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Can't play any flash videos

Hi,
I've just installed the latest WM6 rom on my 8525 and also installed Flash player 7 along with the java addons. I've tried viewing videos from youtube and mtv from both internet explorer and opera mini 4 beta 3 but any video i click it always says flash player not installed and click here to go to adobe etc.... Can someone help me configure it so I can play flash videos? thanks

cmon, somebody has to have an answer for this. I can't load any videos on standard pages for myspace, mtv, youtube, etc. it says javascript is either turned off or you dont have the right player. I downloaded flashplayer 7. Running mini opera 4 beta 3 and pocket IE as well as picsel browser.

Mobile browsers not designed for video
Neither of the browsers you are trying are capable of displaying flash based videos. The Opera Mini will probably never support them because it is a Java based browser for use on most any phone. There is a Windows Mobile Opera that is in beta, last I heard, that claims to support flash based videos, however the only thing I could get it to do was crash my 8525, forcing me to soft reset, at which time I then uninstalled it completely. As you will see in the instructions at one of the links below, there is one more file you can download that will play the videos, which seems to be accomplished through the link from internet explorer triggering the thirdparty app to open and strat trying to play the video.
You could try the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326225, however I have not tried them and can not confirm for you if they work.
The way I currently play these type files is using a program called AvotMV. AvotMV has a internet browser type feel to it, and when you play the videos it will automatically play them "full" screen (in portrait mode). If you want to try AvotMV, you can download it for free from the developers here here http://www.avotmedia.com/

the tcpmp and flashbundle works beautifuly. especially on a highspd connection. the newest version givesthe choice dowloading or streaming it. You will have to unistall flash7 as it will clash with flashbundle plugin. I posted awhile back if some could figure out how to get them to work together or at least independently on different browsers because the tmpcp flash plugin will only play videos not other flash content.

That explains it...
I have the official flash 2.1 from adobe for WM5/6 which allows me to use one of the spinning cube flash controllers. Would be nice if someone could figure it out because this does not look like it will work for me until a fix is made.

[Q] Help with MLB at Bat 2012 app!!

Can anyone help? MLB at bat 2012 will install and work fine on my a500 except for 1 exception, it will not stream game videos. Radio broadcasts work fine but video broadcasts is not even an option. I contacted tech support at MLB but that only replied that the app was not compatible on the a500, however all the other features of the app work fine. I have the app on my thunderbolt and it works perfectly. Can someone out there create a tweak that will enable video? Unfortunately programming is not my forte'.
I'm running Honeycomb Lightspeed 2.1 on my tablet.

Same here and no idea why. Audio is fine, but the video stream is a no show.

The device is not listed on MLB's "supported devices" which means it won't play live video. What you can do, however, is download Dolphin HD browser and set it so it appears as a desktop browser. Then you can go do mlb.com, log in and watch the live video like you would on a desktop. I usually set the quality down a couple of notches but it still looks fine. If you try it and get a message that mobile browsers aren't supported, you don't have the browser set to look like a desktop browser from the server. I recently wrote an app that played video and it worked fine on every device I have except the A500. Seems I had to specifically enable hardware acceleration for it to work and that may be the same problem the MLB app is experiencing. Seems kind of lazy on MLB's part but it also seems kind of lazy on Acer's part. It also kind of irks me that the A500 isn't officially supported but a $200 Kindle Firre and a $150 Motorola Bravo phone play it just fine.
Note: If you already have Dolphin installed, tap the menu, "More", "Settings", "User Agent" and set it to "Desktop".

Help with MLB at Bat 2012
Before I upgraded to ICS, my A500 had At Bat 2012 installed. After upgrading I get a message that it is incompatible. I wasn't watching the games only checking scores and news. Any thoughts on this or is MLB 2012 not going to work on ICS. I have LightSpeed 4.4 installed.

i have the same problem, i did have the video working great until i upgraded to ICS what gives

Mark,
This worked like a charm, but where do I lower the quality settings?
Thanks!
markgamber said:
The device is not listed on MLB's "supported devices" which means it won't play live video. What you can do, however, is download Dolphin HD browser and set it so it appears as a desktop browser. Then you can go do mlb.com, log in and watch the live video like you would on a desktop. I usually set the quality down a couple of notches but it still looks fine. If you try it and get a message that mobile browsers aren't supported, you don't have the browser set to look like a desktop browser from the server. I recently wrote an app that played video and it worked fine on every device I have except the A500. Seems I had to specifically enable hardware acceleration for it to work and that may be the same problem the MLB app is experiencing. Seems kind of lazy on MLB's part but it also seems kind of lazy on Acer's part. It also kind of irks me that the A500 isn't officially supported but a $200 Kindle Firre and a $150 Motorola Bravo phone play it just fine.
Note: If you already have Dolphin installed, tap the menu, "More", "Settings", "User Agent" and set it to "Desktop".
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Getting N7 to launch media player after hitting link in Chrome browser?

