My boys got a new tv off Father Christmas and after setting up I realised as well as having a card reader it has a usb port so on a whim I plugged the HD2 in, put it in disk drive mode and the tv let me play the divx, JPG and mp3s right off it. I wonder what else you can plug and play into, I have it in my BT homehub now and I am going to see if I can interrogate it.
Tomo1340 said:
My boys got a new tv off Father Christmas and after setting up I realised as well as having a card reader it has a usb port so on a whim I plugged the HD2 in, put it in disk drive mode and the tv let me play the divx, JPG and mp3s right off it. I wonder what else you can plug and play into, I have it in my BT homehub now and I am going to see if I can interrogate it.
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Like you said yourself - it's in disk drive mode. It's just like a usb drive.
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I try to connect via USB my HD with Xbox360 but don't recognize...why???
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..no xbox??
coz the HD is not an Xbox peripheral ?
When I plug mine into my 360 and select Disk Drive mode it works fine, infact I haven't found anything where it hasn't yet, including my car stereo which generally is very picky about these things.
When you choose the disk drive option, of course it will work. But when you look it that way almost every thing works wit X360: psp, ipod, pendrive, external hdd etc. So you can charge your HD threw a X360, watch mp4s and divx, listen to mp3s and watch fotos.
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When you choose the disk drive option, of course it will work. But when you look it that way almost every thing works wit X360: psp, ipod, pendrive, external hdd etc. So you can charge your HD threw a X360, watch mp4s and divx, listen to mp3s and watch fotos.
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no, when i choose disk drive, don't work.
Thats wierd, too bad tha i've got a ROD so I could check by myself. ;(
I have this addition to the annals of Droid X strangeness...
I put a new sdhc card into the X last night - an A-Data 16 gb class 10 card. I copied over a bunch of the stuff from my old 8 gb card.
This morning I connect the usb cable to my main PC to copy over some photos to the new card. When I connected the cable, a Dennis Miller podcast (I had downloaded using BeyondPod) started playing. I didn't have the BeyondPod app running. Right now, every time I connect the usb cable, Dennis Miller starts playing!
This podcast is buried in the /beyondpod/podcasts/ folder. Any idea what's going on?
UPDATE: This looks like a bug with BeyondPod. Interestingly enough the problem is continuing even AFTER I uninstalled the program!
So, just to recap, with the new SD card, a podcast would start when I connected the usb cable to the computer - usb mass storage or charge. I finally uninstalled the BeyondPod app and the podcast still started when connecting the cable - so I deleted the BeyondPod folder that contained all of the podcasts. Now when I connect the usb cable I do get a brief ringing type sound, but no podcast.
What blows me away is that even with the BeyondPod app uninstalled, my Droid X was starting to play one of the podcasts when the usb cable was connected.
Does anyone have any idea why it would do that? I would like to reinstall the BeyondPod app but I'd like to get some understanding of what's going on first...
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Steve
eurosteve said:
I have this addition to the annals of Droid X strangeness...
I put a new sdhc card into the X last night - an A-Data 16 gb class 10 card. I copied over a bunch of the stuff from my old 8 gb card.
This morning I connect the usb cable to my main PC to copy over some photos to the new card. When I connected the cable, a Dennis Miller podcast (I had downloaded using BeyondPod) started playing. I didn't have the BeyondPod app running. Right now, every time I connect the usb cable, Dennis Miller starts playing!
This podcast is buried in the /beyondpod/podcasts/ folder. Any idea what's going on?
UPDATE: This looks like a bug with BeyondPod. Interestingly enough the problem is continuing even AFTER I uninstalled the program!
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... Wow HA HA HA HA HA HA... I'm terribly sorry and I know this post isn't informative, but I think that is the most interesting thing I have heard in awhile.
I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been sitting here when it happened. It was surreal. I plugged in the usb cable and the beginning of the Dennis Miller show started playing - "Radio, a constantly changing art form. Marconi, Lakehurst New Jersey" etc. The podcast starts with the sound of an oldstyle radio being tuned in, so the effect was particularly strange. You had to be there...
Is there any way to use the full size USB port to copy files from an android phone or digital camera to the tablet? I've plugged in my G2 with CM7 and put it into mass storage mode but I don't seem to be able to access files on the phone through Astro.
I know the port can charge my phone and if you format a jump drive or external hard drive in FAT32 it will connect to that but its frustrating that the one think I would realistically use it for most often doesn't work.
Buddy of mine plugged his portable external drive to it that was full of movies to watch. And the Media Player found them all. Make great for trips if you wanna watch movies and such on it.
I'd love to eventually plug my HP TV tuner in there...
Is it possible to have videos played directly (in Divx or any other compatible format) from a USB thumb drive connected to the GT10.1 via the addon USB accessory?
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thumbs up for this question! Would like to know this, too!
The answer to your question is no... not directly. The only way to do it is to connect your tab to a computer, copy the file over, disconnect the tab, and play it from the local hard drive on the tab.
