Hello everyone,
So like many of you I picked up an HP TouchPad when they were on sale. I gave the TouchPad to my Grandma. I figured it would be worth it alone for just using it as an interactive photo frame. With 32GB of space to spare I even put some QuickTime videos converted from home video VHS tapes.
While it works well for that, the organization of the Photo program on WebOS isn't the best. Viewing photos and albums isn't as simple as I thought it may be. So I started looking at some other options as far as alternative OS for the TouchPad. It looks like Android seems to be running quite well on the device (from what I've seen). So I was wondering if any of you could suggest a build / type of Android install I should attempt to use?
My needs are simple. I would like a nicer Photo Management software (if available with video playback for QuickTime / MPEG-4 files) and working Wi-Fi The ability to have multiple icons on a home screen is good. It makes it easier for her to select what she wants to do. Is there an option to make a keyboard larger? Or is there any font options to make things larger? She'll be 93 this month, and although her vision is pretty good, she can use all the help she can get.
Skype would be nice, but from what I understand camera and microphone compatibility is limited. Of course I'd like it to be as stable as possible. I haven't looked at her TouchPad in a bit, I'll see if there are any WebOS updates before continuing. But I'm curious as to what is out there to make this tablet a bit easier to use.
Thank you in advance for your help!
-Steven
StevenM86 said:
Hello everyone,
So like many of you I picked up an HP TouchPad when they were on sale. I gave the TouchPad to my Grandma. I figured it would be worth it alone for just using it as an interactive photo frame. With 32GB of space to spare I even put some QuickTime videos converted from home video VHS tapes.
While it works well for that, the organization of the Photo program on WebOS isn't the best. Viewing photos and albums isn't as simple as I thought it may be. So I started looking at some other options as far as alternative OS for the TouchPad. It looks like Android seems to be running quite well on the device (from what I've seen). So I was wondering if any of you could suggest a build / type of Android install I should attempt to use?
My needs are simple. I would like a nicer Photo Management software (if available with video playback for QuickTime / MPEG-4 files) and working Wi-Fi The ability to have multiple icons on a home screen is good. It makes it easier for her to select what she wants to do. Is there an option to make a keyboard larger? Or is there any font options to make things larger? She'll be 93 this month, and although her vision is pretty good, she can use all the help she can get.
Skype would be nice, but from what I understand camera and microphone compatibility is limited. Of course I'd like it to be as stable as possible. I haven't looked at her TouchPad in a bit, I'll see if there are any WebOS updates before continuing. But I'm curious as to what is out there to make this tablet a bit easier to use.
Thank you in advance for your help!
-Steven
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The CM9 builds are very stable and extremely usable. Try the nightly builds for good wifi. Also, the latest nightlies have working mic, though not camera.
There are tons of photo managers and video players on the Google Play Store; I like QuickPic for photos, but I don't watch a lot of videos.
The default homescreen has multiple icons.
There is an option for larger font in Settings -> Accessibility -> Large Text.
Several 3rd-party keyboards allow you to change the size of the keyboard. For example, I use SwiftKey, and it has 4 sizes. It is paid, though.
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Hi
I am new to this and have purchased a new HTC Advantage on WM6.1. I also have a Touch Diamond. It there anything i should do to have the Advantage running at its best or any good apps that would make its more useful?
I will mainly use the Advantage for mobile working, email and reviewing documents. I also will use it to keep my banking blog up to date while on the move.
Thanks in advance for your help.
JR
jonryan,
Welcome to the forum
You might want to try out SoftMaker, which lets you have full office documents creating, editing, and viewing capabilities. In fact, it has exactly the same full desktop functionalities on the 5 inch screen.
Of course, viewing videos on the move on this large screen is something no other phones can match. This includes doing youtube on the move too, with either Coreplayer or YoutubePlayer. I use both, but more the later. I always prefer to save it first before watching, as it means I'm charged the data download cost only once, not to mention the smoother playing of the video too.
Another software that works uniquely well only on the Athena (again it is because of the large screen) is realVGA at 96dpi. No other phone is really still useable at that dpi IMHO.
The Athena also manifests it's strength using GoogleMap. You can see the satellite maps so much more and better.
Same goes for Webbrowsers, eReaders, PDF file readers and the like. You can see MORE with the same font size as the other phones.
