A very good video converter for Gtablet - G Tablet General

Do you have trouble in playback .mkv file or other video with AC3 sound track and h264 videostream, If so this is exactly what you need,I found this on an ipad forum. this converter can convert mkv and avi file into mp4 without coding video again,that means it is very fast (converting a movie in 5 minute or less),it will change AC3 sound track into AAC which is supported by Gtab,the h264 video stream remains the same
download two attachments and unzip it then put files together and then visit nero.com
get neroaacenc.exe and put it into the package double click mkv2mp4.exe to launch the software use google translation if you do not know the Chinese on the botton.
.net framework 3.5 is required
I am not the person who program it
I remove the attachment to make it more reasonable.
visit the link post below by brian_h_kim to get the software,
Thanks him

Here is the short version of US software and copyright:
If it is sold for money, you may not give a copy away to anyone.
Redistribution (putting setup files in RAR) is generally not allowed unless you have the written permission of the author (person who wrote the program) or their publisher. The "ABOUT" information for the program will tell you clearly if it is copyrighted and what the licensing restrictions.
Basically, if you DON'T KNOW that it is alright to pass it around - it probably is not alright.
(I am not a lawyer, but I do buy a lot of software for corporate use and there are rules)

...or you can get the utility called Freemake. While it's probably slower (though I doubt it), it's a 1 download, few clicks solution.
I used it to convert stuff I would carry on my phone before all these awesome dlna/upnp apps were released.

here is the source:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkvavi2mp4/

Thank you!

nunjabusiness said:
Here is the short version of US software and copyright:
If it is sold for money, you may not give a copy away to anyone.
Redistribution (putting setup files in RAR) is generally not allowed unless you have the written permission of the author (person who wrote the program) or their publisher. The "ABOUT" information for the program will tell you clearly if it is copyrighted and what the licensing restrictions.
Basically, if you DON'T KNOW that it is alright to pass it around - it probably is not alright.
(I am not a lawyer, but I do buy a lot of software for corporate use and there are rules)
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Thank you for your advice and I have corrected my thread. The original thread by the author is posted on another forum and he said in it this is a open source software he write to use himself. And most importantly it is of LGPL v3 copyright and any one can Redistribute and copy it.I will cheak "about" next time I post anything.

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recording mp3 directly on xda2

hi does anyone know of a realtime mp3 recorder that works on the xda2.
I want to be able to go in the mic input from a PC sound card and record at mp3 direct onto sd card (need about 3 hour recording time)
I know it sound Heath Robinson but I can only do it this way
There's Mnote v1.21 but apparently it doesn't like the xda2
http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/notem.shtml
Has anyone tried the RESCO audio recorder?? http://www.resco-net.com/audiorec.asp
Thanks
I use Resco AudioExplorer. It works great!
i have a full version of it. any one wants one?
hey double_ofour..... i've pm'ed you
I'm interested in the software
Thanks!
Yes please!!
Hi
I'd love a copy of the software. Our company are getting 3 XDA2s and I've been 'volunteered' to find an test out some specific apps for them. Love the site, by the way. Great information here.
oops
Forgot my email address! I'm new to this - as you can probably tell. Sorry.
[email protected]
NO PLEASE!!!
andyb said:
Hi
I'd love a copy of the software. Our company are getting 3 XDA2s and I've been 'volunteered' to find an test out some specific apps for them. Love the site, by the way. Great information here.
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Why not trial using their free trial period... Since your company paid for the XDA2s I am hoping they can pay for the useful software that you may put on them too. Software piracy is not looked upon lightly on this forum.
Trial software
I was not aware that there was a trial version - and I certainly wasn't condoning piracy. I just thought it would be a way of sussing out whether it was the right product for the company.
NoteM works fine for me, as long as the recording quality is kept on low bitrate, mono (in advanced settings)
Ok just wait....
Ok ill post the link just for yoi all, but do you think its illegal to post warez link here in xda-dev? i will upload it to geocties but still i have no time. i need first to finnish my exams in school, i think the moderator will be mad if i post the link, isn't he?
But i promise to give it to you all......
--==Came from ESATO.FORUM==--

