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The digital copy of movies that come with blu-ray movie can't be played on my HTC Diamond. I don't have itunes and tried to use windows media player to transfer it. However, it tells me that it can't transfer it to the device because it isn't supported by the device. I have also transferred the movie using active sync... still no luck. Any advice on how to make my diamond capable of playing the movies would be appriciated. FYI I have a Sprint diamond.
You may be able to use windows media encoder to convert the video.
It is impossible to play 1080p videos on any windows mobile device. It doesn't have the resolution or the power to run it.
@ deadshawn
He's not trying to play 1080p, he's trying to play the digital copy that comes with some Blu-Ray discs now.
@Beherrschen
I understand that Digitalcopy is pretty locked down to a few pieces of hardware - with Sony studios supporting PSP/PS3 combo and Fox going for the iPod/iTunes route for example.
They are still DRMd so that is probably your problem.
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@ deadshawn
He's not trying to play 1080p, he's trying to play the digital copy that comes with some Blu-Ray discs now.
@Beherrschen
I understand that Digitalcopy is pretty locked down to a few pieces of hardware - with Sony studios supporting PSP/PS3 combo and Fox going for the iPod/iTunes route for example.
They are still DRMd so that is probably your problem.
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Thank you for your input. I have to admit that I am gonna have to look up DRMd.
Last night I transferred the movie using my diamond as a disk drive (getting around the bad reformatting that active sync does). I tried using the photo album player and the wmp but the photo album just showed a blank screen and did nothing while the wmp told me to upgrade my player to play protected content. It then took me to a link for upgrading wmp on windows xp... Don't really want to have to carry around my PSP all the time to watch the digital copies.
I was trying to do this same thing Friday night with the "Hitman" Blu-Ray digital copy.
It dloaded to my laptop (after using the license key), then I transferred it to my Touch Pro. Went to play it and it booted up the internet browser, went to a web site where I tried to put the license code in again and it wouldnt allow it.
I'm thinking I should have had the phone hooked up and in disk drive mode when I started the original transfer, installing to my SD card.
Be interested to hear if anyone gets this to work.....
Just wondering if there is any third party streaming software out there in the Android market similar to Slingplayer and Orb that can stream television and or live tv from home...
Slingplayer for symbian s60 v3 worked flawlessly and orb too, just wish to find a solution to put on the Nexus,
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can i take your comment to mean that the nexus one won't stream from mycast.orb.com?
Orb just released 3 android apps to the market. Get out your wallet...
That is correct.... I've been trying to get it work for 2 days now and no workie.
Just to make sure Orb has the testing site, http://test.orb.com to test to see which formats are playable. None work
Yeah that does suck. I wonder if it's a codec thing. Does orb transcode?
on winmo, i've never had a problem. ever. it should transcode, and puts it into an asx stream file. opened with several different mobile players, and static players. this bites :/ i was excited about streaming my media to my new phone, and now that's not gonna work either? skype broken, orb broken, wtf? why all the hate?
Found this on orb.. it works!!! So till the app comes and makes it easier to view media use this.
It took a while to figure out and hopefully I can save some people time. It took some time and frustration but got everything working. This is my very first posting. I have a Moto Droid I purchased a couple days ago. I have not downloaded any additional browsers or media players. I am watching high quality live TV from my Orb account. There are a couple key steps in the process.
1) Sign up for an Orb account from your home computer (if you haven't)
2) Sign into your account from your home computer
3) Click Settings in the top right and select 3GP Format (.sdp)
4) Launch browser on Droid. Clear Cache and Cookies
5) Log into your your Orb account from your browser on your Moto Droid
6) IMPORTANT: Select Settings on bottom middle of page
7) IMPORTANT: Select Stream on top right of page
8) IMPORTANT: Select 3GP Format (.sdp). NOT AAC or AMR versions
9) Select Save
That should do it. Works great for me with Default browser and media player. Hope this helps....
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pimpalicious. that's awesome news. i tested that android does work through orb, because my sister's stock g1 is streaming from my computer right now. just wanted to insure that the nexus one isn't 'crippled' for any reason.
not all file formats will stream out though. one of the videos i have must be encoded with a wonky format, because while i can watch it on pc, it won't stream to ps3 or through orb
the quality compared to my pro2 is night and day for some reason which makes me happy!
