Hey everyone,have a question regarding dropbox.
I just installed it on my tab to watch a video that was sent to me. When I tried to watch it I think it took me to my mobo player, but I got a msg stating that no media directory was selected.
Anyone able to tell me what this was about? Does it mean that the file format is not supported? It gave me options to select a folder from my tab. Not sure if that was to try and find a player or the video that I was trying to watch... thanks for the help! PS,the video said .mov , wasn't sure if hat was the format or just stating that it was a video.
Sorry for the noobness...thanks again!
Not sure about the format issue, and never used Mobo player... And I did know/ don't think you could stream videos directly from dropbox. But would be interested in this.
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I don't think that dropbox on the tab works the way it does on a PC. It doesn't download all the content, just grabs it off the net when you request a document. You could probably move a video from your dropbox to a folder on your tab, but I don't think that dropbox would support streaming.
Let us know if you get this to work though; would be great to be able to stream directly through dropbox!
If Dropbox actually downloaded it, you'd get a message in the notification tray, and the file would be in the Dropbox folder on your Tab.
There's only a few programs that work directly out of Android Dropbox (Aldiko will install epubs from there, and of course APK files are ran).
This has happened to me twice now...
I upload a few large video files of various types and watch them all on my 10.1 wifi by transferring them across to the movies folder via FTP on file expert.
A few days later, they are gone, deleted. No search turns them up and looking at memory confirms that they aren't on the tab taking up a few gigs of memory. WTF?!
I did a search and didn't find anything except a few threads about .nomedia. Did creating a .nomedia file inside an eempty folder prior to moving files into the folder work for y'all?
Help please, why is my tab deleting files on it's own?
.nomedia is meant to make sure all files inside the folder will not appear when you view it from standard gallery app. good to avoid system files from being listed in the gallery.
i think u just streaming the video across your tab instead of transferring all the videos into your tab.
Well streaming doesnt help if i want to watch the movie while on a plane
When you download a google play movie. What directory are they downloaded in. I want to try to put it on sd card after that point for more space when offline. Although I know its probably not possible. That is fine. But does anyone know where its downloaded and what format ? Oh yah I know internal phone memory but where.
THanks,
Ok does anyone at least know the file extension will be ? If you could tell me that I could find the directory . I know it will be at root level
Ok I finally figured out where it is stored. So I temp unrooted my phone made purchase and then selected download for offline viewing. So in the directory there is a file
application_4jSa8szMNjs.wvm
so i brought my root back to get into that directory then where i was stumped i figured it would be wmv mp4 3gp or whatever with drm protection but no its wvm I have never heard of wvm. so anyways I moved the wvm file to a different directly. Temporarily unrooted my phone . Then went into the google play movie app and it said that the download was missing. so i know I have the proper file. Now my question is does anyone here know anything about a .wvm file ?
Wvm is a file format used by a program called wave to store engine data. Shouldn't be possible to have it as a video file but you can open the file on a pc using vlc media player and use its view codec menu option to see what codecs are used.
It could be just named .wvm so people can't guess its codec by the file extension but vlc would tell you.
Dave
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bluh5d said:
Ok I finally figured out where it is stored. So I temp unrooted my phone made purchase and then selected download for offline viewing. So in the directory there is a file
application_4jSa8szMNjs.wvm
so i brought my root back to get into that directory then where i was stumped i figured it would be wmv mp4 3gp or whatever with drm protection but no its wvm I have never heard of wvm. so anyways I moved the wvm file to a different directly. Temporarily unrooted my phone . Then went into the google play movie app and it said that the download was missing. so i know I have the proper file. Now my question is does anyone here know anything about a .wvm file ?
