Need help streaming videos from FTP - Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys!
I really have a problem and I would need some help to sort this out...
I have a TP Link WDR-4300 router which I attached a 320GB HDD and enabled the FTP functionallity so I can watch my movies/stream my music anywhere (I usually trip to the countryside every weekend and I would like to see a relaxing movie there), but since none of my TV's are Smart enabled, the only thing I can imagine being useful it's my Raspberry Pi.
Can you guys please help me with a distro and some apps so I can stream my videos from my FTP server at home?
Any help is wellcomed!
Thank you in advance.

Anyone? Please help?

I still need help with my problem...

I still have the same problem, searched on the official Raspberry Pi forums, but no sollution at all...
Is there anyone that's willing to help me?

Anyone ???

You can use Kodi (XBMC) and add an FTP source (at least I'm pretty sure), though I would recommend using something like the NFS or Samba/Windows File Sharing.
If you aren't using a distro that comes with Kodi support: http://kodi.wiki/view/Raspberry_Pi

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Stream from online radio

Hi all,
Am tearing my hair out trying to figure this one out! I've got:
Windows Media
Coreplayer
GSPlayer
(Flash, not sure if this is needed)
All installed, as I'd like to listen to a radio station stream that I work on/manage the internet stream/technical setup for.
However it just won't connect at all! I have managed to play another shoutcast stream, but still never managed to get this one working.
Can anyone advise on why this could be? The stream in question is:
http://mobile:[email protected]:8000/hartlepool-mp3
Which works fine on all other players on the PC, etc, but cannot seem to figure why its not working on my Kaiser.
Thoughts/things to try, etc please!!
Can't see the link in full to analyse, or click it to open it.
Please repost it, perhaps not as a link but just as text and I'll take a look in the morning.
Cheers,
Joe
Oh strange when I pasted the link it was just a link, must have been the forum software that auto-linked it. Here it is, just cut the spaces out
http :// mobile:user @ arctic.thebmwz3.co.uk:8000/hartlepool-mp3
I've been trying a few other things here, and still cannot seem to figure out what is wrong with the stream/player on my Kaiser.
I've tried changing the stream from mp3 to ogg, same problem, have also set it not to require the username/password authentication, same problem.
Not sure what to try, anyone??
I stream a few stations, here's what I did;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350675
Good Luck.
Thanks for the tips, unfortunately since this is a small UK regional/community station that I operate, it isn't in any public listings, so cannot stream via pages or other links.
The bit i'm struggling with is why the kaiser won't stream the link, as its a fairly standard CBR mp3 streamed from icecast2 at 64kbps/22kHz and I cannot stream either over 3G or wlan when I'm at home, so that negates and proxy or anything like that with my cell provider, so it looks like I'm struggling with some form of incompatibility with my audio applications and the stream that I'm running.
Help! Don't suppose any kind souls out there can try my stream I posted and see if they can play it on their kaiser?
Thanks everyone for your input, its been driving me mad this!!
andyb2000 said:
Help! Don't suppose any kind souls out there can try my stream I posted and see if they can play it on their kaiser?
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I tried the stream as posted, with .mp3 rather than -mp3, and without the mobile:[email protected] both as . and -
It couldn't even find the stream! Kept saying the file (etc, not typing the whole message) could not be found. Tried it on a couple of other streams for local radio I know of in South Wales, and it was fine. Couldn't seem to handle Radio 1 tho, but no loss there...
I have no clue about streams, so can't help with what might be wrong, but least this confirms that a Kaiser and WMP will run streaming internet radio. Maybe there is something on the config that a PPC couldn't handle? Does this stream work for you:
http://gmga.planetwideradio.com/RealWales
Thanks Steve, thats what I was wondering. Yes your link works fine which confirms that the streaming to my WM kaiser is fine, its obviously how I'm handling my own stream.
Interesting that you've tried all the combinations that I did, and with no luck, and yes very strange it doesn't find the feed at all and errors with unknown url, etc, I'm wondering if its somehow because the stream runs on port 8000 instead of 80?
However, in pocket IE, you can get to http://arctic.thebmwz3.co.uk:8000/ which is the admin for my icecast2 server, so PIE does seem to accept the alternative port too.
I'm very confused! I'm going to post to the icecast2 forum to see if there are any answers, but anyone else can give me any pointers too??
Cheers!
Right,
Chatting to the Icecast streaming developers, they suspected the authentication being the problem.
So I disabled authentication and sure enough the stream connected immediately, so I suspect there is a bug in the internet/backend on the WM that doesn't interpret multiple colons correctly, as obviously I had two in the URL, one for the TCP port number to use, and one to separate the username/password.
So think thats the problem.

