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ZumoCast is pretty awesome!

Over 4G...if in a decent 4G area this is nice to have already pre loaded. Some bloat isnt bad if its good bloat..lol
 
Be careful with the app, since depending on what you are decoding, it can eat up over 90% of the CPU, which means a hot running computer, with no way to police, since you would be away. The CPU load can depend on the codec and/or the bitrate & resolution.

When it is not running heavy, it is nice. I asked the devs if they could add a live remote temp and CPU monitor (assuming possible), so a user can see if their current usage is choking their computer. No response yet and that was just after the D3 was released.
 
It's awesome to be able to stream videos from my pc over 4G, especially since air video isnt on android.
 
I can't wait to take fill advantage of this app. It is working for me now but my home inertnet speed is pathetic. I can see everything but no streaming. Time warrner won't let me up grade until my contract is up in November.
 
katieclay73 said:
I cant get my phone to connect to my pc at home... what am i doing wrong??? :confused:
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aaronmach1 said:
i assume my computer at home would need to always be connected to the internet right?
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dreadnatty08 said:
Well my laptop is on but asleep and I can't connect. I'll look into it later.
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So for this to work, you need your computer running, not in sleep mode, on an active internet connection.

You also need the ZumoCast program running.

In a 3G only area (my office), it took a few seconds to find the connection to be established. Runs like a charm after that.
 
I love it. It is great, especially if you have lots of movies that you illegally downloaded... eh I mean bought on itunes or something like that on your comp ;)

:D :D
 
To add in some additional info.

It seems to be mega powerful, able to play any audio/vid files. including those in sub directories of the directories you choose to share.

FYI in case you don't want to share certain things with the world.
 
dragma said:
To add in some additional info.

It seems to be mega powerful, able to play any audio/vid files. including those in sub directories of the directories you choose to share.

FYI in case you don't want to share certain things with the world.
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The program is not mega powerful, since it uses your computer, so is as powerful as your PC is for decoding.

Nice app that works, but requires your PC to always be on and you do not know how hot your PC may be running.
 
rushmore said:
The program is not mega powerful, since it uses your computer, so is as powerful as your PC is for decoding.

Nice app that works, but requires your PC to always be on and you do not know how hot your PC may be running.
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You have a strange obsession with your PC's temperature. So I'm assuming you either:

1. Overclocked
2. Didn't properly set up cooling for your PC


I could leave my PC Folding@home for 6 weeks straight and not worry about it overheating :confused:

Edit: Also, there is a pretty large population of PC users that never turn their PC's off (myself included). It's not really a big deal.

Edit2: I wanna make sure you know I'm not attacking you, just curious :P I've had a few computers with heating issues, but they were always very much overclocked AND My Thermaltake heatsink fan would usually keep the cool. Thing was as loud as a vacuum cleaner though, the problems arose when I would turn it down so it was quiet, then the heat became an issue.
 
dreadnatty08 said:
Guys, this app (though could be thought of as bloat) is awesome! I think there's only a couple other devices out there it supports (D3, maybe DX2). Definitely set it up, no other need to load up music from your PC to the phone! Works flawlessly. :D
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WOW, this works PERFECTLY!!!

My computer is on all day and most of the night anyways...

I think I am going to like this!
 
Not sure if is just me, but at times when I am streaming my music, it sometimes cuts off the end of the song.
 
bigbabys said:
You have a strange obsession with your PC's temperature. So I'm assuming you either:

1. Overclocked
2. Didn't properly set up cooling for your PC


I could leave my PC Folding@home for 6 weeks straight and not worry about it overheating :confused:

Edit: Also, there is a pretty large population of PC users that never turn their PC's off (myself included). It's not really a big deal.
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I just restarted mine a few days ago for the first time in over 4 months. It never overheats or has any other problems.

I did find out that a folder with a large amount of sub folders crashed the ZumoCast App. My downloads folder has well over 1K folders in it and there's millions of sub folders in there. It locked up my phoen and I had to do a battery pull to restart.
 
OK, now this would be perfect if it could be written to send magic packets back to the PC to wake it up out of sleep....

best of both worlds then - stream when needed, let PC sleep when it's not.
 
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