Has anyone been able to figure out how to get this to work? Most apps stutter too badly to watch and the ones that are clear can't play sound.
I tried,
MX
Vlc
Bs
ES media player
Arches
I was hoping that this would be an all around solution but it just doesn't have the power, I think.
Are you trying to stream 720p MKV files over your local network? If so, use ES File Explorer to navigate to the computer and directory that contains the file you want to watch and use Kodi to play it. That works for me.
http://kodi.tv/download/
I recommend the Kodi v15.0 beta x86 version for the best performance.
use kodi, i have no issue playing 1080p or 720p video files. you can set kodi to read the folder you are sharing so you dont need to use any other app to get to the file
GabbyWC said:
Are you trying to stream 720p MKV files over your local network? If so, use ES File Explorer to navigate to the computer and directory that contains the file you want to watch and use Kodi to play it. That works for me.
http://kodi.tv/download/
I recommend the Kodi v15.0 beta x86 version for the best performance.
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that's amazing thank you so much. I couldn't believe but this device couldn't process 720
Using the newest KODI I have streamed 1080p mkv files with no issues of any kind
tjsooley said:
Using the newest KODI I have streamed 1080p mkv files with no issues of any kind
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what size were the files on average?
gingi999 said:
what size were the files on average?
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4GB
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So I can play Avi files no problem on the Tab when they sit on my MicroSD card, but why can't I play them over my LAN?
I use EStrong File Explorer to browse to my file server on my home network, but when I tap the avi file it says it can't play that video file. Anyone know why?
AndyCr15 said:
So I can play Avi files no problem on the Tab when they sit on my MicroSD card, but why can't I play them over my LAN?
I use EStrong File Explorer to browse to my file server on my home network, but when I tap the avi file it says it can't play that video file. Anyone know why?
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Because it doesn't no how to handle a file that needs to be streamed. Try AndroStream Pro
Streamin avi/mkv via subtitle support.
That's the biggest loss in terms of apps compared to IOS. Air Video (for Iphone) is doing this extremely good. There are lots of Android users demanding its developer to support it for Android as well but no developments yet
AndyCr15 said:
So I can play Avi files no problem on the Tab when they sit on my MicroSD card, but why can't I play them over my LAN?
I use EStrong File Explorer to browse to my file server on my home network, but when I tap the avi file it says it can't play that video file. Anyone know why?
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For some reason I cant get very many of my avi movies to play. .are you using the stock movie player?
Yup, stock movie player.
I have a network share on my win7 machine that has videos in divx and xvid.
What is the best way for me to access those files from my tf101 so I can watch them directly from the pc without copying it onto tf101 first?
Also, what media player could play them?
Thanks
I was just messing around but I watched vids from my TF that were located on my laptop via the "my cloud" app on the TF....it's the sub app called "splashtop" and it worked just fine....
upnplay app with moboplayer. Set up media streaming in windows7's media player. There should be instructions if you Google it.
Ive used plex and it seemed to play most of my videos fine.
transceiver said:
upnplay app with moboplayer. Set up media streaming in windows7's media player. There should be instructions if you Google it.
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This is the combo I use and it works a charm, however plex,splashtop etc will work also. Try them all because its down to preference...
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here's another discussion on the topic. B-)
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093861
Very few videos will play correctly due to honeycomb issues, but cifs works well. I suppose you could set up real time transcoding if you had a comp with enough power. Includinb dgnvdec somewhere in the decoding chain would work well for those with nvidia cards - as that would perform all resizing/decoding/deinterlacing via gpu, freeing up cpu to handle the smaller encode. I'm pretty sure the default movie player can handle many different transports.
File Manager HD can be networked with your home network and then I stream and play with Moboplayer. Works pretty good.
Plex will play videos that won't stream, like FLV files.
Splashtop will play netflix but with crappy quality.
UPNPlay has the best quality since it plays the original file but only the standard formats like avi and MPG.
I ran them directly using es viewer
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ThaiM said:
File Manager HD can be networked with your home network and then I stream and play with Moboplayer. Works pretty good.
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seems like it has to load the whole video before u can "stream" it??? takes a long time to serve up a 2gb file
Has anyone found a good way to play ogm files?
jerrykur said:
I ran them directly using es viewer
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how ??
tried that and it says no player (i have moboplayer etc installed). if i then choose 'open as' and video is starts copying the whole file across ??
