Hi.. i know our phone xperia T supports dlna.. and i have configured it to my windows 8 laptop,.. sharing is turned on and its well played our pc... i can stream my music and videos to pc using windows media player.. but i have got 2 questions...
1. i can play my phone content to pc using windows media player.. but how to play videos stored in pc's hard drive on my phone?? using DLNA or other wireless technique... how can i control my pc files through my phone....
2. my computer plays files from the stock movie app of xperia T... how to play files through other player like MX player on computer....? when i play videos on MX player ..its not shown in windows media player...
Thanks in advancd... :good:
Bump..! Anyone ?
In my opinion, the best way to access files of your PC is to share your folders on the PC and mount them on your phone through CIFS. This is the most natural way, just like you'd do it between PCs.
CifsManager makes this pretty easy. You just need to enter the path to your PC share, user name and password, and where you what the share to be mounted on your phone's file system. Then you can mount and unmount the share with a singe click, and access all the files from the PC just if they were local files.
Note: The phone needs to be rooted though. And there is a bug in android kernel 3.4.0, which makes it hard to get CIFS working. ("Invalid argument" error, even if you enter everything correctly). Let us know if you run into that problem.
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hey guys
I wanted to know if it was possible to transfer the songs i save from youtube to my phone..
i have tried changing the file extension but does not seem to work
I really want to add songs to my phone without having to spend anymoney
anyone got any info?
Thank You.
Chris
Yep. I don't know what program you use to take the music from Youtube. I use Free Youtube to MP3 Converter 3.1.1.1. by DVDVideoSoft.com( think I got it from CNet). Anyway, you save or tranfer the file into one that is monitored by Media Player. Open Media Player, if it isn't there try updating the library. After that hook up your phone and Sync it. Done deal! PS- You have to have the file you get from Youtube in a format Media Player can play(mp3,wav,wma,etc.)
thanks man...got the files on my phone...only problem is they dont go to the windows media library..i put them on my storage card, and have to listen to each one individually to my phones windows media player
Have doubleTwist on my pc (windows xp) haven't been able to mount my vogue (myns warm donut) but confident I will. Question I have after a am able to put songs i purchased thru the itune market and put them on my sdcard, will my music player be able to detect and play the itunes formatted songs? Will I need a special music/media player?
graphic914 said:
Have doubleTwist on my pc (windows xp) haven't been able to mount my vogue (myns warm donut) but confident I will. Question I have after a am able to put songs i purchased thru the itune market and put them on my sdcard, will my music player be able to detect and play the itunes formatted songs? Will I need a special music/media player?
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you need to check compatibility with the music player
most songs bought through the itunes market are in the AAC format.
i think most players ARE able to detect that format
if all else fails you can just test it out
try the stock music player, if that dont work, try meridian, if that doesnt work try 3(comes in the widget pack from incubus or you can dl by searching "rock on" on the market)
Hi,
i'm having a issue with Media Scanner and thanks to that with nearly all media players on Android.
Let me explain .
I don't have my music on Galaxy Tab, i have a share on network, mounted via CIFS to /mnt/sdcard/music. With apps like MortPlayer or via explorer utils i can see the contents of this folder.
Unfortunately this folder is not indexed by Media Scanner, as even if i use a SD rescan util (which forces the Media Scanner to start scanning), none of the files show up in the standard music player. On other side, if i manually copy the files to internal memory via USB, then after USB disconnect the Media Scanner runs and finds all new files - except those from those from the share.
Now, the question is if this is some sort of Media Scanner limitation (like if it ignores any mounts) or do i have some configuration issue ?
Of course i could use MortPlayer, but i don't really like using this kind of player if could have a library instead.
faugusztin said:
Hi,
i'm having a issue with Media Scanner and thanks to that with nearly all media players on Android.
Let me explain .
I don't have my music on Galaxy Tab, i have a share on network, mounted via CIFS to /mnt/sdcard/music. With apps like MortPlayer or via explorer utils i can see the contents of this folder.
Unfortunately this folder is not indexed by Media Scanner, as even if i use a SD rescan util (which forces the Media Scanner to start scanning), none of the files show up in the standard music player. On other side, if i manually copy the files to internal memory via USB, then after USB disconnect the Media Scanner runs and finds all new files - except those from those from the share.
Now, the question is if this is some sort of Media Scanner limitation (like if it ignores any mounts) or do i have some configuration issue ?
Of course i could use MortPlayer, but i don't really like using this kind of player if could have a library instead.
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Have you find solution? I'm having same problem. Tried to google, but no luck.
No solution unfortunately. It looks like a limitation of the Android media scanner.
Hi,
iam using the standard Player called "musik" on my galaxy tab.
I have mounted a CIFS on /mnt/sdcard/media/subfolders
There are 3 folders which contain mp3 files. Others Videos...
