I know i know ....i have some movies on my mac that i would like to put over to my nexus 7 is there an easy way of doing this?
Drag and drop. Doesn't get any easier than that.
**** that malware. Drag and drop FTMFW!
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Drag and drop. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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when i find the movies in the files i drag it over but the 7 won't play the file :dunno:
prophet of doom said:
when i find the movies in the files i drag it over but the 7 won't play the file :dunno:
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What format are the movies? And did you download them from iTunes? It's possible that a.) they are an unsupported format, which depending on the format a 3rd party video player might be able to play them and/or b.)they have drm and can only be played by iTunes or an iTunes device like an iPad or Apple TV
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What format are the movies? And did you download them from iTunes? It's possible that a.) they are an unsupported format, which depending on the format a 3rd party video player might be able to play them and/or b.)they have drm and can only be played by iTunes or an iTunes device like an iPad or Apple TV
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.m4v format .... i downloaded them into iTunes from some blu rays that had the digital copy with them...i haven't put the movies on any tablet or phone but they play fine on the computer
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.m4v format .... i downloaded them into iTunes from some blu rays that had the digital copy with them...i haven't put the movies on any tablet or phone but they play fine on the computer
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Yeah, .m4v is not a supported format. There is an app on the Play Store called VPlayer that says it can play .m4v. Give it a try.
try mxplayer, it played everything i have so far, buttery smooth too.
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Yeah, .m4v is not a supported format. There is an app on the Play Store called VPlayer that says it can play .m4v. Give it a try.
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VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.
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VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.
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I had problems with VLC player last night. I put a TV show, .mkv on it, and it was definitely choppy at times and got color distortion at times.
Those digital copies are usually loaded with DRM.
I mean, totally makes sense to copy protect a copy you're giving to someone who actually paid for the full version.
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VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.
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Does this VLC link work for people? I got it installed, and it comes up, prompts me that it's beta and may cause my kittens to die a premature death, and then within 2 or 3 seconds promptly crashes/closes. I've tried several times and same result. Anyone got a fix?
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Does this VLC link work for people? I got it installed, and it comes up, prompts me that it's beta and may cause my kittens to die a premature death, and then within 2 or 3 seconds promptly crashes/closes. I've tried several times and same result. Anyone got a fix?
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VLC beta (more like alpha) doesn't work well for me at all either. I've had the best results with MX Player.
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try mxplayer, it played everything i have so far, buttery smooth too.
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No go on that.....I've tried all the players for some reason its not working
I'm pretty sure it's because of DRM issues.
All the movies I backup on my MacBook are in .m4v format... I just change the file extension to .mp4 and all is good for playing on my phone and Windows pc's. If that doesn't work then it has to be DRM issues.
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what kind of file types do you download?
Do you use a converter?
I downloaded some movies from this blackberry movies site and that was fine. But none of the videos I have on my computer work.
YEA..I ACTUALLY HAVE Clash of the titans, and harold and kumar on my HERO. i used Xilisoft Convertor and converted it. Works great on the phone.
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YEA..I ACTUALLY HAVE Clash of the titans, and harold and kumar on my HERO. i used Xilisoft Convertor and converted it. Works great on the phone.
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do you just convert everything to mp4?
I use Allok works great
DivX is one the most popular format for videos for computers, but only one app (yxplayer)will play them. It cost $20, and doesn't work anymore. It worked in 1.5, but after a few rom flashes on my part and updates on their part, it would freeze the video randomly. If there is a way I could pull the apk from one of my old nands, when it was still xyplayer, it might work.
HandBreak FTW!
HandBreak FTW!
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is that an app or conversion program
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An awesome conversion program, then use mVideoplayer from the market. It remembers your brightness setting for watching movies, the position you were in the movie if you tab out to do something else and come back, you'll be ready to pick up right where you were. Even has srt/sub title support for those like myself who watch subbed anime on the go.
Terrific player + handbrake makes crunching movies down into the correct file type and size (480x320) a cinch.
i was hoping someone would ask that question. Try the videoplayer.apk from the droidx
what does that play.
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An awesome conversion program, then use mVideoplayer from the market. It remembers your brightness setting for watching movies, the position you were in the movie if you tab out to do something else and come back, you'll be ready to pick up right where you were. Even has srt/sub title support for those like myself who watch subbed anime on the go.
