I have tried several players with no luck streaming a .avi file from dropbox. Has anyone had any success in doing this?
u cant stream only download
Can you stream media from any of the cloud sources
Hey, so I ran across this post today because I was trying to do the same thing. It took me a while, but I think I may have figured it out.
Go to the play store and download these two:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anttek.explorer&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anttek.remote.cloud&hl=en
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Sign in on the Drop Box client in the Anttek (on the top left of the application: click on device, select cloud , and then Dropbox)
From there pick the file and play!
I tested it with Mx Player, Mobo Player, and VLC Beta player. Worked on all of them perfectly, Mx Player took a while but VLC player Beta Player worked like "butter" on some Jelly beans haha ;-)
My phone: HTC Sensation
My Rom: Virtuous Eclipse
Android 4.03
HTC Sense 4.0
I hope this works!! Good Luck my fellow Android user!
no jacking off tonight :laugh:
That is a genius workaround. I'll definitely be using that since I have unlimited LTE. Thanks.
I downloaded the two apps that you suggested and I also downloaded the vlc direct pro free app, but when I try to open a video file using the file explorer it says the file size is too large to open directly. Can you upload a full length movie to dropbox and then try your method to see if it still works?
Is dropbox the only cloud storage with this issue or can you stream avi's from google drive?
You should be able to start downloading any video file from most hosting services and immediately be able to play it in your video player of choice (I use DicePlayer). Then when you are finished watching the video, you can delete the file after.
At least this is what works best for me...
UMGixxer said:
I downloaded the two apps that you suggested and I also downloaded the vlc direct pro free app, but when I try to open a video file using the file explorer it says the file size is too large to open directly. Can you upload a full length movie to dropbox and then try your method to see if it still works?
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UMGixxer, I figured it out.... Go to dropbox app, rename the video to .flv. For example. ToyStory3.MPV may not play, but ToyStory3.FLV will play... Tell me if this works!!
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JellyBeaner said:
That is a genius workaround. I'll definitely be using that since I have unlimited LTE. Thanks.
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My pleasure bro! Hopes it works for you dude!!
Well I downloaded another media player "mx player" and it worked fine, I think I didnt have the actual vlc player that i was trying to use. But I wonder if your method will work with the stock media player.
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Well I downloaded another media player "mx player" and it worked fine, I think I didnt have the actual vlc player that i was trying to use. But I wonder if your method will work with the stock media player.
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Good question, I havent tried it. But then again, I never use the stock media player...
You can do this in ES File Explorer as well, just by linking it to your Dropbox account. You do need a media player that will play the formats you've got on Dropbox--MX Player works well for me.
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hey guys, i have some full family guy episodes (~200 mbs) that i wanna put on my dash. when i sync them through windows media player on my desktop, it converts them to .wmv to make them about ~25 mbs. however, now i cant play them on my tcpmp player. when i try to open it gives me 2 error messages:
Player: Audio codec (windows media audio) not supported by player
Player: video codec (windows media video 9) not supported by player.
any help would be helpful... and yes i did go to file associations and make sure that .wmv is checked off, thanks
omar
omaralt said:
hey guys, i have some full family guy episodes (~200 mbs) that i wanna put on my dash. when i sync them through windows media player on my desktop, it converts them to .wmv to make them about ~25 mbs. however, now i cant play them on my tcpmp player. when i try to open it gives me 2 error messages:
Player: Audio codec (windows media audio) not supported by player
Player: video codec (windows media video 9) not supported by player.
any help would be helpful... and yes i did go to file associations and make sure that .wmv is checked off, thanks
omar
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you are having the same issue i had once with the older version download this zip extract it and copy the files to the windows directory of your phone the reboot ftp://[email protected]/Prophet/Prophet-tools/WM5_WMV9_Codecs.zip
hey thanks, but the link doesnt work...
omaralt said:
hey thanks, but the link doesnt work...
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you need to input the password which is xda
there is no place for me to put a password??? it just tells me the page cannot be displayed...
omaralt said:
there is no place for me to put a password??? it just tells me the page cannot be displayed...
