Does anybody know of a way to have media player play files on a remote PC as if they were installed locally?
I have my CD collection on my PC and I'd like to be able to play music from this using my XDAIIs using Wifi.
I've managed to see the files on the PC from the XDAIIs but clicking on them will not play them. However, if I create a shortcut to the file in question, and click on it, the track will play!
Unfortunately, if I create a second shortcut in the same folder to another file on the PC, media player doesn't play it automatically. I have to click on each shortcut that I wish to play.
You can use iTunes to do this, but you have to have WM2003, because I could no longer get it to work when I upgraded to WM5.0. It is called wifitunes, and it is still in alpha testing, but don't let that scare you, because it works well for me. Here is a link:
http://www.aspecto-software.com/WiFiTunes/WiFiTunes.htm
And of course you have to have iTunes installed on your pc (free from apple).
Let me know if this works for you!
I use resco file explorer and simply map the shared drive on my desktop to my SX66. I use TCPMP and can play avi, mpeg, mp3, wav etc on my SX66 over my wifi with no problems.
Thanks,
I tried WiFiTunes but I couldn't get it to work. Putting iTunes on the PC also required me to convert the track from WMA lossless to the Apple format which I wasn't keen to do but thanks for the suggestion.
I've downloaded a trial copy of resco file explorer, it looks like a good product to have irrespective of whether it helped with this particular issue. Used with TCPMP it does exactly what I want.
The only downside is that you have to create playlists because it doesn't organise the content into album, artist and genre lists in the same way that WMP10 does.
As I have nearly 3000 tracks it's going to take me some time to create the playlists but it's something to keep me out of mischief for a while!
Thanks for your help
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i have seen this- http://www.pocketmac.net/products/ppctunes/ has anyone got it ad if so is it any good?
is there any progams which does the same job which are free??
I tried it for about 10min. before i trashed it from my PPC and PC. I added about 20 albums to my iTunes share. When i went to access it on my PPC, the app went crazy asking me for a dll that it couldn't find. The dll was in fact in the app's directory. I trashed it as it IS trash, and the fact that it will not read ogg codec (go figure). I would recommend any free player that will read mp3, wma, ogg, asf type, and access your shared network.
i ended up buying it. it worked for me. it takes the files out of your predefined playlist and transfers them into wma (not if you don't want it to) then every time you sync it adds the files to your ppc.
the only problem i have got is that it wont delete any of the old files which i have removed from the play list
i would rate it 5/10
Try PocketMusic, simple but great!!
Had a look at this ItuneAlike thingy, didn't realy tryed it,
Now using PocketMusic (3.6), GREAT music player all round!!
www.pocketmind.com
Just SOMETIMES a bit "unstable" when using ScreenLock
im not going to try it for 24$
Re: Try PocketMusic, simple but great!!
frenchydude4all said:
Now using PocketMusic (3.6), GREAT music player all round!!
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That's what I use as well. It does the job for all my music needs.
yeah, useful, but useless
http://www.mathiaspohl.de/dx/itune-pocket-pc
regards, koponet
Hey everyone,
I've tried searching for this in all the forums, but couldn't find a solution, so if it's already been discussed, I apologize, please just direct me to its location.
I'm trying to access my orb media from my AT&T 8525, but have been having some issues. Currently, the only way I am able to stream a playlist or a shuffle of songs is by using the real media player format within the settings in orb from the IE browser. The problem with this is, it doesn't allow for me to jump to the next track, if I didn't want to listen to the current one. So I have tried to use the Windows Media Player format in the settings, and I have ran the test.orb.com, and it plays the test file correctly. But when I try to use that format to stream to my phone, I get the error message "Could not open URL" (if I try to use TCPMP media player), or "Cannot play any items in the playlist." (if I try to use Windows Media Player as the default player). Again, when I run the tests (with either Media Player) using the Windows Media streaming format, the files play perfectly, but they just don't work when I try to listen to a list of music from my media. I've also tried adding the codecs (wma and wmv encoders) as mentioned in another forum, but that didn't help any.
Any and all help is always greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
TCPMP
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Hey everyone,
I've tried searching for this in all the forums, but couldn't find a solution, so if it's already been discussed, I apologize, please just direct me to its location.
