FYI....Select newer movies on Android Market are only $0.99 to rent.
https://market.android.com/details?id=movies_promoted
HAX! thanks for the tip
Nice find, now to figure out if I can connect this phone up to the TV and watch it in 47 inch goodness... I think I saw something that said copywritten content will not play through... What about if I use the webtop over HDMI hack?
Another FYI... google videos are not able to be played back on rooted devices... good thing i have a media center pc connected to said 47 inch tv.
If your rooted you can play on the website.
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Hello everyone, As I'm testing the tablets to see which one to keep, I found a Toshiba media player quite useful. It's like media suite which also lets you stream musics, videos, pictures from your PC using Windows media player. I installed the apk on Samsung Tab 10.1 (unrooted), and it worked perfectly.
I cannot do any screen grab, as I've not rooted it yet. But believe me it does work beautifully. The video player also lets you skip to the next video or go back to the previous one (if you have more than one in a folder).
Install instruction:
1. copy the ToshibaMediaPlayer.apk to any folder of your choice on /sdcard/ location.
2. Tap once on the ToshibaMediaPlayer.apk and select 'Install'.
3. Enjoy.
NOTE: I copied the apk from Toshiba /System/app/ using root explorer and used the same to install the apk. I'm sure it should work with other file manager as well.
The apk is 10 MB, therefore apk size limit prevents from uploading on xda. Please use the multiupload link to download the file.
http://www.multiupload.com/YFSOIT1P65
wow thanks. Its works really good.
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bd85 said:
wow thanks. Its works really good.
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Glad you liked it.
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Great app.
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Thanks! It fixes my issue with some videos not stretching the whole way so i'd have black bars on the top/bot and the sides! I wonder what other video player apps there are that might work. I definitely like this over the honeycomb gallery player.
Gonna try this, thanks. Mobo player works well most of the time but has it's hickups still.
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Sry for the OT but i install this on my TF101 and it's working great, only problem is that only plays what stock plays... Is there a way to use an external player like mobo or vitalplayer?
As someone else mentioned it only really plays what the stock player plays and doesn't really have much in terms of options. Sticking with Mobo Player for now. Thanks for your work though.
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Hi,
Can anyone who had Toshiba Thrive test out if it plays videos on wifi from a network share like a network hard drive or from a shared folder on a networked computer without first coping the whole movie to the tablet?
I tried Acer Iconia, Morotolla Xoom and not matter what file manager or video player I used, they all first start coping a movie to the tablet and only after that they start playing. I also have Acronis 101 and that one doesn't copy videos and opens them right away and starts playing.
Also can you read external hard drives in NTFS format when connecting it to the USB port on the tablet?
we're missing some libraries that we need to get DLNA working. it's looking for jnidhsdk, but can't find it. can you look in /system/lib/ on the toshiba and see if there's anything that might look useful?
better yet, if you could just extract the whole folder, I'll have a look myself.
Thanks,
Sam
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Hi,
Can anyone who had Toshiba Thrive test out if it plays videos on wifi from a network share like a network hard drive or from a shared folder on a networked computer without first coping the whole movie to the tablet?
I tried Acer Iconia, Morotolla Xoom and not matter what file manager or video player I used, they all first start coping a movie to the tablet and only after that they start playing. I also have Acronis 101 and that one doesn't copy videos and opens them right away and starts playing.
Also can you read external hard drives in NTFS format when connecting it to the USB port on the tablet?
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A roundabout solution is to use the Plex app to stream movies stored in your pc/mac on the GT10, though it will set you back 5 dollars.
And thanaks to the OP for the toshiba media player which is quite neat.
Any chance you could also port the toshiba file manager, which I hear is quite good too?
Is Acronis 101 an app? Or a tablet?
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Is Acronis 101 an app? Or a tablet?
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Archos 101 is a tablet. Bad viewing angles, low memory but is light and cheap. It's on Froyo but it can see FAT and NTFS drives and opens any video from network drives shared over wireless network.
