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Im kind of let down by the lack of video support. I have RockPlayer and MoboPlayer and Ive tried every UPNP app in the market. Music works great, no problems there, but video support is hit or miss (usually miss). I cant really put HD videos onto a 16GB ssd can I?
And whats the point of Flash if half the sites give me a "device not supported" warning? I may as well be browsing on my PS3.
Anyone have any suggestions? Ive used 2player, upnplayer, skifta, andromote and nothing works consistently
You can use the mynet application. It does upnp streaming.
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I still have no idea how to stream videos or ebooks on this thing. Can someone write a small dummy's guide please.
here it's also a conundrum
I've read on e few places they use the MyNet from asus to view the movies
but on my Tf it only shows the music found on my upNp device no Photo's or vids...(even on the photo tab it's showing my music)
It's running on a WD myBook and that is running TwonkyServer, if I browse to it via a file explorer the file gets copied/cached so no streaming ...
So is the twonky to blame or the TF....
moo99 said:
Im kind of let down by the lack of video support. I have RockPlayer and MoboPlayer and Ive tried every UPNP app in the market. Music works great, no problems there, but video support is hit or miss (usually miss). I cant really put HD videos onto a 16GB ssd can I?
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I put my video on a 32GB microsd. If you are trying to watch HD content that has issues fitting in 16GB then the bitrate is going to be too high to play anyway. Please remember that not long ago a 3ghz Pentium4 was having issues playing h.264 high profile well, this is the order of magnitude of the work we're expecting the Tegra2 GPU to do.
Since 3.1 I grab HD content from iPlayer and it generally weighs in at 800mb per hour, at that rate I can fill my Transformer with ~30hrs of video and still have plenty of space for music. I leave all the internal storage for apps and cache.
moo99 said:
And whats the point of Flash if half the sites give me a "device not supported" warning? I may as well be browsing on my PS3.
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I have never seen such a warning, I assume you're trying to use the locked-down US video sites like Hulu? Blame them,, they are choosing to lock out your device.
SilentMobius said:
Since 3.1 I grab HD content from iPlayer and it generally weighs in at 800mb per hour, at that rate I can fill my Transformer with ~30hrs of video and still have plenty of space for music. I leave all the internal storage for apps and cache.
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Would you mind sharing how you do this? Are you using the iPlayer desktop Windpows program and stripping out the DRM or are you using some other method to watch iPlayer downloads on your TF? The iPlayer Android App doesn't work well with Honeycomb and I'd love to be able to watch BBC programmes offline while I'm away from home.
Thanks!
watch videos : mobo/rockplayer + upnplay rocks.
For anyone struggling with the rubbish Mynet app and similar streaming solutions, I can recommend Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/)
The Media Server is free and built on XBMC tech, so managed media flawlessly, and the app allows you to stream video/ music from your home computer to anywhere you like. Even works without stutter with HD MKVs.
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For anyone struggling with the rubbish Mynet app and similar streaming solutions, I can recommend Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/)
The Media Server is free and built on XBMC tech, so managed media flawlessly, and the app allows you to stream video/ music from your home computer to anywhere you like. Even works without stutter with HD MKVs.
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I just want a good upnp client which allows streaming like upnplay. I don't want to install a new server on my nas.
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For anyone struggling with the rubbish Mynet app and similar streaming solutions, I can recommend Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/)
The Media Server is free and built on XBMC tech, so managed media flawlessly, and the app allows you to stream video/ music from your home computer to anywhere you like. Even works without stutter with HD MKVs.
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plex works very well...and it has impressed many of my friends.
I will check out Plex I guess. I know Im whining but Ive got a 2TB HDD that I keep my media on and transferring over every half gig HD video is foreign to me - my wifes windows laptop and my ps3 gladly stream it. Mynet works fine for music but doesnt work at all for most videos.
Yes, I was trying to get into NBc.com and hulu, but really, why do I have a different version of flash from windows and mac desktops? Not being able to alter my Browsers User agent string isnt helping either. I know Im just *****ing and I do appreciate al your comments. Youreright on every note, but honeycomb seems a step behind a ormal OS despite looking the same
There is a thread here on the requirements for encoding your videos for the TF. The TF cannot play RAW Bluray rips if that is what you are trying to do. Acutally no tablet will at the moment. You're only alternative is to get a transcoding streamer like VLC and VLC stream and convert, or tversity pro. I have not tried plex. The issue is that mp4 can only be streamed if the file is complete OR over RTSP/RTMP. I have used VLC but the video quality is pretty bad.
