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I was wondering if it is possible to use an external CD/DVD Burner Drive like this one here to put a DVD movie inside and connect to the A101IT to watch movies on like it's your own portable DVD player? Kind of like watching a DVD movie on your laptop but your laptop doesn't have an internal optical DVD drive.
Is an external drive even remotely compatible with the A101IT for that matter? I mean it should work because my slim portable 500GB external HDD works perfectly with my A101IT and the A101IT should be able to read any device that has a USB port right? ... So if it can read any device that connects to it via USB then the external drive should work right??
If you look on archos's website, they list the voltage/amps that the USB can support. So if that drive is low enough, its probably possible with Uruk.
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Even if you plugged it in, Froyo does not support optical drives of any kind so you couldn't do anything with it.
Summarized:
You need an Optical Drive that needs not much "energy" and you need the android-specific Drivers for the Drive.
(Both don't excist)
Well I guess THAT answers my question then. I figured it probably couldn't work because of the "drives" problem so thanks for confirming it Lennb.
Hi Guys,
Today I got the USB Host OTG Cable & able to directly play videos from USB drive
But I tried to access my external hard disk, its not working
make sure your drive is FAT32. tablet can not read NTFS.
or try to connect a power supply to the hard drive ... at my first test my 2,5'' hard drive works fine (without ext. power) and a view days later I need a power supply to get access to the HD ....
With how thwere are folders called usb1 usb2 usb3 etc, does that mean you could attach a USB-hub and have several usb devices working at once? If you can I'm guessing the hub would need an external power source. Anyone have experience doing something like that with their tab?
Hello, everyone.
OK, I finally got time to test the Android stick mini PC that I bought in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
The device is model T-001, by AuxTek (I dont think it's a registered brand name).
MODEL: T0001
System = Android 4.1.1
CPU - RK3066 Dual CPU
2GB DDR3 RAM (actual available 1.45GB)
Internal 8GB memory (actual available 4.83GB)
WIFI capable
BLUETOOTH capable
HDMI-VIDEO OUTPUT
2.4GB Wireless Mouse _ Keyboard (It's actually like holding a LASER POINTER to point and click the APPs on the screen).
*See the attachment photos about the packing and the accessories.
OK, the HDMI connecting cable is loosen, so if I move the mini pc, the screen may black out.
and also, I dont trust the quality of the power supply (5V-2A).
I bought the HDMI adaptor and a new power supply for it (one may also use a Google Nexus 7 or iPad charger for it).
*Next post about the first thing that I do on the device...ROOTING it! (it is a must have software/app)
OK, Part 2.
About ROOTING the device.
I use "Tencent Mobile Manager"
(see photo below for download the software, and install it on the PC).
Note:
(1) In order to communicate with the PC, one can connect the mini pc to the PC by USB cable using the OTG port.
*This does not make the mini pc as a "storage device" on the PC. It simply can communicate with the Tencent Mobile Manager only!
(2) According to the instruction menu, in order to become a "storage device" when connecting to the PC, one must connect the mini pc to the home PC by using the USB port that
connects the Remote Control/Keyboard *the bottom USB port.
*However, the package does not have this cable. So I have not tried out this function yet!
(3) According to the instruction menu, there is a reset button on the left side of the mini pc. Pressing it with a pin is supposed to go to recover menu. But I have not tried this yet!
OK, after the home PC has installed Tencent Mobile Manager, it will automatically find the mini pc and a menu will pop up.
>Click the one-click manager button, and it will ROOT and manage the device to best performance (such as cleaning caches and unwanted files) *optimization!
When Rooting the mini pc, it also will install the Tencent Mobile Management app in the mini pc.
**after the success ROOT, you can click this app and learn that the phone is ROOT!!
Also, I installed "Titanium BackUp" and "Root File Manager" to test the device if it is ROOT. and It is!!!
This Tencent Mobile Manager is a must have program (and app) on the PC and the mini pc for communication and manage the device.
>It can manage the files within the device (between internal memory and the SD card) easily!
>It helps to scan all downloads and access files during the use of the mini pc! (and it optimize the device).
>It has its own app market function (that's including finding the Adobe Flash apk!)
>It has its own movie market to download full movie files into the device!!
OK, turning on the device, and first go to "About the device" to check the firmware and hardware version/software version.
