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  • 01-10-2014 11:33pm
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    Robbie71
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭


    Most of my media files are on an external hdd that I have connected to laptop via usb .
    I can access these files using my android phone and tablet with ES file explorer.

    Just wondering what is the difference between this and a running a server on my laptop ( if this is the correct phrase)?
    I see apps such as Bubbleupnp but dont know why someone would use them instead of Es Explorer ?


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    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Transcodimg file formats


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    Robbie71
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭Robbie71


    If my android media player (mxplayer) can play most formats why do I need to transcode ?


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Robbie71 wrote: »
    If my android media player (mxplayer) can play most formats why do I need to transcode ?

    You don't, but some media players (both h/w & s/w) have limited support for various codecs.


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