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[Q] Best way to stream and add data from PC - GN via WIFI?

What I would like to do is send files to my GN via my wireless network (movies, music files, pictures etc) and also stream files directly (i.e .mkv 720p video files). Would be very happy if you could point me in the right direction!

GN_ICS said:
What I would like to do is send files to my GN via my wireless network (movies, music files, pictures etc) and also stream files directly (i.e .mkv 720p video files). Would be very happy if you could point me in the right direction!
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I'm not so sure about streaming, but for transfer, Dropbox may help.

bennettm89 said:
I'm not so sure about streaming, but for transfer, Dropbox may help.
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Problem with that is, I first have to upload to the Dropbox servers and then download from the phone. What I want is a faster method since my upload speeds are very slow. I am thinking along the lines of a ftp server perhaps, but not sure if that is the best option?

GN_ICS said:
Problem with that is, I first have to upload to the Dropbox servers and then download from the phone. What I want is a faster method since my upload speeds are very slow. I am thinking along the lines of a ftp server perhaps, but not sure if that is the best option?
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FTP seems that you would go through too much trouble setting it up just for that. I see your point about upload speeds though, and you are correct. I can't say I know of any other solution .

there's an app I use. its called wifi file explorer. you can use it to transfer files from your PC to the phone over wifi

If you are just looking to stream videos, look into mirage beta in the market, and use it in conjunction with a windows app called "air video server" it works great together, and it will even transcode subtitles, and transcode on the fly high res video down to something more compatible for streaming with. This setup is especially nice because you can stream your entire video collection at will to your phone, and not use up any space on the phone at all, (provided you have network)
For normal files, wifi explorer or dropbox work fine. If you want, you can even run a FTP server on your android device and connect into it from your computer using the IP address of your phone.

I use Plex - not only transcodes but the grabs box art, descriptions etc. and has a very slick interface. Might be overkill for your needs though...
Wifi file explorer is really nice for just getting general files to the phone. There's also a DAV server available (forget the name of it) so you could then mount the phone as a drive and copy directly.

ES File Explorer, all you needs in 1 app. Streams mkvs perfectly with dice player, no need for extra software on your PC
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gabster21 said:
ES File Explorer, all you needs in 1 app. Streams mkvs perfectly with dice player, no need for extra software on your PC
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Slightly off topic but can ES access twonky servers? Would be nice to have the dice player integration and avoid the twonky app.
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gabster21 said:
ES File Explorer, all you needs in 1 app. Streams mkvs perfectly with dice player, no need for extra software on your PC
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That doesn't seem to work on the GN. All that happens is you get a dialog that says 'Dice player has stopped' (the same file plays fine if copied to the phone).
Edit: Seems to be ICS compatibility issue..
Code:
W/dalvikvm(32485): No implementation found for native Lcom/inisoft/mediaplayer/MediaPlayer;.setDataSource (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Map;)V
D/AndroidRuntime(32485): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm(32485): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a531f8)
E/AndroidRuntime(32485): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(32485): java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: setDataSource
E/AndroidRuntime(32485): at com.inisoft.mediaplayer.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(32485): at com.inisoft.mediaplayer.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime(32485): at com.inisoft.mediaplayer.VideoView.p(Unknown Source)

Hi, try mobo player for the streaming part
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Does the Galaxy Nexus not feature dlna? That sounds perfect for OP's needs. Older androids feature this out of the box.
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Does the Galaxy Nexus not feature dlna? That sounds perfect for OP's needs. Older androids feature this out of the box.
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If you're talking about Allshare, that only comes with TouchWiz not stock Android.

gabster21 said:
If you're talking about Allshare, that only comes with TouchWiz not stock Android.
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no I mean dlna, you use it to stream video, pictures or music over wifi. For example I connect my x10 to wifi and enable dlna and activate dlna on my TV and I can then browse through my phones media contents and play them.
Was just looking through the settings on nexus and couldn't see it but also found wifi direct here's a good http://www.wi-fi.org/Wi-Fi_Direct.php its not the same as dlna, can't find it anywhere in the phone. Surely it has it?!
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Does the Galaxy Nexus not feature dlna? That sounds perfect for OP's needs. Older androids feature this out of the box.
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I actually use Upnplay and Moboplayer on my Nexus S (and Ps3 media streamer on my PC) to stream MKVs from my desktop to my phone. Works pretty well and it's via dlna.