Watching live TV from your pc at home! (?)

I almost completed my post...and then i pressed my backspace key...so i can start over again
Hello,
I was wondering if there are people who are interested in watching live tv on there windows mobile phone from your pc at home...(?)
Last week i was searching for tools/progs like snapstream(stream live tv/record/schedule etc...) but it wasn't working good enough for me...
I just wanted a simple program to scan for tv channels...name them...and watch them on my kaiser...
So after a few hours programming... it worked
A moment ago i was driving my car and watching tv(350kb(its)s) on my kaiser over hsdpa / umts using my tv card in my pc at home...
The only thing i need to do is make a simple GUI that you can access on your kaiser using pocket ie/opera etc... In this webpage there will be very big buttons (for ex. CNN) so when you press this verry big button (you can't miss ) it will start CNN in TCMPM or windows media player...
(These buttons will be created dynamicly using a xml with your tv channels/freq/descriptions) so you can customize it or auto scan for channels...
Also you will be able to customize output quality...
Are there people who are interested in this? If so i'll will post some beta versions here
Let me know!
God bless!
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Ok well...
I made an installer you can download it at: ShareTV
It is an early version of it, but for me it works great!
Before you install ShareTV.msi
- install Microsoft .NET framework v3.5
- install windows media encoder v9
ShareTV will automaticly startup a little http/wwwebserver on port 80... but if you need to change this port number (firewall/dmz or what else) it's possible! Just take a look at ShareTV.exe.config!
In wwwroot folder you will find index.htm and template.htm. template.htm is needed to export your channels...
So first Autoscan channels in ShareTV after this you can (if you like) customize this index.htm the way you want!
Enoy! And if you have quetions or suggestion don't hesitate and please let me know!
Her are some screenshots...
Interested!
VERY interested
WiFi as well as Hspda?
stream media from pc to phone
i use a nice piece of freeware called orb.. streams all your media from your pc across your network or across internet.. web interface is pretty cool can be set for different devices and depending on the pc you can stream to multi devices at once (xbox, ps3, wii, pc, phone etc). and if you have a tv card it will stream that as well as any webcams etc u have attached. also allows download access to shared folders so you can have all your data on the go...
anyway... it's free so maybe it'll work for ya.
MaDing2000 said:
VERY interested
WiFi as well as Hspda?
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Yes Wifi as well
gelf said:
i use a nice piece of freeware called orb.. streams all your media from your pc across your network or across internet.. web interface is pretty cool can be set for different devices and depending on the pc you can stream to multi devices at once (xbox, ps3, wii, pc, phone etc). and if you have a tv card it will stream that as well as any webcams etc u have attached. also allows download access to shared folders so you can have all your data on the go...
anyway... it's free so maybe it'll work for ya.
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Thnx for your tip! But i didn't really like orb... its a nice app but not for me
I'd be very interested in such a thing as i've been trying to find a way to stream ESPN and several other channels with no luck. Where would the streaming source come from however?
kareem9nba said:
I'd be very interested in such a thing as i've been trying to find a way to stream ESPN and several other channels with no luck. Where would the streaming source come from however?
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The source come's from your pc at 'home'...
The only thing is that this pc must have a tv capture card
Orb works OK if you have the TV tunercard and dont wanna spend any money, but if your willing to spend a little cash go for a cheap slingbox off ebay and you will have your entire cable line-up at your disposal.
I've found a app called Mytinytv where you can stream tv but the only problem is (for me) he find only one channel so if you can make something that works with my hercules smarttv i would love it
Very interested. That would be sweet. Trying out orb now it is ok. I would love to try your app out.
Thanks!
if this is somehow possible with dvb-s cards, i'm very interested
Deba$er said:
if this is somehow possible with dvb-s cards, i'm very interested
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Hi!
Wel'll first i have to buy a dvb-s card... because i don't have one..
But when i have it will also support dvb-s cards yes
ah, okay.
i thought most of nowadays tv-cards run by bda-drivers and so they're all compatible to every program that supports bda.
hm
but
hm
no, i won't donate you a dvbs card! i can wait!
very nice app but my video card is not supported can you fix this. It would be nice
It does seem that Orb has already crossed this birdge... I like the interface and functionality of it. It is worth a look!

