Hey guys,
This doesn't make sense to me - music players won't detect an externally connected usb drive or stick. I have tried Google Music, PlayerPro (full), Jetaudio, and poweramp. None of them search for the external usb even though the device knows it is connected. I can play files individually from file manager but can't shuffle the contents of a folder full of music.
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edizzbox said:
Hey guys,
This doesn't make sense to me - music players won't detect an externally connected usb drive or stick. I have tried Google Music, PlayerPro (full), Jetaudio, and poweramp. None of them search for the external usb even though the device knows it is connected. I can play files individually from file manager but can't shuffle the contents of a folder full of music.
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From what I see, although we have usb host abilities there are few devices that work this way. Your device will periodically scan for new media when things change and rebuild the library. Due to the time and power it takes to do so external devices are not scanned in this. All of the players basicly work off of the internal media list of the os's scan so unless one can be found with device, and I would bet root access I don't see this working.
Although above my head I could see a developer being able to build this ability into a kernel at a later date. Battery would suffer greatly though.
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spasch said:
Although above my head I could see a developer being able to build this ability into a kernel at a later date. Battery would suffer greatly though.
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The media scanner has nothing to do with the kernel. Any music player that can play folders should still work fine for external drives.
When the external is plugged in, the os scans it anyway. If they do operate the way you say, then the player should recognise the files as just 'there' and we would be able to play them.
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Also, when watching videos, it skips to the next in the list without a problem. Not so with music.
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Could this help in any way? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.sztupy.android.usbhostcontroller
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I copied a bunch of ebooks over to the Transformer and have noticed that all the cover images are showing up in the gallery, including ones which have always had a .nomedia file already in its folder. Anybody else having a similar problem?
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Had the same issue.
Did a reboot and then it worked.
Yeah I've seen the same thing, having game music and cutscene movies showing up in the music app and things showing up in the gallery that shouldn't. All files are in a folder with a .nomedia file but still scans them.
harrellj said:
I copied a bunch of ebooks over to the Transformer and have noticed that all the cover images are showing up in the gallery, including ones which have always had a .nomedia file already in its folder. Anybody else having a similar problem?
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Same story here.
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Well, I rebooted and prior to that, I put a .nomedia file in the root directory for my books instead of each individual folder. I still have the covers, but at least they're in one folder in the gallery now.
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Hey i have a ton of music on my external hard drive but the music players ive tried cant read it any recommendations?
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Upload said music to google music from pc. Update google music app on android then enjoy the music from your external harddrive
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Poweramp has the option to do so
Music for pad allows you to choose which folder(s) to look for music in. You can navigate to the external.
tuscani1821 said:
Upload said music to google music from pc. Update google music app on android then enjoy the music from your external harddrive
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That realies on internet though doesnt it?
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davebugyi said:
Poweramp has the option to do so
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I do like poweramp i had an older version of it and it wasnt working so the new one it works for sure?
If so ill buy it i need my music lol
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goodintentions said:
Music for pad allows you to choose which folder(s) to look for music in. You can navigate to the external.
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When i tried there beta release it absolutly put me off them so unless they have had vast improvments????
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Danzano said:
I do like poweramp i had an older version of it and it wasnt working so the new one it works for sure?
If so ill buy it i need my music lol
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Definiately. I have been using it since 1.3 on my Desire (bought it), but it was not working on the transformer until now.
Poweramp 2.0.1-build455 works flawlessly on the Transformer and the best music player out there (I tried PlayerPro, Mixzing, Winamp Pro, Doubletwist, wPlayer etc. but always came back to this one)
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Definiately. I have been using it since 1.3 on my Desire (bought it), but it was not working on the transformer until now.
Poweramp 2.0.1-build455 works flawlessly on the Transformer and the best music player out there (I tried PlayerPro, Mixzing, Winamp Pro, Doubletwist, wPlayer etc. but always came back to this one)
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Thanks dave ill be buying it next thursday on pay day
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Just downladed the power amp trial and its the current version but there is still no ntfs support
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Danzano said:
Hey i have a ton of music on my external hard drive but the music players ive tried cant read it any recommendations?
