cant seem to play videos over wifi on my 10.1tab with out the videos either lagging or not even to want to load at all. trying to watch xvids and x264 encoded movies on my network via File manager HD and mobo player. Is there a solution for this?
first try copying the files to your tab and see if it plays, that way you can determin if its the network or file format causing trouble.
If it is network are you sure you have enough bandwidth?
ensure that "multicast stream" is enabled on your router if it supports it!
use something like wifi scanner to determin that your wifi is operating on the "cleanest" channel available to you
Im not sure how "file manager HD" accesses shares, samba prehaps?
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Have an external hd connected to my western digital media hub, both have quite a lot of movies on there id like to stream to my phone, i can stream mp4 through twonky quite easily but 99% of my movies are ripped in mkv format, would be perfect if i could stream them to my phone then use hdmi out to watch in another room, any ways to do this?
no then? :s
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Would like to know any app that can stream media files from smb/cifs share.
CIFS Manager will get you file level access to the NAS, provided the kernel you're running supports CIFS (I don't have an SGS, so can't tell you). You should be able to find instructions in the forums.
In terms of playback of the actual files, if they're playable from SD card, they should work via CIFS manager.
Have a look into Plex as its an awesome app. It has a problem on the S2 at the mo but there is away around this, read the post here:
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/26473-samsung-galaxy-s-2-audio-only-problem/
Another way to try is to dl UPnPlay and then see if this works, you may need to download rockplayer but the stock video player should work with UPnPlay
I am having issues streaming movies wirelessly. I can connect to my TV using wifi and stream music, but when I try to do the same with the movies, I get an error message. Am I doing something wrong? I downloaded DivX movies, avi, and none work. What am I doing wrong?
You gotta give us some more details in order to help you out. What method are you using to try and stream movies? What does the error msg your getting say?
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First going to a Gallery. Selecting a Video. After clicking on a menu, and it gives you 3 options Trim, Select player, and Play in 3D.
Don't remember the exact error since I'm not at home at the current moment, but it pretty much says that this type of a file is not supported.
Common issue is that the program may not support that specific file type... There are a lot of ways to end up with a .avi file, some work better then others...
Try a .mpg or .mpeg ... If those types play fine, Its the file, If they don't either... Hard Reset. (most likely a jacked up codec or damaged media player program on the phone)
I have downloaded video formats .mpg and .mpeg
Did a Hard Reset, and still unable to stream
I get a message "The player is unable to play this type of file"
I don't know what else to do.
I have had 100% success with .mp4 movies. Try encoding your videos with Wondershare or Handbrake using the H.264 codec (Best Quality) IMO.
Keep the files below 2GB - EVO doesn't like them any bigger. (could that be your issue? Are you trying to play files that are larger than 2GB?)
No, the movie is 1.95 GB.
I just want to be able to stream it without converting anything, from my phone on to my TV. (I have a SONY LED 3D 55" TV)
I even tried my PS3, and that didn't work. Maybe there is an app that streams any format?
Make sure ur tv has DLNA, that's how its streams it. If ur tv doesn't have it then it won't work
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I can stream some formats of music and pictures, so I'm assuming if I can stream those, then my TV is capable for DLNA?
VoXHTC said:
I have had 100% success with .mp4 movies. Try encoding your videos with Wondershare or Handbrake using the H.264 codec (Best Quality) IMO.
Keep the files below 2GB - EVO doesn't like them any bigger. (could that be your issue? Are you trying to play files that are larger than 2GB?)
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The 2GB issue is not that the Evo doesn't like it, it is a limitation of FAT32.
Not really sure what other file systems the phone will read, but if it supports ext2/ext3/ext4 then you shouldn't have the file size limitation any more.
Then I would search the market for vid players that play all formats and try again. I believe arc media does
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The 2GB issue is not that the Evo doesn't like it, it is a limitation of FAT32.
Not really sure what other file systems the phone will read, but if it supports ext2/ext3/ext4 then you shouldn't have the file size limitation any more.
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The 2GB limitation is currently a limitation of Android. FAT32 has a 4GB limitation.
There are bugs already posted about the 2GB limitation of Android.
I'm having another issue. A couple days ago I could see my pc under devices named daniel-pc. Click on that (I'm within the music app trying to simply stream music from my shared folder on my computer) and I was receiving an error message saying something to the effect of I do not have permission to access this... Please allow access and try again. I don't remember the exact wording and I will post about that when I can get to it.
For now I have a different issue. I am connected to my wifi, I go to the music app hit the top evo 3d thing or menu -> select player and it simply buffers for a min then does not find my damn pc for some reason. I did a factory reset, no dice, hooked up via cable, ditto. I Updated profile and prl. I Did absolutely nothing different to my computer or router settings. I Updated my router firmware after not working which also did not help.
Btw my xbox which is hooked up via ethernet finds and plays daniel-pc just fine. My computer is not wifi its using ethernet to get to the router. As I sed earlier I could see my pc when going to select player so that isn't the issue. Thanks ahead. First post sorry for the length.
have u tried the media share app on the phone if that didnt work try tversity for your computer instead of your phone.
Media share works fine. As soon as I turn it on htc media share pops up on the left side of wmp. I can pull up my media from my phone easily. I'm trying to do the opposite and play files from my pc on my phone using the select player option. You can find this also by opening a picture up pressing menu then select player. if your on wifi now your computer should show up. At least that's what it used to do
hi guys,
i´ve recently got an tab 10.1 and, of course, one of the first things i tried was streaming from my NAS.
Unfortunately this doesn´t seem to work all that well - no matter how i connect (uPNP or filebrowser), the videos lag like hell. Its a like a really slow dia-show.
On my Nexus 1 (2.3) it works like a charm (using the same apps and of course WIFI)
Has somebody experienced similar behavior?