Found "maybe' New PPC Free Softwares Site in Cab/Zip formats

Hi all,
i don't know if this has been made known before but anyway here is a link http://www.freecabs.de/ to a site that serves to provide ppc users a place to find free/commercial softwares/games in cab file-ready format and zip. just to mention a few like Pocket Rar, PPC Skype, Mem Release, VLC Media Player (that can stream video), Virtual Earth Mobile, UI tweaker etc. As for version compatibility, as most is not mentioned, i guess it's up to the user to find out.
I've tried to look for the proprietor's name of this website but could not find any so i could not pay any tribute directly as yet but anyway if he/she reads this, "A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU" so if any of you guys do find his/her name please mention it here. he/she did tho' include his/her e-mail "[email protected]". I think he/she deserves our thank you.
Cheers. (P.S as the url suggest softwares are free but i could not confirm this as i don't use much of them only those that i need)
The site is by Holger Schmidt
Danke Holger
Yes, i'm sorry. it's listed just below the title. Thanks.
And thank you again, Holger Schmidt.
Freecabs - Metro City Navigation
Métro Ver. 5.4.4 is cool. 350 cities.. and it's free!
If you have ever been lost in Munich, you know what I'm talking about.
well freecabs is great. But the site is really a portal for OTA downloads. All apps belong to their seperate owners.
weezy said:
well freecabs is great. But the site is really a portal for OTA downloads. All apps belong to their seperate owners.
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Now the website is temporarily unhosted and perhaps discontinued in eight to ten months. This because the webmaster owner has a new carreer waiting ..
He will evaluate in 8 months if upholding the site is possible..
Please read the post :
Page updated: 28.Apr'10/08:00 UTC
Info: Dear fellows,
due to some changes im my business
life, I am not more able to find enough
time to continue with my page.
I herewith would like to inform you
that my page will be discontinued.
For the time being, I will keep it Online
so you have still access to the last
Updates. After some months I will
remove the page from the Net.
(or continue, but this is open now)
I am very sorry for this, but as we all
know, life and things can change from
time to time and new options need
more attention.
I would like to Thank you all for being
my regular guest. Maybe in the future
when there is more time we will
see again.
Thanks for your understanding.
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So if anyone like's this page, send a positive message to the webmaster, and perhaps this usefull site can continue ..

[Q] [QUESTIONS] GoogleTV &/or MythTV on Atrix-2!!!

