Hello to all,
Does anyone know of an application or service that allows you to take videos from your home computer and allow you to stream those videos on an android device without having to be connected to the same wifi network?
I've searched around, and the only options that I've been able to find are those such as Skifta, TVserity, etc where you NEED to be connected to the same wifi network as the pc with the files. Those options work wonderfully.
However I'm looking for something more similar to Google Music where you upload your music, and are then able to access your music anywhere, through the carrier network or through another network
Basically, I'd like to be able to watch (stream) the videos I have on my computer anywhere that I go, without having to fill up the memory on my phone
Any ideas?
sgh-t989
sabreful said:
Hello to all,
Does anyone know of an application or service that allows you to take videos from your home computer and allow you to stream those videos on an android device without having to be connected to the same wifi network?
I've searched around, and the only options that I've been able to find are those such as Skifta, TVserity, etc where you NEED to be connected to the same wifi network as the pc with the files. Those options work wonderfully.
However I'm looking for something more similar to Google Music where you upload your music, and are then able to access your music anywhere, through the carrier network or through another network
Basically, I'd like to be able to watch (stream) the videos I have on my computer anywhere that I go, without having to fill up the memory on my phone
Any ideas?
sgh-t989
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I currently use TVersity. There is an option in the settings to assign a username and password so you can access the media server outside of the network.
Once you have set a username and password, you can watch the media on your server through a flash interface. To access your server you would type in the <your ip address>:<chosen port>/flashlib from a browser.
Another option if you do not have a static ip is to setup a service like dyndns so you have an easy to remember address such as <chosen name>.dyndns.tv:<chosen port>.
Hope this helps.
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Hi all,
I've just got my XDAIIs and am just playing about with it before I start loading all my apps and syncing with outlook.
I've got the Wifi working with my home access point (with encryption).
When I try and use Terminal Service to remote desktop to my pc it trys to dial-up to O2 Active GPRS - why won't it use the wifi connection thats enabled? I can ping the pc via hostname and ip fine though.
By the way, the XDIIs is setup for use on O2 as standard (it's a brand new contract phone).
Any ideas? ANy help would be appreciated.
Many thanks
i think if you change the type of network from internet to work on the xda iis, then it might work.
I had a similar problem with activesync over wifi and had to set network card to work to get it to connect.
I tried that and it was still doing the same.
For atest I deleted all connection settings.
Then Terminal Services told me that I HAD to create a VPN connection setting for the server I'm connecting to. I did this but it kept faling when trying to connect with user/pass error.
I then thought I'd try the IP address of my machine instead of the hostname - This worked straight away!!
So does Terminal Services not like hostnames? I was hoping to connect to my server when I'm away from home using my no-ip address.
Does anyone have a similar setup or can shed any light on this?
Many thanks
DOH!
Just realised I should be using the fully qualified hostname rather than just the pc name.
i.e.
"server.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "server"
"athlon1400.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "athlon1400"
"pentium4.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "pentium4"
"dell.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "dell"
Now that I've got that bit working, I'm going to add the O2 GPRS connection settings back in and see if it still works.
Have you tried pocketVNC yet?? im just about to install it as i run vnc on all our system instead of terminal services
I also recommend VNC viewer.
It acts, amongst others, as a remote control to my windows media player & winamp on my media server.
You can find it all over the place, but here is 1 link:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~midgley/wince/vnc.html
Hi
When i try to play a video from the web in the app "Streaming Media", the programm always connect to internet thru my mobile dealer. I tried to change it that it stream it over my wifi connection but doesnt work. Under Options i can choose o2mms, o2internet, work, secure Wap etc. But nothing really worked.
Can someone give me an answer`??
Thanks
I posted this q'n/feature in the DVP forum. But thought it would be more appropriate here. Pardon me if this is a stupid q'n.
I was playing with my Dell Venue Pro WP7 device. When browisng the IE i stumbled upon the search result coming from dlinksearch. To test this when WP7 is connected to PC, try typing contacts.exe(or anything that is invalid) in WP7 IE, then result will come from your router seacrh if configured. That made wonder why would my home router default search come from WP7 device when i am not connected to wifi. Upon further researching, i found that when the WP7 device is connected to the PC and zune running, the router and local home network can be accessed via IE with no wifi turned on.
Eg: If you have Tversity running on your home network, try accessing the URL (their port is 41952), if will show your music and videos. Unfortunately, when i play a music, it downloads the music, but ends up giving the message (zune is connected and being sync'd and asks to disconnect). I guess the WP7 zune player is launched infact, but since zune cannot play when connected to PC, it stops there. Now it can play when on wifi and not connected to pc.
My question is ,
1. is this normal behavior for WP7 or any mobile device?
2. Is MS transferring files to the phone via some web address when connected to PC?
3. Is there a simple way to access local home media server music and files via this route and stream them? See edit below.
4. Is Wifi turned on automatically when connected to PC?
EDIT : More findings
Infact i am able to access the local media server with wifi on and not connected to PC... it is streamed and played. Nice WP7.
This proves the theory that WP7 is turning on wifi automatically(?) when connected to PC and zune running.
Now i can stream all kinds of video and audio formats to my WP7 (all encoded by Tversity).
Looks like someone else already tried the tversity - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10510376&postcount=4
I have successfully configured vpn on my phone to connect to my home network. Unfortunately I have no idea what this is useful for. Can anyone give any suggestions?
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I have successfully configured vpn on my phone to connect to my home network. Unfortunately I have no idea what this is useful for. Can anyone give any suggestions?
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VPN or Virtual Private Network gives you the ability to connect from a hotspot to your home network. Once connected you can use the services of your own network while being somewhere else. For example if you have set up a DLNA server at home, you can watch your movies while sitting in the park for example. This is of course if both your home internet connection and the hotspot's connection can spare the bandwith required for the service you are using and the service doesn't mind the extra lag.
VPN is more useful if you connect to your business network, because companies usualy limit the services and data that can be accessed from the internet.
That's the theory anyway, because I can't test that feature - my router doesn't support incoming VPN connections.
Is there any way for the fire TV to connect to it? My university uses it, and I was wondering if I could connect, but the access point is not showing up
Can´t look now because I´m not at home but wasn´t there a setting for a manual AP setup where you could enter the SSID by yourself?
Some organizations may keep a second network available for legacy devices like printers, XBoxes, and older machines. You can check with your university's tech support to see how you can add your device to the list of allowed access for that network.
This isn't a guarantee that this network exists for you, but most enterprise and even some residential-grade equipment have this capability.
Otherwise, you might be able to find a router or range extender that can understand and connect to WPA2-Enterprise to work around this. In a pinch, an old laptop with two wifi cards or a wifi Ethernet port should suffice.
Or you may want to scrap wifi and run an Ethernet cable to your dorm's jack or personal switch.
Related topics found through Googling, but no further help:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/2sv1ov/best_option_for_college_wifi/
https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/2mydhh/fire_tv_stick_can_you_use_a_wireless_network_that/
Thanks the responses, but neither of them works well for me. there is a secondary unsecured wifi network, but it is just too slow to use, especially for streaming videos. I sideloaded a wifi APK onto it, and the networks DO show up, but there is no way to enter the login information (you need both a username and password.) Anyone know of an app that can do that?