Hi all, so here is my situation:
I have a new Xyboard 8.2, and with the MX Video Player I can play 720p MKVs perfectly fine, as long as they are stored on the tablet itself. However, if I want to play the 720p MKV by streaming it off of my computer, therein lies a few problems. I am using TVMobili as the dLNA server on my computer, and I've not had any problems with it for other dLNA devices, such as a WDTV Live. However no matter which dLNA browser I try to browse/use to play, I can see my files, but when I try to play I either get a cannot play message or audio but no video. Does any one have any suggestions such that I can stream via dLNA (or some other means) and play these 720p MKVs with audio and video?
Plex media server with the plex app for android works like a charm on my Xoom.
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Thanks for the tip, will check it out. I actually ended up ditching the dLNA route and going with the MotoCAST server/app that motorola was touting for this device, and it works quite well actually. I am not sure (actually, I think it does) if it employs dLNA technologies, but it is quite seamless. May try the PLEX route to see if the video/audio quality is any better.
For plex there is actually an option to change the streaming quality.
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Plex works well, but bsplayer with native lan support baked into it works better locally.
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For a tablet side fix rather than server, try using ES File Explorer to browse to the SMB fileshare on your PC rather than DLNA. You'll then be able to stream straight from the PC.
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On iDevices there is an App called Air Video Server which is a neat s/w to stream videos from PC to iDevice over Wifi/3G
So is there any simple way to stream videos(any video format like mkv, avi, .mov ) from PC to Inspire atleast on Wifi?
"any video format" is tough but using playon and vlc works for me. Also gets you the ability to stream hulu, netflix, etc.
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"any video format" is tough but using playon and vlc works for me. Also gets you the ability to stream hulu, netflix, etc.
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Any video format meaning mkv, avi , .mov
Do you install playon on phone and vlc on PC? Is there a step by step guide?
Playon is installed on the PC and phone, vlc on computer. Go to playon site for instructions. The software is not free but they have a trial period to make sure it will do what you want. They say that using vlc to stream within playon is beta but I haven't had any issues with it. Works great for streaming to a roku box and wifi blue ray player as well.
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I am running Serviio on Ubuntu 11.04, and the Transformer is seeing it in MyNet. I can browse pictures and listen to music. But I can't play any AVIs. Does anybody have a profile for Serviio that works with the device? If so, please post the XML section.
BTW, my XBox 360 sees Serviio and plays the pictures, music and AVIs perfectly.
I believe it's because of the native video app. Many people suggest using a combination of UPnPlay + Moboplayer or using Plex. I'm currently using the former and it works well for me. I'm using a ReadyNAS to host all my media.
This is the one thing I do enjoy about my Captivate is the native DLNA app and its ability to play a variety of videos.
Yup. Upnp + Moboplayer plays my AVIs. Thanks!
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Yup. Upnp + Moboplayer plays my AVIs. Thanks!
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No problem. I'm glad it worked for you too.
So i was a big fan of Air Video on the ipad, thought I would look for something similar for android.
Came across an app called Emit. Works awesome. Flawless transcoding from your PC to the Fire. Highly recommended if you want to watch your movie collection on the fire with out having to run it all through handbrake for the right codec.
Quick setup and it just works.
gonna give it a try thank u
http://www.skifta.com/ offers something similar, for free.
I hate using transcoding, it jacks up the temps of my MacMini server 20 to 50 degrees! So I started converting all my videos to mp4s using ffmpeg and some Ruby scripts I wrote. Works a lot better and I can fast forward and backwards without any lag.
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I've been using UPnPlay to connect to PS3 Media Server on my Mac (it's cross platform) and then MX Player to view the videos. Works perfect. No transcoding icky stuff on the mac side. It's been playing MP4, AVI, MKV stuff just fine. Although some containers\codecs with 720p video don't play smoothly on the fire.
I have a bunch of videos that I have converted to mp4 with Handbrake for playing on my Roku via Roksbox. This requires an Apache server so I can play the same videos though my wifi network on my Fire and Thunderbolt as well as 4G on my Tbolt. Not to mention any computer through Chrome. Everytime I buy a DVD I just rip it any put it away, rarely ever use the dvd player.
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I second emit, it uses very little of my Pc resources while giving me very crisp video... match it with my wifi ap on my phone, instant hidef movies anywhere I go, on any android device
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Hey everyone. I recently bought a Nexus 10, only to find out that it can't play 720p, let alone 1080p mkv video files with hardware acceleration. So I've been looking into using the TF700 for playing video files shared over my local network. Does anyone have any experience with this? How does the TF700 handle 1080p mkv files? I've used BSPlayer on the N10, but I want to be able to actually watch 1080p videos. Thanks!
I use MX Player Pro because it's HW+ mode handles 1080p hi10 MKV videos; However, I typically copy files over before playing. I suppose as long as the connection is good enough you could use CIFS manager (Needs root, maybe additional drivers) to map the network share so that the tablet only sees it as another local folder if it's not able to play them through a network browser like ES file explorer.
ive watched 1080p videos from my PC using BS Player on my device. what was the issue?