No problems with my Synology NAS and Dice Player. I use ES file explorer to connect to my folders (smb).
Edit: Back when I used Moboplayer, I think I remember problems with lags unless you force software decoding when streaming movies. You can enable it in the settings.
No problem with my tab and NAS either. I'm using cifs module and mount Nas volume directly or just use upnp protocol and stream movies.
Try to download that movie to your tab and then play it... Would it still lag? If so that this is not a steaming problem but video format/tab player thingy.
And If it would play fine then start looking at network setup.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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I have no problem either. My NAS is a qnap 219p
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Vlad_z said:
No problem with my tab and NAS either. I'm using cifs module and mount Nas volume directly or just use upnp protocol and stream movies.
Try to download that movie to your tab and then play it... Would it still lag? If so that this is not a steaming problem but video format/tab player thingy.
And If it would play fine then start looking at network setup.
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yes, locally they all play without problems - the weird thing is, that it works just fine on my Nexus phone. Using the exact same setup and apps...
i tried it with SMB and uPNP and various videoplayers - they all load up the movie, but the playback is unbearably slow.
The tab is also "fresh out of the box", so no modifications/rooting or anything else that might cause that.
but obviously its not a general honeycomb problem
ok, its a player issue! "Dice" works right away (thanks!) and "MX Video Player" works, if you force "S/W Decoder" in the settings --> smooth playback
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yes, locally they all play without problems - the weird thing is, that it works just fine on my Nexus phone. Using the exact same setup and apps...
i tried it with SMB and uPNP and various videoplayers - they all load up the movie, but the playback is unbearably slow.
The tab is also "fresh out of the box", so no modifications/rooting or anything else that might cause that.
but obviously its not a general honeycomb problem
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can you test your wifi speed? Just time some big file download.
Just as example, using cifs module my transfer speed is about 1.3Mbyte per sec. Ghost commander with build in smb protocol is around 2.0 Mbyte per sec.
Laptop with N wifi goes around 9.0 Mbyte per second.
I am trying to access media files (mp3 or video files) from shared network drive and play directly in Galaxy Tab 10.1. I am using ES File Explorer and i am able to access my network locations. But it is very SLOW. If any one knows any app with which i can directly access network files on my tab and play them directly in the same wifi network, please advice.
I use a similar setup, SMB network share (which my NAS provides) and ES File Explorer to access the files. It's very fast, I have no problem streaming 720p videos using Dice Player. What apps do you use to play the videos?
MP3s are no problem as well but I prefer DLNA/UPnP via Allshare to play music since it shows album arts.
music.google.com
I use CifsManager (with pershoot's kernel and the CIFS module) together with Mobo and RockPlayer Lite.
CifsManager lets me mount remote CIFS/SMB shares on my device (/sdcard/smb in my case) and then I can play them as if they are stored locally with Mobo and RockPlayer.
Did anyone ever find a solution to this? The issue it bizarre, I have Samsung Glide on the same network that plays 720 files from the network just fine, but the GalaxyTab gets 5kb/sec. Same issue on other wireless routers.
I usually play video over LAN with BS Player, it has a "LAN mode" integrated into the app.
But as long as the files are under 2GB (at least that seemed to be the case, since if I wanted to play a 3GB file it didn't work (very slow and stuttering) but if I split it into two smaller pieces it worked fine) going to their location in File Manager HD and playing them like local storage seems to work too (tried BS player and Dice player, both worked fine).
As mentioned above BS Player's LAN mode is doing the trick for me.
I think its worth to mention VLC Direct Pro, if you have an active computer on the network (wont work directly from something like an NAS) since it will provide support for pretty much any. possible. file. ; 1080p high profile mkv's, name it;
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I use CifsManager (with pershoot's kernel and the CIFS module) together with Mobo and RockPlayer Lite.
CifsManager lets me mount remote CIFS/SMB shares on my device (/sdcard/smb in my case) and then I can play them as if they are stored locally with Mobo and RockPlayer.
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I'm getting "invalid arguments" when mounting it through CifsManager or manual mount.
any advise ?
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Just got the S3 couple days ago and I have a problem with WIFI Streaming at home.
Previously, I have been using the Transformer to stream large video files over wifi without having any issues.
On the S3, I have tried ES File, and File manager to stream videos and transfer files that are over 500MB. Streaming stopped at various times and transferring large files always stopped at some point and eventually crashed the transfer. I don't know what's the issue is and WIFI seems to be stable and I never had an issue in regards to losing connection.
When the video is played, it would load to certain point, and then when the video reached that point, it would stopped.
This happened on MX Player and the default video player.
No problem at all when the same video is played from internal memory.
Transferring and streaming small files such as MP3 seems to be ok.
WIFI is set to always on during sleep.
I even tried to *#0011# method to turn off WIFI power save mode.
Anyone knows what the issue is?
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Same video streaming issues. problem details.
Hi.
I'm just a week into Android OS but have good knowledge of Windows and networks.
I bought a Sammy 7" Tab 2 (ICS) last week and liked it so much, I gave it to my wife and got a Samsung 7.7 (Honeycomb). So, I have both OS's to play with. Both are WiFi only. Both have the same problem.
I have a large collection of old movies & tv (w/o DMR) on my W7 desktop's hard drives. I can copy the files via USB or over WiFi using "ES File explorer" with no problems. Once the files are on the tablets local drives, xvid, avi, wmv, mkv, and mp4 all play perfectly.
If I stream the video, using "ES File explorer", wmv and mp4 files play fine, but the other formats don't. I've tried Mobo and 2 other players with the same results. Most of my library is in xvid format. I can covert them, but that's a nutty solution.
Anyone have the same problem? Better yet, understand why and have a solution?
Richard