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I'm sure there will be alot of reviews when the prime hits, but until then if you have any interesting videos or articles on the prime post them here.
Heres one that was posted yesterday...
www.ritchiesroom.com/2011/11/28/asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime-first-look/
The guy that made the video said if you had any questions that he would try to address them in his next video which is suppose to be uploaded today or tomorrow.
Felt more like watching an advertisement than a review.
Ravynmagi said:
Felt more like watching an advertisement than a review.
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As far as we know from the article and video, they got the Prime officially from ASUS, so they are maybe a bit biased
That thing is going to be AWESOME anyway
This has already been posted many a time...
Diamondback2010 said:
As far as we know from the article and video, they got the Prime officially from ASUS, so they are maybe a bit biased
That thing is going to be AWESOME anyway
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Don't most reviewers get stuff from companies to review though?
Either way didn't seem like an overly ad like review, just a first look as its said to be. Really only times he praises it is the design, the nice ips display, and good sound.
But I can see how the look of the video makes it look ad like!
BongoBong said:
Don't most reviewers get stuff from companies to review though?
Either way didn't seem like an overly ad like review, just a first look as its said to be. Really only times he praises it is the design, the nice ips display, and good sound.
But I can see how the look of the video makes it look ad like!
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Agreed. Lots of sites get items to review. Not too many can afford to buy all this great stuff!
And I think the video was well done - good production values and style. I didn't feel it was an ad - simply that the blogger was serious enough to put in the work to make a professional video.
in his youtube video, he says that Asus ask him not to put online is next video before the 1th of December. Maybe a hint for the anouncement Asus is still suppose to make aboutt the Prime !
Ravynmagi said:
Felt more like watching an advertisement than a review.
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Indeed, that guy didn't have a single bad word to say about the tablet. He was as bought as can be.
Gnopps said:
Indeed, that guy didn't have a single bad word to say about the tablet. He was as bought as can be.
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Same for the guys from ZTOP who put the pictures of the pre-production unit up.
It seems this thing is gloing to be great
I am still hoping for a this years release in Germany
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Indeed, that guy didn't have a single bad word to say about the tablet. He was as bought as can be.
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Probably so, but it's humorous how Apple gets away with those kinds of reviews on a daily basis and no one cares. It's about time Android stuff had some tech sites on their side.
It looked like one of the pictures on his review page was of a high profile video of the Smurfs playing.
I guess he will be showing that in his next review video on Dec 1st?
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Indeed, that guy didn't have a single bad word to say about the tablet. He was as bought as can be.
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What exactly would you expect him to say bad in a this review? He actually does have a few criticisms but really its a pretty general look at the unit and I am not surprised he is impressed with it. The only things he praised that we wouldn't really know ourselves is the ips+ screen and the sound being of good quality.
But he still does level some complaints
With slim form factors inevitably comes some compromises, and in this case the outputs on the Prime aren’t as comprehensive as other models in the market.
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I think at least one more USB port could have been added, considering the support for USB devices that Honeycomb, and by extension Ice Cream Sandwich, has now integrated into the platform, making it easier to connect more storage devices and other accessories.
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not a criticism but shows not a huge bias as well
Along with the Motorola Xoom 2, Samsung 7.7 and other unconfirmed models from major brands, the Prime represents the next generation of Android tablets, adding their own flourishes and customisation to the platform.
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Personally thought it was a well done general review
Here's a New Video
Video review of Prime camera.
Looks like it was filmed while setting up for the Dec 1st - Taiwan Technology show. 1080 p video streaming at 30FPS.
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Here's a New Video
Video review of Prime camera.
Looks like it was filmed while setting up for the Dec 1st - Taiwan Technology show. 1080 p video streaming at 30FPS.
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Doesn't really look like Taiwan to me
But Video Quality is superb.
Yeah,
I see description is Fashion show in Sweden. The INtel, Asus, Segway booths threw me a curve ball.
Re: Taiwan. Do insides of buildings in Taiwan look different than Swedish buildings
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Here's a New Video
Video review of Prime camera.
Looks like it was filmed while setting up for the Dec 1st - Taiwan Technology show. 1080 p video streaming at 30FPS.
