Anyone know how to set up the DHD to be able to stream media from a Windows 7 PC that is connected to a router?
I had tried this before with no luck, but managed to get it working tonight, simple as pie! (On windows 7 that is).. I'm not sure what your network setup might be, but all my wireless devices go to a network access point which is then connected to the router/switch. All wired devices also connect directly to this too in one form or another. All my PC's work under one home/work group as well.
First, on your PC (Win7), go Control Panel > HomeGroup Settings..
Share the relevant libraries that you want to access, i.e. Pictures/Music/Videos.
Most importantly, select "Stream my pictures, music etc.. on my home network".. You can also customise who can see what using the further options..
Once done, you should now be able to access your files through the "Connected Media" tab under your gallery .. (Or I assume any other app which supports the same media service) Remember there's the folder option at the bottom for browsing the folder structure rather than through Genre etc..
As stated below there are some issues with my phone regarding which formats are supported, however from the gallery it just says "the video cannot be played"; but as far as I can tell the items are actually streamed rather than downloaded first
Had a collegue at work recommend ES File explorer too. I tried this last night. I think I got my IP address correct, but ES Explorer asks for User name and password. Would this be for Windows 7 or something else. I tried my user name for Windows 7 and this didn't seem to work.
I wonder how easy this will be.
You are correct in that ES file explorer requires the login details of the PC you are trying to connect too; I managed to get this working today using my Windows 7 PC and it accessed fine. Problems started however when I wanted to start streaming different types of media. It seems .avi / .mpeg arent supported but .wmv is (I'm new to android though, so I assume there might be a codec app of sorts that expands on this)
The major problem I had with ES however was that it seems to need to download every item, rather than actually streaming it..