Hello all!
Having received my Nexus 7 over the weekend I wanted to thank the community for all the help (unwittingly) provided so far. Despite this being my first android device, so far I've taken tentative first steps to getting it doing what I want and:
- rooted the device using the tool kit;
- got flash working (in firefox beta) for iplayer (works with browser in desktop mode only, but I think that's right?)
The intention is to use USB OTG to expand storage capacity and use the tablet for media consumption and connectivity when out and about. So Tasker has been downloaded (to set home and away profiles) and the readthrough on here digested (initially at least!).
Next steps: find a way (automated through Tasker) to allow the tablet to mount our NAS when at home, so that the media plays pick up all the media on it; and determine how to print from the tablet on the networked printer (hosted by the NAS).
Any clues on a smb client that can be automated on Tasker are appreciated, as are good media players with library functionality (hoping XBMC will handle movies in the future, but a good music player would be appreciated)
Many thanks once again and I hope that one day through my adventures I might be able to help someone else too.
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Hey all.
How about a simple music server for the G1 that uses a windows compatible file sharing system? (smb?)
I am always at a loss for music to listen to on my laptop, but my G1 has about 10 gigs of music on it.. it would be great to have an app that shared this out simply, and allowed my windows box to browse the contents of the phone without having to tether via usb.
By the by, I'm available to any developers out there who need animation / graphics for Android apps / games. Get in touch via my website at cartoonmonkey dot com.
-CM
That would completely rape your battery, you'd need to have it plugged in after an hour or two. Why not just use a USB cord?
If there's anyone doing the opposite of this, and wants to listen to music on their G1 that's stored on the PC, check out five: http://code.google.com/p/five/
Unfortunately there's only a Linux server atm.
Use Orb.com works great for me, can view my web cam, open any picture, most videos, and get all the music from it.
Hello,
Does somebody has experience with the Tunes Remote app and ITunes9?
I am able to connect to my Itunes and all the artists load. When I click on an artist I see his albums and the number of songs on this album, but when I open an album I get the message that there are no songs in this album. If I long press an album I can play the songs in it and the name and track information displays on screen. I can also skip songs etc. Is this normal behavior or just ITunes 9 related?
Does somebody also has used this app to control his apple tv? I am thinking about buying one.
Thanks in advance
I can't even get it to connect.. It wont find any shared libraries, and manual connection makes it see the android in iTunes, but after entering the pairing code 0000, it just disconnects, and starts the pairing again...
Anybody got it actually working, on itunes 9, on OSX?
Same problem here it wont even connect for me.
Hi!
I got the same problem... I start up TunesRemote (when my Hero is connected to WiFi), and my phone starts to search for libraries... it searches ... and it searches ... and it just keeps searching ! I doesn't give me any results or errors (like he couldn't find any libraries, or..) or anything!
Too bad, but ah well.. I still have the controls on my macbook although, I hope this will be fixed in an update. I don't know if this update has to come from Apple (of so, little change it's gonna happen ) or from the app itself... I'm guessing the app ? Anyone ?
Thanks !
Greets
Same problem here in OS X. Searching finds nothing, manual sees it in iTunes but doesn't pair on the phone. So I switched to GMote. It works.
Even tho I'm sitting here with a Desire, I guess I found the solution, noone essentially posted on the net yet. I kinda know, cause I've been trying to get the Tunes Remote working for 2 days straight now.
But I solved it. Or let me say, google did.
Here's what I had to do to make sure everything turns out fine:
(number 2a is the step most likely responsible for all the fuzz. But I tell you my whole journey)
1) itunes
a] share my library in the local network (settings -> sharing)
b] activate my computer in iTunes in the store to share content (yes, it needs an account. try it without. i don't know)
c] make itunes search for remotes (settings -> at the bottom)
2) computer (I have windows XP sp2)
a] deinstall bonjour
b] reinstall a clean bonjour (google bonjour print download) and make sure it's running (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> services)
c] essential: open the bonjour-necessary port 5353 (take the instructions from ehow regarding "How to manually open ports in Windows XP". and kill window's firewall. it's whack anyway)
3) handset
a] install Tunes Remote (you should know jsharkey's site by now) (you need to allow non-market apps)
b] start it and manually enter your computer's IP in the options (your IP can be found via ipconfig: run "cmd" and type ipconfig)
4) your home
a] enjoy control your itunes from anywhere
Hope this helps any of you guys who struggled and got angry at the no-help state of google regarding this topic. All in all it's been a really aggravating road, but the road ended in success and a proper itunes remote
I've got Tunes Remote working and I love it, but it doesn't stay paired once you shut down either the app or iTunes. Anyone got a fix on how to keep things paired (make iTunes and the app remember eachother so you don't have to pair them EVERY TIME you start iTunes)?
