Hi
I'm currently running Night Elf kernal and it says that it supports NTFS.
I'm am also using USB Arc storage manager for OTG.
When I open Root explorer I can see files and play them off FAT32 flash drives....
....and I can see the same files on NTFS drives but I can not play them.
Any ideas why not?
Use the Full version :
LINKS
FULL http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=904425&d=1329407804
Use the above kernel^
Qwerty123 \m/ said:
Use the Full version :
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FULL http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=904425&d=1329407804
Use the above kernel^
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Thanks, but he is using the full version... (I installed it on his phone myself, and if he was using the lite version then he wouldn't even be able to access the NTFS drive)
The issue is that while the Phone can detect NTFS partitions and even let you browse the files on the partition but the files are not playable.. (ie it wont let you play an AVI from the NTFS drive.. but the exact same AVI on a Fat32 drive is playable)
Kiwi.
Sorry i didnt read that part
Try using VLC or MoboPlayer
Wait a minute, what res are the movies in ?
Qwerty123 \m/ said:
Sorry i didnt read that part
Try using VLC or MoboPlayer
Wait a minute, what res are the movies in ?
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The fact the movies play off and SD card but not off a NTFS formatted hard drive suggests that the "res" the movies are in is not a factor.
Res is a factor
720p play fine o f my SD Card
When i played a 1080p it never loaded up , MoboPlayer crashed for me
Try copying those movies which dont play on NTFS drive to SD card and report back
I'm going to try and be polite and spell things out for you.
1) I have a file - lets call this file "x"
2) File "x" is on a micro SD card which I have inserted into a USB SD card reader
3) The SD card reader is plugged into the phones USB port via an OTG cable
4) When plugged in the phone can see the file sitting on the SD card in its folder and I can see it using Root explorer or ES explorer etc
5) When I select the file it plays perfectly
now here comes the bit you need to understand because I've explained all this before in my previous posts.....
When I plug the powered NTFS hard drive into exactly the same OTG cable I can......
1) See the file perfectly on the HDD
2) But I can not play it
ie - resolution does NOT make a difference here because its exactly the same file except that it does not play off an NTFS hard drive.
Thanks for your interest in the subject though - but please read the posts thoroughly and also try to make your comments constructive - short one liner suggestions are not helpful especially when it appears that you haven't read or understood the previous content.
Does the player support playing from ntfs, had something like this before from the media libs included with a player not being able to read the file.
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mpiekp said:
Does the player support playing from ntfs, had something like this before from the media libs included with a player not being able to read the file.
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Excellent point....hmmm
Any idea a quick way to find this out?
Do you know any players that definitely do support NTFS?
JH
What player are you using.
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hilfordjames said:
I'm going to try and be polite and spell things out for you.
1) I have a file - lets call this file "x"
2) File "x" is on a micro SD card which I have inserted into a USB SD card reader
3) The SD card reader is plugged into the phones USB port via an OTG cable
4) When plugged in the phone can see the file sitting on the SD card in its folder and I can see it using Root explorer or ES explorer etc
5) When I select the file it plays perfectly
now here comes the bit you need to understand because I've explained all this before in my previous posts.....
When I plug the powered NTFS hard drive into exactly the same OTG cable I can......
1) See the file perfectly on the HDD
2) But I can not play it
ie - resolution does NOT make a difference here because its exactly the same file except that it does not play off an NTFS hard drive.
Thanks for your interest in the subject though - but please read the posts thoroughly and also try to make your comments constructive - short one liner suggestions are not helpful especially when it appears that you haven't read or understood the previous content.
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Sorry there
I got confused a little in your earlier posts
I suggest you post your question here : Android Q&A
It'll broaden the scope of you getting answers
NTFS is a proprietary format of Microsoft, and SE is the competition.
i banged my head against this when i tried to play files from a NTFS external HDD plugged into the SE PS3 console's USB port. no way in hell i could make it work. i have to plug the HDD in the laptop and access it via LAN.
however, it seems strange that you can see the files correctly.
I guess we can read the files on ntfs because the kernel we are using supports ntfs.. Must be a limitation of the player.
Kiwi
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What player are you using.
