MK-2 Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 is it possible? Now that I have an EEEpad i want to be able to watch the videos stored on my popcornhour box downstairs. it has a samba share which i can use SMB browsing programs to get to on the eeepad, but then have to download the file to watch it, rather than stream it. ideally i want a program on the eeepad that can browse that smb share, and when i click on a video file it opens the video to play and streams it.
MK-2 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 i can do it via dlna but ive not found anything smb yet using the mynet program it doesn't find the popcornhour box only my pc upstairs using dlna
danbuntu Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 astro file manager with the smb extension lets you do this I believe.
MK-2 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 astro file manager with the smb extension lets you do this I believe. tried that, the smb addon force closes all the time unfortunately
Theblacksheep Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) upnplay works with rockplayer lite on my eeepad connected to a dlna box. I cant think of the file manager off the top of my head that accesses SMB, but I swear one works! Edited May 17, 2011 by Theblacksheep
MK-2 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 i have rockplayer lite to play them and that works fine, it is just the bloody smb bit annoying me. i can get progs to see the smb share, but when i click a file it just downloads it not stream it.
SimpleSi Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I run a DLNA server called Serviio on my PC. I THINK it can cope with serving files on remote paths FAQ excerpt To access a NAS device the exact same set of credentials must be created on the NAS device. The Windows credentials must be a local user and not a domain user. The user must have "Run As Service" rights. The remote path must be entered as a UNC path in the Serviio Console (e.g. \\server\folder)), mapped drive letters will not work since user running the Serviio service is not aware of your mapped drives. worth trying anyway and then use upnplay with rockplayer lite to view them. regards Simon
MK-2 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 I run a DLNA server called Serviio on my PC. I THINK it can cope with serving files on remote paths FAQ excerpt worth trying anyway and then use upnplay with rockplayer lite to view them. regards Simon i think (as i haven't messed with the popcornhour box for ages) it has a dlna server built in. i know it has smb and ftp, but im sure there were others i turned off as i wasn't using them. so i might turn them back on and see what happens
sted Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I run a DLNA server called Serviio on my PC. I THINK it can cope with serving files on remote paths FAQ excerpt worth trying anyway and then use upnplay with rockplayer lite to view them. regards Simon windows media player on 7 at least and i think even xp does dnlas no extra software
Theblacksheep Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) i have rockplayer lite to play them and that works fine, it is just the bloody smb bit annoying me. i can get progs to see the smb share, but when i click a file it just downloads it not stream it. what about upnplay? this streams from DLNA on mine, as long as rockplayer is installed. Edited May 17, 2011 by Theblacksheep
cryan Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I used CifsManager to create the link to the share on the Device then Rockplayer just to play it
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