For mpeg-2(DVD) i use upnplay + Rockplayer and it works flawlessly.
I've tried the all (Plex included) and settled on upnplay + moboplayer
Based on advice in this thread, I tried Plex last night. The Plex app plays FLAC music just as well as the stock player, and the honeycomb presentation is good, they really enriched the content, although presentation is nowhere near the awesome stock music player UI feel. Video was good, although it was SD avi stuff on my network. No stuterring and no lag, very very responsive. Some odd behaviors at times, and the media scan has a couple of issues. They are supporting it though.
I uninstalled Mobo, Rock and UPnPlay, and shutdown Windows media connect service on my Atom-based W2K3 home server, and removed the Asus MyNet widget. UPNPlay and DLNA are great concepts, but the Asus implementation only supports what Mirosoft supports (meaning no FLAC). Google music will transcode my FLAC for storage. I got into android because of all these restrictions.
Plex did everything right, in one package, with honeycomb widescreen. Well worth my 5 bucks.
Other than Netflix and Hulu, what sources do you guys use to watch videos on your TF?
I think that is a huge problem on kindle fire, i mean, we can stream our music for amazon cloud drive but not videos or other documents.
I know it's possible to get to amazon cloud drive on silk (or any browser) and download files from there to kindle, but still these ones will not appear on video library but yes on galery app.
Only purchased videos will appear on video library.
Also if i upload videos for my fire they will only appear on galery app and not on video library.
I want to know if there is any way to get my videos on video library on kindle fire.
anyone?
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anyone?
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I've looked into this fairly extensively and I haven't not found a solution that doesn't involve using a third party syncing service that can stream. I use Sugarsync, I know that Dropbox will work as well. I just use SS to store my vids in the cloud and then download/stream them to the Kindle and view using the Video player or Moboplayer.
It's a kludge, but it works fine for now.
So basically, I use:
Sugarsync to store/stream
ES File Explorer to view/delete/move
Gallery or Mobo to view
and using subtitles?
Hello, i wanna know if exist one pluggin to sky sport channels, sport devil is one but the links are down and other no, navi-x the same problem, i want to know if exist one to that good channels please.
Thanks
You could use the PVR simple client live TV plugin for XBMC/Kodi. It provides access to over 1000 live streams including many sports channels including SS. I have it installed on my Fire TV and it works well.
I mostly use p2p streams to watch football. you can find xml parsers for it if you google it and you'd be able to watch sports in high resolutions.
nvm
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Yep, p2p streams is good for sport.
You can also watch acestream channels without XBMC and p2p streams.
Side load acestream engine from here http://dl.acestream.org/products/acestream-engine/android/armv7/latest
Side load Torrent Stream controller from here http://www.vidsoftware.ru/wp-content/releases/torrent-stream-controller-1.5.9.apk
Side load MX player from market.
Start Stream Controller (it works fine with AFT remote). In channels select Sport. Click on any channel. After buffering is completed select MX Player as video player.
P.s. Free version on Stream Controller sometimes has 15 seconds delay before start playing channel...
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Is there any reason or advantage for streaming it outside of XBMC ?
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Is there any reason or advantage for streaming it outside of XBMC ?
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I personally feel stream is lagging less in Stream Controller/MX Player, but may be just placebo ... Try it... The only problem in Stream Controller - it's reminders about full version
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And BTW you can also stream torrent files through it. In any file browser (or Dropbox app) click on torrent file and then open in Stream Controller.
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Pak india live is a great plugin for xbmc it will get you all your sky sports plus bt sports you can get it from xunitytalks repo and its free
daryld said:
Pak india live is a great plugin for xbmc it will get you all your sky sports plus bt sports you can get it from xunitytalks repo and its free
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That has now been removed and as it stands now wont return
I dont't know but for me p2p addon for XBMC does not work anymore on the FireTV since Version 1.1.3.
Does it still work for you guys?
