Help Streaming Over Wireless LAN?

[rbscairns]

I have a Nexus 7 non-rooted with stock firmware, WiFi connected to my Netgear WNR3500Lv1 router running DD-WRT v24 sp2 firmwear. A USB HDD that I use as a NAS is connected directly to my router.

Is there a way to stream audio/video directly from my NAS to my N7?

 

[John Bean]

Several ways. If your NAS has streaming built in using DNLA/uPNP (most have) then a good app for the Nexus 7 is the one I use, MediaHouse, which does what you require and much more. It has its own music player but requires an external video player, for which I use MX Player.

It all works very well on the Nexus 7, better in some ways than on my full sized counterparts.

If you have no streaming software on the NAS you can use ES File Explorer and use it to locate the media file on the NAS share (it supports all sorts of networks) then just play it - ES provides its own streaming server to make the content available to the player. You'll still need something like MX Player of course.

Less elegant than using MediaHouse but perfectly workable.

 

[jhsrennie]

If you use XBMC you can stream using lots of different protocols e.g. file sharing, FTP, HTTP, etc, etc. These will work fine with your NAS.

Note that though XBMC is a mature product it's Android implementation is still under development, though it's pretty good.

 

[rbscairns]

Thank you John Bean.

The ES File Explorer worked best for me.

 

[borospark]

Archos video player is also good, it provides its own metadata for films as well
You need the plug-in for some films depending on their codec

I have a Nexus 7 non-rooted with stock firmware, WiFi connected to my Netgear WNR3500Lv1 router running DD-WRT v24 sp2 firmwear. A USB HDD that I use as a NAS is connected directly to my router.

Is there a way to stream audio/video directly from my NAS to my N7?

 

[someguy43210]

The two best apps I found for streaming are:
XBMC hardware accelerated test build, it will allow smooth streaming of HD videos: Index of /test-builds/android (look for the file with the name hdwaccel)

You can also try VPlayer + its UPnP plugin.