Terrific player + handbrake makes crunching movies down into the correct file type and size (480x320) a cinch.
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Please post the Handbrake settings you used to convert videos for the Hero.
I haven't looked at HB in quite awhile. Does the latest version come with a default Android profile?
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Please post the Handbrake settings you used to convert videos for the Hero.
I haven't looked at HB in quite awhile. Does the latest version come with a default Android profile?
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i'm using an older version, psp settings work fine for it......
gonzoangel said:
what kind of file types do you download?
Do you use a converter?
I downloaded some movies from this blackberry movies site and that was fine. But none of the videos I have on my computer work.
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Im gonna keep it simple. Use Videora Android Coverter. I download .avi files or .mp4 and convert them using these setting.
H.264/.mp4 >500kbps
aac/96kbps
23.976 FR
320x480
perfect files size for any SD card, playable with Double Twist or Meridian.
Same Specs, only with HandBrake.
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H.264/.mp4 >500kbps
aac/96kbps
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320x480
perfect files size for any SD card, playable with Double Twist or Meridian.
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Thanks, I will try converting some podcasts with those specs in HandBrake and see how it comes out playing in DoubleTwist. I feel like you can't put the Hero through too much before it will start to become way too laggy or something.... haha
so i know theres a few posts about this but i cant find the one that works. i want to rip some episodes off a dvd and put it on the phone. ive been trying on handbrake all day and it wont work. it plays back all choppy on the computer and phone. please help is there a better program to rip dvds???
I use dvddecrypter to rip and autogk for converting. That being said I haven't used It for the captivate yet.
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Ive been using dvd fab platnuim to rip dvds onto my captivate. Havent experienced a problem yet.
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so i used dvdfab and i guess i ripped the dvd but it has no sound. i am a total noob so im growing impatient... lol
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so i used dvdfab and i guess i ripped the dvd but it has no sound. i am a total noob so im growing impatient... lol
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If you want to start easy, just rip with the movie to mobile option and pick iPhone. It should work fine.
Well to anyone who wants to know... I used dvdfab and just ripped using the generic type and then saved it to the sd card on my phone and it plays perfectly. so if theres any of yall that cant do it then just follow what i did. download dvdfab and then pick source from dvd then click rip and then generic and then start. let it finish then mount your phone to computer then drag and drop movie to sd card. done and done...
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Well to anyone who wants to know... I used dvdfab and just ripped using the generic type and then saved it to the sd card on my phone and it plays perfectly. so if theres any of yall that cant do it then just follow what i did. download dvdfab and then pick source from dvd then click rip and then generic and then start. let it finish then mount your phone to computer then drag and drop movie to sd card. done and done...
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I find if i pick iPhone and then change the screen resolution to match the 480 x 800 pixels (depends on the movie ratio) - that i get a slightly smaller file size then doing generic. I also found MP4 smaller then MKV.
Here's a program you can buy for $9.95 or you can also just download the free version for the Droid Incredible which has the same resolution as the Galaxy S. http://www.tools4movies.com/
The only videos I have on my Cappy are frlm youtube. I download ek from youtube in flv format and use handbreak to convert them to mp4 and they play without issue. Ive been wandering what video codecs are supported. Ive successfully played h.264 720p brrips flawlessly off my sd card(class4) and couldnt be happier.
As far as Im aware, the Cappy is sorta like the PS3...add a file and it should play. I have found out that it dosent really like flv..soooo..I convert all my youtube ahit to mp4 and leave all my brrips as the are and everything plays fine.
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Hey guy how do you get the videos from youtube??? not on the phone just in general to you computer...
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The only videos I have on my Cappy are frlm youtube. I download ek from youtube in flv format and use handbreak to convert them to mp4 and they play without issue. Ive been wandering what video codecs are supported. Ive successfully played h.264 720p brrips flawlessly off my sd card(class4) and couldnt be happier.
As far as Im aware, the Cappy is sorta like the PS3...add a file and it should play. I have found out that it dosent really like flv..soooo..I convert all my youtube ahit to mp4 and leave all my brrips as the are and everything plays fine.
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I think there's a program called jetvd that will allow you to download mp4s straight from youtube
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Hey guy how do you get the videos from youtube??? not on the phone just in general to you computer...
