I am very please (like several other users) with the new Amazon cloud drive. I even purchased an album so I can get 20GB free for one year! So I uploaded some episodes of my favorite TV show (Futurama) in HD which worked flawlessly. I can watch them in the browser from my PC or select individual files to download them again. Now, when I try to check the box for the file on my Xoom (either in Dolphin HD or stock browser) nothing happens. Same when I click on the link that on my PC plays the video.
This for me defeats the main purpose, i.e. to centrally upload videos so I can watch them when on the road or on vacation, without using the precious space on my Xoom. Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? The playback issue might be related to the plugin that the browser needs to play the file but what about the check box?
Thanks for your suggestions!
I don't see the offer for a 20 Gb upgrade w/album purchase. Is it automatic? And also, is it just for the first year?
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for 1 year after you purchase any album from their website.
also its more like a 15gig upgrade since you go from 5-->20
its automatic although when you want to buy an album you should see some promo regarding it on the page
koreanschoolkid said:
for 1 year after you purchase any album from their website.
also its more like a 15gig upgrade since you go from 5-->20
its automatic although when you want to buy an album you should see some promo regarding it on the page
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It was all automatic, yes. The good thing is that if you do not actively renew they won't charge you automatically at the end of the first year but cut you back to 5GB (as of now).
But does anyone have an answer to my question!!??
It appears to use something our browsers don't support. Which is odd, only thing I can guess is that it uses a quicktime plugin. That or they are acting like netflix and hulu and don't want us Android users watching Video.
I will say that while I like CloudPlayer, I hate it's Shuffle option. It's not random at all. If you close the app and go back in it starts from the begining even though shuffle is on, and then takes you through the same "Shuffle" of music. Only way I have found to truly shuffle is to pick the first song in your list and turn the shuffle on and off several times. then it resorts.
Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.
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Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.
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What kind of videos did you play? For me still nothing happens when I tap on the videos
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Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.
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if amazon had a dedicated streaming video player i would so ditch netflix in a heartbeat
I don't have it in front of me at the moment but I believe it was Amazon Video Library running in Miren Browser. The videos were not the greatest quality, pretty much all I have on Amazon is NickJr stuff for my daughter.
Just wanted top follow up on this. I'm having no problem at all with amazon video library stuff, Nick Jr., in Dolphin, although I do get a warning. Wasn't as lucky trying to play Prime videos, froze up right away.
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Try Xyplayer
Have you tried xyplayer app?
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okay so ive been searching around and havent been able to get a direct answer...
how do i download/rent/buy movies on my gtablet? from blockbuster or itunes?? is it even possible with a stock tablet...i would like to have a few movies on it for a trip i am taking next month
thank you in advance from an illiterate tablet user!!
Been dscussing this for days over in general. Im ripping a couple netflix a week on my pc and then transferring to gtab via usb.
like i said ...illiterate!! so does netflix stream or download i thought they streamed? so how can you save them? im soooo confused...walk a guy through it?
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like i said ...illiterate!! so does netflix stream or download i thought they streamed? so how can you save them? im soooo confused...walk a guy through it?
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I don't think he means streaming. He is renting them from Netflix, converting them on a PC, and then transferring them to the tablet. I don't know of a reliable way to watch streaming movies from places like Netflix but I have heard Netflix is working on it. I can stream things from my PC using an app called upnplay, and some people use Orb, or others. But they pretty much all are using the movies on your PC.
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He is renting them from Netflix, converting them on a PC, and then transferring them to the tablet. I don't know of a reliable way to watch streaming movies from places like Netflix but I have heard Netflix is working on it.
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CORRECT.
Handbreak seemed cumbersum so i bought cucusoft dvd ripper delux.
Figuring out the settings is taking some work but let me know if you want the ones i use.
Likewise there are settings for use w handbreak posted in general. Do a search or pm me if you cant find the thread.
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like i said ...illiterate!! so does netflix stream or download i thought they streamed? so how can you save them? im soooo confused...walk a guy through it?
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This should give some insight...
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This should give some insight...
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Haha! I love that! Laughed my [email protected]# off...
