Greetings, first time poster long time lurker. right, straight to it. my Samsung J7 Refines (Oreo 8.0.0) file transfer over USB is slow in windows file manager. task manager shows it caps at 0.5MBps
i have tested transfering to both internal storage (apps only) and my SD card (music, all photos and videos) and here's what i figured out
Viewing photos or videos in windows file explorer "previews" 0.1 - 0.5MBps so it takes several minutes to find the pic im looking for when each one pops in slowly, and if i dont scroll down, it will stop loading altogether. If i copy a video or a group of photos or any other large file and move them to the desktop, it will transfer around the limit of my card, about 20MBps. its just the previews that are unbelievably slow. my iPhone 5s and even my $40 ZTE didn't have this issue with file explorer loading previews slow. Any ideas on this?
EDIT: Tried playing a video on the internal storage, it capped the USB transfer at 38MBps. playing yet another large video from the SD card, same result just caps at my card limit of around 20MBps. which is actually 19MBps if we want to get technical
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Hi All, Since Kies just crashes on me whenever I try to sync videos, what is a good method to transfer DVD video to the SGS2? Other then putting the device in debugging mode and dragging them over manually. I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like the quality suffers manually drag and drop them.
I use Handbrake to decrypt btw.
Know its a nuisance but if I have a large amount of files to transfer I just put the sdcard into a reader and plug into the PC as it's a lot quicker that way. Just make sure the files are the right format you want before transferring, no probs yet.
Copy and paste no drop in quality varying formats .
jje
Is there any hope for me to transfer my MKV files from my NAS to my Gtab and just have it work? The files hare h.264 720p or 1080p.
I've read a lot and it seems like a PITA, if at all possible. I'm on a MAC, so I can't just drag and drop.
The MAC Kies software is not taking the files, either straight to the tab or to the library.
I have the wi-fi option of file transer, but at 4-5 gigs a movie that would take forever.
What about loading from the NAS to a hard drive or SD card, then loading on to the tab? Still sounds pretty time consuming, but at the same time more favorable as I can load up hard drive with several movies then transfer one or two at a time.
Will the tab, with the right movie player, play these files assuming I can get them onto the tab?
Amazing how you can read tons of threads that only lead to more confusion then all of a sudden you find the mother load of information and it all makes sense.
I'm currently transferring a 7 GB MKV movie via wi-fi using Cyberduck and file expert. About a 1/2 hour process I estimate. This might be taking a bit longer since I'm pulling the 7gb movie from my NAS, but I am connected with CAT6 at 1gb/s so who knows.
I've downloaded Diceplayer and am also going to download Vplayer and test them both with high action movies.
All my movies are MKV for my NAS and wireless streaming to my home TVs purpose. All are 4-7 GB in size.
I don't have the USB host adapter yet. You think I can use an external hard drive or SD card and play the movies directly from that source without any issue?
You'll find that stuff encoded above about 5-6Mbps (more importantly, anything that peaks around 15Mbps) will stutter on playback during the high nitrate scenes with any player. This is unfortunately a result of the Tegra chip and can't be fixed. With that said, you're also going to have trouble with anything above 720p unless it's encoded using baseline profile or with a really high quantizer.
As far as file transfers are concerned, you can use any number of wireless solutions to get the job done, but wired ones are few and far between. You can transfer using DDMS if you have the Android SDK installed, but it's not very intuitive and kind of slow. I recompiled the library that the 'Android File Transfer' uses to include support for the Galaxy Tab, but Google has obviously made some modifications because the program doesn't like my compiled version.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get the Android File Transfer app working as I think that is the best long term solution to our problem.
sassafras
Thanks for the info.
I'm not sure of the details of the movie encoding. Just know it's a .H264 in a MKV and is 7GB in size.
I used Diceplayer and watched a couple different spots in the move HEAT with no issues.
Transfer speed, when I looked, was 2.9 Mbs. A USB card reader attached to the dock port will still be much, much faster.
Let us know if you figure out the file transer app, as it would be nice to not have to transfer from NAS to SD then to Tab.
pdxrealtor said:
Thanks for the info.
I'm not sure of the details of the movie encoding. Just know it's a .H264 in a MKV and is 7GB in size.
I used Diceplayer and watched a couple different spots in the move HEAT with no issues.
Transfer speed, when I looked, was 2.9 Mbs. A USB card reader attached to the dock port will still be much, much faster.
Let us know if you figure out the file transer app, as it would be nice to not have to transfer from NAS to SD then to Tab.
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Since heat is so ****ing long I'd imagine that 7GB is just about right in terms of size/quality ratio.
If your NAS is running an SMB server then you can use something like ES File Explorer on the tablet to connect directly to it and copy from there. I've found the transfer speeds to be acceptable and definitely less work than what you're putting up with right now.
sassafras
It's a WD 1 tb-- not sure if it's running an SMB server. Without too much explanation, what is an SMB server?
pdxrealtor said:
It's a WD 1 tb-- not sure if it's running an SMB server. Without too much explanation, what is an SMB server?
