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Before testing galaxy s2 I had galaxy s. I used to test allshare on galaxy s, and it was playing mkv files no problem from my pc. Today I tryed to play mkv on galaxy S2 and it cannot play it!! I didn,t like galaxy s allshare player because it lacked aspect ration etc. But this is insane! It can play 1080p and cannot play same files using allshare, shame on you samsung. Very disappointed, they are ruining such an amazing and powerful device with such things. Doss they even know about this?
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I'm in the same boat as you though what I find more annoying is the fact I can't stream movies from pc to my phone
Has anyone contacted Samsung about these issues?
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Has anyone contacted Samsung about these issues?
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it's easier to complain
I have an 40" led tv from Sony with dlna, and I can't stream any movies from my phone to tv.
I've written a long long letter of complaint to Samsung about this and other dlna issues I had
So now I'm awaiting the answer.
P's. Also included my findings about the computer playback. As the same as you guys had.
smaberg said:
I have an 40" led tv from Sony with dlna, and I can't stream any movies from my phone to tv.
I've written a long long letter of complaint to Samsung about this and other dlna issues I had
So now I'm awaiting the answer.
P's. Also included my findings about the computer playback. As the same as you guys had.
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DLNA is a bit of a farce and one of the areas where Apple has absolutely nailed how it should work with AirPlay. With DLNA, you appear to be entirely at the mercy of the manufacturers regarding what formats you can stream.
I also have a Sony LED TV that supports DLNA. The TV itself is capable of playing AAC audio and H.264 MP4 video files - plug in a USB drive and away you go. However, it will only receive MP3 and MPEG2 streams via DLNA, meaning that half my music collection and all my videos can't be streamed.
Judging by this, there are very few formats that DLNA devices have to support. In fact, MP3 is even listed as one of the "optional" formats. Until the DLNA organisation mandates that commonly used formats such as AAC, MP4 and so on must be natively supported, it's going to continue to be a complete mess.
Incidentally, the link above also states that the transmitting device should transcode media into a format understood by the receiving device if the receiving device doesn't natively understand the format. As impractical as this is to do when the transmitting device is a phone, All Share should be doing this to be completely DLNA compliant.
Philips 32PFL9603 is supporting DLNA but which formats is supporting? Do you know that?
Cmon. Let's contact samsung and tell them to fix and improve their allshare. Right now it is useless.
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never streamed TO the phone, but with SGS i was able to stream FROM the phone without any problems using allshare. with GS2 however, that is not possible for .mkv files, just says unable to play format...
Really happy with allshare.
There is no other app with the same features AFAIK.
I have a server running minidlna and it picks it up quickly and even seeks and resumes media when multitasking.
In my experience other manufacturers dlna implementations are pitiful in comparison. Count yourself really lucky, I do.
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Cmon. Let's contact samsung and tell them to fix and improve their allshare. Right now it is useless.
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andrej.marinic said:
never streamed TO the phone, but with SGS i was able to stream FROM the phone without any problems using allshare. with GS2 however, that is not possible for .mkv files, just says unable to play format...
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The "unable to play format" message is because whatever you're streaming to doesn't support the file type. The only thing that Samsung can do is to implement transcoding in AllShare to convert files that are unsupported on the rendering device into one of the base DLNA formats that all DLNA devices must support. This would be very battery intensive on a mobile device, particularly when transcoding HD files.
otaku888 said:
Really happy with allshare.
There is no other app with the same features AFAIK.
I have a server running minidlna and it picks it up quickly and even seeks and resumes media when multitasking.
In my experience other manufacturers dlna implementations are pitiful in comparison. Count yourself really lucky, I do.
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I agree with you that AllShare is a pretty nice app to use, but the fact still remains that even with a great front-end on your phone, you can still be hampered by the DLNA implementation on the rendering device (in my case, my TV).
Wazzamatazz said:
I agree with you that AllShare is a pretty nice app to use, but the fact still remains that even with a great front-end on your phone, you can still be hampered by the DLNA implementation on the rendering device (in my case, my TV).
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Yes of course, I totally agree. But that's a problem with your TV, allshare cannot do anything to compensate for a poor implementation on the rendering device. Such is the nature of DLNA.
I also agree it should render mkv, my samsung TV does, well if you rename the file to .avi it does.
For an android dlna renderer though it is still unsurpassed.
You people are saying that my tv cannot render mkv? But it can! It rendered the same file with old galaxy s dlna, from flashdrive, from the same dlna server on my pc. So there is samsung galaxy s2 that buggeres around.
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works fine for me ... (720p mkv file, streaming xbmc server)
With my Sony tv(as above post) I was able to stream all known formats, BUT FROM OTHER PHONE AND PC.
