There are some Web sites which only work properly using a Windows browser with bulit in Flash player and a good solution is to switch to the Android Photon browser for those sites.
The Photon browser uses a Windows based server in rhe USA instead of a built-in Flash player to access Web sites to solve the problem.
There is no noticable delay going through their server but the Web sites see you as a USA based user no matter which country you live in and it works on Kit Kat.
I understand it has been available on Apple devices much longer than Android and is well supported there too.
The technical support is excellent and very quick to respond.
If Flash is important to you then try the Photon browser for those sites which don't work well using Android browsers with Flash built in.
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Hey all, I was wondering if anyone else had tried the new YouTube Mobile web site, as it seems to be a huge improvement and seems pretty neat
However, it doesn't seem to be working in my current browser. I'm on Opera 9.7 & NRGZ28 July 3 ROM
This is the new site: Video 1 Video 2
Instead I get the old mobile site, which my Desktop browser also displays when you type http://m.youtube.com
Any thoughts/ideas why this might be?
Both of the links say that it is for android and iphone.
reason is html5
hi, you cannot see the latest youtube mobile site in full because it is designed for browsers that support HTML5 protocol. Only android browser and safari support html5 for now.
Opera (both mobile and desktop) support HTML 5 to some extent but not fully, yet. Development is in progress though
Internet explorer also does not support HTML5 yet
Current browsers mostly rely on Flash to display videos
I am using the Nexus One user agent and the website still doesn't work before anyone tries that route. It is seriously busted on 9.7
I was wondering, and yes, I have searched, but is it possible to stream pctv from your pc to Android, the easy way? There are guides telling how to use VLC to stream tv, guides that involves using windows media encoder, suggestions about using Orb live, wich just doesn't do it for me and even suggestions using the expensive slingbox.
I used to have mytinytv ( http://www.mytinytv.com/ ) on my PC wich did a really amazing job. The client, however, is only available for windows mobile, how ironic. I've changed the streaming profiles with windows media encoder 9 and achieved really high SD quality on my HD2 over 3g, yes, just 3g. The only downside with the client was that you could not easily zap trough the channels, as the tv server scanned all the channels but not letting you reorder it. Anyhow, it worked great, great quality and 30fps.
What is possible?
Mytinytv install file is still available on their site, however, the latest forum activity was about a year ago or so, so, hardly no progress anymore.
Is it possible to develop such a program for android? Or, is it just possible to create an android client for it? the client should be able to connect to the server using login credentials, give commands back to the tv server, i.e. changing channels and stream it using the built in streaming player of android.
Have a look at orb dot com (can't post link as I'm new, Hello all)
Basically, program runs on PC, connects you to a website, this then streams all your movies/songs to other devices.
I used to use it on my PS3 and iphone, fairly sure it will work on Android also.
Can also connect through the internet so can access it from work etc.
HTH
Stuart
Hi, I picked one of these up the other day, really impressed (£100 in Hmv).
First, just incase people don't know this machine, out of the box (on Froyo) has a brilliant iplayer function, where if you use the Dolphin HD browser (desktop mode) on the iplayer website you can download shows directly (through wifi) to the machine so can watch on the go.
Not many portable devices allow this, but it's something I always look for (old Nokia phones, and the Galaxy tab (original) had it, I don't think that it's that we'll known a function, may help some folk.
Q... Okay now here's my question... Any uk users know whether I would lose this function if I updated to Gingerbread ?... I know the 2.3.6 is kind of official in Europe, but maybe if I use Odin to install it I may lose the iplayer function ? Maybe it might reject the license acquisition if I use a Eurpean update ?
I have never been into roms, rooting etc, but would like to try if I don't lose the iplayer.
Thanks
Probably not, I don't think there's any difference in the video player. Backup the stock video player using Titanium (once you have rooted) and then install whatever you want.
Found this today:
http://www.grabi.org/flashtohtml5-e...s-in-html5-player-not-flash-player-in-safari/
Safari Extension available here: http://www.joris-vervuurt.com/page9/page9.php
Anyone seen something similar for Android based browsers (maybe firefox) ?
Have had a "google" around but unable to find anything.
Is this something that cound be reverse engineered?
EDIT:
Is it only replacing Youtube functionality?
If so, the new Youtube for Android is HTML5 based now anyway.
Its kind of pointless if its just for Youtube, you can just go to youtube.com/html5 and opt in to using the HTML5 player. Plus there is already a Youtube app for Android, but if you want the full website instead an HTML5 capable browser with a desktop user agent should work.
remix os is great for some productivity stuff but since i have tried it for a week but no way around it plays videos on youtube or anyother streaming app or site so lets assume that this is a bug and i hope devlopers at jide will try to remove it in upcoming update. but until then if you want to play some video offline you can use vlc android app and it works fine on remix.
