[Q] Music stored on Phone, Stream to HTPC Over BT/Wifi - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to find an app or a way to browse the music that is stored on my phone and then stream it to my htpc (Windows 7) and then play it on my surround.
I have figure out how to browse the music the htpc has on the phone with xbmc remote and gmote but that's not what i want. Bluetooth or Wifi should both be fine.
Also if i would like to stream pictures and videos too, it would be a bonus but not really important right now.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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Justin Buser said:
You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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I will give it a shot and see how it goes, thanks.

Justin Buser said:
You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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Didn't work, phone says paired but not connected...
Any ideas, no one uses their phone to stream music to their pc?

unreal2k said:
Didn't work, phone says paired but not connected...
Any ideas, no one uses their phone to stream music to their pc?
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Most people do it the other way around, I'm sure it requires third party software
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superchilpil said:
Most people do it the other way around, I'm sure it requires third party software
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I'm special
I just want to use my phone to play music to all my computers around the house and in my car. aah long story short this is driving me crazy! I need to figure this out so i can sleep again

I can do it in my car but I've never heard of the other way around
I'd try and help but after I upgraded to win7 my Bluetooth went to ****
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I got it!
Alright so connect your phone through Bluetooth yadda yadda
Go to recording devices and select your phone, then hit.properties and select listen to this device
Play your music
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superchilpil said:
I got it!
Alright so connect your phone through Bluetooth yadda yadda
Go to recording devices and select your phone, then hit.properties and select listen to this device
Play your music
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hmmm ok, this is not what i'm looking for.
So here is the lay out:
1. Music on the phone
2. Phone connects to PC, preferably with WiFi but i will take BT if need be
3. PC is connected to Sound System
4. Phone streams music on the pc, sound comes out on the sound system connected on the PC
5. Selection of songs happens on the phone, next, forward, pause etc
6. Monitor on the pc is off the whole time
I also have a PS3 ... so instead of PC it could be that.

That's what's going on with my set up, all it does is play everything your phone speaker would through your computer speakers... right?
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My way, it automatically connects to my phone without asking.
I play whatever music I want on my phone and my computer plays the sound
You can try and find third part software but for WiFi they only function as remotes
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superchilpil said:
That's what's going on with my set up, all it does is play everything your phone speaker would through your computer speakers... right?
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Yes, that's correct. And you can select tracks on your phone? If that's the case then you saved the day!
I'm having issues with pairing my phone at this point, it says paired but not connected.

Try skifta. its free and steamship through WiFi.

bullet catchet said:
Try skifta. its free and steamship through WiFi.
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Under the Choose a Media Source i get no media sources found.
EDIT: After i restarted the phone the sources showed up. After i went through the documentation i figured it out! Man, this is awesome thank you so much bullet catchet. Also, thank you superchilpil for your input.

unreal2k said:
Yes, that's correct. And you can select tracks on your phone? If that's the case then you saved the day!
I'm having issues with pairing my phone at this point, it says paired but not connected.
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Yes I can select tracks
Although I know you said u want WiFi
Mine too, it says its not paired but still works... kinda weird
Like I said my Bluetooth on my computer is all kinds of messed up
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superchilpil said:
Yes I can select tracks
Although I know you said u want WiFi
Mine too, it says its not paired but still works... kinda weird
Like I said my Bluetooth on my computer is all kinds of messed up
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Thanks, see the post above everything is sweeeeet!
Oh and BTW this works with XBMC, Win7 Media player and possibly the PS3 but haven't tried that yet.

