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Which applications to install first?

I'll be new to Android, and don't really know what is available. I did a search for Android Marketplace, and got "This is a showcase for some of the featured and top ranked applications and games available on Android Market. For a comprehensive, up-to-date list of the tens of thousands of titles available, check out Android Market on your handset."
It's not particularly easy to find stuff, when you don't really know what you're looking for. I will find out tomorrow what the marketplace is like, on the EVO.
But, in the few remaining hours before that becomes possible, I wanted to find a few applications to install and play around a bit and try to get a feel for the system.
So, what should I/will you install tomorrow (or later)? I'm sure I'll find some cool stuff on my own eventually, but some suggestions from current enthusiasts would be welcomed by me, and others I'm sure.
I figure everyone's got a favorite app or 5, how about some suggestions?

one of the neatest, but only useful in clear sky at night, outside, preferably in the country, is google sky maps.
fring rocks for syncing up skype and gtalk. you'll dig it for the new vid call thing, i'm sure
weatherbug elite is my weather app of choice
andexplorer is what i use to navigate through my sdcard
cubed is a good music app. very nice looking (app actually spelled with superscript 3, if you go looking for it on market)
chrome to phone is good for sending links to the phone, but i think it needs froyo
google navigation should come stock, but it's a rockstar
vlc remote
terminal emulator
others - where, layar, wikitude, and adfree for sure, if you're rooted

Excellent list, thanks!
About this one...
timothydonohue said:
cubed is a good music app. very nice looking
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What formats will it playback? most, common?
.ape?
.flac?
.mkv?
.mp4?
.flv?

which media player?
Anyone know what player might play all/most/some of these formats?
thanks
JustinChase said:
What formats will it playback? most, common?
.ape?
.flac?
.mkv?
.mp4?
.flv?
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JustinChase said:
Anyone know what player might play all/most/some of these formats?
thanks
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yxflash
yxflash is the first and only Android video player that can play Mpeg1/2/4, Flash, DivX, Xvid, WMV and iPod format videos.

xiialive - streaming media player. also plays some sirius xm channels if you search for them

gjgraf91 said:
yxflash
yxflash is the first and only Android video player that can play Mpeg1/2/4, Flash, DivX, Xvid, WMV and iPod format videos.
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yxflash, from what i've heard, sucks nuts.

gjgraf91 said:
yxflash
yxflash is the first and only Android video player that can play Mpeg1/2/4, Flash, DivX, Xvid, WMV and iPod format videos.
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Thanks, but I'm not ready to drop $10 on this one just yet.
gjgraf91 said:
xiialive - streaming media player. also plays some sirius xm channels if you search for them
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Thank, but I am looking for something to play my locally stored music and videos, not streaming.
I found and installed the cubed app, but it just says it can't find files in the playlist or some such thing, and the only choice I have is to exit. So a no go on that one also.
I'll keep looking

let me know when you find it the player!

im kinda disappointed that there is no flash viewer (*.flv) for files that reside on the sd card. unfortunately it looks like we have to wait for coreplayer to come out.
Qu1nn

Issues with ASUS eee TRANSFORMER

I have problems installing market apps -- I always get a notification that Installation is unsuccessful. I was trying to install video players like Moboplayer and VPlayer. Previous installs like CNBC worked fine.
Also, I was not able to find the stock video player. Where is it? Like to add a video player which support more type of videos like DIVX.
I did found out that I could not install any apps from Market when I have connection with my PC.
Thanks for your help.
ps: my new tablet, contrary to XOOM, is not supporting synch book marks with CHROME! Anyone know how?

where are you located at?
For movies, the Gallery app is the same as the movies app. If you go to File Manager and look for the movie you wanna watch (it can be saved on the TF hard drive or the microSD card foler), just tap on the movie file name and you'll get prompted to which application to use to play that movie. It will show "Movies" and "Moboplayer" as the options if you have MoboPlayer installed. If you don't, it shows as Movies and you click on it and you can start watching it provided it's a format that is supported.
I strongly suggest downloading MoboPlayer though.

I can't install moboplayer as it fails installing. Any idea why?

Found problem...
I ran out of 16GB file space....
Anyone let me know how to use CHROME bookmarks with browser....

Workaround to get personal videos on Kindle Fire video library

I think that is a huge problem on kindle fire, i mean, we can stream our music for amazon cloud drive but not videos or other documents.
I know it's possible to get to amazon cloud drive on silk (or any browser) and download files from there to kindle, but still these ones will not appear on video library but yes on galery app.
Only purchased videos will appear on video library.
Also if i upload videos for my fire they will only appear on galery app and not on video library.
I want to know if there is any way to get my videos on video library on kindle fire.

anyone?

therethere said:
anyone?
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I've looked into this fairly extensively and I haven't not found a solution that doesn't involve using a third party syncing service that can stream. I use Sugarsync, I know that Dropbox will work as well. I just use SS to store my vids in the cloud and then download/stream them to the Kindle and view using the Video player or Moboplayer.
It's a kludge, but it works fine for now.
So basically, I use:
Sugarsync to store/stream
ES File Explorer to view/delete/move
Gallery or Mobo to view

and using subtitles?

download youtube videos?