So the bad boy is the SGSII...
Still waiting for reply from samsung.
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You people are saying that my tv cannot render mkv? But it can! It rendered the same file with old galaxy s dlna, from flashdrive, from the same dlna server on my pc. So there is samsung galaxy s2 that buggeres around.
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Remember that MKV is just a container format; the video and audio codecs in use can vary from one file to the next and it's possible that only some of those codecs are supported by your TV.
If you're telling me that you can stream a file from your Galaxy S but you can't stream the exact same file from your Galaxy S II then I'd agree that there's an issue with AllShare on the S II.
Also, as I've found out with my TV, there can be differences between what a device can play from a flash drive and what it can play via DLNA!
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Yes of course, I totally agree. But that's a problem with your TV, allshare cannot do anything to compensate for a poor implementation on the rendering device. Such is the nature of DLNA.
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Technically, it could transcode the media, but that's a dumb solution (albeit the only one that fits within the DLNA spec). As for that being the nature of DLNA, you're completely correct, which is why it's so much poorer than AirPlay.
Galaxy S with firmware 2.1 could stream using allshare, after an update it cannot either.
I recorded a video with the SGS2 and was able to stream it to a Sony Bravia TV with AllShare.
A day later I tried the same and the SGS2 said 'file could not be played'.
I found out, the cause for this was the Kies software. It converted all my movies from "video/mp4" to "video/3gpp" automatically. The "video/3gpp" is not supported by my TV so it could not be played.
Try opening a video in the SGS2 standard videoapp and open menu->details
what's under 'format' ?
if it says 3gpp, try converting it back to mp4 (xmediarecode can do this without really recoding everything) and send it again to the tv.
otaku888 said:
Really happy with allshare.
There is no other app with the same features AFAIK.
I have a server running minidlna and it picks it up quickly and even seeks and resumes media when multitasking.
In my experience other manufacturers dlna implementations are pitiful in comparison. Count yourself really lucky, I do.
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How nice for you not a usefull post on this topic at al.... and does mkv work via for you on your SGS2(Samsung Galaxy S 2) without atleast that much info your post is useless
Hi,
My main goal is to stream from pc to my atrix 720p and 1080p mkv file. I've tried with vlc server on pc and vlc direct on atrix, but with 720 or 1080p mkv file it doesn't work. Instead with Stadnard definition it works well.
Anyone know if exists a way to get hd video streamed on atrix?
I'm doing this because i've an ATOM + ION in my living room that runs 24/7, and when I watch a movie or a tv series from my bedroom I put the phone on dock and i reproduce via CIFS partition mounted the file on the media center.
*But with HD file Atrix can't reproduce it (lacks of the neon instruction and VFP isntruction it seems to not be enough). So I i've to find a way to view hd file on my atrix...
Thanks,
WZ
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Why would you want to view HD video on a qHD display? Unless you're using Entertainment Center, but I doubt you could stream when using that.
use dlna protocol, is way better to stream video then samba..
if you are on a linux machin I suggest to use minidlna...
I use Qloud media to stream all the videos from my PC to phone
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In my experience video renders too dark on atrix to do any serious media consumption
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You can stream 1080P video but it can't be too high a bit-rate and HD media player doesn't support all types of audio, your wireless connection would be a factor as well.
I am using smbnetfs via my custom webtop to play movies/tv off my server PC.
Cheers!
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You can stream 1080P video but it can't be too high a bit-rate and HD media player doesn't support all types of audio, your wireless connection would be a factor as well.
I am using smbnetfs via my custom webtop to play movies/tv off my server PC.
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The simpliest solution I've found? NO-One. We have NO CHANCE to play or stream 720 or 1080p with high bitrate and high profile!
So, here is how i solved this issue:
Sold the atrix, bought a galaxy nexus for 100 bucks more.
Now I can PLAY with diceplayer and ES file manager via WIFI 1080p blu-ray quality, 35 mbit very high profile WITHOUT ANY LAG.
Tegra 2 multimedia performance are really poor :/
I am interesting in OUYA because it has a slim body. I dont want to play video game on it. The only thing I want to do is to play movie. I have a lot of movies stored in my laptop. The current way that I use is to connect my laptop to HDTV by HDMI. Can OUYA replace my current method? I can play 720P movie(MKV or RMVB) on my cellphone(Galaxy note 2). Ouya has the same equipment(Tegra3 with 1.7G). So I think it can play 720P movie smoothly like my cellphone. Did anyone here try playing moive on OUYA?
