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Movie and music downloads?!?!

Ok, seriously. I have just spent about 2 hours searching (googleing, and binging) the world wide webernet looking for a legal way to download movies to my wm6.5 phone. I must be retarded, i can find about a million file converters and then the special software that you have to install on your phone, and even a few places to download converted movies from other users, but GOOD GRAVY!!!!! I have been a windows mobile user since my first htc "star trek" flip phone, then the 8520 then the tilt , the tilt 2 and the pure, and for the life of my i couldnot figure out why so many people bought into the whole iphone thing. I mean, as back assward as that company is run there is one thing that they can do right, give people the big things that they want! We've been gloating about our copy and paste for the last three years, why the apple people have been downloading music and movies and surfing the net with out having to do a soft reset every 4 hours. I am really frustrated tonight, and that has been made worse by my fruitless search for somewhere to download a movie that i can watch while on the road tomorrow.
Does anyone out there have any solutions, ideas, or and iphone i can borrow??? I dont mind to download to the computer and then sync to the phone, i just cant find anything?!?!?

If u use Coreplayer u can download .avi files to play on the phone without any converting

Rock player or yxplayer is also good.
YxPlayer can play any video format including .mkv without converting.
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Thats the point, i dont want to have to download another player, I mean thats not the end of the world i guess, but where do the movies come from???? Why dont we have an "itunes" or some sort of website where we can go to rent or buy movies that will play on our devices? Windows mobile has been around for a long time now and maybe im the only one who is willing to pay for a service like that, its just occuring to me why the ipod/iphone is so popular inspite of the way apple does business. Thanks for the replys though.

You can download the movies via Usenet or Torrents

or stream Hulu and the likes through Opera or PIE.

I would prefer to legally own the movies, and Hulu was a great solution, but they shut down all mobile units a year ago. Although i heard that there is, or is soon to be an iphone app to watch hulu movies for a 10$ monthly fee. Which wouldnt be to bad, but again, im gonna need the damn iphone!

you can use hulu if you use skyfire web browser, plus skyfire is the best browser for flash.

Flash beta and HULU

Hi,
just had a look at this: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/adobe-flash-player-leaks-for-motorola-xoom-we-go-hands-on-vide/
I am not worried about performance (or maybe I should be?) but my question is:
will it be possible to "cheat" hulu and get access to its free content from Xoom/Galaxy Tab/etc.
In regard of performance... My Wife's Atom in Samsung NC10 struggles to play 480p full screen from hulu, it is simply not watchable... my Asus 1201N (with 2 cores of the same Atom) has no problem (+ it gets extra power from GPU). Where do you think Tegra 2 is if compared to those to (I know these are different chipsets but I am asking about user experience - what to expect?).

Only Hulu Plus is available on mobile devices, due to their network contracts. Hulu Plus has not yet been released for Android, but it's coming soon. A service called PlayOn circumvents it, but you have to have a PC streaming it to your mobile device, and it's not free.

1. I read somewhere that some android phones with flash can access hulu free... but can not find any more info about it.
2. Netbooks wit 3g modem built in (like my friend's Nokia Booklet 3G) are to me mobile devices as well - it is not very fair on hulu side.
3. Tablet with Windows... is it a mobile divice?
4. Why not the same rules to all?
:-( I know it is not your fault it is just my frustration as I can not pay from my location for hulu plus :-( All I can get is hulu free and if it is not on tablets... than I am screwed.
Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name?

galtom said:
1. I read somewhere that some android phones with flash can access hulu free... but can not find any more info about it.
2. Netbooks wit 3g modem built in (like my friend's Nokia Booklet 3G) are to me mobile devices as well - it is not very fair on hulu side.
3. Tablet with Windows... is it a mobile divice?
4. Why not the same rules to all?
:-( I know it is not your fault it is just my frustration as I can not pay from my location for hulu plus :-( All I can get is hulu free and if it is not on tablets... than I am screwed.
Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name?
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"Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name? "
Wish I could help but I am still paying off the Nigerian thing! Those guys cost alot!

