How To Stream To WP 8.1 and 10.

STREAM STREAM STREAM !

Today we will learn how to stream to your Windows Phone 8.1 or 10. And to do this we require following things :

1) A SMB and UPnP enabled router like TP-LINK Archer C20 .

2) Sandisk Cruser Blade32 GB PenDrive (https://www.sandisk.in/home/usb-flash/cruzer-blade).

3) Some free software's :

   a) mFTP2 (free ftp client)

   b) Smart Player (video streamer).

   c) OneVideo (video streamer).

4) Nokia Lumia 1320.

Why ? Archer C20 !

Founded in 1996, TP-Link is a global provider of reliable networking devices and accessories, involved in all aspects of everyday life. The company is consistently ranked by analyst firm IDC as the No. 1 provider of WLAN and broadband CPE devices*, supplying distribution to more than 120 countries and serving hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

As a known friend of mine got 1 from his uncle in pune, as they got an TP-LINK P5 In 12K as they needed 2 USB ports 1 for NAS drive and other for wireless printing  along with GigaByte Ethernet Ports. To know more about C20 and specs visit : http://www.tp-link.com/lb/products/details/cat-9_Archer-C20.html .

How ?

1) Plug in the pen drive with media (photos , music and videos) in it.

2) Login to your router's web base interface by going to 192.168.0.1.

3) Go to USB Settings.

4) And  user accounts.

5) create user and grant it access.

7) Then in storage sharing enable it.

8)  Go to  FTP server and add folder's to it, Then enable it.

9) In Media Server give your server a name and enable it.

10) save all your settings.

You are done just software part remaining.

Why? mFTP2 !

mFTP2 is the completely new developed successor of mFTP. We learned from the mistakes we did in the earlier version and started from the scratch to create a new, unique way to interact with your FTP server. mFTP2 offers you a full FTP client, with all the familiar features and allows the exchange of data from your desktop and Tablet PC with your FTP server. Therefore the download and upload of files is as well possible as creating, renaming, and moving folders. You can also modify their access permissions. Because of the modern design and intuitive operation, the use of mFTP2 is easy and pleasant.

( It is available for both pc and mobile devices ).

How ?

1)  Go to mFTP2 and click on + symbol.

2) Fill in the NAME, ADDRESS, USERNAME & PASSWORD fields and leave the POER AND ENCRYPTION MODE field as default.

3) In address field fill in ip address available n FTP Server section of your router.

4) Save the settings and you are done.

Why? Smart Player !

Smart Player is a Windows mobile UPnP (DLNA) Control Point. It browses and plays easily your music, images and videos on your phone or your DLNA devices on your network from all your UPnP/DLNA enabled media servers (XBMC, Windows Media Player, Sonos, XBox360, DLNA TVs, ...) or from your preferred online storage solution. (Dropbox, Youtube, SkyDrive, Google Drive or SoundCloud)

How ?

1) open Smart Player and go to sources.

2) Click on your media server.

Now you are ready to play your video's , audios and view your pics from your dlna server.

Ps: streaming of videos takes anywhere between 15 to 30 seconds as it uses system decoder and there is no way to change it to custom decoder.

Why? One Video !

OneVideo is unified media player for Windows Phone. It's perfect solution for playing all media files from various source types.

How ?

1) Open the app.
2) Go to Connect To Servers and select your media server.
3) in settings select custom decoder. (and videos stream without delay).

and enjoy streaming of  your music and video's on your phone. As it dose not stream images, so we have to use Smart Player for images.

Nokia 1320 was the phone he had with him for use so we were able to doe the above steps at his home as he is a novice with streaming.

Hope you liked it .. follow these and your good to go..