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Hello technical pros,
I`d like to stream videos with Windows Media Encoder 9 to my Touch Pro connected to my home network via WLAN.
There's no problem to view the streamed videos on another PC i.e. with windows media player or VNC pointing to http://[my_IP]:8080. But neither the Touch Pro's Windows Media Player nor the HTC Streaming Media Player can do. Maybe they expect a asx-file or a stream on rtsp-Protocol?
Does anyone know, how to make this work?
By the way: I have no sling box (or want to buy one), and although I'm using Orb for external streaming I want to use the Windows Media Encoder. VNC 0.8.6 ist not flexible enough and the actual VNC crashes on my Server-PC.
Alternative: Does anyone know a tool for on-the-fly 1-pass recoding to H.264-MP4* and streaming to the TP?
* analogue to Encoder here on xda-developers
wilwes said:
Hello technical pros,
I`d like to stream videos with Windows Media Encoder 9 to my Touch Pro connected to my home network via WLAN.
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the little trick with Windows Mobile devices is, you must call the stream like
"mms://ip-addressort/*" (the "*" on the end is required)
you can check this link: mms://live.radioYpsilon.at:80/* - our little Radiostation has one stream with Media Encoder - on my Touch pro works the stream only if I use the asterisk on the end....
Josef
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Hello JHimmelbauer,
indeed, that's it. What effect has such a little "Star"...
Fantastic! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
I'm just wondering if there is a way I can stream media (music mainly) to my phone over WiFi, similar to iTunes sharing, or Windows Media Extender kind of setup, so while I'm in the garden I can have a little music.
While I adore Spotify, I don't really rely on it enough to pay £120 a year for the service. And my own collection is nearing 80GB, so no hope of fitting it on an mSD card.
If anyone knows anything about a program which does that, well that would be swell if you could let me know.
I've found a sevice called Android Storage http://www.androidstorage.com, that allows you to upload files, then stream them to your Hero. Their apps can be found on the market.
It's not available yet, but a team of developers is working on creating an app that will add DLNA media streaming support to the Android platform. http://htcsource.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=689&Itemid=56
once released, the software should allow you to stream files to and from your Android phone to other DLNA capable devices (PS3, TV's Computers, digital picture frames).
Just the ticket. I'll be watching that closely, being able to stream stuff to my PS3 is it's best feature.
If you're talking about streaming media from your computer/laptop over Wi-Fi to your phone, then give AndroMote Remote Control a try.
I have the Pro License and it works great for me. (I do the same with my PS3, stream videos and music over the network)
Is there an app that works to stream music from my pc to my GTab? I would prefer iTunes type interface; something with genre selection and playlists.
TIA
Try upnplay, in the market - it should work with any uPnP compatible server. It's really the only "open" option we have, at the moment.
The only issues I've had so far is that it doesn't like Vorbis files, but I am probably the minority here as far as Vorbis support is concerned.
Audio Galaxy will stream from your PC. You do run a program on your PC and it only does mp3s.
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you guys rock. thanks so much. i just finished putting 2.4 on one machine and one more to go. both are presents.
I realize I'm a bit late to the party, but I use Subsonic. Flawless streaming from my pc to my android device.
Regards,
cranky_dan
+1 on Audio Galaxy
gmote is good for streaming over wifi and also streaming when outside of your own home when you setup port forwarding. not only does it stream audio it also will stream videos if you use rockplayer as the video player.
because of this thread, i downloaded audiogalaxy yesterday. im already addicted. i was in my truck, watching my sons soccer practice in the rain, using my gtablet (while tethered to my droid) to listen to whatever music i wanted off of my home computer.
technology never ceases to amaze me.
I like Subsonic. I don't like the fact that AudioGalaxy uses a centralized site instead of allowing you to go straight to your computer. With Subsonic, you run everything so you have more control (but some people find setup harder).
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I like Subsonic. I don't like the fact that AudioGalaxy uses a centralized site instead of allowing you to go straight to your computer. With Subsonic, you run everything so you have more control (but some people find setup harder).
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im off to check it out, now that i see subsonic also streams video.
+1 for Subsonic
I love having access to my entire music collection at any time in any location. My gTab was delivered today and this will be one of the first apps I install right after throwing VEGan-tab on it.
Well I did Google search my next question and got a bunch of crap. I'm trying to find an alternative video player besides the default player that streams from my home network like "connected media " in the default video app. I'm NOT looking for something that needs me to fire something up on my PC and "sync ". I already have an Iomega NAS drive that streams to my ps3 and thunderbolt even when my Mac is off. It has a 1 TB drive on it. I'm simply looking for a better video player that will also scan for connected wifi media drives. Scouring the market I can't seem to find any that do that in the description. Downloaded a few and they didn't. Some will sync wit iTunes but that's not what I'm looking for. Thx in advance for any ideas ...
