Hi, I just got a N10 for Xmas and I tried to play a movie on it from a microSD card. I've downloaded the nexus media importer and it works but I can't watch the film directly from the card. It wants to download it to the device. So my question is: what should I do?
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And thanks for your help
you must use a player that supports OTG
BSplayer is the ****
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Hi Guys,
I bought a Noosy U-disk (4 gb of space + acts as a microSD card reader) for my N10 and I'm disappointed that nexus media importer doesn't do anything when I plug it in. It just says "connecting......waiting for media" and I can never access the files on it.
I bought this thing b/c of it's potential utility with it's microUSB on one side + USB/Card reader on the other. I am desperate to get this working since I am constantly on the run in the hospital and need fast access to my notes & guidelines without eating up all my storage. I'm not interested in rooting b/c I have it set up perfectly and don't want to redo all that redownloading of apps etc...and I don't know what I'm doing lol.
It works PERFECTLY with my Galaxy S3, however.
Thanks and I really appreciate it.
(Note: I also bought a couple of OTG cables but they are taking FOREVER to arrive since they are coming from China)
attached is a pic of my U-disk
Hi there sa278. First of all, if it's working with the samsung galaxy S3, we can all guess where is the problem. However, if you want to root your device, there's a method that won't erase your data, and it is automatically, fast and accurate. Look in the forum for superboot, you just need to install the drivers, and double click a .bat file, the rest is up to the program.
I have to say that nexus media importer will let you use the permission of "write" (plus the ones that you have on non-rooted) by rooting your device, but that's not necessary in your case (non-rooted device can only read and execute).
You can give it a try, but it's pretty weird. Have you tried with any other usb? Goodluck!
Sorry for my english
The developer for NMI is very responsive if you email him. I bought the same U-disk device and could only get the built in drive to work, not the card reader. The developer and I emailed for several days and tried to get it to work. Rooting won't help you get the u-disk to work. We tried that as well. I ended up buying a micro-usb microsd card reader instead from aliexpress that works perfectly with NMI.
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The developer for NMI is very responsive if you email him. I bought the same U-disk device and could only get the built in drive to work, not the card reader. The developer and I emailed for several days and tried to get it to work. Rooting won't help you get the u-disk to work. We tried that as well. I ended up buying a micro-usb microsd card reader instead from aliexpress that works perfectly with NMI.
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Do you mind posting a link to the micro-usb microSD card reader you are currently using from aliexpress? I was really hoping this U-disk would work...how disappointing
Thank you.
sa278 said:
Do you mind posting a link to the micro-usb microSD card reader you are currently using from aliexpress? I was really hoping this U-disk would work...how disappointing
Thank you.
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No problem. This solved my problem of storing movies on my Nexus 10. This is the link: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB-OTG-Connection-Kit-MicroB-MicroSD-Card-Reader-for-Cellphone-PC-Smartphone-free-shipping/701881177.html. It works perfectly and is small enough not to interfere with the headphone jack.
Not working anymore
I just recently got NMI for my Nexus 7 and using my OTG cable i was able to use my Seagate 1tB external to view movies and music but now when i connect it i keep getting a Connecting USB Device /dev/bus/usb/002/002 Waiting for Media that lasts forever...any ideas?
Hi guys, firstly apologies if this has already been covered but after using search I failed to find a fix.
OK so I firstly decided to purchase a nexus 7 after reading an article about the ability to root and use USB devices via an OTG cable. It sounded great and the idea was to put all my media on a USB stick and play via the nexus 7.
I'm happy with the nexus 7 its great, for the price its incredible however I'm having problems with one task in particular. When streaming HD movies from a USB stick itsnlaggy and jumps. I used vlc media player to play the files and I believe they were mkv's .
Anyone else have this problem or can suggest a way round so I can watch them? Besides lowering the quality of the movies?
