[Q] Media hub - Captivate General

I just got my captivate and am curious if there is some way to make the media hub work? Thanks

Media Hub is not out yet for AT&T.

I thought rather then start a whole new post I would start here.
I wanted to know the same thing as the OP. I remember when I installed the leaked Froyo it also allowed Media Hub to work. Is there any way to make media hub work with custom roms?

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Zune pass on Galaxy S?

OK, so I'm currently working on getting this to work on my captivate. Not sure if it will or not, but I am hopeful. I will edit this post with a walk thru if I get it to work. But for now, I will start with two links I found that leads me to think this may be possible.
http://androidforums.com/tips-tricks-droid-x/130945-sync-zune-pass-songs-droid-x.html
http://forum.androidcentral.com/t-captivate/24207-captivate-works-rhapsody-go-downloads.html
BTW, if this has been done before and I am just trying to reinvent the wheel, please point me in the right direction. I couldn't find much about this when searching
OK, so not much of a walkthru other than to say it does work.
First you have to put your phone into media player mode which is done in settings\application\usb Settings
Note: the phone does not seem to like to connect to the PC unless you are at the touchWiz homescreen. I had to clear default settings on Launcher Pro to get back to touchWiz for it to get into its media player mode.
Once you do that it should install drivers and show up as a syncable item in Windows Media Player.
After that, if you have a zune pass and have downloaded music with it in the zune software, it will show up in windows media players library.
I was most interested in syncing the zune channels that update once a week, so I moved those playlists to the phone, pressed sync and it worked.
Now if only I could get the zune playlists to show up in something like media monkey where syncing is a bit easier than with windows media player (my opinion of course).
Basically all it shows is that our captivate(and I'd assume all galaxy s varieties) will play DRM'd WMA files that fall in the realm of the windows plays for sure category. Good to know if you use subscription music through zune or have other uses for that.
This doesn't work with i9010. It says more sync rights are needed.
Unfortunate as I was hopeful after it worked with my N8.
Any thoughts for getting this to work on Armani S?
Sent from my GT-I9010 (Andromeda 1.2)
Any way of getting this to work with CM7.
I guess you need to be able to mount using MTP as opposed to USB storage.
Is that doable?
Sent from my Armani S i9010 (CM7)
The links in OP point to the support of PlayForSure type of DRM which maybe supported if you use Windows Media Player to sync in MTP media player mode. However, Zune pass uses Zune DRM, not PlayForSure DRM. Zune DRM will only work on Microsoft Zune players and WP7 phones. Not to be confused with purchased songs in Zune. Purchased songs no longer have DRM in them.
Now CM7 is another story. I not sure if it even supports PlayForSure DRM at all.
Well I have the Nokia N8 and that can play Zune pass content when transferred via MTP.
So I guess the question is can we enable stock Android to mount as an MTP device?
Sent from my Armani S i9010 (CM7)
Any app available that can mount AOSP builds as MTP?
Sent from my GT-I9010 using XDA Premium

[Q]Streaming my music over internet (Orb, Simplify media)

Hi,
I'm searching a program to stream my music from my computer trough the internet. I know there was Simplify Media which was probably the best software ever to do that (they were bought by google) and also ORB but they don't have a gingerbread compatible app.
So do you guys know another solution?
Thanks