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what browser are you using???
by the way do this on your computer not phone!!
i know, doing it on comp, using IE6
soo weird, worked through firefox, didnt through ie6.....thanks for the files btw
omaralt said:
soo weird, worked through firefox, didnt through ie6.....thanks for the files btw
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no problem
If I where to connect via my Dash's FTP client what should I enter to connect?laptop is busted ,sorry.
Try This
core player now plays wmv thanks to you
core player now plays wmv thanks to you.
whereever you have installed your core player just put the files below into and heypresto your up and running - saving lots of time batch converting etc..
Remember you may not see the files in the device window as they are hidden files... if you want to see them I am sure you know what to do...
Jay
perfect thank you!
hi
i am new to motorola q...and i have experience the same issue with my tcpm playing wma files....i´ve tried the link but the password doest work anymore..can i have a new link or a new password?...tks
Error 530 login incorect
BRILLIANT!!!
Thank for the fix. I have tried numerous files, but this was the one. Good job!
I have Rock Player installed, and I can see my Windows Home Server on the phone. I have lots of video on there, some in AVI and some in MKV. AllShare doesn't recognize the MKV files, only AVI files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have Rock Player installed, and I can see my Windows Home Server on the phone. I have lots of video on there, some in AVI and some in MKV. AllShare doesn't recognize the MKV files, only AVI files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't think there is anything you can do. AllShare won't play WTV or DVR-MS either and these are Native recordings on Windows Media Center.
Until Samsung publishes some specs we won't know what is supported.
The only solution i have see is to find a DLNA server software package that can transcode on the fly. There are 30 or so different ones, and some are free but i have not ventured down this path yet.
Try the vlc streamer app from the market, plus vlc player on your pc. Works beautifuly once you have everything configured right.
This transcodes on the fly, so you can play pretty much anything.
Thanks alphadog. I'll look into DLNA software for my server.
jsmith8858 said:
Try the vlc streamer app from the market, plus vlc player on your pc. Works beautifuly once you have everything configured right.
This transcodes on the fly, so you can play pretty much anything.
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That does sound promising, but I don't always have my laptop turned on in order to play the media. That is the appeal to AllShare was. I could stream music or a movie with out having to use my laptop.
Will VLC Stream and Convert work for you? It's able to connect to VLC running on a PC and tell it to stream and trasncode on the fly to the Captivate.
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Will VLC Stream and Convert work for you? It's able to connect to VLC running on a PC and tell it to stream and trasncode on the fly to the Captivate.
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I guess if I install it on the server itself, it should work. Not sure why I didn't think about that when jsmith recommended it.
I think I know why it isn't working. I using my home server mostly as a file share and a way to do automatic backups of my laptops. So there are no codecs or software installed on the server to play the files. I bet if I install vlc and the cccp codec pack it will work. And if not, I can try the vlc streaming app.
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I think I know why it isn't working. I using my home server mostly as a file share and a way to do automatic backups of my laptops. So there are no codecs or software installed on the server to play the files. I bet if I install vlc and the cccp codec pack it will work. And if not, I can try the vlc streaming app.
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I wish you luck, but I don't think installing codecs on the server will affect what the phone plays. My machine plays every file under the sun, but the phone will only play certain file types - that is why something needs to transcode on the server to a format the phone will understand.
VLC or some DLNA server that will do this on the server side is a good way to go.
But I don't want to discourage you - let us know how your tests go.
la fours said:
I think I know why it isn't working. I using my home server mostly as a file share and a way to do automatic backups of my laptops. So there are no codecs or software installed on the server to play the files. I bet if I install vlc and the cccp codec pack it will work. And if not, I can try the vlc streaming app.
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Sorry for my message earlier echoing the poster above me. didn't see it show up as I was preparing mine. Vlc doesn't require additional codecs to be installed. So it should work as long as you are able to install onto your server.
Yeah, just install vlc on your server, and as long as you have everything configured properly you should be fine.
Thanks everyone. Hopefully this weekend I will get a minute to look into this more and try it out. I will be sure to let you all know how it works out for me.
My fiancee has an iPhone 4, and the other day sent me a video by email.
The file came over as a .mov file - which I couldn't play.
