True, but what I meant was that you are dependent on them and they aren't as reliable as say a flash card or a cable connection.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:44 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device > > 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! > >>>> > >>>> Ive 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 youre using say the iPhones > >>>> 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 were 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 cant be done and focus on > >>>> what can > >>> be > >>>> done so lets do that with IOS. > >>>> > >>>> The first App youll need is a Player and there are several good > >>>> ones out there but for the sake of simplicity lets 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 youve > >>>> 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 > > >