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I've tried a couple of players
ES media player
Meridian
Movies
MX Video Player
MX Video Player gets the closest - it actually asks me if I want to continue playing the video from the last scene but then when I select "Yes" it suddenly says cannot play file.
Have you tried QQ player?
Not sure if it will work but it's what I use and even supports WMV files which are Microsoft proprietary files.. Perhaps it will also play from NTFS.. You have to open the application and scan for files tho.
Kiwi
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kiwiBratwurst said:
Have you tried QQ player?
Not sure if it will work but it's what I use and even supports WMV files which are Microsoft proprietary files.. Perhaps it will also play from NTFS.. You have to open the application and scan for files tho.
Kiwi
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Yip tried QQ player and still no luck.
I've emailed MX video to see if they can support NTFS
mpiekp said:
Does the player support playing from ntfs, had something like this before from the media libs included with a player not being able to read the file.
Sent from my MT11i using Tapatalk
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Did you come across a player that supports NTFS?
hilfordjames said:
I'm going to try and be polite and spell things out for you.
1) I have a file - lets call this file "x"
2) File "x" is on a micro SD card which I have inserted into a USB SD card reader
3) The SD card reader is plugged into the phones USB port via an OTG cable
4) When plugged in the phone can see the file sitting on the SD card in its folder and I can see it using Root explorer or ES explorer etc
5) When I select the file it plays perfectly
now here comes the bit you need to understand because I've explained all this before in my previous posts.....
When I plug the powered NTFS hard drive into exactly the same OTG cable I can......
1) See the file perfectly on the HDD
2) But I can not play it
ie - resolution does NOT make a difference here because its exactly the same file except that it does not play off an NTFS hard drive.
Thanks for your interest in the subject though - but please read the posts thoroughly and also try to make your comments constructive - short one liner suggestions are not helpful especially when it appears that you haven't read or understood the previous content.
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Even i am having the same problem. but i cant seem to find any solution here on this thread. If you found a way through please post it here.
Thanks
Try Mobo Player. I am using this one and its perfect, i can play 1080 video with no problem, ... try there soft decoding maybe it can help, if not i will try to find some better solution.
SĐF said:
Try Mobo Player. I am using this one and its perfect, i can play 1080 video with no problem, ... try there soft decoding maybe it can help, if not i will try to find some better solution.
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Its not the problem of the player. None of the files in the ntfs drive is being read properly.....not even images..
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Can we have forum for Sony Tablets now?
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Please
Sony tablets are the best of all tablets now - we need development!
Sony Tablet S update to 3.2 !!!!
I have been using my Sony Tablet S for a couple of days and it's awesome. I got on it this morning and a 3.2 system upgrade notification popped up! I'm now running on 3.2!!! I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong area.
Root?
Has anyone found a way to root it?
Awesome, you must be joking!
Awesome - you are surely joking.
1) DLNA 'throw' is incompatible with most devices (including PS3, LOL)
2) The memory card only works as a 'transfer' device - you can not accessit directly from inside an app (epic fail for me and my 32Gb of music on an SD card, that will not fit in my 16Gb Tablet S, and shouldn't need to)
3) adb for android development is not supported and so I can't even test my apps on the thing
Most epic fail android tablet ever.
No I wasn't joking I was giving my opinion of the tablet from what I have used or experienced with it. Just like you gave your OPINION! I have tried the dlna with my VAIO and it does work (LOL)but not on my PS3 so can not comment on that. I have a 32gb SD card in mine and can access all my files with a file manager app, so I have been able to listen to my music and watch my movies that are on my card without a problem. The remote app is very awesome and controls my TV, surround sound and DVR's in my living roomand bedroom. It might not be the tablet for you and maybe some others but to say epic fail.. for you maybe but not everyone.
magick86 said:
Has anyone found a way to root it?
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+1 please. Many thanks in advance
+1 open a forum plz
Yes. Let's root it. It is an awsome device and let's make it better.
BTW: ADB does supported.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17624941#post17624941
Kaz Taguchi said:
The following procedure has confirmed that ubuntu 11.04.
