Okay a few things here.
We did cover the Dropbox thing earlier on in the thread if you'd like to
reference it.
The point here is that files transferred onto an iPhone using iTunes
cannot be accessed on Dropbox or anywhere else - unless you have some
means of putting them there in the first place.
Now this of course is further complicated by several factors, if you've
transferred your files from iTunes on your computer to your iPhone then
there's a reasonable chance that you can copy the files across to your
Dropbox from there but if you've downloaded to your iPhone directly from
the iTunes Store or just haven't downloaded at all and just stream your
purchases etc from iTunes then Dropbox doesn't mean all that much <smile>.
On 14/10/2014 3:23 AM, ken reed wrote:
Hi, I just installed dropbox on my Iphone and Ipad.
What you might do, is because dropbox allows you to share files, is:
use this to share to another I device, or maby share to a pc.
Dropbox will play the files be they mp3 or mp4.
I haven't tried this in reverse.
That is moveing files from the Iphone to the computer.
Just incase I didn't menchion this dropbox must be installed on both
machines.
Do the computer first., Then the iphone..
-----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:58 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
Hi!
I know I've already replied to this eMail but I thought I'd reply
again as I've given the subject under discussion a great deal of thought.
You want to transfer your media content such as music and so forth
from your iPhone to your Windows PC using a USB cable as though your
iPhone were a hard drive right/
Well I'm not so sure that this will be as straight forward as we
thought it would be and I'm not surprised to hear that you didn't have
any success with those Apps which allow the sharing of data between
iPods and computers.
As I understand it - someone will correct me if I'm wrong I'm sure
<smile>. - iPod sharing Apps were written in the days of the iPod
Nano, Shuffle etc well before the iPhones we're using now came along
so - if that's the case - then these sharing Apps probably won't work
given the iPhone has a different data distribution system, in effect
the iPhone is locked and I think the only way to share your iPhones
data openly - say music you've downloaded from the iTunes store or
music you've aded to your music collection through iTunes - is to jail
break the iPhone.
Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of
delivering the above eMail to you.
On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:46 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, yeah, I was just reading up on the Camera kit for the IPad, after
I sent my last message.
Unfortunately, the page I found was from 2010, so not sure how
accurate the info would be now.
May still be worth checking it out if the kit isn't super expensive,
if it still works on the 6 plus and IOS8.
It's worth noting here though, that it's apparently necessary to
jailbreak, in order to have access to the filesystem of the IPads,
but the ability to use USB devices, keyboards, microphones, etc
sounds pretty neat if it still works.
This brings me to ask another question or two, but I'll begin it in a
new subject to keep things organized.
Thanks and take care.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 8:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with
it and am not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.
On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move
files, I assume media specifically, over to directories on the
phone from the computer. Do these adapters require software to go
along side them to allow access to the phone's filesystem, software
like sharepod, etc, and does this allow you to pull music from the
device, even without having to have the files already stored within
ITunes on the computer? I understand that installing some sort of
file manager on the phone would give partial access to those areas
allowed to it, if it were connected to dropbox or a wireless device
as you mentioned here, but how well does that work for all types of
media other than music, like audio books. Also, does installing a
file manager on the phone give complete access to all media on a
phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my
music and books on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from
the phone if I no longer have them in my ITunes library on my
computer. There's plenty of software for doing this, but as far as
I've been able to figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone
to the computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over
to the phone, I'd be a happy camper for sure.
Thanks.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of
reasons, the main being that there seems to be a myth doing the
rounds, the myth says that its impossible! to play third party
content such as different audio file formats etc on an iPhone or
other IOS devices.
This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the
iPhone’s “Music Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big
issue as every operating system with its built-in features does
have its limitations, you cannot - as far as I know - play FLAC
files in Windows Media Player for example unless you use a third
party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same type of
problem but with different operating systems.
The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter
available from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say
your computer over a USB connection to a particular folder on your
iPhone of your choosing but again, there are ways around that snag.
Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on
what can be done so let’s do that with IOS.
The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good
one’s out there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two,
oOplayer and File Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.
With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox
account, computer on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device
and so on, when configured you can then select what files you wish
to hear or view.
Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network
and want your favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both
the aforementioned Apps will allow you to download your Music from
a specific point - computer, Dropbox account etc - right to a
folder on your iPhone where you can browse, play and manipulate
your files to your hearts content.
So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones
have only so much storage space so what if you have thousands upon
thousands of files you wish to access at any one time or supposing
your music collection is in a Lossless format that takes up a good
deal of space?
If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard
drive with a built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive
towards the end of last week and this drive has its own built-in
Wi-Fi network which the iPhone can connect to.
Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File
Browser - have direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve
placed too the drive.
The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable
hard drive, it has a USB port on the back for connection to a
computer with a USB 3.0 port for the copying and manipulation of
content, you can also use the Wi-Fi abilities of the drive for
copying/manipulating files though this process is considerably
slower when compared to USB 3.0 or even 2.
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