When I copied movies over, it took an .mp4 file and converted it to wmv on the tab.
I also noticed that when your tab is plugged into the computer, you can't do anything on the tab. If you do, it disconnects the tab from the computer.
Hope this helps.
After doing a bit more research, here's an update:
It looks like Samsung makes a usb adapter. I can't post links, but google "Galaxy Tab Adapter (USB)"
Yes, once the USB adapter is available you will be able to use thumb drives, portable hard drives, etc, to play movies, music...
Will you be able to transfer files back to the Thumb Drive once the USB adapter is available? Or will it only be able to download?
I assume we have no idea when Samsung will make said adapter available.
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Will you be able to transfer files back to the Thumb Drive once the USB adapter is available? Or will it only be able to download?
I assume we have no idea when Samsung will make said adapter available.
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It is (said to be ) usb host. I have used usb host before. literally it is 100% a usb drive. you can upload, download, read, edit, play, delete, any file that is attached to it.
And you can connect a mouse or keyboard too. Just think of it as a usb slot. If the adaptor is legitimate usb host then it should perform every of the above.
I'm also waiting too.
a usb drive should function the same way it does on your computer. you will be able to play files that are on it, copy files from it and load files onto it. it will act just like sd cards do now in android.
the adapter is available for order now, but I believe it's listed as "back order"
Has anyone else noticed that due to the design of the tab, if you have a usb drive plugged in and are using headphones, you won't be able to prop it up? They're on opposite sides, so one plug would always be blocked!
I decided this wasn't the biggest deal for me, but it's definitely an annoying design decision.
Hey guys, I'm sorry to bring this back up again almost 4 months later, but has anyone tried to use an external cd/dvd drive with the usb adapter? I'm wondering I could play a movie from the external cd/dvd drive and have it play on the tabet. Thanks.
99scooter said:
Hey guys, I'm sorry to bring this back up again almost 4 months later, but has anyone tried to use an external cd/dvd drive with the usb adapter? I'm wondering I could play a movie from the external cd/dvd drive and have it play on the tabet. Thanks.
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I haven't done it, but I think you would need an external power source to power the dvd drive. The USB does not supply enough power for that. Also, I think the USB hub for the Tab can only read FAT32 formatted drives, so I don't think it has the software to read directly from DVD, but I don't know.
Just play the from the USB device. How can this be a portable device if it has everything dangling from it...For that get a thin notebook.
It depends... USB can only provide about 500mA of current tops but with that tablet it probably even less, so your HDD would need external power supply.
Also, out of box, Galaxy Tab support only FAT32 as file system. So, you would need drivers/modules to support anything else.
I am using pershoot kernel with NTFS module, so I tested 16Gbyte jump drive formatted with NTFS. I was being able to mount it and read from it no problem. So, I see no problem to mount and read from HDD (granted you have to have external power supply for it).
If you are talking about CD/DVD drive then you would need driver/module for that and I did not see it available.
Has anyone ever managed to get an external dvd drive working on an Android Yoga Book? I would have thought hooking it up with an OTG connector and a Y cable also going into a power bank to give the drive some juice would work. Would be great to hear if anyone has got it to work.
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Has anyone ever managed to get an external dvd drive working on an Android Yoga Book? I would have thought hooking it up with an OTG connector and a Y cable also going into a power bank to give the drive some juice would work. Would be great to hear if anyone has got it to work.
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I was try. DVD drive was recognized but cd accelerated and stops, accelerated and stops... I think energy is too low...
Android Verizon works (With Drawbacks) Windows Verizon should work with a powered hub
Risico said:
Has anyone ever managed to get an external dvd drive working on an Android Yoga Book? I would have thought hooking it up with an OTG connector and a Y cable also going into a power bank to give the drive some juice would work. Would be great to hear if anyone has got it to work.
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Yes, for the android version most portable DVD drives that have AV mode will work.
however, there are some serious drawbacks.
1. you need a powered OTG hub as every drive I've tried, even the low powered portable ones need too much power, it often looks like its working but will have issues spinning or turn off randomly. there may be lower powered ones now but I havent found one with low enough draw not to need a powered hub.
2. its not great for movies. it only works with DVDs that are not encrypted (a lot of low budget or independent DVDs are unencrypted) or data discs with your own video files on them. (if you try to play an encrypted video it will either error out or will play the video but it will look scrambled and will blank out a lot.)
3. even if you do find an unencrypted DVD its not really straightforward to play. without a proper DVD software for android you need an app that at least will play the DVD files (MX player worked for me, I suspect VLC would work as well) the DVD basically opens like a data disk with a bunch of oddly named files, you just have to dig through and find the largest file and that's usually the main video.
as far as I can find there do not seem to be any video players for android that can decrypt a DVD (regular DVD players have built in decryption and PCs use software so its not something you generally think about until it doesn't work)
all this being said, for anyone with the windows version ignore everything above and you will probably be ok with a powered USB hub and some DVD software.
**Edit, I cant change the title now but I typed Verizon instead of Version by mistake. Sorry about that***