Yes the ouya plays 720p movies well. I use xbmc at the time. I was thinking about the ouya or the raspberry pi and I am glad I bought the ouya. The ouya, for my use and purposes, is an awesome media center. The internal storage is small but it has a usb port. Xbmc has support for a network attached storage (nas) which is what I use. The ouya also has the added benefit of games. For only $99.99, I recommend the ouya for your current situation. It also has low power usage and it is highly portable.
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if you want to use your ouya exclusively as mediacenter you can start xbmc with a autorun-app, don't know what it's called tho.
only culprit is that the button layout isnt quite optimal when using ouya controller but i'm using my cellphone with yatse installed and as a media-solution this couldn't be any better.
not only 720p but even 1080P movies (shared from my nas) are being played like a charm and if you*'e into 3D the ouya should be able to handle most formats, too...but didn't try that, since my tv doens't support it
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Yes the ouya plays 720p movies well. I use xbmc at the time. I was thinking about the ouya or the raspberry pi and I am glad I bought the ouya. The ouya, for my use and purposes, is an awesome media center. The internal storage is small but it has a usb port. Xbmc has support for a network attached storage (nas) which is what I use. The ouya also has the added benefit of games. For only $99.99, I recommend the ouya for your current situation. It also has low power usage and it is highly portable.
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Thanks for your reply. Does ouya support external SD card? Can I install app like YouTube on the ouya?
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Ouya can play 1080P movie? It sounds great. My laptop doesn't support 1080P very well. Not smooth. If ouya really can play 1080P movie(MKV) smoothly,it really exceeds my expectations.
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Alexsandra said:
Ouya can play 1080P movie? It sounds great. My laptop doesn't support 1080P very well. Not smooth. If ouya really can play 1080P movie(MKV) smoothly,it really exceeds my expectations.
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i didn't have any issues with fullhd-mkvs yet. for all i know there are some culprits with surround sound, but didn't notice anything major up to now.
you can without any problem plug your sd card reader/usb-harddrive/etc to your ouya. the device will be mounted to /media/usb
if you want you could even use a dvd-drive for your ouya, as long as you are willing to compile the needed module for your kernel.
didn't try it yet, but atrix with tegra 2 was able to do this, so ouya with tegra 3 should be able, too
Will work fine. Look at getting a flirc device, so you can configure media centre remote to use with xbmc
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Will work fine. Look at getting a flirc device, so you can configure media centre remote to use with xbmc
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Or use Yatse from your phone/tablet which gives you many more controls and features.
I have ordered one from Amazon US and I am now eager to wait for shipping it to China.
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Alexsandra said:
I am interesting in OUYA because it has a slim body. I dont want to play video game on it. The only thing I want to do is to play movie.
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Short answer: Better get an raspberry pi with Openelec.
Longer Answer:
yes, i do have 2 and did use one as mediaplayer using mostly XBMC (connected to a linux fileserver) at my home and using it with VLC when beeing at my girlfriends place with an 2TB HD.
Unluckily i really cant recommend it atm because the XBMC version for android/ouya is still lacking CEC support, means you cant use your TVs remote for controlling it and it cant do AC3 audio passthrough over HDMI (if i remember correctly). The XBMC for android still cant play a lot of movie files my Raspberry PI does play without problems. Therefore it makes a much better media player if its ok for one to not use the most fancy XBMC Skins. (I recommend Bello Skin)
In addition to this the Ouya lacks support for direct flashing and a lot of poeple find the companies politics highly questionable. The not acceptance of the last TOS locked my Ouya Console completely and not just the market. Its softbricked now. It has been sold as an "open" project but turns out to be as closed as "a nuns arse". Therefore its unluckily unlikely that we will see an Openelec port for the Ouya. Someone did port Debian to Ouya so there might be a solution using Debian and XBMC but AFAIK there are not all drivers and libs working atm.
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Dont mean to be rude but i dont think you are objektive here.
I dont know what files you are unable to play but i am using mine a lot for Multimedia and didnt have any issues with audio at all. I know that some special dts Formats are incompatible for now.
Surly there are some things about ouya that many of us don't like but that's not the point here. Some are codec support and cec which are still under construction and might always be, but seriously: raspberry?
I really wouldn't want to have such a laggy interface and long folder loading times.
If you really want sth fully compatible with all major Codecs and cec and so on get a finished product like little black box or sth similar. Else be happy to have sth. to tinker with.
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I still hate that dts/multichannel audio ain't working on xbmc, it is worthless to me untill that is fixed.
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I still hate that dts/multichannel audio ain't working on xbmc, it is worthless to me untill that is fixed.
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Losing faith if I'm honest. I have been giving this project my backing because it seemed to have an enthusiastic following.
