[100/200/300/400] [Android] Droided Media Tank 2.9.1 (Upgrade 13 Mar 2013)

[VikingBrainTeam]

Viking Brain Technologies has released an Android application to manage and enjoy your Networked Media Tank in your Android.
Browse and play NMT files in your Android. Use Networked Media Tank applicacions from your Android. Designed for Popcorn Hour A100, A110, A200, A210, A300, A400, B110, C200, C300, PopBox 3D, PopBox V8, eGreat, Digitek HDX, Kaiboer and others based in NMT system

Name: Droided Media Tank
Current versions:
2.9.1 Pro Version
2.9.1 Free Version (There is ads included and some functionalities are restricted)

Requirements:
NMT FTP Server installed and started is a requirement for the File browser functionality.
MyiHome or Llink service started is required for playing files in Android. (At least one of them is required)
Compatibility: Disk Usage, Remote Control, Music Playlist and NMT Services functionalities are only compatible with PCH A200, A210, C200, A300, C300, popbox, asiabox because of the use of TheDavidBox API services

Purposes:
- Play media files in your Android
- Use applications of your Networked Media Tank from your Android device
- Encourage the use of applications built for NMT devices

Why get Pro?
- No ads
- Use IP or Domain name to access your NMT
- Play files is directly, no waiting time
- Open playlist in Android
- Rename, move or delete files or folders
- Full NMJ Exclude management

Main features:
Disk Usage (via TheDavidBox API)
Remote Control (via TheDavidBox API)
Music Playlist (via TheDavidBox API)
NMT Services (via TheDavidBox API)
Ftp file browser. Mmj excludes management, playlist, play files on NMT or Android, enqueue files on NMT.
Web clients for NMT apps.

Important information about playing files on Android:
Droided Media Tank will offer http stream links when opening files on Android so you will need to install audio or video that support http stream links. You can use any but our favorites and well tested are:
- For video: RockPlayer Lite, VLC Beta (NEON version), VPlayer.
- For music: ServeStream (also supports http stream playlist and background)

Where:
Search for "Droided Media Tank" in the Android Play Store and install it. If you don't have access to Google Play on your device then you can get the latest DMT release from http://static.vikingbrain.com/dmt/releases

Screenshots:


FAQ and troubleshooting:
FAQ and troubleshooting inside the app and at http://www.vikingbrain.com. And you can also use this thread.

User suggestions for future releases:
- (DONE) Play media files in NMT (Done but unsupported for PCH series 100 and other nmt's that do not include Davidbox service features)
- (DONE) Take advantage of the android keyboard for searching files and similar operations
- Subtitles support for video playing in Android
- Integration of Remote control with file browser/nmj
- Access Web services password protected
- Unrar feature in file browser
- Remotely clear the cache on the NMT

Suggestions out of the poll but also considered:
- (DONE) Play playlist and play all in folder
- (DONE)Quicker access to the services that are active. Preferable on the home screen
- (DONE)Show current nmt playlist content with operations
- Support for multiple nmt's trough profiles
- Redesing and bigger icons for tablets/Google TV
- Horizontal auto scrollable text of file name in file browser when text is longer than screen width
- Show list of covers and link to info
- Evolve 'NMT Music Playlist' to 'NMT Media Playlist' in order to support queues of music, video and photo on NMT

Known bugs:
- Folders with symbol ";" in its name. Message "Folder is empty" is shown when any subfolder has the character semicolon ";" in its name

More info: www.vikingbrain.com

[Foxia]

Going to try it out should be fun. And open up even more doors for my droid accessing PCH.

[hadyhosny]

Hi, good application, but Transmission is not working, the following appears:

[VikingBrainTeam]

(05-01-2011 04:47 AM)hadyhosny Wrote:  Hi, good application, but Transmission is not working, the following appears:

Hi!

Are you getting the same problem with the url from a web browser in a computer?
http://MY_POPCORN:8077/transmission/web/
Because it seems it's a problem related to the server. This is the first time this problem has been reported since the application was released

Try this workaround for the problem using this link:
http://MY_POPCORN:8077/transmission/web/#files
instead of just:
http://MY_POPCORN:8077/transmission/web/

Here is the full thread with 409 issue and the above workaround:
https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtop...f=8&t=8393

Best regards

P.D:Post updated, I forgot to put the ports

[hadyhosny]

The current port for transmission is 9091, and is working fine on my windows 7 PC.

Droided media tank is not working with the current port of transmission (port 9091). When using port 8077 it opens a page but with no torrents running. Can you check on your end? as transmission by default when installing via CSI uses port 9091.