*see the attachment photo in the last post.
The device is displayed just like any other Android device.
The bottom menu bar reads
(1) Go back
(2) Home menu
(3) Apps that are opened and are running in the background
(4) "Screenshot"
(5) Volume down
(6) Volume up
And this is Android 4.1.1
So, when one pull the bottom menu bar up, it opens the Google Search menu!
OK, you can check the attachment photos to see what apps I have installed and run in this mini pc.
Basically, it is used as an entertainment center for my parents. They can watch all the Chinese TV dramas and movies,
and access all China cable TV networks from this thing!
**The test is done on my Panasonic 50" plasma TV. So I think if it works on a large screen TV, anything that's less than 50" should be ok.
**The device is set at 720P by default, The wholesaler suggests to me to keep it at 720P even the 1080P option is available in the HDMI output setting. So I have not changed this.
**The device is in good temperature during the usage time (watching steaming movies from networks in China for awhile).
**I have also used a 2GB SD card to store music, movie (American Horror Story Season 1), and photos. and they all works out fine!
(The mini pc supports 32GB SD card)
The device has an app called "explorers", which is to access and edit the files inside the device.
>The device can use OTG port to connect an "USB memory stick" if a SD card is not present.
**can only choose to use either a SD card (via SD Cad slot) or a USB memory stick (via OTG port). CANNOT USE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!
First, I have to install a chinese input keyboard (CedIME app) so that I can type chinese on the mini pc during search and internet browsing.
>The wholesale tells me there wont be any firmware updates in the future. But I have tested the System Update and it's running anyway. haha.
*dont know if I should try to flash the ROM myself in the future, as I have no idea which one supports this mini pc. haha.
OK, I have tested many available online video apps, and this one is really good.
*have very new movie and TV episodes available!!
*the steaming is very smooth, not much lag. (my wi-fi connection signal is already just fair)
In the end, I tested it with a Japanese pervert superman movie "Hentai Kamen"
CONCLUSION:
Pros:
(1)The operating temperature is good. Just mild warm.
(2)Speed is good. The remote control pointer sometimes lag, but overall ok. It needs just few minutes to get used to it.
(3)The Remote Control with Keyboard is a must have device to go with this mini pc!
(4)At 720P, it is already very good graphic quality in a good balance between "visual quality" and "smooth steaming"
(5)Tiny device, easy to fit just next to the TV.
(6)ROOTing this mini pc is necessary, and the Tencent Mobile Manager is a recommended companion to go with it! Really useful!!
Cons:
(1)Some apps that are installed via apk file or other non-Play Store download, it has to be uninstalled through "Settings->Apps".
And after every uninstall, it will reboot the device. And after every reboot, the Wi-Fi has to be turn OFF and then turn ON to search the
Wi-Fi connection correctly again!!
(2)The USB cable, HDMI cable, and the Power charger (5V-2A) are below average quality.
*I changed them to use my own HDMI adaptor, my own HDMI cable, and my own USB cables (Nokia and Sony), and my own Power Charger.
(3)The package does not come with the USB cable that connect the mini pc to Home PC as an externam storage device. I have to buy a new cable to test this function (which I have not done).
oh, the size of it, in comparing to a Nokia 920
I know this thread is old,
I have an auxtek T004, allwinner A10s cpu running android.
I wonder if is there a way to run OpenElec on it, as Xbmc/Kodi is not booting (crashes after "preparing for first boot").
Thanks in advance.
I recently picked up a Google Nexus player from my local supplier for @ $50. I then used an adapter to install a USB hub. In the hub I have a 32gb thumb drive and a dongle for a wireless keyboard and mouse. In the settings area for the thumb drive are options to move some of the files from the main unit to the thumb drive (after setting it up as a dedicated player extension). I had previously downloaded and installed Kodi Isengard 14.2. At one time when doing the data transfer to the USB drive I had a message (drive seems slow). Subsequent to that when loading Kodi I had the error message "waiting on the USB drive". I reseated the USB drive and repowered the unit.... Kodi then came up ok. I'm wondering if I can remove the USB drive (with an eye to replacing it with a faster one) or will this cause a failure of some of the apps on the system. (ie Kodi, Sideloader, ESfile manager, etc)? Also, is there any method of reversing the use of the USB drive for these files. (move everything back to the Player)?