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Where is the file stored?
thanks
wvm
okay, so from what I can tell the file is stored in:
/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/****.wvm
I downloaded the file, and opened it in VLC Media Player and it shows:
- Stream 0
---Type Audio
---Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)
---Sample rate: 22050 Hz
---Bitrate 80kb/s
I can only think that this is either the audio file and the video file is sitting somewhere else, or that this is the video and audio file and it is encrypted in such a way that it is only recognized as audio.
gerizafa said:
okay, so from what I can tell the file is stored in:
/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/****.wvm
I downloaded the file, and opened it in VLC Media Player and it shows:
- Stream 0
---Type Audio
---Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)
---Sample rate: 22050 Hz
---Bitrate 80kb/s
I can only think that this is either the audio file and the video file is sitting somewhere else, or that this is the video and audio file and it is encrypted in such a way that it is only recognized as audio.
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You should be able to tell if it is really just audio by the files size in megabytes.
If it is small it is likely just audio.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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i was wondering the same thing. Found the movie in the place mentioned, it's called framwork_345345_blahblah.wvm
I can play the opening "20 the century fox" part in any media player then it hangs. However, Gallery can play it fine. I am going to try and move it out and put it in my movies dir and see if gallery sees it .. nope, it will play from that directory if I use Gallery as the player, but the Gallery up doesn't show it as a movie in my movies list. Wonder if I play with the extension...
Edi: nope, even changing the extension to mp4 didn't work. Unless gallery didn't refresh or something.
Removing Google movie from local storage
Hi...after unticking the pin, the downloaded movie should be removed from my tablet, correct?
Windiddy said:
Hi...after unticking the pin, the downloaded movie should be removed from my tablet, correct?
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Yes, the movies are removed.
I have a similar issue....but I'm going to add a little twist here.
So I purchased the Wolverine DVD from Walmart, it came with a digital copy and a code to be able to download a copy from the Google Play Store. I did this, and then decided to move the movie to my external SD card. When I try to play the movie, it hangs during the "Universal Studios" opening at about 12 seconds in and then displays "Video cannot be played". I've downloaded countless different video players, but all have the same result.
Now here's the twist.... I used a file explorer app to locate the video folder and selected the movie file, it gave me the options to select which of the many video players installed I wanted to use to play the movie, I selected the stock player, and played the video through there instead of opening it from a video app directly, this time it worked! The movie opened, and played fine, but when I stoped the movie and tried to use the same procedure again, it failed and now displays "Video cannot be played" yet again.
Now no matter what I try, I can't get the video to play. This is very confusing, how can it work once, and then not work again, almost as if it got corrupted? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the world of DRM
Fit101 said:
I have a similar issue....but I'm going to add a little twist here.
So I purchased the Wolverine DVD from Walmart, it came with a digital copy and a code to be able to download a copy from the Google Play Store. I did this, and then decided to move the movie to my external SD card. When I try to play the movie, it hangs during the "Universal Studios" opening at about 12 seconds in and then displays "Video cannot be played". I've downloaded countless different video players, but all have the same result.
Now here's the twist.... I used a file explorer app to locate the video folder and selected the movie file, it gave me the options to select which of the many video players installed I wanted to use to play the movie, I selected the stock player, and played the video through there instead of opening it from a video app directly, this time it worked! The movie opened, and played fine, but when I stoped the movie and tried to use the same procedure again, it failed and now displays "Video cannot be played" yet again.
Now no matter what I try, I can't get the video to play. This is very confusing, how can it work once, and then not work again, almost as if it got corrupted? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to the world of DRM it can only be played from the devive you purchased it from you need a DRM st
ripper
mdefran65 said:
Welcome to the world of DRM it can only be played from the devive you purchased it from you need a DRM st
ripper
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I hear ya there, can you offer any suggestions?
gerizafa said:
okay, so from what I can tell the file is stored in:
/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/****.wvm
I downloaded the file, and opened it in VLC Media Player and it shows:
- Stream 0
---Type Audio
---Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)
---Sample rate: 22050 Hz
---Bitrate 80kb/s
I can only think that this is either the audio file and the video file is sitting somewhere else, or that this is the video and audio file and it is encrypted in such a way that it is only recognized as audio.