They have just announced new tablets on Honeycomb that will cost $279 for 8.1 inch and $349 for 10.1 inch and they will both have 1.5 GHz dual core CPU. both will come with 16 Gb flash memory but for $50 more you can order the same model with 250Gb SSD that is only 3 mm thicker than the same model with flash memory. Also they have full size USB port and you can buy a $49 USB 3G stick for your own data plan. That stick completely hides in the tablet and doesn't stick out and you can use it on your laptop/computer as well. I think I'm going to wait till september and buy one then.
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Archos 101 is a tablet. Bad viewing angles, low memory but is light and cheap. It's on Froyo but it can see FAT and NTFS drives and opens any video from network drives shared over wireless network.
They have just announced new tablets on Honeycomb that will cost $279 for 8.1 inch and $349 for 10.1 inch and they will both have 1.5 GHz dual core CPU. both will come with 16 Gb flash memory but for $50 more you can order the same model with 250Gb SSD that is only 3 mm thicker than the same model with flash memory. Also they have full size USB port and you can buy a $49 USB 3G stick for your own data plan. That stick completely hides in the tablet and doesn't stick out and you can use it on your laptop/computer as well. I think I'm going to wait till september and buy one then.
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I used to have a Archos 101 Gen8 before i sold it to buy a Transformer... their (Archos) Music/Video players are awesome, if only the TF could stream from SMB and with subtitles.
The "Acronis" was what got me lost
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I used to have a Archos 101 Gen8 before i sold it to buy a Transformer... their (Archos) Music/Video players are awesome, if only the TF could stream from SMB and with subtitles.
The "Acronis" was what got me lost
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Acronis was a typo, I use both and guess my fingers typed it automatically when I meant the tablet.
Well, for the new tablets they are planning on getting a better screen. If they put 1Gb or ram I'll buy it. The old one had very little ram so it kept crying for low memory when installing apps. But multimedia side of it was great. So far I haven't found that on any Honeycomb tablets.
thanks alot !!
Worked for me instantly and picked up my TVersity Media server without issue. Playback was perfect, but I do wish there was a way to adjust the app to access my home network when away. I'm not a fan of Plex... I prefer TVersity.
please re-upload te apk file...
Yes if possible please re-upload. Or if anyone want to give me the apk I will upload it. Thanks in advance.
Im trying to find a solution to not having to plug my note up via hdmi cable.
so far my best option seems to be dlna but my tv doesnt have that function built in.
does anyone know of a solution or am i out off luck?
If u have an xbox or ps3 u can get an app like air sync or double twist to wirelessly stream video
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im trying it right now but so far its laggy as hell
my upload speed is at .6 mb on a speed test i just did on my phone
not sure if that s the reason...maybe my router is messed up
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If you have a samsung tv or a smartv it the tv itself might support certain apps that will work. Samsung has Swipe, and Allshare. Other tv's might support Allshare as well.
It doesn't sound like you have one though so I don't have a better solution for you
I just bought a smart TV and would love to use my phone wirelessly to my TV not just for streaming but for games and web surfing as well.
have not played with my new TV to much should there be some sort of app/store that i need to access on my TV to get these.
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im trying it right now but so far its laggy as hell
my upload speed is at .6 mb on a speed test i just did on my phone
not sure if that s the reason...maybe my router is messed up
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It shouldn't be. I've used it at all my friends places. Never had a problem. Maybe its an issue with ur router
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Imediashare you can find it on the internet to try it before you buy. It let's me stream anything music and movies. To ps3 and xbox
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ok i have tried all of them now and its still laggin...is dlink known for media routers?
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You can also stream to windows media player if you have an old pc laying around.
Hello,
In this thread, i want know something about all those "Chinese'' (or is there any original) Android TV Boxes and media players.
I saw on eBay some stuff. Looks well, too.
I want to buy one, becouse i'm big android fan, and i can't live without Android.
So, does anyone know some information which is better to use?
