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App to stream videos from networked hard drive?

On my iPad I used an app called Air Video <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/air-video-watch-your-videos/id306550020?mt=8> to stream videos from a hard drive on my wireless network. I would like to do the same on my Nexus 7. Does anyone know a good app to do that? I searched the Play store but wasn't able to find any.

You can try fs explorer if its a share drive.

BSPlayer
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untilcomplete said:
You can try fs explorer if its a share drive.
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Do you mean "ES Explorer"? I didn't find anything under the name of "fs explorer"
bcvictory said:
BSPlayer
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Holy smokes! BSPlayer is awesome!!! Thank you so much!!!

woshiweili said:
Do you mean "ES Explorer"? I didn't find anything under the name of "fs explorer"
Holy smokes! BSPlayer is awesome!!! Thank you so much!!!
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I think he mean't FX explorer.

I'm not sure how to exactly do this, I have a HDD plugged into my router, how do I go about finding it now? Any help would be great thanks!
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I tried ES File Explorer and that seems to work for Windows SMB network shares.
Just open the app, click the top left and Local to LAN. Then click the Search icon and it will find your computer on the network. Then just pick the file and open it with your preferred video player. The quality for my SD videos seems very blocky. I don't know if that's normal or not since I'm too lazy to put a file onto the internal memory to test, but it works. 1080p videos don't really play though and I haven't tried 720p. I might try some other apps later on.

ES File Explorer + MX Video Player. Works great. Rumor has it that an update to Solid Explorer is coming out soon that supports SMB share streaming.

I have tried a bunch of apps to stream from my Usb Hard Drive which is connected to my Netgear Router, but I have had no joy!
Anyone else using one of these routers and having any joy?
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Yes I am using a netgear router also n600 to be exact. I have had no luck so far, I think I am missing some settings that I need to change still.
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Plex worked for me.
http://www.plexapp.com/

Both of these stream from my WD Live TV Hub, not sure if they will work from a networked hard drive, probably will as long as there is some kind of DLNA/UPNP server on the NAS. I use these in conjunction with Dice player, which seems to play any codec up to 720p.
UPNPlay
Media House

I'm using VPlayer on the Nexus and I've installed TVMOBiLi on my mac.

I seriously don't get how to do this whole streaming thing, I don't have a server at home but I did plug in my portable hdd to my router and im not sure how to get it streaming to my N7. Any help would be great!
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atlman28 said:
Plex worked for me.
http://www.plexapp.com/
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+1 for plex.. its worked great for me
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1+ Plex
I've found Plex works well and I can use the same app on my GNEX and it happens to be built into my blu-ray player as well.
Three for the price of one!

dadoc04 said:
+1 for plex.. its worked great for me
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But don't I need a server with the Plex app? Sorry for the noob questions.
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XBMC works like a champ with PS3 Media Server installed on the computer. Able to stream 720p mkvs with subtitles to the N7 without any issues or stuttering

So I tried out BSPlayer and found it very easy to connect to my Windows 7 smb network shares. I liked it so much I used some of my credit to buy it.
It does get crashy, especially if you have a lot of LAN videos in your Recently Played, etc Playlists, but I don't use those anyway. The video seems much better quality than using ES File Explorer and MXPlayer/VPlayer. Load times and seek times are super quick with just BSPlayer too. The gestures for the interface aren't really useful to me, but they said they will probably have an option to disable it in a future update.