Question:
How would one run a FULL VERSION of GoogleTV, MythTV, or any HTPC on Atrix2, WITHOUT JUST USING SOME FLIMSEY APP! (please specify or link to, the individual detailed steps)
ULTIMATE GOAL:
Connect to an SMB share over a wifi LAN, and play video files stored there (hopefully, at least AVI and MP4), while output/displaying these videos (via HDMI) to a TV.
STRICT RULES:
PLEASE, don't post any negativity, or skepticism (Just change the channel!)
You are hereby, given 100% complete license to BS, just take a wild guess/STAB at this!! :silly:
DO NOT insult, the courage of NOOBS or DEV-Wannabes in this thread, who at least try to theorize about this exciting idea, or solutions to the challenges of proposed methods of getting this done.
DEMONSTRATE your own knowledge... elaborate, or fix any flaws in posted theories, ideas, and suggestions here.:victory:
PLEASE feel free to include links to external tutorials, or other threads.:angel:
PLEASE use the best possible grammar in the english language that you can muster, with as few abbreviations as possible.:good:
If you use terminology that goes beyond the NOOB guide, try to link it out to to a Wikipedia or other source that explains that term.
ACCEPT my humblest and most sincere gratitude, on behalf of the others who might benefit from your time and effort here in this thread!! :angel:
Questions/Myths - Please debunk common misunderstandings as often as possible (without sounding condemning, if possible
Possible Hurdles:
Many "all in one" ISO's of Linux HTPC repos are BIG.
The "FULL UBUNTU" might prove difficult to get HTPC running on it.
GoogleTV might require making the phone think it is NOT an Atrix2 (maybe some MOD, such as otacerts.zip or CDT.bin/CID?)
To the best of my knowledge, there is no Android SDK AVD/emulator or virtualbox image for Atrix2
Maybe XBMC, Plex, or some other DLNA capable media server/extender would be easier??
Remember that many cool things began as a CRAZY IDEA!! :highfive:
WHY? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS? :cyclops:
The primary BENEFITs of this experiment, is the skill and understanding we gain, of Linux, Android, and DLNA protocols, etc.
The Google Play store apps (simply installing a crippled but flashy/stable PLEX or XBMC apk), is NOT going to help us learn very much.
The hard way, is sometimes the best way. We want to run GoogleTV on the A2 platform, or else run a full LINUX version of a media server (such as UbuntuTV).
When you become willing to RISK exposing your true knowledge/skill level, you become a better student, and more likely to one day become a true expert.
WHAT IF!?!
What if someone has already done this? If nobody ever asked, nobody else would ever know! HAVE YOU DONE THIS, OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, ALREADY?? Please share your story with us here!!
================================================================
QUALIFYING PRIMARY SOLUTIONS :good::good::good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39841066&postcount=2
(As mentioned above, these are FULLFILL THE MAIN OBJECTIVE, and while they may be "unrealistic", depending on who you ask, still reflect what may be possible)
Title: Full Ubuntu Route
Credits/Author(s): Jim Bridgeman - Post(s)#2
Reference(s): Jim's OP on Full Ubuntu with Desktop
Procedure/Mod(s): Follow referenced procedure by Jim (above), then use package installer to compile/make setup, & install MythTV (or similar products).
ANYONE ELSE? (come on, throw something out there!!)
QUALIFYING ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS :good::good:
(As mentioned above, these are last resorts, but still valid methods to get a subset of the same functionality that will be had by installing the full server product)
XBMC (already mentioned above, but here are the links you'll want):
Wiki FAQ (last modified on 18 March 2013)
Quote (from above page): ""Will this really do 1080 and all that stuff the desktop can do? ... Yes! This is a full port of XBMC! It is not a thin client or lite version!""
Initial Announcement (July 13th, 2012)
Downloads
Plex (again, also already mentioned above, but here are the links you'll want):
Initial Announcement & Overview (February 11th, 2013)
Forum with Download Links (Scroll down for latest version)
Direct DL: Plex for Android v2.9.32
GooglePlay Store: Plex for Android v2.9.32
Title: XBMC Variant #1
Credits/Author(s): Jattkhalsa, Post #3
Procedure/App(s): Use XBMC (per links above) on A2, plus "use either ES Explorer or Mount Manager/CIFS Manager for SMB access"
Title: MX Player Plus ES File Explorer
Credits/Author(s): MtnLion, Post #4
Procedure/App(s): MX Player Plus ES File Explorer
Comment(s): Plays anything from an SMB share, that MX Player can play locally, depending on buffering probably (Avi mkv mp4, etc)
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RELEVANT COMMENTS: :good:
(these are not considered primary, or even alternate solutions. However, they are relevant, and are appreciated)
Title: Rasberry Pie (Progeny of Arduino)
Credits/Author(s): lkrasner, Post #5
Procedure/Idea(s): "would be damn near impossible and not worth the effort" [abandon Atrix 2 for this experiment and] "go by a raspbery pi"
Please reference rule #1 (not an XDA enforceable rule), above, if at all possible :angel:
PRichardson said:
Question:
How would one run a FULL VERSION of GoogleTV, MythTV, or any HTPC on Atrix2, WITHOUT JUST USING SOME FLIMSEY APP! (please specify or link to, the individual detailed steps)
ULTIMATE GOAL:
Connect to an SMB share over a wifi LAN, and play video files stored there (hopefully, at least AVI and MP4), while output/displaying these videos (via HDMI) to a TV.
STRICT RULES:
PLEASE, don't post any negativity, or skepticism (Just change the channel!)