That does work well and works with my webcam, useless, but still kinda cool.
i've had orb on my pc for a spell, so i could stream music/movies to my work pc. default browser on N1 had no problem streaming from mycast.orb.com on several movies of mine, through wifi. not everything works, but i suspect that's codec conflicts
For those of you interested, at CES, Sling confirmed that they have an Android app in development for Android. I don't have the link handy at the moment, but it was in an Engadget article. No time frame was mentioned, unfortunately.
Can confirm with previous posts that Orb is working brilliantly on the N1
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I have own about 400 DVDs, all of which are available as ISO files through a playback device called a Network Media Tank, which pulls them off a Network Attached Storage box. Both of these devices are visible through AllShare, but since my discs are stored as ISO files virtually none of the media is actually available.
Does anyone know if the media formats can be easily expanded?
Is there perhaps some type of aftermarket ISO support available already and I've just overlooked it?
ISO is not a media format its a copy of the entire DVD's file structure and associated files, and storing 4.5gb full definition videos on the phone is a serious waste of space. You need to extract the video portion from the ISO image and convert that to an appropriate size for the phone.
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ISO is not a media format its a copy of the entire DVD's file structure and associated files, and storing 4.5gb full definition videos on the phone is a serious waste of space. You need to extract the video portion from the ISO image and convert that to an appropriate size for the phone.
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To be fair, he is streaming from a server and this is a common way to do it for htpcs and media tank devices. Some people like the menus and such. To convert them to something the vibrant can play, makemkv would be a good choice as it's fast and doesn't transcode the video. There's also handbrake if you want to shrink them.
I don't know of a way to play the isos through the streaming app that comes with the phone. Some media servers can transcode on the fly for devices. That might be an option.
The Vibrant wont play ISOs. I would say use handbrake to convert the movies you want into something that will play on your phone.
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If you are streaming from a home server why would you be viewing a movie on the tiny screen when you have bigger ones in your house?
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If you are streaming from a home server why would you be viewing a movie on the tiny screen when you have bigger ones in your house?
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Maybe he is away from home but still wants to be able to watch his movies?
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ISO is not a media format its a copy of the entire DVD's file structure and associated files, and storing 4.5gb full definition videos on the phone is a serious waste of space. You need to extract the video portion from the ISO image and convert that to an appropriate size for the phone.
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Yes, I'm well aware of the internal structure of ISO files. I actually rip the original DVD, then reauthor to a new ISO containing only the main movie file, 5.1 audio, and the chapter markers (and sometimes the English subtitles for foreign flicks). Bundling them back into an ISO is the only way the NMT will recognize chapters.
I suppose I should have clarified that I don't consider the menus or extras to be very important in most cases. I can always grab the original disc if I really care to see any of that. (Though I realize that anyone looking for ISO support would also probably expect that -- even though most of the streaming media players out there don't support it, the NMT product line being one notable exception.)
I'm not looking for a way to convert this content to something else. Well, not unless somebody knows of a single HD+5.1 format that maintains chapter skips? I never really thought to search around on that basis. Although I cringe at the thought of having to re-rip and re-code that many flicks...
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If you are streaming from a home server why would you be viewing a movie on the tiny screen when you have bigger ones in your house?
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The house has 9 zones wired back to a centralized AV closet for full audio/video distribution and control, but I don't have a matrix switcher and really don't feel like blowing $4000+ for something that can handle 9x9, so whatever HD/surround is being viewed in one location is what is sent to all locations.
I figured this way my wife or I could wire up our phones using the forthcoming USB/HDMI cable to the HDTV in our offices or out in the garage or whatever, and stream something separate from whatever is being distributed to the rest of the house.
Do you have a somewhat powerful computer you can use for this? There are some uPNP compatible media servers that can transcode the videos on the fly as they stream to the device. I know PlayON does it for online streams. That might be the best option for you. It doesn't need to be really powerful, any 2Ghz or so Intel box should be able to handle it. I can't remember the names as I've never had a use for them, but this phone might make me reconsider.
I use MKV files for my rips on my HTPC setup, but that's more for multi subtitle/audio track support. I don't really do chapter skips, I just tell it I want 20min or whatever. I don't know if the phone reads MKV either, I haven't messed with it's media player capabilities much beyond the included Avatar movie.
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I have own about 400 DVDs, all of which are available as ISO files through a playback device called a Network Media Tank, which pulls them off a Network Attached Storage box. Both of these devices are visible through AllShare, but since my discs are stored as ISO files virtually none of the media is actually available.
Does anyone know if the media formats can be easily expanded?