I had a search, and I read that RockPlayer played .mov files on Android, so I downloaded the demo. It gave me an error when trying to play.
I thought it was maybe because the video had been edited in the iPhones iMovie - so I had her send me another one that wasn't edited.
It produced the same problem.
Has anyone successfully managed to play a .mov file from an iPhone 4 - and what program did they use?
I'm trying to play them on an HTC Desire HD if that makes a difference?
rockplayer 1.6.1 works
Hey there,
I've used Rockplayer 1.6.1 - the full version, and it plays a 2MB clip from an iPhone4 user's email. My issue is that I'd love to permanently associate rockplayer with the filetype in Root Explorer.
I also find that 'opening' the file directly from the mail client is a no-go. I only got it to work after saving, then using RPlayer to navigate to the file.
good luck!
edit: and I just noticed - I have the same phone, Telus edition in Canada, unlocked, rooted on RCmixHD ROM 6.1.0.1
Same problem with iPhone messages
I downloaded rockplayer (lite) and meridian, neither play .mov from an email attachment. I also don't see a way to save the video attachment locally. How are you able to do this?
Using a new Nexus S.
Thanks
Shannon
download mov
OK. I downloaded an app called "Download All Files" from the Market. Now I can click an attachment, choose download, and it gets saved to my downloads. Then, I use Rockplayer lite to browse to Downloads, and play the file. Note: I had to choose software decoding in rockplayer.
Hope this info is useful.
I was able to play mov files from iphone 4 in my experia arc using free app mobo player
Try Real Player for android.
the best app i found for this is "MX Video Player"
jnicks510 said:
the best app i found for this is "MX Video Player"
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I can confirm MX Player works flawlessly for this purpose. None of the rest of players suggested in this thread worked, however.
I have some avi movies in my dropbox folder.
Is there any way I can play them on my hos directly from dropbox?
bobsie41 said:
I have some avi movies in my dropbox folder.
Is there any way I can play them on my hos directly from dropbox?
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I think there is a way but im not sure it will work.
Download Bs-player from the play store. once its downloaded go on dropbox and click the avi video you want to play, it will ask you what player you want to play it on. select bs player and it should work.
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I think there is a way but im not sure it will work.
Download Bs-player from the play store. once its downloaded go on dropbox and click the avi video you want to play, it will ask you what player you want to play it on. select bs player and it should work.
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I've tried many players which claim to play avi but none are able to open avi files directly from my dropbox despite being prompted as to which program I would like to open them with.
I am able to play these files in the same way on my nexus 7 seemlessly.
Any ideas anybody?
Just got a Nexus 5x and when I select a video file (total commander + samba) I don't see MX player in the list of applications. Not sure if this is MX player's fault or if it's something else.
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Just got a Nexus 5x and when I select a video file (total commander + samba) I don't see MX player in the list of applications. Not sure if this is MX player's fault or if it's something else.
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... just to be clear with what you are saying, you are using a file browser app on Android, navigating to an SMB share, and when selecting a video on the SMB then MX is not offered as a playback option?
May want to first check your device app defaults then.
I'm having either the same issue or a similar one. Everything works fine on my Nexus 7, but this is a problem on my Nexus 5X. If I select files with certain extensions from network locations, MX Player is not listed in the "Open with" popup where you select the app you want to open the file with. Only Media Viewer and Podcast Addict are listed in this pop-up. Trying different file types out, MX Player is listed if I select an mpg or wmv file, but not avi and mp4. I'm selecting the file in an app that let's me browse files on my NAS. If I save the video locally on my phone, there is no problem when I select the local copy, MX Player is listed in the "Open with" pop-up. When the file is still on the NAS, I think the format of the link it's trying to open is hxxp://192.168.X.X:XXXX/Folder/filename.mp4 where hxxp is replaced with http (forum rules don't allow new accounts to post links).
It's weird that I have the exact same setup, apps, OS version, files, network, etc. on my Nexus 7 and everything works fine. The same setup also worked previously on my Nexus 5. I've had this problem since I got my 5X, which was shortly after the phone was released.