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If you copy that .wvm file to your desktop on your computer, you can use Handbrake to convert it.. Just FYI
Can anyone confirm that using hand brake works to make it play
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greatnesstx said:
Can anyone confirm that using hand brake works to make it play
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I can confirm that you can't. I purchased the HD version of Elf for $5 and moved a copy of the file to my computer. When I try to open the file with HandBrake, it states: Scan failed: Unrecognized file type.
Would be nice to figure out how to remove the DRM on the google play movies so I can play them on the TV without having to purchase a chromecast. I wouldn't mind one, but it sucks being forced into it. Only other option is to download the BD copy online.
Hello,
I m a new user to this group. Would like to post my views since I was searching for the same thing as you guys are.
I downloaded couple of movies from playstore. Reading the previous comments, I went to the directory - Andorid/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/*. there I found 3 directories - knowledge, subtitles and some blasdfjsd. I checked all 3 and came to know the last directory fjsdnfdjnd, contains my movies since the file size was huge.
I have Astro File Manager, using it, I copied one video file from that dfdsjnfdsjf folder, pasted it in Downloads folder. Then I selected that file -> Open As. It gave me some options. One of them is Video. Selected it. A list of video players came up.
Selected MX Player since its very renowned n can play any format. Ta Da. It starts working fine. I can play, pause, stop.
Only thing needs to be remembered is, for playing this file, you have to go in file explorer and then play as MX player.
If I open MX player to search for the file, I cannot see it in the directory.
I hope, i answered correctly.
Thanks.
A Nexus 5 user.
ashraw86 said:
Hello,
I m a new user to this group. Would like to post my views since I was searching for the same thing as you guys are.
I downloaded couple of movies from playstore. Reading the previous comments, I went to the directory - Andorid/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/*. there I found 3 directories - knowledge, subtitles and some blasdfjsd. I checked all 3 and came to know the last directory fjsdnfdjnd, contains my movies since the file size was huge.
I have Astro File Manager, using it, I copied one video file from that dfdsjnfdsjf folder, pasted it in Downloads folder. Then I selected that file -> Open As. It gave me some options. One of them is Video. Selected it. A list of video players came up.
Selected MX Player since its very renowned n can play any format. Ta Da. It starts working fine. I can play, pause, stop.
Only thing needs to be remembered is, for playing this file, you have to go in file explorer and then play as MX player.
If I open MX player to search for the file, I cannot see it in the directory.
I hope, i answered correctly.
Thanks.
A Nexus 5 user.
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You're right, it worked for me many times until I moved the file and renamed it. This thread has been very helpful. Thanks OP and all!
Will someone please post instructions on how to download a movie you purchased on google play, and then move that movie to a laptop to watch on the laptop? Perhaps also give instructions on how to convert it to an mp4? perhaps also give instructions on how to remove DRM?
is this impossible?
Ok, so I'm able to download wvm file, and transfer to the PC. but how can you convert OR watch that movie file on a laptop without an internet connection?
Hello there! I've searched for an answer to this on the forum, but couldn't find anything. Similar threads were in this part of the forum, so I hope I've posted this in the right area.
I'm trying to upload a video that I've recorded using Snapchat as a story without rooting my HTC One. The video was recorded on the app, downloaded, and then sent as a one-time view video rather than added as a story at the time. This means the video resolution should be fine and that it doesn't need to be trimmed. I've had success sending the video again by:
- Recording a sample Snapchat video
- Using the Task Manager to swap to File Explorer
- Pasting my video into Snapchat's my_media folder
- Replacing the name of my video with the exact title of the sample video (including nomedia file extension)
However, when I try the same method for posting a story it shows my video on the app, but then says that it can't set the video as a Snapchat.
There's clearly something else that needs to be altered. There are sometimes sesrh_dlw prefixed files in the my_media folder with .mp4.nomedia extensions, but they can't be viewed as videos.