BinaryTB said:
I actually use Upnplay and Moboplayer on my Nexus S (and Ps3 media streamer on my PC) to stream MKVs from my desktop to my phone. Works pretty well and it's via dlna.
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No sign on any settings for dlna or galaxy nexus, should be under settings/wireless and networks. Unless those apps have some kind of dlna built in to them? I want to use dlna just I can't find it or know if its even supoorted
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BinaryTB said:
I actually use Upnplay and Moboplayer on my Nexus S (and Ps3 media streamer on my PC) to stream MKVs from my desktop to my phone. Works pretty well and it's via dlna.
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do you mean ps3 media server? and if so, can you tell me how it works on your phone? I have it on my PC and it works great on my ps3

Don't care about not included DLNA Apps. So far my experience was that most of the DLNA Apps the manufacturer added were crap :/
But well, there is one which worked always pretty well for me. It's the app "Skifta" by Qualcomm
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skifta.android.app
Try this in combination with a good videoplayer (Diceplayer,Vplayer,Rockplayer) and it should work pretty fine. This way I could always stream my videos from PC to my Android phone without any problems. Just share the media in windows media player or any similar software which supports DLNA.
Couldn't test skifta on ICS so far because I'm still waiting for my phone but I hope it runs as well on ICS as it was running on older Android versions.

MysteriousDiary said:
Don't care about not included DLNA Apps. So far my experience was that most of the DLNA Apps the manufacturer added were crap :/
But well, there is one which worked always pretty well for me. It's the app "Skifta" by Qualcomm
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skifta.android.app
Try this in combination with a good videoplayer (Diceplayer,Vplayer,Rockplayer) and it should work pretty fine. This way I could always stream my videos from PC to my Android phone without any problems. Just share the media in windows media player or any similar software which supports DLNA.
Couldn't test skifta on ICS so far because I'm still waiting for my phone but I hope it runs as well on ICS as it was running on older Android versions.
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Legendary, had an update 28/11/11 to support ics. Your a star for sharing, about to test now
It works!! Thanks man
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rock7632 said:
do you mean ps3 media server? and if so, can you tell me how it works on your phone? I have it on my PC and it works great on my ps3
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Whoops, sorry, yeah, that's what I meant. Let me check my settings... I installed it a while ago and once it worked, I haven't touch it since.
On my HTPC Server, installed it, pointed it to whatever folders I want to share (currently only video for when I'm in bed at night and don't want to wake the wife with an episode of whatever), set the transcoding settings to use multi-cores, almost everything else on default.
On upnplay on my Nexus S... (horrible GUI btw), started up the app, the PS3 Media Server I just set up shows up automatically (it's all on the same wifi network, haven't tried it via 3G), click on it, my folder shares show up, I click on a video and it starts up via moboplayer.
I use moboplayer, tried a few others, found moboplayer to be the most stable for me while playing mkvs and any other video I throw at it.
A tip. I found (this was months ago, maybe it's better now with new versions) that mkv streaming of high res video on the Nexus S was unstable or really slow. So I used Handbrake to transcode a season of a show at time from MKV/720p to MP4/800x480. It was super simple, they have a phone profile you click on and voila. Downside? a bit more harddrive space it used, upside? Instantaneous playback.
Also, streaming MP4 h264 videos (which are natively supported by the Nexus S) via Upnplay would sometimes just quit the app randomly. Moboplayer was more stable in that regard too.

Best App for Streaming Video?

I have a collection of video files on my Windows XP PC that I would like to view on my A100 without downloading the multi-GB files to the Tablet.
What combination of PC server/Android player does the best job in terms of picture quality, user interface, file/format compatibility, etc.?

I use Gmote,it works great.you have the option to control the pc like a remote,or you can set it to stream from pc.uses wifi to connect.for my player i use Vplayer.
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Hooride707 said:
I use Gmote,it works great.you have the option to control the pc like a remote,or you can set it to stream from pc.uses wifi to connect.for my player i use Vplayer.
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Thanks for the reply!
I don't understand how you use Gmote - what do you run on the PC?
I will give it a try and report back..

I have been using Playon for a few years now. there are some open source variations, I'll see if I can find some links for you later today.

Update on Gmote:
You install a small Gmote server program on your PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) and the Gmote client on your tablet. You then browse the media paths you have configured on the server. You select whether to play the file on the PC or on the Android device. If you select to play on the "phone", you have to select which player app to use. I had installed Vplayer, and selected it.
Update on Vplayer:
It works, but just barely. Lots of pixellation on my A100. It seems to be designed only for playing local files from /mnt/sdcard, doesn't even "see" /mnt/ext_card.

dharr18 said:
I have been using Playon for a few years now.
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Me, too. I have the Playon server running on my Windows PC, and the free Playon for Android player "sees" the server OK. But I can't get the channels/plugins/files to play - there is no "Play" button on the Honeycomb screen!

