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   nippyjun
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   Hp updated the mediasmart iPhone/iPod touch app.

   I don't have a list of all the updates. I do see that you can now email photos from the iPhone. Also you can view music in coverflow. It did say that there were some other optimizations.

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   nippyjun
   

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   iStream 2.0.50 Changes and New features:

   Performance improvements:
   A more responsive user interface when starting large videos, improved music streaming, and faster browsing through the lists of items on the server.

   New languages:
   - Spanish
   - Japanese

   Music + Videos + Photos:
   - Search: Search for an item by name within any list under Music, Videos or Photos. Click the search button (magnifying glass in the lower left area) and type the characters contained in the item you're looking for.

   Photos:
   - Send up photos via email.
    Instructions: Under Photos, go to a list view or view an individual photo. Then click on the action button (circle with arrow) on the lower left. Select the action sheet menu item "Send Photo".
    Limitations: up to 5 photo attachments per email; the size of the photo attachments has to be less than 9 MB. The attached photos will be resized to 1024 pixel for the longest side if they are bigger than that.
    Requirements: Email account needs to be setup on the device.

   Music:
   - Cover flow mode when viewing a list of albums or playing a song; to activate turn device into landscape mode.

   Videos:
   - Video playback issues with iPhone OS 3.0 or higher were fixed; video playback performance has been improved.
   Here is the list of updates:

   - Video playback is not allowed when connected via cellular networks to reduce bandwidth requirements; Video playback over Wi-Fi is still allowed.

   - Videos are filtered to show only videos converted with mq[2] or Mobile[3] Video Converter profile.

   [2] = if connected to a HP MediaSmart Servers running software version 2.5
   [3] = if connected to a HP MediaSmart Servers running software version 3.0

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   usacomp2k3
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   I didn't even know they had an app. That's pretty cool.

   EX470 / 2GB Ram / 500gb + 250gb + 1.5TB
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   nippyjun
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   It's a cool app for mediasmart owners. I really like this new ability to email photos on the server.

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   Homeserver
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   Thanks for this update. I wish i had an iPhone to take advantage of this!

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   byronomo
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   This app doesn't work with the EX475, right?

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   diehard
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   thanks nippyjun,

   I'm happy to hear that this is out. I found the original a bit weak. I hope this one is better. I have been using AirVideo with positive results.

   I have the EX490 and selected the iphone preset for my itouch conversion sequence for the istream app. I used the 480x320. The folders do show up on my itouch however the files do not. I'm not sure why.

   John (homeservershow).

   John (homeservershow).
   EX470/MediaCenter2005/BE-2300CPU/1TB system drive.
   EX490/MCE2005 looking to change CPU/ 1TB system drive/4TB total.
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   Octavean
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   LOL, yeah I wish I had an iPhone too but I’ll settle for my iPod Touch which works fine for this. I suspect the poorly named iPad will also support this.

   The functionality was introduced with the HP MSS 2.5 software if I recall correctly so any server that has that version and higher should support it. For example I have an HP LX195 WHS as a test box and it came with the HP MSS 2.1 version of the software. HP has not released any significant updates for this release version. Naturally it didn’t come with the “iStream” functionality we are talking about here so I used the “SanEncore” add-in (thanks to Cougar and yakuza) and now have this feature on the LX195 via the HP MSS 2.5 update. The install on the LX195 was actually easier then the EX475 because the OEM software install was more akin to newer hardware and had all prerequisite software already installed.

   Good stuff.

   And as I may have stated before elsewhere when I was researching the “SanEncore” add-in method for my LX195 I came across at least one claim of a generic WHS build install method for the HP MSS 2.5 software. It sounded simple enough and easy enough to perform too.

   EX490, Core i7 920, Core i7 860, Core 2 Quad Q6600
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   nippyjun
   

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   Posted 1 month ago #
   

   John,
   I too can see my folders but not the files. This happened with the previous version but then it started working and i don't know what it did to get it to work. I'll have to play around with it.

   nippyjun

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