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Play Avatar and other drm protected video on a tv

I found this method by accident trying to play Avatar on my tv through the video cable. It might not work for everyone and it might not work with all drm protected video. I am not responsible for what happens to your device
1 Plug the video cable into your phone and tv
2 Activate TV out on the phone
(menu, settings, display, TV out)
3 Open your video player
4 Choose a drm protected video and play it
(you will see a warning on the tv: TV0out not supported while application running. Phone display only)
5 Unplug the video cable from the phone, the movie will pause
6 Unpause the movie let it play for a couple of seconds
7 Plug the video cable back in the Vibrant and enjoy

Nice find, will try it out
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Didn't work for me. Just get the same text after plugging the cable back in.

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Didn't work for me. Just get the same text after plugging the cable back in.
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same here, but im glad it worked for the OP!
nice find! does it work everytime?

I didn't know that you couldn't play this file on any other source. That kinda' sucks. I just bought my Vibrant after selling my T-Mobile HD2, and I was looking forward to watching this via my home theater.
The funny thing is that the previous T-Mobile phone included sponsored versions of Transformers 1 and 2, both of which had no DRM on them. I played them via my PC without any problem.
How does this DRM impact custom ROMs?k Will I not be able to play the movie on a custom ROM?

donalgodon said:
I didn't know that you couldn't play this file on any other source. That kinda' sucks. I just bought my Vibrant after selling my T-Mobile HD2, and I was looking forward to watching this via my home theater.
The funny thing is that the previous T-Mobile phone included sponsored versions of Transformers 1 and 2, both of which had no DRM on them. I played them via my PC without any problem.
How does this DRM impact custom ROMs?k Will I not be able to play the movie on a custom ROM?
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Custom Rom's won't do anything, except this.
lets say you keep your Avatar movie, on the stock you HAVE a avatar ICON app to press and play, on custom roms, the icon app can be replaced with moving things to the system/app or just play it from gallery or video player.
Nothing more than that.
DRM uses other apps too, so if you were to delete that, other core processes wouldn't work, so do what most people do. Freeze the DRM services using Paid version of titanium backup.

Works everytime for me, it works with movies from media hub also. I don't know if it matters or not but I am on Nero V3. Try the method a couple of times.
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Yes, the custom roms contain the software to view drm protected media.
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On jk6, works for me. Had to unplug/pluggin a few times to get it to work. Nice find!
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Great find! How about we try to find a real fix though!

Binary100100 said:
Great find! How about we try to find a real fix though!
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a real fix: download the movie in HD quality. Play it with anything you want, with any rom you want.

PaiPiePia said:
a real fix: download the movie in HD quality. Play it with anything you want, with any rom you want.
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Well I'm actually referring to the fact that it appears on a lot of apps. Such as T-MobileTV, Avatar, anything that uses the camera, etc. I would actually like to use Tango with it so that I can flip my phone around (camera facing me) and use Video call with the video input in my truck. That would be useful.

DLNA

Hi
Does new Galaxy 10.1 WiFi only 16GB come with DLNA connectivity (like Tab 7.0) or not? Not able to understand it even on samsung.com site...

the 10.1 comes with stock android 3.1 so.. no, it does not have dlna support out of the box.

Here you go: http://www.samsung.de/de/Privatkund...T-P7500UWDDBT/detail.aspx?atab=specifications
DivX support Yes (This feature is available in Q3 with a software update.)
And I think I saw it somewhere associated with DLNA.
http://mq8xow.blu.livefilestore.com...uEN6yCiliNRgOkyaCJHW7td9PneQ7J/001.jpg?psid=1

as far as I remember DLNA was going to come later (probably when they push TouchWiz)

miguelroboso said:
as far as I remember DLNA was going to come later (probably when they push TouchWiz)
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DLNA comes with the Allshare app, which is part of TW afaik.
I plan to use it to both send and recieve media from my XBMC box. Saves me from buying a HDMI adapter

I'm using imediashare to stream videos from tab/youtube to TV through xbox/NMT player. Not sure how it connects (uPnP or DLNA) but it works

I downloaded the imediashare app and it works like a dream with my PS3. 1080p? No lag, no problems whatsoever.

maybe try to install the Allshare apk from the SGS 2 ?

Anybody else try out imediashare?
It tells me it is not compatible with the GT 10.1.

I've tried netFront connect

I've tried the following so far:
ALLSHARE - does not even start!
AMEDIA CONTROL - can reach the dlna server and browse the directories but video don't start.
SKIFTA - reach the server,browse directories but video don't play. Just images if paused.
NETFRONT - reach the server but more often than not it freezes.
It seems DLNA compatibility is not possible so far.

BubbleUPnP works everytime - content from Host (Ubuntu) or USB stick in the back of the router.

try plex for android and imediashare

aSeeker said:
BubbleUPnP works everytime - content from Host (Ubuntu) or USB stick in the back of the router.
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Just tried this, works amazing with Moboplayer software rendering and Mediatomb on my server.

