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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.
Hello
I was wondering if there was any savvy xda user out there who had figured out the best method for streaming torrents to the chromecast both with and without a pc?
I know there is torrentTv for the pc which allows you to drag and drop files and cast them to a target which kinda works but it's functionality isn't terribly well designed (ie once it's started playing how do you control it?)
For android I have a mix of apps that allow this but none with particularly satisfying results.
The most foolproof seems to be:
Ttorrent for downloading torrent sequentially
And local cast to cast or
pixel-dms and bubble upnp to cast or
Aviva to cast
Other torrent downloading solutions include
vuze
Torrent stream controller
Popcorntime
with the casting method being reliant on what happens once you start trying to play the file.
Now I have been testing various combinations (after determining I couldnt get xbmctorrent to complete a movie on my pi without crashing) and tTorrent +local cast seems to work pretty well but I think potentially it cuts the file off at about 95% (ie right near the end).
I suspect because the file isn't being fully pre allocated the player only picks up the length of the file as it relates to what has already been allocated when you start watching it. Rather than playing to the end of the file which has been completed whilst you were watching it.
So does anyone know a better method? I can't actually believe that someone hasnt built a torrent downloading + chromecast/upnp streaming apk yet. The chromecast is now over a year old and this is the kind of stuff I expected people to hack together in week 1.
Anyway a single app solution would be a lot better. Or a solution which includes fully preallocating the file would perhaps work better?
So why not just use Plex? I have a local Plex server setup on my desktop computer and I have Plex for Android on my Nexus 6. Works phenomenally!
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So why not just use Plex? I have a local Plex server setup on my desktop computer and I have Plex for Android on my Nexus 6. Works phenomenally!
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I have seen plex, and did install it at one stage a while ago before I had the chromecast, to try and do netflix streaming (as before the chromecast I could only do netflix on my phone or pc, no other solution to play it on the tv I could find except for buggy screencasting).
However I already have serviio installed on my pc, which works very will with the sony bdp and bravia 2010 TV, so I wouldnt really want to install plex unless I knew it provided significantly better functionality. Also my serviio setup just works, I dont want to mess with it for no reason.
So specifically what does plex do installed on a pc with the android app that all the other stuff I already installed doesnt do?
I was under the impression that without paying for plex it is crippled? Or is it just the extra plugins or channels which require a subscription?
Does plex allow torrents to be added? What device does the downloading?
Ideally I want a situation where if I am unable to use my pc (one of these days the power supply is going to die and I know I will come home from work and wont be able to switch it on) I can just stream whatever I want to watch or if I cant find it on streaming or the whole rest of the world is on the internet and streaming is knackered I can just torrent stream it to the chrome.
ie what I want is wholly phone based, or pc based with the phone as a remote, not a mis-mash of both.
I use plex... I have my torrent folder listed as on of my media folders in plex settings.. so once the torrent is done I can play from laptop tablet or phone, or cast from any of the 3
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I use atorrent, and stream with Bubble. Works fine. Bubble can log into my home network and send video to the Chromecast via mine or my wife computer.
Yeah the whole point was that I wanted to stream torrents WHILE they are downloading. Like xbmctorrent or aceplayer or torrentvideoplayer or torrent stream controller or popcorntime or whatever.
NOT casting stuff once it's finished downloading, which is simple and I'm sure is covered ad nauseum on the forum.
I thought my post was pretty clear.
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popcorn-time.se Android version have Chrome cast support
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I'll have to look at atorrent, it does offer sequential downloading but I am not sure if it pre allocates the files.
Ok tested a torrent download streamed to raspbmc using atorrent and bubble upnp.
It does work but still only seems to do about 98% of the file. (Been testing stuff on raspbmc as the performance should be similar enough, also I want to be able to do this to the ccast and xbmc)
I suspect the file is locked maybe preventing the last couple of percent of file being played?
Anyway this is the same sorts of results I was having with Ttorrent.
Which leads me to believe that until someone builds a caster with an integrated torrent client that allows the full file to be cast you would have to accept only being to play 98% of the file without having to stop and restart playback once the torrent has completed downloading.
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Ok well there are two versions of popcorntime. One appears to offer ccast support the other doesn't but it may be available via an external player.
The one you referenced (popcorn-time.se) on that site it's version 0.1.1 for android and it allows you to play the download via an internal player (no ccast icon for me) or to an external player but when I try that with aviva it won't open and no other player I have offers casting.
The other one (time4popcorn.eu) version 2.4 i think, allows ccast via their internal player, no access to play externally (so no hope of xbmc casting). And none of the movie torrents will download if I'm connected to my wifi (torrents download fine via 4g though so I just switch it back before it connects to any seeds or peers).
Possibly chromecast is just better supported which makes sense because it's only a year old while dnla and xbmc have been around for years.
No one fancies trying to build a more complete torrent casting client?
I'm not talking about transcoding just downloading the files and then serving them in a way that doesn't completely mangle the url leaving the file unplayable at the renderer?
Given the kind of apps which already exist I'm surprised this functionality hasn't already been incorporated.
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So to summarise:
For the chromecast popcorntime from time4popcorn.eu version 2.4 beta allows you to download torrents to stream to the chromecast. Assuming your isp or isp's aren't blocking the torrent site it is searching (for me virgin in the UK is blocking the movie search but not the show search and vodaphone isnt blocking either)
For other dnla players (xbmc):
Atorrent is a free torrent client which allows sequential downloading and can be streamed via bubble upnp (possibly the free version only allows only three executions of externally played files per app launch but this limitation hasn't been much of a limitation to me). I had thought it may lock the file and not allow the final couple of percent to be played without the playback having to be resumed, but I think I may have been using pixel dms as an intermediary to be able to play the file from bubble upnp rather than the file browser. Further experimentation seems to indicate that mp4s and mkvs should play fine streamed via bubble upnp assuming the correct pieces have already been downloaded.
I think i had been using pixel dms previously as I had been watching older avi files which wouldnt play otherwise. Pixel dms seems to work only as far as the file that has been downloaded.
Using popcorntime it is possible to stream avi files ie older episodes or movies which are only available as avi's (fairly certain this wouldnt work on the chromecast but would need to test when the tv isnt in use). You come out of the app before the video starts to play and then launch the file via the file browser using bubble upnp.
Presumably this would work for any other torrent downloaded by popcorntime which is a lot of stuff but not everything.
Hopefully this helps some people as I have been looking for just this kind of information and have been unable to find it. Resulting in me having downloaded many different apps, most of which are generally not very good.
For example local cast would probably be brilliant but it's upnp detection is really shoddy.
Bubble upnp is quality, although I think there may be some limitations in the free version which effect chromecast. Possibly only 20 mins of free playback? Although I think in conjunction with y2cast you could get around that.
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I use showbox with avia (paid)
Showbox is Ok but it's just streaming, from vk.com I think. And at peak times I just can't use streaming services.
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Torrent stream controller+BubbleUPnP with Chromecast as a Local Renderer ( local transcoding must be installed in the settings). Maybe it will work with other apps that allow stream torrent.
You can look at the pictures here under the spoilers.
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Torrent stream controller+BubbleUPnP with Chromecast as a Local Renderer ( local transcoding must be installed in the settings). Maybe it will work with other apps that allow stream torrent.
You can look at the pictures here under the spoilers.
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flud torrent + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)
torrentplayer + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)
dr torrent + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)
I use Tera torrent with bubbleupnp
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anyone have a utorrent apk that I can sideload?
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Showbox is Ok but it's just streaming, from vk.com I think. And at peak times I just can't use streaming services.
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Single app solution for any Android device: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-media-library-t3971231