Is there perhaps some type of aftermarket ISO support available already and I've just overlooked it?
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As posted above there are apps that will transcode movies on the fly for you. I have used Orb to stream to a phone before, and it worked reasonably well.
You have 9 zones and everything that is played in one location plays in all? Doesn't sound like zones to me. Sounds like what I play everybody is stuck watching. I mean no offense by saying that since I really don't know your setup and I'm sure if I do understand what your saying its your preference as well.
In my setup, which I know is off topic I have a media server and every PC in my house can watch different things all at the same time. Just for reference that's 6 different locations varying from HD to SD content.
You could use HandBrake or DvdFAB or other various applications to extract the ISO into a usable format for your phone. I was gungho to play video on my phone when I got it and honestly I've yet to really use it for what it was originally intended. LOL
I suppose you're right, they aren't "zones" but there are only two people in my house so it hasn't been a big deal. I suppose if I put PCs in every room I could easily do this but the last thing I need is even more computers. In fact I'm pretty happy that most of my computers have finally been jammed into a closet where I don't have to see them.
But the setup in my house is irrelevant.
I converted a flick to MKV last night and it turns out the phone can't take that stream anyway.
Use tversity I just stream everything from one computer to everything. Ps3 or Xbox or a phone. You can run as many streams as your computer and connection can take. It trans codes on a fly and never had any probs with it.
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I just wanted to let people know that using VLC on Windows (I can't confirm other platforms) you can stream almost anything VLC can play to your device.
Simply open VLC, goto View, Add Interface, and select Web Interface.
On your device grab VLC stream and Convert from the market.
There are different modes available, for example you can use your device as a VLC remote control - or you can stream to your phone for viewing there.
Make sure you go into settings and make Portrait 480 and Landscape 800. Then goto Stream RTSP, enable MP4A LATM, Set audio to 160, use 5 reference frames, and raise video bitrate to the most your network or connection can handle (If using a VPN you should be able to stream your whole home movie collection over a friends WiFi, out of your phones USB-2-HDMI port, and on to their big screen TV (Albeit at a max 768 bitrate). All over their WiFi. I also kept the framerate at 25, it seemed to play better but that might be source dependent. I set the audio to autosync.
Your settings may very, but mine usually don't get corrupted on a 54g LAN unless that blasted microwave is used...
With my Ultimate Ears and my Vibrant, I literally sat on the couch and watched the first season of "Community" with pretty good results. I got some odd looks when my laughter erupted seemingly out of no where, but it was better than watching HGTV.
The iPhone version of this is called AirServer, if anyone has heard of that.
I hope this helps someone. I actually used the free RDP app in the Market to connect to my PC, start VLC, then browsed through my whole system (all drives seem to be accessible, I am sure there are security concerns to consider).
Once I get my ocular implants and my Bluetooth audio implants I can truly just lay around slack-jawed. One day! I'm not holding my breath...but Ray Kurzweil needs to hurry it up already...
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Also, while I was looking I wanted to point out that "Google Listen" was released for podcasts. It integrates into Google Reader and seems pretty sweet.
Wow! I had no idea... will be checking it right now!
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Nice find. Although, I don't think it is auto converting the video (or On-the-Fly conversion like some people might call it). Vibrant supports mkv/avi natively. I tried your method using the free version which the author stated does NOT support auto conversion and the videos (one avi, one mkv) worked fine but with distorted audio.
The Pro-Version does support auto conversion but that is located under its own separate menu and not "RTSP Streaming". I have not tried the pro version personally, but perhaps someone can buy the pro version to test out how well it works.
epic win. thank you sir, this will certainly make those long trips to the inlaws more bearable.
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Something that helped me was to make sure the Server Port in VLC, which was a default of '1234' matched up with VLC Stream and Convert, which was default at 554. Once I changed that to 1234 bam, perfect.
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Objective:A consolidated post listing multiple ways to stream videos from desktop to SGT 10.1. Contains answers to 4 questions
1) Best DLNA App?
2) Best Video Player that can play files over the network or one AllShare or DLNA app can use?
3) How to encode files to view them over SGT?
4) DLNA Server serving video files from desktop
Solution1 (cnewsgrp)
3) This thread says that SGT with 3.1 can play high profile natively. The encoding instructions are great
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060825
4) I use Tversity and it works well. Any other suggestions are welcome.