One week ago i have noticed that the Media Scanner has detected the content from only one folder full of mp3s. I thougt that it is impossible that the standard player detects files from cifs. But it has detected the media. I dont now why. The other two folders with mp3-mixes are not detected.
SpenZerX
tired of fighting with cifs.ko mounts cifsloader and different kind of kernels and other ***** stuffs i found a much simple way to watch my videos from the pc (without having to download them)
just install easyphp on your pc http://code.google.com/p/vlc-shares/
then open your stock browser on your xoom and point to the pc IP
if u have moboplayer installed (or i suppose any other video player) on your xoom, the video just starts to play.
1. u should put your videos in the right directory on your pc: C:\Program Files (x86)\VLCShares\www for the 64bit windows 7 and C:\Program Files\VLCShares\www for the 32bit
AND/OR
2. u can add as many alias directories pointing the real directories in where u store your movies: example C:\Users\Administrator\Videos how?
there is a bug in the administration page of the easyphp about creation of alias directories.
u must open the apache configuration file (right click, configuration, apache) and at the end of the txt file add, for example
Alias /video "C:\Users\Administrator\Videos"
<Directory "C:\Users\Administrator\Videos">
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
AllowOverride None
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
restart the server and point your xoom broswer to IP/video
(IP is the ip number of your windows machine)
if your wifi is fast then the movie goes fast and the quality is perfect (100 times better than using vlc direct pro)
i tried also using this system with firefox beta on the xoom but the broswer try to download the file instead of opening the player...so...use the stock browser.
ciao
What configuration needs to be done to easyphp? Any windows firewall exceptions need to be made? Router configuration changes needed?
Installing easyphp and connecting to my computer's ip gives me a webpage not available error message in the stock browser.
Where does the vlcshares directory come from? Do you have to create it? It doesn't exist after installing easyphp.
Could you expand on the setup of this?
shobirama said:
What configuration needs to be done to easyphp? Any windows firewall exceptions need to be made? Router configuration changes needed?
Installing easyphp and connecting to my computer's ip gives me a webpage not available error message in the stock browser.
Where does the vlcshares directory come from? Do you have to create it? It doesn't exist after installing easyphp.
Could you expand on the setup of this?
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sorry i corrected the link above.
u must install the vlc shares version of easyphp (http://code.google.com/p/vlc-shares/downloads/detail?name=vlc-shares_0.5.4_installer.exe), then it creates the vlcshares directory itself on your pc. (C:\Program Files (x86)\VLCShares)
i didnt have to touch any router configuration or firewall permission.
its just a kind of hhtp server under port 80, so, if u dont have another http server running on same port u dont have to change nothing on your pc or router.
Very cool, works really nice!
One thing I noticed.
Moboplayer does not handle spaces in filenames/directories. If there is a space in a filename or if a video file is in a directory that has a space in the directory name, Moboplayer will not be able to play the file.
Rockplayer/Rockplayer lite does handle spaces in filenames properly.
i have the same page not available on my xoom, i installed everything correctly on my laptop and added an alias with a movies folder then whenever i try to access my ip address from the xoom or the ip/folder name i get page not available
Hey hey,
Just wanted to tell you guys that i've been streaming videos from my pc to my xoom with es file explorer and mx video player + codecs. No need for extra software on your pc, just share your movie folder on your pc and connect with es file explorer to the pc, select movie and play with you favorite player
Hope this helps
Sent from my MZ601 using XDA App
but still this wouldn't play regular avi files that are not supported by xoom right ?
Hmm
For me, every single AVI file worked for now.
Xoom can't play avi with stock video player, but MX Video Player and Mobo Player are able to handle avi files.
Markazeh said:
Hmm
For me, every single AVI file worked for now.
Xoom can't play avi with stock video player, but MX Video Player and Mobo Player are able to handle avi files.
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i have mx player and most avi files doesn't work when i open them it says loading then close back to home screen without force close or any errors and i have mx codecs installed dont know what's wrong
and mobo player forces close
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i have mx player and most avi files doesn't work when i open them it says loading then close back to home screen without force close or any errors and i have mx codecs installed dont know what's wrong
and mobo player forces close
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Are you sure, that u installed the right codec pack, the one for the Tegra 2?
Another suggestion would be if it only happens over Network or does you MX Player also close when you try to play files stored on your tablet?
Greets
yeah i installed the ARM 7 codecs and yeah it does this with files even on xoom, only files worked when it was mkv files
Hello
I was wondering if there is some kind of application
That makes the device to Strimer
In other words, instead of copying to the device HD movies
I can see it directly from the network
you can use smartshare and dlna and stream movies you have on the pc
How I do it?
VLC has an option for this. Try the app VLC Direct and install VLC Media player on your desktop. You got 2 ways of streaming with it, from the PC to your phone, or the other way around. The app itself has a tutorial, so you should be fine!