Update:
I am having excellent results with:
- ES File Explorer to browse the media files on my PC. Once a film is selected, the File Explorer asks you which player to use.
- MX Player is the best option I have found so far. Very fast seeking, no pixellation.
Does anybody have good results with another program or programs?

Icestream is a great app to use to stream TV shows or movies. Works best with mx player or mobo player.
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I also have used vital player for the device,but i dont have any problems with the Vplayer.im using the full version,idk if that makes a diff how the player is.
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kascend video play not for tablet but it works great
even plays 1080p and mkv files

I am also having good results with Skifta (free on the Market). (www.skifta.com/)
The advantage with Skifta is it sees all of the media servers that are running on my PC (tVersity, Playon, Serviio) and lets me browse them for files and channels. For playback, I am still happy with MXplayer.

I use BS player. I can browse straight to my nas thru a file share and play a movie. No need to stream anything from a pc or upnp. Lite version is free and works great.
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+1 for BSplayer. It includes hardware acceleration for Arm v7. It has gesture control for volume, brightness, zoom.

Nice
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Streaming media

I don't use Netflix which I know is good. What streaming media (apps or browser links) look good on the N7? A few that I like that seem to work well (and look good):
syfy.com/rewind
usanetwork.com/videos (must subscribe to cable or Sat service)
dish.epixhd.com (must subscribe to cable or Sat service)
dish remote access (app)
crackle (app)
tv.com (app)
None are perfect, but I would rate all a "4"; they look very good full screen. I tried TNT, it kind of sucks.

tcat007 said:
I don't use Netflix which I know is good. What streaming media (apps or browser links) look good on the N7? A few that I like that seem to work well (and look good):
syfy.com/rewind
usanetwork.com/videos (must subscribe to cable or Sat service)
dish.epixhd.com (must subscribe to cable or Sat service)
dish remote access (app)
crackle (app)
tv.com (app)
None are perfect, but I would rate all a "4"; they look very good full screen. I tried TNT, it kind of sucks.
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If you had comcast I would highly recommend the xfinity app, its perfect and they have refined the app for 7" screens
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Crunchyroll works great. Shame they dumped the tablet interface in the redesign though...

What about streaming from a Home NAS? I use FreeNAS and have like, 8TB of movies, in storage, that I stream to my PS3 using PS3 Media Server, but want to do the same with my tablet....

I use bsplayer to stream video from nas which I think is very easy setup

Plex is a really good answer for streaming from a pc to the nexus if you have lots of movies,
it automatically gets all the tag info from the web, like cover art etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wbGV4YXBwLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..

I use MovieBrowser UPnP to browse my nas and dice to play the videos. Best solution for me so far, but I'm going to check out some of the other options mentioned in this thread.
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I can't add to the OP's list, but for streaming movies on my home network, I use TVersity on a Windows PC because it's compatible with a gazillion devices, particularly my Xbox 360. I have MediaHouse on the Nexus and I watch the movies with MX Player. TVersity does take a little bit of configuring. MediaHouse discovers it within a second or so and its integration with MX Player is seamless.

XBMC?

I just looked at xbmc. Looks interesting. Does it find shows on a dvr? I see the screen examples of like 1000 movies and 8 seasons of 24... do people actually have that much stored on a pc, or does this find stuff on your dvr or on line? No way all that can be stored on an n7.
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XBMC?
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I have to put a plug in for MediaHouse combined with Mx. Seamless streaming from a new DLNA drive on my Netgear router.
I have 40GB of movies (that I purchased) and a few GB of music on it.
The moves are as ripped, .avi, and they look great. I like not having to convert.

CarsnGadgets said:
Plex is a really good answer for streaming from a pc to the nexus if you have lots of movies,
it automatically gets all the tag info from the web, like cover art etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wbGV4YXBwLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
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Another vote for Plex...I use it and love it

derek1387 said:
What about streaming from a Home NAS? I use FreeNAS and have like, 8TB of movies, in storage, that I stream to my PS3 using PS3 Media Server, but want to do the same with my tablet....
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I use ampdroid app with MediaPortal on PC. I can browse my various collections and stream 15GB bluray rips to the N7. I was surprised it worked with the large file size and type.

using dice player with plugin...streaming from pogoplug NAS running archlinux
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Another vote for Plex here, I love the way it catalogues and finds all the cover artwork for my library. The remote is a very nice touch too!