You are hereby, given 100% complete license to BS, just take a wild guess/STAB at this!! :silly:
DO NOT insult, the courage of NOOBS or DEV-Wannabes in this thread, who at least try to theorize about this exciting idea, or solutions to the challenges of proposed methods of getting this done.
DEMONSTRATE your own knowledge... elaborate, or fix any flaws in posted theories, ideas, and suggestions here.:victory:
PLEASE feel free to include links to external tutorials, or other threads.:angel:
PLEASE use the best possible grammar in the english language that you can muster, with as few abbreviations as possible.:good:
If you use terminology that goes beyond the NOOB guide, try to link it out to to a Wikipedia or other source that explains that term.
ACCEPT my humblest and most sincere gratitude, on behalf of the others who might benefit from your time and effort here in this thread!! :angel:
Questions/Myths - Please debunk common misunderstandings as often as possible (without sounding condemning, if possible
Possible Hurdles:
Many "all in one" ISO's of Linux HTPC repos are BIG.
The "FULL UBUNTU" might prove difficult to get HTPC running on it.
GoogleTV might require making the phone think it is NOT an Atrix2 (maybe some MOD, such as otacerts.zip or CDT.bin/CID?)
To the best of my knowledge, there is no Android SDK AVD/emulator or virtualbox image for Atrix2
Maybe XBMC, Plex, or some other DLNA capable media server/extender would be easier??
Remember that many cool things began as a CRAZY IDEA!! :highfive:
WHY? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS? :cyclops:
The primary BENEFITs of this experiment, is the skill and understanding we gain, of Linux, Android, and DLNA protocols, etc.
The Google Play store apps (simply installing a crippled but flashy/stable PLEX or XBMC apk), is NOT going to help us learn very much.
The hard way, is sometimes the best way. We want to run GoogleTV on the A2 platform, or else run a full LINUX version of a media server (such as UbuntuTV).
When you become willing to RISK exposing your true knowledge/skill level, you become a better student, and more likely to one day become a true expert.
WHAT IF!?!
What if someone has already done this? If nobody ever asked, nobody else would ever know! HAVE YOU DONE THIS, OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, ALREADY?? Please share your story with us here!!
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Are you wanting to run the "server" part of an htpc like app on your artix2 or just use the atrix2 as a client to connect to say a Linux HTPC / god forbid a Windows media setup, using an app on the atrix2, like mythtv has a client as well as a ton of DLNA "client" apps.
If you want to run the server part on the phone, and connect, and mount an "NFS" like share to the phone, that may be possible using some of the features of android itself, but the whole DLNA like sharing, might be the hurdle to overcome if doing it this way. I am sure an app could very easily be written in Java to handle the serving up the content via DLNA, but that was not what you actually asked about, so.... My question still remains. Which route do you want to go that will determine much of the needed info that can be shared by others.
If you are going to do this on a Linux server what are the limitations of your hardware? like you mention that the ISOs are huge, so is that an issue with disk space on box you want to use, or your DL speed that you are concerned with there?
P.S. I run mythtv as my HTPC on a Linux box at home, and my Atrix2 and other devices have no issues connecting to it even when I am remote, so it can be done this way very easily.
I would use XBMC try the hardware acceleration enabled beta builds and use either ES Explorer or Mount Manager/CIFS Manager for SMB access.
I personally use a combination of es file explorer and MX player. Plays anything from my network without issue. Avi mkv mp4 whatever. Normally I only use it when traveling and the hotel TV has HDMI but it works equally well for wilan or ftp.
Edit: If you're looking for full control of a htpc try splash top then mirroring the display via HDMI. I have the paid version of splashtop and find it to be amazing when I need my desktop away from home. It will mirror through slim port on my n4 so while I haven't tried it with my A2 I bet it will work. I use this http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004TT0ZDK for a remote control.
Well, Android is linux, and we have gotten full ubuntu in webtop, so it is possible to run something else, but it would be damn near impossible and not worth the effort.
My advice: go by a raspbery pi for 30 bucks (model B, has ethernet) and use that! It runs full hd video over hdmi perfectly, and you can hook up the a2 with usb or on the network to take files. It will run like any full sized computer and give all the power you need for a few bucks. and you get to learn about linux, so, win, win win!
Best of luck!
Initial Planning Stages, and Great Ideas to Start Out With...
Wow! This is awesome! (feel like a kid making his Christmas wish list, or just getting killer R&R, after a long tour)... ok...
jimbridgman said:
Are you wanting to run the "server" part of an htpc like app on your artix2 or ...
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A minor, but additional benefit (beyond the BIG purpose of helping NOOBs like me, learn more about Linux/Android), is that when/if I'm running over to a hacker meetup/friends house/lab, it's important that 'almost' everything be contained and "ready to go", without saying, "hey, we just need to install XYZ on one of your LAN boxes now, then we can do this". The ONLY thing beyond bringing my kick-your-4ss eLEET 47r1X-11 that should be required in order to impress the 1 female in the room of 20, is the ability to connect to a NFS or Samba/smb share, where videos are stored.
