No one said anything was easy and having wireless connections active all the 
time? Well what's the point of having a mobile device if you don't?

On 14 Oct 2014, at 4:02 am, Alexandra Grünauer <al.gruena...@gmx.de> wrote:

> Yeah, but that still doesn't make things easy. It'll all remain more
> complicated with the IPhone than with other devices and, apart from that,
> you always have to have some kind of wireless connection that you have to
> set up and that kan be more easily interrupted than an sd drive for example.
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:55 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
>> 
>> There are wyas and means to do all sorts of things though some can get
>> rather complex as you've said.
>> 
>> I'm not an iTunes user by default though I do have an iTunes library of
>> Favorites, that's in the Cloud and available on my iTunes match so any IOS
> or
>> device with iTuens installed can take advantage of the Match so I may
> enjoy
>> my collection at any time, so far so good.
>> 
>> As I'm using FLAC files more regularly I had to find a third party
> solution as I
>> detailed in my original eMail on this thread thus I got the Skyshare Drive
> and
>> started playing with other Apps to get that music onto my iPhone or at
> least
>> have access to it so I needen't bother with iTunes.
>> 
>> 
>> On 14/10/2014 3:19 AM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:
>>> Hi Dane,
>>> 
>>> I'm replying to your initial email on purpose because what you said is
>>> very interesting and of course true.
>>> The point for me isn't though that it isn't possible to play my files
>>> with the IPhone, but that it's more complicated or implies more
>>> knowledge of hardware and software than with, say, another mp3 player
>>> or mobile phone or smartphone. This I can just plug into my computer
>>> and copy the files to the device or I can insert large sd drives plus
>>> having the possibilities you mentioned, at least with a smartphone.
>>> 
>>> So I think it's rather like this: If you compromise to playing music
>>> with a non-jailbreaked--or is it broken?--IPhone, you'll have to
>>> accept the more tedious ways of moving around things, i.e. buying an
>>> app here and a hard drive there.
>>> I for my part use the amazon cloud player which gives me enough music
>>> to listen to whenever I feel like doing so on the IPhone which I
>>> usually don't and play all the rest with my Plextalk Pocket, which
>>> involves other ways of compromising. Smiles
>>> 
>>> Take care
>>> Alexandra
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:36 AM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device
>>>> 
>>>> 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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