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In case anyone was waiting for the MLB TV app for Honeycomb......stop waiting. Go straight to MLB.com and enjoy. Works great. Obviously you still need the subscription to the service. And wifi is highly reccomended.
jgrizz said:
In case anyone was waiting for the MLB TV app for Honeycomb......stop waiting. Go straight to MLB.com and enjoy. Works great. Obviously you still need the subscription to the service. And wifi is highly reccomended.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026350
A little late to the game.
Was just curious if anyone else had any luck with this. I have a COX HBO subscription and received a flyer in the mail informing me that I could watch HBO movies for free via the internet thru HBOGO.com because I have an HBO subscription.
I thought well hell maybe I can watch HBO movies on my Xoom. Sure enough HBO and COX are not blocking it or anything but the damn Xoom browser gets all buggy and either freezes or crashes somewhere during the movie.
It also works if you have an HBO subscription with Verizon, Comcast and DirectTV, etc..
Was curious to see others experiences with this and their Xoom...I watched a few minutes of Vertigo, Terminator Salvation and Avatar before the Xoom browser crashes.
I tried in the stock browser, Firefox and Dolphin HD. The flash just doesn't seem to be able to handle it.
LynnL said:
I tried in the stock browser, Firefox and Dolphin HD. The flash just doesn't seem to be able to handle it.
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Yeah I tried skyfire and dolphin as well with no luck. Stock worked best but eventually crashes.
I did a Google search and apparently HBO is coming out with an HBOGO app for iOS and Android, so hopefully that comes out sooner rather than later...or at least we get a working stable flash player/browser at some point.
Im with directv.
I was able to get the stock browser to play but not without using unconventional methods. The video plays great once you actually get it to work.
I was able to get it to work with the stock browser. I only watched a few minutes of a show so I don't know how stable it was.
We all know Dolphin Hd isnt honeycomb friendly yet...So why not try Dolphin Mini..It works 20 times better than Dolphin Hd
Try dolphin mini works perfect once you get it to play. Kinda gotta tap it a few times to get it cuz it disapears but awesome. Just watched a movie on it. Dolphin mini is not like dolphin HD at all. Set it up though through settings as desktop user agent and flash always on
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Was just curious if anyone else had any luck with this. I have a COX HBO subscription and received a flyer in the mail informing me that I could watch HBO movies for free via the internet thru HBOGO.com because I have an HBO subscription.
I thought well hell maybe I can watch HBO movies on my Xoom. Sure enough HBO and COX are not blocking it or anything but the damn Xoom browser gets all buggy and either freezes or crashes somewhere during the movie.
It also works if you have an HBO subscription with Verizon, Comcast and DirectTV, etc..
Was curious to see others experiences with this and their Xoom...I watched a few minutes of Vertigo, Terminator Salvation and Avatar before the Xoom browser crashes.
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Thanks for the tips guys!!
I just tried HDMini and it worked for awhile and then the movie started skipping and freezing with the movie Vertigo. I DID get thru avatar so HD MINI sure beats stock.
Thanks again man!!!
Ha, check this out!! If you are an HBO subscriber this is HUGE news!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisaBTzuqsU
Looks like the app is coming on May 2!!!
I may need to get HBO again...
Was really excited about this until I read my cable provider (cablevision) will not be carrying this... ridiculous.
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not a problem
Old MuckenMire said:
Thanks for the tips guys!!
I just tried HDMini and it worked for awhile and then the movie started skipping and freezing with the movie Vertigo. I DID get thru avatar so HD MINI sure beats stock.
Thanks again man!!!
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I am able to use HBO to go with the stock browser in my xoom. I found that searching for movies in the portriat oriantation helps to see all the choices. I watch them full screen in landscape over wifi. The video is a little blockie looking but its a good start!
I'm disappointed watching HBOGO on my XOOM. My wife has an iPad2 and it streams and look beautiful everytime. However, on the XOOM it will invariable get blocking and even freeze at times. There must be more overhead to display it in safari as we are both using the same high speed internet connection.
I was just thinking about the whole movie rental thing not being available to root users because they are lumping us all in with thieves. How's this for a solution?
Instead of making it where we can't rent movies, can't they just make it where we aren't able to download them to the device (in other words, no pinning.) and only make them streamable? I would be happy with that. I mean, it would suck for flights and stuff where you don't have a connection, but It'd be better than the solution that they've currently got going.
Thoughts?
screw that they get no money
the movie industry can continue to screw themselves over
Yeah I dont understand... it just gives people a REASON to Pirate movies.
"oh I cant rent this movie on my tablet? Fine then I'll just hit up a torrent site"
Expecting the media copyright holders to be reasonable might be a bit naive
Google has to go along with whatever crazy **** they demand to license their content.
I have no problem whatsoever paying for a rental. I pay for netflix, hulu and frequently comcast on-demand stuff already. If I want to watch a movie on my tablet though, and the easiest thing to do is hit up usenet, then so be it. It usually downloads faster that way anyway.
If they want my money, they just have to make it convenient or at the very least not annoying...
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I have no problem whatsoever paying for a rental. I pay for netflix, hulu and frequently comcast on-demand stuff already. If I want to watch a movie on my tablet though, and the easiest thing to do is hit up usenet, then so be it. It usually downloads faster that way anyway.
If they want my money, they just have to make it convenient or at the very least not annoying...
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My sentiment exactly!
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Yeah I dont understand... it just gives people a REASON to Pirate movies.
"oh I cant rent this movie on my tablet? Fine then I'll just hit up a torrent site"
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Amen, brother.
Has anyone tried Amazon's video service? Not sure if it works on the Xoom / if it uses a special player.