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There's a website called keepvid.com that will allow you to download youtube videos. Just copy and paste the youtube url into the box and it does the rest
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The only videos I have on my Cappy are frlm youtube. I download ek from youtube in flv format and use handbreak to convert them to mp4 and they play without issue. Ive been wandering what video codecs are supported. Ive successfully played h.264 720p brrips flawlessly off my sd card(class4) and couldnt be happier.
As far as Im aware, the Cappy is sorta like the PS3...add a file and it should play. I have found out that it dosent really like flv..soooo..I convert all my youtube ahit to mp4 and leave all my brrips as the are and everything plays fine.
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What steps are you taking to brrip?
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What steps are you taking to brrip?
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Torrents..lol
From what I've read, it's a long drawn out process that really sucks and I have no idea how it's done.
Sorry.
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I use DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD then AutoGK to convert it to xvid. Transfer the movies to my SD and it plays perfectly. I also have Rock Player instead of the stock media player. Doing a comparison between the two there is a slight improvement on the quality using Rock Player.
I'm new to android, the Nexus 7 will be my first android device.
Since the N7 is "made for Google Play", what can I do with the Google Play cloud?
Can I upload my own music to the cloud?
Can I upload my own movies to the cloud?
Will the cloud stream my uploaded music or movies to my N7?
I know I can BUY many kinds of content from Google Play store and use it from the cloud but I'm on a limited budget and can't afford to buy music or movies I already own.
you can upload music via google music. as for movies I believe you can stream it by renting it through the playstore, netflix etc. For streaming your own movies you have to figure that out using probably a third party app... as far as I know you can't stream anything from your google drive.
If you have a PC, there's a program from the google music website that can automatically upload your music collection or whatever music you desire to Google Music (up to 20,000 songs). You can then stream it to any of your android devices. You can even save songs from Google Music to your device to be available offline.
Yeah I used google music to upload my entire music collection so I can stream all that. For movies and tv shows I'll either use a friend's Netflix or put them on the device. Thing about cloud storage is that they usually have an upload limit, so you wouldn't be able to upload shows you already have.
Google Music may or may not work for you. For me, it hasn't worked at all. Every time I use Music Manager it will get stuck after a few songs and do nothing or just go really slow. I started it last night and right now its only done 16 songs. That's ridiculous. And I have good bandwidth so I don't know what it is.
Just so you know, Google drive gives you 5gb free storage for docs and images, and you can upgrade to 25gb for $2.50 a month IIRC.
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Movies, you can store on Dropbox or Google Drive and moved to your device when you need them.
Music can be uploaded from your personal collection into the cloud, aka Google Music. All music you buy from the play store will automatically appear in your collection.
You can stream videos directly from Google drive, but it takes forever to buffer and the video quality just isn't there.
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I've used dropbox, it takes forever to upload movies to them. My cox isp is very fast downstream but slow upstream.
How about streaming movies from my home computer, I can do that with my iPad using an app called Air Video. It worked good with my iPad (which I just gave to my granddaughter).
Rather than 5 gigs Google docs you could do dropbox and refer your friends or if you don't have any just wait for Dropquest or try to do the HTC dropbox extra gigs OR try box.net, signed up with my iPad INSTANT 50 gigs
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I've used dropbox, it takes forever to upload movies to them. My cox isp is very fast downstream but slow upstream.
How about streaming movies from my home computer, I can do that with my iPad using an app called Air Video. It worked good with my iPad (which I just gave to my granddaughter).
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Ah, brilliant! I completely forgot about that. One could stream all their media over the Internet from a home computer or something.
I stream all my movies from my NAS to my Prime. Several app's out there for it.
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I stream all my movies from my NAS to my Prime. Several app's out there for it.
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5 minutes before ordering the 8gb I setup Plex to do this from an old desktop pc getting content off my tv media server, to various Android phones and tablets (Acer, Asus) that are already in the house. Works perfectly on those devices, so I hope the Nexus 7 is equally easy.
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Rather than 5 gigs Google docs you could do dropbox and refer your friends or if you don't have any just wait for Dropquest or try to do the HTC dropbox extra gigs OR try box.net, signed up with my iPad INSTANT 50 gigs
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yeah but the hinder your upload file sizes when just using the free offers, I purchased 25gbs from google just because of that, plus they are boat loads cheaper then box or dropbox
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Anther option for video streaming is subsonic, can be used for movies/music. I belive you have to donate to author for the movie streaming.
The problem with Google Music is that if you root your device and flash a lot of roms...Google music will effectively lock you out for a year...
