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Hi,
Just picked up my Rodimus Prime Transformer today with keyboard dock and all (Micro Anvika Tottenham Court Road for any Londoners).
Just getting it set up and seeing what it can do. Have been waiting for this for ages, and reading threads inside out!!
Some wicked stuff, but also some minor annoyances along the lines of what others post.
VIDEO!! Argh!
Put SD card from Sony HX5 camera in. Hardly get any frames together, from 1080p MP4. Tried moboplayer (with and without ARM codec), rockplayer.
Also tried the Big Buck Bunny test in you tube at 1080p. Also very poor.
Was prepared for it to be quite poor at these, but not as jerky as it is.
Can't get the firmware updates to work, but not sure if they will make a difference.
I am lovingthe transformer, but I need to get these things sorted before I show it off to my Ipad 2 mates!!!
Manythanks in advance for your patience and going over old issues yet again!!!
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First of all, I have bought the DVDs and want to watch the on my infinity. What is the best way to be able to convert them and watch them?
Skullmonkey said:
First of all, I have bought the DVDs and want to watch the on my infinity. What is the best way to be able to convert them and watch them?
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Handbrake is the converter I've always used.
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dvdcatalyst. Has a few presets for every device. Highly recommended.
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I've been using AnyDVD HD and PavTube for over 2 years and never had and issue ripping any Blu Ray disc. I rip at 720P H.264 at 2500 kbps. I found this to be the best quality yet still be a manageable size (1.50 -2.50 GB). I also find this setting to be compatible with most devices.
I have some dvd's on PC with alot of .vob files.
How can I merge them in to one file and I still use subtitles
thnx!!
Maybe any idea for free converter?
MakeMKV, which is free and has no limit on DVDs; BR has a 30 day time limit before you need a new beta keycode or purchase code. Use Mobo Player on the Infinity since it can play MKVs
I havenn't tested this. I did try Mobo Player and some MP4 and M4V files on had on an old SDHC card I used in my HTC Evo 4G.
This is one thing i never quite understood.... Spend countless hours converting movies or several minutes downloading them preconfigured?
Its like, the other day we wanted to watch a movie. Couldnt find the disk, likely chewed by the dog or something. Went on Netflix, not there. Not on youtube either. Called a friend asked if they had it we could borrow. No DVD rental places near here they all closed down.... an hour of looking, no luck. 5 minutes and a torrent was finished downloading. They make it too damn hard to do it legally.
Look at it this way. You have a hardcopy of the movie. You own it. Its yours. Download a torrent of whatever file size you want (general rule of thumb higher size = more quality) and away you go.
you do realize, ever if have the disc, doing any ripping of disc with encryption is not legal in the USA. Thus, downloading the movie from a bit torrent of a movie where you bought the DVD/BR does not make it legal either.
Some people may not have the bandwidth to bit torrent and don't want to do it. And ripping a DVD with any standard PC, takes less than 10 minutes with MKV, and less than an hour to transcode in Handbrake. Blu Rays, MakeMKV is usually 30-45 minutes, and about 2 to 4 hours in Handbrake.
Thanks all. I don't want to torrent for many reasons.
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I copy most of the time the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS into a folder that contains the name of the movie.
(i put the moves on a external HD)
And installed XBMC App. Give the path to the external HD and XBMC downloaded all frontcovers and movie information.
Works great... Like a dvd player include the menu etc of the DVD.
Only problem with latest port of XBMC is not the 100% full compatible keyboard layout function of the keys.
(i'm not a smart dev guy... i try only the things )
I purchased DVDFab a few years ago when I used to rip a lot of movies. It will allow you to Burn/Rip/Convert Blu-Ray and DVD movies. Nice program but it does cost money (after the 30 trial period)
I always used any video converter it works fine for the tablet but then I changed to pavtube bluray converter ultimate its a lot easier n the qaulitty is in true hd
lovekeiiy said:
you do realize, ever if have the disc, doing any ripping of disc with encryption is not legal in the USA. Thus, downloading the movie from a bit torrent of a movie where you bought the DVD/BR does not make it legal either.
Some people may not have the bandwidth to bit torrent and don't want to do it. And ripping a DVD with any standard PC, takes less than 10 minutes with MKV, and less than an hour to transcode in Handbrake. Blu Rays, MakeMKV is usually 30-45 minutes, and about 2 to 4 hours in Handbrake.
