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[Q] Music stored on Phone, Stream to HTPC Over BT/Wifi

I'm trying to find an app or a way to browse the music that is stored on my phone and then stream it to my htpc (Windows 7) and then play it on my surround.
I have figure out how to browse the music the htpc has on the phone with xbmc remote and gmote but that's not what i want. Bluetooth or Wifi should both be fine.
Also if i would like to stream pictures and videos too, it would be a bonus but not really important right now.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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Justin Buser said:
You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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I will give it a shot and see how it goes, thanks.

Justin Buser said:
You should be able to pair your phone with the htpc via Bluetooth at which point it should be available as an audio input device. This shouldn't require any third party drivers or anything, have you tried this yet?
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Didn't work, phone says paired but not connected...
Any ideas, no one uses their phone to stream music to their pc?

unreal2k said:
Didn't work, phone says paired but not connected...
Any ideas, no one uses their phone to stream music to their pc?
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Most people do it the other way around, I'm sure it requires third party software
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superchilpil said:
Most people do it the other way around, I'm sure it requires third party software
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I'm special
I just want to use my phone to play music to all my computers around the house and in my car. aah long story short this is driving me crazy! I need to figure this out so i can sleep again

I can do it in my car but I've never heard of the other way around
I'd try and help but after I upgraded to win7 my Bluetooth went to ****
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I got it!
Alright so connect your phone through Bluetooth yadda yadda
Go to recording devices and select your phone, then hit.properties and select listen to this device
Play your music
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superchilpil said:
I got it!
Alright so connect your phone through Bluetooth yadda yadda
Go to recording devices and select your phone, then hit.properties and select listen to this device
Play your music
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hmmm ok, this is not what i'm looking for.
So here is the lay out:
1. Music on the phone
2. Phone connects to PC, preferably with WiFi but i will take BT if need be
3. PC is connected to Sound System
4. Phone streams music on the pc, sound comes out on the sound system connected on the PC
5. Selection of songs happens on the phone, next, forward, pause etc
6. Monitor on the pc is off the whole time
I also have a PS3 ... so instead of PC it could be that.

That's what's going on with my set up, all it does is play everything your phone speaker would through your computer speakers... right?
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My way, it automatically connects to my phone without asking.
I play whatever music I want on my phone and my computer plays the sound
You can try and find third part software but for WiFi they only function as remotes
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superchilpil said:
That's what's going on with my set up, all it does is play everything your phone speaker would through your computer speakers... right?
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Yes, that's correct. And you can select tracks on your phone? If that's the case then you saved the day!
I'm having issues with pairing my phone at this point, it says paired but not connected.

Try skifta. its free and steamship through WiFi.

bullet catchet said:
Try skifta. its free and steamship through WiFi.
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Under the Choose a Media Source i get no media sources found.
EDIT: After i restarted the phone the sources showed up. After i went through the documentation i figured it out! Man, this is awesome thank you so much bullet catchet. Also, thank you superchilpil for your input.

unreal2k said:
Yes, that's correct. And you can select tracks on your phone? If that's the case then you saved the day!
I'm having issues with pairing my phone at this point, it says paired but not connected.
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Yes I can select tracks
Although I know you said u want WiFi
Mine too, it says its not paired but still works... kinda weird
Like I said my Bluetooth on my computer is all kinds of messed up
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superchilpil said:
Yes I can select tracks
Although I know you said u want WiFi
Mine too, it says its not paired but still works... kinda weird
Like I said my Bluetooth on my computer is all kinds of messed up
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Thanks, see the post above everything is sweeeeet!
Oh and BTW this works with XBMC, Win7 Media player and possibly the PS3 but haven't tried that yet.

Use this app "wifi file transfer" ... i think t may help...
Cheers

[Q] How to connect my phone (Sony Xperia ZL) to my Laptop (Lenovo) via wireless?

