Hi,
I'm looking for file transfer like music, doc, videos... from my desire HD to PC and vice versa using WiFi. Does anyone knows any free app that can do it.
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pra.agar said:
Hi,
I'm looking for file transfer like music, doc, videos... from my desire HD to PC and vice versa using WiFi. Does anyone knows any free app that can do it.
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SwiFTP FTP Server is great, it's something I've used a lot, works really well and it's free.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.swiftp&feature=search_result
Wifi file explorer the best one i ve used...
pra.agar said:
Hi,
I'm looking for file transfer like music, doc, videos... from my desire HD to PC and vice versa using WiFi. Does anyone knows any free app that can do it.
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Dropbox I have found to be the best for me.
ES file Explorer can access network drivers.
WIFI transfers aren't as fast as via USB though.
I haven't tried accessing my files directly from my PC, only through a HDD hooked up to my awesome router .
Hi mate, im not an expert or anything, but ive tried BROWSIX which does the job for me. Its free frm the market. Hope that helps
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WiFi Explorer is the best out there Been using it for months without any issues
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ES File Explorer works best for me.
QuickSSHd if you like SSH
With Samba Filesharing you can access your SD-Card on the phone from your windows PC via network share \\ANDROID\SD-Card (for example).
Very easy to use and loads up automatically if Wifi is conncted.
I use it because it's easier to access to phone from a pc than vice versa...
Do any of those applications allow you to play an music or video file from a shared drive? I mean without having to fully transfer the file onto the DHD.
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Hi guys,
Could you recommend me a tool that would allow me to connect remotely to a pc?
I am interested in ease of usage, since DHD has no physical keyboard. Not much writing to do, just need to start some apps and check some logs once in a while.
Preferably it should connect using remote connection capability included in Win7, but if there are other tools that are better plese let me know.
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Try TeamViewer from http://www.teamviewer.com/. You'll have to have both one version installed on your computer, and the mobile app on your phone.
teamviewer works really great
i often use it for pc-pc connection..but android-pc is also damn nice
DN41
Thanks for the reply, i will give it a try.
Cheers,
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I use Pocketcloud to login on my server and pc. Using standard windows RDP on both XP and Win7. Haven't found any issues so far.
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Hey xda
I'm using es file explorer and I finally got it to sync with my desktop ove wifi server ..my question is how do I play videos from the phone directly from the pc without downloading...like click the viddeo and it plays directly on the phone?
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Those are two different things. Syncing just makes sure all thes files match each other. Your phone is downloading anything from the sync folder and vice versa. I don't know anyway to play videos from your pc without downloading it first. Hopefully someone else can help you.
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Does anyone know how to
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What's the point? Takes all but a few mins at most to transfer the video from phone to comp.
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Barry:// said:
Hey xda
I'm using es file explorer and I finally got it to sync with my desktop ove wifi server ..my question is how do I play videos from the phone directly from the pc without downloading...like click the viddeo and it plays directly on the phone?
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You need a DLNA compatible player on your computer and phone; easiest would be WMC on your computer and Twonky on your phone
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What's the point? Takes all but a few mins at most to transfer the video from phone to comp.
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It's huge files that's what
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OriginalGabriel said:
You need a DLNA compatible player on your computer and phone; easiest would be WMC on your computer and Twonky on your phone
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Can u plz expand on that idea
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Can u plz expand on that idea
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Whatever applicatin you use as a media center on your computer should have built in DLNA (server/streaming) capabilities; all you need to do is enable that feature and search the Market for a DLNA player/client
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Streaming is still downloading to your phone. Its just behind the scenes.
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Streaming is still downloading to your phone. Its just behind the scenes.
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Yes, just as when you stream via Hulu/Netflix, its getting downloaded to your temp/cache; the difference being you can start watching immediately as opposed to waiting for a massive file to finish downloading and you don't need the actual space to store the media.
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If your computer has a powerful enough CPU to encode video on the fly (dual core within the past 1 or 2 years at least in performance) you can use an app like Emit to stream in real time. I have a laptop with a Core i5 M450 @ 2.4 GHz and it works surprisingly well. Check out the thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15611569
Basically it's similar to Apple's Air Video if you're familiar with that.
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Streaming is still downloading to your phone. Its just behind the scenes.
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That is a silly argument of semantics. There is a huge difference in a tiny downloaded cache, and moving say a 1 GB (or larger) file to your phone.
There a several apps on the Market that will do this function. I've used Plex, and it works well on our phone. Cost is $4.99, but it easily streams video from your computer to your phone over WiFi, and easy to setup. You can even set it up to stream over 3G, and other WiFi networks when you are away from home, as long as you forward the ports on your home computer (takes a bit more setup to do this).
If you have a lot of movies on your computer, its pretty awesome to be able to browse and stream them from anywhere. Plex is not necessarily the best app of this type, its just the only one I've tried. The app suggested by c00ller above seems very similar. That one has a free version, which is a bonus since you can test drive it before committing your $$$.
It may be silly but I thought the OP was looking for a way to play files directly off his computer like a network drive. I apologise if it seemed I was being a contrarian.
P.s.
I suppose that downloads to your phone as well.... anywho...
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Its easy with ES File Explorer, I had done it few times.
Share a folder in your PC with videos
Turn on wifi in your mobile
Go to LAN from the tab (instead of local)
from menu ->new -> scan
it will show your pc Ip,
click and connect( i think u need passwords less sharing option in PC)
browse the folders, open any file (Suitable player needed in MOBILE)
ES will ask for choice to vopen the file in ES player or default player or some other player (in my case mobo player)
Just select and play.
