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Video playing frm pc to phone

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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Spastic909 said:
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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Barry:// said:
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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shortlived said:
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.

Innocent Devil said:
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.

Muisc over LAN?

What music application will allow me to stream music from my pc to my phone?
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Not sure if it's what you're looking for but ES File Explorer can do that. Or are you looking for something more along the line of Google Music but on a local network? I don't do that with my phone so I can't honestly name a program for you. Like I said, ES can access the music and play it so you might give it a shot and see if it's what you're looking for.

proxy0 said:
What music application will allow me to stream music from my pc to my phone?
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Subsonic its awesome, you have to donate or your licenses for mobile will expire. Well worth the donation
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Try tversity, it streams over your network. I think u can hit it through the IP address in the browser.
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http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp let me know if you need help with the setup it is pretty straight forward though
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riggs170 said:
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp let me know if you need help with the setup it is pretty straight forward though
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Set it up. Pretty nice.
I'm wondering if I can set up my own server without there software.
Which I've done. Just like an app to play it.

It is your own server you are hosting the files locally with the option of accessing them from a wan. None of your files are able to be viewed by their software
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Never mind I see what you meant
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riggs170 said:
Never mind I see what you meant
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Yeah I'd rather set it up myself instead of having to use there server client.
I've got 20 days to figure it out.
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proxy0 said:
What music application will allow me to stream music from my pc to my phone?
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idk if this is what you need but i cant say enough good things about Audiogalaxy. read the description and see if thats what you need
i have about 60,000 tracks on my hdd on my laptop. when i go places, i like to have all that music with me. as long as my laptop is on, i stream any of that music over my 3g network and have never had any skips or problems at all. google play music only allows 20,000 songs :/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5hdWRpb2dhbGF4eSJd

cuezaireekaa said:
idk if this is what you need but i cant say enough good things about Audiogalaxy. read the description and see if thats what you need
i have about 60,000 tracks on my hdd on my laptop. when i go places, i like to have all that music with me. as long as my laptop is on, i stream any of that music over my 3g network and have never had any skips or problems at all. google play music only allows 20,000 songs :/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5hdWRpb2dhbGF4eSJd
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+1 here

Playing music/creating playlist off Flashdrive

To save space I want to have my music in a flash drive. I can play individual songs but I want to know if there is way or an app that can shuffle songs that are on my flash drive if I have a folder with music only?
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The only player that works with your requirement that I have tried is Poweramp. Winamp, etc. won't scan attached usb drives even though it is mounted inside /sdcard. Kind of weird I think. Will try jetaudio later when I get to my flash drive.
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mariolouis said:
The only player that works with your requirement that I have tried is Poweramp. Winamp, etc. won't scan attached usb drives even though it is mounted inside /sdcard. Kind of weird I think. Will try jetaudio later when I get to my flash drive.
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Jet audio will not scan flash drive

so far so good
Power Amp seems to work. I'm going to use a different flash drive and see what music it sees and see if the it saves the music on the device or not.

Best Music Sync Application?

I've always been a doubleTwist user on Android but I was curious about other softwares that could transfer my music and playlists.
doubleTwist is fantastic application to transfer files but sadly the cable sync feature doesn't work on the SIII (or does it? Any suggestions)
AirSync with doubleTwist is fantastic as well, but my home WiFi connection is garbage so it takes too long to sync.
What are your favorite applications to sync music and playlists?

Google Music! Love it. I don't even use my ipod anymore

+1, Google Music all the way. I use easy ums app to transfer files or just stick my SD card in my Mac for faster transfer. I have used AirDroid before to transfer files and it worked very well and was fast even on my terrible wifi
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crackmulah said:
+1, Google Music all the way. I use easy ums app to transfer files or just stick my SD card in my Mac for faster transfer. I have used AirDroid before to transfer files and it worked very well and was fast even on my terrible wifi
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Audiogalaxy. syncs perfectly

I agree. Google Music will work just fine.

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+1, Google Music all the way. I use easy ums app to transfer files or just stick my SD card in my Mac for faster transfer. I have used AirDroid before to transfer files and it worked very well and was fast even on my terrible wifi
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Thank you so much for pointing the "easy ums app" my way.
Finally able to mount my SIII in Mass Storage again.
Now using doubleTwist to sync via USB.