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Do you have a rooted tablet? If so, this is easy! All you need is a kernel like clemsyn's or roach's with the tun/cifs module and a cool program called CIFS Manager. This will allow you to mount any network share as if it were a local folder on your tablet. Then any media player should see the music share as if it were all stored right on your tablet, even the default music app. Easy as pie.
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Do you have a rooted tablet? If so, this is easy! All you need is a kernel like clemsyn's or roach's with the tun/cifs module and a cool program called CIFS Manager. This will allow you to mount any network share as if it were a local folder on your tablet. Then any media player should see the music share as if it were all stored right on your tablet, even the default music app. Easy as pie.
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Is that what that cifs thing is for i never used it and started removing it because i never used it lol
Guess its time to get it back :S
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Well, now I'm on Krakd and Poweramp behaves strangely as well - before that (stock) All I needed to was go to settings, set the folders where it should scan for Music and voila, it was working - now it acts up and does not work - however if I run a track from the External HDD from Astro (selecting Poweramp) it plays without any problems... strange.
Edit - maybe you are lucky - just set up PowerAmp to look for music on the external HDD (disabled by default)
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Well, now I'm on Krakd and Poweramp behaves strangely as well - before that (stock) All I needed to was go to settings, set the folders where it should scan for Music and voila, it was working - now it acts up and does not work - however if I run a track from the External HDD from Astro (selecting Poweramp) it plays without any problems... strange.
Edit - maybe you are lucky - just set up PowerAmp to look for music on the external HDD (disabled by default)
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I went into settings to the search folders part it only should my sd not my external even tho it was in
If i used cifs would i have to put my external hdd to my router and have it as a network drive or just straight to the tf?
Sorry to bug you guys its just i have no where else i can put 50gb of music and it would be nice to be able to have it on my tf
Thanks again
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Connected through ftp used cifs it said it mounted so went into es file explorer and there no folders?
So i have heaps of work on there that it cant read so cifs and ftp are both out the window
If i connect it normally it doesnt seem to work
so now im pulling at strings anyone??
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Danzano said:
Connected through ftp used cifs it said it mounted so went into es file explorer and there no folders?
So i have heaps of work on there that it cant read so cifs and ftp are both out the window
If i connect it normally it doesnt seem to work
so now im pulling at strings anyone??
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my guess is you set a path that doesnt work... can you post the setting you put into cifs manager?
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my guess is you set a path that doesnt work... can you post the setting you put into cifs manager?
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192.168.1.1/share
mount point mnt/cifs/share
user name passsword
no options
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Danzano said:
192.168.1.1/share
mount point mnt/cifs/share
user name passsword
no options
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Try "/sdcard/share" without the quotes as the mount path, then it should appear in your file manager or other apps is the local folder "share"
Sweet cheers for that bro will try tonight
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I just bought this tablet a dew days ago. I'm really liking it so far. I loaded a digital copy of a Disney movie for my daughter. The cdrom said it was windows media player or iTunes compatible. I loaded the media player file onto my as card on the tablet.
It tries toplay but it is all messed up. I tries real media player and that didn't work either. .
Any suggestions? It was one of the main reasons I bought it, so that my daughter could watch movies when we travel.
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What is the file's format? Try downloading MXplayer from the store and run the movie there.
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What is the file's format? Try downloading MXplayer from the store and run the movie there.
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Mx player didnt work either. How do i check what kind of file format it is?
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After the name of the name of the file there should be a dot and an extension (e.g. .avi, .mp4, etc)
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After the name of the name of the file there should be a dot and an extension (e.g. .avi, .mp4, etc)
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Hmmm it says beautyandthebeast_port_en and the other filename is beautyandthebeast_pc_en. My guess is the port one is for portable devices such as tablets and the pc one is to be played from a computer. There are no file extensions. Very strange....
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you have to "turn on" the show extensions option, by default it's "turned off"
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Hmmm it says beautyandthebeast_port_en and the other filename is beautyandthebeast_pc_en. My guess is the port one is for portable devices such as tablets and the pc one is to be played from a computer. There are no file extensions. Very strange....
