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To hook up my HD to this puppy here and play movies to a tv?
http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=27374&source=gbaseus¤cy=USD
Perhaps I posted on the wrong HD forum? F. Spartan, do you think it would make a diff?
HD doesn't have TV-OUT, so no.
yes, it is possible. You can hook it up through Usb and put it in mass storage mode. You'll be able to play movies that are stored on the Microsd card of your HD. But that would be thesame as plugging in a simple usb flash drive. You won't be able to get tv out from the HD
Right, I'm not trying to get tv out from the HD. My question was wether this item would recognize the memory card and hence be able to play movies, pictures, music through the box.
In that case: yes, it will most likely work
Hi guys,
Theres any way to see my movies on my external HD or Pen drive using laptop dock, dock HD, through Entertainment Center?
I only can see the movies on internal memory, not external.
Anyway?
I believe the external hard drive has to be formatted to FAT32 and not NTFS.
So primeboss, I put on pendrive with fat32 on usb´s lapdock, the cellphone recognize it, but when I enter on Entertainment Center, on "Videos", dont show the file.
I just sold my transformer and one of my largest issues was the tablet could not play h264 movies. They ran very slowly, some apps would play the movie with no sound, others would play the sound but both the video and sound were very slow. Anyways you look at it, the transfomer could not handle bluray quality h264 movies.
Will ICS fix the Android 4gig file limitation?
Brandon
brandonpaz said:
Will ICS fix the Android 4gig file limitation?
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4Gb limitation is not entirely an Android limitation, it's a FAT32 limitation.
Nvidia's demo showed the Transformer Prime playing high profile 1080P video.
Yes Asus Prime will play your h264.
And it can handle 4GB + files
bd85 said:
Yes Asus Prime will play your h264.
And it can handle 4GB + files
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How do you know this? I thought this was a limitation of the fat32 storage formatting?
irishtexmex said:
How do you know this? I thought this was a limitation of the fat32 storage formatting?
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yes its a fat32 storage limitation.
if you want bigger files (eg a h264 mkv) it must be on your
internal storage (which is ext3/4 formatted) or you have to format
your sd-card as ext3/4, which will make it unreadable from windows.
correct me if im wrong
propaply there is a windows-ext3/4 tool where you could r/w ext partitions?
Any chance HC or ICS can read exFAT? That would solve cross compatibility and file size problems.
C4PO said:
Any chance HC or ICS can read exFAT? That would solve cross compatibility and file size problems.
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Maybe the kernel devs get NTFS working properly...
I would rather go for a ext3/4 tool for windows and make the sd ext3
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How do you know this? I thought this was a limitation of the fat32 storage formatting?
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On the swedish android site swedroid.se forum there are a guy from Asus that can answer questions about Prime.
On Primes internal storage they have no problem with big files, they have tried with a 7gd+ and that work good.
"ANTIFISH" explained it good.
If you use MicroSD the limitations are 4GB because of fat32,
If you connect a hard drive that is NTFS the Prime can mount it and handle files that are bigger than 4GB.
This is way I going to buy the 64GB version, but just because the MicroSD can't handle big files and you have to use the Primes storage for those files.
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bd85 said:
On the swedish android site swedroid.se forum there are a guy from Asus that can answer questions about Prime.
On Primes internal storage they have no problem with big files, they have tried with a 7gd+ and that work good.
"ANTIFISH" explained it good.
If you use MicroSD the limitations are 4GB because of fat32,
If you connect a hard drive that is NTFS the Prime can mount it and handle files that are bigger than 4GB.
This is way I going to buy the 64GB version, but just because the MicroSD can't handle big files and you have to use the Primes storage for those files.
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Is it possible to format the MicroSD card as NTFS? Wouldn't this solve the problems while still allow the MicroSD card to be writable/readable in Windows PCs?
I thought the original Transformer could read NTFS. I thought I remembered reading that someone hooks up a usb hard drive to their dock and plays movies off of it and that it was formatted NTFS.
I'm a heavy Linux guy (since '93), but I'd rather have it place nice with NTFS then exFAT. I can r/w NTFS just fine now thanks to ntfs-3g. Just format the sdcard as NTFS when and the problem should be solved for large files.