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If that really is from the Prime, the camera must be amazing
Asus really shouldn't remove that video, it's a super good free ad
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Re: Taiwan. Do insides of buildings in Taiwan look different than Swedish buildings
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Don't know but people do
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Don't know but people do
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Yea they are smiling a lot more than the Swedish people, because they have their hands on Transformer Primes!!
hot chick on the segway (not the 2nd one, the first blonde, lol)
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hot chick on the segway (not the 2nd one, the first blonde, lol)
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She wanted to look hot
But the second one drove quite good (is that hard with those segways?)
I'm a filmer/media productions guy for a skateboarding team that I ride for. How well do you guys think the Prime will handle post processing whether it'd be video or photo? I was thinking I can take the Prime into the field, and when I'm taking a break, I can plug in the my SD Cards from a GoPro or a DSLR and start playing with the photos/footage. This will make my time playing with Photoshop/Sony Vegas at the desktop MUCH much easier.
You're better off with a netbook/ultralight notebook. Android software is just not there yet. And neither is the hardware really.
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I'm a filmer/media productions guy for a skateboarding team that I ride for. How well do you guys think the Prime will handle post processing whether it'd be video or photo? I was thinking I can take the Prime into the field, and when I'm taking a break, I can plug in the my SD Cards from a GoPro or a DSLR and start playing with the photos/footage. This will make my time playing with Photoshop/Sony Vegas at the desktop MUCH much easier.
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You're better off with a netbook/ultralight notebook. Android software is just not there yet. And neither is the hardware really.
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I agree with RussianMenace's assessment, but I think the OP just wants to do really basic things like, say, adjust contrast or something and then later do the "real" work on a desktop (right?). If so, how do you feel about the current lineup of photo editing apps? I'm sure they'll run well on the transformer prime, probably really really well, but I doubt like "whole new ball game" better.
Also, there are a number of web/chrome apps for image editing that do the computing in the cloud, maybe that's something to check out if you can tether or get wifi in the field.
Personally I don't think you'd regret it, but I'm assuming you also want a transformer prime because it's an awesome tablet and not just for work. good luck!
There is a photoshop touch app that came out not long ago for android that probably can do an alright amount of post processing
Here is a look at it in action (although more creation as opposed to post processing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89hej8N1Me0
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I agree with RussianMenace's assessment, but I think the OP just wants to do really basic things like, say, adjust contrast or something and then later do the "real" work on a desktop (right?). If so, how do you feel about the current lineup of photo editing apps? I'm sure they'll run well on the transformer prime, probably really really well, but I doubt like "whole new ball game" better.
Also, there are a number of web/chrome apps for image editing that do the computing in the cloud, maybe that's something to check out if you can tether or get wifi in the field.
Personally I don't think you'd regret it, but I'm assuming you also want a transformer prime because it's an awesome tablet and not just for work. good luck!
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Thats exactly what I want to do and tethering sounds like a really good viable option. Is there any light, video editing software out there for Android?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not getting the Prime just to do media editing in the field. I want the Prime, because I WANT IT (IT NEEDS TO BE DEC. 1st ALREADY SO THEY CAN FINALLY MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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Thats exactly what I want to do and tethering sounds like a really good viable option. Is there any light, video editing software out there for Android?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not getting the Prime just to do media editing in the field. I want the Prime, because I WANT IT (IT NEEDS TO BE DEC. 1st ALREADY SO THEY CAN FINALLY MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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I'm sure they are as I have a few on my iPad and android phone. Just type those keywords in the search in android market and see what pops up. Assuming you have an Android phone or device to do so
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You're better off with a netbook/ultralight notebook. Android software is just not there yet. And neither is the hardware really.
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The Tegra 3 chip is more efficient than any netbook has. The Atom D525 would probably be faster but it will use more energy. Plus most programs for a computer cost a LOT more to purchase and install than a similar app (one close enough to do field work) would cost to purchase from the android market.
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The Tegra 3 chip is more efficient than any netbook has. The Atom D525 would probably be faster but it will use more energy. Plus most programs for a computer cost a LOT more to purchase and install than a similar app (one close enough to do field work) would cost to purchase from the android market.
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There are netbooks running the dual cores are still faster than the t3. As far as software goes, you get what you pay for. You're not going to get photoshop quality software on android. Whereas on the PC you can get GIMP which is powerful and free.
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You're not going to get photoshop quality software on android.
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Yeah, we can't get photoshop quality software even though we have photoshop itself.
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Is there any light, video editing software out there for Android?
