On 09/12/2014 08:31 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Miracast is not what I really wanted to use but under windows that was the only process that seemed to work, as when I configure mediaplayer for streaming it doesn't get to the player, plus everybody I talk to here are telling me that if I am using windows I should be using Miracast. I figured Linux was similar, but I using wireless for streaming and didn't want dlna streaming to be picked up by dlna receivers by next door neighbors if that was at all possible.On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 07:15 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote:Also, I suspect you may be labouring under a misconception: youdon'tstream media to your remote device, the device streams media *from*theserver (using the DLNA protocol). You don't have to tell the serverwhatthe device is. It will just stream to any device on the LAN that can find it. I can stream to my phone or tablet without any furthersetupother than installing a suitable app.Thanks Patrick. I was assuming Linux was the same as Windows. Under Windows having done the necessary steps to ensure that Windows can see the wireless device, I have to start the app I want to stream from as setting up Miracast using the built in interface won't work unless the app is running (and it only works with the built in video player, it doesn't work with mediaplayer), I then have to select the device charm to tell miracast that I want to project to an external screen only (this is so the video doesn't play on the pc screen as well), then I have to select the device charm again and select Play which then prompts for which of the devices it can see I want to stream to, and then once I select the android smart player the video appears to be then streamed to the device and appears on the TV using whatever of the multiple players on the device is its default.Note that my comments were on using DLNA. Miracast is different (and pretty much as you describe it) since it's focussed on screen mirroring which is not the same concept. My TV supports Miracast and I can mirror my phone or tablet to the big screen, something I haven't attempted to do in Linux. If that's what you really want to do then ignore what I said earlier, but you should consider if it is in fact what you want to do. If you just want to watch videos it may not be.
From my perspective I don't necessarily have any other option. I have my NAS connected to my modem/router/voip phone device, but not by gigabit even though the NAS ethernet is gigabit, because the router doesn't have a gigabit port (I can upgrade the router from my isp which now have a device that has gigabit ports). As the device is also my home phone, the device is situated next to the phone socket which is in a remote room, hence I have to use wireless unless I run cables along the ceiling or floor between rooms. I potentially could put a range extender next to the Smartmedia Player and connect the player to the extender by ethernet, but is that really any different to having the player accessing the NAS over wireless?Some of my issues may be my modem/router not being good enough for streaming as well. When I try to get the device to play a video directly of my NAS device over wireless the playback stops every thirty seconds and buffers, but if I put the flash disk that the video came from into the device and play the video from there it plays fine without any buffering.I have my NAS device and TV connected via Gigabit Ethernet to Gigabit ports on my router. I would only use Wifi for video streaming if I had no other option.
regards, Steve
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