Home media collection on a mobile device

Question

Android

I recently got an android device .
And I wanted to have more or less full access to the content of my file server from this device.
Everything seems to be clear with document type files. We go with a file manager that understands SMB / CIFS (like an explorer from ES), copy the file locally, and enjoy. This is a single operation. But what to do with films, individual files of which can weigh N-tsat gigabytes? Or with music, when you want to listen to this particular album right now?

In general, what is required. I would like to watch videos and listen to music (you can also attach pictures here) in a format that is supported by the device. It's clear that 1080p for video is not needed at all there. That is, transcoding is necessary.

At first I paid attention to DLNA / UPnPprotocols. I found software for the server that supports transcoding. It turned out that if music is still somehow solved, then there are no video players that support DLNA, in principle, under Android. Dead end.

Next I tried a hybrid solution called Orb . The bottom line is that the list with your content is placed on their server on the Internet, and you have access to it from anywhere (not necessarily from the local area). The stream is transcoded on your server, sent to them, and from there to the client device. As I understand it, there are nuances (if the server and client are on the same network), but I didn’t understand them, because again nothing happened with the video.

Orb gave me the idea that you don't need to bother with UPnP at all, but you can get by with the usual Web. How does YouTube work? Therefore, the goal was to find a Web gallery server that could transcode and serve on-demand media content. I assume Android accepts RTSP video stream in 3GP and MP4 format. A Wild Media Server
was found , which I really liked, but it cannot stream to RTSP, and again, nothing happened with HTTP. Therefore, the question is: who can help with specific solutions in this direction? I want to receive video/music/photos on an Android device without first transcoding (that is, to be transcoded on the fly) and copying to local storage.

As a bonus, I would like the server to be able to redirect live audio / video from the Internet, and also collect podcasts. But this is optional.
Oh yes. The OS on the server is Windows. Although options with other systems are possible.

Answer 1

For music, check out DAAP Server for Windows and DAAP Player for Android. DAAP works only through the local network, but you seem to need it.

Answer 2

If you set up a www server on your home server, then there is RockPlayer in the Market (paid and free with ads) - it can play.
I have had an idea for a week now in my head, to throw in a script so that at the end of the download everything is transcoded into the desired format (because some players, although with the declared ability to play many formats, often turn out that there is no sound or video in squares).