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Yes, there is, and it comes bundled free even with the first-gen Transformer. No, it is not capable of much more than cobbling together some low-quality video similar to what you might grab with your smartphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVS837Q0dQ
photoshop touch might work for some simple tasks...but don't expect to do anything exotic!
I am receiving my prime tomorrow, and was just curious what people have found they use their prime for. I have had a couple tablets in the past, but nothing like the prime - especially considering the dock. I was hoping it would be a laptop replacement in some situations (between classes and traveling for work) as well as a fun gaming device. So I'm curious, have you found that you use it as a laptop replacement or mainly as a toy? Anything else?
I also planned with all the hype surrounding the prime it would receive some good development efforts. I can't resist a shiny, rootable toy.
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I am receiving my prime tomorrow, and was just curious what people have found they use their prime for. I have had a couple tablets in the past, but nothing like the prime - especially considering the dock. I was hoping it would be a laptop replacement in some situations (between classes and traveling for work) as well as a fun gaming device. So I'm curious, have you found that you use it as a laptop replacement or mainly as a toy? Anything else?
I also planned with all the hype surrounding the prime it would receive some good development efforts. I can't resist a shiny, rootable toy.
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Good thread. I am curious about this as well. I should be getting mine next week., I too am hoping to replace my laptop for the most part as well as game my ass off on it.
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mdizzle9 said:
I am receiving my prime tomorrow, and was just curious what people have found they use their prime for. I have had a couple tablets in the past, but nothing like the prime - especially considering the dock. I was hoping it would be a laptop replacement in some situations (between classes and traveling for work) as well as a fun gaming device. So I'm curious, have you found that you use it as a laptop replacement or mainly as a toy? Anything else?
I also planned with all the hype surrounding the prime it would receive some good development efforts. I can't resist a shiny, rootable toy.
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So far many have found it to be an excellent paper weight. Good luck on yours might want to rub a 4 leaf clover before you open it.
i use mine to show off
I use mine for this stuff at the moment:
Work Email via touchdown
Taking notes via evernote
Browsing the web via stock browser (prefer opera but there is no flash in opera on out tablet)
Gaming via shadowgun
Reading news via engadget and news360
Remote controlling my work laptop via Asus slashtop app that came with the prime
So far I have used it for:
-Browsing the interweb
-Facebook
-Evernote
-Netflix
-Youtube
-Email (personal & work)
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So far many have found it to be an excellent paper weight. Good luck on yours might want to rub a 4 leaf clover before you open it.
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A paperweight? How can you say something like that! It's best use is a doorstop
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A paperweight? How can you say something like that! It's best use is a doorstop
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...and see, I figured it'd be too thin for a doorstop?
Seriously though, thanks for the posts. My class on Tuesday doesn't allow laptops, so I'm looking forward to having the prime (without the dock of course).
I am a student so main use is to take notes and read (I use ebook textbooks and pdf lecture notes mostly)
Otherwise I use for web browsing, music, movies (hdmi out to tv when at home), casual reading (big grisham fan), hulu, games, skype.
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I use mine 99.999% at work so
Movies 50%
Tv Shows 45%
Games 4% (N64 Roms look so sexy on it)
Internet 1%
I use mine to browse the web in bed a lot. It works really nice because the screen can get really dim, which helps put me to sleep at night. It's also nice being able to wake up and have a web browser at your side without having to get up or anything.
I plan on using it for watching movies/tv while in my bed as well. It isn't as fun to watch them on my desktop since my monitor is usually hard to see from my bed.
Of course I use it to game in between my classes and whatnot.
I also plan on using it to take notes in class, but I haven't yet since mine has the rebooting issue, I don't want it to crash on me in class and have me lose all of my stuff and then not be able to take notes while it turns back on.
mdizzle9 said:
...and see, I figured it'd be too thin for a doorstop?
Seriously though, thanks for the posts. My class on Tuesday doesn't allow laptops, so I'm looking forward to having the prime (without the dock of course).
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What kind of class is that if you don't mind sharing?
I use mine for youtube and light gaming
Sad I payed so much and yet use it so little
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I use mine 99.999% at work so
Movies 50%
Tv Shows 45%
Games 4% (N64 Roms look so sexy on it)
Internet 1%
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Can I get a job where you work?..