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remix os is great for some productivity stuff but since i have tried it for a week but no way around it plays videos on youtube or anyother streaming app or site so lets assume that this is a bug and i hope devlopers at jide will try to remove it in upcoming update. but until then if you want to play some video offline you can use vlc android app and it works fine on remix.
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Having this problem too, and from what I've seen in the forums alot of people are facing it as well.
As a temporary solution, try BSPlayer. It's the only video playing app I tried that works at the moment. A bit clunky but functional.
Hopefully this will be fixed with the the coming updates =)
EDIT: I tried VLC player, but for some reason it crashes the entire OS for me xD
its to do with the graphics...my system can play full HD videos and 3D games like CSR2
try this....it might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/tip-guide-make-nvidia-gpu-reposted-t3328350
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I can confirm that on my Intel Core i3 with integrated hd 2000 YouTube works fine, video playback is fine, but on my older 24inch msi ae2400 that has an Amd 4670 mobile gpu video playback doesn't work and YouTube doesn't work. So i think its to do with the Amd video drivers, not sure if NVIDIA cards have a better driver, but intel gpu's seem ok
Youtube videos stream when I request the desktop version of the site in a web browser. This is not a graphics problem. There seems to be something wrong in mobile mode and something right in desktop mode. The browser proves it. Youtube and all those other apps must be running in mobile mode and that is where it seems the problem is. Try it... . Run Youtube in a browser in Desktop Mode --not mobile mode. Request Desktop Mode in a browser. @aayush97 @StormShadow_94 @freelancer81 @p3dboard
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Youtube videos stream when I request the desktop version of the site in a web browser. This is not a graphics problem. There seems to be something wrong in mobile mode and something right in desktop mode. The browser proves it. Youtube and all those other apps must be running in mobile mode and that is where it seems the problem is. Try it... . Run Youtube in a browser in Desktop Mode --not mobile mode. Request Desktop Mode in a browser. @aayush97 @StormShadow_94 @freelancer81 @p3dboard
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Good that you took the trouble to find the solution to the problem.
For me, I can't use internet as it does not detect my usb wifi dongle.
Maybe install opera/opera mini and see....that's what I use anyway.....I dislike stock browsers.
Or better yet, use the official youtube app...more feature rich and stable than browsers.
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Good that you took the trouble to find the solution to the problem.
For me, I can't use internet as it does not detect my usb wifi dongle.
Maybe install opera/opera mini and see....that's what I use anyway.....I dislike stock browsers.
Or better yet, use the official youtube app...more feature rich and stable than browsers.
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You need a browser with "a request desktop version" option. I don't think opera mini has this option. Moreover and probably a topic for another thread, in relation to your wifi problem, you could use somebody's android or apple smartphone to create a mobile wifi hotspot for your remix os computer to connect to. It will work. All smart phones have a mobile wifi hotspot.
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You need a browser with "a request desktop version" option. I don't think opera mini has this option. Moreover and probably a topic for another thread, in relation to your wifi problem, you could use somebody's android or apple smartphone to create a mobile wifi hotspot for your remix os computer to connect to. It will work. All smart phones have a mobile wifi hotspot.
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thanks for the suggestion....about the browser.
opera mobile or opera mini (which i am using on my note 10.1 has that option.
regarding wifi hotspot.....if my pc has no wifi, how could i connect to any wifi hotspots?
anyways, i am not using it (RemixOS) as a go to OS yet....just trying out....so...no need for internet.
thanks again!
I can play videos in Chrome and VLC just fine, however MX Player simply crashes when opening the video (even the Remix Mini video). The laptop I'm testing it on has a Core i5-3317U with Intel HD 4000 graphics.
Thanks for the suggestions =)
I forgot to mention that despite video playback not working in the Youtube and Facebook apps (haven't tried others yet), they play fine when viewed from the web browser. On Chrome, clicking and holding the video itself even pops up a "save video" option; an added bonus =P
For me this is how I use Youtube and Facebook on Windows anyway (through Chrome not the standalone apps) so it doesn't bother me at all. I play local videos using BSPlayer and they play great and they have subtitle support.
Only thing I'm struggling to get working are games. Not one single game works and an OS crash is always caused. I'm using an Nvidia gpu (GT 315 to be precise..... I know it's a very crappy one xD). Hopefully we'll get better compability in the coming updates =)
Intel Mobile GME 965 Express Graphics Card (Compaq 610)
Installed 3.0.201 Still problems when playing Netflix, Youtube etc videos from the app. Video freezes very soon while audio continues. When playing videos from Chrome browser no problem. I have a Compaq 610 with Intel Integrated Mobile GME 965 Graphics Card. When will Remix support this?
Cheers,
Patrick
problem is the video cards. to at least be able to watch youtube, just open the youtube app, click on the three dots top right of the video window and choose video quality of 360 or less and you will be fine.........