I've been looking for the best way to setup the tf700t to play movies from my pc. Most seem to be a bit laggy or the sound goes out of sync. Is it due to the tf700t not having dual band capability? Is that something an update later on could fix, or is it hardware? Any advice you all have would be great. The fastest connection I get to my router is 65mbps, is that enough for HD videos?
Here is a vid of me streaming HD from my local network to my tablet. No lags or desyncs. I use cleanrom 2.7.2 and clemsyns 1.3.1.5 kernel. The BS Player is the only player that works for that :/
There must be an issue with your setup.
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I've been looking for the best way to setup the tf700t to play movies from my pc. Most seem to be a bit laggy or the sound goes out of sync. Is it due to the tf700t not having dual band capability? Is that something an update later on could fix, or is it hardware? Any advice you all have would be great. The fastest connection I get to my router is 65mbps, is that enough for HD videos?
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i have no issues streaming mkv from BS player. Sound syncs perfectly. I also have 65mbps
Hi,
I`ve found not only player is important.
Using normal ROM (rooted but not unlocked) I use Built-In player to play HD content. Also good choice will me MX Player.
Found some sync and delay issues but I know reason now...
It was not player issue, guilty was application with SMB/CIFS support.
Using now Solid Explorer Beta2 (v1.4.0 - last cracked version with license activation .apk file ---> available to download through BlackMarket apk
SMB or CIFS works great, all sync problems gone now, plays 1080p with high bitrate with no prob
Interesting, my TF700 is as stock as it comes (stock rom, no root), and I'm not able to play any 1080p mkv's over wifi (yes, connected @ 65mbps).
The combo Wifi + ES File Exporer + BS Player (HW decode modus) works for files up to 720p, but not for 1080p (not even 6gig files).
I'll give Solid Explorer a try (there's a 14-day trial version in the Play store) and see if that solves anything..
Ofcourse it plays the same files just fine from internal memory or (micro)SD card, it has the power.
If there are any more tips, I'd like to hear them for streaming 1080p mkv's Not quite ready to root although CIFS maanger would make life easier, won't it?
You can watch with bsplayer, it handles mkv files, i watched battleship in 1080p so it does work
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i watched battleship in 1080p so it does work
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Over wifi?
I stream my re-encoded blurays in 1080p x264 mkv format with DTS, subtitle tracks and whatnot all over my network to laptops, mediaplayers, wired and wireless..
So I think it's not my network or my wireless router and/or my two other access points (objective was maximum wifi-speeds coverage in entire house).
I tried l3v's suggestion to access my files on the NAS with Solid Explorer instead of ES File Explorer and stream again using BS Player, but unfortunately no difference in jerkyness and framedrops when using ES File Explorer..
Maybe I should be looking at BS player settings (or perhaps WIFI settings)? Anyone care to share or are you just using default settings?
So I'm not sure what makes others stream without issues and I can't (but all other devices in the house can)... Kind of annoys me, makes me jealous :silly:
:good::good: for Dice Player, and VLC for my backup!
I use ES for all my everyday share access and Cleanrom ( even on ICS with Zeus worked nice! )
try that combo
Based in my experience with devices way slower than TF700 (so my experience might not translate), I've found it much easier to share my videos through a web site set up with IIS (Internet Information Server) which is free in many versions of Windows. MX Player handles http with ease (even for fast seeking), no username/password required (although supported), and http is a much better streaming protocol than SMB (Windows share), so if your network is slow or has many collisions it will perform a little better. If your Windows version doesn't include IIS, you can download XAMP (free) or better yet Cherokee (google cherokee web server), which is fast and lightweight.
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SMB is highly un-optimized on android, It;s all going to depend on your bitrate(not your resolution). DLNA is a far more efficient mechanism for streaming on android.
If you are trying to stream full bitrate Blu-ray content I would avoid SMB.
I am looking through the mynet app and there is a dlna section but it doesn't see my xbox 360, it only sees my WD player. How can I connect my TF101 to the xbox 360. I want to stream videos over the air. I know dlna is very limited for formats, but so is my xbox, so it's no big deal - unless someone can recommend and app that will let me hook up my TF101 to my xbox and allow me to play more formats
Thanks guys
Try UPnPlay
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cx.hoohol.silanoid
In combination with MX Player
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
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There is ArkMC application which supports almost any file format. If Xbox support some file - ArkMC supports this file for sure!
Unfortunately neither Mynet, upnplay, or arkmc can see my xbox 360.... I configured my xbox to play videos from incoming devices btw....maybe I have to open a port?
Hmmm it seems upnplay finds my xbox but I can't play videos because the xbox is limited to mpg and wmv...... Too bad, I was really hoping for an epic dlna device
Bubbleupnp works great for music, never tried videos though
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