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darksaber35 · 08-05-2012, 09:59 AM

HOME WiFi MEDIA STREAMING

Yesterday i thought i would look into trying some Apps to unlock my 3 TB of HD space on my 2x PC which are crammed with most of my music,movies and photos that i have collected over the years and would want to display on my Nexus 7.

So i tried a number of App's but kept hitting a brick wall as a number of them did not work for one reason for another (mainly dew to them not detecting the corresponding Wifi server i installed on the PC for the App)

So i thought i would share with you all the ones that did work well to save you some time and trouble that i had to go through

Both these WiFi media streamers are really easy to set up and in less than 5 minutes you will have your own media server up & running and streaming all your favourite music ,movies and photos onto your NEXUS 7.

Overall i like using Gmote the most for watching movies as it allows you to watch movies using the movie App of your choosing-I use MX player as it plays almost all media formats on my PC.
GMOTE also has a swish remote control feature which turns your android tablet into a remote control for your PC

So you can remotely select media files to play on your PC from your android tablet

It's also the FASTEST of the two as you can watch movies instantly unlike EMIT which you will have to wait a few seconds before a movie starts while it does the streaming .

But EMIT is defiantly the best for playing music and viewing photos as the photos displayed through GMOTE are a bit low resolution and look a bit pixelated.You can also download movies and music files from your PC using Emit.

1. Emit Free

(See photos 1,2,3)
This is a great WiFi media streamer for movies ,music & photos .It's pretty fast and reliable and is so easy to set up it's idiot proof.The Media player that it uses is pretty good and photos displayed through it's photo viewer look stunning and has a slide show mode.

One of the nice features about this program is in the options screen as it allows you to set the picture Quality of both the video's and photos displayed to mineralize any lag while streaming or you can increase picture quality if u have a fast WiFi.

Watch videos live from your PC/Mac/Linux on android. Download music from iTunes.

Emit allows you to stream videos from PC/Mac(10.6+)/Linux directly to an android device from your local wifi, 3g or external wifi.

Features:
- Live encoding and streaming directly to your device. No need to wait for your video to encode entirely
- Accessible from 3g or external wifi
- HTTP Live streaming for 2.3+ devices
- .srt subtitles
- mkv subtitles
- Switching between audio tracks in movie
- Recognizes DVD folders and displays by title
- Pre encoding videos and download them to the device for offline viewing.
- Download music from iTunes. Songs will be saved to: SD_Card/Emit/Music/Artist/Album/Song.mp3

Install instructions.
1. install PC,linux,APPLE server onto your desktop PC
https://www.emitapp.com/

2. run the server choose which folders you want streaming or like me select your hole HD if you want.

3.install the EMIT Android App onto your nexus 7
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ZW1pdGZyZWUiXQ..

4.The App should auto detect your PC server so just select it and then you have full access to your media files on your PC.

2. Gmote (See photos 4,5,6 & 7)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...QuYW5kcm9pZCJd
Control your computer's media player from your phone. Stream music to your phone

Turns your phone into a remote control for your computer, allowing you to start and control movies and music at a distance.

New 2.0
Stream music from your computer to phone!
Linux support
Control PowerPoint, image slide shows
Navigate and launch websites from phone
Acts as a WiFi touchpad/keyboard (improved!)
Bug fixes

App's that failed to work for one reason or another - BubbleUPnP ,ES File Explorer ,Air Playit.Tonido works but it's so SLOWat streaming it's painful

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08-05-2012, 09:59 AM	#55
darksaber35 Banned Posts: 190 Karma: 4001356 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: ENGLAND - HONG KONG Device: a dead as PARROT Kindle keyboard 3G,NEXUS 7 and Proud Of It	HOME WiFi MEDIA STREAMING Yesterday i thought i would look into trying some Apps to unlock my 3 TB of HD space on my 2x PC which are crammed with most of my music,movies and photos that i have collected over the years and would want to display on my Nexus 7. So i tried a number of App's but kept hitting a brick wall as a number of them did not work for one reason for another (mainly dew to them not detecting the corresponding Wifi server i installed on the PC for the App) So i thought i would share with you all the ones that did work well to save you some time and trouble that i had to go through Both these WiFi media streamers are really easy to set up and in less than 5 minutes you will have your own media server up & running and streaming all your favourite music ,movies and photos onto your NEXUS 7. Overall i like using Gmote the most for watching movies as it allows you to watch movies using the movie App of your choosing-I use MX player as it plays almost all media formats on my PC. GMOTE also has a swish remote control feature which turns your android tablet into a remote control for your PC So you can remotely select media files to play on your PC from your android tablet It's also the FASTEST of the two as you can watch movies instantly unlike EMIT which you will have to wait a few seconds before a movie starts while it does the streaming . But EMIT is defiantly the best for playing music and viewing photos as the photos displayed through GMOTE are a bit low resolution and look a bit pixelated.You can also download movies and music files from your PC using Emit. 1. Emit Free (See photos 1,2,3) This is a great WiFi media streamer for movies ,music & photos .It's pretty fast and reliable and is so easy to set up it's idiot proof.The Media player that it uses is pretty good and photos displayed through it's photo viewer look stunning and has a slide show mode. One of the nice features about this program is in the options screen as it allows you to set the picture Quality of both the video's and photos displayed to mineralize any lag while streaming or you can increase picture quality if u have a fast WiFi. Watch videos live from your PC/Mac/Linux on android. Download music from iTunes. Emit allows you to stream videos from PC/Mac(10.6+)/Linux directly to an android device from your local wifi, 3g or external wifi. Features: - Live encoding and streaming directly to your device. No need to wait for your video to encode entirely - Accessible from 3g or external wifi - HTTP Live streaming for 2.3+ devices - .srt subtitles - mkv subtitles - Switching between audio tracks in movie - Recognizes DVD folders and displays by title - Pre encoding videos and download them to the device for offline viewing. - Download music from iTunes. Songs will be saved to: SD_Card/Emit/Music/Artist/Album/Song.mp3 Install instructions. 1. install PC,linux,APPLE server onto your desktop PC https://www.emitapp.com/ 2. run the server choose which folders you want streaming or like me select your hole HD if you want. 3.install the EMIT Android App onto your nexus 7 https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ZW1pdGZyZWUiXQ.. 4.The App should auto detect your PC server so just select it and then you have full access to your media files on your PC. 2. Gmote (See photos 4,5,6 & 7) https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...QuYW5kcm9pZCJd Control your computer's media player from your phone. Stream music to your phone Turns your phone into a remote control for your computer, allowing you to start and control movies and music at a distance. New 2.0 Stream music from your computer to phone! Linux support Control PowerPoint, image slide shows Navigate and launch websites from phone Acts as a WiFi touchpad/keyboard (improved!) Bug fixes App's that failed to work for one reason or another - BubbleUPnP ,ES File Explorer ,Air Playit.Tonido works but it's so SLOWat streaming it's painful . Attached Thumbnails Last edited by darksaber35; 08-05-2012 at 06:28 PM.