I'm trying to access my orb media from my AT&T 8525, but have been having some issues. Currently, the only way I am able to stream a playlist or a shuffle of songs is by using the real media player format within the settings in orb from the IE browser. The problem with this is, it doesn't allow for me to jump to the next track, if I didn't want to listen to the current one. So I have tried to use the Windows Media Player format in the settings, and I have ran the test.orb.com, and it plays the test file correctly. But when I try to use that format to stream to my phone, I get the error message "Could not open URL" (if I try to use TCPMP media player), or "Cannot play any items in the playlist." (if I try to use Windows Media Player as the default player). Again, when I run the tests (with either Media Player) using the Windows Media streaming format, the files play perfectly, but they just don't work when I try to listen to a list of music from my media. I've also tried adding the codecs (wma and wmv encoders) as mentioned in another forum, but that didn't help any.
Any and all help is always greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Try this version of TCPMP and the attached files need to be copied in the program folder after installation. Lastly go in and click all applicable file associations inside TCPMP (only one i leave unchecked is MP3)after the installation and do a soft reset. Try ORB again and it should work! Works great for me and this was a real problem for awhile. but, just found the solution and can't remember where.
Yessssssssssssssssssssss!
OMG you people are a freakin GODSEND. I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! (In a manly sorta way ) But no seriously, I've spent over 4 hours trying to get this to work and it finally did (by doing what was mentioned above)!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank all of you so much for all your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm donating as soon as I get some money... lol. Thanks again everyone.
Ok so I've moved to the Kaiser (instead of the Hermes), and TCPMP was working fine in the beginning. And now, all of a sudden it stopped working. I tried a soft reset, reassigning the file associations, changing orb's settings to a different media type, and reinstalling TCPMP and the .dll's included above, but I keep getting that same "Could not open URL!" message. This has become extremely frustrating. If anyone has any idea how to fix this, please help. If not, is there any other comparable media player that would work with Orb that I could try? Any and all help again is greatly appreciated. Thanks again everyone.
thanks for the props above. but, i dont own a kaiser, so i really couldn't tell you. but, i would of course suggest looking in the kaiser forums and someone there has to have it figured out.
Hey guys i want to know if its possible to map a drive on my network so that i can access the files via Coreplayer to directly watch it.
Has anyone done that before? Possible or not?
Please feel free to answer, infos, tips, anything
Nice evening guys.
it's pretty easy to do locally with a good file browser. I use resco, it's a paid app but it's great. map a drive like you would on a pc with your wireless connected to your local internet, as long as the drive or folder is shared on the host pc it works great. I can watch movies stored on my pc on my tp2.
as long as you have coreplayer set as the default mp3 or whatver player as well.
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as long as you have coreplayer set as the default mp3 or whatver player as well.
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Do i need a registryeditor for that?
maron1981 said:
Do i need a registryeditor for that?
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No, most all media players will have somewhere in their settings the option to set the player as the default handler for different media types (.mp3, .avi, etc). Whichever media player you use, just find those settings and make sure it's set to that for whatever media types you're trying to access over the network. That way, once you navigate to the files in resco file explorer, and click on them, that player should recognize them and open to play them.
To test it just open IE and type your networkpath as URL (\\your-pc\share\mp3) and the phone should open file explorer in the mp3 folder. select a file to play and coreplayer starts. If coreplayer isn't your default player the file will be played with WMP.
This should be usefull
ok, i really have the lg optimus L9 from tmobile. but no forum yet for the L9 so here i am. just got the phone and am new to andriod, have ice cream.
just want to play a frickin mp3 and avi files that are on the sd card. if i use file manager and naviagate to avi video, i see a small thumbnail. but when i try to click it i get 'try again after scanning media file'. no idea how to scan media files. navigate to mp3 and click get a choice of google play music or music player. music player gives me again "try again after scanning media files'. now all of a sudden the google media works for my mp3 - no idea why.
guess i am trying to understand how to scan media files. and which program will use the library, google play music or music player. and how can i play video. i am ok with even purchasing a player as i really like to play just about any format without having to convert. what is the player out there that will play the most formats?
thanks
For media searching use the SD Sync app from market. Works well.
where is the best place to go to download apps?
Google Play ofcourse
ok. guess i am trying to figure for now
1) if i copy a media file to my storage card, how can i play it right away, without having to update my whole library. i want to download, point an applicaiton to it an play it.