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i thought in the US, if you purchased it, you have legal rights to make back up copies AS LONG AS THEY ARE FOR YOUR OWN USE. i tried ripping one of mine, but it made it into a 2 hour long video clip.
im looking for software that can rip it into the separate chapters like the disc is.
any suggestions?
Could use dvddecrypter. I used to use it a lot. Probably about a 90% success rate.
Then use handbrake.
nope. It's not backing up that's illegal. It's breaking the encryption that's the no no. That's part of why there are DVD/BR combo packs.
The if you own it is for ROMs for video games and so forth, especially towards older games.
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Could use dvddecrypter. I used to use it a lot. Probably about a 90% success rate.
Then use handbrake.
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^^^^^ this FTW.
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ownload and put DVD movies on Google Nexus 10 for smooth playing
It's easy to do this with some help from a third-party DVD to infinity Converter. DVD Ripping Software varies. You may confused about choosing a most suitable tool. If so, i highly recommend you try Pavtube DVD Ripper. It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs. To be honest, the program can help you rip DVD to infinity highly supported MP4 video files with high output video quality and fast ripping speed. The audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too.
Hello guys
I am thinking of getting a Transformer Infinity and wanted to know a couple of things
1/ I cannot find a desktop charging dock (I want to use this on my bedside table to charge it and use the tablet as a bedside radio/clock) do you know where I can find one? (obviously I do not want a keyboard taking up space on my bedside table!)
2/ I read the MKV playback is fussy, here I quote the reviewer from Pocket-Lint:
"It's picky about the video it plays. Unlike our first-generation Galaxy Tab, it won't deal with MKV files, even if they contain MP4 video. It's crazy. So if your video isn't plain MP4, prepare for disappointment. There are apps in the market that will play this type of video, but they will use software to do it, and that means that you'll get quite stuttery rates - using software to decode video on a powerful platform like this is silly too: it will kill your battery and perform worse."
Is this true?
Thanks
Mark.
that review is inaccurate. MKV will play just fine. All you need to do is get BS Player. I play 1080p mkv movies all the time, with no issues. no lag, no stuttering. BS Player will play any format. It must have been that reviewers first android device. Btw, you dont need to to convert them.
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that review is inaccurate. MKV will play just fine. All you need to do is get BS Player. I play 1080p mkv movies all the time, with no issues. no lag, no stuttering. BS Player will play any format. It must have been that reviewers first android device. Btw, you dont need to to convert them.
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good to know, thanks...
as far as a charging dock goes, do you know if there is any, I cant find one online...
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Mark.
Either BS or Dice (with additional codecs) should be fine for (big) mkv files, you can score out this one.
Unfortunately there are no desktop charging docks for any of the transformers, i know bc i have been looking for one. When they first showed off the transformer line at ces, i think, there was a prototype for one but thanks to greedy asus who would rather you buy the keyboard instead, it never saw the light of day. All we can do is hope for an aftermarket dock. There are some interesting diy docks out there, but i think we all want a well made dock that might extend the capabilities of it as well, such as usb connections, hdmi out, audio, and a sd card slot so you don't have to rewire the damn thing twice a day.
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lowki said:
Unfortunately there are no desktop charging docks for any of the transformers, i know bc i have been looking for one. When they first showed off the transformer line at ces, i think, there was a prototype for one but thanks to greedy asus who would rather you buy the keyboard instead, it never saw the light of day. All we can do is hope for an aftermarket dock. There are some interesting diy docks out there, but i think we all want a well made dock that might extend the capabilities of it as well, such as usb connections, hdmi out, audio, and a sd card slot so you don't have to rewire the damn thing twice a day.
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Gotcha.
Its a pity, as I miss my HP touchpad's touchstone wireless charging dock, stood next to my bed, taking little space, and every night id pop the tablet on there. With Tune-In and Gentle Alarm, it made the best bedside radio clock I could ever want... but sold it as I wanted a "proper" Android tablet.
Thanks for the input.
Mark.
Hi all
First, I want to apology if I'm in the wrong forum. I tried to find the android tablets forum but I didn't find it.