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Windows Share.
I imagine it is, as that's probably how you access it from your Mac. Try ES File Explorer and see if that works for you.
sassafras
The NAS shows up on my MAC as a drive over the WI FI network or in my case a cat6 cable.
I'll try the ES file if it will speed up the transfers..
sassafras_ said:
Windows Share.
I imagine it is, as that's probably how you access it from your Mac. Try ES File Explorer and see if that works for you.
sassafras
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So I've tried the ES File Explorer and transferred a file directly from the NAS.
A couple things I was wondering about.
Is this supposed to be faster than using FTP file explorer? I was getting 3.0 MB/second, not Mbs, MB.
I don't know what I'm getting using the ES file explorer because there is no status bar that tells me what I'm getting. I'm currently timing the 7 GB file using ES F. Explorer.
There is a little download icon in the task bar- it seems buggy to me. Have you experienced this?
Am I missing anything here?
At this point the only advantage I see using this method over FTP is I don't have to be next to my computer to get things started.
pdxrealtor said:
So I've tried the ES File Explorer and transferred a file directly from the NAS.
A couple things I was wondering about.
Is this supposed to be faster than using FTP file explorer? I was getting 3.0 MB/second, not Mbs, MB.
I don't know what I'm getting using the ES file explorer because there is no status bar that tells me what I'm getting. I'm currently timing the 7 GB file using ES F. Explorer.
There is a little download icon in the task bar- it seems buggy to me. Have you experienced this?
Am I missing anything here?
At this point the only advantage I see using this method over FTP is I don't have to be next to my computer to get things started.
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It's always worked really well on my phone, but I actually rarely use it with the tablet so I can't tell you much. I know that it's fast enough to stream movies (which it does well) but as to overall speed I can't help.
As far as progress, I've always had it show me a progress bar in the notification pane. Never had any problems with it.
If it doesn't work for you, then it's no skin off my back
sassafras
Hi,
Has anybody managed to transfer a large MKV or any large file over 4gb to the Internal (USB storage) via USB?
Im trying to transfer a HD movie around 4.3gb and it will start to transfer, but a few minutes from finishing the transfer I get an error message pop up saying the device has stopped responding. I have transferred a 2gb film no problem this way so I'm wondering if the internal storage is formatted to FAT32 which is causing the issue? But if that was the case then i would have thought I would have got a warning saying the file was to large before transferring it.
Any ideas?
you can only transfer up to 2gb on a fat32-drive. need ntfs for more.
oh, and yes you most likely have fat32 preformatted.
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I was having this issue too. I thought it had something to do with the tablet going into "sleep" mode cause it was taking so dang long!
looks like Fat format size per file limit
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Fat32 supports only files up to 4gb.
Wikipedia:
The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte or 4 294 967 295 (2 32 −1) bytes. This limit is a consequence of the file length entry in the directory table and would also affect huge FAT16 partitions with a sufficient sector size. [1] Video applications, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit. Larger files require another filesystem.
I know this dosent help, but why not just play it off of the external media? There is no reason to transfer it.
i cant even get my tablet s to read my 1TB external HD... i think cause is on NTFS... but is this mean i have to find another ext HD format it to FAT32 and copy over 500gig of stuff their in order to watch my mkv movies on my tablet S??
I watch movies defining share on my desktop, installing TVMobili server there and then using UPnP and MoboPlayer on tablet to stream movie or music.
Well as long as other people are seeing it too. I wouldn't say it was due to the tablet going to sleep at a crucial moment as I made sure it was awake the whole time.
The fat 32 file limit like restriction seems to be a plausible explanation, but I would have expected to have seen a warning or error before the transfer began.
Streaming isn't a problem, but if I'm on a long train journey then a film is a good way to spank the time (providing it fits on your tablet!).
I guess we may just have to split >4GB movies
Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
davin8r said:
Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
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Depends where that file type check is done. If it's in the USB driver, there is no way of getting rid of it other than hack the driver or use another one.
Do you use Asus software to copy the file or do you just use the prime as usb storage and copy it?
My Prime is on it's way to me, as soon as it's here I'll upgrade to ICS (rollout in Germany just began) and check on movie files.
Same on every Android device.
Got the question you get with everyone of my Android devices I have had. but I don't have that delay you mention.
Isn't even a problem, just click yes.
This message is just a heads up that it might not work properly. And how can Android or Windows know if you have installed a program that can play those files?
Think the problem is more your computer than Prime. when it comes to send files its most time the computer that is the problem.
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Problem is that the Prime connects as an MTP device. This in conjunction with the MTP/USB driver used could be the problem. Run "devmgmt.msc" from Win+R to get to the device manager and check if "Asus MTP device" is properly installed, if not, update the driver (if possible).
Question pops up instantaneously for me.
I think this is DRM related issue. It seems like the prime has no option (or purposely removed) to be mounted as Mass USB Storage. The only option available is to mount it as MTP or as a Camera.
