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I would like to play files from my computer on my android tablets/phones using VLC, if there is another recommended Android app I would be interested in checking that out.

I am able to view files using the web interface, but playback is not great, it uses an old old version of flash since new versions are no longer made for android. Also, I find VLC overcomes playback issues in almost every circumstance.

There are VLC 'engines' on the 'transcoding' page, not sure if they're related but going to the web interface URL through VLC doesn't work.

Does anyone know of a way to get VLC to play files from UMS? And failing that, does anyone know a good android app for accessing UMS?

**EDIT** I have had some success using MediaHouse v1.5 for Android, which accesses media from my PC server and plays it to VLC. I would still like to leave this thread open to other suggestions and any method that is more direct(IE straight to VLC without need for 2nd program) or a media renderer that is standalone player

Why not try BubbleUPnp for your Android tablet?

You can use this to browse your entire media collection on UMS, and it will then play your selected videos using the video player of your choice. (I have tested it with VLC beta for Android and it works very well)

jj123 wrote:Why not try BubbleUPnp for your Android tablet?

You can use this to browse your entire media collection on UMS, and it will then play your selected videos using the video player of your choice. (I have tested it with VLC beta for Android and it works very well)

Thank you for your reply

I did actually try that one, I couldn't get it set up properly and thought it only worked with Bubbleserver. I saw some posts on here about how to set it up after the fact, so I could give it another go. However now I have 'MediaHouse' and it seems to provide the same service. Does BubbleUPnp have any special advantages over any other browser/renderer?

And is there any way to get VLC itself to browse my media server with no intermediary?