To make a story short, I'm now using a nexus 7 ( first gen), for playing my media files. The tablet works great, even with 1080p videos, and I'm using MX player or Diceplayer to play those videos. I think they are the best media player for android. My problem is when I try to play a HD video in software decoder mode (s/w), the image and the sound become choppy. I have no choice to use the s/w mode for some of my video because they are incompatible with the hardware decoder mode (H/W). Things become even worse if I stream those videos.
Now I'm looking for a 7' tablet that powerful enough to play a HD files even in software decoder mode. I'm not a gamer, so I don't need something very powerful neither with an insane resolution. All I need is a tablet that can stream a HD video in software mode without any problem.
I really need you advice.
Anyway thanks.
I help you find a cheap 7-inch tablet: Ainol Novo 7 Rainbow $71.99
http://www.bicgate.com/ainol-novo-7-rainbow-android-4-2-tablet-pc-7-inch-4gb-camera-black.html
Big thanks Lindsay ! I just bought one from ebay. The image verification sucks. It took me lots of attempts before I can able to reply
st2008 said:
Big thanks Lindsay ! I just bought one from ebay. The image verification sucks. It took me lots of attempts before I can able to reply
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What is a tablet?
I bought it from them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151115357667?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Usually it takes a month before the item come to my door when I order something from china. I can't wait.
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Usually it takes a month before the item come to my door when I order something from china. I can't wait.
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I also do not like to wait too long, but on one occasion, five days I received I bought the phone, sometimes rather quickly.
I bought a Fire TV Stick for $19 when they offered it to Prime members for $19 because, well, it was $19.
The Stick works a lot like the Nexus Player. It's very snappy and navigates menus quickly. The Fire TV stick plays movies and TV shows instantly. No hesitation, no buffering, no determining download speed. And it's hidef quality. Instantly.
When playing music on the Amazon music player it shows the words of the song while playing automatically.
But the compelling point is content price. I have a Prime account so a lot of content is included in the price. I was able to play Hunger Games: Catching Fire immediately and for free. On Nexus Player it would have cost $20. I was able to play an episode of the Good Wife for free. It would have been $2 on Nexus.
Yes, it doesn't have cast. But I have a Chromecast to take care of that.
I think my Nexus Player will become a gift for one of my kids.
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I bought a Fire TV Stick for $19 when they offered it to Prime members for $19 because, well, it was $19.
The Stick works a lot like the Nexus Player. It's very snappy and navigates menus quickly. The Fire TV stick plays movies and TV shows instantly. No hesitation, no buffering, no determining download speed. And it's hidef quality. Instantly.
When playing music on the Amazon music player it shows the words of the song while playing automatically.
But the compelling point is content price. I have a Prime account so a lot of content is included in the price. I was able to play Hunger Games: Catching Fire immediately and for free. On Nexus Player it would have cost $20. I was able to play an episode of the Good Wife for free. It would have been $2 on Nexus.
Yes, it doesn't have cast. But I have a Chromecast to take care of that.
I think my Nexus Player will become a gift for one of my kids.
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if you hate to say it, then dont.
If you want the Amazon ecosystem then nexus player isn't the best bet yet. I got a stick as well, and it's remote seems better, but it feels lagging to me
I purchases a fire stick as well but I don't think it has 802.11ac support which is a must for me since it doesnt have an Ethernet port. I streams tons of 15GB content using xbmc. But I'm glad its working for you, how do you consume content if you don't mind me asking? Plex, xbmc with addons like genesis?
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I bought a Fire TV Stick for $19 when they offered it to Prime members for $19 because, well, it was $19.
The Stick works a lot like the Nexus Player. It's very snappy and navigates menus quickly. The Fire TV stick plays movies and TV shows instantly. No hesitation, no buffering, no determining download speed. And it's hidef quality. Instantly.
When playing music on the Amazon music player it shows the words of the song while playing automatically.
But the compelling point is content price. I have a Prime account so a lot of content is included in the price. I was able to play Hunger Games: Catching Fire immediately and for free. On Nexus Player it would have cost $20. I was able to play an episode of the Good Wife for free. It would have been $2 on Nexus.
Yes, it doesn't have cast. But I have a Chromecast to take care of that.
I think my Nexus Player will become a gift for one of my kids.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been on Netflix for a little while now. So, that's not a particularly good example.
Can the Fire TV Stick run XBMC/KODI and play high bitrate 1080p files with DTS smoothly?
