I have several videos on my external SD card and can open and see them with Gallery>Stock Player, but not anything else. The stock player plays the vids, but because of the format they play choppy. I tried using Rockplayer free to play them but each time I tried it said it could not open the file. This was done using Gallery and selecting default app to play vids. On Rockplayer itself, it does not detect the external SD card or the external media.
Anyone figure a way around this? Or is this still a work in progress?
Go into options on Rockplayer and change the root directory to "/" or "/mnt". Then you will find "..", select it and work you way over to sdcard2. Also set the option to show all files, not just media. Rockplayer will play more than it would suggest by what it shows.
necromonger89 said:
I have several videos on my external SD card and can open and see them with Gallery>Stock Player, but not anything else. The stock player plays the vids, but because of the format they play choppy. I tried using Rockplayer free to play them but each time I tried it said it could not open the file. This was done using Gallery and selecting default app to play vids. On Rockplayer itself, it does not detect the external SD card or the external media.
Anyone figure a way around this? Or is this still a work in progress?
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Hi guys,
just got a HP touchpad. now is there a video player on here? and if its there what format do they have to be in to view it. have tried a couple of different ones and cant get them up.
Is there a player app i can download onto it at all ?
thanks
there is a photos & videos app built in, but it's pretty poor for video.
you need to add your video files to the root of the built in storage (the tablet installs onto your computer as a removable drive).
i still haven't got my head around the video file support just yet, but it doesn't seem to handle .avi, divx, xvid etc.
mp4 seems to be the main format.
there are a couple of apps for streaming videos from a upnp media server, but nothing free as far as i can tell.
kalemsoft media player seems to be the best of these as it lets you load video files from the local storage on your tablet as well as browse for remote stuff.
i have successfully played an avi file using this app.
i've only tried the demo version so far which requires internet access in order to assess the trial period.
i don't particularly want to purchase the paid version just yet.
I used Handbrake and followed the instructions here: http://forums.precentral.net/hp-tou...n-resources/287212-handbrake-preset-dvds.html I just tried a short 45 minute kids dvd to see if it would work okay. It was about a 400mb file. Placed it in a folder called Videos on the root of the usb partition and it shows up fine in the Photos and Videos app.
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Placed it in a folder called Videos on the root of the usb partition and it shows up fine in the Photos and Videos app.
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see i tried doing that as well. creating a folder called videos on the root and it wasn't detected.
only when i added the file direct to root could i access it.
are directory names case sensitive?
a video player that allows you to browse and/or add directories would be much better.
EDIT: looks like i had a folder called video. changed it to videos and it shows up.
strangely enough kalemsoft creates a folder recordings. when i added a video file to that, it also showed up.
I have put my videos in the download folder and they show up in the stock player fine. Also converted DIVX avi files to MP4 with Handbrake. Used the ipad HD settings for nice quality.
Kalemsoft Media Player wil read a lot of video formats , you can find it on app catalog.
The kalemsof that i downloaded isnt displaying in full screen and sometimes will hang on my TP. Guess its still not compatible to TP yet?
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I have put my videos in the download folder and they show up in the stock player fine. Also converted DIVX avi files to MP4 with Handbrake. Used the ipad HD settings for nice quality.
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Thanx for the tip about Handbrake, nunja. I'll try it for conversions. I concur with the settings...
I'm on a Pre 2 and have no problems with mp4 playing (once you get the settings down it becomes rote). For my phone I use iPod settings...
For ripping from DVD I use DVDFab3 - I know there are way newer versions out there and I tried them but always go back to version 3. I just like the UI and it has never let me down. Point it at a DVD or ISO and under Mobile click Generic. You can configure it for generic mp4 and get a resolution up to 848x480 which should be alright on the TP screen. Your settings like Resolution, bitrate, volume level, subpicture - can all be saved as a profile.
DVDFab3 in a .rar file. Just extract and it will run out of the folder without install...
Wondering if there is a way to watch avi movie files on the xoom without converting the files
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trevormalachi said:
Wondering if there is a way to watch avi movie files on the xoom without converting the files
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Sure.....find a media player app that will play avi.
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Sure.....find a media player app that will play avi.
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What a useless response
OP: I use rockplayer lite. It plays every .avi file I throw at it.
MX Video player is pretty sweet and free.
I like that you can pinch zoom vids while playing
This was one of the posts that came up under search. I transferred several movies to the sd card from my computer. I was able to watch them at one point with a movie player and now can not access or see any movies on the sd card. I put the sd card back in my computer and see the movies in the folder.
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This was one of the posts that came up under search. I transferred several movies to the sd card from my computer. I was able to watch them at one point with a movie player and now can not access or see any movies on the sd card. I put the sd card back in my computer and see the movies in the folder.
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1.When you put your SDcard back in your device, make sure you click mount SDcard in your settings menu.
2. Along with the above suggestion, before you drop your card in the Xoomy, (find a converter, I lke "audials tunebite"it's pretty fast) Just convert them to mp4 and you can view them in the default player, and any other player for that matter- and it is all good!
As always, if this was helpful - Give Thanks!