I learned the hard way.
They limit the amount of active devices and each time you flash a rom, it counts as a new device...
IMO...Those looking for cloud music storage...Google Music is not an option for those who regularly flash roms...
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They limit the amount of active devices and each time you flash a rom, it counts as a new device...
IMO...Those looking for cloud music storage...Google Music is not an option for those who regularly flash roms...
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Surely in Google Play Music in your browser under "Settings > Manage My Devices" you should just be able to click unauthorise on everything but your most current rom, yes?
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Surely in Google Play Music in your browser under "Settings > Manage My Devices" you should just be able to click unauthorise on everything but your most current rom, yes?
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Yes, but they limit that too... Eventually you will run out...
They limit how many you can delete?! Are you sure?
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They limit how many you can delete?! Are you sure?
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Yes...I just now got to the point were I can deauthorize devices and add more(I hope)...I'm being very careful because I don't want to get locked out again...
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5 minutes before ordering the 8gb I setup Plex to do this from an old desktop pc getting content off my tv media server, to various Android phones and tablets (Acer, Asus) that are already in the house. Works perfectly on those devices, so I hope the Nexus 7 is equally easy.
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I just set Plex up as well. I must say it is perfect, and will be even better when I get my Nexus! I have an iPhone, so Plex is really the perfect client. I'll use an old PC to stream all my media just like you, and stream it to my Mac, iPhone, and my Nexus! Sweet
pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw
radiohead7778580 said:
pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw
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Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?
yeah... not just music but hd video in all sorts for formats
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Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?
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Yes, only if your computer is running XBMC at the time and yo have UPNP sharing turned on.
However, you don't need the XBMC program on your tablet to stream music or videos from your XBMC library on your PC; You can use UPNPbubble from the Play store to access the shared library and MX Player (or any other player) to play them.
i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy
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i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy
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Hopefully we get Teg3 support on XBMC when it hits beta. There is definitely not going to be Teg2 (h/w decode drivers) for XBMC Android, but theres a chance we could see Teg3 fully supported. :>
That is fantastic! Can't wait to try it.
They really need to work on a touch friendly skin for xbmc though, I can see him struggling to hit list items.
theres two skins cooked in to the (precompiled apk) download build, confluence and a touch friendly theme for smaller screens
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Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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Confirmed as true. I am using Xbox only nexus and able to connect to b share on my NAS drive.
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Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.
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Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.
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I installed the APK from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772433
It struggles with 720p MKVs right now, but I don't think it's optimised for the Tegra 3 chipset yet.
yup, it's software only decode for now.
even so, it's still a very awesome build for a pre-alpha :>
Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC
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Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC
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http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/download/
Under sports addons
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Anyone manage to play HD flawless?
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Anyone manage to play HD flawless?
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There's no HW decode for Tegra3 NEON yet..
i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?
yup, that is kind of the best bit of xbmc, means you can store your movies on a central server and access them on multiple devices throughout your house. Mind you the awesome plugins that stream from external sources is a very close second.
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i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?
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I use XBMC as my main media centre in my house, usually I use androids and iphones as the remote controls for my TV with XBMC running on it, this way is a bit around the wrong way but I can see it being awesome for things like the nexus Q and TV's with embedded android who can suddenly grow full featured media centres
Bare wit me I'm tired and going to bed in a few min. I started playing with chrome extensions and turns out Plex works pretty great.
Heres what you do in a nutshell. if you use plex already skip this.
1. download install plex media server and set it up using folders with your videos to add to the que.
2. the above might just work with Myplex.com but I have both. So get a my plex account and link your plex server/files to it.
3. install the plex chrome extension.
4. go to myplex account and your library. que up a video and start playing, cast it to chrome then hit full screen on the plex player. your audio and video will automatically size and cast to the tv. how awesome is that?
Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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no it won't work over tablet as of now. really the op is only making people aware that it is possible to stream all your local content regardless of codec through the browser. then it's just casting that tab, it works alright but is nowhere near flawless and the limit is 720p.
i am really really hoping that it gets integrated to the app itself, but it doesn't seem to be a top priority for the devs. i do think they will get around to it eventually though.
I just read a report this morning that the Plex devs are optimistic that they're app will provide support soon.
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I just read a report this morning that the Plex devs are optimistic that they're app will provide support soon.
