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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > > ********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