jimbridgman said:
... to connect to say a Linux HTPC / god forbid a Windows media setup, using an app on the atrix2, like mythtv has a client as well as a ton of DLNA "client" apps.
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...NOT to worry, I saw someone mention the 'W' at a Def Con, and then suddenly refuse to give his business card to anyone else But, I should mention that I was intentionally baiting folks a bit. I myself have used the full Plex app (android client) to connect via WIFI to a Plex Server (daemon)
jimbridgman said:
...If you want to run the server part on the phone, and connect, and mount an "NFS" like share to the phone, that may be possible using some of the features of android itself, but the whole DLNA like sharing, might be the hurdle to overcome if doing it this way.
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YES! This is exactly what I want to do, and some of your posts (yeah, I had to go there), actually inspired me with this idea. In particular, "How to Get FULL UBUNTU and your favorite desktop on A2" seems to be one F-ing awesome starting point. On the other hand, your post regarding the upcoming Ubuntu phone (just hit 'THANKS' for that), it equally high dollar, but I'm impatient
jimbridgman said:
...I am sure an app could very easily be written in Java to handle the serving up the content via DLNA...
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Yup. XBMC and Plex both have apps designed specifically to serve video to an external display, but both require the FULL SERVER installed elsewhere on the same LAN. (The advantage to that being a 'push-button' easy factor, just install the apk -- cool, granted, but just not the direction I'm going with this experiment)
jimbridgman said:
.. My question still remains. Which route do you want to go that will determine much of the needed info that can be shared by others.
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BUSTED! No matter how hard I try Jim, I always feel guilty after reading your replies to me, like "dangit, why didn't I think to search for THAT, instead of those stupid searches I actually DID do". And in a similar way, I'm really sort of 'borderline close' (as usual), to what THE XDA FORUM RULES allow, because I'm not 100% clear yet, on exactly what the final answer (if there is one), might be to these questions, and where I want this to end up, and hoping some DEVs might join the conversation here.
jimbridgman said:
If you are going to do this on a Linux server what are the limitations of your hardware? like you mention that the ISOs are huge, so is that an issue with disk space on box you want to use, or your DL speed that you are concerned with there?
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... that's another good point I did not yet consider. I think that a 32Gb MicroSD card should be sort of considered as "the limit". There may be distro's and methods to get the whole thing onto the phone's internal space, but I'd rather partition the SD card and get more power and functionality. Download speed may be a concern for some folks, but I'll just recommend they use a Torrent client (which will auto-check their ISO hashes), or some other DL manager with resume capability.
jimbridgman said:
I run mythtv as my HTPC on a Linux box at home, and my Atrix2 and other devices have no issues connecting to it even when I am remote, so it can be done this way very easily.
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That's awesome, and I might wind up just falling back to using the Atrix2 with some App that works as a client. But I wanted to at least give it a shot, getting the A2 to be the full media server, and have no other requirement than the ability to stream from a shared network drive over WIFI.
:highfive:
Thank You!
jattkhalsa said:
I would use XBMC try the hardware acceleration enabled beta builds and use either ES Explorer or Mount Manager/CIFS Manager for SMB access.
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Thanks for the tip, I might try that if the "Server route" fails.
PRichardson said:
Thanks for the tip, I might try that if the "Server route" fails.
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My network storage is plugged directly into my wireless router. The only apps I require to watch or download anything from it are on my phone. In fact through es file explorer I can access the contents of my server ,3 desktops, 2 laptops and the network storage.
As you can see I'm using a smb share.
Alternate Solution (Thank You!)
mtnlion said:
I personally use a combination of es file explorer and MX player. Plays anything from my network without issue. Avi mkv mp4 whatever. Normally I only use it when traveling and the hotel TV has HDMI but it works equally well for wilan or ftp.
... If you're looking for full control of a htpc try splash top then mirroring the display via HDMI.
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Hi MountainLion!,
Thanks for this great advise. :good: I think this definitely qualifies as a potential FULL [alternative] SOLUTION to the original questions, (including all constraints and caveats). I appreciate the links too, regarding remote access, perhaps worth a separate discussion thread.
(I will update the OP, with qualified alternate solutions, we this discussion continues)
~p
PRichardson said:
Wow! This is awesome! (feel like a kid making his Christmas wish list, or just getting killer R&R, after a long tour)... ok...
