Hello,
I am planning to buy SGS2 OR Galaxy Note and was wondering if it can play 1080P/720P full length movies on it... All my movies are around 5-7GB in size.
Also, will there be a problem playing frm internal memory as it wont support anything greater than 2GB?
Plz post your expereince for "playing Big Files"
i have played 10 gb blue ray rips(full hd), via wifi streaming and it played like charm. Didnt tried copying things to phone memory, as you said the file system wont support larger files, but you can try formatting your card to ntfs or exfat with suitable mods, if you want to use those bigger files
The CPU/GPU cannot be beat by anything in the market for playing hidef movies. No matter the format or bitrate I can't find a file this phone can't play, and most of my downloads are 1080p high profile from my media center PC. BUT if you use fat 32 (default) you'll be limited to 4gb per file. Maybe use ntfs (search here)?
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From the above, i see tht the phone can play big files with no problem and i just have to format my Sd card to NTFS... But wht about internal Memory? can it be formatted to NTFS - If yes, its simple OR i have to hack sumthing ??
craige said:
From the above, i see tht the phone can play big files with no problem and i just have to format my Sd card to NTFS... But wht about internal Memory? can it be formatted to NTFS - If yes, its simple OR i have to hack sumthing ??
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For it to support NTFS, you need root and do some trickery. It is not straightforward.
bala_gamer said:
i have played 10 gb blue ray rips(full hd), via wifi streaming and it played like charm. Didnt tried copying things to phone memory, as you said the file system wont support larger files, but you can try formatting your card to ntfs or exfat with suitable mods, if you want to use those bigger files
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Frm wht i understand i have to buy a "USB Wifi-Adapter" and plug it into my windows PC, and pair it simply with my phone and i can play all files on my PC on my phone, Am i understanding right?
Also, i am using wired internet on my PC, this way will i be able to use my wired internet on my phone as well thru Wifi ?
If i can manage the above with just an adapter, then whts the use of Wifi Router? Pardon My ignorance...
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Frm wht i understand i have to buy a "USB Wifi-Adapter" and plug it into my windows PC, and pair it simply with my phone and i can play all files on my PC on my phone, Am i understanding right?
Also, i am using wired internet on my PC, this way will i be able to use my wired internet on my phone as well thru Wifi ?
If i can manage the above with just an adapter, then whts the use of Wifi Router? Pardon My ignorance...
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A wifi router is simply enough to do the task. Yout pc dont need a usb wifi adapter.
All the data are transmitted from your pc to mobile via wifi router.
Once you have a wifi router on your pc to transmit data, you can try the following apps to play the movies from your pc to mobile.
1.VLC direct.
2.ES File Explorer.
The later one is much efficient
Hmmm... Wifi Router is big and pricey.
So, i think if work can be done with a portable USB Wifi adapter why to see anything else?
Plz can u do lil more explaining, as i really suck at this part of wireless technology and why i cant just use adapter?
@craige
Wifi router is not that much expensive, you can get one from belkin or netgear for cheap rates.
1.Once you install your wifi router in your pc, the work is pretty much done.
2.Connect your phone to your wifi.
3.Installed the above mentioned softwares.
4.Configure it and start watching movie from anywhere within your wifi range.
USB WiFi adapter will most likely only allow PC to connect to WIFI network. But you need a router or WiFi access point to host your wifi network. WiFi is not like Bluetooth where you connect one device directly to another.
So cheapest option might be wireless router or access point. It all depends on your network configuration at home, like what other devices you have and is there an empty Ethernet port on your main internet box (broadband modem).
Why not watch the movie on your nice big monitor? Or better yet, stream to a massive tv rather than a 4.3" screen. I can't see why I'd need this in my own home...
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A wifi router is simply enough to do the task. Yout pc dont need a usb wifi adapter.
All the data are transmitted from your pc to mobile via wifi router.
Once you have a wifi router on your pc to transmit data, you can try the following apps to play the movies from your pc to mobile.
1.VLC direct.
2.ES File Explorer.
The later one is much efficient
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Installed ES File Explorer and now I can browse all the shared folders in my PC over WiFi but I can't seem to play MKV files. Do I need to install a different player app in the phone or should ES File Explorer do it?
Install MX Player, that should help.
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Install MX Player, that should help.
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Just about to say the same....
How do you guys stream 1080p mkv's smoothly, I just bought a TP-link WR1043ND 300 Mbps N router and on my phone it says I'm connected at 65mbps. I stream SD movies from my pc to my phone fine but HD movies stutter.
P.S. using ES File Explorer and Dice player
I am curious.. I'm trying to save space on my Nexus 7 by putting all of my videos that i would want to watch on my nexus onto the SD card of my Sgs 3. I was curious if anyone knew of a way to be able to stream the videos while on the road from the sgs3 to the Nexus.
Im in the same boat here. I have all my movies in my 64gb card in my GS3 and i would like to access the files with my Nexus 7.So far i am able to do this but i have to use multiple apps. Here is the list:GS3 appsFoxFi (for bluetooth tether)aViaNexus 7PDANET for tablets (to connect to FoxFi via Bluetooth)MediaHouseFirst you will need to have a succesful bluetotth tether connection. Then share your media in aVia by setting the phone as a DLNA server. Once the media is being shared, launch MediaHouse on the tablet.You should see the phone information in Play From section. I hope this helps and im sure someone else will find a much easier way of doing this. The main thing i needed is to conserve as much battery and only access my media from my phone with my tablet without using another device outside of my GS3 and Nexus 7.
Is there a way to stream/play videos to my Nexus 7 from my phone(HTC Thunderbolt). Due to the storage limitation on the Nexus 7, I figured this might be a good solution to get around it. I want to be able to stream the media without connecting to a network/router because I spend a lot of time commuting.