Just wait on the next version of Google TV.
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I'm looking to Sony Google TV, it looks awesome, but price isn't very good, too. But is that good? Also, Logitech Google TV looks awesome, but which one? Or, maybe any chinese Google TV?
I have the Logictech Revue, its pretty cool. They say new boxes will be available this summer or fall.
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I had both the Logitech Revue and a Geniatech ATV1000 (Android TV) and ended up selling the Revue because I liked the ATV 1000 better.
However the ATV 1000 does require a little bit of work to make it good but after updating to a newer firmware the box is awesome.
I mainly use it for streaming videos online and it supports a lot more video formats than the Revue did. I also had a lot of problems with Netflix on the Revue. I was constantly having to reset the box to make Netflix work again.
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Thank you for information. Maybe i just have to buy apple TV? Don't know why i want it, but all reviews about Logitech Revue is bad. Or maybe any of those all Chinese Android TV's?
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I had both the Logitech Revue and a Geniatech ATV1000 (Android TV) and ended up selling the Revue because I liked the ATV 1000 better.
However the ATV 1000 does require a little bit of work to make it good but after updating to a newer firmware the box is awesome.
I mainly use it for streaming videos online and it supports a lot more video formats than the Revue did. I also had a lot of problems with Netflix on the Revue. I was constantly having to reset the box to make Netflix work again.
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Hi, with the latest Ice Cream Sandwich update, did you manage to get YouTube working on the ATV1000? If so, how did you do it?
Thank you.
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Hi, with the latest Ice Cream Sandwich update, did you manage to get YouTube working on the ATV1000? If so, how did you do it?
Thank you.
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I actually prefer using it with Gingerbread (2.3.4) (firmware 20111102) I have the best luck with it and it is really stable.
Youtube works alright but sometimes when searching videos it times out and I have to hit the retry button. However my A500 and Nexus tablets occasionally have the same problem.
I mostly use the box for streaming online movies from Putlocker or Sockshare for this it works really well.
I hope this helps. Good luck
So I have a couple of friends who are real apple fan boys and yesterday they kept on braggin while sending photos and videos from their phones over to their TV using Apple TV.
Do we have a hack/mod/app that would allow me to make my Android Device connect to it and toss pictures up on the screen? I wanted to do the of Android Peeing on the Apple.
Thanks guys!
Buy one of these
Edit: I think doubleTwist will let you connect to an Apple TV. Just download that.
You can try AppleTV Media from the Play store, its the best way to control and share content with your AppleTV from an Android device. I have 2 AppleTV's at home and it works flawlessly
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS56YXBwb3R2YXBwbGUiXQ..
Definitely worth a try.
Using media share u can use DLNA compatible devices, I've used my ps3. Works well but I prefer hdmi as the quality is better. Hookup ur phone via hdmi and get 1080p and 5.1 audio if ur videos are encoded with it...ask if their iCrap can do that.
Also love hooking up via hdmi and using my ps3 controller for games, especially onlive. Do that and ur apple friends will be selling their junk on eBay.
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Please tell me what rom and the steps you followed to get the evolte to play nice with the sixaxis controller. I have been going crazy for 3 days trying to get this bastard to work! Please PM me or something, It will be very appreciated :laugh:
Haha! Thank you guys!
If you do this, have another device taking video of the footage of your friends' reaction to the android peeing on apple footage on their nice little AppleTV. Optional: wash, rinse, repeat for android awesomeness inception.
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I was at a friends house and noticed that their Fire Tv has a vastly updated version of Hulu vs our barebones version on the shield tv. Has anyone attempted to port the Fire Tv version of Hulu to the shield tv? I love the device(read hardware) but I wish the app support was a bit better.
Apologies if this topic has been beaten to death I tried searching but came up short.
I know on a normal Android box not one that's actually Android TV you can run their version of the apk you just have to have Amazon app store installed. Try installing their store on the shield and installing from them? Maybe that'll work?