Try using a different player, dice player, mx player, or bs player work fine for me. I haven't used vlc on android but have used it with my laptop and have had problems with playback of some mkv files.
in most case if one player doesn't work for the file, another player will work. I have 3 different players installed.
Cheers
Cheers guys il try some of the players listed, As this is my first Android device i didn't really know which Media player to use hence why i used to trust worth VLC as its brilliant on the PC. il let you know if your recommendation works
I have seen elsewhere on the net that the Samsung SE-218BB external USB DVD drive has android compatibility, as well as the newer model SE-218CB. I'm wondering if it will also be compatible with the Fire TV as it is android based.
I just got my FTV and have ClockWork Mod custom recovery 6.0.5.1.4a and latest rooted custom ROM (51.1.4.0_514006420 updated) on it. The general plan was to use this to completely replace my current HTPC setup. If I were able to play DVD's using XBMC that would be perfect. Has anyone tried this? Does the android port of XBMC still have the DVD support in it even, or has it been removed?
It's not a huge loss if it does not work, but it would be nice to have it do everything instead of still needing a traditional DVD player.
They are available at a local retailer for only 29.99, so I may just pick one up and try it out. If it doesn't work, I can just return it I guess. I will report my findings later.
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I have seen elsewhere on the net that the Samsung SE-218BB external USB DVD drive has android compatibility, as well as the newer model SE-218CB. I'm wondering if it will also be compatible with the Fire TV as it is android based.
I just got my FTV and have ClockWork Mod custom recovery 6.0.5.1.4a and latest rooted custom ROM (51.1.4.0_514006420 updated) on it. The general plan was to use this to completely replace my current HTPC setup. If I were able to play DVD's using XBMC that would be perfect. Has anyone tried this? Does the android port of XBMC still have the DVD support in it even, or has it been removed?
It's not a huge loss if it does not work, but it would be nice to have it do everything instead of still needing a traditional DVD player.
They are available at a local retailer for only 29.99, so I may just pick one up and try it out. If it doesn't work, I can just return it I guess. I will report my findings later.
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My guess is that if you plug it into the AFTV, and mount it, you should have no problem accessing it. As for XMBC playing them, i don't see why not as long as the DVD gets mounted. Too bad you didn't ask a week ago, I had an LG drive just like that here, I could of tried it out.
Any updates on that? I am additionally interested in playing media from an external blueray player ...
Thanks,
Jens
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My guess is that if you plug it into the AFTV, and mount it, you should have no problem accessing it. As for XMBC playing them, i don't see why not as long as the DVD gets mounted. Too bad you didn't ask a week ago, I had an LG drive just like that here, I could of tried it out.
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I have similar need as well. I own a generic USB DVD player. It would be great if I can plug it into Fire TV to play CD or DVD.
External DVD Drive possibility
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Any luck connecting an external DVD or BluRay drive to Amazon FireTv?
Hi everyone,
I am thinking about buying a Nexus Player after I played with my roommate's Chromecast. I was really impressed with how well it worked and, using the Seagate Central app, I was able to play and cast files from my media center. The impressive part was that it actually did well casting all my files - except MKVs. It would play the video, but there'd be no sound.
With that having been said, does the Nexus Player do a better job at this?
Hello everyone, I recently bought a Nexus 6p, 32gb because I didn't feel like spending extra money for more memory when I only need it for listening to music. Long story short, I bought an SP 64gb Dual USB A/C thumb drive and when I plug it in, I can't open music files from the stick to play directly from there. I've downloaded "FX file manager" and was finally able to figure out how to copy & paste things to/from my usb drive (which I wasn't even able to do using the factory file manager). Has anyone tried this and/or figured out a workaround? I'm assuming it's the same with video, but I haven't tried playing one. Thanks in advance.
Thats weird. My lexar usb a/c drive lets me play whatever i want from it, videos, music. I just cant write to it.
Really? What program do you use to play the music? Are you using the latest Android 7.1 update?
I think there may be more than one reason this isn't working for me...