Use this app "wifi file transfer" ... i think t may help...
Cheers

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Stream all PC audio to Android

Hi, I'm looking for a way to stream all pc audio to my android phone. The idea is to use the android phone as wireless headphones.
This would probably involve some sort of client server setup similar to Gmote, or what the winamp app does. However I only want audio, so that I can play Video on my TV and listen via wifi on my headphones through my android (HTC Desire).
I've searched the forums, and have only found a few similar questions but no solutions. Its my opinion that this would be an excellent app, if a developer would pick up on it.
I have looked at virtual audio cable as a possible solution - unfortunately I don't have the tech know-how to acheive this. Possibly the audio could be grabbed by VAC and input into Winamp (e.g.) and then streamed via winamp to my phone?
.... any ideas.
nadimsoze said:
Hi, I'm looking for a way to stream all pc audio to my android phone. The idea is to use the android phone as wireless headphones.
This would probably involve some sort of client server setup similar to Gmote, or what the winamp app does. However I only want audio, so that I can play Video on my TV and listen via wifi on my headphones through my android (HTC Desire).
I've searched the forums, and have only found a few similar questions but no solutions. Its my opinion that this would be an excellent app, if a developer would pick up on it.
I have looked at virtual audio cable as a possible solution - unfortunately I don't have the tech know-how to acheive this. Possibly the audio could be grabbed by VAC and input into Winamp (e.g.) and then streamed via winamp to my phone?
.... any ideas.
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wrong forum mate
Oi, I guess this should go in the general android dev?
My bad.
nadimsoze said:
Oi, I guess this should go in the general android dev?
My bad.
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it shoud go to Desire Q&A
im also searching for an app like that. Ive been looking for that the whole web but didnt find anything, just other people aksing for the same thing. there are apps for iphone called Airphones and AudioIn that do exactly that. isnt anyone able to port that or something ? would be of so much use :/
Not sure but I believe the SE MW600 headphones can pair two devices simultaneously. Can anyone confirm? I can check in a couple of days...
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spinhead said:
im also searching for an app like that. Ive been looking for that the whole web but didnt find anything, just other people aksing for the same thing. there are apps for iphone called Airphones and AudioIn that do exactly that. isnt anyone able to port that or something ? would be of so much use :/
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Looking in to writing an one from the ground up. problem is I'll have to do a lot of studying to learn the languages.
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@eKeith I have the SE MW600 headphones they can be used to pair up to 3 devices simultaneously (multipoint technology).
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These are then just wireless headphones? The idea is to be able to use wired headphones wirelessly, by stalin audio over wifi to our phones.
MasDroid said:
@eKeith I have the SE MW600 headphones they can be used to pair up to 3 devices simultaneously (multipoint technology).
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I was also looking for something like this. Currently the Desire comes with a Bluetooth profile to do the opposite - that is direct all phone output to elsewhere e.g. laptop, but it'd be great for the other way around!
Thanks MasDroid. I have a pair also but not with me on my long weekend vacation...
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OK, then you want to do more than "use the Android phone as wireless headphones" as per your first post. You want your phone to receive the audio in order to process it? If so, can you clarify? Sounds interesting and potentially useful.
Will VLC serve your purpose? You can setup a VLC http server on your PC and you can browse your PC files from your phone VLC app. Not sure but maybe, on the PC, you can direct all audio to a filestream. Anyone?
nadimsoze said:
These are then just wireless headphones? The idea is to be able to use wired headphones wirelessly, by stalin audio over wifi to our phones.
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no no...
we are thinking of an app that streams whatever sound is coming from the pc to the android phone. me for example i control my pc with the phone via gremote when im laying on my bed. and because the cable of my wired headphones are too short i cannot listen to videos and movies without disturbing the ppl at night. so such "active" apps like the one with vlc and so on isn't really what (at least) im looking for. it should be passive and just stream the whole audio.
i hope u understand
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spinhead said:
no no...
we are thinking of an app that streams whatever sound is coming from the pc to the android phone. me for example i control my pc with the phone via gremote when im laying on my bed. and because the cable of my wired headphones are too short i cannot listen to videos and movies without disturbing the ppl at night. so such "active" apps like the one with vlc and so on isn't really what (at least) im looking for. it should be passive and just stream the whole audio.
i hope u understand
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Yup. I want a wireless output port for all audio on a pc, so that I may receive all audio on my android over wifi.
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JaykaySLO said:
twonky or 2player
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spinhead said:
no no...
we are thinking of an app that streams whatever sound is coming from the pc to the android phone. me for example i control my pc with the phone via gremote when im laying on my bed. and because the cable of my wired headphones are too short i cannot listen to videos and movies without disturbing the ppl at night. so such "active" apps like the one with vlc and so on isn't really what (at least) im looking for. it should be passive and just stream the whole audio.
i hope u understand
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plz first read and then write..
isnt there anything so far? :s
someone maybe knows when jamcast for android will be released? they will support streaming audio via wifi
Nope.
Good to know about jamcast.
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Pretty sure gmote can stream music to your phone. There is a little check box to say weather it's phone controlling media player on your pc, or pc streaming media to your phone. Use it when I'm doing gardening so I have access to all 200Gb of my music.
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wnp_79 said:
Pretty sure gmote can stream music to your phone. There is a little check box to say weather it's phone controlling media player on your pc, or pc streaming media to your phone. Use it when I'm doing gardening so I have access to all 200Gb of my music.
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Gmote is not a solution. read the first few posts. play video on your pc and stream audio of the same video to your phone.
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DLNA issues