Dear all,
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y750 with windows 7. I tried to send music from my Sony Xperia ZL using the Throw feature. But the phone says "could not connect to the device". Both Laptop and smartphone are on the same wireless network. I followed the instruction here http://tech2.in.com/how-to/lifestyle/how-to-set-up-dlna-on-your-devices/294842/1#story and after pressing the Start button and then typing Media streaming options my phone is not on the list of devices.Any clue which is the problem here?
thanks
V.

venexiano said:
Dear all,
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y750 with windows 7. I tried to send music from my Sony Xperia ZL using the Throw feature. But the phone says "could not connect to the device". Both Laptop and smartphone are on the same wireless network. I followed the instruction here http://tech2.in.com/how-to/lifestyle/how-to-set-up-dlna-on-your-devices/294842/1#story and after pressing the Start button and then typing Media streaming options my phone is not on the list of devices.Any clue which is the problem here?
thanks
V.
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why dont u use AirDroid From Playstore its very easy to use it and works fine...for wireless connection...

Tonido also is a good app, search tonido Google play
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Thanks for the suggestions. I ll try them out. But do you guys have any idea of what is wrong with the "throw"feature? That is by far more convenient, I just click throw on my phone and I can instantaneously see videos, listen music or see pictures on my pc. No need to install app on the phone (moreover you have to install something on the laptop). Moreover you can also throw to a wifi TV. It is written on the Sony website that the laptop has to be DLNA compliant. How can I check that on my laptop? It is a pretty recent laptop with windows 7, I thought it should be DLNA.

Laptops are pretty hard to setup for DLNA actually throw feature is used for. DLNA certified products like music system, bluray players...etc etc..so fr laptop better use some app they work juat fine
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Issues With the USB Camera For DVR

All. I have the Pumpkin 5.1 unit and when I connect a USB camera I lose the audio in the music app, and pandora. Once I disconnect it I get the music back. Is anyone of you experiencing this issue? What DVR app are you guys using?

What is the make and model of your USB camera?

llaugerm said:
All. I have the Pumpkin 5.1 unit and when I connect a USB camera I lose the audio in the music app, and pandora. Once I disconnect it I get the music back. Is anyone of you experiencing this issue? What DVR app are you guys using?
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i cannot play music from bluetooth when using DVR.

aniqpirzada said:
i cannot play music from bluetooth when using DVR.
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I sent them a quick video and they will research it.

Hi,
Did you receive any answer yet?
I have similar (same?) issue as another subscriber.
See https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-qa/dvr-bluetooth-music-t3359015#post70919758
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I sent them a quick video and they will research it.
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ConekTed said:
Hi,
Did you receive any answer yet?
I have similar (same?) issue as another subscriber.
See https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-qa/dvr-bluetooth-music-t3359015#post70919758
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They never figured out and it's not only the music app it's also Pandora.

Play Music issues on AW 2.0

Hi, i have a problem with Play Music app after AW 2.0 update. On 1.5 i was able to download music to my watch by selecting Play Music from watch and then "Play on wear" which showed all the albums i have on my phone or selecting Play Music from my phone and in the settings there was a Android wear section and there was "manage downloads" but neither is now available on 2.0 :/ So you can't download music to your watch anymore or is it changed and i just can't figure out how to do it now with 2.0? Please, can someone help me?
Btw, all my music are transferred by using PC from my original cd's to my phone so no albums bought from Google Play. Maybe after AW 2.0 update, downloading music to my watch only supports music bought straight from Google Play which would suck

I am very interested in this also since I use the smartwatch to listen to music directly from it with Bluetooth Headphones when I'm at the gym. If it doesn't work I won't be updating it.

Seriously guys, no one else uses Play Music to download some tracks to their Huawei Watch from phone? Why the hell it was changed in AW 2.0 since it worked so well on 1.5?

Carmanen said:
Seriously guys, no one else uses Play Music to download some tracks to their Huawei Watch from phone? Why the hell it was changed in AW 2.0 since it worked so well on 1.5?
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I have same problem!! I use my watch for running with bluetooth headphones! Looking for a solution. This is a big mistake from Google! another one!