I've been waiting for the Prime because it can play High Profile 4.0 h.264 video in hardware.
I've already converted my entire movie/tv collection into h.264 files last spring. Took me three months with six computers working 24x7. I have over 2800 movie and tv files to watch now. Should keep me busy for several years.
I've always ran a custom rom on the original and was able to read NTFS with my drive hooked up. Don't know about stock stock..
ChrisDos said:
I thought the original Transformer could read NTFS. I thought I remembered reading that someone hooks up a usb hard drive to their dock and plays movies off of it and that it was formatted NTFS.
I'm a heavy Linux guy (since '93), but I'd rather have it place nice with NTFS then exFAT. I can r/w NTFS just fine now thanks to ntfs-3g. Just format the sdcard as NTFS when and the problem should be solved for large files.
I've been waiting for the Prime because it can play High Profile 4.0 h.264 video in hardware.
I've already converted my entire movie/tv collection into h.264 files last spring. Took me three months with six computers working 24x7. I have over 2800 movie and tv files to watch now. Should keep me busy for several years.
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hmm now i feel like i want a 64gb one because i want to store bigger files
vvilliamm said:
hmm now i feel like i want a 64gb one because i want to store bigger files
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I think i will be better to go with the dock and a small usb drive or stick. Instead of 32gb more you can have nearly 200gb more and you can transfer the movies from the disk to the Transformer.
On my original Transformer I was always able to use ES File Explorer to read files from my PC.
I was also able to stream movies and music via this app. I wonder if that would work on the prime also?
My hope is to store more on my nas and less on my tablet!
Brandon
as the extent to i know you can play the video format such as H.264 (HP @ 40Mbps), VC-1 AP, MPEG2, MPEG-4,H.263, Theora, DivX 4/5, XviD HT, , VP8, WMV, Sorenson Spark, Real Video, VP6.
brandonpaz said:
On my original Transformer I was always able to use ES File Explorer to read files from my PC.
I was also able to stream movies and music via this app. I wonder if that would work on the prime also?
My hope is to store more on my nas and less on my tablet!
Brandon
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Use BSPlayer (lite). It has an integrated file manager with smb support. Another option is to transfer and watch the movie at the same time.
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as the extent to i know you can play the video format such as H.264 (HP @ 40Mbps), VC-1 AP, MPEG2, MPEG-4,H.263, Theora, DivX 4/5, XviD HT, , VP8, WMV, Sorenson Spark, Real Video, VP6.
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What about .mkv files? I know it's just a container and not a video format, but severel devices had problems with them.
I do what i want, because I can.
Flussen said:
What about .mkv files? I know it's just a container and not a video format, but severel devices had problems with them.
I do what i want, because I can.
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Yea I'm curious about this too. Most TV shows and movies you find online in HD nowadays seem to be in .mkv format.
There is a video on YouTube of Prime playing .mkv file (which is said to be h264 high profile 1080p video) without any problems.
Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
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Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
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Depends where that file type check is done. If it's in the USB driver, there is no way of getting rid of it other than hack the driver or use another one.
Do you use Asus software to copy the file or do you just use the prime as usb storage and copy it?
My Prime is on it's way to me, as soon as it's here I'll upgrade to ICS (rollout in Germany just began) and check on movie files.
Same on every Android device.
Got the question you get with everyone of my Android devices I have had. but I don't have that delay you mention.
Isn't even a problem, just click yes.
This message is just a heads up that it might not work properly. And how can Android or Windows know if you have installed a program that can play those files?
Think the problem is more your computer than Prime. when it comes to send files its most time the computer that is the problem.
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Problem is that the Prime connects as an MTP device. This in conjunction with the MTP/USB driver used could be the problem. Run "devmgmt.msc" from Win+R to get to the device manager and check if "Asus MTP device" is properly installed, if not, update the driver (if possible).
Question pops up instantaneously for me.
I think this is DRM related issue. It seems like the prime has no option (or purposely removed) to be mounted as Mass USB Storage. The only option available is to mount it as MTP or as a Camera.