Want to get rid of MediaPC with ChromeCast

Hey XDA Fans,
I'm actually at a position where i want to get rid of my MediaPC. At the moment i can do everything i want with only 1 missing thing. My current setup is, my PC is 3 rooms away and the TV has the ChromeCast. I also have a 5 meter USB cable routed through my rooms close to the TV with a recevier for a wireless Keyboard (mainly because there is no good WiFi Keyboard at the moment). So I can cast my Desktop or Browser to the TV and controll it. But ....
The big Problem, I need a way to start the Chrome Cast via any command, so I can press a Hotkey on my Keyboard to start the streaming so i do not have allways to go to the PC to start the streaming. And this is what I'm looking for currently.
I was looking through the API of Google Cast, but there is no API for Windows/.Net (was mostly clear but hoped for), only for Android and Chrome. So yeah as u guys might allready understand, I'm looking for a way to Start Desktop/Browser Streaming to my ChromeCast with a BatchFile, Scripting, Coding, which i can start via a Hotkey. Do not missunderstand me. If I or u guys could give me a hint with and API with these possibilities I'm able to code it myself. That's not the Problem, but as far as my research went I wasn't able to find anything on myself. So I'm here to maybe get pointed to sth.
Tia Synergi
PS: Sr for my bad english if u guys weren't able after reading the top few lines to understand what I'm looking for tell me I can try to explain it again x)
http://www.ghost-mouse.com
You can record your mouse movements and keyboard keystrokes with ghost mouse. Maybe it will help you.

[CLOSED] Stream torrent to chromecast

Mod edit: Thread closed as a subject matter related thread already exists:
streaming torrents to chromecast - Single app solution?
Hello I was wondering if there was any savvy xda user out there who had figured out the best method for streaming torrents to the chromecast both with and without a pc? I know there is torrentTv for the pc which allows you to drag and drop...
forum.xda-developers.com
Oswald Boelcke
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Hi, i want to know if we can use apps for streaming torrents
I have tryed torrenttv but it have read that doesnt work on the last chromecast update, so I try anothers one, like popcorn, but this app doesnt work with magnet or torrent files, so, what we can use to it?
Im trying Isoplex, Zona but cant cast to chromecast
any idea?
Torrent video player, i don't know if now it has chromecast support
In my opinion, use showbox or HDcinema. Much faster than the torrent competitors
Or
Use popcorn time - streams torrents well
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here you go
anyone find a program yet
Plex is your best bet
b3n_r0d said:
Plex is your best bet
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Can you explain how to use it with torrents?
Well, you download torrents (legal ones of course) using your VPN for "privacy" reasons... Download PMS onto your computer with the files you'd like to play on it. You set up the media folders for plex, you cast the downloaded files to your chromecast using your smartphone or the chromecast extension on your browser.
Also, reference this for later..
Virtual Machine running a vpn and your torrent client "so we don't have to worry about nosy 3rd parties"
PMS on the host machine, the vpn will interfere with Plex when it is on, limiting the effectiveness of the Plex Pass, i.e. you won't be able to watch your plex library away from home.
And when it comes to folder sharing between the host and virtual client, use network shared folder settings NOT SHARED USB... This way you have real-time access from both machines at once.
The Solutions
rhipone said:
Hi, i want to know if we can use apps for streaming torrents
I have tryed torrenttv but it have read that doesnt work on the last chromecast update, so I try anothers one, like popcorn, but this app doesnt work with magnet or torrent files, so, what we can use to it?
Im trying Isoplex, Zona but cant cast to chromecast
any idea?
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For Android >Ttorrent Lite(select sequential Download) + LocalCast ...
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For Computer > qbittorrent(select sequential Download) + videostream
Be happy !!!
Alot of trackers DO NOT like it when people livestream active downloads. It clogs the arteries of the interweb
skyo007 said:
For Android >Ttorrent Lite(select sequential Download) + LocalCast ...
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For Computer > qbittorrent(select sequential Download) + videostream
Be happy !!!
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@rhipone This OP. Nothing else. Look no further.

