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Movies on Xoom

Already, I was able to use Double twist to get my music off of iTunes and into my Xoom, that was pretty simple, and all is well.
I am going on vacation next Sunday, and I am going to need some movies to watch. Typically on my iPad, I can rent or buy a movie on iTunes and simply watch it.
I need to know the following:
1. Is there anyway to get protected movies off of iTunes and into the Xoom? I would rather not spend 10 hours ripping and burning a few movies.
2. What are my choices for movie download locations? Reliable, and virus free?
3. My experience with the Xoom has been a very positive one to this point, I just need a reliable and hopefully not a time consuming method to buy/rent movies, and/or a method to get movies already purchased from iTunes into the Xoom.
Thank you!!!

I don't know if this is the advice you are lookng for but you can always "barrow" movies from the internet via a torrent or download site like filestube. Although I haven't explored it yet, I believe amazon.com has some kind of video on demand service which would be comparable to iTunes video service I suppose. But until the xoom has flash support even that isn't an option. As far as the "barrowing" method originally mentioned, I wouldn't worry about viruses. The virus would have to be written for the android operating system and I dont think you will encounter that at this stage. This of course only applies if you are going to be downloading directly through three xoom. If you plan to use your PC first then transfer to the xoom, then I guess a little concern might be warranted, as always.
But the android market does have torrent apps, so direct downloads to the xoom is a viable option. Also torrent sites like btjunkie will have reviews/comments to give you an idea whether the file does what it says it should.
Also filestube can be used directly from the xoom. As far as finding good files, generally you want to look for results that have the movie name (or sometimes its abbreviation), the year it was made, "xvid", and that it its already in a watchable format i.e avi,mp4,etc.
These tend to almost always be bonafide files. Hope this helps.
Google really needs to get media support for their devices otherwise they will always border on the line of niche geek devices.

Op, I have been trying to answer your #1 question for many months...please share if you find a way to remove drm from iTunes movies!
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I have used a torrent client on my Nook Color to download a ep of Fringe it played flawless. It was only TV HD on not 720p but looked excellent. I think it took 10 minutes for a 325 Mb file no computer needed at all. I used rock player to play it. I would expect the xoom to have no trouble doing this.

Not sure what format it uses, but the Amazon Video market has an option for downloading for use on portable devices. It does look like you would have to start the process on your computer and then transfer the files to the device, but it might be pretty easy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/player/ref=atv_getstarted_player

JOHNGAETANO said:
1. Is there anyway to get protected movies off of iTunes and into the Xoom? I would rather not spend 10 hours ripping and burning a few movies.
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Stripping the DRM is something I haven't seen yet, however, on other Android forums, I've seen the program Tunebite mentioned a couple of times.
It basically records the file while it is being played on your computer (similar to what "other" drm removal tools do, but supposedly, it accesses the file differently, enabling it to run faster.
I have no experience with it myself though. I tend to stay away from those kinds of files myself.

It sure seems like there's a golden opportunity here for Amazon to be the Android equivalent of iTunes for purchases of movies, TV shows and music.

droidtacular said:
It sure seems like there's a golden opportunity here for Amazon to be the Android equivalent of iTunes for purchases of movies, TV shows and music.
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Amazon video on demand works right from the XOOM's browser. I haven't been able to copy anything to the actual device from the service, but you can at least stream all your Amazon videos.

Why do they make it soo hard to download movies and video legally? I've had such a hard time with DRM and such, that I've had to resort to other methods to get my media on my portables. I hate this soo much, I have no problem paying for my content, but if it is harder to pay them for it, than it is to "borrow" it, then why oh why would I pay for it? I would also like to see an answer to the OP. /end rant

dvdcatalyst said:
Stripping the DRM is something I haven't seen yet, however, on other Android forums, I've seen the program Tunebite mentioned a couple of times.
It basically records the file while it is being played on your computer (similar to what "other" drm removal tools do, but supposedly, it accesses the file differently, enabling it to run faster.
I have no experience with it myself though. I tend to stay away from those kinds of files myself.
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A tool called requiem will remove the DRM. You're on your own to find it though.