galtom said:
1. I read somewhere that some android phones with flash can access hulu free... but can not find any more info about it.
2. Netbooks wit 3g modem built in (like my friend's Nokia Booklet 3G) are to me mobile devices as well - it is not very fair on hulu side.
3. Tablet with Windows... is it a mobile divice?
4. Why not the same rules to all?
:-( I know it is not your fault it is just my frustration as I can not pay from my location for hulu plus :-( All I can get is hulu free and if it is not on tablets... than I am screwed.
Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name?
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I pay monthly and would have no problem letting you use my login information.

I got my own account that I use - with VPN it is not a problem, but I can not get a Hulu Plus because from Poland I can not pay for it :-(. Credit card has to be registered in USA as service is for USA.
Off topic:
It is completely crazy from my point of view that they will not allow ppl. like me to pay and watch. It does not make any sense (both for copyright owners and services like hulu or netflix themselves). but...it is what it is...
ethan.r.besbris
Thanks for the offer man - I will talk to you on priv if I may - SNL is the main reason for me to get Hulu Plus.

galtom said:
1. I read somewhere that some android phones with flash can access hulu free... but can not find any more info about it.
2. Netbooks wit 3g modem built in (like my friend's Nokia Booklet 3G) are to me mobile devices as well - it is not very fair on hulu side.
3. Tablet with Windows... is it a mobile divice?
4. Why not the same rules to all?
:-( I know it is not your fault it is just my frustration as I can not pay from my location for hulu plus :-( All I can get is hulu free and if it is not on tablets... than I am screwed.
Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name?
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1) Yes i watch hulu on my evo, but its through a hacked version of flash. This has not been done for the xoom yet.
2) Mobile os device like ios/windows mobile/android are being blocked by hulu.
3) Depends if its running mobile or full windows.
4) It is the same.

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4) It is the same.
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How can you say so if it is not true?
If you have mobile device running Windows (full) you do not have to pay.

if u look in the xoom dev section there is a hacked version of flash that can play hulu. you also have to follow the instructions for the user agent change too.

zorack: thanks +1 - i wonder if something similar will be available for GT10.1

Watch my very long and unprofessional flash demonstration. About 14 minutes in I show HULU playing on the XOOM utilizing playon. It's much better than what we could ever expect from such a busy site as HULU. Not to mention it bypasses all the hacking crap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2bAC9y1YuE

THX +1
Watching now

galtom said:
How can you say so if it is not true?
If you have mobile device running Windows (full) you do not have to pay.
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Because then it's not a mobile device, it's a laptop with the keyboard lobbed off.

Describe mobile...

galtom said:
Describe mobile...
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Mobile device is something you can carry around with ease...Mobile os is the key though.
Sent from my Xoom

That is exactly what I am saying... if mobile device is something you can carry with you than netbooks and tablets are mobile devices. If so... allowing owners of some to access stuff for free (and not as a part of the deal - included in price) and other not is just not fair.
If hulu is not loosing money on ppl. accessing and watching thorough PC desktop/netbook/tablet what changes if the same person wants to watch the same thing on Android device?
Nothing.
I could understand that iPad owners pay extra snice streams for them need additional effort to play (no flash in device), but the rest...
I just simply do not like it :-(

Exactly, the Asus Eee Slate is a tablet that runs Windows 7, and isn't restricted to content at Hulu.

goldsworthy said:
"Unless someone has a paypal account and is willing to pay in my name? "
Wish I could help but I am still paying off the Nigerian thing! Those guys cost alot!
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With what I had in mind, risk is only at my side - not yours
As I am sending YOU money not the other way round.
@ethan.r.besbris: are u still willing to help? (I mean as soon as I actually have a tablet) - for now I got hulu free on PC.

