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thekirankumar / carstream-android-auto

A youtube/plex and local video (MP4/MKV) player for Android Auto
http://www.thekirankumar.com/blog/2017/12/29/play-youtube-video-android-auto-app/
Apache License 2.0
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Playing Local Files without use of Plex #119

Open eroark79 opened 6 years ago

eroark79 commented 6 years ago

Is there anyway to play local files without the use of Plex through CarStream? Because it seems as though you are using data to play the local videos off SD Card by accessing the webserver of Plex. Would be more beneficial to use it without having to use data

Goot449 commented 6 years ago

If you're just looking to play local files, VLC works well for this on Android Auto for audio. Videos, idk if there's a different workaround.

eroark79 commented 6 years ago

I already have VLC to play local music files us AA, but with Plex, I have seen where to play the video files that are on the device, it uses data on your phone, since it has you run your server and goes through the network to play it through.

Goot449 commented 6 years ago

You can sideload Plex server for Android and that should avoid data usage for streaming local files.

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I already have VLC to play local music files us AA, but with Plex, I have seen where to play the video files that are on the device, it uses data on your phone, since it has you run your server and goes through the network to play it through.

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