1. Enable debug mode for sony tablet S
2. Add line /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="054c", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
3. Change file mode
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
5. adb kill-server ; sudo adb start-server
6. finish!
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derf09 said:
No I wasn't joking I was giving my opinion of the tablet from what I have used or experienced with it. Just like you gave your OPINION! I have tried the dlna with my VAIO and it does work (LOL)but not on my PS3 so can not comment on that. I have a 32gb SD card in mine and can access all my files with a file manager app, so I have been able to listen to my music and watch my movies that are on my card without a problem. The remote app is very awesome and controls my TV, surround sound and DVR's in my living roomand bedroom. It might not be the tablet for you and maybe some others but to say epic fail.. for you maybe but not everyone.
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Hey there I got the Sony Tablet S in Japan over the weekend, and it's a sweet little device. I've been burned by faulty iphones in the past, so I thought I'd try something different. I went for the 32gb option, but after installing and transferring podcasts and the whole works, it's not going to be enough! What app file manager are you using? ...Really glad I didn't go for the 16gb option.
I've had no problems with the remote control app, and really like the Android Utorrent remote access app. My only beef with it would be the slow rotating response time which gives a bit of a "cheap" feel to the interface, but overall it's a cool device!
Jpku said:
Hey there I got the Sony Tablet S in Japan over the weekend, and it's a sweet little device. I've been burned by faulty iphones in the past, so I thought I'd try something different. I went for the 32gb option, but after installing and transferring podcasts and the whole works, it's not going to be enough! What app file manager are you using? ...Really glad I didn't go for the 16gb option.
I've had no problems with the remote control app, and really like the Android Utorrent remote access app. My only beef with it would be the slow rotating response time which gives a bit of a "cheap" feel to the interface, but overall it's a cool device!
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You want to be using "File manager HD" to search for files on the SD Card. I also use "mx video player Pro" which you set to search the sd card folders by default for movies etc!
jkr284 said:
You want to be using "File manager HD" to search for files on the SD Card. I also use "mx video player Pro" which you set to search the sd card folders by default for movies etc!
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This is exactly what I use.
quick question guys I really want to buy this thing but I cant get a real answer as to the sd card transferring and playing media from the it. If i have a video on my sd card can i play it from the sd card or do i have to transfer to the hard drive of the tablet. thank you to anyone that can help
shawnten said:
quick question guys I really want to buy this thing but I cant get a real answer as to the sd card transferring and playing media from the it. If i have a video on my sd card can i play it from the sd card or do i have to transfer to the hard drive of the tablet. thank you to anyone that can help
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I think the posts above cover this. You can not play video off the SD Card using the default Video player included with the tablet, but there are third party apps that you can downlod from the App Market that will play video from the SD card.
anyone have problem with the SD card keep getting remove? i have a kingston 16gb class 10 SDHC inserted, but after a few hours it say SD card removed... but the card is still clicked in the slot...
also which player is best for encoding rmvb videos? i tried a few, some are either lag, or is very blur...
one more question, which image viewer is best for pictures on SD card cause the "file transfer" app can only view picture one by one... cant swipe to next picture. i tried using astro file manager, i can swipe to next picture but it makes the pictures blurry.
Thanks heaps for your help, I'm off on a trip soon and wanna pack as many videos into an SD card as I can, and MX Player seems to do the trick (I got the free version for now but it's great enough). Cheers again for the tips!
Just on the video, I use Any Video Converter, and followed someone's advice to convert to a Motorola Zoom tablet. These settings work fine, but does anyone have any full details of the video specs so I can get the maximum resolution? Sorry about the questions, but the Japanese language manual I got was pretty damn short of information about the product itself...It's basically just a guide to the main features!
Does anyone know if you can hook a external hard drive up to this and play media directly from the external? I know you can with the SD Card, but wasnt sure if the USB port will allow it or not. I ask cause i have a 500gb External full of movies, tv shows and music, that i would rather carry as opposed to try and figure out what i might want to watch or listen to later, and then transfer them to a SD card.
Tergazzi said:
Does anyone know if you can hook a external hard drive up to this and play media directly from the external? I know you can with the SD Card, but wasnt sure if the USB port will allow it or not. I ask cause i have a 500gb External full of movies, tv shows and music, that i would rather carry as opposed to try and figure out what i might want to watch or listen to later, and then transfer them to a SD card.
