newbie here..
is it possible to transfer movie previously dnwloaded frm PC and transfer it to the SD card and then play it via transformer??
what format does Asus tranformer support?
Download myplayer and the 7codac and it will play pretty much anything. but dont go above 720p or it has issues
Playback support will vary by player app
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I recently bought an eee pad transformer hoping to use it to watch movies on trips with the dock. However after buying a movie on amazon, and transferring it to a microsd, i found that it won't play on the eee pad. Is there anything I can do to make it compatible, or any other options for playing movies on the eee pad?
I would really appreciate any help.
look in the android market for movie players, and try to find one compatible with the format your movie is in.
what's format about the amazon movie?
I'm not completely sure about this but I don't think you can play media from your microsd card since that is a feature of android 3.2. Just transfer the movie to the transformer's internal memory and it should work. If it's not in the right format, check out moboplayer, it supports a large variety of formats
It's likely a DRM issue - amazon adds drm to their movie files to ensure you do in fact own that file before you can play it - thats why you need to use their client to download them...
abremel said:
It's likely a DRM issue - amazon adds drm to their movie files to ensure you do in fact own that file before you can play it - thats why you need to use their client to download them...
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This is correct.
Also, note about above that you can play content from the SD card prior to 3.2.
I just got my Transformer and I started to download some of my movies to the MicroSD. Alot of the movies that I tried to download wouldnt even download. I kept getting an error saying this device doesnt support WMV or MP4 format. And it stopped the download. I know these movies work on android because I watch them on my Inspire. Do I need to download an aftermarket movie player?
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I just got my Transformer and I started to download some of my movies to the MicroSD. Alot of the movies that I tried to download wouldnt even download. I kept getting an error saying this device doesnt support WMV or MP4 format. And it stopped the download. I know these movies work on android because I watch them on my Inspire. Do I need to download an aftermarket movie player?
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Don't just think that "it works on Android because it works on this or that model". If that were the case, mkv would be supported since Froyo, considering the stock player in the Galaxy Tab had no problem with them.
However your issue seems more simple than that! Try another browser, it might fix it. Also the two best video players for Android are Dice Player and MX Player. First isn't free but is awesomer.
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if you are on win 7 then a message should pop up that has an option "Copy anyways" just click that
How are you trying to download them? What browser are you using and where are you trying to download from? If you mean your just trying to copy files over from your computer to the Transformer then as mrevankyle stated the warning should still give you the option to copy over your files regardless if it will play or not. If your trying to download from the internet then you might want to try something like a torrent app to download your movies as it's a dedicated downloading app.
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 all my movies ripped onto my hard drive in .mkv format using MakeMKV. I just got the Infinity TF700 and am using HandBrake to convert to .mp4 so they play on my TF700.
Curious has anyone figured out the optimal settings in HandBrake to convert a .mkv to .mp4 for play on the TF700? All the guides I've seen that detail settings are specific to the TF101 or TF201, and while they work and the files play fine, with the TF700 having a higher resolution I figured the settings would need to be tweaked slightly for more optimal display on the TF700 screen.
Part of the reason I'm converting using Handbrake is because of the smaller file size, as well as I'm having problems transferring .mkv over to my tablet via USB (and no I don't have DivX installed, so that isn't to blame), but it works fine once the file is .mp4.
I'm using MXPlayer..MKV play great. I can choose subs, and audio tracks, etc. I've been using mxplayer for so long I actually purchased mxplayer pro.
But u can go with the free version unless u decided to go pro too.
I'm an anime geek. So I get original Japanese content all the time.
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I'm using MXPlayer..MKV play great. I can choose subs, and audio tracks, etc. I've been using mxplayer for so long I actually purchased mxplayer pro.
But u can go with the free version unless u decided to go pro too.
I'm an anime geek. So I get original Japanese content all the time.
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The problem I'm experiencing is I don't have a micro SD card yet, so for the time being am transferring movies to the tablet over USB. When I try to copy/paste any .mkv file over to the tablet it fails every time. I've read some people this is because of having DivX installed, however I don't have this installed so that's not my problem. The other problem is my blu ray movies are uncompressed and some are over 30 GB. So to allow more movies on my tablet I run them through Handbrake to shrink them down somewhat in size. Also, I have no problems copying/pasting .mp4 files through windows explorer in Windows 7.
you don't need to convert mp4 into mkv?
been watching my m4v (basically same thing as mp4 with a bit a difference) and never had a problem. I believe the built-in camera app shoots videos and saves them as mp4
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you don't need to convert mp4 into mkv?
been watching my m4v (basically same thing as mp4 with a bit a difference) and never had a problem. I believe the built-in camera app shoots videos and saves them as mp4
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I have all my movies in .mkv for my HTPC and are unaltered quality, so non compressed. So all my movies are already ripped onto my hard drive in .mkv format for my HDTV, however because they are uncompressed file size is large.