Carmanen said:
Seriously guys, no one else uses Play Music to download some tracks to their Huawei Watch from phone? Why the hell it was changed in AW 2.0 since it worked so well on 1.5?
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Yesterday I opened Play Music HW App.
Now it works really close to the one on the smartphone...
It is possible to stream music via wifi or to download music directly from your smartwatch. (wifi or bluetooth).
To download a song, a album or a Playlist you just need to press and hold for 1 second the icon of your selection .. .so the download will start..
I verified that if you are not charging your smartwatch it is possible that the download pauses...
This morning after charge I had the info on my smartwatch that all albums have been downloaded.. and they work without problems

It works differently now. Android Police summarized it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...wear-2-0-not-support-sideloading-music-phone/

Hi, searching for a solution I founded 2 options: if you use Google Play Music you have to create an account and suscribe for about 25 dollars/year and it works fine. Another option is to install Wear Media from the Play Store and it works like the old play music, you can download your music to your wacth, it also works fine. Wear Media also have the shuffle option!

MrGusano said:
Hi, searching for a solution I founded 2 options: if you use Google Play Music you have to create an account and suscribe for about 25 dollars/year and it works fine. Another option is to install Wear Media from the Play Store and it works like the old play music, you can download your music to your wacth, it also works fine. Wear Media also have the shuffle option!
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Thanks for the tip!
Wear Media is an app you install both on the smartphone and on the watch? Is it free?
Cheers

VS88 said:
It works differently now. Android Police summarized it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...wear-2-0-not-support-sideloading-music-phone/
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Well, that's really stupid :/ I hope Google brings back the sideloading feature with later updates. I'm definitely not gonna subscribe to Play Music! I have over 200 original music cd's that i rip to my PC and then transfer to my smartphones.

Badelhas said:
Thanks for the tip!
Wear Media is an app you install both on the smartphone and on the watch? Is it free?
Cheers
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Hi! Yes its free! Download it to your phone and it installs in your watch. Then in your phone you select what music you transfer to your watch.

At least there are such skilled devs that can fix what mighty Google frakked up..

MrGusano said:
Hi! Yes its free! Download it to your phone and it installs in your watch. Then in your phone you select what music you transfer to your watch.
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That app dosent work properly, it transfers a couple of songs and then it stops saying "connection problem".
Is there a proper working alternative, please?
Cheers

Badelhas said:
That app dosent work properly, it transfers a couple of songs and then it stops saying "connection problem".
Is there a proper working alternative, please?
Cheers
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Hi, I nstalled in my phone and transfered all what I selected. It works fine for me. Sorry!

Hi .
i have this watch with wear v2.9
but in opening google play music, app told you most connect to wifi but i can't connect to wifi. My wifi don't work - i sync wifi pass with android wear app and my phone connect to home wifi but watch no and in watch wifi ican't see any wifi find with watch !!!

Sony SW2 = No Longer Supported By Sony Apps........Please Help

Hello
I am new to your site, so i hope this is ok to post here.
Please help........I fell for a beautiful all singing all dancing Sony SW2 on ebay, unfortunatly Sony tell me that the SW2 is a no longer a product supported by Sony and that is why the Smart Connect app is available but not the Sony Smartwatch 2 Host. The watch does say it is connected to my Xperia L3 and vise versa but it is not responsive at all to the phone. and if i turn the watch off then on again it just asks me for the SW2 host again.
Is there a way of over riding the watches request for the host app or have i just paid £42 for a lovely looking calculater watch?
Thank you all in advance.
Louise

My backup
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19fpunzmYzcuImAPNkOJbWB2TYD3Vp0QJ

Thank you
Thank you very much for the download.
I have downloaded to my google chrome laptop am somehow from putting it in drive then managed to transfer it to my phone. Now i have it i am still unsure on which apps are best to download for the SW2 and also how to do so, so if you would you be so kind as to help me further iwould be most greatful.
Thank you,
Louise

You can search "sony sw2" on the playstore. There are still many apps
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=sony sw2&c=apps

Hi
I still face the same issue, even I installed the apk you gave us, i cannot open it or launch it What can I do it's for a gift
Thank you in advance.
Cheers
Miriam.