A minor, but additional benefit (beyond the BIG purpose of helping NOOBs like me, learn more about Linux/Android), is that when/if I'm running over to a hacker meetup/friends house/lab, it's important that 'almost' everything be contained and "ready to go", without saying, "hey, we just need to install XYZ on one of your LAN boxes now, then we can do this". The ONLY thing beyond bringing my kick-your-4ss eLEET 47r1X-11 that should be required in order to impress the 1 female in the room of 20, is the ability to connect to a NFS or Samba/smb share, where videos are stored.
...NOT to worry, I saw someone mention the 'W' at a Def Con, and then suddenly refuse to give his business card to anyone else But, I should mention that I was intentionally baiting folks a bit. I myself have used the full Plex app (android client) to connect via WIFI to a Plex Server (daemon)
YES! This is exactly what I want to do, and some of your posts (yeah, I had to go there), actually inspired me with this idea. In particular, "How to Get FULL UBUNTU and your favorite desktop on A2" seems to be one F-ing awesome starting point. On the other hand, your post regarding the upcoming Ubuntu phone (just hit 'THANKS' for that), it equally high dollar, but I'm impatient
Yup. XBMC and Plex both have apps designed specifically to serve video to an external display, but both require the FULL SERVER installed elsewhere on the same LAN. (The advantage to that being a 'push-button' easy factor, just install the apk -- cool, granted, but just not the direction I'm going with this experiment)
BUSTED! No matter how hard I try Jim, I always feel guilty after reading your replies to me, like "dangit, why didn't I think to search for THAT, instead of those stupid searches I actually DID do". And in a similar way, I'm really sort of 'borderline close' (as usual), to what THE XDA FORUM RULES allow, because I'm not 100% clear yet, on exactly what the final answer (if there is one), might be to these questions, and where I want this to end up, and hoping some DEVs might join the conversation here.
... that's another good point I did not yet consider. I think that a 32Gb MicroSD card should be sort of considered as "the limit". There may be distro's and methods to get the whole thing onto the phone's internal space, but I'd rather partition the SD card and get more power and functionality. Download speed may be a concern for some folks, but I'll just recommend they use a Torrent client (which will auto-check their ISO hashes), or some other DL manager with resume capability.
That's awesome, and I might wind up just falling back to using the Atrix2 with some App that works as a client. But I wanted to at least give it a shot, getting the A2 to be the full media server, and have no other requirement than the ability to stream from a shared network drive over WIFI.
:highfive:
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Now we are talking here!
Yes if you want to do this as a sever with mythtv, or another sever like app like xbmc, you need to be on GB and use my ubuntu hack as a start. you might be able to get every needed part working, but there might be parts thst are not compiled for arm, as well.
Here is THE place to start once you have my ubuntu hack working in webtop:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV-HOWTO_-_0.26
XBMC has a similar guide on their site, but you might have issues with needed pkgs that are not compiled for arm... so... that might derail you for one or the other. I say give it a shot the worst that could happen is that it does not work, then all you lost was time and probably learned something, in the process.
jimbridgman said:
Now we are talking here!
Yes if you want to do this as a sever with mythtv, or another sever like app like xbmc, you need to be on GB and use my ubuntu hack as a start. you might be able to get every needed part working, but there might be parts thst are not compiled for arm, as well.
Here is THE place to start once you have my ubuntu hack working in webtop:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV-HOWTO_-_0.26
XBMC has a similar guide on their site, but you might have issues with needed pkgs that are not compiled for arm... so... that might derail you for one or the other. I say give it a shot the worst that could happen is that it does not work, then all you lost was time and probably learned something, in the process.
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This is hilarious seeing you two reunited here. it's like 2 kids that haven't seen each other in years meeting again in a candy shop....... accept it's two adult nerds on a development forum.
No offense though. carry on. I'm actually interested.
anyways xmbc should work. I got It on my raspberry pi which is arm quite easily
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Raspberry Pi
lkrasner said:
...go by a raspbery pi for 30 bucks ... Best of luck!
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Hey Krasner!
Good to see you around man. I appreciate all the help I can get too (I need it!). Last year I had a kid show me a lunch box with BackTrack 5r3 on it, and I was very impressed. Scroll down and check the right column (Date Added), of this Amazon "Wish List" (just how I track things I'm interested in, on that site), and you'll see some of the goodies I found back in mid-February.
Update: I just saw your last post ---- ROFLOL. (yeah, I guess I still get a slight pulse raise over techie stuff!)
Thanks again!,
~p
:victory:
lkrasner said:
anyways xmbc should work. I got It on my raspberry pi which is arm quite easily
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Should, do can be deadly.... LOL the issue is not with xbmc itself, it is weather the required packages are in the ubuntu arm webtop repo, that is the issue to check, seeing as no one has tried it in webtop yet.
LOL... you know you are as nerdy as the rest of us, lkrasner.
If there had never been nerds we all would still be doing the hunter gather thing, praying for lightning to bring us fire.