#2 I grab my movies from tehparadox.com I have never dl'ed any viruses from that site. Plus its an active site if theirs a problem with at post ppl will always let you know before you download
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www.imp4movies.com works for me.

Read my post on what u need to know before u buy Xoom
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there's a great program called DVDCatalysts4 that encodes DVD's & Blue Ray's just great.

monkeefied said:
Why do they make it soo hard to download movies and video legally? I've had such a hard time with DRM and such, that I've had to resort to other methods to get my media on my portables. I hate this soo much, I have no problem paying for my content, but if it is harder to pay them for it, than it is to "borrow" it, then why oh why would I pay for it? I would also like to see an answer to the OP. /end rant
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I am not sure, but here in the Netherlands downloading movies is legal. Uploading is not. At this moment usenet is a excellent source especially with Spotnet. Works like a charm after the authorities closed down FTD (database of this program was in the Netherlands, but was no longer considered legal). Spotnet however is new designed and has a database on usenet itself which is impossible to shutdown.
All movies, music, series can be found there in topnotch quality and downloading goes with 12MB (that is MegaByte per second), depending on your internet account ofcourse. We in the Netherlands have a maximum of 120Mbit at this moment.
Not sure if it will also works overseas, but you could give it a try.

might be off topic, but whats the cheapest cloud storage service

I have drop box right now and really like it, but would like to get more than 100 gb, preferably cheaper. Anyone have any recomensations?

A home server would be cheaper then a cloud service at that level.
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Use 4shared. It's 79.99 for unlimited storage and it has an android app too
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$20 for 80gb for Google. And I upload all kinds of formats to Docs.

RoryPG said:
$20 for 80gb for Google. And I upload all kinds of formats to Docs.
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This is what I use too. Very handy for pictures and docs, and I bet that I'll be able to use this $80 when Google releases Google Music cloud storage as well.

Amazon S3 is hands down the cheapest, fastest and best option, BUT, it lacks a dedicated app :-(

RoryPG said:
$20 for 80gb for Google. And I upload all kinds of formats to Docs.
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Me 2 - I will be purchasing a 1TB section of cloud storage with Google in the next couple of months as well - primarily for disaster recovery of 2 PC's 2 servers and several mobile devices in my house.

RoryPG said:
$20 for 80gb for Google. And I upload all kinds of formats to Docs.
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Me 2 - I will be purchasing a 1TB section of cloud storage with Google in the next couple of months as well - primarily for disaster recovery of 2 PC's 2 servers and several mobile devices in my house.

you could try mozy or carbonite...

just looked at amazon s3 pricing. Confusing price structure but it appears to be much pricier than google's $20/yr for 80gb.
The one thing that does attract me to sticking with google cloud is the way they arr integrating online services with honeycomb.

How well is Google's storage intergrated with android? I would like to have access on all my devices. Also, is there an app for Google storage or something like it

Anyone know about the intergration.

It's pretty limited to applications that sync with Docs. But your storage space is broadcast across all Google Apps - Gmail, Picasa, Docs, and probably Music when it hits.
"Docs" is where you would actually store what ever you needed to. You can upload any file type to your docs account.

chbennett said:
A home server would be cheaper then a cloud service at that level.
Sent from my Xoom the way it should be, rooted and with SD card.
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Can you advise as to any good home server software + apps. I'm already aware of Plex and Subsonic.

Im using a plain old WD NAS with cifs on netstorage. There is a web interface to access the data from anywhere. Are you cloud storing for anywhere access of for disaster recovery...wouldnt make much since to back up to a net drive at yoru home if its for disaster recovery.

mhausig said:
Can you advise as to any good home server software + apps. I'm already aware of Plex and Subsonic.
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I run a 6ish TB windows hone server. Auto backups all the computers one the network. Not to hard to setup.
Everything is duplicated for redundancy.
Not to sure how you could like it to your phone though.
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wasya152 said:
Anyone know about the intergration.
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I haven't been able to test the video playback (since I'm not on a wifi network and don't want to wait over 3G) but there is a newly released Google Docs app that lets you access all of your files you have uploaded (that also uses up whatever online storage space you upgrade to).
I currently use Amazon Cloud for my music (bought a $5 album for an extra 15 GB of space for the year), Plex for movies on my desktop at home, and Google Docs for photos and videos (I paid $5 for the 20 GB for the year in addition to the free 7.5 GB of Gmail space).