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The Tablet S wont power an external hard drive. i do wonder if it will read one though
3vilhomer said:
anyone have problem with the SD card keep getting remove? i have a kingston 16gb class 10 SDHC inserted, but after a few hours it say SD card removed... but the card is still clicked in the slot...
also which player is best for encoding rmvb videos? i tried a few, some are either lag, or is very blur...
one more question, which image viewer is best for pictures on SD card cause the "file transfer" app can only view picture one by one... cant swipe to next picture. i tried using astro file manager, i can swipe to next picture but it makes the pictures blurry.
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I'm not sure about the SD issues that you are having because I haven't experienced any issues with mine. I'm using a 32gb SanDisk. The app I use for picture viewing is called Quick Pic and in the settings you can add the folder sdcard2 and it will access your pictures without transferring them.
derf09 said:
I'm not sure about the SD issues that you are having because I haven't experienced any issues with mine. I'm using a 32gb SanDisk. The app I use for picture viewing is called Quick Pic and in the settings you can add the folder sdcard2 and it will access your pictures without transferring them.
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Haha, I just download that from market today, it have the feature I want but is not as smooth as the built in image viewer... hope it will improve soon...
I did not write this up, so a thanks goes to the original author of this... Ahmad Rafiq from HACKSlurp. I just thought it was very useful, and may be worth adding to this forum, so enjoy!
Do you have a large collection of movies and pictures stored in your external hard drive and you just can’t decide which stuff you want to move to your Android tablet’s 32GB SD card especially when you are traveling? You can actually stream data directly from your portable hard drive to your tablet essentially increasing the storage capacity of your tablet beyond SD card.
Here is how you can do it!
Step 1
You need to prepare your external HDD by formatting it to FAT32. If you have stuff in your hard drive, which is in NTFS state, you should move it temporarily to some other media while you prepare your hard drive.
This is perhaps the only downside to this procedure. But depending on your usage you can make this step worth your effort. This is just a one time only step so don’t be afraid to carry out the arduous task of moving your items from and to your HDD.
Step 2
Connect your portable HDD to your tablet.
Step 3
Make sure your USB switch state is set to ‘Host’. Get this free USB Mode Switcher app (requires ROOT access) if you don’t know how to do it.
Step 4
Switch to your file manager app and wait for it to detect your hard drive. It might take sometime for the app to detect your external drive during which time you should keep refreshing, but once it has detected, the streaming is flawless.
If you have followed the above steps properly you should now be able to watch your HD movies on the go!
The same procedure can also be applied to nearly any USB device like pocket drives etc. This can really come handy as you can transfer your documents from your pen drive to your tablet and edit them on the move!
I work full time, so I havent been able to test this on the sony S, but I plan to this coming weekend (tomorrow), I will add notes as to what I discover, after paying around with it a bit. I know it works on my Acer Iconia, lets keep our fingers crossed!
You say you need root access in order to do it successfully. I don't think anyone's made an exploit to obtain root access for the Tablet S yet. If I'm wrong, you better be sure to tell me how to obtain!! So many things I want to do once I get root!
Good luck though, i'm highly interested in this idea of external hard drives and thumb drives.
Yeah that root access part kinda threw me too. Im gonna try it this weeken, and will report back. I am also going to see what I can do to root this bad boy! I hope I can make something work.
Ok I've just hooked I'm my usb hard drive and so far i'm having mixed success.
Firstly the usb powered option did not work. The light on my HDD came on but i couldn't feel it spinning.
I attached a mains connections to it and it started to spin. A message popped up on the tablet saying "Recognising media" it asked if i wanted to open the Sony data transfer app that comes pre-installed. I declined and tried to view the files via a couple of different file managers but couldn't seem to find the HDD in either of them.
So i went to the Sony data transfer app and it recognised it fine. from there i can either stream from the HDD of transfer the files to the tablet. All the files tested were 720p TV & BD rips and they worked fine with MX Video player.
Sorry this so long winded but hope it helps.