Go to the settings and in storage go to the Internal drive and you will see an option to move things back to Internal storage.
Then go to the thumb drive settings and select to unmont it.
Don't remove till you do all that.
Try and get the fastest parts you can. You may still get the slow message, but things will run better overall.
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There needs to be a compatibility list. I originally used a 64gb usb 3 Kingston data traveler. And I would get the slow message. And data was slow, apps were slow running. Used a pny 2.0 32gb and I would not get the slow message, but it would never format correctly. Finally using a Seagate 1tb external hdd, and while it seems like it would be the slowest device, it actually works exactly how it should. No slow message, formats correctly, and apps run perfectly when loaded from the hdd.
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What is the best hard drive an or usb for the nexus player?
same here, kingston data traveler usb 2.0 8GB reports slow, kingston data traveler usb 3.0 16GB seems ok.
for some reason I can no longer move apps to usb stroage on my nexus player runing stock android 6.0.1can anybody help me reslove this problem thanks?
It's kinda ridiculous how screwed up external storage is on the np. In any other case Ive come across, a thumb drive is a thumb drive is a thumb drive, with the only difference being the read and write speeds. I can't believe how finicky it is w/r/t ext storage, esp when it was an advertised feature for 6.0.
So I had a CD rom disk I wanted to get a data file off of tonight, but left my laptop at work. I tried hooking a USB DVD drive (a full size desktop "internal" drive in a powered usb enclosure. Used to be top of the line, high speed re-write, etc. 10 years later, it is obsolete junk, slated to go to the landfill home of Zip and Floppy Disk drives. Am I the only one that is maudlin?) to my Tab S4 with nothing but incompatibility (even using exFat/NTFS for USB by Paragon).
I didn't realize this was "hard".
I found a Quora post that said that USB CD/DVD drives need to have "USB Flash Drive Mode Support" (which most drives don't seem to have). I found one USB DVD Drive on Amazon that people report works with Android. But it is $50 and USB 2.0.
Does anyone have a drive you can verify works on the Tab S4? Preferably USB 3.0 or USB C? And preferably in the $20-30 range?
I'm really try to go PC-less, and occasionally need to look up a file on DVD or CD Rom. It would be nice to be able to do that with my tablet,
Thanks,
Joe
So I'm looking at this.
Multiple LG drives claim "TV Connectivity" which seems to be flash drive mode - but does not explicitly call out support for otg.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Portable-External-GP65NB60/dp/B00ODDE33U
$23.43 on Amazon
The manual says it has TV Connectivity where it acts as a flash drive.
What is TV Connectivity? TV Connectivity is a function that allows you to enjoy videos, pictures and music by connecting this product to a compatible A/V device (e.g. DIGITAL TV, DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, PC) that supports USB connectivity.
How to Use TV Connectivity
* This product is defaulted to ODD mode when it is powered on.
1) With the tray open, press and hold the ‘Eject’ button for 2 seconds. (The LED indicator will turn on, switching to TV mode. Press and hold the button again for 2 seconds with the tray open to return to ODD mode.)
2) Insert your supported media into the drive. The disc file system will be converted to FAT32 and will be recognized as USB flash memory.
3) Select and play the files from your A/V device to enjoy videos, pictures and music. Refer to your A/V device owner’s manual for more information.
So I found and have ordered a drive that specifically claims android support:
https://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-GP95NW70
https://www.newegg.com/lg-model-gp95nw70-slim-dvd-burner/p/N82E16827136309
Android OS (Smartphone & Tablet) Connectivity*
Transfer and preserve photos, videos, music and data from your Android OS devices to an optical disc. Also, video, audio and data from optical discs can be played and read on your Android OS devices.
* Optical drives are compatible with devices running Android version 4.4.2 or above. Not all file types are compatible. Compatibility may depend on codec of application being used when playing files.
I can't find a manual for it on the LG website, and Newegg is one of the only shopping hits I could find. ~ $40 with tax and shipping. No hits on Amazon.
I'll post how it works when it arrives!
Joe
Long first impressions of LG GP95NW70
https://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-GP95NW70
https://www.newegg.com/lg-model-gp95nw70-slim-dvd-burner/p/N82E16827136309
I received my GP95 from Newegg yesterday.I played with it for a couple hours, and have some first impressions to report.
