Need help streaming NAS to Nexus 7

[world.wide.wes]

I am trying to use VLC on my netbook (which I use as an NAS for a 2TB media hard drive) to stream movies and TV shows from the NAS to N7. I plan to ask this over on the VLC forums but I was hoping someone around here might have some advice as well. The problem is that I can't get any videos to play streaming from the NAS to the N7. I don't know if I should be using VLC Direct Pro or VLC S&C, it seems like they both have the same functionality. Also, I've tried using my netbook as well as a more powerful dual-core laptop thinking that it might help convert the video on the fly. Isn't there a way to have my N7's quad core do some/all of the work?

I have VLC set to "Web Interface" on the computer and my N7 can view the server using the apps VLC Direct Pro and VLC Stream & Convert (I'm not even sure which one I need to use)

With VLC Direct Pro:
If I change the "target" setting to the VLC icon, I can successfully stream local video on the N7 to the screen on my computer. However, if I switch the target to my N7 and try to play a sample file which is local on the computer, all I get is a black screen with no audio but the counter on the file counts upwards as if the video is playing.

With VLC S&C Free
in player mode: "stream to phone (http)"
using the same sample mkv file which is about a minute long, the file shows a black screen as if the video should be playing but no video shows, however I do get audio about 30 seconds of the way through the video.

in player mode: "stream to phone (rstp)"
after about 15 seconds of playback on black screen as before, I get audio and video! However the size of the video only uses about 1/4 of my N7's screen with no way to expand it to fullscreen.



Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? I don't know if I should be using VLC Direct Pro or VLC S&C, it seems like they both have the same functionality. Also, I've tried using my netbook as well as a more powerful dual-core laptop thinking that it might help convert the video on the fly. Isn't there a way to have my N7's quad core do some/all of the work?

[edwardw]

This has nothing to do with VLC for Android. You are welcome, on the other hand, to try out the official VLC for Android client which can receive and read most media and streams:

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... betav7neon