[Q] Has anyone here got the BBC iPlayer app working properly? - Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps

Has anyone here got the BBC iPlayer app working properly? Mine just redirects me to the browser which does work but lacks finesse.

reza86 said:
Has anyone here got the BBC iPlayer app working properly? Mine just redirects me to the browser which does work but lacks finesse.
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That's all it does for now
used to load the app in an old version but it didn't work
Has anybody got a HD to work smoothly with iplayer? I can't...

No same here it works but sometimes video/sound out of sync..just looks lik we are not getting a dedicated app for tablets...itv player don't support the transformer either though I did side load the apk and it does work but not optimally.
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I find it crazy that individuals can up with brilliant apps that support multiple devices and generally get updated for new versions very quickly when larger development teams at the BBC or other organisations can't seem to the power button their Android devices.

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[Q] Hulu third part app

does anyone know if anyone is working on a hulu fix or app for the droid x. I know that the droid incredible has a hulu flash fix and app for there phone. Im just wondering if anyone has heard anything or know of a fix.
When I was on Windows Mobile I used skyfire browser to view the hulu site. It worked great. I haven't tried it on android though, but you may want to see if it works.
I cant get Hulu to show videos on any browser I use on my DroidX..
all say that the video cant be displayed on a mobile device or some garbage like that.
Try bitbop.com, they just released their Android app today to watch tv shows on your phone streaming or download. It is $9.99 a month after the trial, but you have to pay for hulu mobile on iPhone also. The content isn't quite as good as hulu yet, but they are more focused on mobile so it should catch up.
try this
I assume no one is working on a Hulu app but i found a awesome site that you can watch live tv like HBO, TBS, and so on right in the browser, here is the link.
http://www.shadownet.info/channels.php
Hope you guys like it.
chris6551 said:
I assume no one is working on a Hulu app but i found a awesome site that you can watch live tv like HBO, TBS, and so on right in the browser, here is the link.
http://www.shadownet.info/channels.php
Hope you guys like it.
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Wow, this works very well.

Youtube force closes with machinima videos?

Anyone know why any video by machinima will automaticly force close? That person posts the very best videos? Can a OP in youtube block youtube apps from viewing?
Is this the youtube app or youtube web that crashes?
If you post a link of a video that's been giving you problems, I'm sure we can test it for you
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EP2008 said:
Is this the youtube app or youtube web that crashes?
If you post a link of a video that's been giving you problems, I'm sure we can test it for you
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Only in the youtube app , try and search mortal kombat legacy for example, thx for testing it out to
definitely crashes. I've had this problem the whole time i've had my transformer. It will play in the browser but at no higher than 480p. always crashes the youtube app.
Yea only with videos posted by machinima ? and since broswer flash is so laggy with 720p I have to watch the videos in junk mode. Hope there will be a fix for this
Crashing for me too. How strange! I did notice that when I loaded the web version ,they have a LOT of link annotations at the beginning of their videos... maybe that's crashing the youtube app?
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Ran into this issue as well, both in the native app and the stock browser. I found a link from a different user for the same video and it worked fine.
With the youtube app it is very important that you register the google id that your transformer uses with youtube (i.e. set up a new account if it doesn't already have one), Then make sure you are signed in when using the app.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima
This is my issue as well. Seems like a very specific bug too. I have had FC's on a smattering of other videos, but always on Machinima ones.
Edit: I decided to try the same video on a whim on my Nexus One and it works fine (even in HQ). This is definitely nothing to do with it being mobile, it has something to do with the HC app.
that explains...
...why whenever I go to the subscriptions page it crashes the app.
yup, unsbscribed and the app no longer crashes on subscription screen... browse to machanima and it crashes. wonder what it is about machanima that the android app hates...
You can use the JetVD application from jetvd dot com to watch the video stream from YouTube.
TF101 said:
yup, unsbscribed and the app no longer crashes on subscription screen... browse to machanima and it crashes. wonder what it is about machanima that the android app hates...
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It crashes on all honey comb tablets (galaxy tab, acer, asus, xoom) within the native youtube app
Works flawlessly on the ipad 2 though
Is there a bug report for this somewhere that we can add some weight to? I couldn't work out what the hell was causing the crashes but now I've unsubscribed it works fine. Seems like a really odd bug.
Hopefully it'll get fixed soon as its one of my favourite channels.
Inversion said:
Is there a bug report for this somewhere that we can add some weight to? I couldn't work out what the hell was causing the crashes but now I've unsubscribed it works fine. Seems like a really odd bug.
Hopefully it'll get fixed soon as its one of my favourite channels.
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has anyone else found any kind of fix for this yet? Machinima is the largest content of videos in my subscription list and I'm finding it increasingly annoying that I can't watch them in the native app.
is there a fix for this?
using tab 10.1 and having the same problem
jambu21 said:
is there a fix for this?
using tab 10.1 and having the same problem
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The mortal combat legacy video frm Machinima is workin fine on my Eee pAd Transformer no crash !!!
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer B80
Revolver 3.9.5 + Stock Kernel
Tell me more videos will test and let u guyz knw !!! If u want !!!