Popup when certain SSID is available. Dont Popup when driving or already conected to

hey guys,
i have access to certain wifi hotspots which are available around the area where im living. they all have the same ssid. im driving around alot and my phone is constantly connecting to these hotspots which is why i deactivated auto connect to this specific ssid. the problem with this is, that i need this hotspot when im at 2 certain places(propably in more places in the future). so im came up with the idea to create a task which gives me a popup as soon as the specific ssid is available which works great. but the problem with this is, when im driving i get constant popups that the specific ssid is available.
so my question is, if its possible that i dont get a popup while im driving? if yes how?
also would it be possible that my phone connects to the specific ssid when im at places where i want be connected to the hotspot? maybe with the help of the mac adress or bssid?
another questions would be if its possible to deactivate the popup as soon as im connected to any wifi?
thx in advance!
Hi there
All of your wishes are certainly possible with Tasker.
I've done tons of Tasker projects and everything you want, I have pretty solid ideas on how to achieve.
From your scenario I'd recommend letting Tasker perform the connection to the wifi, rather than prompting you. This is a much simpler approach, and with the correct setup we can make sure that you match 100 percent of the time.
Please make a numbered list of your wishes, and I'll provide snippets of code to assist you.
The 'while driving' condition is the most tricky part to deliver consistently, but I'm sure we can find a solution.
Kind Regards
TwinAdk
File format unsupported
I was using my cellphone and found Bubble Upnp just to cast videos from my cellphone to my tv just thought, hey I could ask if you guys could help me out with this error message... Its a Phillips Smart Television..I mean 50 inch but I have been really trying to cast to the tv. Is there an app besides Bubble Upnp I really want to cast videos!? I need your help can you let me know?
"File format (file type/codec/bitrate/resolution/frame rate/ etc.) not supported. Please refer to user manual for a list of supported file formats.
Terry89tx said:
I was using my cellphone and found Bubble Upnp just to cast videos from my cellphone to my tv just thought, hey I could ask if you guys could help me out with this error message... Its a Phillips Smart Television..I mean 50 inch but I have been really trying to cast to the tv. Is there an app besides Bubble Upnp I really want to cast videos!? I need your help can you let me know?
"File format (file type/codec/bitrate/resolution/frame rate/ etc.) not supported. Please refer to user manual for a list of supported file formats.
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I use either Xplayer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=video.player.videoplayer) or VLC to cast videos, both apps support this natively. How well they perform and cast depends (as with ALL apps that cast your own video files on Android) on the internet he codec and the audio format of the file :good:
Please create a separate thread if you need further assistance :good:
Casting like you do there IS the wild west due to different video formats and codecs required
Kind Regards
TwinAdk

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