Hady

Edit:

When using the #files trick, it works!! Thanks a lot!

But i believe there is bug in it, it does not allow scrolling either horizontally or vertically. When i hold the mobile phone (Motorola Defy) in normal position i can see most of the torrents, but can not scroll horizontally to see the configuration button or the inspector. When i hold the mobile phone in landscape i can see the inspector, but only one torrent and can not scroll vertically to see the rest.

Hady

[VikingBrainTeam]

(05-05-2011 04:33 AM)hadyhosny Wrote:  The current port for transmission is 9091, and is working fine on my windows 7 PC.

Droided media tank is not working with the current port of transmission (port 9091). When using port 8077 it opens a page but with no torrents running. Can you check on your end? as transmission by default when installing via CSI uses port 9091.

Hady

Edit:

When using the #files trick, it works!! Thanks a lot!

But i believe there is bug in it, it does not allow scrolling either horizontally or vertically. When i hold the mobile phone (Motorola Defy) in normal position i can see most of the torrents, but can not scroll horizontally to see the configuration button or the inspector. When i hold the mobile phone in landscape i can see the inspector, but only one torrent and can not scroll vertically to see the rest.

Hady

Your are right. Transmission installed via CSI Installer is working on port 9091, and Transmission installed by default is working on port 8077. Thanks for the feedback, I'll update the first post with this important information for all users

Regarding the web interface of Transmission, horizontal and vertical scrolling are enabled. It's true that some parts of the web page seems to be ommitted and appears when the phone rotates. Maybe it is related to the screen size because we are getting the same presentation when accessing transmission's url in the Android default web browser in a 'not big enough' screen size.

We are just requesting a link, our hands are tied here. Maybe one option would be to develop a client instead of requesting this link

Thanks again for your feedback

[hadyhosny]

Thanks for your support, however, in the android browser i can zoom in and out to adjust the page size, while in the DMT i cannot zoom in or out.

Hady

[mguenette]

Do I have to activate something on my NMT for this app to work?
I can't event access the remote!!!
I must be missing something realy simple here.
Thanks.

[VikingBrainTeam]

You don´t need to activate something in your NMT. But you need the applications to be installed in your NMT, those apps you want to use from your Android DMT.
Depending on your NMT model may be some apps instaled by default in your NMT (usually, Transmission, btcgi torrent client, NZBget), check in your NMT the screen Management-->Applications if you have applications instaled by default and check if the are running
Most of applications can be installed in your NMT from a PC using NMT Community Software Instaler http://www.nmtinstaller.com/. Once they are installed in your NMT you will be able to access them from your DMT
When installing apps from CSI installer, mark the checkbox "start on boot"

Thanks

[hetfield]

hmm, i see a MediaTankController in your apps.
Where can we get that?
It's not the remote controller is it?
Since that one is not very userfriendly, this MediaTankController looks interresting.

[VikingBrainTeam]

(05-16-2011 11:48 AM)hetfield Wrote:  hmm, i see a MediaTankController in your apps.
Where can we get that?
It's not the remote controller is it?
Since that one is not very userfriendly, this MediaTankController looks interresting.

Here is the main thread for MediaTankController, take a look at MediaTankController thread or in their official site mediatankcontroller.com , maybe they can help you. It has been reported that works fine on Android but I don't know if it is available for all NMTmodels

Thanks

[hetfield]

Probably not for the NMT A or C models then.
Because that thread is 2 years old and the recent CSI doesn't have the MediaTankController anymore.

CSI now has C200remote 1.0.1, which is crap compared with the old one.

[VikingBrainTeam]

DMT 2.0 released with new features, updated main post
Features added:
- Browse files and folder
- Play media files in your Android
- Rename file or folders (Only in Pro version). More features soon
- You will need to install RockPlayer Lite or similar in your Android in order to play all media files because there are file extensions that are not supported in Android by default
- HD supported. MKV files will play. Now is all depending on your network speed and your Android processor
- Use IP or Domain Name to access NMT ftp server (Domain name only available in Pro version)

[dobbey]

New interface is nice but i'm unable to browse files using the file browser. I'm pretty sure i've set it up correctly and I have no issues with other apps like esfile explorer.

[VikingBrainTeam]

(06-08-2011 02:26 PM)dobbey Wrote:  New interface is nice but i'm unable to browse files using the file browser. I'm pretty sure i've set it up correctly and I have no issues with other apps like esfile explorer.

I need a little more information to help you out. Can you tell me what is the black console showing?

Do not write your personal data

This looks like a right connection console output:
Connecting XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Port 21
Added passive mode
User: nmt
Pass: HIDDEN
STATUS: Authenticated