I personally don't care about premium content beyond Netflix. I have Amazon Prime and never even watch it.
I actually do have kodi loaded on my stick, and have tested some files with no issues. It's nice. It's not as powerful as the nexus player and more locked down
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I agree completely with the OP. I have a ouya, chromecast, fire tv stick and fire tv all running and I have put more time trying to get xbmc to run smoothly on the NP than any other device put together. I have tried every build possible with zero to no luck resolving constant force closes during streaming from sources like genesis, freezing, not being able to use it yet as a launcher, lack of apps and netflix on it is the worst. The only thing I have found to work good on it is google play content. Mines being returned and ill take the cash loss from the shipping just to get this thing gone since I have it on kijiji at cost price with zero response. Worst device of the year imho
I think that's a bit hard. Especially when you think that this device is out since merely two weeks..
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I agree completely with the OP. I have a ouya, chromecast, fire tv stick and fire tv all running and I have put more time trying to get xbmc to run smoothly on the NP than any other device put together. I have tried every build possible with zero to no luck resolving constant force closes during streaming from sources like genesis, freezing, not being able to use it yet as a launcher, lack of apps and netflix on it is the worst. The only thing I have found to work good on it is google play content. Mines being returned and ill take the cash loss from the shipping just to get this thing gone since I have it on kijiji at cost price with zero response. Worst device of the year imho
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Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. I've been using WDTV Live boxes and you don't know the meaning of pain. Lots and lots of issues...
If I were you you, I'd RMA the unit back to Google. Google will send you a brand new one. Don't open it! You'll have a much better chance of selling it on Kijiji as new un-opened.
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I agree completely with the OP. I have a ouya, chromecast, fire tv stick and fire tv all running and I have put more time trying to get xbmc to run smoothly on the NP than any other device put together. I have tried every build possible with zero to no luck resolving constant force closes during streaming from sources like genesis, freezing, not being able to use it yet as a launcher, lack of apps and netflix on it is the worst. The only thing I have found to work good on it is google play content. Mines being returned and ill take the cash loss from the shipping just to get this thing gone since I have it on kijiji at cost price with zero response. Worst device of the year imho
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Its early days for android l and think you are jumping the gun. The np has just been rooted and expect to see good things develop in the near future. Performance wise it is faster than most of the devices you own. I installed xbmc 13.2 on it with advanced settings and it works ok, not rock solid but reasonable. I will admit Navi-X is rocky, but does work sometimes.
Worst device of the year is a bit far of a reach especially when you are looking at it for XBMC use. On that end it may be a simple thing of its too new of a product.
For the value the fire stick could be a better buy if you are in the US. In canada Prime instant video means nothing, you could probably tinker with your router and work through that but sometimes you just want to be go the simple non hacking route.
Personally i am enjoying the nexus player very much. but if you are looking for xmbc streaming or the amazon eco system then yeah go for the fire tv stick. grab a chrome cast as well for good measure.
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I agree completely with the OP. I have a ouya, chromecast, fire tv stick and fire tv all running and I have put more time trying to get xbmc to run smoothly on the NP than any other device put together. I have tried every build possible with zero to no luck resolving constant force closes during streaming from sources like genesis, freezing, not being able to use it yet as a launcher, lack of apps and netflix on it is the worst. The only thing I have found to work good on it is google play content. Mines being returned and ill take the cash loss from the shipping just to get this thing gone since I have it on kijiji at cost price with zero response. Worst device of the year imho
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Really? This is worrying, I have an ouya and xbmc works great on it, was going to buy a nexus player for downstairs though as fancy one and Wifi is bit flaky on ouya.
Does xbmc not run great on it?
A device with a locked bootloader, it will never be better than one with bootloader open. Because you will always be forced to do only what the manufacturer wants. If they want to remove XBMC they will do it in a second, like many other things. Thanks to Google Nexus Player is a true Nexus device with an open bootloader and the potential is a million times greater than the Fire TV. Specially with a new and modern OS like Android 5.
Sorry for the intervention and i suggest to vote with your wallet. Do not buy a device with a locked bootloader if you like Android.
Will get better
Not only is it new hardware, but it's new software also. I'm sure kodi will eventually run perfect on it and google will patch up android L...