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I'm having either the same issue or a similar one. Everything works fine on my Nexus 7, but this is a problem on my Nexus 5X. If I select files with certain extensions from network locations, MX Player is not listed in the "Open with" popup where you select the app you want to open the file with. Only Media Viewer and Podcast Addict are listed in this pop-up. Trying different file types out, MX Player is listed if I select an mpg or wmv file, but not avi and mp4. I'm selecting the file in an app that let's me browse files on my NAS. If I save the video locally on my phone, there is no problem when I select the local copy, MX Player is listed in the "Open with" pop-up. When the file is still on the NAS, I think the format of the link it's trying to open is hxxp://192.168.X.X:XXXX/Folder/filename.mp4 where hxxp is replaced with http (forum rules don't allow new accounts to post links).
It's weird that I have the exact same setup, apps, OS version, files, network, etc. on my Nexus 7 and everything works fine. The same setup also worked previously on my Nexus 5. I've had this problem since I got my 5X, which was shortly after the phone was released.
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The issue might be only on marshmallow.
Can you check the actual url forwarded through any other app available in openwith list?
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ktsamy said:
The issue might be only on marshmallow.
Can you check the actual url forwarded through any other app available in openwith list?
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I'm not sure it has anything to do with it being Marshmallow, because I have Marshmallow on my Nexus 7 where everything seems to work OK. I'm not sure how to check to see what the URL is with the other apps. I was only guessing the URL with the NAS app because there's a "share" feature in that app where it lets me share the file with a friend and it displays the http URL I posted when I do that.
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I'm not sure it has anything to do with it being Marshmallow, because I have Marshmallow on my Nexus 7 where everything seems to work OK. I'm not sure how to check to see what the URL is with the other apps. I was only guessing the URL with the NAS app because there's a "share" feature in that app where it lets me share the file with a friend and it displays the http URL I posted when I do that.
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That's strange.
Just open mpg or mkv which can be opened in MX Player. Then check the properties in mxplayer. The URL pattern will be similar to that only except change in file/directory name.
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ktsamy said:
That's strange.
Just open mpg or mkv which can be opened in MX Player. Then check the properties in mxplayer. The URL pattern will be similar to that only except change in file/directory name.
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I opened a MKV file and the path is pretty much the same as I said previously, but ends with "...mvk?_basic=lotsofletters=".
Playing around with it now again, I notice that even though I have VLC installed on my phone, it also does not show up in the "Open with" pop-up for the same file extensions that MX Player is missing for. It seems like my phone is just handling files with those extensions strangely. I think the apps that are listed in this pop-up are determined by the "App links" assigned by each app. In the list of apps' "App links" in my phone settings, MX Player and VLC both only list "*". I looked up Podcast Addict since that app is listed in the "Open with" screen for AVI files, and that has about 10 or so youtube and soundcloud URLs, but also "*". It never single-outs AVI files specifically. This whole thing just confuses me. I think it's just a bizarre bug with the Nexus 5X.
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I opened a MKV file and the path is pretty much the same as I said previously, but ends with "...mvk?_basic=lotsofletters=".
Playing around with it now again, I notice that even though I have VLC installed on my phone, it also does not show up in the "Open with" pop-up for the same file extensions that MX Player is missing for. It seems like my phone is just handling files with those extensions strangely. I think the apps that are listed in this pop-up are determined by the "App links" assigned by each app. In the list of apps' "App links" in my phone settings, MX Player and VLC both only list "*". I looked up Podcast Addict since that app is listed in the "Open with" screen for AVI files, and that has about 10 or so youtube and soundcloud URLs, but also "*". It never single-outs AVI files specifically. This whole thing just confuses me. I think it's just a bizarre bug with the Nexus 5X.
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But, still wonder how it was working in Nexus 7 with marshmallow. Probably you might have changed anything in app link settings
I don't have a device with marshmallow. I will forward the issue to the developer. He may find some workarounds.
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BTW, can you tell me which apps are available in the pop list for avi? I will check the manifests. There might be some clue.
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But, still wonder how it was working in Nexus 7 with marshmallow. Probably you might have changed anything in app link settings
I don't have a device with marshmallow. I will forward the issue to the developer. He may find some workarounds.
