I'm trying to play AVI files across my network from a samba share in Rockplayer. I use Astro or ES file manager but neither of them will open AVI files in rockplayer.
Any suggestions?
I´ve been trying to figure this out too, but no luck so far.
i dont think android does file association does it?
If your handy with the terminal you could mount the share to a folder on the sdcard, then browse to it from rockplayer.
Like this
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7457166
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The problem is astro and estrongs file manager are more like samba share browsers - they let you view the share files and folders, but when you try to access any files, they have to copy them to a local directory first. It's more like ftp access in practical terms, rather than true network filesystem access.
So if you succeeded in associating rockplayer with avi files through either astro or estrongs, then the moment you click on an avi file from your samba share, they'd copy the file to your sdcard entirely before it would begin to play. So at best, setting the association would only save you the effort of manually copying and pasting the avi file. Either way you'll be waiting a few minutes for the file to copy to a directory local to your phone.
If you want to access avi files over a samba share directly, you'll need to root and use cifs to mount the samba share on your sdcard, so that the share appears part of the phone's filesystem. Then you can just browse using rockplayer's own file manager throughout your samba share, and play avi files the moment they're clicked on, without any file copy operations or waiting around.
when i got my desire 3 weeks ago i was in the same quandary, and i ended up going the rooted phone with cifs option...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751296
Another way of sorting this easily is using VLC Stream & Convert - with the added advantage of being able to browse your whole computer and mapped drives and stream data.
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How do I mount network shares on my incredible. I want to watch movies off my server.
Astro
Install Astro and it's SMB module from the Market.
I want to mount it not browse to it. So I can play files like they are on a SD card, not download them and then play.
you would have to recompile a kernel with samba built in I believe
Do any of the images being worked on have it?
This would be an incredible feature. Is this working on any of the devices?
I have been searching for this as well. It'd be nice to allow Rockplayer access to my server so I can just stream my porn.
veli69 said:
How do I mount network shares on my incredible. I want to watch movies off my server.
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All you need is any kernel with either the cifs.ko module (CIFS = SAMBA = Common Internet File System) built as the module, or built-in/linked (like Ziggy's).
In addition, once you've done a mount -t cifs /blah blah, which is all that seeing it in any file util like root explorer shows (that it's mounted, or else you'd never see the files there), then your media/whatever player should be able to use them if the app itself is able to play files from anywhere.
So there's a few pieces to this, where anyone of them "might" be a show-stopper, but I often leave CIFS shares mounted on mine and use them directly.
Are their any good Wifi app's to view folders and Files on my network at home?
What I want to do is play mkv files that are stored on my computer over the network on my phone.
this is the perfect App for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8225025&postcount=65
just like windows explorer
File Manager
Astro, can view the file but cant play.
I am checking out EStrongs File Explorer now.
tyj82 said:
Astro, can view the file but cant play.
I am checking out EStrongs File Explorer now.
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EStrongs File Explorer is working for me, but for me its better to use DLNA.
use gmote .. it rocks
I use cifs manager to mount network shares and just browse them with the "My Files" app or Root explorer. You need to find a cifs.ko file that works with your phone though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8082404#post8082404
+1 for Estrongs.
I haven't managed to play video files through that route yet (always get unplayable error in the player) but its not that big of a deal. Its really cool to move stuff by wifi so easily, and it works both ways. Much happy.
I have a network drive at my home, is there any app that i can map network drive? Meaning i can acess the drive from my desire?
thanks
ASTRO File Manager has a SMB module. You could try that.
If by mapping you mean mounting, your device must be rooted and using a kernel with CIFS support.
You can then use CifsManager to manage your cifs/nfs network shares.
If you just need to browse or download files from your NAS to your phone, ASTRO or ES File Explorer will be fine.
If you want any application to be able to access your NAS seamlessly like it was a local folder, you will need CIFS support.
I just need to browse, view and delete files so ill use astro.
I need some help setting it up.
What do I enter in the server, share, domain and directory fields?
Which field do I enter the IP and the shared folder name?
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Ok, I have a FreeNAS server setup at home and I have SSH enabled. Anyways, i'm fine and succeded in connection via SSH connectbot and having portforward of 139 to a local of 8888
This works FINE with ES file manager or even Astro file manager, I can browse my FreeNas server. Problems are though:
1. Why can't I actively view images or videos(not that I want to so much through 3G) when I click on the image, and it won't load up? This happens the same way if I do a local browsing via SMB on astro file manager on my LAN at home.
