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[Q] HDMI out

Hi all, I was looking at my shift, and even though it says it doesn't have video-out capabilities I see that the charging port is micro-hdmi. Is it possible to buy a micro-hdmi to hdmi cable and watch netflix and stuff on my TV?

That's micro-USB, not micro-hdmi. You use it to connect to your PC or Mac.
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Ron Overdrive said:
That's micro-USB, not micro-hdmi. You use it to connect to your PC or Mac.
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Oh my mistake. So it is impossible to output video from the Shift?

Not that im aware of. It send files but thats about it.
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Is there any way to stream media from my shift to a TV? Like Netflix or something?

toobz said:
Is there any way to stream media from my shift to a TV? Like Netflix or something?
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There is that samsung media streamer that got posted on the portal awhile back. That would be the only way I think, and it would require you have a compatible samsung tv. Or you might be able to use one of those google tv devices to stream from your phone (was that one of the features? I forget)

I use imedia share to stream to my samsung tv. Can stream things already on your phone but not netflix.
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toobz said:
Is there any way to stream media from my shift to a TV? Like Netflix or something?
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Don't think it will work for Netflix , but it does work for the other stuff on your phone. You can give THIS a try, see if it works for you.

[Q] flash player not compatible

Is there a version of flash player I can side load ? I'm bummed to find flash player isn't compatible in play store. Loving my new nexus though!

Perhaps you didn't get the memo but flash isn't compatible with jelly bean. Or at least I think its not.
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I'm pretty sure I read flash will not be updating or working on smartphone applications any longer...
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wtfmate913 said:
Is there a version of flash player I can side load ? I'm bummed to find flash player isn't compatible in play store. Loving my new nexus though!
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1.)Download on your phone
2.)Backup
3.)Move to tablet
4.)Restore
5.)???
6.)Profit
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Can anyone post the apk? Thanks
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biggggant said:
Can anyone post the apk? Thanks
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you need to search for the flash threads for the apk

http://www.mediafire.com/?9lcf0616i0l39kr
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Tried several apks got them working but kept crashing dolphin every time I would try going fullscreen

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wtfmate913 said:
Is there a version of flash player I can side load ? I'm bummed to find flash player isn't compatible in play store. Loving my new nexus though!
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wtfmate913 said:
Tried several apks got them working but kept crashing dolphin every time I would try going fullscreen
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I restored a previous backup. Ditto with the fullscreen crashing, both in Dolphin HD and Opera Mobile browsers.
Kind of bummed too, since one of the main purposes of finding a reason to buy the N7 in the first place was to be able to watch anime on it. Usually 5 out of 6 alternate video links are flash, and the html5 won't full screen..
Is there an addon or app that can be installed that would take over the inline streamed feed?

is there anyway to watch noobroom.com videos on nexus 7 ?

This is the best solution I have found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28785685&postcount=4
Flash seems smoother on Mozilla then Dolphin HD+Beta
ateebtk said:
is there anyway to watch noobroom.com videos on nexus 7 ?
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Great site, thanks
I loaded up 'the Raven' on Mozilla and looks like it let me go to the full screen without crashing, if the other videos are using the same embedded then it should work no problem but if not then use my 'trick' for those

thanks everyone, I'll try sideloading firefox later today with the plugin.

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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Smartshare apk (up to date ]

OK I've spent most of the day looking into this with minimal success.
As there are some great sales on today I've been and got an lg smart TV.
To get the nexus 4 to connect I need the smartshare app but as I live in the UK it says it's not available over here yet :thumbdown:.
So I've been searching on XDA today and found the smartshare apk and installed it but it won't open .
Can it work any help much appreciated.
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I have the same problem
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camiloesc said:
I have the same problem
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bump * anyway to get this app working on the nexus 4?

Nope... I resigned :-/
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Can you not use the lg TV remote app.
It says things about smartshare in it's description and is available to download on UK play store
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Alex240188 said:
Can you not use the lg TV remote app.
It says things about smartshare in it's description and is available to download on UK play store
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yea the lg tv remote app works well but that's all it is - a remote . . the smartshare app supposed to let you just share whatever from your phone to your tv i was just tryna play some music on my phone to it but i just ended up connecting it to my home theater so its cool i guess

icecicle said:
yea the lg tv remote app works well but that's all it is - a remote . . the smartshare app supposed to let you just share whatever from your phone to your tv i was just tryna play some music on my phone to it but i just ended up connecting it to my home theater so its cool i guess
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Just use one of the many DLNA apps from the play store, I use Skifta
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saint_cow said:
Just use one of the many DLNA apps from the play store, I use Skifta
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interesting i never even heard of those but i'll try it out later today. Thanks !

Bubbleupnp is also another good one. Will let your phone be either a remote choosing streams from a dlna server to a dlna receiver. Or as a server itself stemming phone content to a receiver
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New Nexus 7: Can't watch YouTube in HD

I can watch every YouTube video in standard definition or HQ, but the second a video requests HD video it won't load. Rather, it says there was an issue Touch to retry. I have a very fast Wi-Fi connection. Anyone have this issue?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
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Thanks a bunch for the link!
Are you using this as well? Is there any reason I need to do this, as in, why doesn't the stock application work?

After installing the mod there are certain number of YouTube videos I can't watch saying "Connection to server lost, touch to retry"
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Are you using wifi or mobile service?
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