Cheers.
eaglesteve said:
This includes doing youtube on the move too, with either Coreplayer or YoutubePlayer. I use both, but more the later. I always prefer to save it first before watching, as it means I'm charged the data download cost only once, not to mention the smoother playing of the video too.
Cheers.
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Does Coreplayer download to save youtube videos or does it stream?
cktlcmd said:
Does Coreplayer download to save youtube videos or does it stream?
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Coreplayer streams, but very high quality and fast.
Guys
Thanks for all your replys. It is great to get such good information and actual user specific info. Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks
JonRyan
For some reason when I try to play videos on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 they keep coming out choppy and pixilated. I tried the default player, Mobo, and RockPlayer, and the videos still come out all pixilated and choppy. I tried putting a few movies on there last night like Inception, The Dark Knight, and Limitless and they were all choppy and pixilated. I used .avi, .mp4, and .m4v formats, none of which worked. I even tried downloading vids encoded specifically to work on mobile devices such as iPod/PSP and they didn't work. I even downloaded HandBrake for Mac and followed the directions on Cnet and nothing played properly. Everything played choppy and pixilated on all the players.
A Google search showed that MANY people are all having the same problem, so I don't think it is an isolated issue with my specific Tab. How the hell can I play videos clearly on my Tab???
I use vplayer
try Diceplayer.... IT plays anything i throw at IT..... except 1080 mkv, they stutter sometimes
Use the low profile settings for handbrake from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060825
Or use the Samsung Kies software and let it automatically convert the video for you when you transfer it to your device (handbrake is faster and slightly better quality imo).
Or as has been suggested already, try DicePlayer from the market and see if it works with your files.
MeGUI is the only way for top video quality in your tablet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245668
mine doesn't even play divx.. on my galaxy s its no problem, it plays almost anything
Upload the sample-megui.mp4 file to your tablet and open it with Google Videos app. Let me know if it works and how is the quality. Make sure you tap on the 5.1CH logo to enable the 6 channels sound.
Not sure if you have an unlocked bootloader, but I heard that the Videos will force a bootloader lock. Mines is already locked, so I don't care...
I've the same problem. I've tried everything (change player, video quality, etc.) but the video playback still sucks. I hope the release of vlc for android will fix this issue, but I'm a little bit disappointed..
yqed said:
MeGUI is the only way for top video quality in your tablet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245668
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It may be an option but it isn't the ONLY option (Handbrake is at least one other proven option that many people here use), keep your marketing spam out of this thread.
Anyone who claims that their solution is the ONLY solution is clearly here to do some marketing.
In fact, for those who use MacOS or Linux, MeGUI is NOT an option, period.
Nah, no marketing here. Been on forums for a long time (Google my full name) and I hear what you say... sorry for misunderstanding. I'm an old member on doom9, they are hardcore video people. Handbrake is great for mobile devices, while MeGUI allows you to to encode your video's at any level you want.
Cheers
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Heh, I was on Doom9 when Doom9 the dude was still a regular, and Gej was still pounding on DivX 3.11. Old times, eh.
As for MeGUI, it's not the only front-end around. If you're on Doom9, then you know better. Most do basically the same thing, which is to run x264.dll plus some processing via AVISynth. Each front-end has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Despite its dinosaur interface, Handbrake is still more user friendly than MeGUI or most front-ends, and it does the job more than well enough. The auto-IVTC works well.
MeGUI allows more manual fiddling, as of course do most geek tools. It's been around a while, and there are newer "geek" front-ends with better UI. But for the hardcore, the "only way" is to ignore front-ends and use the tools directly, ie x264.exe and AVISynth, and write scripts as needed.
Check out my "conversion" script below. It's a geek tool geared for noobs (only one menu), but is infinitely adjustable for geeks. The script is only a text file, after all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102922
e.mote said:
Heh, I was on Doom9 when Doom9 the dude was still a regular, and Gej was still pounding on DivX 3.11. Old times, eh.
As for MeGUI, it's not the only front-end around. If you're on Doom9, then you know better. Most do basically the same thing, which is to run x264.dll plus some processing via AVISynth. Each front-end has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Despite its dinosaur interface, Handbrake is still more user friendly than MeGUI or most front-ends, and it does the job more than well enough. The auto-IVTC works well.
MeGUI allows more manual fiddling, as of course do most geek tools. It's been around a while, and there are newer "geek" front-ends with better UI. But for the hardcore, the "only way" is to ignore front-ends and use the tools directly, ie x264.exe and AVISynth, and write scripts as needed.