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Haha! I love that! Laughed my [email protected]# off...
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It is the best link shortener ever... just don't use it against me... I ask a lot of basic questions in this forum...
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Streaming for movies is a no go. We are waiting to see if netflix releases an app.
Tv.com and hulu work for light/casual tv viewing purposes.
okay maybe im not being clear...
1. is it possible to rent or buy itunes movies on g tablet?
2. is it possible to rent or buy block buster movies on g tablet?
3. is it possible to save movies on the g tablet through an external disk drive(like movies i own?)
thanks
flyguyskt said:
okay maybe im not being clear...
1. is it possible to rent or buy itunes movies on g tablet?
2. is it possible to rent or buy block buster movies on g tablet?
3. is it possible to save movies on the g tablet through an external disk drive(like movies i own?)
thanks
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Wow.. You didn't get that from the discussion above
1. No
2. No. Unless you mean to have them sent to your house.
3. Yes. will need to convert them to a format playable by the tablet. Can copy them to an external sdcard, or to the internal sdcard, USB thumbdrive, or even an external hard drive.
As said above the way most do it is to convert a DVD, or your movie file and then copy it on to your tablet. I'm sure there are companies out there looking at ways to do what you ask but not yet. Android is like the wild west of operating systems in a lot of companies minds. Because it is open source they act like everyone will steal everything they put out. Unlike the Ipad that is locked tighter than a drum..
flyguyskt said:
okay maybe im not being clear...
1. is it possible to rent or buy itunes movies on g tablet?
2. is it possible to rent or buy block buster movies on g tablet?
3. is it possible to save movies on the g tablet through an external disk drive(like movies i own?)
thanks
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1 & 2, If you can watch on a browser in you computer then you can watch them on G-Tab with a browser. Currently there is no iTunes App of Netflix App for G-Tab.
3. Yes you can watch your movies, but there are some format restrictions, search this forum for the tools and format which can be used.
mediainfo software on you PC will give you info of your movies.
Okay... so can I download iTunes movie to my PC and convert that? I hate not understanding this stuff...aaaaargh
I'm downloading a movie now to PC...will try to save to SD card...
will I need to purchase a media player app for tablet
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Okay... so can I download iTunes moiety to my PC and convert that? I hate not understanding this stuff...aaaaargh
I'm downloading a movie now to PC...will try to save to SD card...
will I need to purchase a media player app for tablet
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I think anything you try to do with Itunes is going to cause you problems. The movie will likely have DRM. That is copy protection. I don't know how to convert that, it likely will not play on your tablet because you don't have a player from Apple to decode it on the tablet.
Only thing right now I know of that works reliably is to use a DVD, or a movie file without DRM and convert it. I know there are ways to watch from sites like Hulu, or TV.com but I don't find them to be really reliable yet. Usable, yes. Reliable with no issues, no.
I know it is not what you wanted to hear but this stuff is all brand new and will get better. Just not yet..
hey i jut noticed you have a charger icon?? do you own one? we have a cuda 440!
okay so i save the file to a sd or flash drive...saves as an M4v i can install ito my tablet and it brings up time bar and plays but no picture or audio?? do i ned to download an app like "mobiola video studio" that says it plays m4v videos?
you guys are the best
what video format does the stock gtablet play? maybe i can convert it on pc?
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hey i jut noticed you have a charger icon?? do you own one? we have a cuda 440!
okay so i save the file to a sd or flash drive...saves as an M4v i can install ito my tablet and it brings up time bar and plays but no picture or audio?? do i ned to download an app like "mobiola video studio" that says it plays m4v videos?
you guys are the best
what video format does the stock gtablet play? maybe i can convert it on pc?
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avi (dvix/xvid), mp4 and mkv (main profile) can be played, try rock player, i have it and was able to play 720p @main. use tools like, mediainfo, handbrake on your pc to check and convert your media.
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hey i jut noticed you have a charger icon?? do you own one? we have a cuda 440!
okay so i save the file to a sd or flash drive...saves as an M4v i can install ito my tablet and it brings up time bar and plays but no picture or audio?? do i ned to download an app like "mobiola video studio" that says it plays m4v videos?
you guys are the best
what video format does the stock gtablet play? maybe i can convert it on pc?
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Yes, I have a 69 Charger. Have had it since 1992.
Anyway, if you are trying to play the itunes movie that's likely the DRM keeping it from playing. Rockplayer is my favorite player. Some people have success with MKV, others don't. I haven't messed with it enough to know. I just convert everything to MP4 in Handbrake and it plays good enough for me.
Videos from iTunes won't play even if converted in handbrake. You have to use something like tunebite which is supposedly a legal way around drm if you bought the file.
There are tons of sites dedicated to file conversion from any source to playback on portable devices/memory cards. I highly suggest googling for them to find more detailed information and people who are more specialized.
I4iphones
i use i4iphones i used it on my jailbroken ipodtouch in app form and as long as the movies have a megaupload box you can download or stream them on the g tablet
Seems like an expensive way to do it.
Renting an individual movie via blockbuster/itunes=3.99 a movie. (or at least thats what blockbuster charges when i use my samsung blu-ray players app).
Netflix 1 at a time. unlimited netflix viewing at home plus 1 movie at a time for $9.99 a month unlimited.
I can get 2 a week for that, pop them in my pc, Encode them and send to the tablet via usb cable. Figure, just over $1 each for each movie at that rate, (not counting the net flix streams i get to my blu ray player and iphone).
I need your help with this app, well mostly the content. So now google play offers movie purchaces but in order to play them back you need to install Google's Play Movie & TV app, basically a video player. The app works well and all but i am wondering if there is a way to play the content on the tabs stock video player. I want to take advantage of the 5.1 sound. Once you purchace the movie you are able to download it but i can not seem to find it anywhere on tab and it is not on the download folder. I used root explorer but no where to be found. I also tried launching the stock video player but it only sees the sample video that came with the tab. Looking forward to your suggestions.
Hi,
I might be wrong but doesnt that just steam the video when it tells you it is being downloaded, this could be the only way you would watch it but not find it after that in the file system.
Have you checked the players file system?
Not to promote piracy but would it not be easier to download it over torrent and watch it with your original player...
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Hi,
I might be wrong but doesnt that just steam the video when it tells you it is being downloaded, this could be the only way you would watch it but not find it after that in the file system.
Have you checked the players file system?
Not to promote piracy but would it not be easier to download it over torrent and watch it with your original player...
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I have looked for the players file system but i can't find it either.
Tried to use torrents but they are a bit annoying to use so i would just rather pay for the movie, i dont mind really.
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For those that have it, what do you think about it? Is it a nice way to stream music?
It's great since my 'good' speakers are attached to my TV. Works fast and easily.
It's OK. The on screen display is lacking and even though I've synced all my music to Google, some of my albums are side loaded and will not play through chromecast. I love all access for streaming on my phone, but I don't think it's there quite yet for chromecast.
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its fantastic. I keep no music on my phone and rely on streaming it. This is great for chromecast and I even talked my girlfriends parents into doing some upgrades to their sound system in their house since it goes through the whole house and outside which makes chromecast great for no longer having to go inside to change the music.
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its fantastic. I keep no music on my phone and rely on streaming it. This is great for chromecast and I even talked my girlfriends parents into doing some upgrades to their sound system in their house since it goes through the whole house and outside which makes chromecast great for no longer having to go inside to change the music.
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I'm having problems streaming to it with my Nexus 4.
I can connect and stream the first song with no problems, but when the screen sleeps it doesn't always stream to the next song.
50% of the time it'll automatically stream to the next song in the playlist if I manually turn the Nexus 4 screen back on.
30% of the time after I turn the screen back on, I'll get an error message that says "this track could not be played, and I'll have to manually select the next song"
20% of the time chromecast will be disconnected and I'll have to manually play the next song, and reconnect to chromecast.
Being a native Google App I had hoped that Google Music would work flawlessly, but it's been poor thus far. Hopefully an update will fix the issue.
I'm having issues too. I'm not sure why, but I keep getting "Playback error, Unable to play the song. Can't play a sideloaded song remotely."
So any music that is in the Google Music cloud AND on my device are not playable? I am not sure. I haven't been able to get Google Music to play from my phone - and if you use a PC, then the only way it seems is using the tab casting, which needs some polish.
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I'm having issues too. I'm not sure why, but I keep getting "Playback error, Unable to play the song. Can't play a sideloaded song remotely."
So any music that is in the Google Music cloud AND on my device are not playable? I am not sure. I haven't been able to get Google Music to play from my phone - and if you use a PC, then the only way it seems is using the tab casting, which needs some polish.
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The case of having the same song locally and on the music cloud not playing through ChromeCast seems to be a universal problem right now.
When I cast a tab and a video is being played inside the tab, I can't seem to get any sound to output through ChromeCast.
Another thing I tried was to drag and drop a local video file into Chrome and cast that tab. I just played a movie file that was .mp4 (.avi's don't won't), the video played (although a little slow on the framerate) but there was no sound at all.
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I'm having issues too. I'm not sure why, but I keep getting "Playback error, Unable to play the song. Can't play a sideloaded song remotely."
So any music that is in the Google Music cloud AND on my device are not playable? I am not sure. I haven't been able to get Google Music to play from my phone - and if you use a PC, then the only way it seems is using the tab casting, which needs some polish.
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Same issue here. This is a design flaw that I'm hoping Google will rectify with either a Google Music update or a Chromecast update.
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Same issue here. This is a design flaw that I'm hoping Google will rectify with either a Google Music update or a Chromecast update.
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I found that playing music from the Google Music "cloud", as in NOT my music - works great. If it's in my library, does not play. I just signed up for the 30 day trial of Google Music All Access or whatever it is called, and I can now stream music to the ChromeCast.
Strange behavior for sure.
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I found that playing music from the Google Music "cloud", as in NOT my music - works great. If it's in my library, does not play. I just signed up for the 30 day trial of Google Music All Access or whatever it is called, and I can now stream music to the ChromeCast.
Strange behavior for sure.
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It will stream anything as long as there isn't a copy of it on your phone.
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It will stream anything as long as there isn't a copy of it on your phone.
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I have a few thousand songs pinned to my phone and they all cast fine.
Echodawg/arrghh,
I have had this issue. It depends on how you have it setup.
If you have everything uploaded to Google Music cloud and then if you copy the files over to your phone as well and try to play those songs, it will not play and give you a 'Cannot play sideloaded songs' message.
For this to work, you should NOT copy any songs from your computer to the phone directly, you can and should ONLY 'pin' it....
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I have a few thousand songs pinned to my phone and they all cast fine.
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I'm talking about songs that you've manually loaded onto your phone. Not cached/pinned copies of googles music.
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I'm talking about songs that you've manually loaded onto your phone. Not cached/pinned copies of googles music.
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Ah. I see.
Why not just upload and pin?
I have mine pinned to my SD card, 40 gigs or so.
Works great!
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Ah. I see.
Why not just upload and pin?
I have mine pinned to my SD card, 40 gigs or so.
Works great!
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Unless something has changed recently, pinned songs get deleted from the phone every time you flash a new ROM. I go back and forth between cm and pa and stock. I don't want to have to download 5gb of music every time.
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Unless something has changed recently, pinned songs get deleted from the phone every time you flash a new ROM. I go back and forth between cm and pa and stock. I don't want to have to download 5gb of music every time.
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I pin to extSD + Titanium Backup.
And upload once and done, you can side load your music on the phone, but you could then access it in Gmusic too.
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I pin to extSD + Titanium Backup.
And upload once and done, you can side load your music on the phone, but you could then access it in Gmusic too.
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I've tried that. The issue I have is that when I load a new ROM, the first time it boots up and Google music runs in the background it wipes the pinned songs. Titanium backup doesn't actually backup the pinned songs so not sure what you mean there.
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The case of having the same song locally and on the music cloud not playing through ChromeCast seems to be a universal problem right now.
When I cast a tab and a video is being played inside the tab, I can't seem to get any sound to output through ChromeCast.