This model is Android compatible out of the box. There are two apps you need to download from the Playstore to make it work. Documentation is very poor. The only LG optical drives that are compatible with the software are KP65, KP95 and GP95. The only available in the USA is the GP95NW70 and I only found it on Ebay and at Newegg. The most commonly sold LG optical disc drive sold in the USA seem to be GP65 & GP60 (based on Google & Amazon searches). Neither of these models are listed as compatible with the Android apps you need to access the drives.
There are the two apps you need that are published by Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.:
1) There are three versions of Disc Link: Disk Link, Disc Link Pro, and Disk Link Platinum
Disk Link is the oldest, from 2016, and is compatible only with KP65
Disk Link Pro is from 2017, and is compatible with KP95 and GP95. It is obviously out of date, was locked in portrait mode, which sucks with the USB C connector at the base of the picture frame. The documentation with my GP95 said to run this version.
Disk Link Platinum is the newest, from earlier this year, and is compatible with KP95 and GP95. This is what I am using and allows for rotation to landscape mode.
2) There are two versions of TrueDVD: TrueDVD+ (free) and TrueDVD ($0.99).
TrueDVD+ only works with KP95, but this is what the documentation for my GP95 said to use. It did not work
TrueDVD is $0.99, and it works with GP95 and KP95
Now the evaluation:
Out of the box, the drive has a female micro USB connector, they give you
1 ) A micro male to full size USB 2.0 male cable,
2) A micro USB adaptor that allows for external power + connecting to your phone (Full size USB from the player + micro USB power in / micro USB male to plug into your android device)
3) a micro USB female to male USB C adaptor plug to convert the micro USB adaptor to work with a USB C device.
4) There is a windows software disk
5) Poor documentation (what else is new?)
Links in the TrueDVD and Disc Link Platinum playstore entries take you to Korean web pages where you can download a firmware updater (that runs on Windows, of course). The manufacture date on the unit I got was from October 2018; its firmware "needed" to be updated out of the box. Of course, I have no idea what the update in the firmware has to do with anything.
TV Connectivity Mode (which the GP60 / GP65 models sold in the USA support), is very limited. By holding the eject button down with the door open, you can convert the CD player to a Fat32 read-only flash drive. I had problems getting Solid Explorer to recognize the drive. Microsoft exFAT/NTFS by Paragon works, but you have to pay extra for Fat32 (I optioned only for NTFS). It didn't seem to work with a hub.
When 4unning the aps, it seems to work fine plugging the full size USB into a powered USB C hub. It runs fine plugging directly into the tablet using the included adaptor, both with and without external power. I'm going to order a USB C to micro USB cable so I can connect directly without the hub / adaptors.
The apps:
Disk Link Platinum was a relief after running the Pro version. Screen rotation is a must. It reads CD's, opens PDF's / images from a data CD without obviously saving it locally to the device (the Paragon enabled file explorer had to copy it to local storage). Besides the data CD, I browsed images saved on a DVD ROM disc. No problems playing an audio cd, but it didn't automatically detect the track names. There is a grayed ot "gracenotes" option with a cryptic comment that suggests there is financial negotiation going on between Hitachi-LG and Gracenotes - presumably if this is ever enabled, it will be able to auto detect song names. Pressing the eject button on the unit brings up a "do you want to eject" pop-up on the screen. I'm not sure if you can minimize the window and keep playing.
TrueDVD is worth the $0.99. This allows you to play video DVD's. The menu's are touchscreen activated. There was a weird issue with eject -- pressing the eject button didn't do anything, and there was no menu item to "eject". I had to disconnect / reconnect & hit eject to get the video DVD out. "Help" on the app sends you to a Korean web page that says that non-white protected DVD's can be played from VLC Player, but that write-protected material can only be played with the TrueDVD app. The app would not play in split screen mode, and doesn't have a cast function (I don't know if it functions with screen mirroring). Besides a video DVD, I was able to play a DVD audio Disc (Dolby Tracks only, not DTS). DVD audio would not run minimized.