Finally some positive news - thanks! ;-)

Try upnp play along with mobo player. That seems to work for me
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It works great on my
goalweiser said:
Anybody else try out imediashare?
It tells me it is not compatible with the GT 10.1.
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[Q] how do u stream movies wirelessly on a vista pc to your acer a500

hi,is it possible to stream movies wirelessly from a vista laptop onto the a500 through the home network? if yes,how do i set it up? cos i've tried everything

Well if you plan to use only on the home network their clear.fi app works. For remote access I have been using subsonic it does require a donation to allow video streaming
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Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.

I am using plex and it works very well.
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lord_voldemort666 said:
Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.
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that is windows side setting.
but I have to say I cease use clear.fi because I was getting some unwanted folder.
I will try to set when I got time to set my windows...
I am going to install win7 64bits soon so...

crajoh said:
I am using plex and it works very well.
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How in the heck did you get plex to work? Did you change the default player to something else? If so how?
I load a movie and it times out on every one. When I contacted the makers of plex they say that it is not working on the acer yet and offer a refund.

I use ps3 media server on the pc and upnplay which is free from the android market for the A500 , The ps3 media server trans-codes on the fly and I use mobo player from upn to play the content. easy as 123 setup and works perfectly and also means I can play any file type. 1080p is a bit jerky but 720p is as smooth as silk. Did I mention its all free

lord_voldemort666 said:
Do you know how to get other folders to show up from the clear.fi app? All I can see for video streaming from my PC, is a video/collections folder. I would like to be able to see my media folder that I have on my desktop.
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my videos pooped right up mine are also in the video folder in my documents

I have PlayOn running on a desktop machine and the PlayOn app on my A500 and Thunderbolt. Works very well over wifi.
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I think that the Acer app only shows/shares the stuff you have in my documents. So you can't watch movies through it if you have them on another HD (like I do sadly).

I am able to see all of my share's on any of my drives. But my home network is wide open on this side of the router.
Might check your sharing settings on you pc, and your firewall if applicable.

i do recomend subsonic wholely just a one time donation unoocks video streaming. you select the folders to share music and movies and the app is free on android and one port needed to be opened to view from anywhere tablet phone or say work computer. also to with the ability to download the content to

I have tried:
Plex: Works but slow as hell and it didn't let me skip a part of the movie so I had to watch every movie from the start.
Subsonic: IMHO a Plex clone so I didn't bother with it and I couldn't test it to see if it streams movies any better.
Upnplay: Ugly and clunky interface but it does stream movies from any UPNP server without installing any additional software and it's free. It uses your default browser and it can skip in a movie so I'm using that. It's not pretty but it does work well.

bpivk said:
I have tried:
Plex: Works but slow as hell and it didn't let me skip a part of the movie so I had to watch every movie from the start.
Subsonic: IMHO a Plex clone so I didn't bother with it and I couldn't test it to see if it streams movies any better.
Upnplay: Ugly and clunky interface but it does stream movies from any UPNP server without installing any additional software and it's free. It uses your default browser and it can skip in a movie so I'm using that. It's not pretty but it does work well.
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Well if u didn't try streaming with subsonic how do u have an opinion. Works great for me streams great except for blueray rips bit rate is a tab large most likely my mobile connection
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BrianDigital said:
Well if u didn't try streaming with subsonic how do u have an opinion. Works great for me streams great except for blueray rips bit rate is a tab large most likely my mobile connection
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I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.

root your Iconia
setup nls_utf8 and cifs module
mount cifs share using mount manager
use moboplayer to play all the content
Never had a single problem!

bpivk said:
I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.
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whoa buddy don't be so defensive, i was inquiring how you could make an opinion without trying it

bpivk said:
I won't donate just to test it but the web interface was worse than what Plex offers and I've tried Plex (was not impressed) so I've just skipped it.
As I've said. The best solution is the one that doesn't require any additional software on my PC. So even though Upnplay is ugly it gets the job done.
P.S.: I have my opinions you have yours so unless don't force your on me and I won't force mine on you. I've compiled a list that would be handy for me a few days ago when I was searching for the same thing and I hope that helps someone. Bickering over trivial stuff sure won't.
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Subsonic is free to try, the app is much more intuitive than the web interface when used on an Android device (the web interface of any program that also provides a native application will be much less intuitive on any platform). I'm not saying there is anything wrong with forming an opinion such as yours, but I will say Subsonic and Plex are two different products, trying one piece of one product and using that as a reason to dismiss another different (and competing) product is just being ignorant. If you want to be ignorant, run with it, but don't ask for peoples advice and opinions and simply dismiss them based on your own ignorance. Or, just don't ask for advice if you aren't willing to listen to it. Oh.. wait, that's right.. this isn't even your thread, troll.
Now, as for the OP, if this is simply to watch inside your own network, things like Subsonic, Plex, etc. are more than what you need. All you really need is what mrvanes outlined, or even just a file manager that supports network shares (like File Manager HD, File Expert, EStrongs, etc). Browse to your media and open it (a good file manager will not require to copy to local first) with the program of your choosing.

nasimdejai said:
hi,is it possible to stream movies wirelessly from a vista laptop onto the a500 through the home network? if yes,how do i set it up? cos i've tried everything
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I've been using Buzz Player that reads all shared folders (SAMBA), its not without its problems, but it works for me.

i have tried them all upnp streams every format avi mp4 mkv audio codecs like ac3 stream beautifully..its free and i acess from any network ...