So for movies I want to watch on my tablet, I'm taking those .mkv's and using Handbrake to compress them and convert to .mp4. That way I can have several of my HD movies (over 20GB each in .mkv format) on my tablet. If I just copied over the .mkv, which won't work as it errors out, I could only have 1 movie on my 32GB tablet.
If you guys into movies and blue ray quality as such, best bet is get a mini portable hard drive and plug it to your dock or buy a usb adaptor if you don't have a dock. It's a lot cheaper than sdcard and all the hasle of converting and compressing. 1Tb is about $60-70$ on amazon and you can move it around easily. Just a suggestion.
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If you guys into movies and blue ray quality as such, best bet is get a mini portable hard drive and plug it to your dock or buy a usb adaptor if you don't have a dock. It's a lot cheaper than sdcard and all the hasle of converting and compressing. 1Tb is about $60-70$ on amazon and you can move it around easily. Just a suggestion.
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+ 1 on this approach. I have been running uncompressed .mkv to my big screen via HDMI from an old terabyte brick of an external drive via the USB with no lag or stutter. Takes to long to transfer them onto the TF700 and I can never find that tiny USB adapter for my microSD card. Tiny is cool and all but do they have to design those frigging adapters to disappear every other time you use them?
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I've got all my movies ripped onto my hard drive in .mkv format using MakeMKV. I just got the Infinity TF700 and am using HandBrake to convert to .mp4 so they play on my TF700.
Curious has anyone figured out the optimal settings in HandBrake to convert a .mkv to .mp4 for play on the TF700? All the guides I've seen that detail settings are specific to the TF101 or TF201, and while they work and the files play fine, with the TF700 having a higher resolution I figured the settings would need to be tweaked slightly for more optimal display on the TF700 screen.
Part of the reason I'm converting using Handbrake is because of the smaller file size, as well as I'm having problems transferring .mkv over to my tablet via USB (and no I don't have DivX installed, so that isn't to blame), but it works fine once the file is .mp4.
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Get DVD Catalyst at http://www.tools4movies.com/
It's on sale right now for $9.95
The program has built-In profiles for just about ANY device you can think of including at least half a dozen profiles for the TF700. Which one you use simply depends on what sort of final quality you want to see. I've used it to make smaller files for the TF201. TF700, iPad2, iPhone 3, 4, 5, WD TV Live, etc.....
Paying for software isn't a good solution if u ask me. Why buy what u could do for free? Then again, if u are not a techy and not comfortable with linux, cli, or even learning about bit rates, compression, ect. Buying software may be ur better option. Software will become obsolete and $10 wasted, but knowledge to do it yourself it much more valuable and cheaper on it pocket book plus u won't have to worry if it will work on win8 (which is probably NOT as win8 has issues with optical drive software such as burning and ripping software and isn't fully backward compatible to xp and 7 applications).
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I use freemake to convert my files
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Hello,
Recently came across XBMC for streaming media content. Works pretty good on the TF700. Just wondering what everyone is using these days for their movie/tv show streaming?
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I use FX file explorer to get to the file then MX player to stream.
I would prefer xbmc if it wasn't a battery hog and had a way to prevent inadvertent screen touches. MX player has that feature.
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
I use Plex and the usual steaming apps like Netflix, Hulu and Crackle.
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BS player is a pretty good choice for streaming via local media server.
es file exlorer - fav free
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fx file explorer - fav $
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dice player - fav & free ...
AW: What are you using to stream tv shows / movies?
i have PC with SageTV running as central TVServer for recordings.
Unfortunately those recordings are stored with strange naming-convention and are spread over several drives and folders. This makes it quite complicated to stream seamless.
So there are two ways i use to watch those TVrecordings to my TF700
1. use SageTV-app for android to browse & download and then play with MXPlayer
2. use splashtopHD to connect on the serverdesktop and directly stream the remote-desktop. That works pretty well in good quality and without stuttering if wifi-connection is in good shape.
I have also tried plex-server and android-client, but i don´t like the android-client of plex
Watching live-tv is done using Dreambox with enigma2 and approprite android-app to browse epg & stream.
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I am using a straight SMB share from windows, bsplayer gives me smooth play with a 10GB+ BRrip. May have something to do with my beam steering wifi router, but I get great, smooth video on wifi.