MS-Sideshow Device was a video players & editors app developed by Chris James Software. It was removed from Google Play Oct 21, 2023 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
MS-Sideshow Device had been downloaded 13 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
MS-Sideshow Device was rated 3.67 out of 5 stars, based on 57 ratings.
App Information
MS-Sideshow Device was free to download. The APK download size was 2.46 MB. The last available version was 1.33. The last update was on August 17, 2014.
Technical Requirements
MS-Sideshow Device required Android 2.3+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play February 2012.
Description
Use your android to remotely control Windows Media player or Win Amp, check on your Xbox friends or your WOW armoury. If there's a Microsoft sideshow gadget for it (http://gallery-live.com), you can now do it from your Android WiFi connected device.
Please see the youtube video at http://youtu.be/JRh9LoHlPv4 to see an example of installing with Windows 7
Windows 7 is pre-loaded with a Windows Media Player remote control and a RSS feed reader, others are available as third-party downloads. See the end of this description for some links to start with.
To use the Android Sideshow Device: 1. Make sure Network Discovery is turned on on your Windows 7 pc (search for "enable network discovery mode" if you don't know how) 2. Connect your Android device to a WiFi network that can access your Windows 7 PC 3. Run Sideshow Device on your Android device 4. Your Windows 7 pc should detect a new Sideshow Display ("Android Sideshow"), install this device. * After installation, a new Control Panel item (Sideshow) should appear in your Windows 7 pc control panel 6. Open the Sideshow control panel item and enable the Sideshow gadgets you wish to use on your Android device 7. The enabled sideshow gadgets will automatically appear on your Android device while running Sideshow
Sideshow Device for Android uses the Cling UPnP framework (http://teleal.org/projects/cling)
For more information about Microsoft Sideshow, please visit:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Windows-SideShow-frequently-asked-questions http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463487 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow also http://gallery-live.com contains a collection of sideshow gadgets
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★★★★★
Excellent Sideshow implementation Great app for this little-known Windows feature.
★★★★★
This is a neat way to test out Sideshow without needing specific hardware. Although gadgets are more or less dead, this is still very impressive.
★★★★★
Try again DMC3472 It is known to work on both HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is likely you had some network configuration issues. I hope you will see this and try again.
★★☆☆☆
Does not work on both HTC EVO 4G, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Would love this functionality, so willing to try again if updated.
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