[Q] Read MP3 from SMB to AirPlay - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I'm looking for an app' to do this job :
- Read from SMB network shares (Like ES Explorer app') (From my NAS, no DLNA)
- Manage playlists
- Stream audio to Airplay (Like Twonky app')
Thanks for your help

I found a ZappoTV app' who stream to AirPlay, but it's not working, it does not find my AirPlay device (french Freebox Player).

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TVersity realtime WMV transcoder

I've set this up at home, it converts movies on the fly to WMV and acts like windows media center, except without windows media center best of all, it's free:
http://www.tversity.com/
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The TVersity Media Server lets you manage your Internet and home media and create your personalized lineup of channels, or as we call it your Personal Entertainment Guide (PEG). It then serves this media to a multitude of networked devices in the home or on the go, overcoming their inherent limitations by doing all the necessary conversions on the fly, and thus making your media available anywhere, anytime and from any device.
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TVersity is the most versatile media server and the only one that is truly universal in the range of devices it supports. TVersity can serve media to:
* Devices supporting the UPnP AV / DLNA standard (which is the de-facto standard for connecitivity between devices in the digital home). This includes
* Devices like networked TVs, DVDs, Stereo Receivers, Digital Media Adapaters/Receivers (including the Xbox 360), Mobile Phones, Satellite and Cable set-top-boxes and more.
* Devices with a web browser (XHTML-MP or WAP 2.0) and media streaming or downloading capabilities like Mobile Phones, PDAs, the Sony PSP, and more.
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it's great, i use it for my xbox360.. normally it can only handle wmv streams, with tversity i can stream anything!

[Q] Twonky Screen Share - Choose different default Video Player??

Hey all,
Im using Twonky on mT4G to access my Buffalo Network Media server via WiFi in my home, and it is able to see all of my content.
However, it is not playing my movies.
If I use GMote to access my files (which streams via PC to phone) then I am able to view my movie files when using vPlayer as the video player.
My question is, can I use vPlayer instead of the Twonky media player to watch my movies from the Screen Share browser? If not, is there some other app (maybe a file browser?) that will let me browse and play the files on my Media Server, without needing to have my PC on?
Thanks!

[Q] Playing MP3 files from NAS

Hello everyone, first post
So i've just gotten my Folio 100 and i have installed Foliomod 1.4 - love it
I've also installed Astro file manager - and thorugh this i've made a SMB connection to a NAS i have in my house.
I can see the files on the NAS, MP3, TS files and so forth, but i can't play any of them.
Even with the MP3 files it says something like: "can't play the media" or it can't recognize the filetype. Seems weired as it is just a MP3 file
Anyone know what to do
Thanks
/Mmunkn
I am sorry for a schematic and bad explain because of my very basic English.
With Astro SMB you can copy media files from NAS to folio and then play it locally.
Lock if your NAS is DLNA capable or install DLNA server for streaming yours multimedia, the toshiba player is DLNA capable and others players also.
Install CIFSManager and then mount yours shared folders, you can play mp3 or watch video but there are some limitation ex flac or ape don't play very well. I am in foliomod 1.3 that have a kernel with Cifs module enable, for 1.4 I don't know.

[Q] Does this device support Real Player - or Windows Media player?

I listen to some website hosted streaming content - that I can't download the file and convert - but Stream via Real Player and / or Windows Media Player
Will the Honeycomb tablets support this format - or is it a no go?
If not supported - can I use it as a remote desktop device and somehow stream it from my PC - to the Transformer tablet?
Thanks
The Norwegian national Brodcaster uses Windows Media Player on theyr websites for archived TV shows, is there noe way, settings apps or something that fixes so that I can view these?
All I get is a "leggo block" with a question mark on the sides.

[Q] play movie from networked PC on A500

I have a bunch of movies on an external hard drive connected to my home PC.
I want to be able to play the movies on my A500 whilst connected to the TV elsewhere in the house (over wifi)
I've played with clearfi with no luck. Is there an app that will allow me to do this easily with just a few clicks ?
Cheerz
I use PS3 Media Server on my PC and Bubble UPNP on my A500. Works great.
Thanks. I'll give them a try later. Will it play .avi files ?
I'm running off Thor's ROM, but I've had no issues streaming avi files via upnp.
The easiest method is BSPlayer, it actually lets you view movies from a shared folder rather than UPnP. You might have some lag with large files, but it does the job better than trying to get UPnP functionality to work 100% of the time.
There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
If you have a custom rom with a kernel supporting cifs, you could try cifs manager. It create a shared folder on a specified location. It works great for music too. I can even scan my network shared music library with the stock music player (or other) by creating a shared folder on the sd-card.
https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsIndzLnBsYXR0bmVyLmNpZnNtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
For movies, I also recommend MovieBrowser HD, a nice front end that scan your movie library and fetch covers and descriptions, opens with your fav movie player.
https://market.android.com/details?...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hZHJlZS5tb3ZpZWJyb3dzZXIiXQ..
tantrum829 said:
There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
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Same here, es file explorer and mx or dice works great.
I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
I just used File Manager HD to browse to folder and BS player to stream, very easy.
I tried a VLC app and it worked pretty well. Just make sure its not the remote app.
Dexter Douglas said:
I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
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I was going to buy the full version but its saying the account is locked or something?
I'm going to spend this weekend trying all the suggestions - thanks
I ran into the same issue. I ended up giving BS Player a shot and it handled 720p mkv and avi files like a dream. Granted, it was playing them off an external HDD, but it's definitely worth a download.
Yes I think that FM HD is the best for LAN connection over wi-fi and xm player. But mx player cannot read subtitles from network drive.
Serviio for the pc (dlna server java software) and skifta on your A500.

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