I did all this without going through targazzi's method.
Probably not what you are after but if you have a nas drive you can connect to it wirelessly very easily using built in dlna app. It plays mp4 3gp etc videos no problem and i imagine other files will be supported as long as you have an app to deal with them properly. Another option is file expert app from the market - i mapped same drive as a network drive in it and can see all files. Haven,t bothered putting an sd card yet
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ps3taker said:
Probably not what you are after but if you have a nas drive you can connect to it wirelessly very easily using built in dlna app. It plays mp4 3gp etc videos no problem and i imagine other files will be supported as long as you have an app to deal with them properly. Another option is file expert app from the market - i mapped same drive as a network drive in it and can see all files. Haven,t bothered putting an sd card yet
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I was able to connect my PCH using dlna and I could see all my files but couldn't play most of them and the ones that I could play were stuttering.
Vinny1967 said:
I was able to connect my PCH using dlna and I could see all my files but couldn't play most of them and the ones that I could play were stuttering.
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I used to have an issue with my DLNA server as the videos either have no sound or the video is stuttering. After several trial and errors, I was able to find the right setting for most of my DLNA devices. I use Freemake video converter (it's free, Google it)... then use Freemake to convert the videos to MP4 with bitrate not more than 1400 kbps, and AAC (stereo) audio format. Hope this helps.
well i didnt get a chance to play around with it over the weekend, I ran outta money before I could buy the USB cable for it. (Sad seeing as how its only $14, but thats life when your married with kids, and in the military, dumping your money into stuff to prepare to go to a field excercise for a few weeks)
requires ROOT access?
So your Sony Tablet S been rooted already?
Tergazzi said:
I did not write this up, so a thanks goes to the original author of this... Ahmad Rafiq from HACKSlurp. I just thought it was very useful, and may be worth adding to this forum, so enjoy!
Do you have a large collection of movies and pictures stored in your external hard drive and you just can’t decide which stuff you want to move to your Android tablet’s 32GB SD card especially when you are traveling? You can actually stream data directly from your portable hard drive to your tablet essentially increasing the storage capacity of your tablet beyond SD card.
Here is how you can do it!
Step 1
You need to prepare your external HDD by formatting it to FAT32. If you have stuff in your hard drive, which is in NTFS state, you should move it temporarily to some other media while you prepare your hard drive.
This is perhaps the only downside to this procedure. But depending on your usage you can make this step worth your effort. This is just a one time only step so don’t be afraid to carry out the arduous task of moving your items from and to your HDD.
Step 2
Connect your portable HDD to your tablet.
Step 3
Make sure your USB switch state is set to ‘Host’. Get this free USB Mode Switcher app (requires ROOT access) if you don’t know how to do it.
Step 4
Switch to your file manager app and wait for it to detect your hard drive. It might take sometime for the app to detect your external drive during which time you should keep refreshing, but once it has detected, the streaming is flawless.
If you have followed the above steps properly you should now be able to watch your HD movies on the go!
The same procedure can also be applied to nearly any USB device like pocket drives etc. This can really come handy as you can transfer your documents from your pen drive to your tablet and edit them on the move!
I work full time, so I havent been able to test this on the sony S, but I plan to this coming weekend (tomorrow), I will add notes as to what I discover, after paying around with it a bit. I know it works on my Acer Iconia, lets keep our fingers crossed!
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Anyone have this problem? Its a 3.82 gb MKV and windows explorer crashes everytime
I'm having the same problem. The only way I could get around it was to first transfer the MKVs to a MicroSD card and then to the TP.
Moothead2 said:
I'm having the same problem. The only way I could get around it was to first transfer the MKVs to a MicroSD card and then to the TP.
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this is ridiculous!
I tried sending it to my Nexus as well and it happened, maybe its a ICS thing?
Also tried copying from my usb HD to my tablet with same result
I can copy small files fine....
any ideas?
Have you tried a different file manager, such as 7zip?
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Quinny899 said:
Have you tried a different file manager, such as 7zip?
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I'm copying from my desktop to my tablet using windows explorer
I read somewhere in this forum where it was a MTP limitation. Any thing over 2GB causes it to puke.