I've successfully connected to my phone by FTPing using 3G/4G by tethering my phone to the tablet. I can stably transfer files at 2-2.5 MB/s which sure as hell beats Bluetooth and should be adequate to stream videos. Using ES File Explorer, I've connected to my phone using the same method and it lets me play files directly off my phone using the MX Player. Great.
Of course it's not that easy or else I wouldn't have my this thread. When I try to seek it gives me an error, "Sorry, video cannot be played". The message is persistent once it shows up and the only way to fix it is to reconnect to the network.
Any ideas on how I can get around this limitation? I can't imagine I'm the only one who's attempted to do something like this. Thanks.
I installed samba filesharing (in play store) onto my Galaxy S (CM9). This allows you to access your phone's storage while tethered by wifi to it. No router is required. For playing the video I use BS Player. Seeking works well and even 720p mkv runs without a problem.
Great! I'll give that a try and report back with the results. Thanks!
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It works! I simply installed Samba Filesharing on my phone then with my tablet tethered scanned using the LAN settings on ES File Explorer. Works like a charm. Thank you so much!
I'm looking for something that will let me access all my music and movies from my nexus 10. Something that won't need any PC set up our access. I gave my laptop to my girlfriend and use my nexus 10 and galaxy nexus exclusively. I bought a GoFlex 3TB Home yesterday thinking that I could plug it in to my router and a ton of storage fit music and movies. I returned today because after a day of trying to set it up I could not get anything close to a smooth experience. It took me half the day just to register it with seagates servers (the drive is unusable until registered) and the go flex android app is a joke.
Does anyone have a Wi-Fi hard drive set up that doesn't go through a PC? I thought about picking up a go flex satellite but after the goflex home I have no faith in seagates system.
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I'm looking for something that will let me access all my music and movies from my nexus 10. Something that won't need any PC set up our access. I gave my laptop to my girlfriend and use my nexus 10 and galaxy nexus exclusively. I bought a GoFlex 3TB Home yesterday thinking that I could plug it in to my router and a ton of storage fit music and movies. I returned today because after a day of trying to set it up I could not get anything close to a smooth experience. It took me half the day just to register it with seagates servers (the drive is unusable until registered) and the go flex android app is a joke.
Does anyone have a Wi-Fi hard drive set up that doesn't go through a PC? I thought about picking up a go flex satellite but after the goflex home I have no faith in seagates system.
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I was looking at these. They have a bridged mode as well so you can maintain the Internet connection.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Wi-D...id=1356746901&sr=8-3&keywords=wifi+hard+drive
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I just picked up one of the Kingston 64gb with drives. Really liking it so far and have had a good experience streaming movies from it, not a ton of storage but would recommend. I got it mainly for traveling with the kids for them to watch movies.
My router has some sort of DLNA thing and a USB port; not entirely sure if it would be usable for storage though, but it should be fine for media streaming.
I use BubbleUPnP to stream media from my PCs to my nexus 10. Its available in the Google Play Store
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Maybe this is what you're looking for :
Sorry - wasn't allowed to post a link. But look out for CloudFTP.
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I picked up the seagate goflex satellite for $100 during the holidays. Stock, It's definitely hindered by the lousy software/firmware, but you can replace it, either on your own or for $35 you can get a package from www.hackseagatesatellite.com. Essentially, you are installing a linux server system on it. You can run SMB, webDav, FTP, iTunes server, or DLNA system. Multiple devices can also stream from it simultaneously.
I haven't tried it, but it also has dropbox and eyefi integration.
The hardware is not fast enough to stream a 30 gb 1080p mkv file. But if you transcode it with handbrake to a reasonable size, it streams well with only an occasional stutter with the stock player.
If you use BS player in LAN mode, and set the buffer to large, It plays the entire 1080p movie without any hiccups or pauses. (Avatar plays beautifully. I am also undervolted and underclocked with the KTmanta kernel)
I'm not quite sure if this would fit your situation but try using a NAS (Network Attached Storage). Then just find an app on the play store that supports streaming from one and viola! You can even take it a step further and download movies onto your N10, then transfer them to the NAS, allowing anyone with access to view/stream content.
I know Newegg has a dedicated section for NAS setups, but I'd consider buying a NAS enabled hard drive bay and tossing in a few old drives. Upgrade-ability + Customization :good:
An additional bonus to using NAS is you do not need a router that supports it in comparison to DLNA /USB support.
I would agree with this, I have the same setup - using an old version of Dlink's DNS-323.
I have several mkv files on my 64GB sd card thats in my galaxy s4 and would like to simply use my nexus 10 with mxplayer pro and stream any of those mkvs from the phone to the tablet. I can't believe how unbelievably difficult this is. I do NOT want to transfer the file because there is no space on the nexus to copy any one of these mkv's over, is there anything out there that would allow streaming via wifi direct? Blows my mind how simple file sharing/streaming is made so difficult between android devices.
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I have several mkv files on my 64GB sd card thats in my galaxy s4 and would like to simply use my nexus 10 with mxplayer pro and stream any of those mkvs from the phone to the tablet. I can't believe how unbelievably difficult this is. I do NOT want to transfer the file because there is no space on the nexus to copy any one of these mkv's over, is there anything out there that would allow streaming via wifi direct? Blows my mind how simple file sharing/streaming is made so difficult between android devices.
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I'm new here and certainly no expert but I was trying to figure out how to get my s4 to connect Ad-hoc to my laptop. Finally after searching and being told it couldn't be done without editing code I realized I was going at it from the wrong side. I found a program that turns my laptop into a virtual router and I use Samba to make my droid visible on the network so I can stream or file share very easily. There are router apps on the play store. Though I have not tried it, it is worth a shot. GL.