File Manager HD downloads the whole file, it doesn't support streaming AFAIK.
I use GMote and Moboplayer (for vids). Audio can be played directly in GMote. Works great.
Whats the best way to steam? Both ES and FileHD makes me download to cache which defeats the purpose of networking. If I use N speed would the download be faster?
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Plex will play videos that won't stream, like FLV files.
Splashtop will play netflix but with crappy quality.
UPNPlay has the best quality since it plays the original file but only the standard formats like avi and MPG.
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Plex will actually only transcode if it needs to, if it doesn't it'll simply stream the original media AFAIK. I use it and love it. It's probably one of the easiest ways to get this set up, especially if you want remote access from outside of your intranet.
For .mpeg/avi streaming:
File Expert -> Dolphin Browser HD -> VPlayer
Can use MoboPlayer or RockPlayer instead of VPlayer, but seeking with VPlayer is better imho. Other file types may work...
mounted my network share in CIFS and play natively with mobo.... for the files that aren't supported by hardware playback, you can long press the file in mobo and use software decoding.
what is CIFS?
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what is CIFS?
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http://linux-cifs.samba.org/
Im new to xoom guys. I used to play video files with opening them in astro file manager with smb. Seems smb is not working in astro, tried also on desire hd, but on my hd2 with core droid works fine. The other file managers are preferching the files to my tablet, so takes a long time to watch even a few hundred megs movie... how could i mount my network shares onto my xoom?
Another issue is with mkvs, no sound, onli the movie, moboplayer, factory video player either... any ideas for the above issues? Tks in advance guys.
Drop SMB and go with splashtop HD. Well worth the five dollars. Your desktop does the processing and streams the video and sound to the xoom.
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Drop SMB and go with splashtop HD. Well worth the five dollars. Your desktop does the processing and streams the video and sound to the xoom.
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Unf, i can only have SMB, no other options.......
Tks.
Ok, in th meantime i found the best video player, named dice player. 3 bucks, but this worths. No need to convert your hd movies anymore. Matroska + ac3 is working very well. Just tap on any mkv file and will pla it smooth. The video encoding is done by the hw and sound by pure cpu, but with dual core it's working fantastic.
Still no info on any smb program which wud work without prefetching... any ideas?
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Ok, in th meantime i found the best video player, named dice player. 3 bucks, but this worths. No need to convert your hd movies anymore. Matroska + ac3 is working very well. Just tap on any mkv file and will pla it smooth. The video encoding is done by the hw and sound by pure cpu, but with dual core it's working fantastic.
Still no info on any smb program which wud work without prefetching... any ideas?
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you paid for something which moboplayer/Mv player does for free...
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you paid for something which moboplayer/Mv player does for free...
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I think he said that he couldn't get mobo to play MKV's over the network without either copying the whole file to the Xoom first, or not getting audio.
You can use cifsmanager to mount network shares. Also, Astro has a module to read SMB shares. It's a separate download in the market.
Cifs is the way to go. It'll treat the shares as local folders and open the files accordingly without buffering.
Do a search around here for the cifs.ko and instructions on how to use it.
Also, I'm going to check out Dice player to see if it'll play high profile mkv.
I tested Dice Player last night with some HP 720 mkvs. Some minor hiccups on a few files but it played great. I play all my media off of twonky server on a linux machine.
I'm definitely thinking of buying the full version. I wanted CorePlayer to come out, but seems like that isn't going to happen. Wasn't impressed with moboplayer or rockplayer, and mx player didn't even register to open mkv's for me.
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I think he said that he couldn't get mobo to play MKV's over the network without either copying the whole file to the Xoom first, or not getting audio.
You can use cifsmanager to mount network shares. Also, Astro has a module to read SMB shares. It's a separate download in the market.
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Astro smb is working only on froyo, not on gingerbread or honeycomb.
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you paid for something which moboplayer/Mv player does for free...
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Mobo and others cannot handle ac3.... so now i dont have to convert my regular shows into mp4..
I checked these cif managers. I dont want to root my device..... i dont want to wipe my data and restore everything
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I checked these cif managers. I dont want to root my device..... i dont want to wipe my data and restore everything
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Well... I think you're out of luck then unfortunately. If you NEED this to be SMB and can't use a media server like Twonky or a streaming option like Splashtop then you'll need to root I think.
