On 19 Dec 2013, at 17:41, Imran Chaudhry <ichaudhry@???> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Hope this is not too off-topic (it does involve Android and a Linux
> server so...).
>
> Can anyone recommend an app that will allow me to watch a video file
> using VLC on my Android phone, where the video file is on my Samba LAN
> server?
I think you need firefly (or its current fork) running on your linux box, its a streaming media server biased on the airplay protocols.
you can find out more on wikipedia under Firefly_Media_Server
>
> I'd tried a few apps and while they allow me to browse my Samba share,
> once I select a file it proceeds to download the video to my phone. Or
> it might be that I need to set-up a file association or something to
> VLC first?
>
> Thank
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