Hi all
I'd like to be able to stream videos which are on my desktop PC to my phone possibly via some server/client set-up and the wireless network. To my surprise I haven't been able to find anything in the marketplace which advertises this ability. I'd like to find a program that play stream or m3u8 files.
Thanks
morpheusmor said:
Hi all
I'd like to be able to stream videos which are on my desktop PC to my phone possibly via some server/client set-up and the wireless network. To my surprise I haven't been able to find anything in the marketplace which advertises this ability. I'd like to find a program that play stream or m3u8 files.
Thanks
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The by far best solution (in my opinion) is Plex, it automatically tags your complete library and streams to devices via local OR remote network. If you for some reason don't want it just set up a UPNP server on your pc and get some client for your phone, there are lots of them..
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Is there any software that allows streaming music from a PC, but being able to control the music remotely, too? I mean rather than just creating a radio stream
Do you mean across your network or from your data plan?
If you are talking your netowrk on wifi then the HTC network plugin works great to stream MP3s off a file share. I use it all the time. I am quite sure it would stream video if I cared to do it.
As for streaming remoteley from your PC to your phone across the phone data plan I really don't know. I am sure there is some solution out there.
I'd prefer over WiFi (ie, leaving my PC on at home and connecting my phone to the WiFi at work)
winamp mobile
http://mobile.aol.com/winamp
Orb is what i use for video and music
y2whisper said:
Orb is what i use for video and music
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http://www.orb.com is what I use too.
For Wifi @ home I use resco explorer with a mapped drive to access the music files direct.
shadowace said:
If you are talking your netowrk on wifi then the HTC network plugin works great to stream MP3s off a file share. I use it all the time. I am quite sure it would stream video if I cared to do it.
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Forgive my ignorance, but what is the HTC network plugin? I've been wondering if there's a way to browse shared folders on my home network, and streaming audio/video would be awesome.
When away, does anyone have any experience with WebGuide for Vista/MCE? I've heard great things, but the documentation is awful, and Im' stumbling around looking for clearer directions...
brooza said:
Is there any software that allows streaming music from a PC, but being able to control the music remotely, too? I mean rather than just creating a radio stream
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"winamp remote" works fine. Well, it streams the data over an internet server, which is a little bit strange when you only use them on your wifi at home.
But what about the streaming ability of the "windows media player"?
It also has the ability to stream. Unfortunately I was not able to figure out the adress where to receive the data.
Who knows it?
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.
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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?
Using the profile found here: http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8110 I've been able to successfully play back SD video from PS3 Media Server. No luck on anything that requires downscaling. I thought I'd share, though, since someone with a bit more video knowledge might be able to get this working.
doomstalk said:
Using the profile found here: http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8110 I've been able to successfully play back SD video from PS3 Media Server. No luck on anything that requires downscaling. I thought I'd share, though, since someone with a bit more video knowledge might be able to get this working.
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Care to elaborate on exactly what you did to make this work for the NC? This may help for new users like myself who haven't streamed movies from a PS3 before...
Thanks!
He is not streaming From a PS3 but its a piece of software used to stream from a PC to a PS3 (and X360, other devices too).
What I can tell is it uses one of the Media player apps from the market to connecte and stream files from the PS3 Media Server but looks like its not configured to encode files down to the settings we need to have the GPU do the decoding.
Once I get my NC ill take a stab at this.
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He is not streaming From a PS3 but its a piece of software used to stream from a PC to a PS3 (and X360, other devices too).
What I can tell is it uses one of the Media player apps from the market to connecte and stream files from the PS3 Media Server but looks like its not configured to encode files down to the settings we need to have the GPU do the decoding.
Once I get my NC ill take a stab at this.
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That's correct. PS3 Media Player is a DLNA media streamer. As its name implies, it's designed mainly for use with the PS3, but it also works with a number of other devices. It takes a wide array of video formats, and transcodes them into DLNA-compatible video, and streams them over a local network (since DLNA relies on UPnP, this doesn't work over the internet). The linked thread has a profile to make it with with UPnPlay/VPlayer
The free Twonky Media Server from the Market works well enough on the 360. Perhaps it'd work with the PS3 as well?
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The free Twonky Media Server from the Market works well enough on the 360. Perhaps it'd work with the PS3 as well?