Is there a way I can download YouTube videos on this tab? Whether it be through a site or an app?

The answer is yes! There are many apps on Google store that can do this just put a search in

I've went to the market and typed in YouTube and tried to find something and typed in download YouTube and didn't find anything

yesssssss! snappzmarket
yes there are many but i believe they were taken off go to http://m.snappzmarket.com/ and download its an alternative app store where you can get paid apps for free...
then search tubemate on snappzmarket might have to update it though should be good
allows you to pick quality for downloading and viewing its a nice app
link for the .apk if you dont want snappzmarket http://m.tubemate.net/

gears177 said:
yes there are many but i believe they were taken off go to http://m.snappzmarket.com/ and download its an alternative app store where you can get paid apps for free...
then search tubemate on snappzmarket might have to update it though should be good
allows you to pick quality for downloading and viewing its a nice app
link for the .apk if you dont want snappzmarket http://m.tubemate.net/
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+1 for TubeMate
Not the most appealing UI , but works good. Fair trade off. Lets you pick from different qualities. Lets you log into your YouTube account and access your Favorites and other account stuff.
The UI looks better on the a500 tablet it does on my G-Nexus phone though.
I use it all the time to quickly load my tablet or phone with music videos, then use iMediaShare to beam across to my PS3 and 360 for viewing or copying to console HDD (PS3 only).
If I only want to view/copy YouTube vids on the PS3, then I just use iMediaShare and skip the TubeMate - to - droid device step.

Fire TV / Stick - Awesome setup and Must have apps

This is the Best Setup & Top apps for power users on a none rooted Fire TV
Here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQHoIaFhsw
1- FireStarter
2- Play Muisc Android TV
3- YouTube Android TV
4- Dolphin Browser
5- Es File Explorer
6- Play Movies Android TV
7- VLC Android TV
8- Splashtop
9- CCleaner
10- 1Mobile
Note:
This setup was done on the New Fire TV 2015 running Fire OS 5, but most of the apps should work jute fine on Fire OS 4.

Sounds like you really wanted a Nexus Player.

Thanks for the information!
I would like to know which versions, of those APPs for Android-TV that you have tested, do you think that are working better on the 2nd Gen. Fire-Tv?
Could you please post the APK download links for the following APPs:
- YouTube Android TV
- Play Muisc Android TV
- Play Movies Android TV
- Dolphin Browser
- VLC Android TV
Do you know of any other APPs for Android-TV, that could work on the Amazon Fire-TV?

inwisso said:
This is the Best Setup & Top apps for power users on a none rooted Fire TV
5- Es File Explorer
Note:
This setup was done on the New Fire TV 2015 running Fire OS 5, but most of the apps should work jute fine on Fire OS 4.
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What is the version / date for the ES File Explorer APK? One techie reviewer noted back in 2014 that it contained a virus - so I have been reluctant to install it. This app after all gets access to almost everything within the box. Can some give me a warm fuzzy feel for this app?
On a separate note - can someone suggest an App that will access my DLNA NAS Server?
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Ignore the request for the DLNA Player
Found one just now - called UPnPlay - very simple, fast and gets the core job done and I like apps that stick to that principal. And everything works just with the FTV2 remote !!!
Once you find the video, it can push it to my Samsung SmartTV (the TV popped up a message asking if to "Allow" / "Deny" request) ... or use the VLC app. I used the VLC app and its FAST !
I wonder if VLC has a way to fetch it directly?

inwisso said:
This is the Best Setup & Top apps for power users on a none rooted Fire TV
Here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQHoIaFhsw
1- FireStarter
2- Play Muisc Android TV
3- YouTube Android TV
4- Dolphin Browser
5- Es File Explorer
6- Play Movies Android TV
7- VLC Android TV
8- Splashtop
9- CCleaner
10- 1Mobile
Note:
This setup was done on the New Fire TV 2015 running Fire OS 5, but most of the apps should work jute fine on Fire OS 4.
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Did you need to install Google services like in your prior video for play movies to work?
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ulises.rodriguez said:
Thanks for the information!
I would like to know which versions, of those APPs for Android-TV that you have tested, do you think that are working better on the 2nd Gen. Fire-Tv?
Could you please post the APK download links for the following APPs:
- YouTube Android TV
- Play Muisc Android TV
- Play Movies Android TV
- Dolphin Browser
- VLC Android TV
Do you know of any other APPs for Android-TV, that could work on the Amazon Fire-TV?
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Here is the apps used... they should work fine jute download the latest version on your device, it's better to used them on the Fire Tv 2end Gen because it got Fire OS 5 which is based on Android Tv 5.1 :good:
1- FireStarter
https://github.com/sphinx02/FireStart...
2- Play Muisc
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-i...
3- YouTube
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-i...
4- Dolphin Browser
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/dolphin-...
5- Es File Explorer
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/es-globa...
6- Play Movies
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-i...
7- VLC
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/videolab...
8- Splashtop
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
9- CCleaner
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/piriform...
10- 1Mobile
http://www.1mobile.com/

