Q: HDMI mirroring on UNrooted Evo? - EVO 4G General

Has anyone found a way to successfully stream videos, more specifically Netflix, thru hdmi on a stock unrooted Evo? I can watch my own personal videos but not netflix. Sorry if this has already been posted.
Thanks in advance
Adventure...Excitement...A Jedi craves not these things.

hmmmmm. I personally don't have netflix. But I thought that when we plug it in, it should be able to mirror it right?

The only way for netflix to work that way would be to mirror it through fullhdmi. Only the native apps can mirror regularly but full mirroring needs root.
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I haven't done this yet, but I would try to just download the movie, convert the file to 3gp, then drop it into the same directory as the native app uses. Then play it using your phone as the movie player to the tv.
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what's a good program to convert to that format? I used to use handbrake but it doesn't work with the Evo. I've got a TON of movies I want to convert.

Try running a search for "3gp Converter" on the andriod market. Looks like MyView and TeteVideo can do the conversion. Remember, I haven't done this but this the route i'd go for trying to get it to work from my phone.
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anyone can do a search. But when it comes down to it. I want something that everyone else uses because it is great software.
The other thing that I was wanting was a program that could take my Digital copies from blue-rays and put them into a usable format to play on the evo that I can connect a HDMI cable to a tv with that I can output.
I'm in the spot ALL the time where no one has blueray players or good systems and my phone can output just fine. then again, I'm mainly just doing youtube videos. lol.
anyway, any hot ladies in here. I want to lay you down. :-D

Schlenkerla said:
I haven't done this yet, but I would try to just download the movie, convert the file to 3gp, then drop it into the same directory as the native app uses. Then play it using your phone as the movie player to the tv.
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You can try it but, it's going to look horrible in 3gp on TV from your phone without root and full mirroring.

shortydoggg said:
You can try it but, it's going to look horrible in 3gp on TV from your phone without root and full mirroring.
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Will *.AVI work on the native app if the file is dropped in the right folder?

I just download the AVI file (on my Phone) then burn to dvd or copy & paste to a laptop with an HDMI that can be connected to a TV.
I just use my phone when I am stuck somewhere like on a plane or airport. (using Rock Player Lite)

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AVI?

anyone know of a way to play avi files?
dsarch21 said:
anyone know of a way to play avi files?
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Short answer: it's in the works. There are some alpha/beta players that can play it, but my advice - wait up, it's coming.
thanks, i'll keep my eyes out...
really it will be when i pick up the EVO come summer....
wanna push my downloads from my phone to my TV...
I havent had any luck with lots of research been converting with dvdfab and handbrake
Yxflash from the market plays them... its not the greatest and framerate kinda sucks... but it does the job..
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meh I just convert anything to mp4 and it plays beautifully on N1.
Convert to mp4 with handbrake, upload to server, watch when I want where I want! This thing is awesome.
Convertings for chumps.
yxflash plays them. It'll even play flv's
GldRush98 said:
Convertings for chumps.
yxflash plays them. It'll even play flv's
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Do you like the app? It doesn't have good ratings.

Severe HDMI performance issues

did NUMEROUS tests....and got the following results
xoom --hdmi--hdtv =
---great performance on NON maximized youtube videos both HQ and non HQ
---good performance on maximized LOWQUALITY video (HQ OFF..which is absolutely disgusting to see though)
---SEVEREEEE problems with HQ ON on FULL size (either sound is of and video is retarded or says PROBLEM PLAYING VIDEO, TAP TO RESTART
Suggestions??
I'm finding that the youtube app as a whole is a little buggy. At one point while using it with the hdmi my whole tablet restarted. Everything else played fine using hdmi. The youtube app has forced closed or just plain quit on its own many times even when not using hdmi.
How about other videos apps? Do they work?
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I had the exact same thing happen to me as onehitter; my Xoom rebooted when I hit HQ.
I used RockPlayer to test some episodes of The Office that I've got, along with an AVI of Year One, both worked fine.
I tested a few games, they all looked spectacular. See attached - Mario never looked so good.
Youtube seemed to work completely fine when I was playing it through the HDMI, even in HQ. However, when I was done I was playing with the tablet and long pressed on the homescreen to change a widget and it just completely powered down my Xoom. I don't know the exact cause but it was almost immediately after playing with Youtube.
khov07 said:
I had the exact same thing happen to me as onehitter; my Xoom rebooted when I hit HQ.
I used RockPlayer to test some episodes of The Office that I've got, along with an AVI of Year One, both worked fine.
I tested a few games, they all looked spectacular. See attached - Mario never looked so good.
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How did you get full-HDMI out? I thought it was only with Gallery and Video playback? I have a microHDMI->HDMI cable that I've been waiting to try out
Alpha Axl said:
How did you get full-HDMI out? I thought it was only with Gallery and Video playback? I have a microHDMI->HDMI cable that I've been waiting to try out
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It has full 720p mirroring. It cuts off the menu bar at the bottom.
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So I loaded up the YouTube app and played a video, it was on HQ by default. Within the App and not Full-Screen the video played just fine. But as said, as soon as I went to full screen the Xoom turned itself off.
I'm sure it's just a software glitch (one of a few I've run into so far) and it will be fixed in an update.
Bauxite said:
It has full 720p mirroring. It cuts off the menu bar at the bottom.
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Is that done by simply plugging in the HDMI cable and switching your TV over to that mode? It'll just pop up?
Alpha Axl said:
Is that done by simply plugging in the HDMI cable and switching your TV over to that mode? It'll just pop up?
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I had to re-start my Xoom with the cable plugged in to get it work the first time. It was pretty cool (and a little startling) to see the Honeycomb start-up animation just appear on a 60" screen.

