complete douchesocket
10 hours were spent today rolling through ap after ap after ap. ES Share, Mount Manager, CIFSManager and others. There was talk of kernel modification, firmware updates and all kinds of unrequired hoodoo, when all it took to stream video flawlessly from a Windows network to a Samsung Galaxy Tab was AllShare.
AllShare.
I couldn't get Allshare to work (spent many hours trying), however, I did find File Expert worked although it only allowed me to watch from the beginning, I couldn't click through the video to the place I wanted.
AllShare can be a little bit confusing to start with as not everything sets up as it should by default. However, it's brilliant as it's a) free b) included c) doesn't require rooting or any other system mods, hacks or work arounds to operate. Indexing the shared folders also can be a little slow, depending on how many files are in said folders.
I think though it could be made a little more obvious... the tiny bit of documentation that came with the galaxy didn't mention it. The only reason I even noticed was because, out of frustration, I read the back of the box the Galaxy came in
SnackPackler said:
I feel like... a complete douchesocket
10 hours were spent today rolling through ap after ap after ap. ES Share, Mount Manager, CIFSManager and others. There was talk of kernel modification, firmware updates and all kinds of unrequired hoodoo, when all it took to stream video flawlessly from a Windows network to a Samsung Galaxy Tab was AllShare.
AllShare.
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i will be checking out all share soon, but Moboplayer + Astro File manager seems to be a flawless combination for me, the vid quality is almost 1 to 1.
Thx for the hint, AllShare works good for me with SD AVIs on an external USB HDD connected to a Win7 PC. I use the streaming function of WM12. Unfortunately it cannot play my MKVs.
But AVIs play much better and smoother than before. And i tested a lot of combinations: cifs with cifs manager, smb from es file explorer and ghost explorer, stock video player as well as mobo player. None of them played correctly. Stuttering with cifs and smb just plays some seconds before video jumps to the beginning and plays again.
Now, streaming and playing with AllShare seems to be good.
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The following apps don't seem to work on my G-Tablet:
Streamfurious
imsdroid
sipdroid
(Apparently, sipdroid may just be an audio issue)
Others have said that certain other video/audio streaming apps or VoIP apps don't work.
They all seem to have network streaming in common. Is there a framework or something missing from the G-Tablet? If so, perhaps we can provide it in one of the unofficial f/w's
Linuxslate said:
The following apps don't seem to work on my G-Tablet:
Streamfurious
imsdroid
sipdroid
(Apparently, sipdroid may just be an audio issue)
Others have said that certain other video/audio streaming apps or VoIP apps don't work.
They all seem to have network streaming in common. Is there a framework or something missing from the G-Tablet? If so, perhaps we can provide it in one of the unofficial f/w's
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i can streamtalk radio
I use TuneIn radio, UPnPlay, and they both work. Iheartradio seems to not work with anything anymore, but has stations i like. Streaming seems ok here.
Interesting. Iheartradio works for me on my EVO 4G. So does the Xiiaalite (or whatever the shoutcast renamed streamer is now).
I got Xiiaalite to work briefly the other day. Then after about 5 minutes it said it kept buffering. Iheartradio did the same but never started.
I believe it *MIGHT* have something to do with the ads being taken away. I'm just guessing. Or a broken pipe somewhere, but that wouldn't make sense if some other streamers are able to do it.
**Correction** i Reverted Adfree back and Xiialivelite still doesn't work, nor does i heart radio (((
I've tried to find a TV/video streamer that works with no joy SBP TV most notably doesn't work though the app is running fine on my PDN. Crystal TV and others all give me the same problem in that they seem to be unable to open the video or audio streams.
I'm running TNTlite 2.0.2
Slaterman
Someone suggested in the Slingplayer thread that disabling stagefright fixes slingbox streaming. I wonder if it would work for other streaming apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9512133&postcount=12
I'll have to try that. Anyone here a VLC user? I can't seem to get it to work either with any of the apps out there on the market.
I'm using TVersity to do my streaming. It has a flash interface that works quite nicely. It's not exactly what I want but it gets the job done. It's a little bit of a pain to setup, but it's the only solution I was able to get consistently working.
I had trouble getting the Slacker app to stream. I'm running a TnT Lite which has a modified /etc/hosts file to reduce ads, so I edited /etc/hosts and took out all of the "extra" entries that roebeet put in and it works fine, now.
I understand there's an app in the Market that will do this for you if you're not comfortable editing /etc/hosts or just don't know how to do it. Supposedly you install the app and then click on Revert.
Gmote works to stream your PC media
Gmote is the only app I've found that streams video from my home media PC to the Gtab.
AndroStream and VLC Stream and Convert, will stream over RTSP, but Gtab only plays audio.
Stream with Orb Live
I got used to the OrbLive app. That thing works great on my EVO, anyone have any idea why it cant work on the GTAB ?
FWIW I'm streaming my home audio library with AudioGalaxy just fine on vegan beta 3.
With Orb, I had much better luck avoiding the app and just logging in at mycast.orb.com and using the web interface. I found that setting the User Agent in Dolphin HD to Android made it easier to use. I was even able to stream movies from my NAS, which is pretty cool!