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I'm talking about the other way around. Streaming media from a server to your NC.
will i be able to play local files without biting into data i have? from my macbook / android phone to google chromecast
please advise?
also is there a way to play xbmc to chromecast
thank you
wakkaday said:
will i be able to play local files without biting into data i have? from my macbook / android phone to google chromecast
please advise?
also is there a way to play xbmc to chromecast
thank you
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Yes only the Player will use Internet, The actual local streaming does not need Internet access.
CCast uses Internet to load the player and then the file stream over local network no net required once the player is loaded.
As for playing XBMC to CCast best solution I have found is Yatse Remote but it requires in app one time payment to unlock local cast, Once there Install the cast Addon and the content on your XBMC HTPC can be streamed to your CCast.
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
ok thats good to know, could i play local files and continue browsing on my tablet / macbook for example....
would you reccomend getting one? or is roku streaming stick better
i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
wakkaday said:
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
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i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
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The player is just a download of a HTML5 app (except for Netflix), it should be tiny, and doesn't matter what you're playing.
Miracast is screen mirroring, so it requires your device to play the movie, and what you see on your device is what goes to the TV.
The advantage is that often times the device can play more via software like MX Player. The disadvantage is that you cannot do other things with your device while playing the movie as exactly what you see on your device is what appears on the TV. Not so good if you get an embarrassing text message or something, and it'll use a lot of battery power.
The advantage to Chromecast is that Chromecast itself does the playback.. Once you make the request to play a video, you can do whatever you want on your device - even turn it off. Your device (or another device on your network) acts as the remote control.
Personally I really like it - I can browse YouTube and add videos to the TV Queue while stuff is playing full-screen on the TV.
I can play a movie in Netflix for my family to watch while I browser other movies they might like.
If I need to leave, my wife can run the same app and connect to Chromecast so she can pause/play/change things.
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how much internet do you think the player will need ? .
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Probably no more than a few K to one MB.
thats good to know...
i will be mainly using my mac for downloaded content (so i need to install mac server) and then i need to install plex app for the chromecast right?
and for my android phone local files that will be via allcast?
whats the situation of playing local files via iphone?
and anything can be streamed across using the chrome browser...
i guess i will have to buy and experiement around and work it out, but thank you for your information
wakkaday said:
thats good to know...
i will be mainly using my mac for downloaded content (so i need to install mac server) and then i need to install plex app for the chromecast right?
and for my android phone local files that will be via allcast?
whats the situation of playing local files via iphone?
and anything can be streamed across using the chrome browser...
i guess i will have to buy and experiement around and work it out, but thank you for your information
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No you do not install anything on the CCast it does that automatically to load whatever player App is required to work with your Mobile App...
Plex App will tell it to load the Plex player, aVia will tell it to load the aVia Player, Netflix tells it to load the Netflix player.
Once the player is loaded into the CCast (ie in Plex it says Plexc ready to cast) no further internet should be required to stream local content.
For local on device media I suggest BubbleUPnP or aVia but that local content needs to be compatible with CCast.
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ah ok thats explains it. i will be getting it delivered tomorrow....
when you say local content needs to be compatible, do you think i will be ok with the following...
i will be mainly trying to play avi and mkvs movies...
i know you can rename mkv to m2ts which some players will play
is real player cloud not a good app? thats free???
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ah ok thats explains it. i will be getting it delivered tomorrow....
when you say local content needs to be compatible, do you think i will be ok with the following...
i will be mainly trying to play avi and mkvs movies...
i know you can rename mkv to m2ts which some players will play
is real player cloud not a good app? thats free???
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CCast compatible means:
Container type MP4
Video Codec H.264
Audio Codec AAC or MP3
Video Bitrate not higher than 8Mbps
4-6 is a good compromise for compatibility with many devices and network conditions
RealPlayer Cloud is okay - but if your media is not Chromecast-compatible you have to upload it to their cloud and their servers will transcode it for you via their SurePlay feature.
