[cuek80]

Hi all. Just want to share how to stream movies over wifi network.

Apps u ll need: Ghost Commander, and Built in Browser. Both are free apps.

1. Use commander to access your shared folder (smb) or NAS on network.
2. Run the movie file.

Note. I find playing avi and mp4 using Browser apps is much better than commander's built in viewer.
Commander built in viewer can only run mp4 files, not avi.

Here's screenshot


Too bad it doesn't support subtitle

Regards

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[clieman]

Thanks. Will try it out.

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[clieman]

This is great! Can play my .mkv files in the NAS.

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[nnomad]

Kalemsoft media player will transcode and stream. It is $4.99 though.

[clieman]

Kalemsoft needs to install in a server and won't work on a NAS.

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[shimh]

This is great! Can play my .mkv files in the NAS.

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MKV cannot be played in the browser method on my Z10. Avi is good

Update: it looks like the size of the file matters. The browser cannot play files larger than 4GB. MKV itself is fine.

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[primusd]

Kalemsoft needs to install in a server and won't work on a NAS.

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Kalemsoft will definitely stream most video (and audio) from a DLNA/UPnP-compliant NAS (without any additional server-side program). The codec compatibility is superb and as good as it gets for BB10 (or other). Check it out:
BlackBerry World - KalemSoft Media Player
Also handles subtitles if the right files are available.

Grab it - worth the $4.99 for native app + extensive file support and a responsive developer.

[cuek80]

I usually watch movies using es file explorer and mxplayer on my android tablet. Both are free apps. With that alternative, I won't buy any app no matter how cheap it is, just to get the same function on a smaller screen device.

Quite happy with combination with ghost commander and browser for now as an alternative. It's a good start anyway

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[Xopher]

I usually watch movies using es file explorer and mxplayer on my android tablet. Both are free apps. With that alternative, I won't buy any app no matter how cheap it is, just to get the same function on a smaller screen device.

Quite happy with combination with ghost commander and browser for now as an alternative. It's a good start anyway

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I side loaded ES File Explorer and it works great on the Z10. The movies i have on the network drive stream just fine as well.


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[cuek80]

I side loaded ES File Explorer and it works great on the Z10. The movies i have on the network drive stream just fine as well.


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Where did u download the working bar files?

Thanks in advance

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[andnat14]

When I click on avi file received an error commander can not play this file. Who to redirect to browser?

[cuek80]

When I click on avi file received an error commander can not play this file. Who to redirect to browser?

On my Z10, when I click the avi file, I ll get to choose which app I want to use to open it. Just choose "Browser".

[clieman]

Both browser and video player will work.

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[BA Baracus]

Where did u download the working bar files?

Thanks in advance

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Go to the good ereader website - it's one of the best to grab .bar files for BB10 and PlayBook

[dom7]

How about if you have a time capsule? Will this software pick that up as a drive. (time capsule uses the apple file protocol -afp)?

Does playcloud let you stream as well?

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[cuek80]

How about if you have a time capsule? Will this software pick that up as a drive. (time capsule uses the apple file protocol -afp)?

Does playcloud let you stream as well?

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Don't know about time capsule, I assume it's mac OS? I do have wd live (NAS Storage), both ghost and and es file explorer can detect it as smb.
Don't know about playcloud.