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Its easy with ES File Explorer, I had done it few times.
Share a folder in your PC with videos
Turn on wifi in your mobile
Go to LAN from the tab (instead of local)
from menu ->new -> scan
it will show your pc Ip,
click and connect( i think u need passwords less sharing option in PC)
browse the folders, open any file (Suitable player needed in MOBILE)
ES will ask for choice to vopen the file in ES player or default player or some other player (in my case mobo player)
Just select and play.
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I downloaded mobo player and setup es ecplorer the way you said but still having issues.when I click the file it starts downloading to a temp folder or something which takes ages..and when I long press it and click 'open as' I get ban open video..text..or image I click cid and it goes to play it but says file type unsupported file type..tried converting it to mp4 for android but takes too long and idk even know if that'll fix it..
Ps. Mobo player dosent show up as an optjion
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Install a DLNA server on your PC. I use the (paid) Mezzmo server. A little searching will reveal some freeware ones too.
I have Mezzmo serving up shows I record and DVDs I've ripped, all stored on a 3TB hard drive in MP4 format. On my phone, and the kid's Android Tablets, I've install a DLNA client like Skifta. Skifta connects to Mezzmo, presents an easy-to-navigate browser. Just choose your video and play it.
I was wondering if there were any network storage access apps out there for the N7. I'm not looking to stream to it, I'm mainly looking to see/access the files in their native format from my home server to my N7.
Search play store for smb
AndSMB works for me
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Astro and ES explorer
Total Commander
With the LAN plugin
Has anyone tested which has the best performance?
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Solid explorer is free and has FTP
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arinoth said:
I was wondering if there were any network storage access apps out there for the N7. I'm not looking to stream to it, I'm mainly looking to see/access the files in their native format from my home server to my N7.
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ES Explorer
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FX File explorer one of my fav for accessing ftp and lan..
ALSO LIKE xplore.. dual pain explorer also good for ftp lan local Picassa and so on.. NEW to me but i love the dual pane switch thing in this one..
ES FILE ESPLORER Very popular tired and true by many as one of the best.
ASTRO One of the very first and has a app for anything add on modules .
The list can go on and on.
two not very popular are fx explorer and xplore .. give them a try .. My two fav.. For working with ROOT FILES NOTHING BEATS ROOT Explorer.. everyone who owns android should own this one..
Good Luck
ES Explorer
It has LAN, 6 different cloud storages that you can link, and it has root Explorer built in (enable this feature in options menu). I stream movies from my buddys NAS with this file Explorer. It's free, at least check it out.
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i have a NAS device (dns 320 sharecenter)
is there an app where i can watch my media from my android phone from my NAS?
also it will be awsome if i can do it also in WAN
I think Plex might be what you are looking for... Or Bubbleupnp
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I think Plex might be what you are looking for... Or Bubbleupnp
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i think plex needs a also plex installed in my computer... if my computer is off it wont stream media to the phone. i like it like from my NAS to phone. where i like just to browse the NAS library and play it from my phone. i think bubbleupnp is the same as plex
Depends on the NAS I guess. How would you browse it from a remote pc?
You will need to configure port forwarding on your router at the very least. It may have some flash based streaming service built in, in which case you will need to side load the flash apk.
Havent tried it yet coz even tho I know how to port forward and stuff, I still dnt kno what to do on the phone side to or outside my network to view the files
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I use ES File Explorer and then mx player to stream from my nas. as for WAN, im not sure
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Havent tried it yet coz even tho I know how to port forward and stuff, I still dnt kno what to do on the phone side to or outside my network to view the files
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Please provide the model/make of your NAS.
Can you connect to your NAS using its IP address in your browser? There may be a flash player option there. If so, just port forward port 80 to your NAS and connect to your network IP (whatismyip.com) from your mobile browser.
If your nas have upnp function, then use skifta + diceplayer (and ffmpeg plugin, useful for DTS tracks).
raxje said:
Please provide the model/make of your NAS.
Can you connect to your NAS using its IP address in your browser? There may be a flash player option there. If so, just port forward port 80 to your NAS and connect to your network IP (whatismyip.com) from your mobile browser.
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My nas is a dlink DNS 320 sharecenter
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aibo said:
If your nas have upnp function, then use skifta + diceplayer (and ffmpeg plugin, useful for DTS tracks).
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Will try that...
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I settled with es file explorer... I played around with it yesterday. Interface is not that beautiful but all the things I need it delivers
I can navigate to my nas on lan with a read and write permission
And also setup my nas as an ftp server so now I can watch my movies away from home.
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Hello there, I'm wondering if there's a way to stream my multimedia content from my PC to my Note.
I don't really like using Dropbox or other online storage services.
Is there a way to directly stream?
Thanks.
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Just share the folder on your network then access it using es file explorer or some other explorer that allows lan file discovery
If you want to actually stream the content, not just make it appear in es explorer and such, look into upnp/dlna.
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Imediashare from play store also works
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If it is videos, I use plex. Install server on computer and app on phone and its awesome
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Zumocast or XBMC
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Tversity always works great. Moboplayer(play store free) will stream if the phone doesnt do it by default.
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Try remote media center (play store). You can access your content while on your home wifi and also over the mobile data network. It is used along with remote potato server that you install on your pc. This setup works flawlessly for me.
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I believe Plex also allows. Access outside the home does it not? But one would assume that using streaming in that matter outside the home must devour your data.
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