Flash Overview Video
I posted a video of flash on Xoom for users out there who don't want to install the pre-release version or don't have a xoom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqAwMOlO_U
Cheers!

Not bad, but I hope official release will be improved (honestly I doubt... it will get better).
I don't know how sleeplesninja can say that there is no freezing when in both videos there was freezing :-(
We'll see...
Another question is will introduction of Flash to Xoom/Honeycomb and browsing experience have an influence on battery life and if so how big?
Example... how many h. of video playback of downloaded files (avi, divix, etc...) and how many h. of flash video playback (will I be able watch 1,2,3 movies from hulu?)?

Google Pushes Cloud over SD Cards, Samsung Complies

Spotted on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/hpopn/google_moving_away_from_using_sd_cards_i_hope/
This is quite interesting re the SD slot (or lack of) question.
http://www.examiner.com/web-2-0-in-tampa-bay/google-pushes-cloud-over-sd-cards-samsung-complies

Interesting articles. I agree though- I definitely won't be spending the extra money on the 32gb version of the 10.1 because I don't think I'll need it! All my music will be on the cloud, and I will probably stream most of my video watching... I think 16 gb is totally sufficient for my needs. It doesn't bother me in the least that it doesn't come with an SD-card.

The "cloud" is probably nice for the Google engineers with a terabit network, and unlimited data usage, but for me, I'd rather not have a middle-man between me and my data.
This goes especially for stingy middle-men like all the Cell phone carriers and their low bandwidth caps and expensive data plans. Even landline isps are instituting bandwidth caps, so there really isn't a better alternative to a 32gb sd card.

sriram_s said:
The "cloud" is probably nice for the Google engineers with a terabit network, and unlimited data usage, but for me, I'd rather not have a middle-man between me and my data.
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Agreed. Unless Google want's to become an ISP and give bandwidth away for for free, what they think is cool is irrelevent to my reality. I'm already juggling downloads to stay within my 250GB monthly cap by comcast (not to mention what AT&T would do if I started downloading that much content on my mobile plan, assuming their network could even provide it at a reliable, consistent speed). Why would I want to push content through that already constrained and costly pipe, when I can copy it to memory almost instantly from my home network? The answer is: I don't, but THEY want me to. They want us all ot get hooked on cloud storage, because that's just yet one more revenue stream they can create to channel money from our pockets into theirs. That's what business is all about: creating new and better ways to acquire revenue.

I am curious, for what are you planning to use your tab so that 16gb is not enough? I have galaxy tab 7, with 16gb and microSD card, and I am not using totaly more than 5gb, and I have it for 6 months.
Only thing that cross my mind is watching movies while on the trip

Katavic said:
I am curious, for what are you planning to use your tab so that 16gb is not enough?
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Only thing that cross my mind is watching movies
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There's a good one right there. Of course, with Tegra 2 not being that great for high profile movies, that limits it somewhat. An SD card also makes it easy to quickly move a decent amount of media from one device to another (phone, tablet, etc.) to be able to continue using it on whichever device is most appropriate for where you are.

Katavic said:
I am curious, for what are you planning to use your tab so that 16gb is not enough? I have galaxy tab 7, with 16gb and microSD card, and I am not using totaly more than 5gb, and I have it for 6 months.
Only thing that cross my mind is watching movies while on the trip
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Primary usage for me would be music files held LOCALLY on the device. Very little in way of movies and photos for me.
The cloud option might work well for me for the more obscure music I don not currently sync over to my phone and do not get a lot of plays. I do want core of my library locally stored for air travel and non-wifi situations.
I have 32GB on my pone today (pretty much same content I would also want on my tablet). I think I could live with a 32GB constraint for a long time.

