- Hi all,
Just a quick note to say that I have been looking for a good video, music and photo streaming app for my playbook for a while now. Subsonic works I know but is pricey when you add in the api fee!
I saw this new app appear today for .99$ and tried it. It actually works well! It's not fancy but it works on my win7 setup. certainly fills a functionality gap for me!zektor666 likes this.02-29-12 08:31 AMLike 1 - Are you talking about SonicAir, or just subsonic. I tried this combination a while back, and couldn't get it to work in a usable state. Subsonic alone works fine, but its client in web browser is not suitable on PB. It's all there but controls are just too small for touch screen interface.
SonicAir, which is the subsonic client for PB, solves that problem but couldn't read many directories on my LAN server, while subsonic itself doesn't have issues like this. So after $20+ invested to it, I gave up and waiting for simple samba client + video player solution, which is not yet available.02-29-12 08:51 AMLike 0 - Are you talking about SonicAir, or just subsonic. I tried this combination a while back, and couldn't get it to work in a usable state. Subsonic alone works fine, but its client in web browser is not suitable on PB. It's all there but controls are just too small for touch screen interface.
SonicAir, which is the subsonic client for PB, solves that problem but couldn't read many directories on my LAN server, while subsonic itself doesn't have issues like this. So after $20+ invested to it, I gave up and waiting for simple samba client + video player solution, which is not yet available.02-29-12 09:17 AMLike 0 - It's not really free software, it requires you to donate in order to use full capability. Subsonic itself is quite polished, but clients are not.02-29-12 09:20 AMLike 0
- Here is how I make it work for me:
1. Locate the media file on the CIFS share (in my case, a WDTV samba share).
2. Use the "Select" button on the toolbar to highlight the desired media file. Then "copy" the file to the ESFE "clipboard" and "paste" it into a local folder on the PB. This will initiate the file copy operation which will then continue in the background (with a nice little progress notification bubble to boot!).
3. After a few seconds, open the partially downloaded media file in ESFE. On my PB, when accessing an AVI file, this causes ESFE to launch the native PlayBook video player which then begins playing the video while it's still being downloaded in the background.
Assuming your network connection is reasonably fast (I'm running over 802.11g, so nothing special), the clip will play fine while the copy operation is ongoing. Don't know why it works, but it does, so...
RCK02-29-12 11:18 AMLike 0 - Here is how I make it work for me:
1. Locate the media file on the CIFS share (in my case, a WDTV samba share).
2. Use the "Select" button on the toolbar to highlight the desired media file. Then "copy" the file to the ESFE "clipboard" and "paste" it into a local folder on the PB. This will initiate the file copy operation which will then continue in the background (with a nice little progress notification bubble to boot!).
3. After a few seconds, open the partially downloaded media file in ESFE. On my PB, when accessing an AVI file, this causes ESFE to launch the native PlayBook video player which then begins playing the video while it's still being downloaded in the background.
Assuming your network connection is reasonably fast (I'm running over 802.11g, so nothing special), the clip will play fine while the copy operation is ongoing. Don't know why it works, but it does, so...
RCK
- Still need to copy files over, this can be done with other file manager such as Ghost Commander
- Relies on native video player which is both good and bad, good part is if video file works, it's the best solution, the bad part is many video files won't play, even those old DVD rips I have with AC3 audio.
So, subsonic so far is the best solution for me on PB. I just need a better client for it. No need to copy files over, no need to fiddle with file browser, no need for conversion.
It's not a lot better in Android world, and for some reason developers of AirVideo is not porting their app over to other platforms.02-29-12 11:42 AMLike 0 - So, subsonic so far is the best solution for me on PB. I just need a better client for it. No need to copy files over, no need to fiddle with file browser, no need for conversion.
It's not a lot better in Android world, and for some reason developers of AirVideo is not porting their app over to other platforms.
RCK02-29-12 12:37 PMLike 0 - the app doesnt look very nice and has no options,but as the op saidmit works,that simple.
I hope it gets a bit improved,like an option to hide the app in the tray in windows 7 and a better looking ui,better playing ui.
But except look it does whta it promises,till rim gets hopefully dnla released its ok02-29-12 04:20 PMLike 0 - Hi all,
Just a quick note to say that I have been looking for a good video, music and photo streaming app for my playbook for a while now. Subsonic works I know but is pricey when you add in the api fee!
I saw this new app appear today for .99$ and tried it. It actually works well! It's not fancy but it works on my win7 setup. certainly fills a functionality gap for me!02-29-12 08:27 PMLike 0 - I would love to see total media integration where I can pull videos for my NAS. That would be great. It shouldn't be that hard to implement.florisvanderbel likes this.03-04-12 10:34 PMLike 1
- It works if you map NAS as a network drive. How do I map a NAS folder as Windows network drive? - LG Consumer Knowledge Base.
I love LAN File explorer. It's the app I use most often except the native email app and browser. Nothing to complain for the price and their good tech support. Hope they make more good apps.03-06-12 12:36 PMLike 0 - OK, forget ES player, forget Ghost Commander. Finally got LAN explorer and it works much better than anything else, as far as streaming is concerned. It's fairly basic but the fundamentals is there and does the job.
Now, the only reason I would still keep subsonic is the dreaded audio issue with PB native video player.
If they improve the audio issue on native video player, my rating of PB will jump by at least 30%... it is a shame they have all the file container support, video codec support but not common audio codec support!!03-07-12 06:47 AMLike 0 - This app works great. Let me tell you, after setting up Filezilla Server, having to open ports on my router, and jump through other hurdles (in setting up es file explorer and my Android devices), the simplicity of how this works is a blessing. It works a treat with my 60,000+ mp3 collection (it took years to rip my CD's into digital media!) and with my various movie files. Quick and easy setup and I was up and running literally five minutes after making the purchase. This app is a BARGAIN and highly recommended by me for sure!03-07-12 10:47 PMLike 0
- I use LAN Explorer all the time to access files and folders on my laptop wirelessly. Works amazingly well! Highly recommended especially considering the price is 99 cents.03-08-12 08:38 PMLike 0
- I just bought this but the pc software, filehub, is not working for me :/
i reinstalled jre and still nothing. it opens very sluggishly, windows firewall does its thing, i say allow, and then filehub just sits there, dragging along, just a white box, nothing there. :/03-11-12 11:21 PMLike 0
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