Have you ever been out and about and wished you had synced that one song, file or video to your iPad? ZumoCast solves that problem. It is basically a file sharing and streaming application. It gives you access to files on multiple computers from the application on your device or on the website from any computer with an internet connection. The files can be streamed or downloaded. Say goodbye to planning ahead for your entertainment. You can have access to your entire media collection anywhere you have a network connection without syncing the files to your device. I was amazed how well the streaming works remotely. Very smooth and no noticeable buffering time. My brother uses this app for all of his listening enjoyment. He streams songs to his iPhone while in his car over AT&T's 3G network. Setup is easy also. A simple download to any computer that you want to have access to (Windows and OSX versions are available) and a short setup process to decide which files and folders you want to share and you are ready to go. I was pleased to find that there was no need for me to make changes to my firewall or router. A few other apps that I tried with similar functionality (StreamToMe, PlayOn) have required me to open ports and forward ports and they seem to work intermittently at best. ZumoCast doesn't share any of those problems. One drawback is that I was hoping to stream .wtv and .dvr-ms files from my Media Center DVR but I have been unsuccessful. Those file types seem to be unsupported. I wasn't surprised with DRM issues and very large file sizes. Another drawback is that there is no Android app currently, although one is in the works.
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| The user interface is clean and easy to navigate. |
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| Music is easy to find with all the standard sorting methods. |
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| Video stream quality is good, even over WiFi. Yes that is Vanilla Ice. |
ZumoCast
Thumbs up for ease of use
Thumbs up for usefulness
Thumbs up for visual design
Thumbs up for cost: $0
If you want or need access to media and other files on the go this is an excellent solution.
1 comment:
Hello!
Wanted to thank you for the great review. We definitely have an Android app in the works. As for as .wtv and .dvr-ms; We looked into that format briefly and it's not an easy format to provide. It seems there is some DRM like protection for those files. But we haven't abandoned it. We'll keep researching.
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Thanks again!
The ZumoCast Team
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