I have just took a leap from Iphone 4 s to Xperia s, I'm really happy with the device until i come to streaming avi files from my Synology Nas!
How do i get my Xperia to play streamed avi, swf & mp4???
Also i checked & found that i have an unlockable bootloader, What are the pros & cons of unlocking it?
Thx
Read this thread.
It's about rooting,unlocking the bootloader and so on.
First of all, please change the thread title to something reasonable, that tells one what you want help with.
Now as for playing avi, swf and mp4 files: these are all container formats that can contain a number of different video formats. If the built in player can't play them, try a different one, maybe it works then.
Unlocking the bootloader (as far as I know, I'm no pro there so don't take my word for it):
+ You can flash a new kernel or ROM with fastboot mode (needed to root as far as I know ATM).
- Probably your warranty is voided, I don't know exactly if relocking gets the warranty back though.
Pezo said:
First of all, please change the thread title to something reasonable, that tells one what you want help with.
Now as for playing avi, swf and mp4 files: these are all container formats that can contain a number of different video formats. If the built in player can't play them, try a different one, maybe it works then.
Unlocking the bootloader (as far as I know, I'm no pro there so don't take my word for it):
+ You can flash a new kernel or ROM with fastboot mode (needed to root as far as I know ATM).
- Probably your warranty is voided, I don't know exactly if relocking gets the warranty back though.
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I think you won't get the waranty back,since you need to enter your IMEI number to unlock,so the waranty for this particular IMEI number is void.
kartobot said:
I think you won't get the waranty back,since you need to enter your IMEI number to unlock,so the waranty for this particular IMEI number is void.
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Where does it say that it actually voids your warranty? I read -may-, which I believe they only even stuck it there so people won't fry their phones by overclocking, then send it in, expecting repairs.
Nowhere does it say that its definitely voided, and many people have sent back their phones with unlocked boot loaders for the yellow issue as well. I believe even when the Arc was unlocked, they still accepted the phone for repairs and such.
Much like anything you do with your phone outside of "normal use" you take risks. Unlocking the boot-loader just happens to bring the -risk- of voiding your warranty if you do something dumb with it. It doesn't say it 100% does, it just says it -may-.
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slyevo said:
I have just took a leap from Iphone 4 s to Xperia s, I'm really happy with the device until i come to streaming avi files from my Synology Nas!
How do i get my Xperia to play streamed avi, swf & mp4???
Also i checked & found that i have an unlockable bootloader, What are the pros & cons of unlocking it?
Thx
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Use aVia, this will show you the DNLA folders, then install MXPlayer. it has the codecs needed. I'm sure there is a better solution, but it works for me. You can also install the SMB module for Astro, that will then give you direct browse to your shares and you can copy files to your XPS, I move music and other bits around in that way.
Mine is rooted, you can always unroot it.
I agree with your statement 'may' does not mean 'will'
slyevo said:
I have just took a leap from Iphone 4 s to Xperia s, I'm really happy with the device until i come to streaming avi files from my Synology Nas!
How do i get my Xperia to play streamed avi, swf & mp4???
Thx
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Agreed on this one... I would have thought the standard "Connected Devices" app should be able to play avi files from a network based storage drive? My Galaxy S II could - I've even installed MXPlayer but it doesn't help when I select the file from the "Connected Devices" app..
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!
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just to clear things up before my 101 arrives in a few days : is the cinema plugin needed only for the mpeg2/ac3 5.1 combo or also for mpeg2 video in combination with some other type audio, and ac3 5.1 audio in combination with some other type video? in other words, is any of the two in a media file enough for the cinema plugin to be needed or do they both have to be present? h.264/ac3 5.1 combo works without the plugin? i guess not but i'd like to make certain...
thanks!
pirecrompir said:
in other words, is any of the two in a media file enough for the cinema plugin to be needed
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yes.
pirecrompir said:
h.264/ac3 5.1 combo works without the plugin?
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no.
thanks for the answer!
now, i have several video clips with h.264/ac3 5.1 in an mkv container. i'm trying to transcode these clips into mkvs or mp4s with the same video stream (so, video direct stream copy) and transcoded audio to either ac3 2.0 or aac that archos supports without the cinema plugin. none of the transcoders i tried seemed to be able to do this: mediacoder, super, handbrake (i'm not even sure if handbrake supports direct video stream copy, i wasn't able to find it) - they all failed. has anyone tried to do this and can recommend a good transcoder? i don't want to re-encode the video, just the audio stream.
thanks!
try vlc, ok it's a bit complicated but it definitly supports reuse of streams on the fly.
and do not reencode to ac3, afaik ac3 is completely depending on the cinema plugin
You can also use rock player free, although it leaves buttons on edge
675 Trip said:
You can also use rock player free, although it leaves buttons on edge
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AFAIK no hw accel at all, right?
chulri said:
AFAIK no hw accel at all, right?
