Simple problem. I have several thousand mp3s at home and want to stream them to my phone so that I have all my songs regardless of my location. Even an 8GB MicroSDHC card will not hold all the songs, so streaming is the next best alternative.
I've tried using ORB, and it's a great idea, but the interface through PIE leaves much to be desired. It's difficult to drive around and click the little links, even on large font. Also there is no easy way to queue songs up without making a playlist prior.
Are there any alternatives to ORB that have a better front-end? It'd be nice to have a touch-friendly scrolling type of "catalog" of my songs, and then stream/queue them when I select them. Doesn't seem so hard.
I even tried creating a home web page with IIS, and that worked to a point, but there's got to be something better.
Thanks!
cpujunky said:
Simple problem. I have several thousand mp3s at home and want to stream them to my phone so that I have all my songs regardless of my location. Even an 8GB MicroSDHC card will not hold all the songs, so streaming is the next best alternative.
I've tried using ORB, and it's a great idea, but the interface through PIE leaves much to be desired. It's difficult to drive around and click the little links, even on large font. Also there is no easy way to queue songs up without making a playlist prior.
Are there any alternatives to ORB that have a better front-end? It'd be nice to have a touch-friendly scrolling type of "catalog" of my songs, and then stream/queue them when I select them. Doesn't seem so hard.
I even tried creating a home web page with IIS, and that worked to a point, but there's got to be something better.
Thanks!
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I read in one of the other threads that SanDisk has announced a 12GB micro SD available this summer and they speculate that it may be a 16GB by the time it comes out.
I agree 100%...I love ORB but it is way too difficult to navigate.
They really have it all down except the few things you mentioned
Anyone else??
SelectRadio 4.0.2 ?
This prog has such an option, and I do use the program but have not tried it out for that so I do not know how well it works.
Lobster Tunes will do it for you. It's not free, though.
http://lobstertunes.com
Lobster looks pretty cool. I'm going to check it out and see if it offers a better experience than what I currently use (Andromeda - http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/home.asp).
sputnik said:
Lobster looks pretty cool. I'm going to check it out and see if it offers a better experience than what I currently use (Andromeda - http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/home.asp).
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What do you find bad about Andromeda? I was thinking about giving it a try...
Here is one I have been wondering about. What software can you use to stream your local radio stations to your phone? I know about tuned.mobi and such, but the problem is that when a game comes on, they usually block the broadcast of the audio stream even though it is playing on the local AM radio station. I want to be able to broadcast my local radio stations (AM and FM) to my phone so I can still get the games.
I wonder if someone could not write a program that integrates everything available through orb into you wmp library i.e. some sort of plugin maybee we could put together a donation pot to get one of the dev's to work on the project
djlenoir said:
Here is one I have been wondering about. What software can you use to stream your local radio stations to your phone? I know about tuned.mobi and such, but the problem is that when a game comes on, they usually block the broadcast of the audio stream even though it is playing on the local AM radio station. I want to be able to broadcast my local radio stations (AM and FM) to my phone so I can still get the games.
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you cant...if it isnt streamed, it cant be made out of thin air. get a radio.
dtrell said:
you cant...if it isnt streamed, it cant be made out of thin air. get a radio.
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lol, I have a radio...multiple radios. I think you may have misunderstood me. If I got something like this device would I be able to stream it to my phone? I travel... when I am in another state, I can not stream my local radio station broadcasts through the internet to listen to games (blacked out). However, they are playing on the radio station if I were at home and able listen to my radio.
well I think I finally found my cream of the crop... saw this thread and I have to say, andromeda is the BEST solution I've found for getting my music to my PPC...
it works very well with PIE and is very zippy zippy zippy...
I've tried:
1) lobstertunes - buggy, slow, doesn't work with all ROMs
2) gnump3d - buggy perl script, cool features but crashes a lot
3) orb - as you all have stated, interface sucks in PIE and too hard to navigate
4) andromeda - FAST, stable, and CLEAN... worth every penny of the $20 lol
I like the interface of Andromeda the best, not to mention it's speed. Although you can create a playlist, you still can't just "queue" one up...unless I'm missing something.
Took me some tweaks to get it to work too. Have to rename the asp to m3u and make it executable on the server. I also had to use a third party player.
What player are you using? Also, when I click on a file to stream, it always asks me if I want to overwrite the existing m3u. I say yes and it works fine, but ya know
cpujunky said:
Took me some tweaks to get it to work too. Have to rename the asp to m3u and make it executable on the server. I also had to use a third party player.
What player are you using? Also, when I click on a file to stream, it always asks me if I want to overwrite the existing m3u. I say yes and it works fine, but ya know
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Yup gotta do a few tweaks but it ends up workin'... yes same thing with overwiting the file but that's typical... I use TCPMP and it works flawlessly.
Zenoran said:
well I think I finally found my cream of the crop... saw this thread and I have to say, andromeda is the BEST solution I've found for getting my music to my PPC...
it works very well with PIE and is very zippy zippy zippy...
I've tried:
1) lobstertunes - buggy, slow, doesn't work with all ROMs
2) gnump3d - buggy perl script, cool features but crashes a lot
3) orb - as you all have stated, interface sucks in PIE and too hard to navigate
4) andromeda - FAST, stable, and CLEAN... worth every penny of the $20 lol
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I like both mundu and resco radio, but they are streaming only. I may try andromeda, PM me with details please.
Do you have a mac?
I'm not sure this would work for you, but it's something that I'm going to try once the needed adapter comes in.