Does Snapchat take a note of the length and file size of the video and check whether it correlates when you try upload it as a story? And if so, why doesn't it do this when you send it as a one-time view video.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
it's very easy
You need to delete all the contents of the folder (mp4.nomedia and jpg.nomedia ).
Turn off the network and send a video to your history. Will be creat an file in the folder (/sdcard/Android/data/com.snapchat.android/cache/my_media/). This is your history. Copy the new video to this folder and rename with the history's name.
Turn on the network and resend the history.
P.S. I don't speak English
Does that work for the Snapchat story? I know it works for when you send videos individually to people in your contacts but couldn't find a way to upload a video for everyone to see as a 'story'.
First apologies if this is inappropriately posted.
There is an app out there by the name of HOOPLA digital. find it under hoopla in the play store.
many public libraries use it to download digital content ( audio books , movies , music etc..) to their patrons' phones.
does anyone knows where this app stores the downloaded content?
For the life of me I am unable to find either the file or the folder on my phone where downloaded content is stored although it plays just fine.
using latest Kit Kat on a galaxy S4
Puzzling...
You should have Sdcard0/com.allinone.free
Sent from a stolen phone!
HOOPLA digital-where is content stored?
Shivadow. Thank you for the reply. Much appreciate the help
I did search for the allinone file or folder but could not find anything like it
What is puzzling is that when I download a title. I can see it downloading and it plays through the hoopla app but there is no file on the device that even resembles an audio file . Even if I sort all the files by date I cannot find anything that matches the download date. I even shut down my phone for a day so as to isolate the date and still nothing .
I have looked in my emulated folder sdcard0 folder and extsdcard folder.
This is bizarre. can you or anyone think of a search strategy to find that content
Thanks again
I found audiobook data in /data/data/com.hoopladata.android/files/audiobook/ and a subfolder with an ID that I'm assuming is a UID for each book the app has. The files within this folder are .ts save for a .key and a .m3u8 which I believe are the AES 128 bit key to decrypt the files and a m3u playlist with metadata about the key.
imenez jose said:
Shivadow. Thank you for the reply. Much appreciate the help
I did search for the allinone file or folder but could not find anything like it
What is puzzling is that when I download a title. I can see it downloading and it plays through the hoopla app but there is no file on the device that even resembles an audio file . Even if I sort all the files by date I cannot find anything that matches the download date. I even shut down my phone for a day so as to isolate the date and still nothing .
I have looked in my emulated folder sdcard0 folder and extsdcard folder.
This is bizarre. can you or anyone think of a search strategy to find that content
Thanks again
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I found audiobook data in /data/data/com.hoopladata.android/files/audiobook/ and a subfolder with an ID that I'm assuming is a UID for each book the app has. The files within this folder are .ts save for a .key and a .m3u8 which I believe are the AES 128 bit key to decrypt the files and a m3u playlist with metadata about the key.
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Any luck on decrypting it?
I could not find the file location either. LG G4.
Any figure it out?
jromash said:
I could not find the file location either. LG G4.
Any figure it out?
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You cannot see the location on an unrooted device. You need to perform an application backup to get the files onto your computer if using a rooted device. I played around with the audio files, but could not get them unencrypted.
Has anyone been able to figure this out? I've been trying for over a year to no avail. My current device is not rooted so I may be SOL. I found a post on another site for recording the online stream from Hoopla Digital . com but I wasn't able to get it to work.
Courtesy of zly6t
"Working solution! A little slower than what I was doing before but it isn't too hard. Captures the online stream - takes about 10 minutes to DL a 20 hour book; another 5 to convert; and then however long to chapterize. Here's what I used.
Three pieces of software:
1. rtmpDumpHelper (stream ripper)
*one program that requires three separate downloads - all extracted to a single folder*
http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ (rtmpDump - intervenes in audio stream)
https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/releases (rtmpDump 2.4 patch)
http://nirsoft.net/utils/rtmp_dump_helper.html (UI for rtmpDump)
2. Pazera Free Audio Extractor (.flv to .mp3 coverter)
http://www.pazera-software.com/products/audio-extractor/
3. WavePad (chapter splitting)
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/
I'm purposefully leaving this a little vague because if figuring out how to use the linked software is too daunting, you probably don't want to mess around with this. But it does work!"
