Streaming to Android (with HipServ?)

[NASuser]

I want to stream media to my Android phone from my GoFlex Home, and I was surprised to see that there aren't really any free options. HipServ, which is installed on stock GoFlexes, seems to be pretty good, and I already have a license to use it (since it came with the GoFlex). I'm planning on restoring the stock OS, but I don't think Seagates recovery program will restore the bootloader too. Will UBOOT boot the stock OS? Is there a better way to stream media to my Android phone?

[WarheadsSE]

What client are you using to stream?

[NASuser]

I was planning on using Seagate's free android app.

[WarheadsSE]

Alright:
There are many ways you can stream from your GFH to any* device over the network. DLNA (miniDLNA works great), HTTP chunk streaming (raw, no re-encodes, up to you to sort out), UPnP (there are a few options), as well as the option to use MPD (and have it serve over HTTP as long as you have it serve out FLAC until someone gets shine-fxp working with it)

For video, you will want to share via miniDLNA, samba or AFP, possibly nfs.

[NASuser]

I'm already using NFS to stream to my laptop and XBMC machine (a RPi). I mostly want it for when I'm away from home, so it needs to be accessible from outside my LAN. I did consider HTTP streaming, but I tried to get it set up a few years ago and it was pretty difficult on a GoDaddy shared hosting. It'd probably be a lot easier to set up on a machine I own, though, but I'd like a nicer interface than what I'd be able to make myself.

Can I set up a DLNA or UPNP server so it'd be accessible over the internet? I want some access restrictions, too, and I don't know of any for either protocol. I have been wanted to set up a VPN, though, so this might be the time to do it. All of my devices are running linux (except my phone, but close enough), so I don't want or need samba and AFP.

[WarheadsSE]

That works fine then. You can easily setup openVPN, and solve all your problems.