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BTW, can you tell me which apps are available in the pop list for avi? I will check the manifests. There might be some clue.
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Hahah, well, things just got weirder. I was about to reply to your post and went to double check that only "Media Viewer" and "Podcast Addict" were showing in the "Open with" pop-up, but now... everything works fine. MX Player and VLC both show up when I select AVIs and MP4s. Maybe when I was tinkering around in the App Links section I changed some setting? Or maybe just looking at them "woke" the phone up somehow? I have no idea. I don't recall ever doing anything with the settings on the Nexus 7, either, but who knows. I think everything is fine now.
I had to get my phone repaired and got it back today. Surprisingly it works now. I can select MX player from Total Commander when I click a video file. Only problem now is that MX player doesn't see any subtitles. It works from ES file explorer, but not from Total Commander. It's over samba btw
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I had to get my phone repaired and got it back today. Surprisingly it works now. I can select MX player from Total Commander when I click a video file. Only problem now is that MX player doesn't see any subtitles. It works from ES file explorer, but not from Total Commander. It's over samba btw
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When MX Player gets a remote URL it will try to find the subtitle with the same name in assumption. When the local host denies or returrns with 404, it may not show the subtitles. Either Total commander has to fix the issue or you have to wait till mx player gets native SMB support.
Yes it does indeed seem to do that. I just tested a video that had a subtitle with the same filename and it works. It doesn't work however with subtitles that have language codes in them like video.en.srt. This did work with ES file explorer.
I seem to have the same issue as the OP: playing a video file from samba or FTP (tested with Solid Explorer and ES File Explorer) only returns the default Video Player app and nothing else.
This is true at least for files having wmv or mp4 file extensions. Avi or mkv files can be opened by MX Player, VLC player and Yatse, which should actually work with all kind of video files.
I checked the "App links" section in the settings, and MX Player and VLC are defined as being able to open * links and have all permissions set.
This is on my Moto X 2014, which worked as expected in Lollipop.
Any idea what I could check to fix the issue?
Thanks
Zelgadis87 said:
I seem to have the same issue as the OP: playing a video file from samba or FTP (tested with Solid Explorer and ES File Explorer) only returns the default Video Player app and nothing else.
This is true at least for files having wmv or mp4 file extensions. Avi or mkv files can be opened by MX Player, VLC player and Yatse, which should actually work with all kind of video files.
I checked the "App links" section in the settings, and MX Player and VLC are defined as being able to open * links and have all permissions set.
This is on my Moto X 2014, which worked as expected in Lollipop.
Any idea what I could check to fix the issue?
Thanks
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Bah, I installed "Intent Intercept" app from Google Play to try and provide some additional information to help resolve this issue... and lo and behold MX Player now appears as a valid target for playing remote WMVs and MP4s...
Have no clue about what happened, but the issue seem to be Android-related, and has nothing to do with MX.
Thanks anyway!
I've this exact problem on my moto x force. Both MX player and loader droid don't show up on the apps pop up. Was fine on 5.1.1 but since update nothing
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Zelgadis87 said:
Bah, I installed "Intent Intercept" app from Google Play to try and provide some additional information to help resolve this issue... and lo and behold MX Player now appears as a valid target for playing remote WMVs and MP4s...
Have no clue about what happened, but the issue seem to be Android-related, and has nothing to do with MX.
Thanks anyway!
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OK this exact thing has just happened to me. Installed Intent Intercept and now everything is showing. I've uninstalled t now to see and they still show. Maybe something in that app has kicked android to work proper now haha
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I've this exact problem on my moto x force. Both MX player and loader droid don't show up on the apps pop up. Was fine on 5.1.1 but since update nothing
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OK this exact thing has just happened to me. Installed Intent Intercept and now everything is showing. I've uninstalled t now to see and they still show. Maybe something in that app has kicked android to work proper now haha
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Thanks, glad I found this thread! works for me!
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Thanks, glad I found this thread! works for me!
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Glad it worked. It's a really strange one
Installing intent intercept fix the problem for me too. Thanks a lot for the advice
This needs to be put in the FAQ. I have been digging for a solution to this for hours, and it was really driving me up the wall. This worked perfectly. Thanks everyone!