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Jade video output

Hi,
I can't believe this. I took several video clips of my grandson today and emailed them to several people.
None of them can open the files - .mp4 on their PC's. Vista, XP, none of them.
What is HTC's rationale on this? Anybody knows?
I have since found out that WMP12 will open mp4, but it will only be available with Windows 7.
Appreciate any comment on this.
Joe

try VLC player. that seems to play everything including iso files so good chance it will for for you.

.. and there are quite a number of mp4 to mp3 converters (or any other formats), some are freewares.

Thank you guys for the suggestions.
I can't tell my wife and my daughters to go and download those converters and whatever.
They would say that HTC and MS are dickheads who do not talk to one another.
For myself, I found a work-around -
rightclick the mp4 or 3gp file on your PC and select Open in .. Windows Media Player. There will be a warning that it may not work, but it will.
You can also set it to open next time without warning.
As for sending it to others - yes I have to convert it. I have a nice video editor wher I can add titles etc, and save in any format imaginable - AVS Video Editor 4.
Regards
Josef

Nero Show time can also play MP4

Thanks, Amaly
I am aware that there is no shortage of players that will play mp4.
The point I was making is that HTC have produced a Windows device (Jade and others I suspect) which generates videos that can't be readily played back by desktop Windows operating systems.
Why have HTC not chosen to generate videos in a format that can readily be seen by WM and Windows desktop systems as they are, without the need to install third party players or converters? Why isn't the converter built into desktop Windows?
All this could be fixed by a new ROM and/or update to Windows Media Player. But I suspect neither HTC or MS care. They are focused on new products.
Joe

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The point I was making is that HTC have produced a Windows device (Jade and others I suspect) which generates videos that can't be readily played back by desktop Windows operating systems.
Why have HTC not chosen to generate videos in a format that can readily be seen by WM and Windows desktop systems as they are, without the need to install third party players or converters?(...)
Joe
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The main reason, IMO, is that desktop-formats need much more storage space than the special mobile-formats. For sending the clip as an MMS this is important for many users.

jfranek said:
The point I was making is that HTC have produced a Windows device (Jade and others I suspect) which generates videos that can't be readily played back by desktop Windows operating systems.
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This has nothing to do with HTc, but with Windows Mobile.
every WinMo device records in MP4 format.
So it's Microsoft, that doesn't work well with Microsoft (or communicate for that matter) But what else is new...

Android streaming to airport express

Anyone aware of an android app which can stream music to an airport express?
I've done a search and found this project which is exactly what I'm looking for. However the project appears to be idle, or in the early stages.
Know of anything similar?

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Am also looking for this!!

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I am also looking for this. There is a program called Airfoil which enables you to stream any audio from a computer through airport express. I was hoping someone had adapted it for android. Haven't found anything yet =(
BTW I'm using EVO 4G on froyo

I also found this for running music to airport from a linux machine. I'm not a developer and don't have a clue how to do it myself but I thought it might be useful.
http://lifehacker.com/5623684/stream-audio-to-your-airport-express-speakers-in-linux

Any progress, anyone? I would pay for this.

I would pay for this too and so many people dream about such an app, I don't understand why it does not already exist. I use my airport express with airtunes every day. It's so convenient.

Try this:
hyperfine.com/remoteforitunes/default.aspx

Bill171 thanks for the try but that application only allows you to control itunes on a pc. I am actually trying to learn android programming just to try and get this. If anyone has a idea where to start or some source code from the pc software it would probably help.

recently found something called Twonky Server which is able to stream to devices that are UPnP or DLNA enabled, such as an xbox. Still trying to figure it out, but so far, performance is intermittent and it appears to be pulling music from the phone rather than the phone pushing music to the xbox (ie your phone becomes a server only, not a remote+server). If anyone tries this and finds another way to use it please let me know.

Also 2Player may hold some promise. Haven't got that one to work yet.

any success on getting an android app to enable remote control to an airport express?

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any success on getting an android app to enable remote control to an airport express?
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There are currently two Android apps able to do that, both available in the Android Market. TunesRemote is free, Remote for iTunes is US$4.99. While free, TunesRemote seems a little flaky to me, while Remote for iTunes is a little more reliable.

well, these two apps are cool, but not yet what (i think) we're looking for here. Remote for iTunes lets U remote control the iTunes app on your desktop, while TunesRemote lets you remote control an iPad or iPod ...
What we want is an android app sending music to an airport with no iProduct at all, no iTunes, no iPad, no iPod ... exactly as Airfoil does on a PC.
My interest in such a product is to listen to Deezer (or youtube, or any app with sound, why not a movie ?) on my android phone, and send the music to my stereo via wi-fi.

I'm also looking for this functionality.
I would definitely pay for an app that allowed me to play my subsonic from my phone/tablet to my airport.