My use is to make the tablet as my media hub so 32GB is a must.
I would love to use spotify, but when i have cabinets full of CD's and 50GB of music as i use very high bitrate or lossless tracks, streaming seems kind of wasting my money for service like spotify(i would personally actually have something like pandora that's free to a point to find new music over here at Europe).
I wont be streaming anything to my device, but i will be streaming from my device to TV and speaker system.
That is if i can find something as good as airplay from Android side.

markp99 said:
Primary usage for me would be music files held LOCALLY on the device. Very little in way of movies and photos for me.
The cloud option might work well for me for the more obscure music I don not currently sync over to my phone and do not get a lot of plays. I do want core of my library locally stored for air travel and non-wifi situations.
I have 32GB on my pone today (pretty much same content I would also want on my tablet). I think I could live with a 32GB constraint for a long time.
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32GB is nothing when you want to use the tab as a media player... Even at 720p encodes, thats about 4GB per movie... 64GB or more is needed for any selection

That's all good and dandy when I'm in my house with Verizon FIOS, but when I'm out, it isn't practicle. Not to mention, when I'm home... I'll be using my tv, the desktop or one of my laptops with bigger monitors.
Oh Google... stop being so Apple.

UKseagull said:
Spotted on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/hpopn/google_moving_away_from_using_sd_cards_i_hope/
This is quite interesting re the SD slot (or lack of) question.
http://www.examiner.com/web-2-0-in-tampa-bay/google-pushes-cloud-over-sd-cards-samsung-complies
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I wonder if that's why native SD card support in Honeycomb 3.* has yet to surface but "we are working on it, until you tweaky tech ppl forget about it and then we can push media control (aka cloud storage aka new hype for just storing media remotely)"

For eventual control in the long run, that way they can be more compliant in the future with record companies for better license control....aka apple! Then those artist can also promote android like they have been doing apple
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Want to buy blade: Does Gametrailers.com work ?

Hi,
I'm about to buy a ZTE Blade. However I like gametrailers.com a lot. As flash is not supported could some pls tell me if you can somehow watch theier videos through skyfire or maybe there is a mp4 stream option on their homepage...
THX
*edit*
With the newest CM7 do games like angry birds run completely fluent ?

Erm, I assume you could use SkyFire but I haven't tried myself although I don't think they usually have MP4 streams.
Yeah even on Froyo games like Angry Birds work butter smooth. If there's any lag it's usually because of the ad's.

Just tested skyfire and it works fine.
AFAIK their mp4 streams are a premium feature, but the links are generated by the flash player so would be difficult/impossible to access them. But the san fran will play mp4 streams (depending on encoding and size).

One more problem: I don't have a credit card so I can't buy the skyfire license. Does skyfire free provide full and unlimited flash or would I have to get a license somehow ?
Google should really add paypal to the app market...
btw. I have a internet flatrate, so if skyfire would somehow render the videos through my traffic it would be fine, however if you have to buy skyfire to watch videos I would have a problem...

No it doesn't. You'd have to purchase a license.
Google aren't going to add PayPal AFAIK since PayPal were being greedy when they were in discussions.

I want to buy Shield TV but

Guys I want to buy shield tv but a few question before I do
is it worth it ?
Also does buying it from UK have any difference than buying it from U.S ? or it's all the same and it depends on the country I login from or the kind of account I use on it ?
Do I have to pay for GeForce Now to Stream my games from a gaming PC ? if not what am I paying for in Geforce now ?
I read I can install apk sideload stuff but do apps like popcorn work on it ?
and if I do get it should I update it or not ?
Can I mirror windows on the Shield ?

For me the purchase was totally worth the price. I opted for the pro bundle with the remote control and stand. Even with the add-ons, for me, the cost was still acceptable. With the new Marshmallow update, it makes it easier to format a micro SD card for internal storage, so you can get the less expensive 16gb version and just drop in a 128GB micro SD.
There is no real difference if you are using it in the UK. If you plan to subscribe to GeForce Now, there is not difference in content from the US.
You do not need to pay for a GeForce Now account to stream your PC games. You will just need to have a compatible Nvidia graphics card on your PC.
I don't have popcorn installed, so I am unable to comment on it.
If you do get it...consider updating if only for the ability to format a micro SD for internal storage.
Shield TV has Chrome cast built in so you can "Mirror" your desktop by casting it from the Chrome browser via a chrome extension.
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Thanks for the reply!
But so I have to " Pay " 8 Dollars For me to stream my games from my Gaming PC to the Shield TV? I remember having the shield handheld and I didn't pay for streaming my games from PC to Shield .
Now I have to pay for it x.X that's a huge let down