Amazon instant video (app or website) work?

Hi using my new infinity and am trying to get amazon instant video either through the website or app with no success. App is crashing and while it looks as if I can watch video in a scaled windows at times on the website, if I try to go full screen it doesnt work at all. Has anyone tried using this and/or found a way to get it to work if you have the same problem? I was wondering if it was a browser issue and tried the stock, chrome so far.
Works on stock browser and dolphin for me. I've tried to get the "app" working before on other devices but never with success.
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Got it working last night on the website with Dolphin HD. Kind of lagged when I was multi-tasking (running speed tests). But after closing open apps and restarting the browser, it was very smooth and clear.
Probably worth mentioning works great on splashtop when streaming from the desktop too. (using the unbox app not looking to be super redundant) Splashtop is included with the TF700 under the MyNet application.
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BritCrit said:
Probably worth mentioning works great on splashtop when streaming from the desktop too. (using the unbox app not looking to be super redundant) Splashtop is included with the TF700 under the MyNet application.
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I have had more success with Dolphin lately although still buggy. when you expand to full screen you lose video until you pause and play again. Seems to work a little better now for some reason. Would be nice to have the app working.
frustratingly enough amazon saw fit to release the app for Ipad today while neglecting to release an android version. Terribly annoying because they've obviously had the app ready for android forever ago since it used by the kindle fire. Guess they want to force people to buy the kindle fire to get the app. Pretty stupid because they would make more money from the people getting prime to use the app than they would on the kindle fire sale.
Amazon streaming
New to Forum and just tried to use Amazon's prime streaming through Dolphin Browser installed on my TF700 but when logged in, got a screen message that Adobe Flash wasn't installed and therefore it wouldn't play. I read somewhere Adobe wasn't supporting newer tablets as TF700 which have updated Android OS. Am I missing something here?
Any and all help/comments will be greatly appreciated. :fingers-crossed:
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New to Forum and just tried to use Amazon's prime streaming through Dolphin Browser installed on my TF700 but when logged in, got a screen message that Adobe Flash wasn't installed and therefore it wouldn't play. I read somewhere Adobe wasn't supporting newer tablets as TF700 which have updated Android OS. Am I missing something here?
Any and all help/comments will be greatly appreciated. :fingers-crossed:
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Make sure you have flash installed and your browser configured for flash. I'm using Boat browser and go to settings then set flash for "on demand" works fine with Amazon instant video streaming.
I've never been able to get it to consistently work with no sync issues in a browser. The sync loss is minor, but it's just noticeable enough to be annoying. It's a flash thing, I'm sure, rather than a specific browser thing. Some day I'll get around to trying earlier flash releases to see if any are better. I've experienced a similar sync issue with splashtop too.
I was going to use XBMC + bluecop's repository + asus mynet, but I've been having all kinds of errors adding shows to a library where they would be accessible to other devices.
I was able to get the fire apk working when I briefly had a Nook Tablet running a slightly modified version of gingerbread (see my sig). From what I've read, no one has gotten it working on ICS+. My brief attempt just resulted in crashes when i tried to play a vid. Boy I wish Amazon would get their app up to date and release it officially for Android in general. I'd much rather use the app again.
buhohitr said:
Make sure you have flash installed and your browser configured for flash. I'm using Boat browser and go to settings then set flash for "on demand" works fine with Amazon instant video streaming.
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Thanks for the response/help. Never heard of Boat Browser but will give it a try.