I, too, have had the problem. I just popped in a micro sd and transferred it to that.
If I recall, the MTP partition was FAT32 and not NTFS. Could be wrong on that.
DroidHam said:
I'm copying from my desktop to my tablet using windows explorer
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Try with 7zip on your computer then
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just threw a microsd in my tab and tried copying there with no luck either
DroidHam said:
just threw a microsd in my tab and tried copying there with no luck either
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Make sure the sd card is formatted in NTFS and not the default FAT32. I had to reformat mine. FAT32 will not handle 2+ gig filesizes.
put the SD card in my blackberry and tried copying it in there and had the same issue this is driving me nuts
how can i format my sd card to ntfs while in my tab?
Maybe AirDroid could work? I don't have access to any mkv files so I can't test it out. https://market.android.com/details?...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0.
Or PocketCloud Explore: https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS53eXNlLmZpbGVicm93c2VyZnVsbCJd
I have the same problem and tried hours doing that. I don't think this is to do with the file size and I could easily transfer 4G .avi file. I am not sure how to use 7Zip explorer as it does not show MTP drive. I do not have SD card yet. Any help?
Hello. I have the same problem with my prime and also samsug galaxy s 2. The quickest solution for that - delate extension .mkv in windows and copy to your prime. It works for me.
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I don't think it's an issue with your prime but with explorer. On some of my computers in the house (and not others), opening folders with mkv files in them causes explorer to crash (only on external media though).
Try copying it via the command prompt and see what happens lol (just being curious here)
And I agree with ^^ about deleting the mkv extension. that should do it!
Also try changing any visible explorer windows to icon or list view rather than thumbnail view. It may be crashing when trying to preview the mkv video. Additionally, try disabling realtime antivirus.
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Experienced same problem with large MKVs on Win7 64-bit. I have dual boot system on my PC. So I started Vista 32-bit, and there were no problem copying at all.
Try a different OS.
Seems to be more of a problem with the codecs on the PC rather than the transformer prime. Try uninstalling all the third party codecs and try again. It happens sometimes when the system tries to create a thumbnail for the video, for example with coreavc.
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Hi everyone, I'm new here so be nice
Just bought my phone today, and I'm having a few odd issues. I'm trying to transfer some .mkv files to my phone to play through moboplayer (one of the apps that I saw in the file transfer thread), but using the MediaGo program they won't transfer (an error stating "could not transcode" pops up, and when I click on the error it states no codec could be found, even though that shouldn't matter), and by using Windows Explorer to transfer them Explorer just crashes - which has never happened to me before with any program.
I've changed all the setting that I can find in MediaGo which should allow transfer, and still nothing. So, is there anything else I can do to get this working short of rooting the phone?
Thanks guys for your (hopefully impending and helpful ) help
Take a look at "My Phone Explorer", its a windows progam and a buddy app on your phone. Makes it really easy to push and pull files over wifi, usb or bluetooth.
Thanks, I'll give it a whirl
Dont use pc companion.. just use windows to transfer files
Just tried using myphoneexplorer, unfortunately I've searched through the phone and can't find a setting to only charge when connected via usb, and an option for usb debugging. Any help regarding this?
ribidat sense
Seansmit17 said:
Dont use pc companion.. just use windows to transfer files
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Which as I said crashes Windows Explorer.
Can anyone else help with this?
Sorry to repeat post, but I'm still having this issue. The thing I'm worried about the most is the Windows Explorer crashing issue
Shayper said:
Just tried using myphoneexplorer, unfortunately I've searched through the phone and can't find a setting to only charge when connected via usb, and an option for usb debugging. Any help regarding this?
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There is no function for charge only - usb debugging is in setup -> Programs -> Development.
Windows explorer is behaving strange for the moment - only hope is it will be fixed in a new upgrade (as far as I remember i did not have it on the .62 version). I backed up yesterday on wi-fi using X-plore on my phone - time consuming but worked.
harfot said:
There is no function for charge only - usb debugging is in setup -> Programs -> Development.
Windows explorer is behaving strange for the moment - only hope is it will be fixed in a new upgrade (as far as I remember i did not have it on the .62 version). I backed up yesterday on wi-fi using X-plore on my phone - time consuming but worked.