Microsoft Skydrive is 25GB for FREE!

matrix2004 said:
Microsoft Skydrive is 25GB for FREE!
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Oh yeah, that's right. You can use soRAMi (or however they spell it) to upload/download files.
The only problem is you're limited to 50 mb file sizes.

I went with the $20 / year 80 gig from google as well. The integration with all things google is definitely very handy. I've uploaded tons of home movies to Picasa and shared with my extended family.

Best MP3 Cloud service

What is the best free mp3 cloud service? Amazon cloud has a nice layout and streams nicely but only gives 5gb free. Microsoft skydrive gives 25gb but the player is pretty crappy and takes awhile to load. Are there any other free cloud drives similar to amazon with more memory?

Google Music. Free. Up to 20,000 songs. Listen on any computer or any Android device. Enough said.

Audiogalaxy IMHO, but you have to keep your computer on to stream your music.

google music sounds awesome but how do i get into the beta? anyone have an invite code?
thanks.

Goggle music beta hands down..... I don't think they're still doing invites (call me out if I'm wrong lol )
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theduce102 said:
Goggle music beta hands down..... I don't think they're still doing invites (call me out if I'm wrong lol )
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I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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ac16313 said:
I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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I'm not sure.... I use beta all the time and would hate to have to pay for it..... maybe they'll keep beta open to the people who already use it and just open up a new server for the paid accounts

theduce102 said:
I'm not sure.... I use beta all the time and would hate to have to pay for it..... maybe they'll keep beta open to the people who already use it and just open up a new server for the paid accounts
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I hope so this is great, would hate to see it go away.
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If you don't have it yet, head to http://music.google.com to request an invite. Might take them a while to give you one though.

And who knows how long it will be in beta status. Gmail was in beta for over five years...and it is still free.

Thank dtugg for the link
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amazon gives you 20gb storage "free" if you buy any album (not 5gb...)...

ac16313 said:
I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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It does say "Music Beta is available free for a limited time." So they are at least implying their intent to charge for the service. If that actually comes to be is anybody's guess.

D`Nyed said:
It does say "Music Beta is available free for a limited time." So they are at least implying their intent to charge for the service. If that actually comes to be is anybody's guess.
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this could also imply that music beta is available for a limited time as well
trying to be optimistic hahaha

Haven't seen mspot mentioned. It's pretty good, with some odd restrictions (the music has to all come from the same computer, though it does get stored on their server).
I didn't realize you could stream with skydrive.

I really enjoy amazon cloud. It has web and android apps. It has very simple transfer from client to cloud and back. And every time I buy any music from amazon, it's right there for me. Size isn't an issue as I really only need my favorite songs accessable frm everywhere. 5gb would be enough but I easily buy an album a year which will keep my storage at 20gb.
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Google has already stated at I/O that Google Music will not be a fully free service.
Amazon MP3 has a fast uploader, and if you buy a digital copy, there is no upload time at all - just hits your music library almost instantly.
I think the player is clunky and the UI kind of slugish on our phones and the Moto Xoom.
The playlist shuffle feature BLOWS on amazon
Google Music has a really great interface, well integrated with the device, but that damn uploader is so EFING SLOW!
Shuffle actually shuffles and does it nicely.

blu9987 said:
amazon gives you 20gb storage "free" if you buy any album (not 5gb...)...
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for a year only. Not sure if you'll have to buy another one to keep 20 Gb, but you'll have to pay for extra 15Gb. BTW the music that you bought at Amazon and store in their cloud does not count toward your total. That is another plus for them.
I do not think Google up-loader is slow. Last time I put two albums in my music folder and switched to Google Music site, they already were present there.
I like both services and wish for a Black/dark theme for Amazon player.