What works: When I do a CIFS mount using that app someone made here, the CIFS manager or whatever, I can stream videos, images whatever fine.
Now if I can get that to work via the ssh tunnel. I tried creating a CIFS via the ssh tunnel but somehow it doesn't work and I get error like "segmentation fault" with mount.
Anyone have any idea? I can transfer files file but I want to have option to quickly view pictures on my server rather than copy the paste then open up.
Ok update, I can do a mount CIFS manually in terminal, but the CIFS module app still doesn't work...
I guess SMB shares won't allow streaming either way?
When you use a file manager to browse files on your NAS box over SSH (or FTP), the remote files are not mapped to a local path. As a consequence, you can only browse these files with applications able to use CIFS, SSH or FTP connections. Your gallery apps and media players can't access these files directly because, unlike EStrong of ASTRO, they have no CIFS/SSH/FTP client built in.
When you mount a CIFS share on your NAS box using CifsManager, all the files within that share will be mapped to a "local" file. The Android system will know that when you acces /mnt/cifs/MyShare/peanut.png, it is in fact the file peanut.png on your network share. The gallery or media player apps access a local file and aren't aware of the fact that the Android system actually accesses a file on your NAS box instead.
I have no idea why you can't mount a cifs share over your SSH port forwarding.
A segmentation fault has to do with memory access.. and that doesn't make any sense. It might be caused by the fact that port 137-139 are NETBIOS ports. Win2K and higher use 445 for CIFS instead. You might want to try forwarding port 137 (TCP/UDP) and 138 (UDP) too.. or forwarding port 445 (TCP/UDP) instead. Then again.. it might be something else entirely.
If this doesn't work, maybe you can try with some type of VPN instead of SSH port forwarding?
Actually figured it out.. hope this post will help others with similar issues.
Problem is the mount on android is a bit finicky when apply options, it's a certain order or some sort. I got it working by using the '-o' by putting port=xxxx,ip=xx.xx.xx.xx
It was segmenting for who knows what when I put ip,port. I guess order matters on android vs the linux mount command. Strange indeed
Works now, though my vids are wrong res when streaming, who knows why but not that I care too much lol.
Works okay now, but pretty much 2 step process to access files at home which is a pain. I guess I can buy the andftp client to do a quick file transfer access.
I'm using root file explorer to connect to my Samba shared NAS (goflex home).
If I copy a .mkv file to my local sdcard, when I click the file (in file expert) it gives me the popup of what program I want to open the video file in. I click mxplayer, it plays just fine.
But if I connect via SMB to my NAS, when I click the same .mkv file, it won't let me pick a video player; instead it says it can't find a default program for this type of file, do I want it to search for one or no thanks. Search for one fails, and no thank just returns me to the File Expert screen. If I want to take the time (and SPACE) I can copy that same mkv file to my sdcard and play it.
So, my question is, how do I get file Expert to give me the video player prompt when connecting via SMB?
As a side not I've tried ES File Explorer in Lan Mode and always get Login Failure connecting to the goflex_home NAS (even though I've triple checked the login credentials and am using the same as in File Expoer).
I've also tried Avia to use DLNA and it sometime works but it doesn't show my Samba shares, it shows my DLNA shares and for some reason doesn't show all of them, including the files I want to play (and yes I shared them already with the Goflex Home config panel.
tl;dr -- how do I tell file expert to use mxplayer when browsing SMB shares, instead of the popup asking to find a program to handle the file?
Edit: Made some progress; tweaked the ES File Expert connection settings to connect to the root of my share and can connect and it gives me the choice of what file player to use -- though it seems to fail streaming. the same file I can play fine from sdcard chokes and is unplayable over streaming.
Alternately, does anyone have a better solution for this problem entirely?
Edit2: Sorry a but more info. When the mkv file is on my sdcard and I click it, I get the same error popup. If I hold down on the file fore afew seconds, I can click "Open As" then "Video" then pick my player. But in SMB exploring, holding down doesn't have an "Open as" option in the menu.
i second this question... same here with samba!!!
anybody knows?
It gives me option to select the player.