Paid APK Hacking... specifically Escort Live

Hi Everyone, long time reader, modder, flasher, 0 time poster:.
I just wanted to get a gauge on the community's attitude towards hacking a paid application. Not for the intent of making it free, but for the intent of making it work!
You see, There's an app out there called "Escort Live!". Don't get me wrong, it's a great app as it integrates with your radar detector and laser jammers while driving... but it's rife with issues that the company just hasn't been able to address... see the following forum for more information on that:
I can't outside link yet due to the post count, but you can find all of the issues on escort live! for android's forums. I'm sure you can google them.
So... I made a post to try and help the community out by decompiling the 2.04apk hosted on their site... not even their latest version... with Virtuous 10 Studios, and Informed the community of the Sloppy Dev work, and that I would try to fix the issues with our specific phones (Motorola based).
2 days after that post was made...
I get permanently banned. no reason given.
They then pulled the old .apk's off of their site, so I've conveniently uploaded it to mega upload so everyone can see the crappy dev work for themselves... again... can't post links yet, but if someone with a post count pms me I'll send it to them.
I don't have enough of a post count to make a dev project out of this yet either, but as soon as I do then I'll post the progress on of the project on github.
If anyone would like to join in the effort to give PAYING CUSTOMERS a functioning apk to use with their phones... volunteers are more than welcome, especially those with java / xml experience.
I have a wordpress site that I can't link here, but it's my first name Philip Last Name Cabibi at wordpress if you're interested in tracking the issue with the full links.
market link
From a technical standpoint the app is free (with premium subscription options) and I can only assume there's some sort of verification process for that subscription so as long as that's kept in I would think this is certainly acceptable though I'm not sure what your post actually said
did find this though (basically just talks about it and then links here and the blog) relevant post on his blog is here
@ University of Pi...
You are correct... It's a free app; however, in order to all the app to connect with your escort compatible radar detector, one must purchase a separate cord, and pay for a yearly subscription of about 79.95.
Full disclosure: the management at escort has been nothing but professional, and have extended the subscription of the beta testers for another year as a result of all the bugs.
The problem though is the lack of updates. Alot of us have invested alot of money into the app. Cost of Radar detector, Cost of the special chord, plus the cost of the subscription. New users, unfortunately, don't get the benifit of the extended subscription.
The point is... is that users of certain phones, paid for a product, and the product isn't functioning correctly. The reasons for this are the sub-standard programming of the devs. No notation on the methods in the smali files, poorly designed xml arrays, cryptic variable definitions, etc.
Personally, I feel as if the management have no control over the fixing of the problems, and are handcuffed, because the initial developer purposefully made the program extremely difficult for a new developer to come in and fix the issues, as a result of the poor structure of the program itself.
Anyway, glad to see you found those links... Thank you... didn't know that another thread was made requesting information about what happened to the original thread (they are correct, I in no way posted the entire source code of the program on their site) What I did was point out the flaws, and logcat results that tell a completely different story regarding the root issues effecting motorola devices than what the devs have told management, and as a result, what management has in turn relayed to the users.
Unfortunately, I can't follow up in the forum as I am permanently banned, but I, and many others, really just want the program to work correctly. It's an excellent concept and it's a shame that Escort is resorting to these types of tactics in an attempt to prevent the open source community from improving their product.
I'm sure even with the improvements, a subscription fee would still be required; however, the original concept of the OP was to convey the fact that it's possible for the open source community to bypass the "premium features".
I don't condone this; however, it's a difficult pill to swallow when faced between choosing the ethical choice.... paying the yearly subscription for a poorly functioning app... or sideloading a fully functioning app created by an open source community because the official developers aren't making any progress.
Would any other senior devs on this site wish to chime in on this?
You should have never been banned from there...but hey...no good deed goes unpunished right?
I've had EL for quite some time and it's irritating to no end to see how flawed it is. It's a shame that they won't welcome help and instead act that way toward people trying to do something good for them.
Hacking and posting an app that uses paid services is considered warez and will not allowed to be posted here nor will any help be given in doing so.