I vote for Google Music, it took me a week non stop to upload 9000+ songs and I have a 1.5Mbps upload speed at home.
I haven't found an easy way to upload via Amazon unless it has changed since I signed up when it first came out. You have to upload each album/song manually which is unlike google music which scans your folder that you select and uploads all the compatible music to the cloud, at it's own damn pace.

pablomentabo said:
Audiogalaxy IMHO, but you have to keep your computer on to stream your music.
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here's another vote for audiogalaxy.

Help|First day with the nexus 7

well,i can call it my first android device but not really.
anyway im and iOS guy and i donno **** on here!
How do I transfer apps from my Pc to the tablet?

Why not just use Google Play?

using USB cable?
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Netbloe said:
well,i can call it my first android device but not really.
anyway im and iOS guy and i donno **** on here!
How do I transfer apps from my Pc to the tablet?
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Why do you need to transfer apps? There is no itunes here on Android, all apps loading is done through the app stores. You can however use your computer browser to remotely install apps to your device where ever you are. That's a cool feature.
The only reason to transfer apps would be to install apks you get from the Internet, but you wouldn't be doing that would you?

Welcome to the light side. You can transfer apps (.apk.) files as they are known on android as others have suggested. Personally I have
never found the need. The play store is your best friend. There are tonnes of free/trial apps and games you can dload instantly.
Not to mention the 5 day 25c 25p Google sale. They will change each day for the next few days. I recommend office suite pro on sale at the moment if you want the best office app on android. Usually $15 £10, you can grab it if you are quick for 25 pennies. A few gamers and other apps.
For less than 2quid I managed to grab 7 different apps and games. Looking forward to see whats next on offer in a few hours time.

Nospin said:
The only reason to transfer apps would be to install apks you get from the Internet, but you wouldn't be doing that would you?
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*sigh* There are perfectly legit reasons to be transferring apks; thank God they actually let you rather than just blanketing all unofficial activity as piracy.
Anyways, that's basically the answer for the OP. Apps get remotely installed from the play store with no need for transfer, whereas apks can just be sent and installed if necessary.
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Justin tv viewer app on nexus 4

Does Justin tv viewer app work on nexus 4 ? Does anyone has new version of justin tv viewer app apk file ...
Thanks

Why don't you try it?
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and is compatible according to GPlay Store

By justin.tv you probably mean twitch.tv? If so twitch has been working just fine forme. Have been streaming league of legends for a while now on Xylons Rom. Just search up twitch.tv on the playstore it's free.

You should google that.
I looked at the play store page and it says it's compatible with all of my devices including my Nexus 4.
Don't expect to be spoonfed everything! You're new here so I gave you a break....learn to search for answers before asking simple questions. Simple questions are a waste of bandwidth and server space.

spitefulcheerio said:
You should google that.
I looked at the play store page and it says it's compatible with all of my devices including my Nexus 4.
Don't expect to be spoonfed everything! You're new here so I gave you a break....learn to search for answers before asking simple questions. Simple questions are a waste of bandwidth and server space.
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Agreed
@narupls: Twitch and JustinTV are two different things. They are owned by the same company and are very similar. Twitch is primarily for gaming and JustinTV is for the non-gaming side of things
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50dmNoYW5uZWx2aWV3Il0. is the app that OP was mentioning.

zephiK said:
Agreed
@narupls: Twitch and JustinTV are two different things. They are owned by the same company and are very similar. Twitch is primarily for gaming and JustinTV is for the non-gaming side of things
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Thanks for clearing that up, I am just so used to the gaming side of justin.tv so I thought he meant twitch cause they made the merge of the gaming section of justin.tv over to twitch.tv.

narupls said:
Thanks for clearing that up, I am just so used to the gaming side of justin.tv so I thought he meant twitch cause they made the merge of the gaming section of justin.tv over to twitch.tv.
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Same here, I'm used to twitch. Stream some games from time to time and use it to mainly watch tournaments during the week and weekend. About to watch some NASL when it kicks off in two minutes actually!
Some people still use JustinTV, I remembered watching soccer on there a few years back. I still feel that the TwitchTV Android App needs to be improved, the iOS version is so much superior. Right now theres no support for your user account (whom I'm following) and there is a significant delay on the stream using the app when watching what you watch on the desktop.