Timeline for Use VLC (desktop) to play music while phone is plugged in
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| May 27, 2014 at 18:27 | comment | added | Chahk | On your Windows 7 machine, have you installed USB drivers for your Nexus 5? | |
| May 27, 2014 at 8:15 | comment | added | samnaction | @Frantumn did u try windows media player? Windows media player will list the connected mtp device and you can browse the songs | |
| May 27, 2014 at 1:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAndroid/status/471102916258840576 | ||
| May 26, 2014 at 23:18 | answer | added | Jonny Wright | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 26, 2014 at 22:36 | comment | added | Frantumn | I am using google play music but ive added my music manually to the virtual sd, its a nexus 5. | |
| May 26, 2014 at 22:35 | comment | added | Izzy | What doesn't work: to share the Android devices content (SD card, internal or external)? What Android version? Where's your music stored? You're not using Google Play Music, are you (because then your almost lost this way)? | |
| May 26, 2014 at 22:31 | comment | added | Frantumn | @john yes its listed as a device and i can browse it, but VLC doesnt see it when i go to 'add a folder' to my library or playlist | |
| May 26, 2014 at 22:29 | comment | added | Frantumn | @izzy im running a mac as well as windows 7. Doesnt work on either. If like it to work on w7 more | |
| May 26, 2014 at 22:28 | comment | added | Jonny Wright | When you say "my phone isn't in MyCompter as a compatible device", do you mean it does show up in My Computer but is not compatible, or it does not show up in my computer at all? | |
| May 26, 2014 at 18:47 | comment | added | Izzy | Uh... got me, overlooked that part. No, it doesn't have to be WiFi (an ethernet connection does as well). Not sure if it does via USB, though. What OS you're running on your computer? You could definitely share your storage to it (at least via MTP; on Linux even via ADB), so you could access it with any player on your computer. | |
| May 26, 2014 at 18:13 | comment | added | Frantumn | @Izzy does DLNA work over USB? I thought it had to be WIFI. | |
| May 26, 2014 at 17:11 | comment | added | Frantumn | Yes jonny. That is exactly right. My phone is a nexus 5. | |
| May 26, 2014 at 17:00 | comment | added | Jonny Wright | Are you trying to play music that is stored on your phone, but using VLC which is installed on your PC? What is the phone in question? | |
| May 26, 2014 at 15:26 | comment | added | Izzy |
You might wish to check our questions tagged dlna for that purpose. DLNA servers act as media servers on one device (in your case, the Android device), so DLNA clients can access those media. This way you can use the client on your PC to play music from your Android device. Would that be convenient?
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| May 26, 2014 at 14:27 | history | asked | Frantumn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |