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Skifta for DLNA

I'm new to forums ... but have you tried Skifta. It is not optimized for the Xoom yet. Only works in portrait mode for me. Let me know if you can get files to play from other sources to the Xoom (espically video)
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I can get pictures and music to play on Xoom for the PC but not video
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xdx said:
I'm new to forums ... but have you tried Skifta. It is not optimized for the Xoom yet. Only works in portrait mode for me. Let me know if you can get files to play from other sources to the Xoom (espically video)
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We just updated the version in the Android market to v0.73. Amongst many other things, this should fix up landscape mode and make it a bit more sensible to use on the Xoom.
Give it a go and let us know what you think!
Allan (of the Skifta team).

Twonky works. I have a media server and I am able to access video from several devices including the Xoom using Twonky. The thing with video is what type it is. I find avi has less issues. MP4 can be tricky.

I use it with PlayOn and Vortexbox as my backends and the new version with tablet support is exactly what I have been waiting for! Nice job!

I have been using it since I got my Xoom to stream from my xbmc box. It has worked pretty well for me. My only suggestion is to make sure and exit out of the app when you are done or it will murder your battery.
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[APP]MoboPlayer - best video player

No longer best player highly recommend Dice player for best playback with actual hardware decoding
LINK REMOVED mobo is now available on the market

I have been using qqplayer to play my avi I will try this out
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awesome player
awesome player!, better than yxplayer

just downloaded im going to test the season of the witch when its done downloading

Act1 video player is my favorite.
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Decent player although its surely another galaxy s video player ripped and feature packed. That said Rockplayer being the other galaxy s rip will likely copy all features found here.
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Thanks.
Unfortunately, it doesn't see the video taken by my Nexus S....

Updated OP to new version 1.0.132
MacGuy2006 said:
Thanks.
Unfortunately, it doesn't see the video taken by my Nexus S....
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It does you have to select the camera folder on SD card and will search for media files in that directory

Thanks. Best player!

Works the same as Rock Player for me. RockPlayer decodes 720p (mkv) fine but theres no audio. Regular .avis have sound
Definitely nice video player though, I'll keep it

As usual, can't play anime mkv videos without doing slow-mo. I think vlc is the only third party app that can compete with the galaxy player.
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DKYang said:
As usual, can't play anime mkv videos without doing slow-mo. I think vlc is the only third party app that can compete with the galaxy player.
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Not yet available I'm awaiting VLC myself.
MKVs for me renders fine, just no sound is being outputted.

Can someone help me, I have installed moboplayer on my Nexus S and I am have a few questions.
1. When I connect my Nexus S to my computer what folder/directory should I be putting my video files in?
2. When I start moboplayer on my Nexus S, I am also confused about which folders I should choose. Also, when I start moboplayer I get "there's no SD card, make sure it is usable".
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Can someone help me, I have installed moboplayer on my Nexus S and I am have a few questions.
1. When I connect my Nexus S to my computer what folder/directory should I be putting my video files in?
2. When I start moboplayer on my Nexus S, I am also confused about which folders I should choose. Also, when I start moboplayer I get "there's no SD card, make sure it is usable".
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Highly recommend using dice player for best HD playback becasue it uses hardware acceleration unlike mobo, rockplayer..ect
But to your question
you manually select what folder you want it to scan i made a folder called Movies..also dont use the one in OP its now available on the market

demo23019 said:
Highly recommend using dice player for best HD playback becasue it uses hardware acceleration unlike mobo, rockplayer..ect
But to your question
you manually select what folder you want it to scan i made a folder called Movies..also dont use the one in OP its now available on the market
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I got the one on the market...
You were really vague in answering my question though. I am not new to computers but I am new to this. Do I have to modify (root) my Nexus for this to work?
For instance I connect my Nexus S to my laptop and can get the "removable disk (H" option in my computer. Can I make any folder within there and call it "movies"?
OR is there a specific sub folder I need to be in?
Thanks for your help.

Bodin12345 said:
I got the one on the market...
You were really vague in answering my question though. I am not new to computers but I am new to this. Do I have to modify (root) my Nexus for this to work?
For instance I connect my Nexus S to my laptop and can get the "removable disk (H" option in my computer. Can I make any folder within there and call it "movies"?
OR is there a specific sub folder I need to be in?
You can name it alliebaba as.long as it has movies in it.
Thanks for your help.
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The folders as seen in moboplayer don't mirror what I am seeing on my computer. That's is why I am confused.
Thanks for the help.

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The folders as seen in moboplayer don't mirror what I am seeing on my computer. That's is why I am confused.
Thanks for the help.
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Bah, no wonder I couldn't see the files. I needed to disconnect the device from my computer.
lol

hey
i downloaded rock player but when i play the movie using rock player the volume of the movie being played is pretty less... is there any player which is better than the rock player and which has high volume?

MX Video Player is by far the best video player on Android IMO.
It was the only player that could play 720p MKV with subtitles without any kind of lag, problems with subtitles or sound. You can also change between audio-tracks.
It also got a the prettiest interface.

Veetle on Android (working well in g tablet)

Hi guys, just thought I'd share my findings. Not sure if many here use veetle but here goes.
So it was the FA Cup final (soccer?) over in england and I can't get a decent steam over here in asia. Thus I turned to veetle. Veetle plays on my g tablet with flash 10.3. But video is a bit choppy. I'm on tnt 4.4.
To overcome this, I searched the net and found a "fix".
Heres what you need to do:
1) Get dolphin hd browser (not sure if setting user agent is available on stock browser)
2) Get vplayer from market (if not available, search online for apk)
3) Go to settings in dolphin browser and set user agent to Iphone (not ipad).
4) Visit veetle.com and stream away. The video should open the vplayer and stream the .m3u8 format from there.
Note: vplayer is a paid app. Free version is a trial for seven days. I bought the app on my desire hd and ported over. It did not appear on my g tablet market. (using olympus build prop). And watching on copy righted content on veetle is not strictly legal but I'm a poor student and theres no decent feed here.
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IM using cm7 the video its awesome but I can't hear any sound do you have any suggestions thank you dawg
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Hmm I don't seem to have that problem...do the rest of your videos play fine with audio?
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thanks amusedkid, your directions works perfect on my samsung Galaxy S Captivate phone running 2.33 Continuum 5.5 .

Worked for me. Sound worked after a hard restart.. This will be too cool for hockey season

ddloco said:
IM using cm7 the video its awesome but I can't hear any sound do you have any suggestions thank you dawg
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Plug in then unplug headphones.

Share some good video apps

I thought would start this post since I didn't see one where people could some of there favorite video apps that don't come stock on the N7. Her is my list:
1. Netflix - pretty good app and greatest availability of streaming movies you will find from a monthly service.
2. Xfinity Player: Nice updates to the UI for 7 inch tablets and really good for catching up on old episodes of Spartacus.
3. Crunchyroll: The premiere app for watching animes that are subbed and best of all they have a free option that works over Wi-Fi. Doesn't work over Bluetooth tethering, but ICS built in Wi-Fi tethering is just fine if you don't mind the ads.
4. HomeDia: A nice free app that allows you to stream videos on your home network. I paired mine up with plex media server since you have to pay for tversity and it has worked well. If it doesn't play a video just use a third video player app like rockplayer.
5. Dailymotion: To be honest the only reason I use this app is to catch up with subbed anime episodes of OnePiece, outside of that nothing really else for me.
The good thing about these apps are they are free to download and numbers 1, 2, and 5 have apps for the Xbox 360. Well those are mine, so what are yours?
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All I ever use is netflix for streaming and mx or dice player for playing movies via stickmount.
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Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.

If you like to watch current TV DROID TV Primetime actually works very well on the N7. There are quite a few free shows but for @$9 for three months you can get shows like Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Greys Anatomy, and dozens of others. I have used it for over a year on my DROID X and it sizes up really well to the 7inch for factor.
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Check out veetle for movies
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Anthrsckmnd said:
Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.
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Are you doing this on a N7?
I had problems with it on my N7 in that I couldn't get it to lower/hide the info when the video was playing. Unless I am missing something .... On my phone it worked just fine.
UPDATE
Now if this isn't stupid on my part..... if you touch the video when it is playing, a icon shows on the bottom left to make it Full Screen... thought I had tried everything...

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Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.
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Thanks I didnt know that Crackle would work with the N7 unless I installed flash. So far it looks pretty good, I just dont like how the UI doesn't work that well in portrait mode. Hey that's what updates are for.
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If you like to watch current TV DROID TV Primetime actually works very well on the N7. There are quite a few free shows but for @$9 for three months you can get shows like Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Greys Anatomy, and dozens of others. I have used it for over a year on my DROID X and it sizes up really well to the 7inch for factor.
Yeah I will defiantly try this out since I will have a little of the google play credit left.
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Check out veetle for movies
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When I checked out veetle in the play store for some reason it said it was not compatible with the N7. Still looks pretty good though.
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plex server on my PC
BubbleUPNP and BSPlayer on my nexus 7

Xbmc!! I'm really happy with it and watching all my movies on my tablet
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Streaming music from external hd to n7 via router?

Hi,
After a little help as per the title I wonder if it's possible to play my music collection which is currently stored on an external hd connected to my home router on my N7 without the need for my laptop to be turned on etc
Using an explorer app on the N7 I can see and access the music how I want as above, but I have to manually select the folders and tracks to then play each time rather than it already been catalogued within the player?
Is there a player or an app that can do this to make my collection available please?
Bricked/Rasbean N7

Have you tried bsplayer? It worked for me for video, but I eventually went the manual route with es file exp due to other requirements I had
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
Cheers Danny

Playlists?

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Have you tried bsplayer? It worked for me for video, but I eventually went the manual route with es file exp due to other requirements I had
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
Cheers Danny
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Thanks I'll take a look at that when home again, glancing though I can't see FLAC support? Es is how I get round things at the mo....
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Miami_Son said:
Playlists?
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I need a player or app to be able to see the music before I can do this if that makes sense?
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spthacker said:
I need a player or app to be able to see the music before I can do this if that makes sense?
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Did you not say you could see and play the music in the OP, but only one at a time?:silly:

Miami_Son said:
Did you not say you could see and play the music in the OP, but only one at a time?:silly:
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Yeah, sorry I didn't quite make things clear, the music is on a Lan based port via my wifi router, using es explorer I can see and play a track at a time, with the bs player suggested above I can play albums etc, but its library function is awful

I'm thinking this is a common limitation. I can see and play music on a thumbdrive via OTG, but have yet been able to find a way to play more than one song at a time even if I set the player to Random.:crying:

Miami_Son said:
I'm thinking this is a common limitation. I can see and play music on a thumbdrive via OTG, but have yet been able to find a way to play more than one song at a time even if I set the player to Random.:crying:
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Poweramp will let you play from your thumb drive attached via otg and setup playlists! Don't know if it works over WiFi like the OP wants
To the op a Google search found this
http://androidforums.com/android-media/341866-play-music-network-drive-no-server-needed.html
It maybe the solution you are looking for!
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I have the paid PowerAmp and could not do it. Have to try again, maybe I missed something.

corkiejp said:
Poweramp will let you play from your thumb drive attached via otg and setup playlists! Don't know if it works over WiFi like the OP wants
To the op a Google search found this
http://androidforums.com/android-media/341866-play-music-network-drive-no-server-needed.html
It maybe the solution you are looking for!
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This would be the solution if I could get bit to work keeps telling me invalid argument
Bricked/Rasbean N7

Found out why, it needs cifs modules to work and atm there aren't any for 4.2.1 latest available work on 4.1.2
Bricked/Rasbean N7

spthacker said:
Found out why, it needs cifs modules to work and atm there aren't any for 4.2.1 latest available work on 4.1.2
Bricked/Rasbean N7
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There are kernels with cif built in, motley's kernel for one.

spthacker said:
Hi,
After a little help as per the title I wonder if it's possible to play my music collection which is currently stored on an external hd connected to my home router on my N7 without the need for my laptop to be turned on etc
Using an explorer app on the N7 I can see and access the music how I want as above, but I have to manually select the folders and tracks to then play each time rather than it already been catalogued within the player?
Is there a player or an app that can do this to make my collection available please?
Bricked/Rasbean N7
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If the external HD is connected up to your computer, you can upload your songs to google play music, which lets you stream your music to anything that has the app installed. Install the uploader on the computer and the app on the PC, very useful and works very well over 3G/HSPA. Linked it below for you.
Google play music

Thanks, I had a look at that, but I have a crap broadband where I live and it would take months to upload my music collection

spthacker said:
Thanks, I had a look at that, but I have a crap broadband where I live and it would take months to upload my music collection
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Took my forever since i have way too big a collection but it had to be done lol
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@OP:
What router do you use?
Try putting OpenWRT on it if possible, and set up a dlna server (minidlna) with your collections.
You can access them afterwards with your N7 using any dlna app you like (UPnPlay or even xbmc)
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farhanito said:
@OP:
What router do you use?
Try putting OpenWRT on it if possible, and set up a dlna server (minidlna) with your collections.
You can access them afterwards with your N7 using any dlna app you like (UPnPlay or even xbmc)
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I have a BT homehub3, you're going to have to dumb down the rest of what you said though please

Er, not sure about your hardware though... But this link here probably will give you a better idea...
http://klseet.com/index.php/tl-mr3420-ver12
Such powerful wonder OpenWRT is... besides android, of course
http://wiki.openwrt.org
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Thanks I'll have a proper read through, but it looks like my router isn't fully supported yet