Hello..
I just got my xtz, now how do i transfer the things i purchased from my old ipad to my xtz?
Do i need some conversion for the movies?
arcsuser said:
Hello..
I just got my xtz, now how do i transfer the things i purchased from my old ipad to my xtz?
Do i need some conversion for the movies?
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if by apps or movies you purchased in the app store then no you cannot transfer them over to your xtz
the apple app store and the google play store are two separate things
arcsuser said:
Do i need some conversion for the movies?
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No you don't need to convert movies like for the ipad, just copy-paste them to your SD-CARD.
But the tablet doesn't support all formats like MKV, DTS, etc. If you want these get MX player from play store.
If you've purchased the movies through itunes then they are very likely to have apples own copy protection on them and they will only play on registered apple products. If however you have purchased them elsewhere and copied them in to itunes then you may have more luck copying them onto your XTZ.
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This may be a stupid question but how can I put movies onto my TB? I have some on my comp but when I move them to the sd card they will not play. Any help will be great, thanks!
cjharris1985 said:
This may be a stupid question but how can I put movies onto my TB? I have some on my comp but when I move them to the sd card they will not play. Any help will be great, thanks!
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More information would be good.
What format are your movies?
You might try a media player from the market, I use Rock Player and it handles everything I have thrown at it so far.
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They are usually in mp4v. They are digital copies that I have in iTunes and in Windows Media player.
Convert said movies to Mpeg4... Mount TB to disk drive.. Create a folder and call it movies... Dump MPEG4 movies into folder. ENJOY!
i wonder if your issue is DRM related, were they purchased from iTunes store or imported into your iTunes library?
I would like to be able to stream movies from my network server. I've got the SMB share mounted, but RockPlayer seems to struggle with 1080p and 720p content.
I've tried PS3 Media Server and transcoding the content down, but that's not happening either.
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Convert said movies to Mpeg4... Mount TB to disk drive.. Create a folder and call it movies... Dump MPEG4 movies into folder. ENJOY!
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Ok, so how do I convert the movies to mpeg4? The copies came with the blu-rays that i bought, then downloaded using iTunes or Windows Media Player.
cjharris1985 said:
Ok, so how do I convert the movies to mpeg4? The copies came with the blu-rays that i bought, then downloaded using iTunes or Windows Media Player.
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There are conversion programs to put it in mp4, just Google it and you'll find one.
It is a drm related issue. When you download the digital copies from the blu-ray disc that have that option, you are asked which format you want to download Itunes or wmv and they come with drm protection to only play on those devices (ipod, itouch, iphone or zune) or pc.
They are also protected from being converted. Im sure they can be converted but your everyday program will not do it. you need a program to break protection and then convert to same or another format.
Going to second the DRM issue. Sounds like you should get an iPod Touch or iPad for movie watching.
Even with my old Droid, I preferred watching movies on the iPod Touch just for the battery life (7hrs video).
If you're looking for converters iSquint is my favorite mac based converter, haven't found many solid PC ones.
Look at Subsonic, it's an awesome app and you can stream any media from your pc to your phone. mp3, mkv, avi, etc... I use it all the time and love it.
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g00s3y said:
Look at Subsonic, it's an awesome app and you can stream any media from your pc to your phone. mp3, mkv, avi, etc... I use it all the time and love it.
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appears to only do music :-\
and orbs quality is just terrible lol
There's ways to break the drm on the blurays you purchased. However, that is more of a matter for other forums and websites. If you google around you'll find information. If they are truly your bought and purchased copies, you should have a right to do what you want with them as long as you're using them for your own devices.
cjharris1985 said:
This may be a stupid question but how can I put movies onto my TB? I have some on my comp but when I move them to the sd card they will not play. Any help will be great, thanks!
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Go to knowyourcell.com. I don't know if they have the Thunderbolt listed yet on that site, but every movie I converted per their instructions for my EVO works great on my thunderbolt. It's all free, even the software to convert, and tells you what format everything needs to be in.
Hit the link below and it will give you all of the instructions you should need. Again, I know its for the Evo, but every movie I converted for my Evo works great on my Thunderbolt. They dont have a seperate tutorial for the thunderbolt yet.
http://www.knowyourcell.com/htc/htc...deos_and_transfer_them_to_the_htc_evo_4g.html
Hope that helps!
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appears to only do music :-\
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Subsonic does video too.
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I have successfully been utilizing ffmpeg on my Linux box to encode for moto-droid.
unfortunately these files don't appear to be supported on TB
source file info:
$ file TEST.HDTV.XviD.avi
TEST.HDTV.XviD.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 624 x 352, 23.98 fps, video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
encode script example:
$ cat testscript.sh
#!/bin/sh
ffmpeg -y -i $1 -acodec libfaac -ab 160k -s 720x480 -aspect 16:9 -vcodec libx264 -b 500k \
-qcomp 0.6 -qmin 16 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -subq 7 -refs 6 -g 300 \
-keyint_min 25 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -sc_threshold 40 -me_range 12 -i_qfactor 0.71 \
-directpred 3 outputTEST.mp4
exit
syntax:
./testscript.sh TEST.HDTV.XviD.avi
I haven't played with other resolutions...but was disappointed that TB wouldn't even play
tests were performed on a standard (un-rooted) TB.
