Streaming (RMVB) to iPhone iPad or Android anytime for FREE

This is such an awesome find that I have to share it with everyone. Now, I understand there's nothing special about streaming video, is such a standard nowadays that makes you wonder why I'm so psych about it. My dilemma is threefold, I want to stream RMVB format to iPhone for Free.  I can easily accomplish any of the above two combinations using various freeware such as Opera, VideoLan, Orb, with Orb coming closest to succeeding. But the free version of Orb only displays a random partial list of your media, and the video quality was mediocre at best during playback on iPhone.  

I sort of gave up hope but this past weekend, I purchased Seagate GoFlex Home NSS 2 TB (not quite a NAS) because my old external harddrive was choking to death.  In fact, I certified it last night, RIP, you have served me well.  GoFlex also offered web and iPhone access to your home NSS but once again, it falls short on streaming formats capability, useless to me.  

So I decided to do some searching and I stumbled across this website called, AirPlayit.  I couldn't believe my eyes, "Air Playit is capable of streaming 320 different video & audio formats to your mobile devices via WiFi and 3G/4G network"!  I kept searching for the price tag but I couldn't find it, no way, FREE too!  After a few quick setup/installation, with disbelief, it worked. It really worked, I was able to stream all different video formats, RMVB, MKV, DAT.  I was connected via WiFi so very smooth but I haven't tested it using 3G and 4G yet.  And the video quality was great, much much better compared to the days when I was testing with Orb. Airplay also offered other features such as live and offline conversion but right now, I'm just happy I can access my entire home media library at my finger tips. 

A lot of you probably don't care about the back story, LOL, below are the simple setup instruction. Happy Streaming!  If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a note.

NOTE: I cannot vouch for this company or software, please do this at your own risk!

1. Download  AirPlayit 
2. Install to your home computer (preferably the one that will be turned on and dedicated as a server at home)
3. Next, configure Port Forward in your router
4. Go to Permission tab, change all the passwords! (doesn't appear to be case-sensitive)
5. Go to Shared Folders tab and add your media location, click Apply
6. Go to Setting, check "Login when computer start",  click Apply
7. Now install the app to your iPhone, iPad or Android
8. Configure using the remote server option, I figured you wan to be able to watch remotely.
9. Remember to use your the correct Server Name, port number and Internet (public) IP, all circled in red below.  The green IP is your local home IP address to configure your router port forwarding.
10. I use Connection Type "Remote WiFi" but if WiFi is not available, then you can change it to 3G or 4G.