breathlessasus said:
Thanks for the response/help. Never heard of Boat Browser but will give it a try.
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UPDATE: Tried using Boat Browser with flash setting to "on demand" and still got the same message - Adobe not installed. Don't think it's so much the browser as it is that Adobe no longer supports newer Android OS devices. Found list of those tablets which will work with Amazon's Prime instant streaming and TF700 is not one.
Could there be a difference in streaming vs. buying or renting a video?
Thanks again for response/help - appreciate it.
With the new Fire HDs coming, one would hope we can get at least yank an updated apk from them that will work in the next couple of weeks.
Amazon has been on a roll, laying out apps for PS3, 360, and the iPad. Surely they're at least working on a broad release of the easiest one of all, Android, one of the first they had working. Surely. If you haven't used their support form to request an Android app for all tabs, please do so now.
Let me get this straight some of you are streaming on the tf700 on amazon prime instant video and having no sync issues? Cause I just upgraded to the tf700 and mine is way out of sync.
Lancerator said:
Let me get this straight some of you are streaming on the tf700 on amazon prime instant video and having no sync issues? Cause I just upgraded to the tf700 and mine is way out of sync.
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I posted the same question regarding Amazon Instant Video lag in browsers on the TF700. My video lags about 1/2 second. Enough to be annoying. I've tried the stock browser, Boat Browser, and ICS+ to no avail.
Ironically, I had no issues streaming Amazon's Instant Videos on the Prime I returned in order to get my Infinity.
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Let me get this straight some of you are streaming on the tf700 on amazon prime instant video and having no sync issues? Cause I just upgraded to the tf700 and mine is way out of sync.
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I'm currently streaming Super 8 using Dolphin Browser without a problem (performance mode).
Dave
well I went to performance mode on dolphin and it does do a bit better. Its to bad I had no problem with the prime.
Amazon Prime sucked on my Xoom. Over at the Motorola Xoom Forum, a very knowledgeable poster (gmanapps) posted the following explanation for the Xoom issues:
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Prior to ICS, flash had support for each individual CPU/GPU combo with specific video acceleration code for each type of CPU/GPU (OMAP, Snapdragon, Tegra, etc) which meant that flash could totally take advantage of the hardware.
When adobe ported flash to ICS they used the new ICS API. Under ICS all devices are only required to support the lowest encoding profile, but may support the higher bitrate encoding profiles.
Adobe decided that since only the lower bitrate profile was guaranteed to work with hardware acceleration accross all ICS device, to only send the lower bit rate profiles through the ICS hardware accelerated API. Everything else is done as software decoding inside of flash. So while the Xoom hardware is capable of accelerating/decoding the higher bitrate encoded data, flash no longer sends it to the GPU for decoding and tries to do it in software which is slow.
Amazon's content is encoded in one of 4 different mpeg encoding profiles. One of the profiles goes through hardware acceleration and works fine. But higher bitrate data profiles get stuck getting decoded in flash's software decoder and looks horrible.
Adobe could have provided a configuration option, test or other method to allow individuals to enable decoding of the other profiles in hardware....or at least try it and see if it worked on their device. On many devices it would work. But they chose not to go that route.
So unless you are running a high end quad core device, with a small screen, the software decoding of much of higher resolution flash content is going to be painful to watch.
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Out of curiousity I just tried it with Dolphin on my Galaxy S3 phone - HD video of Downton Abbey looked beautiful and had no synch issues at all. But a very small picture ...
Dave

adobe flash player not working on KitKat!!? or does it?