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While you have the sdcard on the tablet (with the movie on it), tap the status bar on your tablet (where the clock is) you should be able to see a rectangle notification that says "External storage insert" with a little folder beside it, tap that little folder. This will open asus file manager, you should be able to tell the file extension through this manager, so look for your movie file and post what you see after the dot.
Is the youtube app on android extra horrible from the apple youtube app? I mean the android app has good video quality not like the apple youtube app were the screen gets out of synch or something, but I believe that the android youtube app has extream buffering or loading issues, since I often find myself were I have to pause the video and wait untill enough of the video has loaded, but most of the time it wont load past a certain point and keeps me hanging. I have heard that youtube has buffering issues universally from time to time but today I tried the same video I had problems with on my android device on my mothers new Ipad and there was no buffering problems what so ever, I will keep comparing and see what happens.
Anyway are there any rooted youtube apps or something that are more stable?
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Is the youtube app on android extra horrible from the apple youtube app? I mean the android app has good video quality not like the apple youtube app were the screen gets out of synch or something, but I believe that the android youtube app has extream buffering or loading issues, since I often find myself were I have to pause the video and wait untill enough of the video has loaded, but most of the time it wont load past a certain point and keeps me hanging. I have heard that youtube has buffering issues universally from time to time but today I tried the same video I had problems with on my android device on my mothers new Ipad and there was no buffering problems what so ever, I will keep comparing and see what happens.
Anyway are there any rooted youtube apps or something that are more stable?
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i think the android youtube app is actually better than the ios app, and many ios reviewers say the ios app has buffering problem. maybe your android has wifi issue
you could try this app to see if it's better though https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImpwLmNvLmFzYml0LnB2c3RhciJd
it also support background playback
I think i have read about tf700 having wifi issues somewhere now that you mention it, what can I do about it? I watch youtube a lot so it is quite irritating at times.
Stammis said:
I think i have read about tf700 having wifi issues somewhere now that you mention it, what can I do about it? I watch youtube a lot so it is quite irritating at times.
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If you have a buffering problem, you need to fine tunes your network and use browser2ram. Try these out:
1. Increase tcp.mem
2. Increase core.mem
3. Increase wifi buffer
4. Increase br2r buffer
Let us know how it goes.
wierd i cant find B2R on my device, can I download it seperatly somewhere?
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Stammis said:
wierd i cant find B2R on my device, can I download it seperatly somewhere?
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Look in /system/etc/init.d.
I am sorry I dont know what you mean? is there a folder named system somewhere?
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nvm i bought root explorer but i cannot find init.d, only init.goldfish...
Should I install the init.d installer app?
Also my device is only rooted no custom ROM.
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Also my device is only rooted no custom ROM.
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So which version of B2R did you install then, which you can't find on your device?
no idea, I have done a comlete reset of the device ones when asus support changed the motherboard so it could be that I had the app ones but forgot that I dont have it anymore, anyway where can you download it seperatly?
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pvstar works very good no lagg at all, i would prefer fixing so I can watch on the youtube app since I watch regularly but this is good emergancy solution.
Thx man!
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Couldn't find it by searching but I was curious if there is some type of app that works as a remote control for the TF300T.
I just want something that works with a video player so i can pause, stop, play, etc videos. I don't need full functionality i just want something that works and I would considering paying for the app as long as it worked. Id love if they made an actual remote but i never have seen one.
Thanks.
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Couldn't find it by searching but I was curious if there is some type of app that works as a remote control for the TF300T.
I just want something that works with a video player so i can pause, stop, play, etc videos. I don't need full functionality i just want something that works and I would considering paying for the app as long as it worked. Id love if they made an actual remote but i never have seen one.
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You could install XBMC for Android and use any XBMC remote on another PC/tablet/phone.
Usually people use XBMC remote on the tablet to control their media PC, but there is no reason, why it should not work the other way around.
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There's probably some VNC options as well.
f69m said:
You could install XBMC for Android and use any XBMC remote on another PC/tablet/phone.
Usually people use XBMC remote on the tablet to control their media PC, but there is no reason, why it should not work the other way around.