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Thanks, I'll try the USB debugging when I get back
I can't use WiFi unfortunately, as one of the campus terms and conditions is that you can't set up your own WiFi network.
It's the only problem I have with my phone really, although I tried torrenting an mkv file (that I own on my pc) using a torrent app and that works fine using mx player . I think I may be in love with this phone
I've not been having any issues transferring files to the device through Windows Explorer, however, i'm finding that files larger than 4GiB aren't accepted - it seems like the 25GiB Data partition on the internal storage is formatted FAT32... which seems a bit pointless to me.
Surely a Device with a 1280x720 screen and enough grunt to render 720p video should be able to accommodate large files on its data partition!?
Silly Sony
You need encode your data smaller convert to mp4 only
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I can confirm this problem with windows explorer and the XPS - this issue is with mkv files it seems, regardless of file size. It was really confusing when I was transferring my libraries over to the new phone and it just crashed winexplorer partway =(
MyPhoneExplorer did succeed in transferring the mkv file though, thanks.
But I'm sad to say that not everything plays well even with DICE player... the XPS still struggles with some 720p h264 mkv files. So might still have to convert whatever you want to watch with something like Handbrake =(
running 6.0.A.3.73
steelmm said:
You need encode your data smaller convert to mp4 only
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That's what I figured, until someone works out how to reformat that partition to ext3 or ext4 anyway
BleeDK said:
I can confirm this problem with windows explorer and the XPS - this issue is with mkv files it seems, regardless of file size. It was really confusing when I was transferring my libraries over to the new phone and it just crashed winexplorer partway =(
MyPhoneExplorer did succeed in transferring the mkv file though, thanks.
But I'm sad to say that not everything plays well even with DICE player... the XPS still struggles with some 720p h264 mkv files. So might still have to convert whatever you want to watch with something like Handbrake =(
running 6.0.A.3.73
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Yeah, I updated to the .73 firmware and still not working... Ouch.
I converted the file to .avi though, and can't notice the difference in quality. However it would be nice to put some of my hd films on there without conversion.
Thanks guys for all the useful help
Hey guys,
Greeting to all!!!
Is there any issue like; only 4Gb of data can be transfered at a time in SXS...??
If yes, why is it so, and I would like to know if any remedy is there...?
Thanks in advance
No, it's a bit different. The internal memory is vfat, so you can't have files larger than 4GB.
It's a file system limitation.
solution: use smaller files
Does that mean, I can't copy any files, (kinda movies) which are above 4gb into my SXS....
arunjnair said:
Does that mean, I can't copy any files, (kinda movies) which are above 4gb into my SXS....
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Yes.
Oh that really sucks!!!
:-(
I guess the only solution is a custom kernel with ntfs support and a usb stick formatted in ntfs.
For movies, if you have the time and Windows, you can just use MTP mode (the standard if you didn't change it), drag files onto the phone and Windows will recode them to a smaller resolution.
Although it's not perfect (e.g. multiple languages are not supported I think) it's definitely a workaround.
Or try to cut an HD movie in parts no larger than 4 GB.
if u dont want to watch the movie/video all the time (ie it doesnt need to be in ur phone).
buy a usb-otg cable, a UFD (i have 16 gB flashdisk), and use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1729195
slap the hdmi cable to HDTV. and watch it. profit?
Encode it to something smaller. I have a bunch of HD 720p movies and none of them are over 4gb. Play great on my Xperia S. I use the AppleTV 2 preset in handbrake to encode them.
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You could always split the files into parts
m1st3r1 said:
if u dont want to watch the movie/video all the time (ie it doesnt need to be in ur phone).
buy a usb-otg cable, a UFD (i have 16 gB flashdisk), and use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1729195
slap the hdmi cable to HDTV. and watch it. profit?
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UFD is a good idea....THanks for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and one more que,
will that effect the play quality if I watch using a UFD
arunjnair said:
UFD is a good idea....THanks for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and one more que,
will that effect the play quality if I watch using a UFD
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works well in mine. but i use other video player. such as diceplayer and mxvideoplayer.