[Q] Looking for Allshare or similar app

I know AllShare is a Samsung application. I have it on my Galaxy S phone, and I have found it quite usefull for streaming music and video in my house to my phone. It is also on the Galaxy Tab, I believe, although I have never seen or used one. I would like to be able to use this sort of functionality for the A500.
Is there a pulled AllShare APK from the Galaxy Tab that works and is available for the A500? Or are there other good DLNA apps available? The only one I have found so far is DoubleTwist's AirTwist, which will share the music/video on the android device to other DLNA devices, but cannot play from other devices. Any suggestions?

check your app drawer
the acer tablet has dlna server built in..
I have used it but just to test to see if it works. and it does..
the app is acer clear.fi.. it should be in your app drawer.. it works with another app on your tablet called Media Server..
Search the android market for aVia.. its great and works with nearly all media types..

A like Bubble uPNP

erica_renee said:
the acer tablet has dlna server built in..
I have used it but just to test to see if it works. and it does..
the app is acer clear.fi.. it should be in your app drawer.. it works with another app on your tablet called Media Server..
Search the android market for aVia.. its great and works with nearly all media types..
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I think he was looking for a client, not server.
To the OP: BubbleUPnP ( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp&feature=search_result ) is apparently a very capable DLNA-client. I have not tried it myself so I cannot say anything from personal experience.

I use BubbleUPnP, great app.

WereCatf said:
I think he was looking for a client, not server.
To the OP: BubbleUPnP ( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp&feature=search_result ) is apparently a very capable DLNA-client. I have not tried it myself so I cannot say anything from personal experience.
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Clear.fi does both. it uses the media server to share files on the tab.. Clear.fi app will find all dlna servers running on the same network.. mine will see this Notebook i am typing on right now.. Bonnie's Desktop. Our Linux Server in the basement. My Desktop in bedroom Our Samsung Smart TV. But it does have some lag time each time you start it.. I guess it does not remember the devices or content. aVIA is quick.. I Looked at the bubble one as well it seems promising but aVia looks more sleek .

erica_renee said:
Clear.fi does both. it uses the media server to share files on the tab.. Clear.fi app will find all dlna servers running on the same network.. mine will see this Notebook i am typing on right now.. Bonnie's Desktop. Our Linux Server in the basement. My Desktop in bedroom Our Samsung Smart TV.
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I cannot get it to see any DLNA servers on my network. Not that it really matters, DLNA is a horribly broken and limited framework and really needs a modern replacement. (Again a topic I've written about on Google+ before.)

Thank you all for your help and comments! I apologize for my delayed response, I've been busy.
I have tried both aVia and BubbleUPnP, and both meet my needs quite nicely, thank you. Clear.fi or whatever does not appear to be part of the ROM I am currently using, so I never saw it to try it. I think these other two options work better for me anyway.
Thanks again for the help!

That is what I use. I have not found anything better than that.
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I've tried several client software for streaming videos from my home media server to my Android tablet/phone. I found that 'Qloud Media' is the best in relation to performance. You may download a free version from the Android Market.
To make it work, you will need to install 'Qloud Media Server' on a Windows PC, which is also free.
HTC Desire
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ROM: civato-FLEXSTRIKER-R9.5

Looking for a app to steam videos from my PC to my tablet (any recommendations?)

I've always used Emit, but as of lately it doesn't seem to work as often as if like. Some features is like it to have are, the ability to play embedded subtitles and mkvs
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Thismines said:
I've always used Emit, but as of lately it doesn't seem to work as often as if like. Some features is like it to have are, the ability to play embedded subtitles and mkvs
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I can watch videos off my laptop on my ONE using ES file explorer

Thismines said:
I've always used Emit, but as of lately it doesn't seem to work as often as if like. Some features is like it to have are, the ability to play embedded subtitles and mkvs
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Airstream is great. Available as an app on Android and a program on your PC.
I'm not sure if it's been fixed yet, but I know that occasionally it wouldn't allow me to skip. As in; if I was to close the movie/episode to finish watching later, when I opened it back up, I'd have to watch from the start.
Check it out, it might be fixed.
I know my dad also uses something else. uPnP Play on Android and a program on his PC that allows him to share/stream files to other devices on the LAN. So you can stream directly to any device, not just your tab.
If you're interested in the latter I can contact him and ask what it's called. This one allowed you to skip.

I use bubbleupnp for my streaming solution. It could be the same as the previous poster, as it does allow you to stream to any device. It still needs a upnp server installed on the pc, windows media player should work, as well as xbmc, foobar (with the plug in) and likely many more. You can also set up remote streaming so you can stream while away from home. It is a pay app, however there is a limited function trial to see if it works for you.
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