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yes, i read that everything above 540p is choppy without hw accel on a101.
i used a workaround that works but it's not ideal: i demuxed the ac3 5.1 audio stream from the mkv and re-encoded it into aac, then remuxed it back into the mkv. this works but it would be nice to have a one-step process to do this. i'm not sure what goes wrong with all the transcoders if you use direct video stram copying, i must be doing something wrong ... i'll be grateful if someone has any ideas. oh, and i haven't tried vlc yet - didn't even know it features transcoding, too...
thanks!
...or i'll just buy the freaking cinema plugin, it's only 15€ after all ... it's just that i like fooling around with free tools before i buy something which is not necessary and is something which should've come free with the product imo... oh, well
cheers
You got two options:
a) transcode all your movies/videos and spend couple of hours fooling around (how much $$$ is an hour? )
b) spend 15$ and be happy with the best video player available on archos' android devices
Okay, I have to ask. Can someone give a link to where you can buy the cinema pack? I've been trying to find it at store.archos.com or whatever and I can't find it. And yes...I feel pretty stupid about it since it seems everyone else knows where to buy it.
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Okay, I have to ask. Can someone give a link to where you can buy the cinema pack? I've been trying to find it at store.archos.com or whatever and I can't find it. And yes...I feel pretty stupid about it since it seems everyone else knows where to buy it.
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https://store.archos.com/plugins.php
You have to put in your product key and it should give you the option for the plugin.
Don't feel stupid; the Archos site is awful and half the links don't work right. The above link that blazingwolf posted should work. Note that when you do successfully purchase the pack, you will get a download link presented on the web page - that one does NOT work, or at least it didn't for me... it kept saying invalid product ID.
I had to use the link in the email they sent out after the order was completed. That one downloaded fine.
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https://store.archos.com/plugins.php
You have to put in your product key and it should give you the option for the plugin.
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Thanks Wolf! Or is it Blazing? Either way, thanks. I'm tempted to get it, but on the flip side I'm not sure if I will keep the 101 or upgrade to the Xoom WiFi only tablet. I don't really NEED more than the 101, but you know...in reality I probably didn't even NEED the 101 to begin with. I'm kind of rambling...so I'll post now and put down the keyboard...
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Okay, I have to ask. Can someone give a link to where you can buy the cinema pack? I've been trying to find it at store.archos.com or whatever and I can't find it. And yes...I feel pretty stupid about it since it seems everyone else knows where to buy it.
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http://www.archos.com/store/plugsearch.html?prod=archos101it
I'm pretty sure I am not breaking the cardinal sin of asking a stupid question with an answer right in front of me. If I am, I am truly sorry. I searched, and did not find any threads on this.
I recently modded my TP with CM7 (I'm very new to all this). Everything went fine, no issues here.
I plan to use it to play video's from time to time, pre-loaded in case there is no net at the location, etc. I use astro file manager on my phone, and since I love it, I grabbed it for the TP also. Problem is, it really seems like it cant see anything.
I am thinking the folder path mappings are off or something? I see that I can define where I want "external storage" to look, (default is... /mnt/sdcard)?
I even tried to take a screenshot and got... "Error: /mnt/sdcard/tempshot.bmp (Permission denied)" Screenshot saved to null
Anyone know what I'm missing? Thanks!
-- Ps, if I can get this sorted out, my main question was which video files are supported for playback with this CM7 rom through the TP.
These were answered before, but for the most part buried in threads. Your external SD is actually listed as EMMC and it's not in your primary directory, you actually have to go up one.
Android should play most formats it would normally, but as this is still alpha, there is no hardware video acceleration, so anything higher resolution then a internet video will most likely be choppy.
There are some video players that people have had luck with, and overclocking the processor also can help until we get hardware acceleration.
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Ah ok. I was somehow able to get the stock filebrowser to see my directories without a problem after I poked around a bit. I then ran into what you already answered for me . Video's do indeed seem choppy... I think I'll try to reduce the quality of an avi I have and see how that go's.
I'm not ballsy enough to OC anything. It took me a lot of guts to flash the damn thing anyway, thanks for the heads up though.
-- figured I'd post how it turned out.
I used Xilisoft HD Converter and converted using the android specific output setting, and 640x480, runs great using double twist.
Hi guys... I've searched everywhere for a solution to this but cant find one. Got my new Xperia S yesterday everything worked fine... loved the new feature where you can download album art using the stock Sony music player.
