Hi, I just installed dropbox on my Iphone and Ipad.
What you might do, is because dropbox allows you to share files, is:
use this to share to another I device, or maby share to a pc.
Dropbox will play the files be they mp3 or mp4.
I haven't tried this in reverse.
That is moveing files from the Iphone to the computer.
Just incase I didn't menchion this dropbox must be installed on both
machines.
Do the computer first., Then the iphone..
-----Original Message-----
From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:58 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
Hi!
I know I've already replied to this eMail but I thought I'd reply again as
I've given the subject under discussion a great deal of thought.
You want to transfer your media content such as music and so forth from your
iPhone to your Windows PC using a USB cable as though your iPhone were a
hard drive right/
Well I'm not so sure that this will be as straight forward as we thought it
would be and I'm not surprised to hear that you didn't have any success with
those Apps which allow the sharing of data between iPods and computers.
As I understand it - someone will correct me if I'm wrong I'm sure
<smile>. - iPod sharing Apps were written in the days of the iPod Nano,
Shuffle etc well before the iPhones we're using now came along so - if
that's the case - then these sharing Apps probably won't work given the
iPhone has a different data distribution system, in effect the iPhone is
locked and I think the only way to share your iPhones data openly - say
music you've downloaded from the iTunes store or music you've aded to your
music collection through iTunes - is to jail break the iPhone.
Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of delivering
the above eMail to you.
On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:46 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, yeah, I was just reading up on the Camera kit for the IPad, after I
sent my last message.
Unfortunately, the page I found was from 2010, so not sure how accurate
the info would be now.
May still be worth checking it out if the kit isn't super expensive, if it
still works on the 6 plus and IOS8.
It's worth noting here though, that it's apparently necessary to
jailbreak, in order to have access to the filesystem of the IPads, but the
ability to use USB devices, keyboards, microphones, etc sounds pretty neat
if it still works.
This brings me to ask another question or two, but I'll begin it in a new
subject to keep things organized.
Thanks and take care.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 8:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with it
and am not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.
On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I
assume media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the
computer. Do these adapters require software to go along side them to
allow access to the phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and
does this allow you to pull music from the device, even without having
to have the files already stored within ITunes on the computer? I
understand that installing some sort of file manager on the phone would
give partial access to those areas allowed to it, if it were connected
to dropbox or a wireless device as you mentioned here, but how well does
that work for all types of media other than music, like audio books.
Also, does installing a file manager on the phone give complete access
to all media on a phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music
and books on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if
I no longer have them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's
plenty of software for doing this, but as far as I've been able to
figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the
computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the
phone, I'd be a happy camper for sure.
Thanks.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons,
the main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth
says that its impossible! to play third party content such as different
audio file formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.
This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s
“Music Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every
operating system with its built-in features does have its limitations,
you cannot - as far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player
for example unless you use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re
referring to the same type of problem but with different operating
systems.
The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter
available from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your
computer over a USB connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of
your choosing but again, there are ways around that snag.
Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what
can be done so let’s do that with IOS.
The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s
out there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer
and File Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.
With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account,
computer on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when
configured you can then select what files you wish to hear or view.
Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and
want your favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the
aforementioned Apps will allow you to download your Music from a
specific point - computer, Dropbox account etc - right to a folder on
your iPhone where you can browse, play and manipulate your files to
your hearts content.
So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have
only so much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands
of files you wish to access at any one time or supposing your music
collection is in a Lossless format that takes up a good deal of space?
If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard drive
with a built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive towards
the end of last week and this drive has its own built-in Wi-Fi network
which the iPhone can connect to.
Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File
Browser - have direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve
placed too the drive.
The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable hard
drive, it has a USB port on the back for connection to a computer with
a USB 3.0 port for the copying and manipulation of content, you can
also use the Wi-Fi abilities of the drive for copying/manipulating
files though this process is considerably slower when compared to USB
3.0 or even 2.
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