Going to be setting up a HTPC pretty soon and was looking for remote control options. Considering I just want it to mainly be a HTPC remote, it would just need Wifi, a big screen, and Android, the NC does seem a strong contender at first glance.
XBMC with it's Android wifi-based remote app seems like a very nice solution, as well as some others, (as long as the apps work fine on the larger screen).
Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this, or alternate suggestions?
The Nook is a fantastic media remote. I've not tried the XBMC apps specifically yet, though they should work fine.
I've built a home theater & home automation setup around a Windows program called Girder, from Promixis. Girder offers a full web server with javascript hooks so you can create html pages and use any browser to control things.
I started with this, using Nokia 800 tablets as the controller. It worked great, but I wanted more responsiveness and features than browsers would easily let me achieve. Thankfully Girder has a nice web service interface, against which I've been writing a native Android app that acts sort of like a Philips Pronto universal remote, except with all the Android goodies like voice recognition, gestures, etc.
Regardless of the implementation details, the Nook is a solid media remote control when paired with a decent back-end. The battery life is fine if you don't mind keeping a plug nearby (I get just under a week with moderate remote usage and occasional browsing), the form-factor isn't too big, and the bundled capabilities of an armchair browsing/<insert Android app here> device are hard to beat.
My only wants that the Nook doesn't have would be a few more physical buttons (I already map the volume buttons to TV volume controls but would like channel and FF/Rewind/Play or D-Pad controls), vibrate feedback for button presses, and a less finicky plug, ideally a drop-and-charge dock of some kind.
HTH!
I'm an avid XBMC fan. Been running it for a good while now. I ordered a NookColor for the same reason you did OP. The XBMC app is great on my Android phone, and I've been talking with the dev who works on it, trying to come up with some improvements for when it's run on tablets. I'd definitely recommend using it if you've got XBMC running off a machine at your place.
Thanks for the responses. Think I'll end up getting one later on, once I get the rest of the setup going (who knows, they might be back in stock by then ).
I've had XBMC running on my home server as a test for a little while, with the app on my HD2 running Android. App hasn't been 100% stable, force closing here & there, but hard to tell if it's the app, or just some of the quirks found in running Android on HD2. I did notice battery life suffered quite a bit, but that was with heavy remote testing today. I'll have to see how that goes with more testing.
The Girder stuff looked interesting, except for it's price tag. I'm on a bit of a budget & still have to get HTPC specific hardware, and slightly redo the backend. XBMC on Ubuntu is free and quite acceptable, so that's what I'll stick with for now. I did like that the stock phone volume controls worked through XBMC to control it's playback volume.
I use my Nook for a remote on my Ubuntu HTPC box.. Using Boxee instead of XBMC though. The Boxee app works great.
I tried both the apps for xbmc in the market - they both work well.
My problem is I have freeze-ups with xbmx on win 64 computer; don't know if it is related to nook as controller yet.
XBMC is the way to go, no doubt.
The app works fine now, but since the screen is so much larger, there is room for scaling improvements throughout the app. Nothing is a deal breaker, though.
I love that you can send links to stream to XBMC
Another XMBC user here using the Nook as a remote. Also on my Ubuntu box I'm running Subsonic (/w the Android app) - makes a much better streaming music server.
The boxee app is what I use on my HTPC. Then I use the Cloud Boxee remote app on my nook. It works great!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I have tried a few of the remote apps on the Market and I havent found anything yet that really fits.
Can anyone point to a tutorial on how to set up the XBMC/NC remote to work with a Win7 HTPC?
Still very new to the rooted NC world.
Many thanks!
sorry, found it shortly after I'd posted this
I installed both "the official" xbmc remote, and the other one that is rated well, but neither one is working. The official one asks that I set up Hosts in Settings, but the settings page it offers is blank. So there is no way to do what it is asking
The other one, keeps telling me to make sure XBMC is allowing control via HTTP in Network settings (which it is) My Nook is connected to my wlan, so it should be connecting
Unified Remote Control offers the most remotes I have seen in 1 program.
Really simple and handy.