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No one.....nothing.....
Nada?
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What kind of shares does your NAS use to share its data? Saamba? Other? Find this out and then we can help you more.
I suspect you'll need something (an app on you're phone) to connect to these shares and then sync the media to your phone, after which you can play. The process of streaming requires intelligent software on both ends. I use DLNA (my NAS supports this) and this works beautifully for me and my streaming needs. This even allows me to stream from my phone to my tv.
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I use dlna. My server uses twonky software. The stock video player on my thunderbolt streams through dlna.. but it sux. Looking 4 a better Dlna streaming alternative ... Thx
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I would just set up a lightweight web server with decent file indexing to stream stuff that way or if you want to go all out, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV.
If you want to go the non diy route, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rives+-+External-_-Western+Digital-_-22136831
yareally said:
I would just set up a lightweight web server with decent file indexing to stream stuff that way or if you want to go all out, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV.
If you want to go the non diy route, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rives+-+External-_-Western+Digital-_-22136831
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Wow... What about the $200 I blew on my iomega nas drive.... ={
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Wow... What about the $200 I blew on my iomega nas drive.... ={
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Sell it on ebay? Lol
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Sell it on ebay? Lol
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OK looked at that. That will stream. I already got something that will stream. My question is on the receiving end. I'm simply looking for an alternative video app for android that supports dnla streaming. Unless u think my streaming issues are on the pushing end?
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Jaxidian said:
What kind of shares does your NAS use to share its data? Saamba? Other? Find this out and then we can help you more.
I suspect you'll need something (an app on you're phone) to connect to these shares and then sync the media to your phone, after which you can play. The process of streaming requires intelligent software on both ends. I use DLNA (my NAS supports this) and this works beautifully for me and my streaming needs. This even allows me to stream from my phone to my tv.
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Yes ..... The stock video player app does this.. but poorly. Looking for an alternative.
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Twonky?
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Twonky?
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http://www.twonky.com/products/
Yes. Its twonky media server software that comes preflashed onto my Nas drive. Hate it. Bad performance steaming to anything
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I use PlayOn to stream video from my home theater PC to my Thunderbolt and Acer Iconia.
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This might be what you want. FFMPEG streaming server on android. I could compile it for you later this week sometime if you feel it's what you want and will use it. I compiled the ffmpeg libraries already just to see if i could do it on the cross compiler, but I didnt compile the actual binary application. It's just a command line app, but you can set it to run in the background and forget it. Adding that with the libraries, you should be able to stream audio and video (including x264 and such) on your phone to whatever output device you wish to watch it on. For those that don't know what FFMPEG is, it's one of the most stable media libraries/app on linux and players such as rockplayer on android use it.
http://rxwen.blogspot.com/2010/05/use-ffmpeg-to-setup-streaming-server-on.html
There are a ton of apps for this, I recently set up a home theater with DLNA support. I downloaded a DMS for the PC like XMBC or Serviio or Twonky. Next, get something like iMediaShare, or ArkMC is beast at this, on your phone. I have both installed. When you connect to your wifi at home they can pick everything up. They both pick up my windows shares, XMBC shares, Serviio, and Nero shares. I had them all set up at once because I was testing, but I think I'm going to pick XMBC.
just search the market for DLNA or NAS is what I did and you get several. Those 2 I mentioned are really good and free. Also, music and pictures are easy, but video is harder because even though it's streaming from a DMP, your phone isn't a very good DMR.
Digital Media Server (DMS): These devices store content and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Examples include PCs and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
Digital Media Player (DMP): These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and provide playback and rendering capabilities. Examples include TVs, stereos and home theaters, wireless monitors and game consoles.
Digital Media Renderer (DMR): These devices play content received from a digital media controller (DMC), which will find content from a digital media server (DMS). Examples include TVs, audio/video receivers, video displays and remote speakers for music.
Wiki c/p from DLNA wiki, I found it interesting.
These and several others comprise a streaming solution, and some combine some into one program, like Windows Media Center is a DMP, DMS, while your screen is the DMR.
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There are a ton of apps for this, I recently set up a home theater with DLNA support. I downloaded a DMS for the PC like XMBC or Serviio or Twonky. Next, get something like iMediaShare, or ArkMC is beast at this, on your phone. I have both installed. When you connect to your wifi at home they can pick everything up. They both pick up my windows shares, XMBC shares, Serviio, and Nero shares. I had them all set up at once because I was testing, but I think I'm going to pick XMBC.
just search the market for DLNA or NAS is what I did and you get several. Those 2 I mentioned are really good and free. Also, music and pictures are easy, but video is harder because even though it's streaming from a DMP, your phone isn't a very good DMR.