I pretty much use mine as a replacement for my laptop. I have a desktop that I rarely use and previously brought home my MacBook Pro from work every night to surf the web from my couch. Now I don't have to lug the laptop back and forth anymore. This was only part of the reason I got it though, the other being that it was a bad ass gadget and I just wanted it. I'm really looking forward to traveling with it next week as well, the size and light weight will be great. The gaming has been a great plus too.
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My class on Tuesday doesn't allow laptops, so I'm looking forward to having the prime (without the dock of course).
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Hate to go off-topic, but ever look at a Livescribe Echo Smartpen. I'm a Project Manager, and it's prob one of the best investments I made recently. I always miss stuff being said while taking down notes, with the pen recording as I write, brilliant. I can go back and review meetings.
livescribe.com - give it a look. There's also software to convert your writing into document text.
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I use mine 99.999% at work so
Movies 50%
Tv Shows 45%
Games 4% (N64 Roms look so sexy on it)
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What emulator are you using for the N64 stuff? I tried one before and it didn't work.
ravizzle said:
I am a student so main use is to take notes and read (I use ebook textbooks and pdf lecture notes mostly)
Otherwise I use for web browsing, music, movies (hdmi out to tv when at home), casual reading (big grisham fan), hulu, games, skype.
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Are you using CourseSmart? I bludgeoned my way through last semester using their terrible v1.0 app that was never updated for tablets. They've since released a mobile web app that I assume is their solution for Android.
Still doesn't make me super jealous of their iPad app though..
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What kind of class is that if you don't mind sharing?
I use mine for youtube and light gaming
Sad I payed so much and yet use it so little
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I've actually been a bit surprised to find that half or so of my MBA classes prefer to not have laptops out. This is only the second class that appears to actually be enforcing that preference, however. This particular class is in marketing.
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Hate to go off-topic, but ever look at a Livescribe Echo Smartpen. I'm a Project Manager, and it's prob one of the best investments I made recently. I always miss stuff being said while taking down notes, with the pen recording as I write, brilliant. I can go back and review meetings.
livescribe.com - give it a look. There's also software to convert your writing into document text.
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I'm semi familiar with the technology, but the last time I briefly looked into it the technology wasn't at the point where it was practical (or cost effective). The product you referenced looks very interesting, however. I am a product manager in a tech company so I could see how that would be useful. I'll probably look into it more. Thanks.
mdizzle9 said:
...and see, I figured it'd be too thin for a doorstop?
Seriously though, thanks for the posts. My class on Tuesday doesn't allow laptops, so I'm looking forward to having the prime (without the dock of course).
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I can't imagine taking a full class worth of notes on a soft keyboard...
I have been away form the android development for a while now as it didnt have the ability to view movies in it nor was there a tv-out. I was wondering if any of the more recent builds have addressed this? I am having a heck of a time finding it via thread search.
Nope, I don't think anyone got TV out working. There were always bigger fish to fry, and with the userbase not really clamoring for it... No dev ever worked on it.
All our code is open source, so anyone can pickup where we left off. I'd say the project is pretty much done tho.
Wait, the Rhodium has TV-Out hardware? I didn't even know it could do that in WinMo! That's... actually kinda cool, although with as dinky as its CPU is I'm not sure just how useful it would be anyway -- who wants to play a 240p YouTube video on a big TV?
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Wait, the Rhodium has TV-Out hardware? I didn't even know it could do that in WinMo! That's... actually kinda cool, although with as dinky as its CPU is I'm not sure just how useful it would be anyway -- who wants to play a 240p YouTube video on a big TV?
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It requires an additional dongle, which should have been provided if you got the phone brand new.
I've never used it - I can't imagine videos are a pleasant thing. Perhaps a presentation or pic slideshow would be cool tho.
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It requires an additional dongle, which should have been provided if you got the phone brand new.
I've never used it - I can't imagine videos are a pleasant thing. Perhaps a presentation or pic slideshow would be cool tho.
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I have used it and it is actually quite awesome! I have watched full size divx movies using TCPMP/Core both at home on 46" HD (just to test it) and at various hotels/resorts (cause I always have some new movies ready anytime I fly) and the quality is perfect! To my eye the rhods screen and the attached monitor are pixel for pixel identical. HQ youtube looks fantastic, the same as my HTPC playing youtube in 480p. Haven't tried powerpoint yet but the picture slideshow is kinda cool too.
