This is a tip for those with massive movie, TV show or music collections that don't feel like converting everything to supported formats and using SkyDrive to stream to device.
Using an app called PLEX (http://plexapp.com/) and a dedicated media PC, you are able to crate a media server that will stream all of your media content to your Windows Phone on the fly.
How to set up:
1. Download the PLEX media server on to your PC and specify folders where the video and music content is found(has to be the beta 0.9.6 server).
2. Download the PLEX app on to your phone and register an account ($4.99)
3. Once your media library is synced on the PC, sign in with the username and password you registered on your phone. (preferences,myPlex)
4. Under the same section, publish the server to myPlex. You will need to set up and specify a forwarding port if you use a router to split your incoming internet connection to multiple machines.
5. Once server is published, write down the IP and add this IP to your phone's PLEX app as the media server.
6. All done. As long as your PC is on, and the Plex Media server is running, you should be able to connect and stream any video or music file to your phone, no matter what format it is.
I've been using this app for 3 weeks now and it works wonderful. Some bugs do appear from time to time but their forums section is great at troubleshooting the issues and updating the app. (http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/forum/110-plex-for-windows-phone-7/)
The app also has capabilities to stream flash videos off many websites which can be added as channels on the phone which is awesome.
If this sounds like something you may enjoy, definetly try it out.
