Playing media files over home network (UPnP) on N95 - HELP!

[autopilot]

Hi there, this is my first post of hopefully many.

I have TVersity uPnP server running on my PC. I can connect to it using my N95 over WiFi fine. When i chose a file from my PC while i am in the Gallery it wont play it. I just get a message saying "Select Device:" and an empty list.

I have now installed the server that came on the Nokia CD, and when i do the same with that i get the "Select Device:" With the home server listed. When i choose that the music is played on my PC, not the phone!

How do i play the files so that i can listen to them on my phone!?

Thanks

[Rafe]

You cant, you need to copy the file to the phone first.

The N95 does not act as a playback enabled server - only as a sharing server or client.

I think, I'm not UPnP expert!

[Nigma]

Rafe is correct. You cannot stream media to the N95, you can only transfer files through UPNP to the device, and then play them.

You can use the N95 to stream media from say a PC to another UPNP device (such as a Netgear media streamer). You select the source on the N95, then select the file to play, and then select the device you want to stream that file to.

[autopilot]

Wow, that's seriously disappointing.

Is there any software that allows me to do this? The is loads for Windows Mobile, so i wont be getting rip of my MDA yet. I know Windows Mobile software is always more feature rich, but there must be something?

[Rafe]

There's nothing I know of (but I think it would make a good third party piece of software). Incidentally the Pocket PC implementations download the file and then play it (I think) - I assume it deletes the file afterwards.

Its kind of a shame Nokia didn't automate this functionality with or as an addition the copy to device function, There's no technical reason why it wouldn't work.

[autopilot]

Originally Posted by Rafe

Incidentally the Pocket PC implementations download the file and then play it (I think) - I assume it deletes the file

No they don't. They are played live off the network. Of course there is some caching, but thats a different matter.

Conduits Pocket Player connects to any uPnP server and plays the files.

Otherwise, you use something like Resco File Explorer to "map" a network drive you any folder/hardrive on your network. The network drive then appears to the phone as a local drive that the phone and then view and play the files.

Don't get me wrong, i love my N95. It's a great phone and suits less technically minded people better than a pocket PC. But the more and more i look at this it becomes clear how far ahead windows mobile is.

Shame, there is so much power there to be harnessed.

[N/A]

You could also use something like http://www.orb.com/

[Menneisyys]

My UPnP Bible has been published in the meantime (and will soon publish my Orb & other streaming Bible); see http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=68115

[stakker]

Originally Posted by autopilot

Hi there, this is my first post of hopefully many.

I have TVersity uPnP server running on my PC. I can connect to it using my N95 over WiFi fine. When i chose a file from my PC while i am in the Gallery it wont play it. I just get a message saying "Select Device:" and an empty list.

I have now installed the server that came on the Nokia CD, and when i do the same with that i get the "Select Device:" With the home server listed. When i choose that the music is played on my PC, not the phone!

How do i play the files so that i can listen to them on my phone!?

Thanks

I don't know if it has been mentioned before, but most people on this thread are wrong.

You CAN playback on your phone, you just need to select the tune you want to hear, press options, select play, then you will have an option to play on 'the device' or 'home media'.

Select 'the device' and you will have a short delay before playing back over the network.

I have used it a number of times but it does seem to drop the connection for a split second which stops playback.

[djneils98]

i too can 'stream' music files from my pc to my n95 using the built in software. I have azureus running on the pc and my n95 can see and play anything in my azureus download folder

[neilhoskins]

The thread started a long, long time ago. The option to play 'on device' was introduced with later versions of firmware. I think this thread should terminate here.