You get 2GB of cloud for free and can get some additional storage by completing some tasks (referrals, share).
wakkaday said:
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
ok thats good to know, could i play local files and continue browsing on my tablet / macbook for example....
would you reccomend getting one? or is roku streaming stick better
i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
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Please download EZCast App from Google Play, it can cast local video,music,pdf,word,excel,PPT to your chromecast and show on TV.
i tried this with my chromecast
and it was quite fiddly getting files to play (i could change some files from mkv to mp4 and they played but some files the sound didnt play. however using plex server on mac and i beemed it across it played fine... however i noticed the data took a hit
i was just messing about wiht a few files video and it took around 300mb? it seems its playing over wifi...rather then locally...
am i doing something wrong
Casting uses all my home network bandwidth
I can use my Lenovo A7000-a phone to cast to a windows display. It works well. No 3rd party software is used on either the phone or my desktop. However, it consumes my entire (abysmally low - Hey! its the Philippines) 5MBps network bandwidth. No other user on the local home router can access the internet. I would have thought the casting would just be a connection across the router, is this NOT the case? How can I improve this so no other users are affected?
Hey folks,
first of all thanks for the HubCap root (and sorry for my bad english, i'm a german pupil)!
with the root i managed to get rid of the dependancy for an active internet connection.
now follows the next problem:
how can i stream local media directly from my laptop to chromecast? im seriuously talking about a DIRECT stream from pc to chromecast.
i know one reason for rooting was streaming local media to cc like stated in another thread.
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Initially there were more reasons to root, like the ability to send local files to Chromecast. However, [...] Google-approved apps like [...] Plex were released to bridge that gap.
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in the past i've used plex to stream via iphone 5c but i downgraded to an iphone 4 which can't guarantee me a fluid playback of transcoded and even normal fullHD content.
at my new flat internet and wifi aren't available. now i can't stream without a wifi connection, i'm not sure if i't'll work when i set up wifi via iphone cydia app as a point to connect laptop and cc.
i forgot to tell you: before plex i was using universal media server for a ps3 or a xbmc-client on iphone and ipad to watch media from my laptop.
Purah said:
Hey folks,
first of all thanks for the HubCap root (and sorry for my bad english, i'm a german pupil)!
with the root i managed to get rid of the dependancy for an active internet connection.
now follows the next problem:
how can i stream local media directly from my laptop to chromecast? im seriuously talking about a DIRECT stream from pc to chromecast.
i know one reason for rooting was streaming local media to cc like stated in another thread.
in the past i've used plex to stream via iphone 5c but i downgraded to an iphone 4 which can't guarantee me a fluid playback of transcoded and even normal fullHD content.
at my new flat internet and wifi aren't available. now i can't stream without a wifi connection, i'm not sure if i't'll work when i set up wifi via iphone cydia app as a point to connect laptop and cc.
i forgot to tell you: before plex i was using universal media server for a ps3 or a xbmc-client on iphone and ipad to watch media from my laptop.
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You can't stream anything without an Internet connection...Sorry.
The quote you refer to was in relation to an APP that was not on Google's Whitelist that was included in the Team Eureka Whitelist.
But both still require an internet connection to work.
As for Plex your old iPhone4 should not be a factor because the Plex server itself does the transcoding not the Phone.
But again without internet access there is no way for the CCast to load up the Plex Player/Receiver to play anything.
HI I HAVE A QUESTION:
Do i need to subscribe to the monthly or yearly subscribtion just to use plex? Cause i have already bought the app.
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HI I HAVE A QUESTION:
Do i need to subscribe to the monthly or yearly subscribtion just to use plex? Cause i have already bought the app.
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No! If you bought the app the rest is free...
PlexPass is not required to use Plex it is just a sort of a paid Beta Test program where you get first crack at newer features that eventually will make it to the non-plexpass users.
At one time CCast support required you to be a Plex Pass member but it's now available to everyone.
Now that they have upped the prices on PlexPass I doubt many will sign up for it anymore.
I have a lifetime membership but I bought it when it was still relatively cheap.
You SHOULD however still create a Plex.tv account as that is also free and it helps you to find your server and stream when you are not on the same local network as your server.
Ok thanks i also bought xda premium and im loving it!
so no offline streaming, and no ease at UPNP/DLNA with the root. looks like the cc died to me
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so no offline streaming, and no ease at UPNP/DLNA with the root. looks like the cc died to me
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I does the streaming offline (Stream doesn't use Internet Data) but it needs the internet to load the player app to stream the local video to.