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i've tried coreplayer, and messed around with all the settings etc, winmo media player is obviously pure balls and everything else i've searched for has been rubbish or just doesn't work.
Now i don't know if this is posted anywhere else, i certainly didn't find it with a few simple searches on here, so i thought i'd post it for everybody else for easy finding!
the DivX mobile player plays nearly all my video files (downloaded...lets face it, we all do it ) flawlessly and with no recoding, no editing etc, just drag and drop onto sd and it automatically shows up in the DivX player.
So just a heads up for the rest of you who might be interested.....
http://labs.divx.com/MobileDownload
is the place to go!
Take it easy
No videos?
Well,I tried it and it looks nice... I have a lot of videos on my Memory Card,but neither of them appear in DivX player...I tried to put some videos in the same folder in Program files/DivX player,but no success.
What to do to have my videos visible in DivX player?
Thanks a lot for your efforts.
Alex.
I cant really claim to be expert in these things, i'm not new here, but really not an advance user i really on the rest of the genii in these fora to helpME out. but as far as simple solutions, try closing divx, taking out/reinserting card then start divx again...or in the menu on bottom right theres refresh videos (or something to that effect) try clicking that and see what happens. if neither of these works, i'm afraid i'm as clueless as you sorry mate
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I tried all of that already mate...but no success.
I think I will have to remove it from my TP2. Because it is useless,unless I find out how to show all videos I have.
Anyway,thanks a lot for your reply.
Alex.
Err... I'm gessing the divX player only read's avi files...
Supported codecs...
You are right,probably....it recognizes only AVI files.....
Unfortunately.
And,due to high resolution screen on TP2,menu items in DivX player are sooooo small and tiny. I think this player is not intended for TP2 actually.
Admittedly, I didn't download it. But the way the site reads it should play DivX and it says nothing about Avi. Actually, it doesn't really say much of anything as far as the technical specs are concerned. It does say that it is beta software available for a limited time only and it will expire. So tread carefully.
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Admittedly, I didn't download it. But the way the site reads it should play DivX and it says nothing about Avi. Actually, it doesn't really say much of anything as far as the technical specs are concerned. It does say that it is beta software available for a limited time only and it will expire. So tread carefully.
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FYI - DivX files are almost always AVI. AVI isn't a video format...it's a container for video files in a lot of different formats.
First post..Long time reader. My apologies if this needs to be somewhere else. Have a rooted Incredible with 2.2. Have read other threads, but am still trying to find a decent app or website for LIVE TV. I am NOT interested in video clips, old TV shows, movies or the like. Only LIVE TV like Espn, etc. ADTHE is somewhat helpful, but half the channels do not work. Some channels request that you download Veetle or Vshare. Please correct me, but I do not believe Veetle works on a mobile browser, and while I downloaded Vshare, it doesn't seem to do anything to help. Am I doing something wrong? I can in fact get some channels to work on ADTHE, but as I said, some just don't load; i.e Nickleodeon, SyFy, etc. Do any of you pros here know of any other app I need, or if there is a Veetle app for Android, or if I need to do something different. I have not only the stock browser, but also have Skyfire and Dolphin, but I get the same results with all of the browsers. This is a great forum, and I appreciate your help. thanks.
Orb.com
I put a tuner card in my pc and use orb.com website not the paid app to watch everything my tuner can tune. Also gives me access to all my music, recorded tv, folders, and can steam the webcam. Cheaper than a Slingbox and legal.
Thanks for your reply. Are you watching live TV on your PC or your Incredible? I know how to watch on my PC, but am trying to find a decent, reliable way to watch on my phone. I have checked the Market, and can't seem to find a TV tuner for mobile, or any other TV apps. Believe me, I have tried them all. If ADTHE would actually show all of the channels in their content list, that would be fine. But too many are always offline, or the like. Thanks again for your response. Anybody else know how to make all of those ADTHE channels actually work, especially Nickleodeon and SyFy? Please, live only.
I watch from my phone, anything my pc has on it or that the tuner can get, including webcams..
Orb will stream to most smart phones, you can set the output to flash, windows media .asx, or winamp .pls...
If you have Apple gadgets and the webpage wont work, try the free OrbLive app. Reviews say the paid version is kinda buggy.. I just got an touch 4th gen and it is not wanting to play... I have used Treo's, Blackberries, WinMo 6.5, and Android and have had it work great.. not sure what's up with this crapple right now...