I'm slightly annoyed by this. Does anyone know if there is a way to upload music we download to Google music from our tablets or if there is an android music manager app in the works? I'm pretty sure my tablet is going to be my primary device and I'd like for it to be nearly as versatile as my laptop but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen anytime soon.
There isn't, no. Whether one is in the works I do not know. I wouldn't be terribly surprised though to see a way to manually add tracks in later updates to Music Beta. What's your use-case for having a music manager app on your tablet?
The work around i found get a wifi sync app and use to send the music to your pc that you want up loaded to google music
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What's your use-case for having a music manager app on your tablet?
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It doesn't have to be music manager per se, but the ability to upload from mobile devices is necessary if we have the ability to purchase from them. This weekend I bought 3 albums that are only only my tab and I should be able to move them to the cloud via the Google Music app, at a minimum.
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It doesn't have to be music manager per se, but the ability to upload from mobile devices is necessary if we have the ability to purchase from them. This weekend I bought 3 albums that are only only my tab and I should be able to move them to the cloud via the Google Music app, at a minimum.
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I fear that the content you purchased will not even be able to be uploaded to Google Music Beta due to the DRM. Its my understanding that any music files with embedded DRM cannot be uploaded to the GMb service.
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I fear that the content you purchased will not even be able to be uploaded to Google Music Beta due to the DRM. Its my understanding that any music files with embedded DRM cannot be uploaded to the GMb service.
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Not every song purchased hasd DRM. Amazon for example sells DRM free songs that I would like to upload to google music from my tablet.
vansmack said:
Not every song purchased hasd DRM. Amazon for example sells DRM free songs that I would like to upload to google music from my tablet.
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Not to mention all of the songs I plan on downloading using tTorrent
I just wish they would integrate it into music beta soon. I'd love to be able to download music to my phone or tablet, upload it, and then remove it from my internal storage
Hi XDA community
In what format should I convert videos for the Asus Transformer Prime, for a good quality.............
I have a movie (1.25 GB avi.) -> (. 3.12 GB MP4) format.
Used program =
- Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate
- Profil Motorola Xoom / H.264 Video
- 1280x720
[Q]
- Is this normal (1.87 GB more)?
- Are there any conversion settings for the Prime (size, format, etc.)?
- Which program would you recommend?
Thank you for your help
You don't convert. The prime eat anything as long as you use a third party player like mxplayer.
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kokusho said:
You don't convert. The prime eat anything as long as you use a third party player like mxplayer.
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Yup. This is one of the things that makes me happiest about moving from my iPad to an Android tablet.
You don't need to convert anything. You can play avi, mkv, wmv with a third party app.
I heard that Dice player is good. In my phone I used Mobo player or Mxvideo player.
thanks all
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The conversion I'd like to understand is .wtv to playable on Android.
We've got quite a few computers in this household running Windows Media Center. They record OTA HD TV on a house server in .wtv (MSFT proprietary) format. But none of the players I've tried play .wtv out of box, yet.
And when the Win 8 slates appear, they WILL interoperate with .wtv and be harder to dislodge. So this would be a good time to source .wtv format files in a DLNA scheme.
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
I don't have a wmv or m4v file at hand but you could try dice player. It's my favorite so far.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial
in the specs it states that it can run wmv and m4v
TheKricket said:
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
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dude don't mess with that drm garbage. Even if it would work don't reward bad behavior (drm). My mom now hates drm because she mistakenly bought a couple movies on iTunes and now her reward for not bittorrenting it is they're now worthless to her in her tf101 (or any Android device). Just use tpb for what you need. Besides they can recommpress or remove drm in the time it takes you to poop. They're pros
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TheKricket said:
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
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These are heavily DRMed. If you did not get a Digital Copy version that is compatible with Android then you are screwed. The WMV is a heavily DRMed Windows file, and the M4V is for iTunes. Only a few BluRays were released that had an Android version too.
Honestly, if you have a BluRay player in your PC is easier to rip it to another format. Otherwise, you have to breach the DRM and convert it to a non-DRM version.
I hate the digital copy stuff, but the Ultraviolet stuff is kinda neat. At least you can use the Flixster (Movies) app to view them streaming on Android. However, only a few use it and its still a DRM nightmare.
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dude don't mess with that drm garbage. Even if it would work don't reward bad behavior (drm). My mom now hates drm because she mistakenly bought a couple movies on iTunes and now her reward for not bittorrenting it is they're now worthless to her in her tf101 (or any Android device). Just use tpb for what you need. Besides they can recommpress or remove drm in the time it takes you to poop. They're pros
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Tell me about it! It's like I'm getting punished for "doing the right thing".
To be honest - I got the Back to the Future BR trilogy (I'm one of those huge nerdy fans) and thought: "Sweet, as a bonus - I'll get to play this back anywhere!" So I loaded up the M4V into iTunes (which works just fine with my Apple TV).