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So install xbmx media center on the tablet and xbmc remote on my nexus 5?
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So install xbmx media center on the tablet and xbmc remote on my nexus 5?
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Yes, exactly, should work like a charm. With a good remote you should even be able to browse the library with fanart, info, watched status, etc. For Android I can recommend Yatse, but there are lots of others.
Just need to make sure the firewall settings on your tablet allow the remote to connect, but that is a common issue for any kind of remote control protocol.
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Yes, exactly, should work like a charm. With a good remote you should even be able to browse the library with fanart, info, watched status, etc. For Android I can recommend Yatse, but there are lots of others.
Just need to make sure the firewall settings on your tablet allow the remote to connect, but that is a common issue for any kind of remote control protocol.
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Am I crazy or does xbmc media server just support audio? All I want it to control mxplayer basically.
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Am I crazy or does xbmc media server just support audio? All I want it to control mxplayer basically.
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Hmm, not sure, where your problem is. XBMC for Android is a fully featured XBMC version with audio and video support. Can even pull live TV over the network, if you run one of the supported backends somewhere.
It is doing much more than just controlling mxplayer. It turns your tablet into a full multimedia box.
Oh, you might have to point XBMC at the directories, where your videos are stored. It does not use the Android media manager. Somewhere in the "Videos" tab you should find an "Add source..." item.
Hope this helps!
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Hmm, not sure, where your problem is. XBMC for Android is a fully featured XBMC version with audio and video support. Can even pull live TV over the network, if you run one of the supported backends somewhere.
It is doing much more than just controlling mxplayer. It turns your tablet into a full multimedia box.
Oh, you might have to point XBMC at the directories, where your videos are stored. It does not use the Android media manager. Somewhere in the "Videos" tab you should find an "Add source..." item.
Hope this helps!
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I installed xbmc server (host) -free from the play store on my tf300t. It says in the description of the app one of its limitations is "only supports music and cover art". So I can connect to the app but i can't quite figure out how to add directories in the server app. Guess I have to find the documentation. Appreciate the help.
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I installed xbmc server (host) -free from the play store on my tf300t. It says in the description of the app one of its limitations is "only supports music and cover art". So I can connect to the app but i can't quite figure out how to add directories in the server app. Guess I have to find the documentation. Appreciate the help.
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Ahh, no idea, what that XBMC server from the Play Store is...
Sorry, should have mentioned that the official XBMC for Android is not (yet) on the play store. Grab it from the XBMC web site. The latest Frodo version works well for me.
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Ahh, no idea, what that XBMC server from the Play Store is...
Sorry, should have mentioned that the official XBMC for Android is not (yet) on the play store. Grab it from the XBMC web site. The latest Frodo version works well for me.
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Ahhh I see. Thanks. I installed it from the site and have it up and running and can connect! I seem to have an issue using the pause and stop buttons using the official xbmc remote app however yatse seems to work better.
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Ahhh I see. Thanks. I installed it from the site and have it up and running and can connect! I seem to have an issue using the pause and stop buttons using the official xbmc remote app however yatse seems to work better.
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Glad it works for you now, sorry for the confusion.
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Glad it works for you now, sorry for the confusion.
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Maybe I could ask you if you know how to make the videos full screen from the xbmc app. It still shows the home and menu buttons of the tablet during playback. If I use mxplayer its full screen without issue. I went looking through the display menu but couldn't find what I needed.
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Maybe I could ask you if you know how to make the videos full screen from the xbmc app. It still shows the home and menu buttons of the tablet during playback. If I use mxplayer its full screen without issue. I went looking through the display menu but couldn't find what I needed.
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Sorry, no idea. As videos typically have black bars anyhow, I didn't care too much.
I mean, even if the buttons are hidden, the video display does not get any bigger.
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Sorry, no idea. As videos typically have black bars anyhow, I didn't care too much.
I mean, even if the buttons are hidden, the video display does not get any bigger.
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I hear you its just a pretty big distraction that's all
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I hear you its just a pretty big distraction that's all
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True. Well, XBMC 13 is soon going beta, would have to try the new version. And sure something to contact them about for an upcoming version.
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