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I read the same thing and it appears they are only saying that due to a tweet from last week that they had ordered some. In the plex forums the only thing that a developer has said is that they won't start working on it until they have their devices. i do expect them to add the functionality, but i doubt it will be in the next few weeks. they generally aren't the quickest at adding new features.
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I read the same thing and it appears they are only saying that due to a tweet from last week that they had ordered some. In the plex forums the only thing that a developer has said is that they won't start working on it until they have their devices. i do expect them to add the functionality, but i doubt it will be in the next few weeks. they generally aren't the quickest at adding new features.
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Yeah, good to know. I'm still hoping that the developer of MX player decides to update the app. That would solve all local streaming issues. Just connect to LAN on ES File Explorer and then stream the video using MX Player.
I emailed the dev from mxplayer and they said a new app would need to be made. Apparently the app can't support both the chrome and android sdk. I'm not sure how accurate that is maybe they have to look into it a bit more. I think there is some confusion since the sdk for the chromecast is chrome sdk not android.
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Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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As was said, tablet apps are different, this is glorified mirroring. it's not perfect. it's more or less a proof of concept. I'm sure if you messed with buffer rate it would probably speed things up a lot. I was up all night and just kind of knocked off my seat when I saw audio reencode on the fly. What's kind of crazy is the plex plugin seems to figure out what you want and tries to do it for you. I don't see how the plugin is resizing when you hit full screen mode It's like it's interfacing with chromecast. Like for example if you try to play a avi by dragging it into chrome you get no audio but if you kick it into plex the audio gets turned off on the pc and put to the tv. I think plex guys should have this golden in a short time. as a fairly long time plex user. almost 2 years on roku. they rarely announce their Dev stuff they just one day release it.
kpa2727 said:
Bare wit me I'm tired and going to bed in a few min. I started playing with chrome extensions and turns out Plex works pretty great.
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Could you please confirm whether you can play .avi movies in a Chrome Tab or not? I can play mp4's but not a single .avi Thanks!
touchbell said:
Could you please confirm whether you can play .avi movies in a Chrome Tab or not? I can play mp4's but not a single .avi Thanks!
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You need to install plex server and after you add avi files to plex library you'll be able to play from chrome tab. You can cast the same tab as well.
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You need to install plex server and after you add avi files to plex library you'll be able to play from chrome tab. You can cast the same tab as well.
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Ahhh drag, literally. LOL So one has to waste bandwidth AND time to Upload a movie .avi first, then use Plex and Chromecast. Major fail. Ok, thank you! ))
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Ahhh drag, literally. LOL So one has to waste bandwidth AND time to Upload a movie .avi first, then use Plex and Chromecast. Major fail. Ok, thank you! ))
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It is not going to be uploaded anywhere. It will play within your local network.
Though you can stream your content anywhere using some paid membership but you don't need for the above functionality.
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It is not going to be uploaded anywhere. It will play within your local network.
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Oh? Dang, must be doing something wrong because Plex asks me to send file to my Plex library. The only way is that personalized email link or dragging from a website with the Plex icon. I can't figure out how to drag a local avi from Explorer in WIN7.
touchbell said:
Oh? Dang, must be doing something wrong because Plex asks me to send file to my Plex library. The only way is that personalized email link or dragging from a website with the Plex icon. I can't figure out how to drag a local avi from Explorer in WIN7.
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Once server is installed you need to access its web interface for managing library. Do some search on their forums/documentation. You will get it.
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the web interface has always been http://127.0.0.1:32400/web/index.html#!/dashboard pms(plex media server) should be running first
save this page as a bookmark in chrome does the same thing
just start casting then hit fullscreen video
when video is fullscreen alt+tab is handy to set tab focus to desktop if you want to continue using your PC for something else(windows key)
Thank you very much, fellahs. I finally figured it out, namely, I had installed the Flex Media Center instead of the Plex Media SERVER! :silly: It's all good now and all the .avi's I have play in Chrome. Thanks again, now awaiting my Chromecast but at least I'm all set-up!
I have no audio in chromecast....
Still not streaming, or I don't get the right codec for it.
the only codec pack I ever ue is at http://shark007.net/
INSTALL and REBOOT
mr_boogie said:
I have no audio in chromecast....
Still not streaming, or I don't get the right codec for it.
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Same no audio, only picture, let me know if u figure it out
Nbsss said:
Same no audio, only picture, let me know if u figure it out
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Are you playing videos through plex media server?
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