Hey all,
I've noted that the recent iteration of Chrome behaves oddly when hitting on a video link.
For example, if I go to ESPN and hit on the play button, I'd hear the audio part in the video, but no video. The only way to get it to work is to get the link to launch in a new tab in order to select the video player that I want. This never happened before. My defaults are properly set.
Any thoughts on what this could be due to?
Thanks~

in chrome, mines show a pop up of what I want to use play the video. whether I want to use a browser, MXplayer, Stickit mediaplayer, or overscreen browser. it doesn't do it on all videos but I think its the ones not optimized for html5. or if its a flash type.

Problem streaming videos from web

Hi,
Read through video streaming search results and didn't find quite the question I have so here goes...I'm trying to watch some TV programs streaming from a website mobilev*ds.org and am having a problem getting some (most) links to play - some play eventually but after multiple efforts. I have tried a nunber of browsers (Dolphin, Chrome, Firefox with Flash side installed) but none are consistently working. I also use the same streaming site with my iPhone and the programs launch Quicktime with no problems. Any ideas what I might try next? I'd rather not download the material.
Thanks,
Jack

It appears that site uses Flash to stream the videos, at least that's what Chrome on my PC indicates. It appears the videos are in MP4 format which would explain why Quicktime would open and play it. Since Flash is not officially supported on the Nexus 7 people have had to try various workarounds to enable it. Generally it involves side loading Flash player version 11.1.111.5 or above. Do a search through the Nexus 7 forums here for "flash" and you'll see much discussion on subject.
Here is one such thread on sideloading Flash and using the Firefox Beta browser.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30973920
Two more threads (from other XDA Nexus forums) on the Nexus 7/Flash subject.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865587
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856912

bennor3814 said:
It appears that site uses Flash to stream the videos, at least that's what Chrome on my PC indicates. It appears the videos are in MP4 format which would explain why Quicktime would open and play it. Since Flash is not officially supported on the Nexus 7 people have had to try various workarounds to enable it. Generally it involves side loading Flash player version 11.1.111.5 or above. Do a search through the Nexus 7 forums here for "flash" and you'll see much discussion on subject.
Here is one such thread on sideloading Flash and using the Firefox Beta browser.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30973920
Two more threads (from other XDA Nexus forums) on the Nexus 7/Flash subject.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865587
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856912
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Thanks for the advice - bit strange that the vids are MP4 but will play on Chrome on iPhone which doesn't support flash either. Not sure how this all works....tried the sideload of Flash (11.5) but got a flash error on Firefox - maybe I'll try a later version of flash and see if that works...some of the vids work in Chrome on the Nexus 7 while some don't (I use only Videobam links). I thought Nexus 7 could cope with MP4 files?
Don't suppose there is a way to browse these files without downloading using say MX player?
Cheers,
Jack

Have you tried changing your user agent in dolphin browser to iPhone or iPad? Some websites automatically assume that since you're using an android tablet to browse the site, you can watch videos in flash. I've found that changing the user agent to an idevice will often force the site to switch to HTML5 video.
If switching the user agent doesn't immediately work. Leave the user agent as iPhone or iPad and reboot. Then try it again. That has helped me before.
If any more experienced members want to weigh in on this question, please do.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7

RockNrolling said:
Have you tried changing your user agent in dolphin browser to iPhone or iPad? Some websites automatically assume that since you're using an android tablet to browse the site, you can watch videos in flash. I've found that changing the user agent to an idevice will often force the site to switch to HTML5 video.
If switching the user agent doesn't immediately work. Leave the user agent as iPhone or iPad and reboot. Then try it again. That has helped me before.
If any more experienced members want to weigh in on this question, please do.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
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Thanks - I'll try that later. Did a root around and have a few things to try later on one of them being the above. Perhaps (though I'm not sure quite how) MX player would be an option, couldn't find a Nexus 7 example but have seen it play an online stream - not sure how this would work on N7 as when opening the MX Player app I didn't find an option to browse or enter a URL. The example I saw showed a user browsing a site and launching a vid and then being asked which player to use, something which doesn't happen when I launch that particular mobile video site. Perhaps there are some settings within the browser that I can play with as you've indicated above....If I have any success I'll post and let you know, anyone else feel free to suggest a workaround....
Thanks,
Jack