I then unlocked the bootloader and rooted - that worked fine too, no issues. However since doing that, the stock music player just says 'unknown error. could not download' when I try and download ANY art for any track (the ID tag info is correct btw). So i thought MAYBE its to do with the process I did, so I relocked the bootloader and reinstalled the 67 firmware which again works fine no issues, however the music player is still saying the same thing... 'unknown error. could not download'.
If I use poweramp I can download album art fine no issues its purely the stock Sony music player.
I'm a little stumped now as I'm fairly good with all this stuff but not having that ability is going to annoy me Anyone got any ideas how to sort it or what the problem is....? Thanks
Noticed the same issue.
I also unlocked bootloader and root. Might be the problem indeed. Therefore it was working just fine.
There must be loads of people who have unlocked the bootloader and rooted their Xperia S but they are obviously not getting this issue with the album art not working as I can't see any previous posts about it.... unless they haven't checked if their works after??
Either that or:
1. Didn't spot the download Album Art feature
2. Did but didn't need to as MP3's already featured Album Art
As the warnings say, when you unlock the bootloader you also lose your DRM Keys, even relocking won't get them back, so features such as TrackID (and it appears album art) won't work anymore.
I'm also assumpting that you can't stream or download any DRM protected content, not sure if Sky Go or NetFlix would be affected.
I always use art grabber on PC before I put music files into my phone. Maybe it is due to loosing DRM keys when you unlocked bootloader?
I use Mp3Tag along with MusicBraiz Picard, best 2 I found, when I was updating my 3000 tracks.
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As the warnings say, when you unlock the bootloader you also lose your DRM Keys, even relocking won't get them back, so features such as TrackID (and it appears album art) won't work anymore.
I'm also assumpting that you can't stream or download any DRM protected content, not sure if Sky Go or NetFlix would be affected.
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Yes fair enough the warnings were there, but i'd assumed the warnings related to digital rights management (ie DRM content streaming such as Sky Go which I never use anyway...) all I am trying to do here is download album cover art so I dont understand how unlocking the bootloader/rooting has affected that. The error appears like the path to get the album art details has been wiped during the process and it just needs reinputting (or something to that effect). Bearing in mind the other music players that can download album art still work, its purely the stock music player. I really didnt realise DRM had anything to do with album art downloading
I would neither, to be honest, but at the moment looks like it.
Same problem here...
I downloaded image from google and made custom cover art
Just for info, Track ID works fine after unlocking bootloader/rooting as does Sky Go and Netflix....its just the damn album art!
Evil_Sephiroth said:
Same problem here...
I downloaded image from google and made custom cover art
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I tried to do the same, but from 5 albs only got cover assigned.
My downloaded pictures has 220x220 and file is called "cover.jpg"
what do I do wrong??
Well... You can fix it on unlocked BL. In ThalinaC's Walkman port there are some drm files, and if you clean SemcMetadataCleanup's aka Download Music data and install the one from Xperia T, the feature should work.
Mine has stopped DLing art work and my BL is locked.
if you have a website with a straeam (your run of the mill flash player stream), what is the best way to get the stream, lag free, full screen, best quality, ont your android?
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if you have a website with a straeam (your run of the mill flash player stream), what is the best way to get the stream, lag free, full screen, best quality, ont your android?
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For phones running JB, it is not possible as JB does not support Flash out of the box. I have managed to get it installed, but the only way to get it work was to physically connect the phone to PC (or TV). Still, there is a delay between the video and subtitles (if you have any).
For Html4 you have Twonky Beam/Video, that is working quite well (and really does streaming!). But it it not find any solution for Flash.
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For phones running JB, it is not possible as JB does not support Flash out of the box. I have managed to get it installed, but the only way to get it work was to physically connect the phone to PC (or TV). Still, there is a delay between the video and subtitles (if you have any).
For Html4 you have Twonky Beam/Video, that is working quite well (and really does streaming!). But it it not find any solution for Flash.
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so if i have a website with a falsh stream...i won't be able to play it on my phone? I have a blue box that shows up...probably delineating the plugin did not load. Wasn't sure if this was a javascript or a flash problem
You need to install Flash Player to your phone. Just go find an .apk from google for Flash.
You can try to install Dolphin Browser. However, any flash site will crash Dolphin in JB.
or go to older Android versions...