Sportsdevil is good too, pakindia too and p2p i think its working yet
So which ones are still active/working & which ones are not...
SportDevil hardly ever works for me, I can't find anything to stream in HD without issue. So frustrating.
To give you guys more Detail:
For me the XBMC p2p-addon used to work just fine but since version 1.1.3 (and 1.1.5 now) it just doesn't work anymore.
When I start a stream it gets stuck at the point "Pre-buffering" Seeds:0 Download: 0/kbs
So it seems like it's not connecting to any seeds... or the built-in acestrem engine shuts down?!
When I try to sideload the external acestrem engine app, it always shuts down when I try to launch it.
I have found a quick fix that works for me. When I run it, it normally just flashes back into fired tv. When It does this I just go to es explorer in the usb storage folder and just delete the acestream.org folder.
When you run acestream again it runs perfectly again.
It always works for me.
gerikss said:
Yep, p2p streams is good for sport.
You can also watch acestream channels without XBMC and p2p streams.
Side load acestream engine from here http://dl.acestream.org/products/acestream-engine/android/armv7/latest
Side load Torrent Stream controller from here http://www.vidsoftware.ru/wp-content/releases/torrent-stream-controller-1.5.9.apk
Side load MX player from market.
Start Stream Controller (it works fine with AFT remote). In channels select Sport. Click on any channel. After buffering is completed select MX Player as video player.
P.s. Free version on Stream Controller sometimes has 15 seconds delay before start playing channel...
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I tried your method, but I get an error which says that acestream is not going to work. Any suggestion?
alex1301 said:
I tried your method, but I get an error which says that acestream is not going to work. Any suggestion?
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What exactly isn't working? Live stream or torrent file?
Nevermind, I deleted the Acestream folder and it works like charm
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What exactly isn't working? Live stream or torrent file?
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Nevermind, I deleted the Acestream folder and it works like charm
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Is it better then from within XBMC ??
And even though it has P2P on it's name we shouldn't need a VPN for torrenting protection ??
Y314K said:
Is it better then from within XBMC ??
And even though it has P2P on it's name we shouldn't need a VPN for torrenting protection ??
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I dunno, I am using Torrent Stream controller and MX Player.
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Is it better then from within XBMC ??
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As I said, I feel Stream Controller/MX player work better than XBMC p2p for me...
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And even though it has P2P on it's name we shouldn't need a VPN for torrenting protection ??
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Well... It's torrent, you are sharing whatever you downloading... Do you need VPN? Up to you...
Hi,
Anyone have any idea how to play videos from a DLNA server? I know you can use a cast app to cast from an Android device. But I would like to know if there is a way to use an app or something to just stream the videos from my DLNA server.
Thanks.
You can set up a dlna just Google it not sure if there is an app but vget chrome extension works great
Pneuma1985 said:
You can set up a dlna just Google it not sure if there is an app but vget chrome extension works great
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Hi, I already have a dlna server setup via my NAS. I want to be able to play those video on my Nexus player, the only way that I know to do that now is to use an app like Allcast on my android phone to cast the video to my nexus player. I would like to remove the phone from the picture and stream the video directly on my nexus player. Thanks.
kaznad said:
Hi, I already have a dlna server setup via my NAS. I want to be able to play those video on my Nexus player, the only way that I know to do that now is to use an app like Allcast on my android phone to cast the video to my nexus player. I would like to remove the phone from the picture and stream the video directly on my nexus player. Thanks.
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You can use XBMC to play off your DLNA server just fine.
mastermind278 said:
You can use XBMC to play off your DLNA server just fine.
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I know there is a XBMC player for windows, Is there an app in the play store too?
kaznad said:
I know there is a XBMC player for windows, Is there an app in the play store too?
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Yes. There's a thread in the general forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-player/general/how-to-sideload-xbmc-kodi-nexus-player-t2945468
kaznad said:
Hi,
Anyone have any idea how to play videos from a DLNA server? I know you can use a cast app to cast from an Android device. But I would like to know if there is a way to use an app or something to just stream the videos from my DLNA server.
Thanks.
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There are so many apps to play DLNA...
Most file explorers. Eg - es file explorer
Many DLNA apps on play store work
I use MediaHouse which really works well.
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