Can't play RMVB video files on Honeycomb

Just got the A500 this week, extremely excited. Coming from my EVO the Honeycomb works similar, but different than my smartphone (CM7). One thing I'd noticed, is that none of the current Froyo/Gingerbread video player will play .RMVB files on this tablet.
Does anyone has a solution? Or I'm just whacked out? Thanks.
xo96 said:
Just got the A500 this week, extremely excited. Coming from my EVO the Honeycomb works similar, but different than my smartphone (CM7). One thing I'd noticed, is that none of the current Froyo/Gingerbread video player will play .RMVB files on this tablet.
Does anyone has a solution? Or I'm just whacked out? Thanks.
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The general consensus is that as of right now Honeycomb on these tablets is only playing certain profiles of media and file types. For me, mp4s encoded at 1080p and under play but some are stuttered while others aren't. This has to do with profiles which I don't know the details about (there's a post somewhere around about it, either in here or in the Eee Pad Transformer section).
Now personally (so this is speculation), I think Tegra 2 can play everything so we just have to wait for updates to enable it all. Forget playing anything right now from your collection OR you can always encode your stuff to the specifications of what the tablet will run nicely now...which is, /shrug.
I've been using MoboPlayer and it seems to play every format I've thrown at it, but I don't have an rmvb to test.
JackMetal said:
I've been using MoboPlayer and it seems to play every format I've thrown at it, but I don't have an rmvb to test.
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I have played a few RMVB files, no prob.
Thanks, I'll try to find it an give it a test drive.
l3enjamin said:
I have played a few RMVB files, no prob.
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What dvd ripper are yal using. i am having trouble finding one that will encode them to the right format. i am using moboplayer but it will not play any files that i put on my tablet

absolute best VIDEO player for honeycomb?