[How To] [Kodi] [Kodi 17 -how to load Exodus plug-in now that it's discontinued ]

Hi Everyone !!!
I am creating this as a purely educational guide to accomplish what everyone told me was not possible.
<DISCLAIMER>
This is for educational purposes ONLY,
Neither Myself , Xda, Nor Team_Astr4y4L
Nor ANY FILE HOSTS
are responsible for your actions PERIOD, in some places it's illegal to stream digitally copyrighted materials . WE do not condone Stealing in any FORM!!!
<OK NOW THAT THAT'S OVER:>
So Just the other day my old laptop/linux-box/media-center Had a total meltdown. The Dual Core Died :crying:
Which Sucks , but hey it happens. So left with 3 board kids 2 board adults and a stinky-dog, and no good source of entertainment (Cut-Cable long ago) and only football on the t.v and the other-guys team too...
I said to Myself, "Well could be worse right ? I'll just swap the HDD over and run it on another box."
Well that would have been easy , except I was now at a shortage of 64bit P.C's
and the box I could use was 32 bits....
See 32 bit systems will boot fine on a board with 64bit processors, but 32bit processors make all kinds of weird beeps and noises and Refuse out-right to boot a 64bit system...
OK no problem, I'll install 32bit Ubuntu 16 on the box install Kodi on that AND THEN download my favorite plug-in again and install that. Back in business...
NOPE!!!
So it turns out for what-ever reason the devs of exodus abandoned it and moved on to a new plug-in called " Delorean " thats supposed to be all kinds of better too. OK KOOL!
NOPE.
followed all the on-line guides never could get it to let me just watch a movie.
or even install correctly.
So I ask around and i'm told that since the repo is gone now and everyone's switched over I'll never see the beloved Exodus again ... HOW SAD.
and some-one somewhere mentioned that if I still had the zip file from downloading the plugin I could install using Kodi's install from zip file option.
Well that got me thinking. I had always installed from the repo directly... so didn't have the zip file... So I'll ask around for the file.
NOPE !
No Body Had the Zip file.... I was very sad about it for like a second and then i realized , it's a zip file ...
this means all the parts of the plug-in just zipped in a zip file...
SO I set off to work getting the files,
I connected my old HDD to the computer here in the LAB and mounted it...
I dug through it until I found the Location of my add-ons and the files that make them up.
I zipped up the folders using 7zip but made sure not to encrypt them and that the file extension was ( .zip )
since I didn't have a handy thumb-drive on me , And the files were small in nature.
I just uploaded it to my file host....
Then I went back to the living room and Fired up the New media box.
opened the browser typed in
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and hit enter, There they were my zipped up files....
so I downloaded everything in that folder (took a time or two to make sure I got all needed plug-ins to make it work) and moved it all to a folder on my desktop that I named Kodi-Stuff.
I then opened up the Kodi app and made sure unknown Sources were enabled in settings
went to file manager and choose add source
then i used the [ Browse] button to open the window to navigate to the folder on my desktop named Kodi-Stuff added the folder as a source exited back to Kodi's home screen and chose add-on's and install and install from zip
there they were my zipped files... well I started at the bottom of the list and started installing them one by one ... [ gotta start from bottom of list and work up for it too work]
To My Delighted Surprise They installed , every one of them worked...
HAHA, so now I have my favorite plug-in back.
but had to think that the best thing to do next is
DISABLE AUTO-UPDATES for these plugins...
because the repo's do not exist anymore BUT some malicious Butt-Hole out there may OWN the URL that the plug-in uses to update,
-------BIG SECURITY RISK--------
SO to mitigate that danger I go to all plug-in's in Kodi's menu and choose the plug-in {Exodus and Exodus Repo} for example and look down for the update setting toggle and just turn it OFF !!!
So now fairly confident that no one except Big-Brother was watching me.
I set-up my proxies again on the new machine and
in about an hour of Krap later My Family an I were watching our favorite Movies and Shows again and Had a nice not-bored week-end !!!
This Method works to retrieve other plug-ins too...
Once again this was for educational purposes ONLY
My team and I have chosen to leave the files in the folder I used at my file host up because it's proven useful for loading the
plugins to everything from windows -Kodi to Android-Kodi and Linux-Kodi I'm sharing this here so that You can learn how to do this with your favorite plug-in's too!!
I truly hope this saves some-one else from dieing from Kodi-withdrawal or Just Plain Boredom .
This thread will be open to anyone with questions or comments about zipping files and installing them to Kodi.
I Ask if you Download My Files linked in this thread more than once or if You feel this Saved your life.
MOD Edit :- Links Removed
We're H4Ck3Rz on a budget around our parts! LOL
THANKS,
Astr4y4L
Team_Astr4y4L
Thread closed.
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