Jacksuarez7 said:
Thanks for the advice - bit strange that the vids are MP4 but will play on Chrome on iPhone which doesn't support flash either. Not sure how this all works....tried the sideload of Flash (11.5) but got a flash error on Firefox - maybe I'll try a later version of flash and see if that works...some of the vids work in Chrome on the Nexus 7 while some don't (I use only Videobam links). I thought Nexus 7 could cope with MP4 files?
Don't suppose there is a way to browse these files without downloading using say MX player?
Cheers,
Jack
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I side loaded the install_flash_player_ICS.apk (http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.17/install_flash_player_ics.apk) before installing the Firefox browser. Then visited the site and successfully streamed several TV shows.
I would assume that you would have to download the video to have MX Player launch the file. Might want to try VLC Player and see if you can stream content the way you're trying to stream it.
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MX Player can stream from a network location. You do need put in the full network path to the media file.
Edit to add: I took the streaming file link for one show, http://mvds1.org/media/tv/grimm/Grimm.S02E04.Quill.HDTV.x264-2HD.mp4.php, and dropped the .php when pasted in the MX player network stream entry box and was able to stream the video.
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bennor3814 said:
MX Player can stream from a network location. You do need put in the full network path to the media file.
Edit to add: I took the streaming file link for one show, ], and dropped the .php when pasted in the MX player network stream entry box and was able to stream the video.
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Hi,
Thanks to everyone for the help - I tried 2 methods last night and was successful in both (mostly). I downloaded the Boat Browser from the play store and it played the videobam links, albeit not great quality but acceptable enough. The mobile video site also had links to another stream (show was B Bad) which I could never get to play in Quicktime (it stuttered all over the place) and while I could copy the URL to MX Player, remove the .php extension and get it to load, it had the same stuttering issues (but the video playback quality was better). I tried the videobam link in MX Player and couldn't get it to work - the videobam links don't give the fill file extension, just videobam.com/GFQ.....(no MP4 as with the link posted by the user above.
So I'm quite happy with the Boat browser for viewing these vids and hopefully it will work with other sites, MX Player has a nicer look/feel to it but I am not sure how to find the proper links from videobam to play the vid in there - any suggestions would be welcomed.
Thanks for all the help to those that made suggestions,
Jack

Do you have a link to the video your trying to play from the videobam site or a link to the main media site that streams videos from the videobam site? The videobam site appears tobe a hosting site where people host video that they then link to from other websites. See the videobam/faq page for more information. You may be able to stream or download directly from the videobam site if the download link is available on the page that is streaming the video. See the videobam demo page for one such example.
Some streaming sites do not provide easy access to the streaming file to prevent users from doing what your attempting to do by streaming to MX Player. They generate money they use to operate by having users view the video with advertising embedded on the streaming web page.
As to the issue of video quality. Many factors can affect the end user quality. They range from poor recording quality, poor encoding quality, poor internet connections between your broadband provider and the site that streams the content, and your overall broadband speed. Trying to stream high definition content through a low speed broadband connection can contribute to a poor streaming experience.

Good to know. Ima try that ics apk cus um havin issues too
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Any way to cast video files from my Windows 10 laptop?

This method is supposed to work for Chromecast:
http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/stream-windows-10-google-chromecast
Unfortunately it doesn't work for me with the Shield, has anyone else had any luck?
There are some chrome extensions for this, but they all seem to render the video in a tab and then re-encode it before transmission, resulting in horrible quality. Dragging and dropping the video files into Stremio or Popcorn Time sometimes allows me to cast them. But that is neither clean nor reliable.

Download AirPlay

If all else fails, you could try going the other way - playing videos on your Shield from a Windows share or Plex server.

I've come up with an okay solution. If I install Kodi on the Shield and enable UPnP then I can cast natively from Windows, but only if Kodi is already running. It's not 100% reliable but it's better than what I had and it doesn't require any "hacks", just an install from the Play Store.

You can cast straight out of the Chrome browser if your video will play in it.

cookiehead2 said:
You can cast straight out of the Chrome browser if your video will play in it.
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Thanks, this works great for .mp4, unfortunately .mkv and .avi aren't supported.

Using Plex is a good option, but Chrome's cast also has an (experimental) option to cast your screen. Click the little down arrow on the top right of the cast menu.

Videostream works amazing well
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