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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.

[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] Any Mac Users Have Any Advice For Copying HD Video Files to Tab 10.1?

Any advice on the best way to use a Mac to transfer Avi\Mkv files to the tab? Since the Mass Storage Mode doesn't work on Mac on this tab, anyone have any tips on moving files to it?

I did it once, right after I/O to have a movie to watch on the plane home. It involved using VMware and a whole lot of swearing -- not worth doing again. It was pretty funny at breakfast the morning after they handed them out. MBPs were, by far, the most numerous computers I saw there and lots of people were noting that that it was crazy they were such a PIA to connect to a mac.

I dont have a mac but i use WiFi FTP Box to move files to and from my Devices.
(Epic 4G, Galaxy Tab 7 and 10.1)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.j.wifipocketfree&feature=search_result
Its nice because you can use it anywhere that has a network and a computer with FTP access. Make sure you read the Description, it tells you all the settings you need.

I use file expert. You connect via wifi. Then you can use a browser window or FTP to upload. I have the info saved on my FTP program and I can upload anything quick and easy

quietglow said:
I did it once, right after I/O to have a movie to watch on the plane home. It involved using VMware and a whole lot of swearing -- not worth doing again. It was pretty funny at breakfast the morning after they handed them out. MBPs were, by far, the most numerous computers I saw there and lots of people were noting that that it was crazy they were such a PIA to connect to a mac.
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It baffles me... Kies Mini nor Kies Beta for Mac are Galaxy Tab 10.1 compatible. So strange. Very off-putting for a device that's trying to take over iPad Marketshare.

divineblue said:
I use file expert. You connect via wifi. Then you can use a browser window or FTP to upload. I have the info saved on my FTP program and I can upload anything quick and easy
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I just installed file expert. Pretty half-assed, haha. Samsung needs to get their **** together for this to be anything close to a media device the iPad is. iPad is successful because it doesn't matter if u use windows or mac, it just works.

adb push movie.mv4 /sdcard/
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schwiz said:
adb push movie.mv4 /sdcard/
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HEHE this tab is really starting to annoy me and I've only had it for 2 hours, haha. My videos all play so jittery... very different media experience than the iPad, heh

bella92108 said:
HEHE this tab is really starting to annoy me and I've only had it for 2 hours, haha. My videos all play so jittery... very different media experience than the iPad, heh
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Its the codecs . Had to download a third party player to get the video right.

divineblue said:
Its the codecs . Had to download a third party player to get the video right.
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Sure it's not the forecast? I hear it's a cold one, hehe. ;-)
What player is best for video formats?

Unfortunately the only one I found that works right ATM is vplayer. Free trial then 4 bucks.

bella92108 said:
Sure it's not the forecast? I hear it's a cold one, hehe. ;-)
What player is best for video formats?
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Lol my tab thought it would be cute with autocorrect

bella92108 said:
HEHE this tab is really starting to annoy me and I've only had it for 2 hours, haha. My videos all play so jittery... very different media experience than the iPad, heh
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Best thing is to convert your videos to mp4 before transferring to the Tab to save you the hassle of guessing if this video will play "jittery" or not. I convert everything i have to mp4 because nowadays everything will play mp4 just fine.
I use VisualHub (no longer in development) and Handbrake (free and very good).
As for file transfers, apps like WifiExplorer Pro create a sort of FTP server between your Tab and Mac and use the wifi network to transfer files to the Tab. Even Estrongs File Manager has the option, just manually input the I.P address of your Mac and turn on file sharing (specify folders to share in sharing preferences) on the Mac.
Lastly, yes, the media experience on Android vs iPad is sad really.

LordLugard said:
Best thing is to convert your videos to mp4 before transferring to the Tab to save you the hassle of guessing if this video will play "jittery" or not. I convert everything i have to mp4 because nowadays everything will play mp4 just fine.
I use VisualHub (no longer in development) and Handbrake (free and very good).
As for file transfers, apps like WifiExplorer Pro create a sort of FTP server between your Tab and Mac and use the wifi network to transfer files to the Tab. Even Estrongs File Manager has the option, just manually input the I.P address of your Mac and turn on file sharing (specify folders to share in sharing preferences) on the Mac.
Lastly, yes, the media experience on Android vs iPad is sad really.
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I guess I'll start converting :-(
Vplayer works well, but I hate to pay for a VIDEO player, haha.

bella92108 said:
I guess I'll start converting :-(
Vplayer works well, but I hate to pay for a VIDEO player, haha.
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I don't like paying either but I use my video player almost everyday when I work out. I don't have time to convert all those shows. 4 bucks for me is worth it lol

divineblue said:
I don't like paying either but I use my video player almost everyday when I work out. I don't have time to convert all those shows. 4 bucks for me is worth it lol
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I agree, I'm just going to buy after the trial if i like.

