Anything like nPlayer for Android?

[RooniusMaximus]

Hi all,

First post, so please be gentle with me.

I've just bought a Verbatim MediaShare Wireless and can use it to stream video from a USB or portable hard drive to my iPhone and wife's iPad using nPlayer.

It all works brilliantly. However, nPlayer doesn't appear to have been released for Android tablets (my first gen Nexus 7) and I'm unsure what to use instead.

Is there something similar, better, almost as good?

I'm not after a freebee (though I'm not against the idea) so I'm happy to pay for something if it works, just don't want to keep downloading apps if they're not right.

Thanks in advance.

 

[antelifeUK]

I'm using Bubble UPNP, Play Store.

It does the job quite well, have this installed on My Nexus 4 and on my HP touchpad.

I can stream all local files with the FREE version to my Panasonic Viera TV

edit: Paid version exists if you choose to buy, but I suggest trying the FREE one at first

 

[RooniusMaximus]

Thanks for that.

I'll give it a go when I get home tonight.

 

[RazzMaTazz]

If you search the Play Store for UPnP or DLNA you'll find several media player apps (including free ones) that will stream audio/video from UPnP/DLNA servers. I haven't tried many of them so I can't say which is best though BubbleUPnP and UPnPlay seem to be a popular choices. I use MediaMonkey for UPnP streaming, but only because that feature just happens to be included in MediaMonkey-- which is my favorite music player app because it creates a total PC-Android solution.
http://androidforums.com/android-ap...oid-sync-solution-like-itunes-but-better.html

 

[RooniusMaximus]

As it happens, I was a little premature with trying to find an alternative to the Verbatim app.

It only allows you to play videos that the tablet/phone would play with its native software. So it's very limiting on Apple products, because they play a small selection of available video formats.

However, when I actually tried it on the Nexus (and apologies for asking the question before trying it properly) it does allow you to play the streamed media on your tablet through third party players installed on the device. Things like VLC or Mobo player - both of which I already have.

So when I finally gave it a go, I could play all the files I had.

I did d/l Bubble UPNP though so I'll give that a go too as I've also bought a Chromecast and wanted to be able to stream stuff FROM the tablet to the TV too.

 

[John Smith22]

PlayerXtreme media player is the best alternative to nPlayer in my opinion. Its available on both Android and iOS.