This is just another reason that I love haret/SD builds from XDAndroid. This is a function that I do not use 99% of the time but it IS there when I need it. That and offline GPS are the 2 big ones that keep me attached to WM (and my BT ODBII scanner I guess, but I have a feeling I COULD get this rockin' in android...if I wanted to put in the time )
EDIT: LOL. ODBII = OBDII... Every damn time!! I blame Old Dirty Bastard
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I have used it and it is actually quite awesome! I have watched full size divx movies using TCPMP/Core both at home on 46" HD (just to test it) and at various hotels/resorts (cause I always have some new movies ready anytime I fly) and the quality is perfect! To my eye the rhods screen and the attached monitor are pixel for pixel identical. HQ youtube looks fantastic, the same as my HTPC playing youtube in 480p. Haven't tried powerpoint yet but the picture slideshow is kinda cool too.
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Pixel for pixel, gawd I hope not. 480x800 on an HD screen would probably look AWFUL.
Does it at least put it in a respectable aspect ratio...?
Really surprised anyone actually uses this, haha. I guess some dev can still pick it up? Has anyone even tried the TV Out in Android? Seriously doubt it works, just curious.
lol, yeah it outputs in VGA only. So you have to set your monitor either to have black bars on the sides or zoom(which is perfect for widescreen movies). I watch all my movies at home streaming using the divx web player so I am used to 480p on my HDTV(they may be a little smoother looking on the HTPC since its outputting 720p). These movies look pretty good to me(tho HD mkv changes everything). And free increases the resolution ten fold!!
Anyway, back on topic... I have never tried in GBX because I do not use an official cable for TV-Out and because of this I have to "trick" WM by changing the registry so that it will recognize my cable as a TV-Out and not just a headset as it senses automatically. It actually has to change the function of the pins of the mini usb and thus the headphone jack of the multifunction dongle. The sheer hackiness of the solution in WM tells me that there is no way in hell that it will work for me in android with my current hardware.
And, to be honest I don't really want it in android. Lets face it, without external power you could probably watch like one TV episode before the battery crapped out(okay, a bit of an exaggeration, I know, but you know what I mean).
EDIT: Even more off topic but I can't resist. I have ordered a usb OTG cable from hong kong for a buck and once I get it my next experiment will be trying to play a movie using TV-Out, off of an external hard drive, hopefully while on external power.
As long as there are still new things to try on my rhod I can put off getting a new phone... but I am running out fast!
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And, to be honest I don't really want it in android. Lets face it, without external power you could probably watch like one TV episode before the battery crapped out(okay, a bit of an exaggeration, I know, but you know what I mean).
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Either you haven't tried OMGB, or you're just not aware...
But that build gets as good if not better battery life than WinMo. Thanks to ACL's amazing work reversing the batt driver for WinMo...
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Either you haven't tried OMGB, or you're just not aware...
But that build gets as good if not better battery life than WinMo. Thanks to ACL's amazing work reversing the batt driver for WinMo...
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As good as winmo eh (or even better no less)... That would be something...
Yes I am aware of it, but you are right, I haven't tried it yet. I do see a lot of good things about the battery life, but I am still too fond of WM to call it quits... i know, i know, probably time to "embrace change"!
I actually get great battery life from you guys GBX (I have hacked the crap out of it). I go easily all day and night doing everything and more than in WM. I love them both!
I actually have never tried to watch divx (or anything else for that matter) on android. Have you arrrghhh?[EDIT: or anyone else?] Any experience with watching local video files on the rhodium running any build? Do you need any app?
I am curious now?
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I have been away form the android development for a while now as it didnt have the ability to view movies in it nor was there a tv-out. I was wondering if any of the more recent builds have addressed this? I am having a heck of a time finding it via thread search.
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I can now answer half of your question: You definitely have the ability to watch movies on the rhod running android.
I have just installed MX player from the market and am about 20 mins into a 700mb divx movie on GBX0C with kernel 3.4. So far it is playing very well (much better than I expected, especially with no OC!).
MX installed no prob, then when I started it up it said something like "no codec installed. Install from market?" clicked yes, market comes up with Codec for MX Player (armv6), install that then play movie on card. Great!
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I can now answer half of your question: You definitely have the ability to watch movies on the rhod running android.
I have just installed MX player from the market and am about 20 mins into a 700mb divx movie on GBX0C with kernel 3.4. So far it is playing very well (much better than I expected, especially with no OC!).