Use moboplayer with the correct codec pack.
I've copied numerous videos in several formats to my tab (via swiftp (also on a mac)), and moboplayer hasnt failed one yet. Upconversion on MoboPlayer is much smoother than that on vplayer. As a matter of fact, my son is watching a movie on it right now.

kylgore said:
Use moboplayer with the correct codec pack.
I've copied numerous videos in several formats to my tab (via swiftp (also on a mac)), and moboplayer hasnt failed one yet. Upconversion on MoboPlayer is much smoother than that on vplayer. As a matter of fact, my son is watching a movie on it right now.
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Oh forgot about mobo, that's what i use on my infuse with Codec ARMV7VFP3, that good for tab too?
YIKES, MOBO is all jerky and looks like crap on my tab haha

kylgore said:
Use moboplayer with the correct codec pack.
I've copied numerous videos in several formats to my tab (via swiftp (also on a mac)), and moboplayer hasnt failed one yet. Upconversion on MoboPlayer is much smoother than that on vplayer. As a matter of fact, my son is watching a movie on it right now.
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+1 for Mobo Player

Odd, that's the same setup I use and i have yet to have a video act up in it.

[Q] Best solution to play media stored on Windows?

I read and read and still not sure what the best approach is for streaming media (mp3, flac, mkv) to the N7 on the LAN from a Win7 PC. Any server software you could recommend that could potentially do transcoding on the fly if needed, with caching so that it happens only the first time a file is played and then maybe even be able to copy the transcoded/cached file to the internal N7 storage for offline playback?
And is MX Player the player to use on N7?
Thanks for your help recommending an end to end solution.

sirxdroid said:
I read and read and still not sure what the best approach is for streaming media (mp3, flac, mkv) to the N7 on the LAN from a Win7 PC. Any server software you could recommend that could potentially do transcoding on the fly if needed, with caching so that it happens only the first time a file is played and then maybe even be able to copy the transcoded/cached file to the internal N7 storage for offline playback?
And is MX Player the player to use on N7?
Thanks for your help recommending an end to end solution.
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Have you tried iMediaShare? MX Player is probably the best player out there right now.

From the description of the app, I'm not sure how iMediaShare helps me. I'm looking to stream media files stored on a Win7 PC to my N7.

BSplayer has lan function and will stream any videos from any windows shares.ESfile explorer will let you veiw,stream or edit any files on your window shares.You don't need anything on your computer as long as it is setup for sharing on home network.Both of these work great and have been updated for 4.2.

^^this. I use es file explorer as a back end to access my media on the PC. Doing it this way allows you to use pretty much any media player software for the nexus that you prefer.
My current favourite is dice player.
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Using ES File Explorer I can only get my shares to appear if I turn off my firewall (zonealarm). Can anyone confirm what I need to change to allow my phone to connect with zonealarm on?
Thanks

bubble up you can change where the files are rendered . it will also push thru the network from the share thru tablet and play on tv . can play file formats on the tv its not compatible with

Thanks for the ES File Explorer + MX Player tip. It seems to work well enough.
Next hurdle: any apps on the N7 that could help me organize the media better, e.g. show thumbnails for the movies, links to additional info, etc. the solution above is very spartan, just file names. I read about XBMC running on the N7, or Plex, or tversity - any of these worth the hassle?

I use xmbc media player ..its just perfect and no one is even close..its same as pc version and you cam find it here on xda for free
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sirxdroid said:
Thanks for the ES File Explorer + MX Player tip. It seems to work well enough.
Next hurdle: any apps on the N7 that could help me organize the media better, e.g. show thumbnails for the movies, links to additional info, etc. the solution above is very spartan, just file names. I read about XBMC running on the N7, or Plex, or tversity - any of these worth the hassle?
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xmbc on N7 is just perfect ..i use it since i bought N7 ...my 1000+ movies perfecty organisle and always ready to play from pc on my n7
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I recommend qloud media. It's free on the store and you can stream music pics and films from your computer. It works over 3g, local and remote wireless. Amazing I can watch my stuff at work during lunch and what not.
Highly recommended!
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sirxdroid said:
From the description of the app, I'm not sure how iMediaShare helps me. I'm looking to stream media files stored on a Win7 PC to my N7.
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Wow, you're right crappy description of the app. The app does exactly what you want that's why recommended it. It's streams music and movies, using upnp servers on the computer side, like Windows Media Player and PS3 Media Server.

Next problem: any way to mount and play ISO files over the network? They are DVD rips and would like to avoid converting them. Any apps that act as a DVD player on the N7, able to mount the DVD ISO over the network?

Bs player can help you
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alterman666 said:
Bs player can help you
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Are you saying BS Player can mount ISOs made from DVDs and act as a DVD player? If so, any pointers where to look? I tried it and it didn't seem to be able to do anything with ISO files.

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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