I just use ES File Explorer to browse my server's Samba share and have it open to MX Media Player. Most media is encoded to 720p mkv and using software decoding it plays back fine.
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Found the best streaming media for n7, mediahouse-pro with MX player-pro video player. I wasted a couple bucks on other apps including plex and it was kind of frustrating at first. But I got it now and thought I would share.
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Mannn121 said:
Found the best streaming media for n7, mediahouse-pro with MX player-pro video player. I wasted a couple bucks on other apps including plex and it was kind of frustrating at first. But I got it now and thought I would share.
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Not sure if this was mentioned but Network Places (Innocomm) GVNDroid works very well on my Nexus 7 I was fustrated at first that iMedia sucked the way that it did but now that I've found this - Give it a try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innocomm.SambaExplorer

stompysan said:
I just use ES File Explorer to browse my server's Samba share and have it open to MX Media Player. Most media is encoded to 720p mkv and using software decoding it plays back fine.
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Exactly what I do! ES File Explorer is extremely user friendly and it's just a matter of marking folders as shared and they pop up on my N7. Couple that with MX Player and it's a home run

matius44 said:
Exactly what I do! ES File Explorer is extremely user friendly and it's just a matter of marking folders as shared and they pop up on my N7. Couple that with MX Player and it's a home run
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stompysan said:
I just use ES File Explorer to browse my server's Samba share and have it open to MX Media Player. Most media is encoded to 720p mkv and using software decoding it plays back fine.
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could you guys show me how to set up es file explorer with my windows 7 to share movies.
i have been trying to set it up. i cant figure it out.

[Q] Samsung Video Hub and DLNA (file sharing)

On my Note 2 I can share a video playing in the default video player to my xbox 360 but when playing a video obtained through Samsung's video hub there is no icon to share it to the xbox (the little monitor icon with arrows and a number).
Has anyone got a solution to this problem?

I have this problem too, did you find a solution?
It seems to let me play trailers but when I want to watch a full film there is no icon.

I've not found a solution. I think it's due to DRM though...
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DRM? What was your solution? I am guessing I should be able to stream the full movies and not just the trailers. Really confusing how it works for the trailers and not the full movies.

DRM is digital rights management. You can't steam it because you've rented it and you do not own it. The only solution I found is to download from other (dodgy) sources lol
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[Q] G Pad 8.3 + Plex + Chromecast = Lag/Skipping

Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. After much research and consideration, I chose this tablet because the specs and features are best-suited to my needs. My main uses for this tablet are to stream content to my Chromecast/TV, games and browsing.
Now, to the issues I'm facing... I have set up a media server and have Plex installed on my tablet. The other day, I was watching a TV show episode and the video started skipping (for example when a Youtube video is buffering on a bad internet connection). I have used my phone to watch many episodes and movies before buying the tablet and there was no video skipping. Can someone suggest any solutions I can try to get rid of the issue?
Also, I have been getting the System UI error when I'm using YouTube on the tablet with Chromecast.
I'm currently running Kit Kat 4.4.2.
I look forward to your valued opinions/suggestions and thanks in advance.
Thanks.

I've noticed issues with plex but on custom roms. Solution is to use external player for movies, when using plex mxplayer works great.
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gffmac said:
I've noticed issues with plex but on custom roms. Solution is to use external player for movies, when using plex mxplayer works great.
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I don't understand how I can use mxplayer with plex. I basically want to stream stuff from my computer's media server with plex app on my tablet to chromecast. Please assist.

Chromecast appears to be buggy with g pad.
Real player cloud does what you're trying to do, it's not a solution but possibly a temp fix.

Kenif1983 said:
Chromecast appears to be buggy with g pad.
Real player cloud does what you're trying to do, it's not a solution but possibly a temp fix.
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I'll give that a go. However, since I have changed the 'video quality over network' settings to maximum, I haven't experienced the lag.

gankstar5 said:
I don't understand how I can use mxplayer with plex. I basically want to stream stuff from my computer's media server with plex app on my tablet to chromecast. Please assist.
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I use bubble upnp to watch my plex stuff on my Sony smart tv. You choose the library and the target and can browser on tablet and send to tv. Not sure about chrome cast though. Yeh mxplayer is only for playback on the tablet.
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