Poweramp
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poweramp

Glad I could help
Just hit thanks
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Poweramp is not a sync application.. It's a player, and a damn good one.
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iSyncr
it's perfect for ones who used itunes in the past. keep your library :good:

circuit.007 said:
Poweramp is not a sync application.. It's a player, and a damn good one.
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Amen!

CaliCal said:
iSyncr
it's perfect for ones who used itunes in the past. keep your library :good:
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+1 for iSyncr
Works great and the last update integrated the wifi addon to the main app and you can use any player you want
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Drag and drop
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DavidXSU said:
Drag and drop
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MusicBee is BY FAR the best desktop music player I have encountered - both for use on the desktop and also for synching.
Much more intutitive and easy to use than MediaMonkey, etc., very full featured (has replaygain, fade, etc) and unlike a lot of other programs I have tried which tend to hang, crash of sync very slowly, it works easily every time.
Im surprised more people dont use it - it took me a while to discover this program and I think it rocks.

Play music via usb in car

Ok.... does anyone know of a an app or a way to pay music on my sd card on my car stereo? I plug in my usb cable and nothing happens i used to be able to pull down the drop menu and i could mount sd card and whala it played but that option is gone. Thank you in advanced for any solutions you may have.
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The GS3 does not support connecting over USB as a mass storage device (like my old Evo did). That is likely why your car stereo does not see your music on your phone. Not sure there is a way around that.
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Lame looks like im stuck using an ipod. Ugh i hate apple products.
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XBMC4LIFE said:
Ok.... does anyone know of a an app or a way to pay music on my sd card on my car stereo? I plug in my usb cable and nothing happens i used to be able to pull down the drop menu and i could mount sd card and whala it played but that option is gone. Thank you in advanced for any solutions you may have.
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Hi, I'm not sure if this is a solution but you can try it.
do you see the usb logo when you connect your phone to the radio on the status bar? If yes, pull down the notification, and click on the usb logo.. than choose "camera (ftp)", and right after that choose Media Device (MTP). It should work after that. You can also try to enable usb debugging under settings-developper options-usb debugging.

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Hi, I'm not sure if this is a solution but you can try it.
do you see the usb logo when you connect your phone to the radio on the status bar? If yes, pull down the notification, and click on the usb logo.. than choose "camera (ftp)", and right after that choose Media Device (MTP). It should work after that. You can also try to enable usb debugging under settings-developper options-usb debugging.
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Ok cool. Ill give that a shot and see what happens. Hopefully it works. Thank you!
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m20120 said:
The GS3 does not support connecting over USB as a mass storage device (like my old Evo did). That is likely why your car stereo does not see your music on your phone. Not sure there is a way around that.
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All my music is on my sd card and I was just listening to music via usb in my car an hour ago. Op I'm not sure why yours doesn't work. Ever tried just using the earphone jack?

ReapersDeath said:
All my music is on my sd card and I was just listening to music via usb in my car an hour ago. Op I'm not sure why yours doesn't work. Ever tried just using the earphone jack?
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Yeah i could do that but i prefer usb cause my deck is a media player it has no cd slot or anything just shows all the songs via usb so i can use my remote to change songs vs looking at my phone distracting me from the road.
What rom are you on that allows you to connect usb as media?
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There is an app for the international s3 that allows you to mount your sd.. But I have tried and it doesn't work on the us version, it would be great if we could get it working
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Sgs3 easy UMS.. I guess it works for the Verizon and at&t versions..
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XBMC4LIFE said:
Yeah i could do that but i prefer usb cause my deck is a media player it has no cd slot or anything just shows all the songs via usb so i can use my remote to change songs vs looking at my phone distracting me from the road.
What rom are you on that allows you to connect usb as media?
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I've tried all types of music players and configurations. The s3 can mount the USB to play music. However 98% of car stereos only support apple. There for you can not see the music on your deck like you can with a iPod. You can change the songs but it won't display them.
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Anyone tried that app?
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Mine kinda works :-0
When I plug my SG3 into my Sony deck (xplod or something) it recognizes a folder and plays the tracks in it. However it is not my music folder. It is some folder containing notification files. It will display the names of the files so I will try to find where those are stored and see if I can put music files there and see if they will play. But yeah, most decks are designed to work with Crapple thangs...