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Hi guys,

Me and my room mate just got a galaxy tab each + we have our laptops etc.

So what I have is a centos server running transmission with a web-ui so that we all download stuff directly to the server (keeping this organised) and a samba share so we can watch things.

This was fine until the tablets came along, i have some samba file viewer where i can download some stuff to tablet but I can't "just watch it" like I can on my laptop.

After some googling I found this AWESOME app/programme call subsonic, which lets me stream videos and music over a webbroweser(like my own youtube/grooveshark)

The ONLY issue i have with it is that it reads files in a directory structure so music is locations in /media/HD1/Music. So if that HD gets full I create another folder on /media/HD2/Music then I now have 2 music folders which is a pain. Also as torrents get downloaded to /media/HD3/Torrents that is completely mixed with music/apps/videos/serias etc.

So my question is simple. Is there another programme like subsonic that can scan directories and build its own folders based on the content and so I can scan /media/ and it will organise everything. it MUST support watching videos over the webbroweser.

or is there a programme or script I can run the will organise my actual directories to match this?
 
Android: ES File Explorer + Samba module + Rock Player (Lite)

Annoying little water mark on the player, but I use this to play media files directly from my Samba shares.
 
+1 On ESFE. I love that thing.

You can create symlinks and join your folders that way.
 
use aufs, unionfs (or others) to union /media/HD1/ and /media/HD2/ as /media/Multimedia, then point subsonic at /media/Multimedia
 
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3rd here, ES File Explorer is awesome, comes with it's own media player.

Also try Rock Player and Meridian. That is the only apps I use for media and they have not failed me yet!
 
mh348 said:
See if you can find a upnp server software, I use Tversity on windows, not sure what there is for linux..

On the Tab install upnplay and Rockplayer

See this thread.. http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/324043-Stream-movies-to-Android-phone
Click to expand...

Thanks for that as I was going to ask if upnp could be installed on tablet as the brilliant XBMC could scan folders, extra media information for it and let it be played over upnp.

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=UPnP
 
i use mediatomb its a dlna server works like a charm
 
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