Anyone willing to connect with me via teamviewer to set it up to make it possible for me to stream my videos from my portable hdd that is on my router?
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[Q] Video Converter

Im looking for a good HD video converter to convert my movies and videos for my nexus 7 can someone please help?

se7s787 said:
Im looking for a good HD video converter to convert my movies and videos for my nexus 7 can someone please help?
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try handbrake

se7s787 said:
Im looking for a good HD video converter to convert my movies and videos for my nexus 7 can someone please help?
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Best video convert I've ever come across is WinAVI All In One

I'm currently using uRex DVD ripper that I got for free from http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
If you go there now, there is a free Engelmann i-Studio 6 and Android Converter
Good luck

thanks guys :good:

I use free make video converter its the best I think
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What are the best settings for the highest quality possible on the n7
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Why convert, just install MX Player. It is free and plays anything. The bonus is you do not need different versions (original and coverted copy on your PC)

Wonder share video
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This is free today
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
It's iStudio 6 and has an android converter. I haven't used it, I just happened to see a post about it somewhere and decided to give it a shot.
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Just use Mx player or vplayer... don't need convert.

jcraigen said:
Why convert, just install MX Player. It is free and plays anything. The bonus is you do not need different versions (original and coverted copy on your PC)
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Because no matter what framerate will suffer. And it is much more battery friendly to use GPU render in then software.
duyquang27 said:
Just use Mx player or vplayer... don't need convert.
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I would give 2 options: 1. hand brake. 2.video converter

I use Dvd catalyst, has preset options for loads of devices
http://www.tools4movies.com/

[Q] is there any way for me to hook up an external HDD?

i will be relying on my N7 for entertainment for a while and i have a 2tb i would like to hook up to it if possible.

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i will be relying on my N7 for entertainment for a while and i have a 2tb i would like to hook up to it if possible.
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If your 2tb hdd has external power it works if you use an OTG USB cable.
I have hooked it up to one of my 1.x tb hdds with external power by OTG USB and it worked like a charm

does it require root access??

Will-Survive said:
does it require root access??
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Good question. I would like to know also. And yes it has external power. Just a normal WD external.

I've just ordered a Samsung 500GB HDD and OTG cable so good to know (everyone should root their Nexus you can do so much more)
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Will-Survive said:
does it require root access??
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Not for read-only access (search play store for 'nexus media importer'), however if you root it, you can hook up the HDD, run media rescan (paid version of stickmount has that), and videos will show up in MX player, music in Music player and pics in Gallery.
Root is awesome.

If youre going to watch bluray rips or with audio codec DTS then i recommend you use DICE PLAYER and find a modified plugin file. its somewhere on XDA cannot remember for the life of me where it is...
its the only player that will play DTS and HD videos smoothly. MX has sync issues and other players dont support it.

Rooting is so confusing on this thing. Not like my RAZR MAXX.
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I use the Nexus Media Importer with a WD My Passport 500GB Hard Drive and I've had no troubles with it.

Slack2116 said:
Rooting is so confusing on this thing. Not like my RAZR MAXX.
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It's not really, it's the unlocking downloader that erases your data, but besides that you can root it with two clicks using one of the available tools found on this forum
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Ice Age download

Anyone know where the free Ice Age download is stored? Looking to copy it to a flash drive but can't find it.

You have to download it first, and id expect the DRM to be pretty darn tough.
But you will want to look here:
/sdcard/android/data/com.Google.android.videos/files/movies
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altimax98 said:
You have to download it first, and id expect the DRM to be pretty darn tough.
But you will want to look here:
/sdcard/android/data/com.Google.android.videos/files/movies
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Thanks, that's where it was but it's a wmv file which I've never got to play on the stock player. It starts and runs for a few seconds then errors out.
The file wouldn't play on my PC either, something didn't go well.

wptski said:
Thanks, that's where it was but it's a wmv file which I've never got to play on the stock player. It starts and runs for a few seconds then errors out.
The file wouldn't play on my PC either, something didn't go well.
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That's the DRM. I wouldn't expect to see it anywhere other than an android tablet
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[Q] Looking for help on DVD playback

I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

chrisbass said:
Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.
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I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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chrisbass said:
Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks
The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

b00mb00mchuck said:
Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?
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MACHEK said:
Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
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Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?
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MACHEK said:
Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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mrlaigle said:
Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.
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MACHEK said:
Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.
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If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.

chris198810 said:
Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...
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Looking for help on DVD playback
I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.