not sure this would even be possible but id like to sometimes browse the web bur carry on watchin the video i have in a smaller window in te corner or something.
Would this be even feasible on android and with the spec of the device
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One of the reasons I got a 10.1 was to hopefully watch movies/TV on it rather than my desktop. The particular site I go to offers streaming videos via Putlocker files, which obviously works great on my desktop but is rather problematic on the Tab. When I switch over to "desktop" website viewing in the default browser or Dolphin HD and navigate to a show I want to watch and start streaming the video, it functions like on my computer. If I pause to let the buffer build up, go full screen and back to normal viewing, or pause for a while during the show, the tab either plays for about 6 minutes and then stops the video or shows the video buffer fully loaded (even though it wasn't before any of the mentioned actions) and then stops playing. The only thing that seems to work is watching the stream start to finish with no or very short pauses.
I don't know how to stop this from happening. Maybe I am misunderstanding something basic here and correct me if I'm wrong in my logic - Putlocker is actually streaming the video, which is loaded into the RAM and not using any hard drive space, and, since almost half of the memory is used for the OS/GUI, it can only display about 6 minutes of video because of the RAM limitation and anything that goes over that limitation (e.g. building up the buffer) causes the video to "crash". If I'm correct, I doubt I have any options to solve this problem since adding RAM isn't viable. Hopefully, I'm wrong here or there's a work-around to fix this handicap. The odd thing that makes me think I'm wrong is that the amount of RAM my desktop uses for Chrome to play Putlocker files is low enough that the Tab shouldn't have any problems fully buffering the stream. Most of the shows are 30 minutes and only are around 130 Mb if downloaded as an AVI file. Even now as I type this, I have a full movie loaded up and Chrome is only using around 230 Mb of RAM between that video and the two other tabs I have open. Any suggestions or help? (I've asked this @ another forum and the response I got was to use Splashtop to transfer a live stream from my computer to the tab - a helpful suggestion, but I want the Tab to do all the work and have the desktop off.)
Hi all,
I've been playing with my MHL-HDMI adapter lately, and noticed that on my HDTV that the very top and bottom of the display gets truncated.
In addition, when a video is played (which always plays full screen) the video is slightly cut off all around. Not a big deal for most movies/tv shows generally, but is really annoying when there are small details in those corners (like for starcraft vods).
I've tried both the default player and mobo, but regardless of what I do to the video on the device, the MHL output remains unchanged.
Is there a way to force everything to show up on screen, even if that means the video will not fill the entire screen because of aspect ratio? Though I'm not rooted at the moment, I would be willing to root and tinker for a solution.
Thanks
Hey guys,
Got my Prime 3 days ago, everything is working as expected (Amazing product) except one slight problem.
I've been trying to watch embedded video in the stock browser and I seem to be having issues. I'm using stock browser, with the latest flash player installed.
When I get to the video, the screen shows blank and I see in both screen sides a 1 centimeter of distorted colors, which seems to be part of the video itself, but not organized. In full screen view I just see it blank.
When I refresh sometime I actually see the video frozen on some image.
I refresh, switch quality for dozens of times before I get a normal video.
Could someone test the following streaming website for me? mobafire.com/streams (It's League Of Legends game streaming)
(I'm showing as a new user so I couldn't get the link itself posted yet, just add www in the beginning please)
Just choose any stream there, there are around 10 always.
I want to understand if it's only happening on my prime.
Thanks in advance.
Guy?
Anyone encountered this behavior? Could anyone take a minute or two to test the video I mentioned above on his prime?
yes this week end i would watch live soccer on a website with flashplayer
the video was very laggy no possible to pu on full screen the screen was blank
adobe flashplayer was not very good on ics
Also experienced this on both stock browser and Dolphin HD.
One thing I've noticed is that if the page has just one embedded video, no problemo. Plays perfect. Also, don't try to zoom in on the video until after the video starts playing.
But when you have more than one embedded video, it has serious audio sync and loading issues. Oh and trying to full-screen from anything BUT the youtube app will give you terrible results.
I'll give it a shot to try and wait until the stream already starts playing before I fullscreen, but I doubt if it will change anything...
No I don't mean fullscreen, I mean zoom. Fullscreen will always fail miserably. Zoom, yannow, screen-pinching, can get you pretty close to fullscreen.
I see, I'll give it a shot thanks
Can someone that has all video working correctly give the streaming above a shot? I'm particularly interested to know how long, if any it takes you to get a normally working stream.
I have problems watching embedded youtube videos on the stock ICS browser. My experience... If I click play on the video, only the sound plays and the video doesn't appear. If I refresh the browser page, it always seems to work the second go around with no issue.
Not sure why it doesn't load correctly the first time around.
lo everyone,
I tried installing flash on my tablet and flash does work with my browser(s), currently i use Dolphin and UC Browser.
What i find very frustrating is that embedded videos, be it from youtube, vimeo or any other kind of video related website, just do not work correctly.
In the best case scenario the video opens straight full screen, i suppose those videos are in html5, but most embedded content will just play in the window visible on the website (embedded).
Now usually those videos will either load and play correctly but when i try to go full screen i just get a grey screen and i can still hear the audio but no more video, just the placeholder that indicates there should be a video.
So basically i cannot go full screen.
Another very frustrating problem is that very often the video will load, its buffering , then plays a fraction of a second and then jumps to the end like it is finished. This happens only with embedded youtube movies.
This is my first android tablet and the only other experience i have is with the ipad my parents got one day.
On the ipad all the youtube, vimeo or other ... embedded movies play flawlessly. Going to full screen results in a smooth animation enlarging the embedded content to full screen and all movies play extremely smooth.
I find it very strange that an android device has it so difficult with website video content that works so flawlessly on an old ipad (ipad 1).
Are there settings i should change/install/remove for it to better function on my Xperia tablet Z (NOT rooted) ?
I really like BS Player and use it constantly on my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
I find it has a fantastic LAN streaming capability and great interface. However, it auto selects the thumbnails.
This isn't necessarily a problem for me bc I use it set to 'file list'.
However, my 5 yr old can't read yet, so I set it to Thumbnails.
Unfortunately, the auto gen thumbnail feature selects some random frame 99% of the time, and the image will have no bearing on the movie whatsoever.
Is there another video player that allows you to select your own thumbnail from a screenshot or picture file?
Tnx
After a bit of searching I found "Archos Video Player".
It doesnt allow user defined thumbnails but instead it reads the movie title, searches the web and grabs the official movie poster for the film.
Way better then some screen cap from the video.
The best part is there's an option to auto open your vids with another player.
I just use archos to browse my movies and play with BS Player.
Not only do I use it for my daughter, it looks so good I use it for myself.