OK so I download every adobe flash version all the way to ices and still no luck. My 4.3 version worked on my old phone but with my nexus 5 no luck I even switch in between browsers fire fox boat dolphin u name it! Still flash will not work have anybody else tried this? Or experienced this ?
Flash hasn't been supported on android since ics. You might be able be able to manually install it.
Nope sideloading it doesn't work either. Looks like this is the end of flash
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Dude. Firefox + Flash .81 apk works perfectly for me.
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GSLEON3 said:
Dude. Firefox + Flash .81 apk works perfectly for me.
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using kitkat? ive tried every browser with .81 and it either crashes or doesn't detect flash. please share more about how you got it to work, thanks
I thought it was just because I was using ART but I guess we'll have to wait for a new version that works with 4.4
Using Boat Browser w. Adobe Flash Player (sideloaded) on Nexu 7 running 4.3.1 on-demand and it is great, no crashes or whatsoever.
Not with N5, however and Boat Browser is what I count on to watch streaming video over fiber @ home.
Probably need updating from the browser folks to make them get along with each other.
No go on my N5 with Firefox and Flash ver .81, tried playing videos from several sites and it didn't work
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No go on my N5 with Firefox and Flash ver .81, tried playing videos from several sites and it didn't work
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Okay, I know I am not crazy. Yesterday I swear I quickly watched a clip of a Prime video on Amazon on the N5 via Firefox Beta with the .81 flash apk. However, now now the Firefox Beta crashes as soon as it opens. I thought I'd try regular FF, which does open, but it says flash is not installed. The only devices I have in front of me are the N5 & the N7 & I am pretty certain I didn't confuse my forums/device yesterday, but I'll be damned if it doesn't work now, at least in the stable FF app. Of course, I guess it is possible, between a new device & the hospital & big UT Austin project we are working on. Damn it, maybe it's not such a good thing to order a new device while designing mechanical systems for critical applications.
GSLEON3 said:
Okay, I know I am not crazy. Yesterday I swear I quickly watched a clip of a Prime video on Amazon on the N5 via Firefox Beta with the .81 flash apk. However, now now the Firefox Beta crashes as soon as it opens. I thought I'd try regular FF, which does open, but it says flash is not installed. The only devices I have in front of me are the N5 & the N7 & I am pretty certain I didn't confuse my forums/device yesterday, but I'll be damned if it doesn't work now, at least in the stable FF app. Of course, I guess it is possible, between a new device & the hospital & big UT Austin project we are working on. Damn it, maybe it's not such a good thing to order a new device while designing mechanical systems for critical applications.
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thanks for the reply. like someone said earlier today, hopefully the browser devs figure it out soon. I used to use boat browser or dolphin basically every day to stream sports through websites like vipbox or firstrowsports. I found out that photon browser works but its a pain to deal with and not the smoothest since it u watch flash through a browser on their server. having smooth flash on boat browser or dolphin was one of the biggest reasons i switched from the iphone to android devices!
Flash on Firefox isn't working for me either.
I didn't install Flash Player but Flash animations seem to work with Puffin Browser.
Flash on Nexus 5
I've tried multiple versions of Flash and multiple browsers (including Firefox, Firefox Beta [which force closed], Boat, Dolphin, Chrome and Opera). None of them work on my Nexus 5 at the current time.
While Puffin works that doesn't really count because it's using a hosted version of Flash running through a proxy. Apart from anything else that meant I couldn't use it to access BBC iPlayer (which I have the app for, but was using as a prominent Flash site to test whether it was working).
I would much rather locally execute Flash, personally, so I'm not sure Puffin really counts as a solution.
Boat Browser released an update that's KitKat or 4.4 friendly, auto updated on mine and it also fixed the FC issue. My favorite streaming website is accessible again but I still have some issues playing in full screen mode.
Haven't got around to root it yet to restore mobile Adobe Flash's latest *.apk
I'm not having any luck with my nexus 5 either. If anyone finds a fix for adobe flash, please post. Trying to get flash working was one of the first things I tried on this phone and am jonesing to get it working.
ddt972 said:
I'm not having any luck with my nexus 5 either. If anyone finds a fix for adobe flash, please post. Trying to get flash working was one of the first things I tried on this phone and am jonesing to get it working.
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ff beta, flash .37, kk temasek for i9300. running fine, but far from 4.2 on stock browser.
Sideloaded player 115.81 (newest version):
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Flash still does NOT work with Firefox or Firefox beta, kitkat on Nexus 7.
I need firefox because of their FVD addon.
This thread also confirms that no one can get flash player to work on Nexus 5:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511573
flash was working fine in Firefox, Photon, and Maxthon on nexus 4 and 4.3.
doesn't work on any of them today after updating to 4.4
hoping browser developers will be able to figure it out since they were able to before.
puffin works great for most but not all sites.
and It's also the only one that allows you to stream a tv channel in one tab while browsing in another.
on all the others the stream stops unless the tab it's in is on top.
photon also has server based flash but you got to pay an annual subscription with them for that.
(correction: free with ads. subscription to get rid of ads. and some sites that don't work on puffin
work on photon. It also works with the streaming tab in the background)
why would you want a streaming window in the background? so you can listen to
various news streams playing in the background tab, or youtube, while browsing in the foreground tab.
android is useless to me without flash in one way or another.
No idea why if it can be included in chrome os it can't be included in chrome on android since
newer android phones are running more powerful processors than most chromebooks.
bobaka said:
flash was working fine in Firefox, Photon, and Maxthon on nexus 4 and 4.3.
doesn't work on any of them today after updating to 4.4
hoping browser developers will be able to figure it out since they were able to before.
puffin works great for most but not all sites.
and It's also the only one that allows you to stream a tv channel in one tab while browsing in another.
on all the others the stream stops unless the tab it's in is on top.
photon also has server based flash but you got to pay an annual subscription with them for that.
(correction: free with ads. subscription to get rid of ads. and some sites that don't work on puffin
work on photon. It also works with the streaming tab in the background)
why would you want a streaming window in the background? so you can listen to
various news streams playing in the background tab, or youtube, while browsing in the foreground tab.
android is useless to me without flash in one way or another.
No idea why if it can be included in chrome os it can't be included in chrome on android since
newer android phones are running more powerful processors than most chromebooks.
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I'm with you on this one
Rolled back to 4.3 and blocked OTA on my Nexus until (hopefully!) someone finds a workround
V disappointed with 4.4 - not worth the effort for me.
flash is working fine for me, i use lastest firefox, and phony extension, and latest flash from that xda link
its good for viewing www.hockeyfights.com videos