vulcan195 said:
What is the version / date for the ES File Explorer APK? One techie reviewer noted back in 2014 that it contained a virus - so I have been reluctant to install it. This app after all gets access to almost everything within the box. Can some give me a warm fuzzy feel for this app?
On a separate note - can someone suggest an App that will access my DLNA NAS Server?
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Ignore the request for the DLNA Player
Found one just now - called UPnPlay - very simple, fast and gets the core job done and I like apps that stick to that principal. And everything works just with the FTV2 remote !!!
Once you find the video, it can push it to my Samsung SmartTV (the TV popped up a message asking if to "Allow" / "Deny" request) ... or use the VLC app. I used the VLC app and its FAST !
I wonder if VLC has a way to fetch it directly?
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You can download ES File Explorer at Amazon Fire TV's AppStore from the search bar or by Voice ( It was allowed by Amazon so I think it safe )

goodhur said:
Did you need to install Google services like in your prior video for play movies to work?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
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Yes that correct I used the following method to install google play... Plus I updated the Google Play Services & Google Play Store to latest update and Voila everything was working like a charm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/fire-tv-stick-google-play-store-root-t3211942

inwisso said:
You can download ES File Explorer at Amazon Fire TV's AppStore from the search bar or by Voice ( It was allowed by Amazon so I think it safe )
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The reviewer had mentioned the virus on the amazon website.
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ulises.rodriguez said:
Do you know of any other APPs for Android-TV, that could work on the Amazon Fire-TV?
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Xfinity TV
Travel Channel
HGTV Channel
DIY Network
Visual Anatomy
CNN
IMDB
Data Counter Widget (great app to get a peek at bitrates of video streams)
Speedtest App
Set Orientation (needed for some side loaded apps)
UPnPlay
Actual Movie Trailers
Wifi Analyzer
I don't use Kodi - everything I needed was available via the Sideloaded technique.
I dowloaded the App Organizer from Amazon FireTV App Store ($2.50) ... incredible useful but plain looking app - it allows me instant access to native and side loaded apps via folders I set up. Thats my main interface since the FireTv makes you go through several clicks to jump from TV to Apps etc. When you install this app just make sure you go and change the single-click preference to "Launch"

vulcan195 said:
The reviewer had mentioned the virus on the amazon website.
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Xfinity TV
Travel Channel
HGTV Channel
DIY Network
Visual Anatomy
CNN
IMDB
Data Counter Widget (great app to get a peek at bitrates of video streams)
Speedtest App
Set Orientation (needed for some side loaded apps)
UPnPlay
Actual Movie Trailers
Wifi Analyzer
I don't use Kodi - everything I needed was available via the Sideloaded technique.
I dowloaded the App Organizer from Amazon FireTV App Store ($2.50) ... incredible useful but plain looking app - it allows me instant access to native and side loaded apps via folders I set up. Thats my main interface since the FireTv makes you go through several clicks to jump from TV to Apps etc. When you install this app just make sure you go and change the single-click preference to "Launch"
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Which version xfinity are you using?

cpugeeker said:
Which version xfinity are you using?
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The current version on Google Play ... I have to use the wireless K400 keyboard. One the video starts, the original remote allows you to pause and play the video. I am fine with that.

When I installed the youtube app (android tv), the casting stopped working. Is there any workaround this?

i'm in the uk and would add : mediahhh, mobdro, uk tv now, tube+ (youtube alternate), showbox, vimeo, soundcloud, mixcloud, netflix, ted, and tunein radio to the list of essential apps.
I've plenty of devices for browsing the web & the like so I've got my firestarter powered fire tv stick only running media apps ... to think I nearly binned it on ebay before i'd discovered the firestarter front-end & the fire utility app. *facepalm*
Downloads you ask?
http://mediahhh.com/
https://www.mobdro.com/
http://showboxpc.be/
http://livetvapp.tv/ - UK TV now (requires mx player or vlc)
the others are out there - from the usual sources.