Another thing I tried was to drag and drop a local video file into Chrome and cast that tab. I just played a movie file that was .mp4 (.avi's don't won't), the video played (although a little slow on the framerate) but there was no sound at all.
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Yeah I can vouch for this issue too. I sync a list of podcasts to my phone through iSyncr, and the same podcasts also get synced to the cloud via iTunes/Google Play. On my phone, any synced podcast won't cast because it's sideloaded, even though the same podcast is already in the cloud. On my tablet, which I don't store local music on, I can launch the same podcast and it does cast to Chromecast.
As for All Access - there was an overlap of a few days between my free trial and getting Chromecast, and it did work nicely. However I was under the mistaken impression that signing up for the free trial of All Access before June 30 would give me a lifetime discount. I did not realize I'd have to maintain a continuous subscription. So I cancelled at the end of the free trial and no more discount for me. I will probably not sign up again as I anticipate other music apps becoming Chromecast-compatible soon.
I see an update to Google Play Music available.
v.5.1.1107k
*Chromecast improvements
Hopefully it fixed the problems we've been having
I see the update in Play Store but no update button. Tried uninstalling updates and then updating, but I still have the previous build. Guess it hasn't "rolled out" to my accounts yet.
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I found this movietube and it plays videos through youtube that aren't easy to find or in some cases these videos do not play on standard youtube, newly released movies in hd such as Last Vegas and many more that the app finds, with movietube they work and then you can use the share video feature with sempervidlinkfree or sempervidlink pro and that grabs the url in a way that allows bubbleupnp ---- Full Version to use it where you can pass it to Avia with in app purchase or possiblyAllcast----->PremiumVersion I haven't tried yet but I believe that sempervidlink+bubbleupnp is capable working with many more apps that don't directly cast.
another possibilty might be for movietube-->sempervidlink-->plex
I have only tested this with Avia as the app to cast so Plex/Allcast may or may not work.
smartymcfly said:
I found this movietube and it plays videos through youtube that aren't easy to find or in some cases these videos do not play on standard youtube, newly released movies in hd such as Last Vegas and many more that the app finds, with movietube they work and then you can use the share video feature with sempervidlinkfree or sempervidlink pro and that grabs the url in a way that allows bubbleupnp ---- Full Version to use it where you can pass it to Avia with in app purchase or possiblyAllcast----->PremiumVersion I haven't tried yet but I believe that sempervidlink+bubbleupnp is capable working with many more apps that don't directly cast.
another possibilty might be for movietube-->sempervidlink-->plex
I have only tested this with Avia as the app to cast so Plex/Allcast may or may not work.
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I tried this with daileymotion and it did not work on first pass, so in the place where the video is shared with sempervidlink I just used Vget and set the playerin options to bubbleupnp and that played through Avia.
Vget also has a chrome extension that requires this dlna cast chrome app and I originally believed that it would cast to chromecast as it showed the cast icon and but until trying it just now to verify that worked it does not.
Showbox + Avia Ive found is the best way currently to watch stuff. Another plus is that it can all be done right from a Android device.
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Showbox + Avia Ive found is the best way currently to watch stuff. Another plus is that it can all be done right from a Android device.
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Sometimes showbox doesn't work, and I was just posting a way I found for it to work. It seems like a combination of apps make it possible to play videos from almost any app that can share the url of the video being played if it is correct format.
Anyone know where Showbox takes its stuff from?
Probably South Korea
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Wow!
Cool!
Now all we need is the ability to cast external subtitles along with the movie!
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Anyone know where Showbox takes its stuff from?
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I started wolf of wall street & hunger games and in the network tracking app show box was connecting to various Russian sites, one of them appeared to be their version of Facebook. Vk.me
VM.me may not be Russian but Google translate said it was...
@Show Box 2.3 .apk
AV analysis (7/50, adware):
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...a21868932e956078bd7bdd265b096ac3fec/analysis/
embedded url/http, dns requests and http traffic analysis:
http://www.foresafe.com/report/A9A7ABEB50C7E8816A085B2497F51B9C
So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
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So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
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