The video DVD player is region-locked. It came out of the box as Region 2 (Europe/Japan). When you put a Disc in, it says "The player region does not match the disc. Would you like to change the player region? You can do this 5 times and then it locks". I set it to region 1 and all ran fine. But it is a shame you can't make it regon free -- I have several DVD's I purchased years ago from Europe / Japan that weren't available in the USA. I don't know if the region selection is tracked in the TrueDVD app, or in the hardware; I suspect it is in the hardware. So you can't freely switch regions. Not a big deal unless you live in the US and are a big anime fan. I suppose you could buy two players and set one to Region 1 and the other to Region 2. But watching video DVD's is not the primary purpose I bought the drive for, it is just a perk.
I have no plans to try burning discs. That's what flash drives are for. I need it for reading existing CD/DVD ROM discs with out a PC. It seems to do this well. Audio CD and DVD video playability are happy (but probably seldom used) extras.
And I haven't tried using this with DeX yet. That will be for the weekend.
All and all, it seems like a good drive, and another step to freedom from PC's
Joe
So, DeX.
Not so much.
Disc Link works fine with DeX. TrueDVD, no.
In the link to the Korean help page for TrueDVD it mentioned that mirroring/casting (or what they refer to as "remote viewing") is not allowed for copy protected DVD's. But it suggests casting is OK for non-copy protected material using external viewers like VLC. Well, I'm not sure I have a video DVD that isn't copy protected. And TrueDVD sees DeX via HDMI to my TV as "remote viewing." So no-joy. I tried DeX locally on the tablet, and while it will run, if you try to resize the screen, it freezes. So you have to properly size the window before playing the DVD.
The other non-related to DeX observation was that I don't have to unplug / reconnect the drive to eject video DVD's -- If I hit the eject button, then close both apps and reopen Disc Link, the "do you want to eject" message pops up and the tray opens when you click "yes"
So to end my first impressions (and since I won't be using this on a regular basis, this is probably my last impressions too),
I think this is a very useful arrow for the quiver. I'm happy I can access data from old CD/DVD ROM libraries. It works well for this. I can't imagine ever using it to burn a CD or DVD -- we have USB flash drives today. Likewise ripping or burning an audio CD. I ripped all my CD's on a PC years ago and sent the vast majority off to the pawn shop. I no longer use the CD player in my car, I have a bluetooth adaptor that let's me transmit audio from my tablet to the car stereo system.
It is a nice plus to be able to view video DVD's, but there are some limitations. Ejecting, region lock, resizing, casting not possible. Likewise a nice plus to be able to play audio CD's, but this would be much improved if they re-enable gracenotes. It seems like a work in progress, but it isn't clear how much more work is going into it. It is a head-scratcher to me that they aren't marketing this more strongly in the US market. I couldn't find anything on other optical disc drives which could work with Android. There has to be at least a niche market somewhere in the electronic world for this.
I hope folks find this useful. Sometimes I wonder if I am only typing for myself. This sort of new functionality is interesting to me. I'd love to see more posts from people "look what I've found!" If there interested folks out there, please drop a note on the thread and say so.
Take care,
Joe
I'm going to add a couple more comments:
First, I was unfair about the documentation vis-à-vis Disc Link Pro / Platinum. The manufacture date was older than the platinum app. Hence the reference to pro in the documentation.
Second, I dropped an email to the support contact in the Disc Link app, and it took a couple of days, but they responded from Korea. With very good English. Explained Disc Link Platinum added tablet support (hence the ability to rotate), and that the TrueDVD / TrueDVD+ had different licenses. And thanked me for purchasing the drive. Very nice support, very polite response.
I've reported the eject bug, and asked a few additional questions.
Joe
Is Disk Link Platinum in the Play store? I do not see it there.
aspexil said:
Is Disk Link Platinum in the Play store? I do not see it there.
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Disk Link Platinum:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.co.hlds.disclink.platinum
TrueDVD:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smedio.hldsusb
sMedio seems to be the actual app developer, although they identify Hitachi-LG Data Storage as the publisher
Joe
So the "eject bug" isn't a bug, or is at least a known bug.
In the Disc Link Platinum playstore "about this app" documentation, in a footnote, it says, "to eject the disc inside ODD during video/music playback on the player works on with, terminate the player and then press eject key of ODD."
Obviously, this means when I want to eject a video DVD, I need to close TrueDVD+, then hit eject and the eject button works. And it does. ?
Joe