Did a factory reset on my Tab 10.1 tablet and reinstalled File Manager to browse network and also BS Player to stream videos.
I have my wifi LAN network connected and am able to view files & folder on my PC and stream videos from my PC to Android.
However, not ALL of my folders and video files in my shared pc folders are being displayed.
For example only some of the .mp4 files will show up in LAN mode, while others will not. The same with .avi files.
The folders that ARE displayed are able to be opened and have files viewed & opened.
The video files that ARE displayed play/stream fine.
All files & folders are viewable on my S3 in both apps
Any suggestions as to why some files won't show up?
I believe it is mostly my newer files & folders
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Hello,
I got my first Android Device Samsung Galaxy S2 today after 3.5yrs. iOS.
Now as I want to get away from iTunes I see that I need (???) to install Kies from Samsung.
Is that right?
How do you transfer your media (music,video and photo) from your local HDD's to the Device?
Are you using kies or not and why/when to use Kies and what is the difference if I use Kies or not?
I copied a bunch of .mp3 music via Windows Explorer to my SD card and would like to create a playlist directly from kies on the Device but the option "create playlist on GT-9100" is greyed out!?
Sorry for asking stupid questions but I really would not like to use additional software so plz make me clear why I should use Kies and for which situations!?
Do pictures have to go into the DCIM folder or does the S2 automatically scan the whole CD card?
Music copy and paste to songs / Videos/ folder on external sd card .
all music is AAC+
Never used Kies for transfer and i dont use playlists .
jje
Just copy all of your music from your iTunes folder on your hd and paste it straight to your usb storage on your phone. No need for Kies. It's a terrible program anyway. All your music will automatically added to the phone's music library.
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Yes! I hate it already :-(
How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?
How about photo's and albums?
When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?
gessi2000 said:
Yes! I hate it already :-(
How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?
How about photo's and albums?
When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?
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It does the same for some Video-formats, but I could play them alright
you just copy and paste from your HD to your phone, plug in the USB cable and mass storage device pops up.
make folder called MP3s and put in your music, make one called videos and put in your movies. done. the phone takes care of the rest.
Hey guys,
Have any of you found a way to copy files from your PC to the tablet using DLNA? I've been able to stream and view stuff but haven't been able to copy anything over. This should be possible right?
No, DLNA does not support file transfer, only streaming media. If you want to transfer file via LAN, then use a file manager like Astro (need SMB plugin for LAN), or File Manager HD.
That's interesting. When I connect to my PS3 through DNLA (media servers) I am able to copy photos and other media to the console.
I'll try out what you recommend as well. Thanks for the help.
I'm using ES File Explorer to copy files from my PC.
I have a problem with my mp3's on my harddisk, or rather, the problem occurs when I try to copy them to my phone (on the sd-card if that matters). My cd's are ripped and for each cd, the is a .pls file indicating the order of the files (the files are not prefixed 01, 02, etc.).
My problem is that I have found no player on android (S2) that can use my .pls files (they are just text files with 1 file on each row, relative path) and the .pls file is placed in the same folder as the mp3 files. Then each cd has their own folder.
I have tried winamp, poweramp, builtin prog, video players and more. No program can understand the contents of my .pls files, but many do accept .pls files. How must the files be built in order to work? (format)
I have also tried with .m3u files and .m3u8 files, but it is the same story as with .pls.
I am at a loss. How do I transfer playlists from my pc (.pls or .m3u) to android?
Also, why is it that winamp cannot even see my mp3 files? Is it because I place them om the SD-card? It only finds a couple provided by Samsung.
galmok said:
My problem is that I have found no player on android (S2) that can use my .pls files (they are just text files with 1 file on each row, relative path) and the .pls file is placed in the same folder as the mp3 files. Then each cd has their own folder.
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You might give AudioPlayer a try.
- free version has ads, but runs ok without internet connection
- available on SlideME (direct download apk file, no google account needed) or Market
I tried AudioPlayer 1.10 on Android 2.3.6 (Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2). It will read m3u playlists with relative paths, whether opened directly in player or passed from file manager.
Playlist editing is limited. You can't view the list or reorder items, but you can remove the current item. Saving a changed list seems buggy. When I saved right away in the directory that comes up, I got relative paths. But when I back out some levels and come back to that same directory and save, then I get absolute paths that begin "../../../../../../../../sdcard". So it seems like it works best if you already have your playlists made.
I also tried renaming the m3u list to .pls (and added .pls as a playlist extension in player settings). This .pls list worked if the player opened it directly, but not if I went through the file manager.
For now, I'm keeping it as one of my installed players. It is simple to use. I like it for what it does. It has multiple seek buttons (you can set the time interval) which are handy for navigating long sound files. And it opens the now obscure RealAudio format for me, once I added .rm .ram file extensions in the settings (though this decoding might be dependent on hardware).
hello,
i have some playlists on my computer that contain URL's of web radio stations, and i would love to use them on my android phone.
however, after copying them to the sdcard, they disappear immediately after unmounting it.
i noticed that some playlists are unaffected by this - if they point to existing music files.
is there a way to solve this?
ps: i'm using cyanogenmod 7.2 - but i have seen other posts on xda-dev addressing similar problems, but no solution.
i hope it's not wrong to post to this subforum...
pps: just so you nderstand, it's been a lot of work to get those lists compiled, because not all web radio stations reveal their playlist files.
i've been using these lists on my computer for quite a while and they work with most media players.
they're mostly .pls but also some .m3u.
i have searched the web and came up with an answer!
android.stackexchange.com/questions/19583/disappearing-deleted-pls-files
The problem sounds like it is with the Media Scanner. When it scans the directory that the .pls file is in, it sees the playlist file (the .pls) but if the directory does not have any other media files in there (like .mp3 for example) then it automatically assumes that the playlist is empty so it deletes it. You can create a file in the directory called .nomedia and the Media Scanner will not even scan the directory, leaving your .pls files alone.
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Creating an empty file .nomedia inside the playlist base directory solved the issue.
now i can't find a media player that opens these playlists.
i'm getting "file format not supported" or even more general errors.
i'm stumped - tried about everything from the stock mediaplayer to winamp and various others from f-droid...
i don't understand, here on my linux computer i can open these playlists in just about any application.
they are normal, utf-8 encoded files, i added 2 examples (had to rename them from .pls to .txt).
any ideas please?
I've got a S6 Edge, for some reason, after trying to send 2 videos taken by the phone's camera through WhatsApp, the sending failed & the files disappeared from the Studio. After searching with a file manager & PC, I found them but they are no more MP4 files. They have same name with "repairedä®p4" at the end. File size shows they are the 2 videos, but cannot copy them anywhere. Any help how I can restore them? if possible. I tried renaming them, but no use. Cannot be copied inside the phone to another location nor to the PC using a cable (both MTP & PTP connection).
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I've got a S6 Edge, for some reason, after trying to send 2 videos taken by the phone's camera through WhatsApp, the sending failed & the files disappeared from the Studio. After searching with a file manager & PC, I found them but they are no more MP4 files. They have same name with "repairedä®p4" at the end. File size shows they are the 2 videos, but cannot copy them anywhere. Any help how I can restore them? if possible. I tried renaming them, but no use. Cannot be copied inside the phone to another location nor to the PC using a cable (both MTP & PTP connection).
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me too idont now how to fix it