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I got used to the OrbLive app. That thing works great on my EVO, anyone have any idea why it cant work on the GTAB ?
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I am running an MT-DAAP server at home and the DAAP program from the market loads and streats great on the Tab running Vegan.
I haven't tried any video streaming since there is no Myth front end for Android yet.
Any word on a cifs.ko for VEGAn-Tab beta3? I am dying to get connected to my home server which houses my music, movies, and ebooks.
I have searched some, but no one has mentioned it since November...
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Any word on a cifs.ko for VEGAn-Tab beta3? I am dying to get connected to my home server which houses my music, movies, and ebooks.
I have searched some, but no one has mentioned it since November...
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There isn't a cifs.ko that I am aware of yet for this kernel but you should check out the Gmote app - I use it and have access to music and movies on my Windows home server/pc from my phone (and my tablet).
Works great too (it is the only reason my home pc is still on Windows). You can play on device or launch on the server/pc. It works fairly well over the 3g / 4g network too but not so well on Edge.
I think cifs.ko is really needed in some use cases... Gmote is great, but just remote control and playing music. I've also tried all the UPnP/DLNA sharing and viewing apps -- most have good aspects, but have a scenario in mind that uses the Android device as a control & redirector. I'm using my Viewsonic Gtab as a multimedia endpoint -- to play music, videos and view photos (e.g. glorified LCD picture frame). The default tools on my rooted Vegan b3 ROM are great for all those things if I could just mount the dang SMB share the media is sitting on!
Does TnT have cifs module?
No, it doesn't unfortunately since the kernel hasnt been released (yet). Until viewsonic let's the source out into the "wild", it wont happen.
Ive just today bought a P1010 wifi only galaxy tab after getting a price match sorted and a great price of £149 through Best buy and their new store opening.)
Ive already got a Galaxy S and have used this without any problems to connect that and display video content on the phone which is on my WHS2003 media server. Works a treat on this using allshare.
However, the app on the tab is different. I dont even get the option to add a username and password, which would be required to access the server.
Ive browsed a bit to find a solution, but no luck and have installed a couple of third party apps but still no good. I'm baffled why or how the galaxy S All Share is different to what it is on the tab.
I am basically wanting to access the media I have (thousands of films / TV shows / Music tracks) on my WHS2003 server and playback on my galaxy tab.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
If you are rooted on both devices you could try copying the Allshare apk from the Galaxy S to the Tab. I have found a few of the apps will work from one to the other. They should be in either the system\app or data\app folders.
Damn... I guess I'm going to have to wait a while before being able to do this! I dont have a USB connector for the phone at home - only a charger!
My phone is rooted - but not the tab as Ive only just got this today.
I used it to play some tvcatchup video - It was really pants! I hope it plays media better than that, else its not going to be with me for long and would be regarded as £150 down the pan!
Hi there, Just picked up a Nexus 7 32Gb in Ireland yesterday morning and despite coming from the iphone world, I really love it so far.
Quick question though, I've got XBMC installed which works great and connects to my network drive and can see everything but won't yet do HW+ decoding on mkv files so I'm trying DicePlayer and MXPlayer which are lovely.
Unfortunately I think there might be something weird going on.
Using ES File Explorer I can add my network drive at 192.xxx.x.x/Clay within which there are two folders, TV and Movies. Tapping on TV reveals the file structure and everything is playable. However, when I click on Movies I get a "Network Path not found or time out" error which doesn't make sense to me. If one works, why not the other, I've tried renaming the Movie Folder, same problem.
Can anyone make sense of this for me? I should add my desktop is an iMac.
Thanks in advance, and happy new year everyone.

Simon
Forgive the cross-post, but I'm trying (and failing) to transfer mp3 files from my PC to my new Galaxy Watch 3. I know I can use the Wearable app, but I don't want to duplicate the files on my phone and then upload them to my watch. Also not wanting to do it through bluetooth, which will take forever.
I want, but can't find the simple "Music Manager" wifi function as seen in the vid below and the Samsung support articles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3v54WyNbQg
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078019/
https://www.samsung.com/hk_en/suppo...er-music-files-from-iphone-to-gear-s2-s3-fit/
I've tried the Teleporter app, and it's never worked for me. I even tried out this crazy solution using the Tizen Studio:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gearfit/comments/5pww1w/music_transfer_with_no_samsung_device/
from which I managed to upload an mp3 file into my watch after launching the device manager, but my watch's music program couldn't recognize the basic mp3 file (though I saw it in there using a file explorer).
How can they make it this impossible? Why can't we just upload files straight from our PC?
What am I missing?
As there is no way of physically connecting the watch to the PC (unlike the original Gear watches of years ago), you are stuck with the only real way, as painfully slow as it might be, using the wearable app. I don't think Samsung envisaged people loading 1000's of music files to a watch, maybe things will change now they are adding more storage.
Maybe you should contact Samsung support directly.
As you are using an iPhone your choices are also more limited. unless you finally work out that "Music Manager" solution you mentioned, but that only seemed to be compatible with the S2/S3/Fit models. Maybe Apple have blocked it in some way as sadly they have form for things like that.
I guess you will just have to bite the bullet - maybe do it in batches!
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