How could that work, though? The audio files on the device are encoded .ts files, there is no way that they are sent over as .flv files and then encoded on your device. I would suggest looking into a audio capture app. DL the book, and then record as it plays.
wisnoskij said:
How could that work, though? The audio files on the device are encoded .ts files, there is no way that they are sent over as .flv files and then encoded on your device. I would suggest looking into a audio capture app. DL the book, and then record as it plays.
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That method was for the online stream. Do you have a recommendation for an audio capture app?
kiesha said:
That method was for the online stream. Do you have a recommendation for an audio capture app?
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Do you mean for PC then? It is entirely possible, whatever they do for PC users uses some browser based FLV solution. Your best bet probably would be to do some stream capturing off of the PC, particularly if they use some unencrypted FLV. Secondly, you could try to beg some help from encryption experts for the Android files; It really should be possible.
See my stackoverflow.com question Unless it was a red herring, they include the encryption key with the files, and even a decryption configuration file like ffmpeg likes. Strangely though, the key is encoded in base64 (solvable). But also twice as long as it should be for AES-128, which is both the designated encryption and really the only one you ever see used on encrypted .TS files. ffmpeg will attempt to use it, even with a key that is too long, but does not recognize the output so will fails. So maybe it is encoded in AES-256, in that case we need a more general decryptor to decrypt it than ffmpeg, or maybe PC ffmpeg take the first N characters of a too long key and android ffmpeg takes the last N characters?
Per Hoopla:
Question: Can hoopla content be downloaded?
Answer: Yes, but only to the apps. Downloads are not available for web browsers. All downloads are temporary; they are limited to the duration of the lending period, and at the end of the lending period they are automatically returned. Downloaded titles are also wholly contained within the hoopla app to protect against piracy – they will not appear in iTunes or other “downloads” folders. If users log out of hoopla on the app, any titles that you may have downloaded will automatically be removed from your device. Once logged back into hoopla, users may re-download their borrowed titles to the app. They do not need to re-borrow the titles, just re-download. A title is limited to two downloads per lending period.
I assume that if you turn your device off you will lose any downloaded material also. Maybe someone else can confirm.
Hoopla content is encrypted simply, but not as simply as you might hope (ie keys are not in the m3u8 file)...
Clarification
The full path with my Note-4 connected via USB to my Win-10 PC is:
This PC\SAMSUNG-SM-N910A\Card\Android\data\com.hoopladigital.android\files\downloads\bsa_9781433235177
.ts files are a part of a video storage system for DVDs. Hoopla breaks files into like 3000 pieces, either to make download easier or more likely to enhance security.
You can download to Kindle Fire, then play back offline with audio cord from Kindle's audio jack into a recording app of your choice on your PC but it takes 1:1 recording time to play time, still . . .
What is the current status of extracting audio from hoopla?
How about decrypting comics (jpg)? Anyone has an idea? The files are easily downloable, just can't view it.
imenez jose said:
First apologies if this is inappropriately posted.
There is an app out there by the name of HOOPLA digital. find it under hoopla in the play store.
many public libraries use it to download digital content ( audio books , movies , music etc..) to their patrons' phones.
does anyone knows where this app stores the downloaded content?
For the life of me I am unable to find either the file or the folder on my phone where downloaded content is stored although it plays just fine.
using latest Kit Kat on a galaxy S4
Puzzling...
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Hoopla can be set to download onto your external SD card. Look on card under HDHC("D" /Android/Data/com.hoopladigital.android/files/downloads/(LLL_#############)/ 3 files(Manifest.mpd, (name).jpg, (name).mp4.
Not a normal MP$ file. Can anybody convert it to MP# or play it outside of Hoopla?