[Q] Sharing PC files

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Hi !
I want to share my files (videos, comics etc) in my computer without copy each file on my tablet.
I use EStrong file manager but if i explore my lan to watch a movie, when i click on a video file the file manager start to copy the file to SDcard.
I want avoid this, i want watch the movie directly from my pc. There is a way to solve this bad situation

I tried to use cifs manager to mount directory on my lan but i'm not able to do this. Somebody, help me !

I installed File Expert (free) with the File Expert SMB Mount Plugin (also free), and my Samba shares work flawlessly - I can stream movies with no issues.

Anothe good solution for streaming movies, music, etc. is via DLNA/UPnP (if your rig supports it). I find UPnPlay (free) absolutely fantastic for that.

Hi, thanks for your answer !!
I tried UPnPlay and it works well but i cannot see mkv files with it and also with dlna or upnp i'm not able to visualize subtitles (.srt and similar).
Can you confirm or i'm doing some mistake ?
Tnx for your help and time, man


P.S.
I want to explain better....I have shared my movies with windows media center catalog, it's correct ? Do you use another application to share your files (avi, mkv, subtiltles etc ) ?

I have installed the smb plugin for file expert but i can't mount anything because i don't have root privileges...

It's possible to root the eee pad now ? And it's safe ?

Please help me with the previous question also. Tnx !

Another option for viewing movies or listening to songs on the eee pad is to just use the Splashtop software in MyCloud>MyDesktop. Works pretty well for streaming stuff.

Originally Posted by Cosolord

I tried UPnPlay and it works well but i cannot see mkv files with it and also with dlna or upnp i'm not able to visualize subtitles (.srt and similar).

I've just run some tests, and while I see MKV's with no issues, unfortunately I can confirm I can't seem to visualize SRTs at all
And that's odd, because I use either MoboPlayer or Rock Player to watch movies (I prefer the latter), and both *should* support SRT... dunno, maybe I'm missing something here...

Apart from that, UPnPlay works perfectly for me - I just wish it had a more user-friendly interface, like Asus MyNet, which is almost useless (as it only uses the stock movie player, which doesn't support AVI/MKV/etc.) but has a much friendlier interface (all the servers constantly shown on the left, etc.)

Originally Posted by Cosolord

I want to explain better....I have shared my movies with windows media center catalog, it's correct ? Do you use another application to share your files (avi, mkv, subtiltles etc ) ?

I share them via Windows Media Center on my Win7 rig, plus I have a NAS and a standalone Media Player which each have their own DLNA servers (besides being shared via SMB).

Originally Posted by Cosolord

I have installed the smb plugin for file expert but i can't mount anything because i don't have root privileges...

That's very very odd, as I can fully access my network shares, but I have no root privileges! I'm not the tinkering kind of guy... too scared to brick my tablet to try rooting it...
Anyway, I just add them into the File Expert "network" tab, provide access credentials, and voila, accessible.

Originally Posted by stuntdouble

Another option for viewing movies or listening to songs on the eee pad is to just use the Splashtop software in MyCloud>MyDesktop. Works pretty well for streaming stuff.

Mmm... it works, true, but I can't seem to have it run anything better than 1024x768 resolution.
My PC is set for 1920x1080, and as soon as I connect via MyDesktop, it goes to 1024x768, which is kinda awful.
I much prefer PocketCloud (a VNC client) or LogMeIn Ignition (a LogMeIn client) to connect to my PC. I have to scroll and/or pinch-zoom, but at least I can use all the real estate on the screen...

Originally Posted by PublicJohnDoe

Mmm... it works, true, but I can't seem to have it run anything better than 1024x768 resolution.
My PC is set for 1920x1080, and as soon as I connect via MyDesktop, it goes to 1024x768, which is kinda awful.
I much prefer PocketCloud (a VNC client) or LogMeIn Ignition (a LogMeIn client) to connect to my PC. I have to scroll and/or pinch-zoom, but at least I can use all the real estate on the screen...

You can change the resolution to 1280x800 in the splashtop options. Sounds like you still have it set to the ipad resolution. My pc desktop is also 1920x1080x2(2 monitors) but it changes the resolution of the primary monitor pretty fast so it doesnt bother me. It doesnt look fantastic but the whole point of the exercise is to view stuff on the eee pad, on which it works great.

One option you might want to explore is to use a combination of the Air Video Server and Mirage Beta from the Android Market.

Air Video is an app on the iphone/ipad that I used for a long time (before switching to Android) and basically does on the fly transcoding on your PC to stream to your device. This means it can show all file formats without the need for conversion. i've tried the Air Video server/Mirage app out on my phone (HTC Desire) and it works very well. I've just noticed that the Mirage app has now been updated to support tegra processors/Honeycomb. I would try it out myself but I'm at work at the moment and can't install anything on my computer . Anyhow, just another option to consider...

I cannot mount SMB share from UPnPlay and I do not have root....
I am trying to stream divx from my NAS server that is DLNA compliant.

Originally Posted by PublicJohnDoe

I installed File Expert (free) with the File Expert SMB Mount Plugin (also free), and my Samba shares work flawlessly - I can stream movies with no issues.

How are you streaming from Samba shares with File Expert? When I try to open an .avi file from the network, I can only open it with the Browser or Dolphin HD. (If I copy that same file to my Transformer, File Expert will offer Moboplayer as an application to open it with, though.)