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On another thread someone said that rooted Xooms could rent Google movies, just rent them through the web-based market. I haven't tried it yet.
web market works
Web market works for movie rentals through the native browser, helps to be logged into YouTube with the purchasing account through the browser as well. Also u have to set the quality lower if u didn't purchase the HD version. Works fine on my rooted 3.1 xoom. I have the hulu 10.3 and I believe the root 3.1 included the ua-string. I get errors trying to watch it through the native video app and I can't figure out how to open it in the native YouTube app, but full screen works fine through the browser streaming.
Same applies to watching it through browser on any computer too, we should get more then a day to watch it through...
Just purchase mega viewer pro... problem solved lol
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Web market works for movie rentals through the native browser, helps to be logged into YouTube with the purchasing account through the browser as well. Also u have to set the quality lower if u didn't purchase the HD version. Works fine on my rooted 3.1 xoom. I have the hulu 10.3 and I believe the root 3.1 included the ua-string. I get errors trying to watch it through the native video app and I can't figure out how to open it in the native YouTube app, but full screen works fine through the browser streaming.
Same applies to watching it through browser on any computer too, we should get more then a day to watch it through...
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Does it allowed to be downloaded/pinned? I'd like to find a solution for watching offline as I travel often.
All this is going to do is make people want to pirate movies. If it isn't easy to just purchase the movie than people are just going to go through other routes to get it on their device.
They are targeting root users, root users are the ones that know how to get stuff on the device without having to go through the market. In my opinion they will for sure lose more money by doing this.
How is everyone watching the 2016 Rio Olympics on the Nvidia Shield? Is it possible to watch the whole thing in 1080p?
NBC sports has an app for the olympics that i have on my Amazon firestick....i managed to find an apk that installs/works on the shield. Trouble is controlling the app, none of my remotes work, neither does the controller....lucky for me, my trusty old logitech k400 keyboard works just fine with it! Great app....TONS of coverage to choose from.
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NBC sports has an app for the olympics that i have on my Amazon firestick....i managed to find an apk that installs/works on the shield. Trouble is controlling the app, none of my remotes work, neither does the controller....lucky for me, my trusty old logitech k400 keyboard works just fine with it! Great app....TONS of coverage to choose from.
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Could you upload apk plz!? I tried side loading regular android apk but it would just force close
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slothdabski said:
Could you upload apk plz!? I tried side loading regular android apk but it would just force close
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tried, but says file too large (34.5mb)
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tried, but says file too large (34.5mb)
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Can you share via Dropbox or google drive please.
Ladies/Gents, figured I'd check XDA to see if anyone had success finding a reputable NBC Sports Live Extra APK. I found many, but saw this one here (https://appraw.com/apk/nbc-sports-live-extra-apk-download-2dkxb). Is that the one you're using? If not, can you please provide a link to the one you are using or PM me? Gracias!
I am using SlingTv works great
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Ladies/Gents, figured I'd check XDA to see if anyone had success finding a reputable NBC Sports Live Extra APK. I found many, but saw this one here (https://appraw.com/apk/nbc-sports-live-extra-apk-download-2dkxb). Is that the one you're using? If not, can you please provide a link to the one you are using or PM me? Gracias!
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sorry....wasn't sure if posting links was allowed, so thats why i did not provide one.
yes that is the same version i am using. not the site that i got it from, but thats the app! i was able to sideload it and install without a problem. it has crashed/fc a few times on me, but for the most part it works just fine. the app opens in portrait mode most of the time...but once you click on an event to view it, it switches to landscape and plays in fullscreen. not sure if its 1080p, but looks good to me (720p maybe?).
as i stated earlier....only thing that works to control it for me is a wireless keyboard w/trackpad. to scroll up/down through the list of events, i have to use two-finger swipe on the trackpad....arrows don't seem to work.
I thought I had notification setup for this subscribed thread, but apparently I did not! Thanks for replying as I have been using that same app and experiencing the same thing. So far so good!
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Kodi + Phoenix gives me some good streams from my country + Tvheadend DVB-T on my shield with HDHomerun.
I'm thinking of picking up a shield or shield pro but I need to find out if it's possible to sideload Covenant Eyes. Can someone with an account login to their site, download the apk and see if it will sideload?
sorry mate im all for free porn
How about you buy a shield & find out for yourself? Hate when someone asks for help when they could simply help themselves
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How about you buy a shield & find out for yourself? Hate when someone asks for help when they could simply help themselves
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touchy touchy. I won't buy an Android TV device if it won't sideload this app. If I do buy it and it doesn't work I've got to return it or sell it which is a hassle. It takes far less time and money for someone who already has a shield or shield pro and is feeling helpful to download the apk and give it a whirl. Perhaps some of the more helpful members can give it a try. Otherwise feel free to go troll someone elses thread and leave this one alone.
bump. Any takers?
I have an even better Idea, that should not only help yourself, but everyone else who cares to pay for their stuff, instead of just using Kodi, like everyone else.
Go ask the Provider to push out an AndroidTV App!
Yeahh considering the Content we may never see it in the PlayStore. But that should not stop your from Sideloading it onto the Shield TV.
Now before you get all "Well that's what I was getting on about!". To answer your Question. Yes you CAN sideload most Apps on to the Shield TV.
Please NOTE I ONLY SAID MOST! Andy let us be very clear about this AndroidTV ≠ Android! What just works on your Phablet stands a great chance that it just won't on the Shield. That of course comes down to whether you can control your App with a Gamepad, or Remote. If your App is touch heavy then it will not probably work unless you have some Logitech Keyboard Touchpad thingy to control that with.
Again the best option here would be to go back to your Provider, and demand an AndroidTV App, with full compatibility.