[Q] How to stream comics from network

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Hi there,

Just got the ATP and i'm looking to use it to stream comics from homenetwork. At present i'm copying the comics onto my ATP and using Perfect Viewer to read comics which works great.

The only thing it doesn't do is that it can't open files on a network, so I can't stream the comics. I can use ES File Explorer to review the files on the network, but there is no option to "open with Perfect View" so that doesn't work either.

Anyone know of a way to do this?

Additionally, does anyone file copying files from network to ATP slow. It takes about 1 minute to copy 3 mp3 files. I'm not sure how fast steaming would go for a 40mb comic.

TIA

Bump

Hoping there are other comic book readers out there wondering the same thing!

I think cifs support is the answer, but that would require root access which can only come when asus gives us the keys.

Cifs support enables you to use an app like cifs manager to fool your tablet into thinking a samba share is available in local storage. Everything on the share opens as if it's on a memory card.

Thanks. Ithinkthere is a root out but ill prob wait for ics before messing around.

Originally Posted by tnimk

Thanks. Ithinkthere is a root out but ill prob wait for ics before messing around.

Have you got it working yet? I got mine up and running the other night, readily opening comics from my 8 tb server.

I'm on ICS 9.4.2.11

Directions that worked for me (thanks to all applicable parties that produced these tools):

1. Root via instructions here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1461736

...and install Superuser, Terminal Emulator, and Root Explorer apps from the market (all free). If you ever get a request from one of the apps in the steps below to give it Superuser permissions, select "allow".

2. Get the two modules (cifs.ko and md4.ko) from here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1442928

3. Copy the two modules to your /system/lib/modules/ directory...you may want to use Root Explorer to set the permissions on this folder to writable so you can do this.

4. (Don't know if this step is necessary, considering step 6 basically does the same thing every time you boot your prime). Open a terminal emulator window and type:

su
insmod /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko
insmod /system/lib/modules/md4.ko

5. Get cifsManager from the market (free)

6. In cifsManager, first select options and tick "Load cifs module", then tick "Load via insmod", then select "Path..." and type

/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko:/system/lib/modules/md4.ko

7. From options in CifsManager, select "add new share" and under "share path" type the network location for your shares. (example: "192.168.0.102/Videos"....You can also use the computer name in place of the IP address, but I've never had luck this way...if your router supports it, you can also reserve an IP address for it so it stays static). Under "Mount Point", type the location on your prime you want the contents of that network folder to show up (mine uses /sdcard/Movies/Videos/, for example).

8. Your share should now show up in the opening page in cifsManager, select it and choose "Mount". Provided everything is configured correctly, your shares should now show up, for any app that can browse files, in the folder you specify. For example, if your share has .cbr files in it, and you navigate to its mount point (/sdcard/Movies/Videos/ in my example) via PerfectViewer app, you should now be able to open your comics no problem. Where before, file managers such as EStrong's would give you "no application" errors trying to open .cbr's from a network share, navigating to your mounted folder and selecting a cbr will give you an "open as..." window you can select "picture" and specify PerfectViewer with.

Note: You may have to open cifsManager and re-mount the shares whenever you reboot your prime. Don't worry, it takes about two seconds. The above you should only have to do once.