I can copy small files in and out fine with MTP. However, I think it checks for file types and warn/deny certain ones that the prime should not be able to play, even though you have an app installed you know can play it. It's really annoying specially when copying multiple files and you come back to your computer to find out it stopped copying because of a stupid warning or question.
Whenever I copy large or small .mkv files, explorer.exe just tanks and quits. I think ICS or some DRM app is doing this on purpose for movie files. .avi files seems fine but gives a warning. But when all else fails, I can pull out the external sdcard and copy the files through a reader.
Is there a way to force it to mount as as a USB Mass Storage device like my other android device? Or was this option removed now from ICS as Google gets stricter with DRM related issues? I wonder if the Nexus can be mounted as a USB Mass Storage rather than MTP?
Any ideas guys?
PS. It's kind of silly that they brag you play HD movies and the screen can show them in HD, but you can't copy any HD formatted files either because of DRM restrictions or the sdcard format can only handle movies with 4gb or less (which is not HD quality anymore). The only thing its good for is to shoot your own HD videos with the camera and play that video in HD, which you can do with your phone better since it's smaller and easier to maneuver.
And they say the new T700 is coming out with 1080p, I say its useless unless they can mount the drives with ntfs or ext4 with faster read/write throughput to prevent lags.
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Wow, I feel ya. That's a bad day indeed.
aragorn182 said:
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not. Have you tried transferring a .mkv file (let say 2gb) and see if it works? It crashes for me. As for other file types, I get ask stupid questions.
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not.
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It wasn't meant to explain that. It was only meant to explain why there is no USB Mass Storage.
I highly doubt it's a DRM problem because I'm able to copy .mkv files over. The only thing I have to do is confirm that I want to copy it, because it will complain that it might not be able to play that file type.
FYI
Android is smth like linux (FAT drive) you are UNALBE to TRANSFER ANY SINGLE FILE MORE THAN 2GB thru usb.
micro sd card is limit to 4 GB if i'm not wrong.
the BEST solution is network transfer with ES file explorer, itz good to invest on NAS aka network drive now, SCREW USB.
set yourself free, no more limitation and driver ****...
aragorn182,
So you can copy .mkv files fine. Hmm I guess I'll try reformatting my micro sdcard coz its acting flaky and try again. Thanks, at least I have some confirmation it works for others. Funny thing is, I can copy into it if I pull it out and put it into my card reader.
With regards to NAS. I already have NAS at home and the WD Live (3 of them) so I can watch movies in each room. Problem is, I want to watch movies on my tablet when I'm traveling long flights (starting to tire of carrying my laptop, tablet is so much lighter). At home, Its kind of useless to watch movies on my tablet when my TV is bigger and I have media players to play them. Lol, even my computer monitor is bigger
u can use network transfer to ur prime...not asking u to stream...
you wont have any problem with file size or type when using network transfer to your prime. since u have NAS make for use of it.
I've copied a few gigs of MKVs to my Prime (both internal storage and microsd) and had no problems. Windows 7 does tells me the little error message about how the thing might not play the format back properly (I wonder why that error shows up considering the Prime can at least playback H.264 with AAC audio in MKV using the native video player).
Did you disable Asys Sync on your tablet? I noticed once I disabled that, transfer speeds were a lot faster.
Ok finally worked. I reformatted the micro sdcard in FAT32 and ran read/write test on it to make sure it is not bad. Tried it again twice and it worked both times. Thanks guys. Really weird problem, something must have gotten corrupted. I have also tried wireless transfer and it work flawlessly. I think that will be my preferred method of transfer now.
Thank you everyone.
I originally posted this in the Q+A section, but going to try here instead.
My phone specs are in my signature. My laptop is a core i5, 4GB RAM, Win7 x64.
I seem to have a problem transferring photos or videos using the supplied USB cable to or from my laptop. (MTP mode)
Problem 1 - Transferring images from Phone --> PC
When transferring images from phone to laptop, transfer completes "successfully" but many of the images are distorted/corrupt. By this I mean, up to half of the picture is grey, with weird different colour lines across the picture.
This happens with pictures saved to internal storage, and to memory card.
This happens when using Windows Explorer to copy and paste, or using Kies to save photos.
This happens on my laptop, which has Kies installed (as well as Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit 3.0 but not running), and also happens on my other computer where no Samsung drivers are installed.
Problem 2 - Transferring images from PC --> Phone
I tried to copy some background pictures from my PC to the phones internal storage (and memory card).
Some of the images copy fine, but many many others, end up corrupt just like the photos taken with the phone when transferring.
[IMPORTANT] - I DID GET AN ERROR MESSAGE ON PC SAYING PICTURES MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE CORRECTLY ON PHONE, AND ALSO, CONNECTION KEPT DROPPING DURING TRANSFER AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
Problem 3 - Transferring 1080 videos
I noticed when watching a video taken with the phone on my laptop, using VLC Player (I have some codec package installed), the video starts to stutter every few seconds and distorts.
Has anybody else had any of these problems???
I can confirm that all pictures and videos taken on the phone, work correctly on the phone, perfectly.
Thanks