So far i have tried rockplayer and moboplayer....rockplayer had a lot of FC's because I don't think it was compatible, plus the video playback kinda sucked
I recently tried Moboplayer and it works great...even saves where you left of on multiple videos
is there anything better? Thank you
i swear by rock player, not an issue yet. Maybe try reinstalling? Other than that, what does it need to be able to play?
Yeah WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 12 / VLC MEDIA PLAYER.......
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Perfects said:
i swear by rock player, not an issue yet. Maybe try reinstalling? Other than that, what does it need to be able to play?
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it doesn't seem to be optimized for HC...keeps FC'ing on me
Moboplayer seems to have a lot more downloads, hence popularity
I mainly use rockplayer and the stock one......
Both are made by the same dev of believe. Mobo is much better than rock however. Be sure and have the latest codec pack installed.
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Moboplayer for everything.
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marctronixx said:
Be sure and have the latest codec pack installed.
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There are codec packs?
I use Moboplayer.
vplayer - but not tried moboplayer
burden010 said:
There are codec packs?
I use Moboplayer.
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yes, when you first install it, it will let you know if they are needed.
Perfects said:
i swear by rock player, not an issue yet. Maybe try reinstalling? Other than that, what does it need to be able to play?
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I used to use rock player too....give moboplayer a try and I bet you won't go back
Mobo player doesn't dim (and by dim I mean turn them into small dots) the os buttons and time at the bottom, this is the sole reason I am considering uninstalling it, but I haven't found one to beat it yet.
Does it "dim" for anyone else?
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I like the way control volume, brightness on moboplayer.
Feature-wise Moboplayer still has a lot of room for improvement. But in terms of codec support and performance (some stuff that wasn't smooth on other players played smooth as silk on Moboplayer), MoboPlayer is my favorite.
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I like the way control volume, brightness on moboplayer.
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yea same here...its very neat
Mobo doesn't play very smoothly in software mode for 720p content... Unfortunately the Xoom doesn't playback enough formats natively so software mode is a necessity...
I swear by MoboPlayer as well, though sometimes I drop back to RockPlayer Lite just to see how it handles things. Love how Mobo remembers where you've left off regardless of how many movies/videos you've watched in between.
On the other side of the spectrum is mVideoPlayer, it has an awesome interface but only supports stock Xoom codecs. They recently updated to support sub/idx support for subs, but that whole stock codec only support kind of ruins it for me. I use this for any YouTube videos pulled w/ TubeMate.
I tested QQPlayer as well, it's not too bad but I was really searching for subtitle support so I could enjoy foreign flicks on the road. It didn't really offer much aside from srt support, but I figure I'll keep it in the hopes it'll see more development in terms of sub support (I believe it's developed in China or Korea, so sub support would have a higher priority).
any players allow you to make playlists? I like to fall asleep with a few episodes of stuff in the background
FWIW -- QQPlayer plays everything that I need it to play....
Vital Player is the best player on honeycomb I love you can turn the volume just using the screen.Same goes for brightness & full and widescreen.Vital Player updates regularly.
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Looking for a Network Video Player

In VLC and most desktop video clients, the program allows you to browse the file system of a network share when attempting to open media of any sort, be it audio or video.
Does anyone know of a honeycomb app that can browse network shares and play videos contained within without a janky sync process or desktop client software to install? I heard about uPnPlayer, but its UI is far from tablet optimized.
Please don't tell me I'm the only one nerdy enough to have a streaming only video collection
samsung's official "allshare" app should be included in the upcoming touchwiz update
NyPlaya513 said:
samsung's official "allshare" app should be included in the upcoming touchwiz update
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Here's hoping touchwiz doesn't ruin honeycomb, then.
Instead of looking for a network video player look for a network file manager like ES FIle Manager. Go to the folder you want and open the video file. The default player will play it.
NyPlaya513 said:
samsung's official "allshare" app should be included in the upcoming touchwiz update
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It should be noted that AllShare is a DLNA app and isn't exactly what the OP is talking about. This is probably the best solution though, imo.
In the meantime there are some applications that will do the same thing that AllShare does, albeit with a lot less flare:
uPnPlay - similar to AllShare. If you use this - download Rock Player. It has much better Codec support and uPnPlay will allow you to select your video player of choice.
ES File Explorer also has a built in video player that will play some codecs directly from a fileshare. You have to setup the share through ES File Explorer.
Hope this helps - if someone else has any better solutions than these - please share!! I would love to see how others achieve this.
I've been using Plex for my video streaming needs. Not exactly what your looking for but does a pretty good job for the time being. Www.plexapp.com
I use upnplay as stated above... it works...
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th0r615 said:
I've been using Plex for my video streaming needs. Not exactly what your looking for but does a pretty good job for the time being. Www.plexapp.com
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Plex stopped working on my tab 10.1 after 3-4 days of working fine... not sure there so I reseve judgement as of yet
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NyPlaya513 said:
samsung's official "allshare" app should be included in the upcoming touchwiz update
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My experience with Allshare is with the Epic 4G and it is crap really. You can't seek forward or backwards, and it's really limited on options, formats and features.
I wish Android has an app like "Air Video" on iOS. That app is killer.
try buzzplayer
UpnPlay is the easiest and best way to go.
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00r101 said:
Instead of looking for a network video player look for a network file manager like ES FIle Manager. Go to the folder you want and open the video file. The default player will play it.
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Thanks! That doesn't play MKVs, is there one you know of that does?
cekle said:
Thanks! That doesn't play MKVs, is there one you know of that does?
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Rock Player will play MKVs. Last time I used it to play an MKV it didn't parse any of the subtitles out, however. Worth a shot either way.
I too have a media server in my home. On my phone I just use V Player and enter in the URL to my server.... I haven't done anything on my tab yet. I imagine that would work... provided VPlayer is optimized for a tab. I haven't tried yet.

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