No, you only have to pay if you want to stream games from Nvidia's cloud gaming service. Streaming from your own PC is free, but your PC must have an Nvidia graphics card.
If you want to remotely control your PC from your Shield then Teamviewer should work, but I haven't tried it.

Mogster2K said:
No, you only have to pay if you want to stream games from Nvidia's cloud gaming service. Streaming from your own PC is free, but your PC must have an Nvidia graphics card.
If you want to remotely control your PC from your Shield then Teamviewer should work, but I haven't tried it.
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Worth it.
I would go with the 16GB version and get a 128 or 200GB SD Card. It takes less time to change firmwares if you are into that. I have the 500GB and just to root it you need to unlock it. This process takes about 2 hours. But on the 16GB it takes a lot less time. Around 5 mins. Huge difference. Plus with Android 6.0 and adoptive storage the 16GB +128GB is a lot better managed since essentially you have more space locally to add games. Some of my games are about 2GB. They add up quick.
That being said, I wish I went with the 16 GB.
As for for the HUB. It is nice for $8 a month(3 month free trial).
The reviewers say "It is like having Netflix for games". Kind of true. True you do have many free games to choose from but there are many that cost big money. Some games are PC games and some are Android(Google Play).
Take for instance LEGO Jurassic park. It is $40 on the game HUB. And $5 in the Market. The HUB version is CO-OP and the Market version is not. I have not done much streaming to local PC but found it for $12 online. If you do not have an nVidia card there alternatives. I just have not took the time to experiment. I do know the alternatives do work. Sometimes just as good as the nVidia solution.
Another is Star Wars: Knight of the Republic Through HUB/Google Market $9.99 or get it for $0 through Amazon Under Ground.
Keep in mind a lot of games on Amazon Underground that are free mean they are free. That means the in-game items are free as well if noted. E.g. Sonic Dash and Beach Buggy Racing. Just look for the Actually Free banner on the game icon. The Actually Free means you can level up or get better gear and not have to pay for it. One caveat. You may be saving online to the Amazon Eco system instead the Amazon Eco sytem. No biggie if you know this ahead of time.
And as for connecting to the shield remotely some good choices are:
1. As said before TeamViewer. This is good if you get it to work. I had it working on Stock and StockRestyle but something happened and I no longer can get it to work. It does work on Full Android 1.2. Image quality is pretty good.
2. Droidmote works too but use an earlier version. The newer version will not see your mouse or keyboard actions. Image quality is so so(for me).
3. Vysor works pretty good but you will need ADB on and your Shield connected via the USB cable to your PC with the correct drivers loaded. You can also share a web link to a system outside of your network and connect that way. This seems like a temporary connection. Image quality is pretty good.
4. RemoDroid works too. As far as I can tell you need to be on the same network. You can connect to shield form another Droid of with a PC using the IP or the recommended JavaClient.
The Shield TV is great.
But take these in consideration
1. Do I want to plug and play? This works for that but you will find out that the options may be limited for you if you you like to time.
2. This is a powerful little box and if you want to go further than stock and are willing to try things the playing field will get bigger.
Research. Then research some more.
Check out Stock Restyle and Full android Marshmallow. Read everything. Some things are easy to do, some things are spread out and others impossible to know about if you have not read every post. This is just the nature of a message board. I am sure someone will put all the tips and tricks in a #1 post or sticky somewhere.
These of course is my opinions. Any products and prices are my experience. I do not want to push anyone in to any direction not of their choosing.