Digital Media Server (DMS): These devices store content and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Examples include PCs and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
Digital Media Player (DMP): These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and provide playback and rendering capabilities. Examples include TVs, stereos and home theaters, wireless monitors and game consoles.
Digital Media Renderer (DMR): These devices play content received from a digital media controller (DMC), which will find content from a digital media server (DMS). Examples include TVs, audio/video receivers, video displays and remote speakers for music.
Wiki c/p from DLNA wiki, I found it interesting.
These and several others comprise a streaming solution, and some combine some into one program, like Windows Media Center is a DMP, DMS, while your screen is the DMR.
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Thx! Ill try asap when I get home.. sounds like what I'm looking for
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ArkMc works exactly as I want. Without any dropped videos. Still. Some I can't fast forward through but I can when viewing with vlc on my Mac. I wish I knew how to edit a video to force it to be fast forwardable... (I know that ain't a word. Lol) but I'm gonna have to try the paid version of arkmc to see what it unlocks. Thx
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You can try to use 3rd party players available at ArkMC, probaly this lets you to fast worward your video.
Hey guys,
I've been searching around for a while and can't find much of an answer... Everything points me towards running xbmc which isn't really what I want.
I want to run something like TVersity or mythTV on the RPI as a TV / PVR / Media server and probably a number of other things.
I can connect to it and watch / pause / record live TV wirelessly from my netbook / PC / tablet... but the XBOX 360 won't. It has the capability to do it with a Windows Media Centre PC but it doesn't even know the pi is there.
XBMC came from hacking XBOX so I was surprised I couldn't get this functionality even when I did run XBMC.
I know it'd be easier to just run XBMC and connect it to the main TV but it takes uses WAY more resources on the pi than just the servers alone.
Is there a program out there that will fool the XBOX into thinking the RPI is a Windows Media Centre so I can watch TV with it?
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Use Windows Media center
Twisted_Daemon said:
Hey guys,
I've been searching around for a while and can't find much of an answer... Everything points me towards running xbmc which isn't really what I want.
I want to run something like TVersity or mythTV on the RPI as a TV / PVR / Media server and probably a number of other things.
I can connect to it and watch / pause / record live TV wirelessly from my netbook / PC / tablet... but the XBOX 360 won't. It has the capability to do it with a Windows Media Centre PC but it doesn't even know the pi is there.
XBMC came from hacking XBOX so I was surprised I couldn't get this functionality even when I did run XBMC.
I know it'd be easier to just run XBMC and connect it to the main TV but it takes uses WAY more resources on the pi than just the servers alone.
Is there a program out there that will fool the XBOX into thinking the RPI is a Windows Media Centre so I can watch TV with it?
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First to clarify XB360 or Original XBOX?
By far the best solution is to use Windows Media Center on a PC to stream live TV to the XB360. I am a Unix guy through and through and have been so professionally for 15 years, but Windows Media Center is a fantastic product. The windows guys at work turned me onto it years ago, and its the only piece of windows software I have in my house. I use XB360 for gaming, and adding Windows Media center gave me a 6 tuner, multi-room DVR with 1TB of storage and streaming to any device such browsers, ipad etc to boot. It is also a fantastic replacement for XBMC via the Media Browser plugin.
I run Media Center inside a Windows7 VM running on a Linux KVM server and it records/live stream TV tune signals from a couple of HD Homerun network tuners to the XBOX360's we have in the house. You could use an extra PC or a VM too like me to run Media Center.
I would really suggest you look at that solution. It works fantastic.
It's the 360 I have.
My main PC could be set up as the server instead fairly easily but then I'd have to leave the big beasty computer on all the time... I wanted to use the pi because it's low power, silent and I like the idea of running all my servers from such a tiny device.
I doubt it's going to be able to run Windows in a VM solely for Windows Media Centre though.
I was hoping there'd be a way to trick the 360 into thinking that the TV streams coming from TVHeadend are coming from Windows Media Centre.
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It's the 360 I have.
My main PC could be set up as the server instead fairly easily but then I'd have to leave the big beasty computer on all the time... I wanted to use the pi because it's low power, silent and I like the idea of running all my servers from such a tiny device.
I doubt it's going to be able to run Windows in a VM solely for Windows Media Centre though.
I was hoping there'd be a way to trick the 360 into thinking that the TV streams coming from TVHeadend are coming from Windows Media Centre.
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I don't think there is anyway to do this.
The way that Windows Media Center works on an XBOX360 is not actually media streaming at all, its a special kind of remote desktop session to the windows media center computer, and there really are not any other programs that can do this same thing.
Wow... That's a weird way of streaming TV... Or even just running the interface...
Maybe I'll just get another pi. Run a TVHeadend server on one and then just use an XBMC client on the other. I've tried running both on one and the performance isn't really great.
Cheers dude
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