I use mobo player free in the market. Best there is imho.
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Oh,ok I use PlayerPro. So, glad they got it working. Yeah I just convert to mp4. I just ran across this thread late i guess. LOL
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This was one of the posts that came up under search. I transferred several movies to the sd card from my computer. I was able to watch them at one point with a movie player and now can not access or see any movies on the sd card. I put the sd card back in my computer and see the movies in the folder.
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I had the same thing happen to me. I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out what happened to my files. I also removed the sd card from the Xoom but that didn't bring them back. I had to unmount/mount the sd card in settings before it would work.
Also, DVD Catalyst 4 is an awesome program that will convert your movies into a Xoom high quality format. I ripped several movies yesterday and it was easy and works great AND the movies look awesome on the Xoom.
Another vote for MX player. Plays .avi, .mkv, .mp4 supports hardwre and software encoding. Touch (swipe) controls for volume, brightness, scroll back and forward. all-around great player. and FREE
I recently bought a tf700 32gb. I have a roughly 25 gb music collection and a couple movies I want to put on my infinity from my old laptop. I have all of the media saved on a 32gb sd card, the problem is that the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?
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the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?
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I can recommend BSPlayer.
BSPlayer is what I use too, seems to play everything under the sun...
BS player won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.
*player (still getting used to this keyboard)
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BS plagued won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.
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I have not had any issues in playing movies in excess of 4 GB with BSPlayer
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I recently bought a tf700 32gb. I have a roughly 25 gb music collection and a couple movies I want to put on my infinity from my old laptop. I have all of the media saved on a 32gb sd card, the problem is that the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?
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PowerAmp for audio. DICE player for video.
I have the free version of the app, could that cause the problem?
BS player has played everything i threw at it. Im watching n 11gb 1080p blu ray mkv of Avengers right now, with no issues.
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I have the free version of the app, could that cause the problem?
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I would copy some media files to the internal storage and try it again, this would rule out sd card issues...
While I'm at it, can I ask how your sdcards are formatted, or where the media your playing is saved?
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While I'm at it, can I ask how your sdcards are formatted, or where the media your playing is saved?
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Sandisk 64 microsd, straight out of box, mkv, vob, avi, mpeg m4v files have been played via bsplayer.
Have played files from micro sd, internal storage, and smb share.
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BS player won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.
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I haven't had any issues with it. Granted I have only played mkv (with DTS audio) on it, either from local storage or streaming from a Twonky server. It can't be the file size, the movies I played were 10+ GB.
Ok, so i wasn't specific enough before, I had my music and movies on a 32 microSD drive, mounted to the tablet. I tried putting it into an adapter and using it with the keyboard dock. Now everything is working exactly like i should be. I took the files from my laptop with the card and adapter combo too, but i dont know if that has anything to do with this solution working. This is different from the original subject, but does anyone know why this might be, or how I could get it to work with just the microSD?
And for the record, Im liking BSPlayer for movies, and Player Pro for music.
Hello all,
I'm very new to Asus and Google OS but not new to the tech scene. I wanted to watch avi movies on my transformer so I loaded a few tv episodes onto a microSD (generic, 32gb class 4) but not all the files will play. I'm using MxPlayer and DicePlayer and neither are doing the trick. I've also tried MoboPlayer, BSPlayer and Rockplayer. None of these will handle all the avi files. Only selective files will play.
The plot thickens. I understand avi's can have a wide assortment of codecs but for one tv show (Friends) I personally ripped all the episodes myself from a DVD collection using Handbrake, with the same settings for all episodes (which now I forget because it's been so long). SOME of these episodes play perfectly without a hitch while others won't load at all.
Can anyone advise on troubleshooting? Could it be there generic microSD card? Do I need to download additional codecs from the internet or search other media players?
Thanks in advance!!
Asus Transformer TF101 + keyboard dock
4.0.3 ICS
MicroSD FAT32 using Disk Utility on iMac
It could be that some of them didn't copy over correctly. Check the file size of each episode to see if it matches on your computer ad the SD card. If it doesn't, that's your problem. If they do match, try playing them from the SD on your computer. If they don't play right, delete and copy them back over (or re-rip). If they all play fine, find someone who knows this better than I do. Oh, and MX will tell you the codec under Tools->Properties->More when you're watching them.
I've got a rooted Galaxy S5, SM-G900A. I'm on kitkat, but I used sd fix and it tells me my sd is fixed. Well, heres my problem. I use es file explorer, and I have no trouble transfering photos or other documents, including both apk and exe files from the internal storage to the sd card. But some mp4 videos do not transfer correctly. Some will no longer play after the transfer, others will only play part of the video before getting the message "cannot play this video". Like I said, it is only some mp4's. Ive tried using a computer to do the swap, and even rom toolbox pro. Still the same. On occasion a vid that was transfered but stops playing near the end, after trying again, it just doesn't play. The sd seems to be working great. I was able to transfer apps using app2sd, and they work great also. Has anyone had this odd problem, or know how to fix it. The videos on the sd play all the way through. And the videos that won't transfer play great from the internal storage. So, who here is a genius. I need your help. Thanks in advance.