Same issue here. Just gave it to my son. He has OnePlus 3. Sony actually hosts the APK file on their site, but when I install it, you can only hit "Done", as "Open" is grayed out. There is nothing in the app drawer, and nothing under internal storage/Android/data

Master app is the "Sony Smart Connect" the "Smartwatch SW2" app is only a plugin for the master app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware
But not all "Smart Connect App" works with all phone/watch/plugin. I must often install older Smart Connect Version depend of phone and Android version. Not special rules, I must try differents versions from my differents backup until it works. It is the game with older device and older software on older or newest phone and OS

I just found this site and downloaded your backup but how do I get it to my smartwatch2? I tried plugging the usb cord from the watch to my pc but nothing registers under "My Computer" to be able to transfer a file?

Is there any apps/extensions who still works on Sony smartwatch 2? I just have the five basic apps(alarm, flashlight, calculator, stop watch and timer. I have tried to install several apps/extensions but nothing have been synced to the watch so that I could use them

Almost all works. Just need use old Sony Smart Connect and Smartwatch 2 plugin.
I use Smart Connect V5.7.35.0001
and Smartwatch 2 app V 1.6.31
this works on Android 11

Hello everyone! Extensions don't seem to show on the app after being installed. I'm using a Galaxy A50 on Android 10 / OneUI 2.5, any clue?

dersie said:
Almost all works. Just need use old Sony Smart Connect and Smartwatch 2 plugin.
I use Smart Connect V5.7.35.0001
and Smartwatch 2 app V 1.6.31
this works on Android 11
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Thank you for the reply, I have both of those apps with exact same version as you wrote, what extensions do you use at your watch?

JoKe85 said:
Is there any apps/extensions who still works on Sony smartwatch 2? I just have the five basic apps(alarm, flashlight, calculator, stop watch and timer. I have tried to install several apps/extensions but nothing have been synced to the watch so that I could use them
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Facing the same problem no extensions are getting synced to the watch

dersie said:
Almost all works. Just need use old Sony Smart Connect and Smartwatch 2 plugin.
I use Smart Connect V5.7.35.0001
and Smartwatch 2 app V 1.6.31
this works on Android 11
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You're a lifesaver. Just got it working on android Q. Thanks!

If it helps anyone : I had installed first the Sony Smart Connect V5.7.35.0001, then tried connecting to the watch, then installed the apk Smartwatch2 app V1.6.31 from Sony's website.
It did not work, even after a reboot, because the Smart connect was still trying to install the plugin.
I removed and reinstalled the Sony Smart Connect app and rebooted the phone : it recognized the plugin automatically.
So I would say : try installing the SmartWatch2 host apk first, then the Smart Connect app from the store.

Hi. Is there a call app available? Don't need to answer, just want to see who's calling when a call comes in, I answer on my headset. Really desperate, does anybody have any info? Thanks

Desperate Don said:
Hi. Is there a call app available? Don't need to answer, just want to see who's calling when a call comes in, I answer on my headset. Really desperate, does anybody have any info? Thanks
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Informer - Notifications for Sony SW2​This app is the only one I found that displayed missed calls etc. It's rather unreliable for me. Try it yourself.

NekoKrys said:
If it helps anyone : I had installed first the Sony Smart Connect V5.7.35.0001, then tried connecting to the watch, then installed the apk Smartwatch2 app V1.6.31 from Sony's website.
It did not work, even after a reboot, because the Smart connect was still trying to install the plugin.
I removed and reinstalled the Sony Smart Connect app and rebooted the phone : it recognized the plugin automatically.
So I would say : try installing the SmartWatch2 host apk first, then the Smart Connect app from the store.
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Informer - Notifications for Sony SW2​This app is the only one I found that displayed missed calls etc. It's rather unreliable for me. Try it yourself.
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Thanks, I've downloaded it. Quite good but doesn't really seem to do calls. I went on to Sony and they seem to have the calling apk but I can't get it to work. Does it work for anyone else?

Desperate Don said:
Thanks, I've downloaded it. Quite good but doesn't really seem to do calls. I went on to Sony and they seem to have the calling apk but I can't get it to work. Does it work for anyone else?
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I bought this watch 2 days ago, having a nightmare with it. Hours and hours trying to make it work at my Samsung 10. Sony Smart Connect and Smartwatch App installed and paring with the phone. The problem is that as I could search on the web, the native apps provided in Sony's website just work with Sony smartphones. At the end of the day it is a useless smartwatch if you expect it to at least have the Calling Function.