Never knew you could do this, thanks for the info.
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!
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.
Just wanted to share a setup that I am using and very happy with. XBMC still is a little too buggy for me. Here is what I did. There are many different ways to get these programs on your Ouya. This is used to instruct on how I setup these programs.
1. Get ES File Explorer or any other file explorer with network capability.
2. Get MX Player
3. Open you file explorer program, navigate to your shared folder in your network. Click on video file. The file will play but then it will complain about codecs.
4. Hit the ouya button and go to tools--->settings---->decoder. Check Use H/W+ decoder. This will enable a smooth playback.
5. Now you need audio fixed (DTS, DD plus, etc) go to this thread. Scroll down to Arm v7 with Neon Support and download that and put it on your Ouya.
8. Open the same video file again and hit your ouya button. Tools--->Settings--->Decoder. Scroll down to Custom codec, select. Then point it to the unzipped folder.
I have played all kinds of video files and they play flawlessly. I know there is prob an easier way of doing this. But I thought I would share it.
Edited for misleading the need for root.
You don't need any sort of root anything to install or use mxplayer. You should probably hold off on making guides for people if you have no clue what you're talking about.
gianptune said:
You don't need any sort of root anything to install or use mxplayer. You should probably hold off on making guides for people if you have no clue what you're talking about.
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Cool, Do you not have to sideload any app that is not available from the Ouya store? Anyway you look at it I was just offering a way to play video files from a share drive. Not my intention to mislead anyone with a incorrect way of using the Ouya equipment. If It doesn't need root for sideloading then obviously the guide would be incorrect. However if you use the Google Play store you do have to have root.
You should probably update your post to just say 'side load MX player', dont mention root.
Also you can use, Plex, BS Player, Dice player.... all work fine. However currently HW decoding of vc-1 video(many blu-rays) does not work on the ouya.
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You should probably update your post to just say 'side load MX player', dont mention root.
Also you can use, Plex, BS Player, Dice player.... all work fine. However currently HW decoding of vc-1 video(many blu-rays) does not work on the ouya.
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Changed, thank you for the response. I have a Roku 3 and Plex is a great program. I just like to see higher definition files play without transcoding. I realize there are many programs that achieve the same goal as MX player. I was just putting this out there because I have tried to do similar things on other devices and not been successful. I didn't realize that it would be scrutinized so much. I have been an android lover since I had my first droid. Just trying to share my findings.
Good job
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Changed, thank you for the response. I have a Roku 3 and Plex is a great program. I just like to see higher definition files play without transcoding. I realize there are many programs that achieve the same goal as MX player. I was just putting this out there because I have tried to do similar things on other devices and not been successful. I didn't realize that it would be scrutinized so much. I have been an android lover since I had my first droid. Just trying to share my findings.
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Well, i for one found it very helpfull. Thanks
What version of MX player are you using? For me it is crashing. And when i try to load custom codec folder shows empty even though i copied file there. Thanks.
Update:
I figured out. It is working perfect. if you need to go to settings you have to play some video and go to settings through there. If you click on MX Player it will crash.Only problem so far is no surround sound if you have AV receiver. It will only play stereo. But it's good to have alternate video player. Thank you for sharing.
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You should just be able to sideload the apps because they don't use superuser.
Personally I still like xbmc but this is nice for those that might not like it
Kavex said:
You should just be able to sideload the apps because they don't use superuser.
Personally I still like xbmc but this is nice for those that might not like it
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I knew this when I wrote it, but I was thinking about the play store the whole time in my head, which does require root. After tweaking XBMC a little I am using it a little more. But I agree, always good to have another way to do something on the Ouya. I have been a member here for a while, I just don't usually post. This is usually why. Too many smart people on this form, well smarter than me i'm afraid.
falkien said:
I knew this when I wrote it, but I was thinking about the play store the whole time in my head, which does require root. After tweaking XBMC a little I am using it a little more. But I agree, always good to have another way to do something on the Ouya. I have been a member here for a while, I just don't usually post. This is usually why. Too many smart people on this form, well smarter than me i'm afraid.
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Just my $0.02, BSPlayer is better because it has a built in SMB browser, so if you're wanting to play videos over the network but don't wanna use XBMC for some reason, that's my choice...