MX installed no prob, then when I started it up it said something like "no codec installed. Install from market?" clicked yes, market comes up with Codec for MX Player (armv6), install that then play movie on card. Great!
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i can tell you that OMGB rom does not have a tv-out or at least my phone dont recognize the tv-out cable and flat screen to "see" my phone either. i have one of those tv-out HTC Multimedia ACT100 TV Out Cable for HTC Fuze/Touch Pro cables. works in winmo not on android. but i havent tried any special apps either.
speaking on the quality of the output video in Winmo when put on a TV. It has a lot to do with the file your playing obviously. I carry the same sentiment previously mentioned the RCA out and the offline GPS (tomtom) are what keeps me attached to my Phone.
I use the TV out nearly every day I hook it up to the Gym TV to do insanity or P90X, and listen to the audio via BT headset (I already looks like a fool jumping around I don't need to cause more displeasure on people making them endure Tony Horton or Shawn T). The video shows up not perfect, but I have super compressed files, its good enough to tell what the exercise is and how much time is left)
This setup would be perfect If core player (.mp4 files) would accept AVRCP inputs on the rhodium but that is where my perfect setup falls short. I suppose rather then viewing new phones I could purchase a 32gb sd card and just get different file formats of the videos.
Thank you all for the input, ill live with what i have for now, great work to all the devs as far as they took this project.
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I actually have never tried to watch divx (or anything else for that matter) on android. Have you arrrghhh?[EDIT: or anyone else?] Any experience with watching local video files on the rhodium running any build? Do you need any app?
I am curious now?
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I have tried four free divx players on the Google Play Market on my Rhodium running GB0X. The best performance I found was with Seaman Player, I think that is what it was. MX was sketchy for me, and none of them play as sharply as watching the same files in CorePlayer in WinMo.
To keep from getting to far OT, I have the dongle and it works great in WinMo, but given the playback performance on the built-in screen my hopes are not high that we would have good results on TV-out.
I was wanting to cast from my TS to the big TV screen. While searching for solutions I decided to take a slightly different route. Not a streaming stick like the Chromecast or a DNLA/MirraCast dongle BUT a android stick computer.
I found a cheap equiso stick at walmart of all places.
I use ES File explorer on both sticks for transfer/streaming and a whole lot more.
Not exactly screencasting but requires no more stuff to tote around but has a lot more flexibility.
Best part no battery drain on the TS.
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I was wanting to cast from my TS to the big TV screen. While searching for solutions I decided to take a slightly different route. Not a streaming stick like the Chromecast or a DNLA/MirraCast dongle BUT a android stick computer.
I found a cheap equiso stick at walmart of all places.
I use ES File explorer on both sticks for transfer/streaming and a whole lot more.
Not exactly screencasting but requires no more stuff to tote around but has a lot more flexibility.
Best part no battery drain on the TS.
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Why not just use the android stick computer directly? I have tried different casting solutions, the best are the air play servers they have almost no lag compare to anything else.... Have you seen shou?
shou?
Not seen or heard of that, will look it up. But yeah basically instead of a streaming stick, its a stand alone device. The thought was instead of taking along just a streamer, take another full on device with no more baggage overhead.
I think I bought an AIRPLAY / DNLA app during one of the sales, I should look that up and install it.
I have added Ultimate Servesr Pro to the TV stick also.
That SHOU looks interesting, will play with that. Thanks for the info.
walscobry said:
Not seen or heard of that, will look it up. But yeah basically instead of a streaming stick, its a stand alone device. The thought was instead of taking along just a streamer, take another full on device with no more baggage overhead.
I think I bought an AIRPLAY / DNLA app during one of the sales, I should look that up and install it.
I have added Ultimate Servesr Pro to the TV stick also.
That SHOU looks interesting, will play with that. Thanks for the info.
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I do like the idea of using an android stick as a server, mainly home automation....
I think the Xiomi is the only brand to buy the rest I have bought are all junk...
use an android app called MirrorOp
MirrorOp THANKS!
leojab said:
use an android app called MirrorOp
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WOW That looks like something I really need to add to my tool kit. Thanks!
MirrorOP does screen casting but without sound. So it only really helps with viewing static pages such as photos, not videos.
MirrorOp version 1.1.6.9 onwards , started supportiong audio mirroring on Android 4.4+ devices.
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