RASTAVIPER said:
Unified Remote Control offers the most remotes I have seen in 1 program.
Really simple and handy.
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Do you know if it successfully works in XBMC?
On the releases page of my Github Project you can download a test build to auto-cast your system audio to the Chromecast.
Run app.exe and it'll auto cast your system audio to the first Chromecast it finds!
Try it out, let me know what you think, and how to improve it!
Direct download link
p.s. I also made Videostream.
Thank you
nice one acidhax. how have you been since videostream? i noticed your no longer on that project.
The program works as expected, no issues with installation or use (Win 8.1 x64).
I noticed that the volume level is fairly low when casting to a Chromecast Audio, is there a way to change the volume that's broadcast that I've missed?
Also, would it theoretically be possible to run multiple instances of the app and have them find two separate Chromecast Audio devices, whilst broadcasting at the same time, or would the current setup create two different individual broadcasts, resulting in un-synced playing? No longer necessary as they've released multiroom, however am still curious as to whether there are volume control options.
Thanks!
Hi,
Interesting project! Can you provide support for command-line pipe support? I like to use with "Shairport4w" (http://sourceforge.net/projects/shairport4w/). This program has the option "Redirecting sound" that can launch and external tool that accept data (raw PCM audio) over default input pipe. As this project is based on NodeJS I hope this can be achieved.
What you think?
Troubleshooting Help
Very cool project. Rookie question but I am getting stuck here:
Example app listening at (ip address here)
Spawned Ffmpeg with command: ffmpeg =list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy pipe:1
VIRTUAL DEVICE FOUND
What should I be doing next?
not working for me nothing connect to my chromecast . no sound nothing only sound of my PC . windows 7 .
edit: sorry it work . did you know how to increase the volume of the chromecast ? thanx you
I have a Bluetooth speaker and but my TV has no Bluetooth . is there a way I count reroute the audio from the Chromecast to the Bluetooth speaker without using any cable or reroute to my computer - since my computer is wirelessly connected to the speaker by Bluetooth?
Any help will be appreciated
I use Plex almost all the time and I don't usually enjoy my movies since my tv sound is bad.
acidhax said:
you can download a test build to auto-cast your system audio to the Chromecast.
Run app.exe and it'll auto cast your system audio to the first Chromecast it finds!
Try it out, let me know what you think, and how to improve it!
p.s. I also made Videostream.
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Nice! It's working for me on the new Chromecast. How do you 'stop' the app to get back to the Chromecast backdrop?
Also: Thank you so much for making Videostream - it's hands-down the best app for Chromecast!
Hi all, I've been on a quest as of late to make the most of my Gear VR (with Note 4) and Plex Media Server as it has my entire media library on it. I found the thread below and discovered Pigasus (which I'm sure more than a few of you already know about, but if you don't...it's awesome!)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/5epg3r/increasing_plex_quality/
It's basically a DLNA streamer that can pick up on your Plex servers seamlessly. Additionally, i feel like it has the nicest looking void theater setup of the few apps I've tried (Basically just Samsung VR) and is the easiest to control, and seems to be of the highest quality. Additionally, it has features like the ability to sticky the screen so that it follows wherever you look, which is nice and less annoying that having to recalibrate using the back button like in other apps. Unfortunately, at the moment, it's not directly available through the Gear VR Store without first receiving an Oculus key from the developer but you can get that from here: http://hanginghatstudios.com/pigasus and the lite version is free!
Anyway...as good as that is right now, I've furthered my quest, as the people in the reddit post above claim to be able to access their home DLNA remotely using VPN. Now I don't know jack about networking so of course with a little googling I found this:
https://www.macstories.net/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-server-on-your-mac-and-access-everything-remotely-with-an-iphone/
Thus far, I've been able to connect my note 4 to my home VPN but unable to access any of my local servers. Does anyone here have the networking knowledge to confirm whether using PPTP is a viable way to remote access my home servers via an app like Pigasus?
I know it seems like a tall order but hoping someone out there can help. Thanks in advance and hopefully some of you that didn't know about Pigasus enjoy it!
Hello.
I was able to launch it but I want to see how good is it with 3D movies. Since Light version does not support 3d I am afraid I can't test it to compare it with MilkVR for example which is freeware. Maybe there is an option for 7 days any free trial of Full version? If not... I stay with MilkVR.
pigasus doesnt seem to like android 7, or rather vr gear forces oculus to run in wqhd, which screws with pigasus... very dissapointing