I was referring to the same thing. Smiles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
> Trethowan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:11 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
>
> Yeah okay well I'm not quite sure what you mean by patchy Wireless? If
> you're talkign about celll coverage then you're one up on me and when I
> spoke about Wireless I was referring to Wi-Fi meaning the phone's Wi-Fi
> connectivity being able to connect to the Skyshare Hard Drive, nothing
> whatever to do with cell networks <smile>
>
>
> On 14/10/2014 3:51 PM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:
> > Got me there, but only when it comes to discussing IPhones. smiles back.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Dane Trethowan
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:38 AM
> >> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> >> Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
> >>
> >> No pleasing some people <smile>.
> >>
> >> On 14/10/2014 3:20 PM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:
> >>> True, but what I meant was that you are dependent on them and they
> >>> aren't as reliable as say a flash card or a cable connection.
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
> >>>> Dane Trethowan
> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:44 PM
> >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> >>>> Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
> >>>>
> >>>> No one said anything was easy and having wireless connections
> >>>> active all the time? Well what's the point of having a mobile
> >>>> device if you
> >> don't?
> >>>> On 14 Oct 2014, at 4:02 am, Alexandra Grünauer
> >>>> <al.gruena...@gmx.de>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Yeah, but that still doesn't make things easy. It'll all remain
> >>>>> more complicated with the IPhone than with other devices and,
> >>>>> apart from that, you always have to have some kind of wireless
> >>>>> connection that you have to set up and that kan be more easily
> >>>>> interrupted than an sd
> >>>> drive for example.
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf
> >>>>>> Of Dane Trethowan
> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:55 PM
> >>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There are wyas and means to do all sorts of things though some
> >>>>>> can get rather complex as you've said.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm not an iTunes user by default though I do have an iTunes
> >>>>>> library of Favorites, that's in the Cloud and available on my
> >>>>>> iTunes match so any IOS
> >>>>> or
> >>>>>> device with iTuens installed can take advantage of the Match so I
> >>>>>> may
> >>>>> enjoy
> >>>>>> my collection at any time, so far so good.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> As I'm using FLAC files more regularly I had to find a third
> >>>>>> party
> >>>>> solution as I
> >>>>>> detailed in my original eMail on this thread thus I got the
> >>>>>> Skyshare Drive
> >>>>> and
> >>>>>> started playing with other Apps to get that music onto my iPhone
> >>>>>> or at
> >>>>> least
> >>>>>> have access to it so I needen't bother with iTunes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 14/10/2014 3:19 AM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi Dane,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'm replying to your initial email on purpose because what you
> >>>>>>> said is very interesting and of course true.
> >>>>>>> The point for me isn't though that it isn't possible to play my
> >>>>>>> files with the IPhone, but that it's more complicated or implies
> >>>>>>> more knowledge of hardware and software than with, say, another
> >>>>>>> mp3 player or mobile phone or smartphone. This I can just plug
> >>>>>>> into my computer and copy the files to the device or I can
> >>>>>>> insert large sd drives plus having the possibilities you
> >>>>>>> mentioned, at least with a
> >>>> smartphone.
> >>>>>>> So I think it's rather like this: If you compromise to playing
> >>>>>>> music with a non-jailbreaked--or is it broken?--IPhone, you'll
> >>>>>>> have to accept the more tedious ways of moving around things, i.e.
> >>>>>>> buying an app here and a hard drive there.
> >>>>>>> I for my part use the amazon cloud player which gives me enough
> >>>>>>> music to listen to whenever I feel like doing so on the IPhone
> >>>>>>> which I usually don't and play all the rest with my Plextalk
> >>>>>>> Pocket, which involves other ways of compromising. Smiles
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Take care
> >>>>>>> Alexandra
> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
> Behalf
> >>>>>>>> Of Dane Trethowan
> >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:36 AM
> >>>>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> >>>>>>>> Subject: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Ive 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 youre using say the
> >>>>>>>> iPhones 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 were
> >>>>>>>> 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 cant be done and focus
> >>>>>>>> on what can
> >>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>> done so lets do that with IOS.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The first App youll need is a Player and there are several
> >>>>>>>> good ones out there but for the sake of simplicity lets 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
> >>>>>>>> youve 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.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> **********
> >>>>
> >>>> Dane Trethowan
> >>>> grtd...@internode.on.net
> >>>> Skype: grtdane12
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
> >