I have a PS3 and Apple TV. So far, I have been unable to get the built-in DLNA on my One X to see either. I installed iMediashare, which has always worked on my other android phones and it doesn't seem to work correctly.
At this point, I can't seem to push any media from my phone to other devices.
Anyone know of an app that works, or am I doing something wrong?
Update: I have tried pretty much every DNLA app on the Play Store and none of them work. Most of them lock up my wifi and I have to reset the connection to get internet working again. WTF? Why do the simplest things (voice dialing, DNLA, multitasking) not work on this phone?
Just tested iMediashare on my One X and it is working just fine. So it shoud work...
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MEasterEgg said:
Just tested iMediashare on my One X and it is working just fine. So it shoud work...
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Yeah, I got an e-mail from the Developer. Turns out, it was something wrong with their servers. It's odd, because my Nexus was working fine at the time the One X wasn't. It's working fine for me now, too.
you have custom or stock rom, what is it?
mine work fine, I play it every day
greyhulk said:
I have a PS3 and Apple TV. So far, I have been unable to get the built-in DLNA on my One X to see either. I installed iMediashare, which has always worked on my other android phones and it doesn't seem to work correctly.
At this point, I can't seem to push any media from my phone to other devices.
Anyone know of an app that works, or am I doing something wrong?
Update: I have tried pretty much every DNLA app on the Play Store and none of them work. Most of them lock up my wifi and I have to reset the connection to get internet working again. WTF? Why do the simplest things (voice dialing, DNLA, multitasking) not work on this phone?
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Don't know if any asker still needs this, but here goes. I was also quite stumped as to how to stream media from HOX to PS3.
After quite extensive searching high and low on the interjacks, I come to these conclusions/solutions:
1. HTC purposely make it difficult/impossible to simply share media with DLNA clients JUST TO SELL their MediaLink HD.
2. For those who wants to stream their media (videos/pics/music), especially to Playstation 3 (PS3 - [for search engines]) simply download the free SKIFTA from Google Play. Instructions are straight forward, I was playing silly videos and HD trailers off my phone in no time.
Press that little thanks button if this has been helpful Thanks.
Found this thread through a search.
How is browsing other devices' content via DNLA done on the One X?
Mine is stock, S720E, CID_001 running Android 4.0.4.
From the gallery, whether viewing a picture or a movie, More > Select player shows my TV (connected to the same SSID as the One X). Hit it and it the content on my TV screen.
However from the TV, I am unable to browse the One X, like I am able to browse my SIII (GT_I9300).
Could anyone help please?