ES File Explorer recently added SMB streaming capability. Works fine on my Xoom, I can browse to a WHS network share via ES, and when I tap a video file, it asks me which video program I want to play it back through... Works great for AVI's for me, but I was having trouble getting MKV's to work right. I'll have to try this Dice player.
Tried es file explorer both on my xoom and sensation. On the phone es file exp offers the possibility to choose player or set one as default. On my xoom the factory player starts but nothing happens since cannot handle mkvs. I cannot chose dice, not even with open as video or other stuff. How can i delete default video player from my xoom? I cannot even find any factory playback **** in application manage(((
Maybe clear data for ES on the xoom or failing that uninstall and reinstall?
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uninstalled astro, now working fine finally can watch mkvs from my server tks guys!
I'm using VLC Pro to stream movies over Wi-Fi . My movie collection is in DVD format (VLB) and it works fairly well.
The App is easy to configure and is quite stable. The only real problem is digital image artifacts that appear occasionnaly. I find it difficult to understand since the dual core CPU should be able to handle the load.
How do you stream movies and do you have this problem ?
Update 2011.10.07 Problems ! I had tested VLC by running a movie for a little while and it was running fine. Tried again for a longer time and it freezes... I was never able to do more than 30 minutes.
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I'm using VLC Pro to stream movies over Wi-Fi . My movie collection is in DVD format (VLB) and it works fairly well.
The App is easy to configure and is quite stable. The only real problem is digital image artifacts that appear occasionnaly. I find it difficult to understand since the dual core CPU should be able to handle the load.
How do you stream movies and do you have this problem ?
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I use Plex Media Server and have not had any issues at all.
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I use Plex Media Server and have not had any issues at all.
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What's the format of your movies ? Plex doesn't work with VOB files and my library is too large to convert.
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What's the format of your movies ? Plex doesn't work with VOB files and my library is too large to convert.
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I've got a variety of formats. Everything from mp4, avi, m2ts, etc. I don't have any VOB files in there. I am in the process of converting a few VOB files now though to MKV using a program called MakeMKV. Never used it before but it seems straight forward. So far it has been quick to process. I'll let you know how it works out. Might be an option for you, even with a large library
I have a bunch of movies on an external hard drive connected to my home PC.
I want to be able to play the movies on my A500 whilst connected to the TV elsewhere in the house (over wifi)
I've played with clearfi with no luck. Is there an app that will allow me to do this easily with just a few clicks ?
Cheerz
I use PS3 Media Server on my PC and Bubble UPNP on my A500. Works great.
Thanks. I'll give them a try later. Will it play .avi files ?
I'm running off Thor's ROM, but I've had no issues streaming avi files via upnp.
The easiest method is BSPlayer, it actually lets you view movies from a shared folder rather than UPnP. You might have some lag with large files, but it does the job better than trying to get UPnP functionality to work 100% of the time.
There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
If you have a custom rom with a kernel supporting cifs, you could try cifs manager. It create a shared folder on a specified location. It works great for music too. I can even scan my network shared music library with the stock music player (or other) by creating a shared folder on the sd-card.
https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsIndzLnBsYXR0bmVyLmNpZnNtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
For movies, I also recommend MovieBrowser HD, a nice front end that scan your movie library and fetch covers and descriptions, opens with your fav movie player.
https://market.android.com/details?...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hZHJlZS5tb3ZpZWJyb3dzZXIiXQ..
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There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
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Same here, es file explorer and mx or dice works great.
I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
I just used File Manager HD to browse to folder and BS player to stream, very easy.
I tried a VLC app and it worked pretty well. Just make sure its not the remote app.
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I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
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I was going to buy the full version but its saying the account is locked or something?
I'm going to spend this weekend trying all the suggestions - thanks
I ran into the same issue. I ended up giving BS Player a shot and it handled 720p mkv and avi files like a dream. Granted, it was playing them off an external HDD, but it's definitely worth a download.
Yes I think that FM HD is the best for LAN connection over wi-fi and xm player. But mx player cannot read subtitles from network drive.
Serviio for the pc (dlna server java software) and skifta on your A500.