I'm having a horrible time trying to figure out how to do this on my tablet.
On my computer, I simply use a video downloader extension with Firefox.
I have the Flash Video Downloader app for Firefox Beta.
When I click for it to download something, a new window pops up of the file and the size of it.
When I click on that, it brings up my Antek File Explorer app but it won't allow me to save the file as is.
I've tried almost every app at the Google Play Store, websites and Web extension add ons.
What is the easiest way to do this?
Zippy the Wonderslug said:
I'm having a horrible time trying to figure out how to do this on my tablet.
On my computer, I simply use a video downloader extension with Firefox.
I have the Flash Video Downloader app for Firefox Beta.
When I click for it to download something, a new window pops up of the file and the size of it.
When I click on that, it brings up my Antek File Explorer app but it won't allow me to save the file as is.
I've tried almost every app at the Google Play Store, websites and Web extension add ons.
What is the easiest way to do this?
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Easiest way is to download on your CPU and move to your tablet or use a video downloader app though they don't work all the time and it looks as if you had trouble with them already by your post
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Has anyone been able to download a mp3 file from the web
Not me. I am afraid that is by design...
Need Opera 9.5 on this thang- or a download app
Maybe their browser guys borrowed "features" from pocket internet explorer.
I don't have a problem downloading mp3's, i have tunewiki installed. The browser needs a program registered that is able to play mp3's... Try installing it. The music player may not have registered by design.
EDIT: OH! Make sure you are doing long press>save link, if you just press the browser ****s all over itself.
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OH! Make sure you are doing long press>save link, if you just press the browser ****s all over itself.
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Thank you, I did not have to install tunewiki the save link did the job
Seems like this problem should have a relatively simple solution, but after googling for quite a while, still can't figure it out.
A friend sent me a link directly to a .mov file. I thought I could just click the link and stream it. Instead, clicking the link in the browser brings up Twonky, which tries to get me to set up media sharing. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to just download (or stream) the .mov file to my phone.
If I can't steam, it looks like an app like arcMedia would allow me to view it once on my phone - but again, how do I get the browser to download instead of trying to open up Twonky when I click the link to the file?
Also, every time Twonky starts, there seems to be no way to close it except togo into settings/applications/running services and close it from there - is there an easier way?
Download act one video player. Works great with streaming media and videos on the sd card
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kitchencop said:
Download act one video player. Works great with streaming media and videos on the sd card
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Thanks for the response. I found out that apparently Twonky tries to launch any file that the phone doesn't recognize. I tried to download a few video players including Act 1 that appeared in the "perform action with" dialog when I attempted to open the .mov file directly by clicking it within the email, but none of them worked to actually play the file.
I figured out I could download the .mov file if I went to my email using my browser and long-pressing the link and selecting 'save link' (long-clicking didn't work from within the email program...from there, it just opened the browser and automatically initiated a short-press which tried to stream and brought up Twonky). Once downloaded, then I was able to play with an alternative player (in this case - Vplayer worked, although this particular player didn't seem to support streaming as it didn't appear as an option in the "perform using" dialog that opens when short-clicking the link).
i hate how twonky wont let you download files i have removed it. so i could at least snag the file and keep for when i get home...
Has anyone found a good download manager for the Xoom? I'm looking for an app that will allow me to download from sites like Hotfile, Fileserve, etc and open the video, PDF, music files in different apps on the Xoom.
I use DownloadPro on my iPhone and I am looking for something similar.
Any suggestions?
Thanks ahead of time!
Malcus1
I'm wondering the same thing. I haven't been able to find anything.
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I can't for my life get file sonic or any if the like to work.
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Surely someone has an answer? C'mon, help a brother out!
Haha I guess nobody cares about our problems Marcus...
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A download manager would be pretty cool I think.
Its a necessity for me
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I download from fileserve, hotfile & rapidshare to my Xoom.
Install Astro File Manager.
Hit menu> more> preferences> check off "enable web browser downloads".
Files save to the "download" folder in the Xoom file system.
Really? Are you usung the stock browser? For me it just saves as an HTML file or a JPEG of the link button picture.
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Blozout,
Will Astro File Manager give you the option to open files (for instance an AVI) in the stock video player or a different player? For example, if you click on a file in the downloads folder does it gives you several options of how to open the file?
Thanks for your help!
I use rockplayer universal to play the movies and download via the stock browser. Try enabling "unkown sources" selection in the main honeycomb settings under "applications" as well.
I download avi files via this method and play them without a problem. Mkv files no luck, but that's a codec issue...I've never used filesonic, but from the 3 file sharing sites above that I mentioned, I've had no problems whatsoever. Give it a try, astro file manager is a free app, no harm, no foul.
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Hi there as the title says I have searched the forum and have also googled but cant seem to find anything relevant I installed Es File Explorer which has a built in video downloader and whenever I clicked on a video in facebook it used to give me an option with a list of softwares as what to do and I used to use Es Downloader to download the video (I was 100% satisfied with it) now this is not the case anymore. Today when i clicked on any video it simply starts playing the video without showing the extra menu opening before the video i havent changed any settings even re-installed the Es File Explorer still the same issue I have also tried other video downloaders on google play the only one seem to be working is VideoDownloader from giannz but that also needs to login to facebook and only shows the list of videos which I donot want I want to be able to download the videos as I browse the walls rather then seeing a random list of videos. Only downloading the videos while browsing my/friends wall and clicking on videos that I would like to download via the Es Downloader.
Can someone please help me out here preferably how to get the Es Downloader to work with my facebook videos pleaseeeee or any other better option PLEASEEEEEEe
Yeah Facebook changed the way the software runs. You cant download videos directly from the app anymore.
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Yeah Facebook changed the way the software runs. You cant download videos directly from the app anymore.
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when did this happen ??? everything was working fine till yesterday this problem started today for me.
Almost 3 weeks
You probably just updated the app yesterday.
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Almost 3 weeks
You probably just updated the app yesterday.
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u mean to say the facebook app or the Es File Explorer app ??
Well both the app were updated yesterday at my end
isnt there anything that can be done i would really like to download videos I think Es File Explorer people will come up with an update to get around this
Es has nothing to do with Facebook. Facebook changed their code and implemented a built in video player.
You can try and find a older version of the Facebook app and install it.
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Es has nothing to do with Facebook. Facebook changed their code and implemented a built in video player.
You can try and find a older version of the Facebook app and install it.
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I really am a noob at finding older version how can i find an older version is it available on google play store
Yeah cant download vidio, I think new update of facebook....seems to be draining battery also more.
this as happen to me twice now itook avideo from my hunting trip i go to my phone and the f******* video is not there iand i know it recorded because the first one i played and the record ing was working because it showed 10 minutes anybody this was a once in a lifetime video.i wonder about this phone now.helllllp
Have you tried using a computer to watch that video?
How are you trying to access the video? Have you looked in the gallery?
Also you can try downloading a file explorer app. I use root explorer but if you are not rooted look for file explorer in the app store.
You will want to navigate to storage/emulated/0/dcim to find video files recorded with the camera app that came with the phone.
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How are you trying to access the video? Have you looked in the gallery?
Also you can try downloading a file explorer app. I use root explorer but if you are not rooted look for file explorer in the app store.
You will want to navigate to storage/emulated/0/dcim to find video files recorded with the camera app that came with the phone.
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my issue is i cant find the video on memories i need a program that will go to root of it.i cant believe this happened i had it hooked up to computer i cant find them on phone.and its rooted