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A device with a locked bootloader, it will never be better than one with bootloader open. Because you will always be forced to do only what the manufacturer wants. If they want to remove XBMC they will do it in a second, like many other things. Thanks to Google Nexus Player is a true Nexus device with an open bootloader and the potential is a million times greater than the Fire TV. Specially with a new and modern OS like Android 5.
Sorry for the intervention and i suggest to vote with your wallet. Do not buy a device with a locked bootloader if you like Android.
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Agreed. It's the community of developers, small and large that makes this OS so great. I don't see much progress in the Fire TV forum and its been out for months.
I think my point was missed. I ordered the NP first day. Love my nexus 5, have a nexus 7 flo installed in my dash which replaced the nexus 7 2012 that was there before it. I run xbmc on all my nexus products without a hitch. Received the NP last Wednesday, as soon as I plugged it in I sideloaded Chainfires tool, installed es explorer and used the official xbmc x86. Right off the get go it seems slow and laggy, it has a few hiccups using addons but no biggy. The biggest issue for me in xbmc is streaming content from 1channel, icefilms and genesis during a 22 minute episode xbmc crashed 4 times and returned me to the launcher. I tried spmc, tvmc, fired tv xbmc, Kodi alpha 1,2,3,4, and now 5 all with multiple configurations they all crash frequently. The remote is cheap and lacks a menu button, 1gb ??,no spdif, no ethernet, no full size usb (although I had no issues with OTG and a hub), Netflix broke so hard I had to do a factory reset, and the chromecast integration is laggy and bug ridden. Might have good potential in the future but as of right now I would much rather use the 25 dollar fire stick. Only tested one game asphalt 8 and the fire tv blew it out of the water. This isnt a debate of the potential of the device or what it might do in the future with roms its about out of box usage with current methods and mods. The ouya lacks in areas but out of the box ran 10x better and especially after with cyanogen. The reality is I received my firetv rooted it loaded xbmc and backups 20 minutes later up and has ran with no issues, received the fire tv stick a bit slower than the box but still set up and running in 20 minutes and no issues. To me thats enough, I have a rma and hate that I waited anxiously for over a month to have the thing ship and destroy any conceived expectations of a good working fire tv contender.
I'm running Kodi on mine streaming even 3D content at high bitrates no problem. I recommend the Helix Beta. Downloadable as an APK at: kodi.tv/download (choose the android beta x86 version).
I agree with ks2hot. I have issues with xbmc/kodi 14 beta 1,2, &4 on the NP. For whatever reason I am getting FCs. My firestick has had beta2 on it and is rock solid. I am sure they will figure out the issue and fix. The NP is a better box in most every other way though, but if I am playing a movie via xbmc I will choose the stick for now
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I agree with ks2hot. I have issues with xbmc/kodi 14 beta 1,2, &4 on the NP. For whatever reason I am getting FCs. My firestick has had beta2 on it and is rock solid. I am sure they will figure out the issue and fix. The NP is a better box in most every other way though, but if I am playing a movie via xbmc I will choose the stick for now
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I too have had issues with XBMC 13.2, kodi betas 1-5 and now the nightlies - but only if I enable addons. Straight kodi has had no problem streaming hours of a random sampling of my 600+ blu-ray rips, 100+ television shows and my music collection from my synology nas. Once I start adding addons, the thing gets unstable pretty quickly - I haven't narrowed down which addons to date.
The Nexus Player is the first production lollipop set top and devs haven't had much time updating for it. Google also has some clear bugs to deal with on the box. Even with those caveats, however, I love the NP. That its easily rooted, has simple support for a ton of peripherals (such as any of my bluetooth ps3 controllers), hard drives, extended storage for games, etc... the list goes on. The ability to sideload and use hundreds of thousands of apps with ease is also a huge bonus while we wait for devs to code leanback interfaces and games.
A relatively open system will *always* be preferable to a closes system in my mind. The Nexus Player is a keeper, even as it is right now for me.
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I too have had issues with XBMC 13.2, kodi betas 1-5 and now the nightlies - but only if I enable addons. Straight kodi has had no problem streaming hours of a random sampling of my 600+ blu-ray rips, 100+ television shows and my music collection from my synology nas. .
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Thanks good to know..I will get rid of all my addons and see if that helps. Once we get the expanded storage thing figured out the NP is going to be a beast.. Its already a phenomenal device