Solution2: paua__
1) :get UPnPlay, which you use to browse the videos you want to stream
2) paua__ : DICE Player is (AFAIK) the only mediaplayer which utilizes Hardware Acceleration to process those heavy HD files. It eats .mkv for breakfast.
Solution3: oreo
1) 2) 4) VLC Direct.
it streams everything from your PC via VLC's built in web interface, and you can browse through all your files in your computer all with just 1 app. As an added bonus, it can REVERSE stream FROM my TAB to the PC (which is hooked up to my HDTV), I find this very useful when I want to show something quick on my big screen to my guests (like photos and vidoes that i JUST took). and you can fine tune the stream quality with settings in the app. oh and there's also virtually no limit on the number of formats/codecs it can handle, if your VLC player on the PC can play it, everything can be streamed to the Tab.
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Solution4: jastop
Still tweaking this setup, but it works well for the SGT, Xoom, HTC phones (and the i*'s also)
* Windows Media Center 7 Host
* 2 WD TB hard drives
* Ceton InfiniTv 4 channel digital cable card tuner
* Verizon FIOS (all shows set to copy freely!)
* Remote Potato (Provides Windows Media Center Interface on Mobile and Desktops)
* MCBUDDY (Beta 18) - Transcodes recorded shows to smaller file, more mobile friendly format
* ES File Explorer - Can browse the Media Center hard disk wireless, and launch recorded TV, Movies and home videos in the player of choice. Also can use to copy a video to the device for offline watching
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My goal is the opposite of cluttering XDA with another video thread. I will take time to compose good information in my first post. for that to succeed you experts must provide me good usable information in replies .
Solution4: BarryH_GEG: Plex
1) DLNA App: Plex for Android, AllShare
3) How to encode files to view them over SGT?DVDFab, CoreAVC
4) DLNA Server: Plex Media Server
First off, get UPnPlay, which you use to browse the videos you want to stream.
Then BUY the DICE Player, which then will play the file tou select with UPnPlay.
DICE Player is (AFAIK) the only mediaplayer which utilizes Hardware Acceleration to process those heavy HD files. It eats .mkv for breakfast.
I assume you have already activated file sharing on your computer for your media files?
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First off, get UPnPlay, which you use to browse the videos you want to stream.
Then BUY the DICE Player, which then will play the file tou select with UPnPlay.
DICE Player is (AFAIK) the only mediaplayer which utilizes Hardware Acceleration to process those heavy HD files. It eats .mkv for breakfast.
I assume you have already activated file sharing on your computer for your media files?
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Thanks. Comments added to first post. I will test this in about a week after I get my SGT.
After using tversity, now I use ps3 media server to share everything on my xbox360 ( for watching movies on the TV ) and on my GT10.1. You don't need to build a library and it can handle mkv ( It was not possible with Tversity in the past, I don't know now. ?)
I use an alternate method, VLC Direct. it streams everything from your PC via VLC's built in web interface, and you can browse through all your files in your computer all with just 1 app. As an added bonus, it can REVERSE stream FROM my TAB to the PC (which is hooked up to my HDTV), I find this very useful when I want to show something quick on my big screen to my guests (like photos and vidoes that i JUST took). and you can fine tune the stream quality with settings in the app. oh and there's also virtually no limit on the number of formats/codecs it can handle, if your VLC player on the PC can play it, everything can be streamed to the Tab.
Works in the house and on the road
Still tweaking this setup, but it works well for the SGT, Xoom, HTC phones (and the i*'s also)
Windows Media Center 7 Host
2 WD TB hard drives
Ceton InfiniTv 4 channel digital cable card tuner
Verizon FIOS (all shows set to copy freely!)
Remote Potato (Provides Windows Media Center Interface on Mobile and Desktops)
MCBUDDY (Beta 18) - Transcodes recorded shows to smaller file, more mobile friendly format
ES File Explorer - Can browse the Media Center hard disk wireless, and launch recorded TV, Movies and home videos in the player of choice. Also can use to copy a video to the device for offline watching
Before Google acquired SageTV I was looking at using it as the media center component, but for now it seems to be lost in acquisition limbo. The advantage it had was it didn't record in Microsoft's WMV format, it maintained the native MPEG2 encoding used by FIOS. Transcoding was much easier, and mostly unnecessary.
I use qloud media. If you beef up the bandwidth settings, it gives you good viewing experience. You have to run a separate server app on your desktop. Also both the client and the srvr versions are under constant development. I used to use air video on my ipod touch, and always felt tailored app just for the device always gives the perfect experience.