I feel slingbox works really well on my phone and I use it to stream live TV. For my media files I'm planning on using my mac mini which has an IR sensor for the remote and Front Row. The front row interface is very similar to the interface on an ipod and the commands are supposedly supported by slingbox. Once I get the adapter for vga-svideo I will set it up. The only downside I can think of is that audio when watching TV doesn't come over in good quality unless I have it in audio only mode, but this might not be a problem with Front Row where there will be very little visual data transmitted for audio files.
The reason a mac mini is nice is that it has a built in IR sensor. This bet this will work with windows media center too if you have something to control it with IR. Another potential downside is that the computer pretty much needs to be dedicated to working as a media server lest you forget to put it back into media mode.
Hello guys, just to let you know that a new version of SPB Radio is avalible.
I already install it and listen music the whole day.. this Radio is super cool and is finger firendly.. the most importmantly things for me was that you are able to add your own radio stations so its writen that the SPB radio by default have over 1500 stations worldwide but i really dont care because i dont use them anyway.. i just make my own favorites with my streams i add around 20 Tech Progressive House the best Radios and some Hip Hop..
The performance of the Radio is super and is super clear just one click to open the app and im listening.. no alot confused menus etc..
thanx for the info.
Hello,
Unfortunately with SPB Radio, like SPB TV, includes very few Spanish language channels ... is a subject almost testimonial.
Sincerely,
I have been noticing I believe Sprint is blocking us from streaming WMA to our phones. On TuneIn Radio, I listen to a set of stations all owned by the same company, and they all stream in WMA. They will not play over the 3G Network. However, as soon as I connect to Wifi, they fire right up. Whereas any other station being streamed in MP3, AAC, etc... all fire right up on 3G. Anyone confirm or deny this? If you would like to try for yourself, and let me know what you come up with, the station I listen to is in the TuneIn app under Missouri, Columbia, and the station is 96.7 KCMQ. Would appreciate help.
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I have been noticing I believe Sprint is blocking us from streaming WMA to our phones. On TuneIn Radio, I listen to a set of stations all owned by the same company, and they all stream in WMA. They will not play over the 3G Network. However, as soon as I connect to Wifi, they fire right up. Whereas any other station being streamed in MP3, AAC, etc... all fire right up on 3G. Anyone confirm or deny this? If you would like to try for yourself, and let me know what you come up with, the station I listen to is in the TuneIn app under Missouri, Columbia, and the station is 96.7 KCMQ. Would appreciate help.
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Yes!, you are right!. I have the same experience!. I don't know if Sprint is blocking but since a month or so I have trouble getting some stations that I used to listen before.
Why would Sprint block WMA and no other type? Maybe it's just a bug? Sounds a little weird but you never know.
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I've been looking for an answer to this problem for a couple of months.
It's not Sprint because my wife's Samsung Epic does not have this problem! It was fine on my HTC EVO until about 2 months ago, then I was no longer able to stream. Having the same problem on my new EVO LTE. Is this problem isolated to HTC???
No, because I had the same problem on my Samsung galaxy touch 4g also
I don't think so; I'm listening to a radio station on TuneIN right now that says it is streaming WMA.
OK, was troubleshooting this on the Android forum when I stumbled on a fix. Someone asked me if I could stream Youtube and Sprint TV. When I checked on Sprint TV, I was prompted to install an update. After that, TuneIn started streaming my radio station. You guys might give that a try and see if it works? I never use Sprint TV so I guess I would have never gotten that update otherwise.
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OK, was troubleshooting this on the Android forum when I stumbled on a fix. Someone asked me if I could stream Youtube and Sprint TV. When I checked on Sprint TV, I was prompted to install an update. After that, TuneIn started streaming my radio station. You guys might give that a try and see if it works? I never use Sprint TV so I guess I would have never gotten that update otherwise.
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I did what you did and did not worked for me. still having the same problem. I sended an error report to tunein and see what happen...
Just got word from tunein radio that they are aware of the problem and are working on it. They except to fix the problem on the next update.
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I don't know if my problem is related to this, but there's a station I used to listen to that is only available on HD Radio and online, and found that they're playing on TuneIn radio. Problem is, I can find it on TuneIn, but when I see it, the station icon isn't showing, and when I play the station, it goes to a completely different station (not even sure if it's in my area).
Ive been trying to think of good uses for all my old android devices. I dont want to sell them as i love them and have memories with them all and besides they arent worth anything haha.
reply with your favorite alternate uses! also, any information about ways to make them good for different tasks, ie. potentially, how to control one from a distance if used as a media player? best setup for using one as a car gps, media player?
this regards any device from the D1 and up!
Hey guys I am contemplating on developing a media play that will be able to play both audio and video within a single app and designing it partly around the vanilla KitKat experience. I was thinking I would list it anywhere between $1 to $3. What do yall think. Is it a good idea? Do you think it would sell? Would you buy it?
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I think people use their phones differently when listening to music or watching media, at least I do and the people I know do as well
So if I'm to listen to music, be it with head phones or streaming I go to one app, and I don't keep videos on my devices so all streaming is done through various apps
If you really want to do this I would suggest a free version with either limited options or ads so users can test and you will see if there is a market for it
But I think this is a case where you need to sell the user the idea that one app is better than two or three or....
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yeah i think this is a great idea especially with the kitkat UI implemented into it, and the idea to be able to have both music and videos within one app is great but what i think you should do is have different section for music and videos such as having a sub menu or something where you can select what you want to do and from that you could also implement a photo viewer and maybe even a stream type thing or something
I think a very simplistic "android player" with the new kitkat UI that plays all major video and audio would be useful. Possible features like playlists and album art would require the paid version. The focus of it would have to be the modern theme and simplicity since one app is simpler than two. It can still be very powerful without all the extra options that are in many applications.