But I tried getting the movies on my tablet - where they really count (especially during travel) - and nothing.
It really is hard to "be good" when you pay for a product and then have to jump through hoops and over hurdles (wasting hours of your own time) to make use of something you OWN.
I can open up any BT client and get the full HD-BR rips in FAR less time than it'll take me to figure out how to get my rightfully purchased copies onto a media player (that I also own).
Thanks for the tips everyone!
How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
foboi1122 said:
How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
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The 4 GB limit is a FAT32 filesize limit. Only the SDCARD is FAT32 so this is should not true of the internal storage. If you download the file on your prime and store it on the internal storage it should work fine. If you need to put in on your SDCARD than you would need to split them or compress them to be under 4GB since it would be FAT32. Or you can store it some where else and stream it (if were are talking videos and on topic).
Try DVD Catalyst.
I use that to convert MY DVD's to work on my Nook Color. I have not looked if there is a preset for the Transformer Prime yet but I did copy some movies that I converted for the Nook to my TP and they look great.
Try EXTFAT
I formatted my external sdcard as extfat in Windows 7 and have a 7.50 gb blueray movie on it which plays flawlessly.
I know everyone keep giving high praise to MX Player but it has fail to HW decode all of my various MKV files. As for file size limitation, ATP can read NTFS just fine.
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How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
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Prime have no problem with files larger than 4gb. Works good on the internal storage. And if you have a sdcard you format it to NTFS.
I have format my microsd to NTFS and played a 8gb mkv movie without problems
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Sweet, I wasn't sure if the transformer support NTSF since its a windows format. so what's the difference between exfat and NTSF?
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I know everyone keep giving high praise to MX Player but it has fail to HW decode all of my various MKV files. As for file size limitation, ATP can read NTFS just fine.
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I agree, mx sucks, use bs player, everything is hardware accelerated.
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I havent had any problems with MX.
It plays every MKV I throw at it, even those with heavily animated subtitles.
Full disclosure: They were all 720p, perhaps the HW v. SW decoding doesn't become seriously relevant until 1080?
My moveis download from iTunes can't played on Samsung phone, some people said i have to download again on Samsung movie store, it's that right?
aobally said:
My moveis download from iTunes can't played on Samsung phone, some people said i have to download again on Samsung movie store, it's that right?
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DRM. I am official hater of digital copy downloads...especially through iTunes. I use the DVD disc and use handbrake to rip my own digital copy. That way I can put it on my phone, or tablet regardless of brand or OS.
Hi, aobally
aobally said:
My moveis download from iTunes can't played on Samsung phone, some people said i have to download again on Samsung movie store, it's that right?
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You can't play iTunes movies on your Samsung devices(non-apple devices) due to the DRM protection. You can use software(such as: AVS4Mac M4V Converter Plus, NoteBurner M4V Converter ....) to do the DRM removal. When you remove the DRM protection, you can play all you movies on Samsung phone.
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DRM. I am official hater of digital copy downloads...especially through iTunes. I use the DVD disc and use handbrake to rip my own digital copy. That way I can put it on my phone, or tablet regardless of brand or OS.
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Hi, thanks for your suggestions.
hi guys
i am looking for some help please. i have the xperia z ultra and i am about to take a long distance flight,
i want to know can i download films from the net and transfer them to my phone so they can be played?
if this is possible can you tell me how to do it as everytime i have transferred something to my phone before i have never been able to find it after so never sure if it was going to the phone or not in the first place,
thank you for any help
sut.
sut1576 said:
hi guys
i am looking for some help please. i have the xperia z ultra and i am about to take a long distance flight,
i want to know can i download films from the net and transfer them to my phone so they can be played?
if this is possible can you tell me how to do it as everytime i have transferred something to my phone before i have never been able to find it after so never sure if it was going to the phone or not in the first place,
thank you for any help
sut.
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Yes,you can do that. Actually i do that everytime. I can say i use zu1 mainly for wtching movies.
You must have a good movie player installed. The default movieplayer is good but i prefer mxplayer. If you have transfered succesfully the movie in your phone,mxplayer can easily catch it whenever you put it.
can i ask what zu1 is please?
Get a microsd card and create a folder "movies", copy your movie files into there, then install a decent movie player like dice or bsplayer and open the file. The stock movie app only support a few filetypes.
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I feel like OP (Original Poster. That's you Sut1576) is fairly fresh towards stuff like this, so something tells me he'll need an even simpler explanation.
- Yes, you can download movies from the internet, but that's also illigal and not allowed to discuss on XDA, so you'll have to find another place to ask about this.
- You can also rip (copy) your own movies to your computer and transfer them to your Ultra (legal as long as it's for personal use).
- The Ultra will natively play back the most common formats (.mp4, .mkv, .avi), and the stock player is very good, but if a movie won't play, then do as Zaxharu and SpyderTracks have said and install a third party video player from the Play Store (I personally prefer MX Player)
So just plug your Ultra to your computer, make a new folder called "Movies" or something and drag-and-drop the files into the folder, and that's it.