Questions should be posted in Q&A forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
See rule #15
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Hello all in the fourm
Have a new tablet and its rooted after three hours
Twenty mins to root
Two and a bit hours to realise how to install drivers for adb
Lost all ome apps.???? Forgot to do a full wipe after root didnt ythink it would need it as I hadn't be any apps or profiles added to the device so flashed on to the flasher tool it takes time and I was think ho to turn on charging thru my
Flashing thru the flasher scared the **** out of me but worked and restored the ome apps hulu plus is missing but is that a state side thing also when I return to ireland in six months will I have to change the region in canada atm so im just a bit courious as to my options later on if any
But video is not playing very well
any suggestions for players would be nice also any way to make it the default player
also any point towards how to replace the stock player with a third
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everyone having issues with video playback.
Also had video playback issues with the xperia tablet s, but ony with the built-in sony player.
The first video (an mp4) didn't play at all ("This video can't be played" or something), after that I put it on my SGS3 where it played just fine...
The second one (another mp4) played for about 30 seconds, when suddenly the player shut down ("Unfortunately, this video has been stopped") while the audio played on and could be stopped only by restarting the sony player and the video. And again, after 30 secs, another shutdown of the player and the video, but not the audio....
Then I installed the MX Player from the play store, and since then, no playback problems so far....
I don't think we need another thread for this topic.
To clarify, I have NO issue with this device, shut down, YouTube or otherwise.
SWFlyerUK said:
I don't think we need another thread for this topic.
To clarify, I have NO issue with this device, shut down, YouTube or otherwise.
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Could you send me your android log, just wondering if you having issues with demuxer also or any other errors.
Hello thanks for the recommendation mxplayer seems to be the way to go ive also had no shut down issues so im not here to complain im just looking for alternatives to the video player maybe I should be in themes and apps sorry flyer also anybody put any scripts on there xpiera if so which ones and why bit lost on it if there any even avaible
Thanks dex
Also how do I check which recovery is installed is a a termianl comand ive ran the AIO and installed the tweak for rescue backdoor also I said no to the end of the flasher to change the recovery as I had it already done with the AIO
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dex9mm said:
Hello all in the fourm
Have a new tablet and its rooted after three hours
Twenty mins to root
Two and a bit hours to realise how to install drivers for adb
Lost all ome apps.???? Forgot to do a full wipe after root didnt ythink it would need it as I hadn't be any apps or profiles added to the device so flashed on to the flasher tool it takes time and I was think ho to turn on charging thru my
Flashing thru the flasher scared the **** out of me but worked and restored the ome apps hulu plus is missing but is that a state side thing also when I return to ireland in six months will I have to change the region in canada atm so im just a bit courious as to my options later on if any
But video is not playing very well
any suggestions for players would be nice also any way to make it the default player
also any point towards how to replace the stock player with a third
sent from rooted xperia tablet s thanks condi sony should and bluechip
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MXPlayer Pro is the best I could find. Easy to set as default player and does evey kind of video file there is...subtitles too. I would agree that video is a little different on this tablet. I think part of it may be the small format maybe? It seems like the video is playing in slow motion but only a fraction of a second maybe....then again maybe an illusion. I haven't put this next to a lappy or my regular lcd tv to see if it tracks the same though either. It's such a minor thing for me....the audio sounds fine not slow or slurred or any problem so I just leave it.
Glad to hear another confirmed positive on the flasher tool. I'm at release 3, rooted with Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18 and looking to go to 6b. Thanks for the info.
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MXPlayer Pro is the best I could find. Easy to set as default player and does evey kind of video file there is...subtitles too. I would agree that video is a little different on this tablet. I think part of it may be the small format maybe? It seems like the video is playing in slow motion but only a fraction of a second maybe....then again maybe an illusion. I haven't put this next to a lappy or my regular lcd tv to see if it tracks the same though either. It's such a minor thing for me....the audio sounds fine not slow or slurred or any problem so I just leave it.
Glad to hear another confirmed positive on the flasher tool. I'm at release 3, rooted with Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18 and looking to go to 6b. Thanks for the info.
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6b locks you out off root tough.
Yo thanks yea mx the way to go
For the flasher it will give you PREROOT 6b
was simple enough just let it work and yes to install recovery and your done
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6b locks you out off root tough.
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Even if I'm already rooted? I thought if rooted then would stay rooted?? Anyone else know? I'm glad I didn't do it today and waited till Ii had more insight. Thanks either way Zer0K3wL...that's what these forums are all about.
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Even if I'm already rooted? I thought if rooted then would stay rooted?? Anyone else know? I'm glad I didn't do it today and waited till Ii had more insight. Thanks either way Zer0K3wL...that's what these forums are all about.
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If you update via ota update you will be locked out of root from 6b offical
If updated via the flasher root remains as its a prerooted 6b from the flasher with a different recovery 1a I believe
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