Brilliant, thanks very much Jan - ES File Explorer was just the thing
I was looking for and "just works".
On 19 December 2013 19:04, Jan Henkins <jan@???> wrote:
> 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
>>>> >
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