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.
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Hey guys, does anyone know if there is an app for the android phones where i can access my shared folders from my windows desktop ??? (the folders which are shared using the right click method in windows xp pro specific)
i can make them accessible through ftp but i use sharing with my laptop and i want to use it with my phone if possible!!!
Estrongs file explorer does windows shares/ftp/bluetooth browsing and streaming. Its free
hmm nice one, i found it on cyrket but it seems that avi files cannot be opened yet but good one...i won't be watching movies over my pc any way cause of the slow connection. thanks vman81
Are you asking for the ability not only to share the files but to stream media files from device to PC?
I love Dropbox! Super easy and you can access your files from your Android device or ANY computer.
Ehm, EStrong File Explorer is very interesting ... Anyone is using it?
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.estrongs.android.pop/
If yes, do you think that we still need to have ASTRO? Because I read ASTRO is a very good file manager and app manager, but it does not support this kind of network access (browsing shared folder).
And I dont like to keep 2 similar apps, if you know what I meant.
Thanks
gogol said:
Ehm, EStrong File Explorer is very interesting ... Anyone is using it?
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.estrongs.android.pop/
If yes, do you think that we still need to have ASTRO? Because I read ASTRO is a very good file manager and app manager, but it does not support this kind of network access (browsing shared folder).
And I dont like to keep 2 similar apps, if you know what I meant.
Thanks
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I think ASTRO is mostly for doing stuff like installing apps you have downloaded on your computer, though I dunno whether the other mentioned file explorers give you the possibility to do that as well.
AudunXetrov said:
I think ASTRO is mostly for doing stuff like installing apps you have downloaded on your computer, though I dunno whether the other mentioned file explorers give you the possibility to do that as well.
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In the other hand, you can just install an other application manager if you don't want 2 file managers
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.lindaandny.applicationmanager.market/
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.curvefish.apps.appmanager/
gogol said:
Ehm, EStrong File Explorer is very interesting ... Anyone is using it?
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.estrongs.android.pop/
If yes, do you think that we still need to have ASTRO? Because I read ASTRO is a very good file manager and app manager, but it does not support this kind of network access (browsing shared folder).
And I dont like to keep 2 similar apps, if you know what I meant.
Thanks
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It's a file browser, they're not really going to be that different. So the answer is no, if you want to use the EStrong one you wont need to have Astro installed too.
Try AndroXplorer v.3!
I'm trying to use Astro (with SMB Module) to move some files from my phone to my PC. I am able to access the files in my PC using Astro but I cannot copy or move any files. I just want to move a video file from the Evo to my PC.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your help in advance
E strongs file explorer works great for file transfers using the p.hone. Or websharing for accessing and modifying files from your computer remotely.
Also your problem could be your network shares are set to read only without write access.
jodhas said:
I'm trying to use Astro (with SMB Module) to move some files from my phone to my PC. I am able to access the files in my PC using Astro but I cannot copy or move any files. I just want to move a video file from the Evo to my PC.
Any ideas?
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you could just use drobbox super easy way to transfer things, its just not the fastest..caus your going through a middleman... but its pretty damn easy
Try astro file explorer with the smb plugin
david279 said:
Try astro file explorer with the smb plugin
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Did you read the original post? Only reason I ask is he IS using astro with smb plugin.
procompmreman said:
E strongs file explorer works great for file transfers using the p.hone. Or websharing for accessing and modifying files from your computer remotely.
Also your problem could be your network shares are set to read only without write access.
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+1 to this
It's most likely permission issues. You could test using an admin share to confirm.
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.
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?
Cheers
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What is the best file manager, where I can look at all my files on my SD card - and also delete them without connecting up to a PC?
Also trying to delete that stupid Elysium trailer.
What is the best app?
Thanks.
rubez said:
What is the best file manager, where I can look at all my files on my SD card - and also delete them without connecting up to a PC?
Also trying to delete that stupid Elysium trailer.
What is the best app?
Thanks.
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Total Commander, ESFile Explorer and Solid Explorer are amongst best android file explorers.
file manager
root explorer, root access is required, it help u to explore all of file in external/internal memory and ex-sdcard
it can work fine without root access but cant del file in internal memory. it work fast than every file explorer but ui is very simple
ESFile Explorer for me, rooted required.
Tried Astro and ES Explorer.
ES is much better, perfect. It lets me delete stuff, and is very slick. Also, no adverts (that I seen) unlike Astro.
Thanks.
I can not miss the opportunity to plug Total Commander. The Best file manager for Windows and Android.
The crazy bastards even support Windows 3.11 .