2) what is the video player that can play the most formats?
1)Open the file with file manager. I prefer the root explorer.
2)LG stock player supports everything, at least no problems even with .mkv packed files.
Oh, you got the L9. Not sure about yours but must be same i think
Also if the file was downloaded from web, you can select/open in directly in the download manager.
Just Figured this out M'Self
OK, just had same issue (same 'system message') trying to watch videos using the built-in Video Player. Maybe it was the first time I used it, but I was actually trying to figure out how to use the new 'Q-Slide' feature to watch a video while doing something else on the phone.
I actually pulled up the manual PDF (downloaded from LG, here), then <CTRL+F> (searched the document for similar system mssgs), and got a 'hit' on Page 49 of the OEM manual (my search, BTW, was 'media files'--'scan for' never found it).
You have to let the system do this for the 'FileShare' app also (I'm sure it's about 'indexing'), so I did, and it worked.
Not so much a 'system error', as a little 'systemic quirk' (much like a cosmic queef)
See attached JPG.
Hello there, besides Neutron, is there any other player that supports playing folders from local network. I mean I've shared a few folders over the network with mp3 and flacs and I want to play them with an player from my Tab S. I've found only neutron who does the job. Other players they don't even have the function to play files from the local network. Any suggestions ? Thanks
Why not just use something like bubble upnp?
I will try it when I get home. Thank you!
ashyx said:
Why not just use something like bubble upnp?
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Ok, so I've installed the app but it doesn't play my mp3/flac files from an shared folder trough my network. From what I see , I have to install an Bubble upnp server on my laptop then the Bubble upnp app would acces that server and play the files.
I'm not looking for that. I just want a player that can play files in shared folders on my network, no additional servers or stuff like that. Only Neutron can do that?!?! In Android OS , I'm kinda shocked, because when I had the IPAD I've had like 3-4 apps that can do that.
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Hello there, besides Neutron, is there any other player that supports playing folders from local network. I mean I've shared a few folders over the network with mp3 and flacs and I want to play them with an player from my Tab S. I've found only neutron who does the job. Other players they don't even have the function to play files from the local network. Any suggestions ? Thanks
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Out of curiosity if you have Neutron why are you looking for something else? A while ago I ran onto this hassle and ended up buying Neutron because it can play from multiple sources (network shares, streamed URL and mSD storage) it also has superior audio compared to Power Amp. Neutron's UI needs a modern refresh but functionality is good. I have also purchased and set up Plex app including its server. It's app is beautiful but it's lack of Playlist ability and how it groups audio files makes it a video server choice rather than audio. I do not use Plex anymore as I ended up implementing my own solution.
In the end I wrote a python script that takes my m3u playlists from my desktop/server and converts them to urls listed in a rss file and make the music directory and modified m3u rss file accessible from my local lan's web server. I'll usually use Server Steam (playstore) to stream the m3u file launched through Simple RSS widget (playstore) which shows a scrollable list of m3u urls.
Sometimes to get exactly what you want you need to roll your own.
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Is the Neutron UI that is holding me down and the fact that on a open source OS like Android I don't have at lest 3 applications to choose from, I think that is what is bothering me ). Thank you all for your answers!
Until I will find something new I will stick with Neutron.
Windows has its own upnp server built in. No need to install anything. Just open media player then add whatever you want to share to the library, be that a single file or a whole folder or drive.
It will then be available on the network for any upnp or dlna device or software.
Most file managers will let you play music files. ES File Explorer has its own media player built in.
flhthemi said:
Most file managers will let you play music files. ES File Explorer has its own media player built in.
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Network player.
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Network player.
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Maybe I'm ignorant of the term "Network Player". I know if I use ES go to Network then access my NAS's music folder I can play my MP3s. I have the option when I tap one to use any of the installed apps to play it. That's not a network player?
Also Dice Player has the option to setup network access and play media...
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Maybe I'm ignorant of the term "Network Player". I know if I use ES go to Network then access my NAS's music folder I can play my MP3s. I have the option when I tap one to use any of the installed apps to play it. That's not a network player?
Also Dice Player has the option to setup network access and play media...
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No you're correct, I stand corrected. Don't really use es explorer, so wasn't aware of it.
I use ArmAmp (for local & network). It has way better UI than Neutron, and more features / customizability than ES File Explorer's player.