Hello,
I just checked on my Android phone, when I browse a Samba share with ES File Explorer, the movie file definitely streams whether I view it with VLC or any other viewer I have tried.
Regards,
Jan Henkins
Imran Chaudhry <ichaudhry@???> wrote:
>Yep, I use several Xbox XBMCs on my LAN to stream video content over
>Samba. I want to do the same on my Android phone.
>
>On 19 December 2013 18:23, Michael Daffin <james1479@???> wrote:
>> No, samba can stream media raw, it is normally the client not supporting it
>> that is the issue.
>>
>> On 19 Dec 2013 17:51, "Joseph Bennie" <jay@???> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Key fingerprint = EF78 310C C517 9564 9ECA 82F6 68FA E621 17E1 5D16
>>> > http://about.me/imranchaudhry
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Please post to: Hampshire@???
>>> > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
>>> > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Please post to: Hampshire@???
>>> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
>>> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> --
>> Please post to: Hampshire@???
>> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
>> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>--
>Key fingerprint = EF78 310C C517 9564 9ECA 82F6 68FA E621 17E1 5D16
>http://about.me/imranchaudhry
>
>--
>Please post to: Hampshire@???
>Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
>LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
>--------------------------------------------------------------
--
Please post to: Hampshire@???
Web Interface:
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
LUG URL:
http://www.hantslug.org.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------
