[SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread westyrs
Hi all. I have a squeeze touch, great but of kit. Still going strong after several years of ownership. The question I have is, can the music stored on my android phone be sent wirelessly to the touch ? I have the touch wired to an av amp with large floor standing speakers so would be good to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread jimbobvfr400
You can use DNLA but you'd need LMS to be running on some sort of server for it to work. If you have a server (for example a raspberry Pi, NAS, PC or some other device) then its probably just as easy to store the music on the server or an attached storage device as it would be to use DNLA. Sent

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread westyrs
Thanks. I dont have a server... Time to invest in a play I think :-( westyrs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=55062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101915

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread jimbobvfr400
You can use DNLA but you'd need LMS to be running on some sort of server for it to work. If you have a server (for example a raspberry Pi, NAS, PC or some other device) then its probably just as easy to store the music on the server or an attached storage device as it would be to use DNLA. It is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread westyrs
Thought it would be capable of playing wirelessly from phone... Shame. westyrs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=55062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101915

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread Stratmangler
westyrs wrote: Thought it would be capable of playing wirelessly from phone... Shame. The Touch is incapable of doing quite a bit when it's running on TinySC. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] playing music stored on htc m8

2014-08-05 Thread jimbobvfr400
As I say it can with a server although keeping the music on then server would be even better. IMO the whole point, and I guess possibly part of the inspiration for the original slim server name, is to have simple clients with a server handling most complicated stuff. The server could be your PC