Check out my "conversion" script below. It's a geek tool geared for noobs (only one menu), but is infinitely adjustable for geeks. The script is only a text file, after all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102922
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I totally agree with you, MeGUI is a pro tool not intended for the novice user. However, as you said it so well, you can't beat MeGUI's customization levels allowing you to achieve amazing results. I get both of worlds, I do my own AviSynth scripts directly into MeGUI... I encode all my Bluray's with it for Media Center and push the data through Yammm. Now that I got a tablet, is time to redo some of my faves for the P7510.
BTW, good fortune with Searchlight and Axivo.
I've been comparing PDF rendering side by side with iPad and PC.
I've been using adobe reader, ezPDFreader, and a bunch of other pdf viewer app.
All came into about the same rendering quality, it is that if being zoomed, the text and images would never look crisp just like the original files were supposed to be.
PDFs that were really large in size and have a very good compression, that look good in other devices when zoomed, look bad at GT1.1 when zoomed!
Anyone have any knowledge why? Have adobe and other developers came to knew about this problem? I think this problem has something to do with those pdf apps were not developed with GT/honeycomb's native screen resoution yet, am I right?
This simple rendering drawbacks alone has led me to think to change to iPad, i read a lot of high quality pdfs in a day, and i need to read it in high quality as it was supposed to be!
check attachment for sample of screen capture.
This was using ezpdfreader, but it doesnt matter which pdf app I used it would still looked like that. Even using adobe reader.
Im taking a long flight soon, and will be bringing my TouchPad with me. I was wondering what the optimum setting was for converting video's to play on the TouchPad? What codex and resolution is best for good video? Also, what video player (I installed Kalem) and the name of a good conversion program ppl like to use. Thanks in advance!
Why convert? Kalem plays both those just fine.
If you want to convert though, I recommend Handbrake, and just using the iPad setting.
Tks. I have been doing video's on my HD2 (android) and you need to convert them in a VERY spacific way or it will play like crud. I know this HouchPad has quite a bit more power (OC'd to 1.7) but im just making sure. Converting movies can take a lot of time and I dont want to sit there and constantly convert one over and over to find the best settings.
I just got my new galaxy note (i717) on friday (immediately flashing it with OnlyOne beta 2 (ics)) and I would like to use it for a bit of podcasting using the front camera to record myself while I read text from some teleprompter software.
I can record video from the front camera just fine, and it actually comes out a bit higher quality than I expected even, but for the life of me, when i hit the record button and then switch away from the camera app to the prompter app, it gives me an audio notification that the camera has stopped recording.
is there prompter software that has an integrated video recorder? (that'd be pretty sweet imho) or better, some way to record video while another app (that's not particularly resource intensive) is in use? - I don't mind trimming and cutting the video together (there are actually some pretty decent editing tools for android i've found) but I can't figure out a way to record and prompt at the same time...
does anybody have any ideas?
I'm rather surprised that nobody seems to have any ideas on this... could someone at least please relay to me why this isn't possible (if it's not possible)?
I would think that this would be a reasonably popular thing to do (recording video whilst looking at a prompter or even a web page or something to do podcasting stuff...
Is this something I'm going to have to write? (I have no idea how to dev android apps).
well i'm glad to see that google does a good job at finding appropriate threads - here it is, a couple of months later, and I'm revisiting the same problem that I had before - I still can't record and prompt at the same time on my i717 (now running cm9 / cm10, not that it should matter)... I still don't get it.
i don't know what to say , u searched a program on google?i believe that is here at least 1 program for your note
Video app with built in teleprompter
There is a great teleprompter/video recording app. It's called VRT2. Unfortunately you would have to downgrade to an iPad to get it. When I saw it, I was tempted o make the switch, but I don't want to give up the advanced features of my Samsung Note 10.
I'm hoping that a great Android app developer will create something like the VRT2 soon.
When it's ready, I'm ready to buy it.
I still can't seem to find anything that does this and it would be *great* for quick video podcasting... I just want to be able to record myself on the front camera while either reading my notes or looking at a teleprompter with the outline i've created for the segment.
Video recorder teleprompter
Have you found any other software to video you with front facing camera with teleprompter on screen?
I know Ipad have one on itunes costing somewhere 24 dollars or £18 which is a professional one, not tried it but I now it does record you and at the same time has all the words you want to talk about in front of you.
Keep up to date, I don't know which tablet to buy because of this problem.
Darron