Samsung galaxy s3 on car stereo usb

Has anyone figured out a way to get their Samsung galaxy s3 working with a car stereos' USB? ( I have a jvc)
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With your USB connection, it doesn't automatically connect? Does your stereo have Bluetooth? I use Bluetooth with my car and it works great. Give that a try if you have that capability. But with USB it should work, not sure why yours wouldn't. Rom/kernel? Maybe some more info on your phone specs...
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ruben1221 said:
With your USB connection, it doesn't automatically connect? Does your stereo have Bluetooth? I use Bluetooth with my car and it works great. Give that a try if you have that capability. But with USB it should work, not sure why yours wouldn't. Rom/kernel? Maybe some more info on your phone specs...
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Yes Bluetooth but I have to buy a third party thing don't want to And no because we don't have mass storage.
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im still tring to figure out why my phone won`t work in my car i have a acura csx or in the us a fully loaded honda civic with leather lol except i dont have a navigation no need when i got a gs3.............but none the less i cant listen to any music on my phone it says on my stereo UNSUPPORTED DATA.........;( i really dont know what to do my wife bugs me with her dame iphone 5...see mine works errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
maybe you have tried this
Have you tried settings--accessory? Make sure all of those settings are correct if you already haven't.
I've tried this before and it generally isn't something that works.
The receiver cannot determine what is music and what is not. So it ends up playing everything from music to ringtones to navigational directions. Basically any compatible format file on your external storage.
Receivers and phones are not set up to work together like this.
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mjben said:
I've tried this before and it generally isn't something that works.
The receiver cannot determine what is music and what is not. So it ends up playing everything from music to ringtones to navigational directions. Basically any compatible format file on your external storage.
Receivers and phones are not set up to work together like this.
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What about using a third party media player such as MX player? Just brainstorming...

Use SGS III as 'Mp3 player' via USB?

I thought we should be able to have our SGS III's show up as a media or mp2 player. It seems no matter what USB device I plug into, it is not recognized as a media player.
In particular, I have tried in the USB of cars: a Lexus, and a Mercedes. I have also recent purchased a Pioneer BT Car radio for my old '56, and it too does not recognize it.
Do I need to have my music in a particular folder or something? Any ideas?
Dunno about you, but mine does. The icon looks like a mp3 player with headphones in explorer on windows 7.
Have you tried to open media player with it plugged in ?
I run mine through Bluetooth on a Highlander but haven't tried connecting it to a USB device too stream media.
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hednik said:
Have you tried to open media player with it plugged in ?
I run mine through Bluetooth on a Highlander but haven't tried connecting it to a USB device too stream media.
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I believe so, but will try again.
Herox said:
Dunno about you, but mine does. The icon looks like a mp3 player with headphones in explorer on windows 7.
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I don't know that Windows is a problem. Don't use it through Windows (same music already available on the PC). But never has worked for me on any device such as listed in the OP.
hednik said:
Have you tried to open media player with it plugged in ?
I run mine through Bluetooth on a Highlander but haven't tried connecting it to a USB device too stream media.
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Confirmed. I tried with the media player open, still no go.
I have my music in a folder on my external SD. I don't recall what the regular folder on the internal SD is. Was wondering if I had music there if it may work.

Note 10+ keeps dropping bluetooth

I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue. I have a Nissan Nv200 for work and it connects to the phone but sporadically drops or disconnects from bluetooth. It also happens with my beats wireless earbuds. I've tried to delete cache from bluetooth and delete and reconnect each component but I had no luck.
Starting to hate this phone more than like it
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I may not have the answer that you want to hear but I did find a temporary solution. There's an app in the play store nRF Connect that works. Slide over to bonded, put devices in pairing mode and hit scan and wah lah. Any questions I'll do the best I can to help.
Islangink1177 said:
I may not have the answer that you want to hear but I did find a temporary solution. There's an app in the play store nRF Connect that works. Slide over to bonded, put devices in pairing mode and hit scan and wah lah. Any questions I'll do the best I can to help.
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Was yours doing the same?
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