How to stream video across LAN in android VideoView

Question

Due to office constraints I have a LAN network without internet and have to stream a video into my android application.

I can view the video in ES Explorer on the device

Answer 1

I've found out that one (cheapo) way is just install VLC media player and stream the video from the PC there, following the instructions android-video-streaming-example.

So in the android activity it looks something like:

myVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("rtsp://192.168.2.3:5544/"));

Works on my app now, but the lag is terrible (5+ sec), so yup the question's still open for better answers, while I'll experiment with other stuff..