Use your iPad to play video and music files from your computer

I love a multimedia enabled house and StreamToMe just adds that extra layer of coolness for your iPad. I use StreamToMe on my iPad in my gym to keep me entertained while on the bike, it's a good way to stay on it for a decent amount of time without getting bored looking at the wall for an hour.

The StreamToMe app was very easy to setup and even though the tech specs recommend a Core Due Processor I am running it on a fairly old P4 3.2Ghz processor and its fine albeit a little slow strating the "on the fly" conversion and the limiting of resoltuion to 480p. If you have a fast computer you can stream at 720p which does make a difference.

Music streams nice and fast even with a large library and unlike some streaming apps it will play the entire album when clicking on a song. Additional to browsing a music folder iTunes integration is setup by default and loads all your iTunes playlists, although you do need to restart the streaming server on your PC if you want to update your playlists.

All in all I found that this was a pretty robust and stable way to deliver music and movies to my iPad. For $4.19 it is a must have for anyone who has an iPad and a music or movie collection on their PC or Mac. note for this review I was streaming my personal family movies.

You can get StreamToMe for the iPad from StreamToMe and the Windows or Mac ServeToMe app from Projects With Love

Overview:

The StreamToMe application lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch to play video and music files — in a wide variety of formats without prior conversion — streamed directly over WiFi from your Mac or PC. If you connect the video-out cable for iPhone/iPod, StreamToMe can play through your TV, turning your iPhone/iPod plus Mac/PC into a home media center.

Features:

	Files do not need to be pre-converted to an iPhone/iPod/iPad size or format — the ServeToMe application converts the files to an iPhone-friendly format on-the-fly, so a single touch will start playback in as little as 5 seconds. Play, pause or seek through the file as though it were converted and copied onto your iPhone/iPod/iPad.
	Can play a huge range of video and music formats including MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, MPG, MKV, MP3, AAC, WMA and WMV formats.
	StreamToMe will work at DVD resolutions over local WiFi but can adjust the stream quality automatically to play smoothly from a remote WiFi or 3G location.
	The TV out cable is supported so you can connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your TV to use your Mac or PC as a wireless streaming media center for your TV.
NEW!	New in version 2.0: Thumbnails for movies files, album artwork for music (including while playing), subtitles (SRT files, SSA files, embedded SSA in MKV files, MOV text tracks), continuous and random play modes (instead of single file at a time), sort options including folder flattening (view whole collection at once) and more!

Tech Requirements:

The StreamToMe application requires:

• any iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 3.0 or greater


• Either:
  
  
  
  • an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or greater
  
  
  • or a Windows PC running Windows XP SP2 or greater (including Vista and Windows 7).
  
  

• A 1.8Ghz Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon II CPU or faster is required (must support SSE3). PowerPC Macs are not supported.


• a WiFi or 3G network connection between your Mac and your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch


• UPnP or NAT-PMP must be enabled on all routers for non-local access (remote WiFi or 3G)

A 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster is recommended for 480p and higher video resolutions.

via Posterize