Finally
Hey guys theres finally a software that will do it. It will even do pictures and video if its to a 2nd gen apple tv.
Its called Twonky, and its free in the market.

hi folks, there is a app called Honey Player, which will be launched today. this app is able to stream music directly to any Apple AirPort Express or AppleTV.
honey-player.com

Android to airport express
Hey,
there is an app available since yesterday called Honey Player, which exactly supports these services. You may try it out! Finally, someone serves our need

App to stream Media

Either I'm a completely useless with searching (good possibility) or I just can't find what I'm looking for.
What I seek is an app near to or identical to ORB.
It allows me to stream My Video/Music from my networked PC on the go. Why not use orb? After trying it out I cannot get it to work on the nexus one. I would like something to take its place.

I've tried Orb (Winamp Remote) and Gmote but they didn't really offer much other than basic control over a music collection.
I now use Subsonic (subsonic.org) because of the flexibility and performance. It's only for music but on the forum, they've also gotten it to work with some video. The server software itself is meant to be run from a web browser (more options) but the Android app is still pretty slick. You can create different users and assign bitrate limits to them. For instance, I have 2 users.. one that uses the Android app, limited to 64kbps for EDGE/3G (music is re-encoded on your server itself using LAME) and another user with unlimited bitrate for use on a PC or on the N1 via WiFi.
Performance is pretty good because the app saves the songs/playlist to the SD card while it's playing (even large playlists). Each song that has been saved has a star next to it.
The Android app (free) will work for 30 days until you make a "donation" to license the server software for minimum 10€ (~$13). Well worth the cost. There's a demo on the site or you can PM me if you want to take it for a test drive.

Thank you for the reply, Im more interested in additionally finding a video option but I am going to give this a try for music.
Thanks again hopefully there is another option soon.

[Q] Media Streaming

Hi All,
I'm wondering if anyone has had any success streaming media to their A7. I currently have a NAS drive on my network and stream media to all my other devices (Archos 70, Archos 5 Android, EVO, etc.) but for some reason I cannot get the A7 to actually play anything from this network location.
I have been able to navigate to the files themselves, but playing them has not worked out so well. I've tried a variety of Apps and different file formats, but none seem to work. I can attempt to open files, and even get prompted to use various Apps, but nothing seems to work after that, it just fails. Anyone have any ideas or success with this effort please let me know as this is a biggie for me.
Sorry if this is a dup question, as I could not find anything about this for this device in particular.
And many thanks to Dexter, you've made this device surpass it's otherwise limited capabilities. Seems silly such a quality product is being left behind by the Stream, but this seems to be the model of all tablet makers these days. Pump them out as fast as possible regardless of full functionality and forget about them a month later!

The only way I've gotten streaming to work is by using PlayOn.

hi I can access all my movies on my hard drives and play on my a7 this way
download TVersity media server from tveristy.com. I just use the free version. It will change your home page when you install it so you will need to change it back. Install that on your pc and then add your movie files to the library.
On your a7 download a app called skifta from the market and install that. when you run this choose a media source choose TVeristy media server. Under player choose your a7.
then choose browse and play media you will see your library files you added in tversity and some other stuff. You will need a video player installed on your a7. I have act 1 video player and also rockplayer. It will let you choose which to use when you select movie.
select one and your movie should start. Your movies have to be in a compatable format.
it also will let you play music and view photos
I also have a wd live movie box on my tv. With this same setup I can redirect the movie to wdlive box by choosing it as player and the it will playback the movie on my tv.

Thanks for the advice (both of you). I was really hoping for a more direct approach though. I've used apps like Orb that require you to run a host computer, and my NAS drive (Buffalo Linkstation) has a web app built in, but both these methods have proven very slow and often frustrating when trying to access via mobile networks. It just seems odd to me that the A7 doesn't do this while most other Android hardware does. Granted I'm more familiar with Archos products and they specialize in media players. Will keep trying though, Thanks!

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Granted I'm more familiar with Archos products and they specialize in media players. Will keep trying though, Thanks!
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the platform you refer to is different from Tegra2/Nvidia, and you can blame Nvidia for the stock codecs they support.. they partly added mkv's now in latest update.. but 1080p mkv's still stutter on a7 and other tegra2 devices..
LG with their Optimus 2X added their own custom player, and since its incorporated into the framework, its hard to make it run on other devices for now.. but nvidia is primary source for what we can use it for now..
archos is a different story and they havent got what tegra2 can offer for the future, so it might play alot of media's but not perfect for android at all.

Thanks for the info Dex!
Think I'm gonna get a XOOM (been drooling over some honey), then I can officially make my A7 a tinker toy!
by the way, the new 1.41 rom kicks ass, the motoblur keyboard is soo much better!

Airplay receivers in share video menu?

For those who seek it, true airplay compatibility would be a simple, implemented service throughout the device using it's stock media players.
When I play a video I transfer onto my device, there is a share button on the top right. When I click see all, I noticed that Evernote and a few other downloaded apps are in the menu. Also true of youtube videos, which can be shared to a number of applications.
My question may be obvious now, but is there a way for an app to run in the background and enable a list of airplay devices from that menu?
Or maybe a simpler solution would be Doubletwist player (or another airplay capable player) to be one of those share sources, being a quick shortcut. I just hate having a bunch of players for different scenarios. I would love that process to be a bit more tied together.
Just stirring the pot.