[Q] Decent Launchers

Not finding much launchers for my ugoos um2.
Anyone have any solutions?
Also has anyone had any luck with getting YouTube lean back working so that I can queue videos with my android device to the TV stick.
Utorrent would be nice if I could queue files from my android mobile to the TV stick also. Anyone got this working?
Thanks
Steven
shenery said:
Not finding much launchers for my ugoos um2.
Anyone have any solutions? Also has anyone had any luck with getting YouTube lean back working so that I can queue videos with my android device to the TV stick. Utorrent would be nice if I could queue files from my android mobile to the TV stick also. Anyone got this working? Thanks.
Steven
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launchers...
Can you please describe this problem further? When I search for home screens or launchers in google play store, I get 2 or 3 that seem good for display on televisions such as this one "TVLauncher". Is this what you are talking about?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.awe.dev.pro.tv&hl=en
YouTube leanback... Utorrent...
I'm not sure if apps in one android device can control another android device the way you want... Maybe if the control device runs the app, while the other device to be controlled runs a browser in 'desktop' mode (not Chrome) and browses to an appropriate web address such as youtube.com/leanback or remote.utorrent.com but this seems awkward. So basically I recommend to try a remote control app that is designed for android-to-android control, such as "Tablet Remote".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tournesol.tabletremote&hl=en
Whatever happens, I recommend to opt-in for HTML5 player in youtube.com/html5 so as to minimize use of Flash player. Otherwise, install Flash player app on all android devices that will play youtube and other online videos.
Cheers.
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