![]() ![]() And, like iMediaShare, it comes with several video streaming services set up and ready to go.įirst, install Twonky Beam on your Android device. It also gives access to digital media on computers on a home network, for beaming to a set top box or game console connected to your HDTV. It may have a funny name, but Twonky Beam is a powerful app that allows users to stream music, video and pictures stored locally on their Android device. Here's an example of a full screen ad you'll need to close out of when launching the free version of iMediaShare It will also provide you a list of compatible devices on your home network that you can stream content to. The first time you launch the app, you'll get a quick introduction on how to use it and what it does. The first step is to install iMediaShare on your Android device. It's also worth noting that both of these apps are available on iOS as well.įor this article I'm using the first generation Nexus 7, but you'll certainly have no problem using the new Nexus 7 or an Android smartphone. Twonky Beam is free, while iMediaShare comes in free and pro versions. There are a few apps for Android that will allow you to do this, but we'll focus on Twonky Beam, which requires Android 4.0 or higher, and iMediaShare, which works with Android 1.6 and higher. But, if you have a Roku, Apple TV, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, select Smart TVs or other UPnP or DLNA compliant device connected to your HDTV, you can already stream digital content to them from your Android device with an app. So much so that at the time of this writing there's a three to four week waiting period for the device. What I particularly like about these two apps is that they can read and play playlists, and I have a lot of them for my music files on my network, and the app makes using playlists so-o-o-o convenient.There's plenty of excitement out there about Google's US$35 Chromecast that allows you to stream digital media to your HDTV. I noticed MediaPlay got some negative comments at the app store obviously by folks who don’t quite understand how it all works and that the Settings are important. If you install it, be sure to go into it’s Settings and configure it for how you want it. Unfortunately, the Android MediaPlay app does not work correctly on a Kindle I tried it way back when. There is a version for the Android platform, too. So, if you miss the old Twonky Beam app and want it again, install the MediaPlay app. The fact that MediaPlay is a Twonky Beam clone is not “news” since some of us had know this last year, but to be reminded that I could install it on my iPhone was good news for me. I never had looked for it there (since I had the old Twonky Beam) But, a few months ago I got an iPhone, and so I immediately installed MediaPlay on it when I “re-discovered it” and it works just like the old Twonky Beam. I accidentally ran across it the other day at the Apple app store. So, here we are today, with MediaPlay, and it still survives in the app stores. ![]() I know, because I stll have this version on my iPad – I never upgraded to the bad ones!) ![]() (The last “good” version of Twonky Beam was v3.4.6-48. MediaPlay ( v3.4.4-39) was exactly like one of the last well-working versions of Twonky Beam with one exception: it has a built-in link to the Belkin website, which could easily be ignored. Nevertheless, Twonky left a wonderful remnant: a custom version of Twonky Beam they created for the Belkin Company called MediaPlay. Unfortunately, Twonky came out with an entirely different version of it after a while, they completely hosed it it didn’t work well at all, (and the company had recently been bought) so a few months later they completely removed it from the Apple and Google and Kindle app stores. Other people chimed in who liked it too, and we had a nice conversation going. (To familarize yourself with the app or for a refresher, see this link: Over a year ago in this forum, I started a thread about the Twonky Beam app and why I liked using it with my mobile devices to “beam” media from and to my DLNA devices, e.g. ![]()
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