One library across your desktop and phone
Crawford Group Holdings is developing CGH Media for people who keep a personal collection of movies, music or home videos on a Windows PC. The Windows app is being designed to organize that collection, play it on the desktop and serve it to devices on the same home network.
The Android app is planned as a companion for browsing the library, streaming media to the phone and controlling playback on a paired Windows PC. The initial scope centers on a private home network, with the library hosted on the Windows computer.
What the early prototype demonstrated
In an internal Android emulator test, the prototype paired with a test host, browsed a sample library and played a test video. The team verified that playback could seek and pause, and that the host denied new requests after the pairing was revoked.
The test ran through a temporary emulator connection. Pairing and playback on physical devices over home Wi-Fi are part of the work ahead.
What comes next
Development continues on the Windows library manager and player, Android browsing and controls, and setup for devices on the same network. The project is still in development, with release timing, pricing and public downloads pending.