I can copy small files in and out fine with MTP. However, I think it checks for file types and warn/deny certain ones that the prime should not be able to play, even though you have an app installed you know can play it. It's really annoying specially when copying multiple files and you come back to your computer to find out it stopped copying because of a stupid warning or question.
Whenever I copy large or small .mkv files, explorer.exe just tanks and quits. I think ICS or some DRM app is doing this on purpose for movie files. .avi files seems fine but gives a warning. But when all else fails, I can pull out the external sdcard and copy the files through a reader.
Is there a way to force it to mount as as a USB Mass Storage device like my other android device? Or was this option removed now from ICS as Google gets stricter with DRM related issues? I wonder if the Nexus can be mounted as a USB Mass Storage rather than MTP?
Any ideas guys?
PS. It's kind of silly that they brag you play HD movies and the screen can show them in HD, but you can't copy any HD formatted files either because of DRM restrictions or the sdcard format can only handle movies with 4gb or less (which is not HD quality anymore). The only thing its good for is to shoot your own HD videos with the camera and play that video in HD, which you can do with your phone better since it's smaller and easier to maneuver.
And they say the new T700 is coming out with 1080p, I say its useless unless they can mount the drives with ntfs or ext4 with faster read/write throughput to prevent lags.
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Wow, I feel ya. That's a bad day indeed.
aragorn182 said:
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not. Have you tried transferring a .mkv file (let say 2gb) and see if it works? It crashes for me. As for other file types, I get ask stupid questions.
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not.
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It wasn't meant to explain that. It was only meant to explain why there is no USB Mass Storage.
I highly doubt it's a DRM problem because I'm able to copy .mkv files over. The only thing I have to do is confirm that I want to copy it, because it will complain that it might not be able to play that file type.
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Android is smth like linux (FAT drive) you are UNALBE to TRANSFER ANY SINGLE FILE MORE THAN 2GB thru usb.
micro sd card is limit to 4 GB if i'm not wrong.
the BEST solution is network transfer with ES file explorer, itz good to invest on NAS aka network drive now, SCREW USB.
set yourself free, no more limitation and driver ****...
aragorn182,
So you can copy .mkv files fine. Hmm I guess I'll try reformatting my micro sdcard coz its acting flaky and try again. Thanks, at least I have some confirmation it works for others. Funny thing is, I can copy into it if I pull it out and put it into my card reader.
With regards to NAS. I already have NAS at home and the WD Live (3 of them) so I can watch movies in each room. Problem is, I want to watch movies on my tablet when I'm traveling long flights (starting to tire of carrying my laptop, tablet is so much lighter). At home, Its kind of useless to watch movies on my tablet when my TV is bigger and I have media players to play them. Lol, even my computer monitor is bigger
u can use network transfer to ur prime...not asking u to stream...
you wont have any problem with file size or type when using network transfer to your prime. since u have NAS make for use of it.
I've copied a few gigs of MKVs to my Prime (both internal storage and microsd) and had no problems. Windows 7 does tells me the little error message about how the thing might not play the format back properly (I wonder why that error shows up considering the Prime can at least playback H.264 with AAC audio in MKV using the native video player).
Did you disable Asys Sync on your tablet? I noticed once I disabled that, transfer speeds were a lot faster.
Ok finally worked. I reformatted the micro sdcard in FAT32 and ran read/write test on it to make sure it is not bad. Tried it again twice and it worked both times. Thanks guys. Really weird problem, something must have gotten corrupted. I have also tried wireless transfer and it work flawlessly. I think that will be my preferred method of transfer now.
Thank you everyone.
Hey guys! So, I would like to use our OG to play movies when I go over to friends' places. I have the MHL adapter and I have the movies (1080P) but I can't get my movies to copy over to the SD card. My movies are around 8-10GB and I know that FAT32 has a max file size of 4GB, so I'm trying to figure out how I should format the card so that I can transfer files larger then 4GB to the SD card!! Any Ideas? I tried ext4, but this was just reformatted to FAT32 when I put it in the OG.
Did some searching and found this . . .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724078
NTFS3g driver that could be compiled into our kernal!!!
Anyone know how to get thsi to work with our phones?