Really pleased with how well this is working with the N770 tablets and Mediatomb running on EEbuntu. Now going to try Android, iPhone and N95-8GB a streaming clients. Have already got it working with Windows Media Player. Less success on the Linux video players without hacking.
If someone knows how to lock the N770 screen without causing the video to pause and creating a catch-22, let me know.
It looks like the N95-8GB can play streaming media in theory but not in any useful way. First the setup, like everything on Symbian, is buried down in some mental 6-deep menu rather than built-in the video player. Second, the N95-8GB uses the braindead RealshitePlayer for video so it cannot play any of the AVIs I have converted to work with the *NOKIA* N770. I also tried an MP4 which should work and it just sat there “processing” for 5 minutes.The resurgence of Maemo inside Nokia makes my heart glad. A good platform using standard tools.
Android seems to be a bust. There is a client which can browse the UPnP server but not a renderer which can play the videos.iPhone seems well covered. I’m going to try the PlugPlayer now on that.
That is a pretty cool setup. I would love to see you explain to the cops why there is a router on your dash.
Dashboard would be awesome. But we have a power-connector in the boot too
Will update on iPhone and N95-8GB later. I think the solution to my problem is to move all the conversions from AVI to MP4.
Testing Update:* Got the iPhone working perfectly using the pay-for PlugPlayer application and with the videos converted to MP4 using Handbrake.* Have given up on the N95-8GB. This multimedia computer in your pocket bullshit really is a joke Nokia. I bet a fiver the N97 is just as crap doing this.* Android: Andromote can browse the list but tries to download the entire movie before playing it. So giving up there too until something better comes along.I had hoped to use 320×240 MP4 as the default format that works on all of the above mobile devices but for some reason the N770 won’t stream MP4s, it’ll only do AVIs (but will play the MP4 locally off memory card!). I think 2 x N770 + iPhone plus 2x laptops should cover it for the 5 brats in worst case scenario. Will test live over Easter.
The Nokia N95-8GB just made me laugh. I forgot that I’d left it “processing” when I tried to stream a video. Suddenly 30 minutes later, it started playing. So it had downloaded all 230MB of the movie first. FFS Nokia.