Using Media Hub through HDMI adapter to TV

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I've not seen any references to it after spending time searching the posts.
Ok, so it appears that on the Infuse, Media Hub has been locked out of the ability to view a movie from Media Hub into a TV with the included HDMI adapter. Anyone know a work around?
I can see not allowing one to view the movie on a dvr like Tivo for copyright purposes, but locking me out of watching it on my tv (a non-recording device)? Really Samsung? Btw - It's a Samsung TV too!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
RepublicanDaddy said:
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I've not seen any references to it after spending time searching the posts.
Ok, so it appears that on the Infuse, Media Hub has been locked out of the ability to view a movie from Media Hub into a TV with the included HDMI adapter. Anyone know a work around?
I can see not allowing one to view the movie on a dvr like Tivo for copyright purposes, but locking me out of watching it on my tv (a non-recording device)? Really Samsung? Btw - It's a Samsung TV too!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
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gtg looked into this quite a while ago - it was not looking like an easy task.
Then Rogers Gingerbread hit and we had bigger fish to fry.
True, True, but none-the-less, if anyone finds a solution, I'd appreciate a post here or a PM.....thanx.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
Found this today on DroidDog web site reviewing a Samsung Tablet.
Quote "Samsung Media Hub –Offering a vast lineup of critically acclaimed films and TV programs for rent or purchase. Media Hub has been redesigned allowing customers to playback Media Hub content on their TV through an HDMI adapter (sold separately). Purchased content can be shared with up to five devices enabled with Media Hub at no extra cost. End Quote.
I hope this isn't just a tablet update. Love this phone and better current movie releases on Movie Hub than streaming Netflix.
Let's test!
RepublicanDaddy said:
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I've not seen any references to it after spending time searching the posts.
Ok, so it appears that on the Infuse, Media Hub has been locked out of the ability to view a movie from Media Hub into a TV with the included HDMI adapter. Anyone know a work around?
I can see not allowing one to view the movie on a dvr like Tivo for copyright purposes, but locking me out of watching it on my tv (a non-recording device)? Really Samsung? Btw - It's a Samsung TV too!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
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the reason it is locked out is that the license only allow playback on the phone. it is the studios. the licenses are expensive and mobile requires a different license from television and general computing deivces. i dont know about the tablet. it may qualify as a computer, maybe that is easier for the tablet because it doesn't make phone calls.
i hope they come to an agreement that allows playback on the phone. untill then there is netflix and various websites but the streaming quality isnt as good as the 1+gb movie files you get from media hub.
I have a great solution: torrents, specifically tTorrent on android

[Q] HTC media link DG H100

having just purchased an HTC media link for less than half the release price at £44 my next step was to check xda to see what type of hacks are available. unfortunately, repeated searching throws up little beyond the codec/filetype issues i'm likely to encounter.
is anybody working on the DG H100 firmware? am a little surprised to discover an htc product without any dev interest.
would be nice to see a minimal b+w gui & a more robust set of codecs - or is that a phone/pc problem? i'm just dipping my toes into DLNA so apologies if this is a stupid question.
any media link tips, links or suggestions welcome.
related : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469769
DG H100 on Desire Bravo
How are you getting on with the media link?
Your signature says that you have a Desire Bravo, are you using it with that?
The HTC site lists a load of phones that it is compatible with and the Bravo isn't on that list.
Would I be right in thinking that this just means that that phone wont work straight out of the box as it is missing the required native programs and I need to install an app to make the bravo a DLNA media server - e.g. iMediaShare Lite and that then i can *push* photos etc to my TV via the Media Link?
Any tips that you have will be appreciated, thinking of getting a media link, they look like a great gadget.
received it today and it works perfectly out of the box with my win7 pc & desire (same setup as sig).
the hotspot it sets up initially can be logged into through the pc - from where you can enter the ssid, encryption type & password for the home network. that's it.
watching a movie as i type. file is sat on the pc in the next room. selected on my desire with skifta, playing on the big telly.
in answer to your question, i've been using skifta to watch pc based files on my mobile for a few weeks, i'd suggest that if you can view things successfully using that method then it'd be worth adding the media link to your set up. from what i've read imediashare & twonky do much the same thing.
update
after a few weeks use, im considering an alternative NAS hd solution to wireless streaming to tv.
when the DG H100 works it's faultless. unfortunately around half of the media files i'm looking to view show up as unrecognised despite numerous attempts at converting to a media link friendly codec using http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ - which allows hard coding of subtitles

Sonos Users

Hi guys, just wanted to see if anyone has a Sonos wireless music system?
Secondly can you send (push) music stored on your TF or even an android phone to Sonos? (been speaking to the makers of Skifta who said it works)
All very confusing.....the main point is - i dont want to have anything to do with NAS or laptops/windows machines - i simply just want to be able to pick a song or set a playlist that i can forward to the Sonos.
Im not interested in Spotify or Napster etc etc although tinternet radio would be nice.

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