770 for music
 

Just a questions do most users of the 770 stream their audio or do they put on memory card? If memory card what player do you use?

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I'm using nokia's media server app to stream music from my server, to listen to music around the house, and it works great. I haven't upgraded the memory card yet, but obviously you'll need one for mp3's on the road. The built in audio player should work fine.

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Well the thing I have been reading is all about loading OS to memory card which would rip the music function out unless you stream.

Do you use conola for your around the house music?

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I tried streaming MP3 files from my Windows Server with Samba via G-net, but it was terrible: MP3s stutters badly. I presume buffering should be one one to tweak. No idea how. Player was the original on N770.

DivX's with MPlayer through SMB is out of the picture. The device is a toy.

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OP, check out Media Streamer (which is made by Nokia).

Blog post about it here

You need to install a UPnP compliant server on your computer (but this is very straightforward).

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I have set the EsounD daemon on my 770 to listening mode so I can redirect the sound output from my Linux server to the 770. On the server I have Music Player Daemon running and on Nokia I use Glurp as a frontend to it.

For listening to music on MMC I use the default audio player with OGG support installed and UKMP.

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so it looks I will need a fast internet connection and just stream everything :(

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Not nessecarily a very fast net connection. Personally when I'm out, especially at work, I use my 770 to tune into a Shoutcast server I'm running off my laptop at home which is being fed by my winamp sitting on random all day, slightly different but still. I've got a 512kbit upload on my connection, and can get 96kbit and sometimes 128kbit streams from my shoutcast server without stuttering.

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It must be just me but I have about 10 cds on my memory card and I use Canola to play it back in my car. I don't even use my ipod any more that cost as much as 2 770's. and i love the speaker, just when you want to listen with out headphones, it is not great sound but it is better then not hearing anything.
just my thoughts.

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but the thing I am looking at is putting OS to memory card everyone is raving about it. But then again in the car I wont be able to stream. Also my ISP at home only has an upload of 128kb and I am running a server. Maybe I can use my memory card and make 2 partitions. 1 for a swap and the other for my music. hmmm

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worth a try. but if music is a big concern, I would just run the os off the int. mem. May not be as responsive as running off the card, but at least you'll have tunes :)

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that is what I do, it is not really fast, but is still load music faster than my bosses 600+ HTC Touch that is smaller and runs M$ :p

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This might sound like a silly question, but if you are streaming at home through your wireless network, your isps upload bandwidth shouldn't matter, right? I mean, the two machines (770 and media server) are communicating on an internal network, no?

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yes, if you're streaming directly from your server machine to the 770, it won't effect your isp bandwigth at all.

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Your isp bandwidth won't matter just the network bandwidth. For music on a local network you really dont have to worry. Streaming video can *sometimes* be an issue, but I'm not talking about the tablets in that respect, just bandwidth over wifi in general.

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What UPnP media servers are you all using. On device Nokia's Media Stremer is ofcoure the solution, but what about the server side?

How about SimpleCenter 4? Will Basic transcode DivXs?

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I have been messing with tversity but have had issues with it. I know others have used it and liked it

Tversity UPnP for Nokia 770 Server.
 

Tversity sounds like a great solution, but what video codes should I set for N770? MP3's went through greatly.
:)

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well, TVersity 0.9.10.7 seemd like a good idea, but it had one major stopping bug: audio/video material can't be from UNC address or Mappd Drive, so that's that then.

What other commercial / non commercial UPnP media servers are there to test?
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You should try Twonky.

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Very interesting comments coming here - cheers. I've got a wireless network with a PC and MacBookPro running on it (along with my shiny new 770). I've started following the advice for creating a network folder share but like many others, I'm new to linux and man, I'm confused : )

Rather than folder sharing, what would be the easiest setup to share music (or possibly video) over WiFi from PC to 770?. Oh, I also have an Xbox running Xbox Media Centre on the network for streaming music and movies through my TV (not that that changes anything).

Cheers for any advice!

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Acording to my intense testing far most great solution for Transcoding and sharing Video/pic/mp3 is SimpleCenter 4. It is commercial and the basic delievers only audio/pic but It works like a charm! marvellous solution!

Other s*** is MS's Media Connect 2 which comes with Windows Media Player 11. It is pure F*** Sh**, librarys are all f**** and .... not bother even testing that one..

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CHeers RealJobe. I started installing this morning buit had to leave for work before the install finished looking for music (I've got about 130gig of the stuff, so it'll take a while). Hopefully get the thang working tonight : )

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Yes sir, With SimpleCenter UPnp music works like a charm..

I also noticed That Nero 7 burning solution comes with MediaHome, which offeres UPnP AV server possibilities with Transcoding also.

Soon I'll test that. I'll probably windup watching Digi TV on my nokia 770 via UPnP.
:)

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Now sir, you are talking!