I'm not sure there is the focus on the issues that matter to ME, I'm not sure how many people wanted this little box specifically for XBMC but I suspect it was a few. I know the DTS/AC3 issue is an XBMC problem and nothing to do with OUYA but the several other little niggles that affect it are not being addressed.
I think I am going to sell it, I am done waiting for it.. the time multi audio is comming if it even is comming the ouya will be old. The lack of support and community is the other reason.
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Ok what I experienced so far is this :
Normally I have my ouya plugged into my TV which is set up to pass aby audio signal through to my home cinema center via optical output. There I never had any issues up to now. Lately I had plugged the ouya into the TV of our bedroom and with xbmc I get audio issues as well.
But vlc and I guess plex as well are able to play ball those files without any issue.
So i guess it's also up to your setup which audio technologies are supported.
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I still hate that dts/multichannel audio ain't working on xbmc, it is worthless to me untill that is fixed.
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I use xbmc on ouya and I have dts and DD passthrough at least on my sony 5.1 home theater. It seems that it depend also from your home theater and/or TV as if you connect the ouya directly to TV and TV doesn't have audio pass through, it will work only analog 2 channel audio.
Good to see someone agreeing to my experiences.
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I use xbmc on ouya and I have dts and DD passthrough at least on my sony 5.1 home theater. It seems that it depend also from your home theater and/or TV as if you connect the ouya directly to TV and TV doesn't have audio pass through, it will work only analog 2 channel audio.
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Really? Xbmc on ouya can decode DTS and output 5.1 channels to home theater? I saw a lot of people complained of decoding DTS failure. Be honest, I am frustrated when I saw these comments, because I just ordered one from Amazon and I have a lot of 720P DTS MKV movies. My original thoughts is that connecting ouya to 5.1 home theater. I did saw ouya can output 2.0 or 5.1 surround sound effects on their website. Hoping XBMC V13 could be more perfect.
For some ppl it is working indeed, by switching of amp and turn it on again.
But not for everyone... When I try it I just get same static noise as before...
I never had 5.1 working whatever I tried.
Tried several options in xbmc but it would not change anything
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Really? Xbmc on ouya can decode DTS and output 5.1 channels to home theater? I saw a lot of people complained of decoding DTS failure. Be honest, I am frustrated when I saw these comments, because I just ordered one from Amazon and I have a lot of 720P DTS MKV movies. My original thoughts is that connecting ouya to 5.1 home theater. I did saw ouya can output 2.0 or 5.1 surround sound effects on their website. Hoping XBMC V13 could be more perfect.
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Ouya can decode DTS mkv, I just tested it and my home theater received a PCM audio stream (analog settings on xbmc audio output) and then tested the same mkv with digital signal pass through to my home theater (digital HDMI audio output in xbmc settings) that decoded it fine.
Only thing is that if ouya decode the DTS signal, I have PCM 2 channels audio, if my home theater decode it, I have DTS 5.1 channels audio (my HT is only 5.1).
For the records, I use xbmc 13.0 alpha6 from july 14 2013.
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For some ppl it is working indeed, by switching of amp and turn it on again.
But not for everyone... When I try it I just get same static noise as before...
I never had 5.1 working whatever I tried.
Tried several options in xbmc but it would not change anything
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You get static noise because your ouya is passing through the digital signal to your TV or HT to decode the signal. And clearly your receiver is not able to decode the audio stream. You have to change the audio setting output of xbmc to "analog" in order to let xbmc decode it before sending it out to your TV or HT.
Twonky + Roku = perfection for casting/streaming local videos in the bedroom, but I would love to find a solution for the living room where the humongous tv is. I get that I can buy Chromecast or such and stream that way, but with a tight budget we're hoping to run the blu-ray player til it dies The blu-ray player streams youtube, netflix, amazon, hulu, etc, and I've gotten so far as to download one app, PlayTo Sony, which displayed the name of my device on the screen, but showed no media to play, so got part-way there but no cigar.
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Twonky + Roku = perfection for casting/streaming local videos in the bedroom, but I would love to find a solution for the living room where the humongous tv is. I get that I can buy Chromecast or such and stream that way, but with a tight budget we're hoping to run the blu-ray player til it dies The blu-ray player streams youtube, netflix, amazon, hulu, etc, and I've gotten so far as to download one app, PlayTo Sony, which displayed the name of my device on the screen, but showed no media to play, so got part-way there but no cigar.
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does your tv have wifi? I think there are android apps that you can share content on your phone to the tv through wifi
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does your tv have wifi? I think there are android apps that you can share content on your phone to the tv through wifi
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Only the Blu-ray player has wifi. TV isn't a smart TV.
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Only the Blu-ray player has wifi. TV isn't a smart TV.
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is the blu ray DLNA compatible? I think that is the only way it will work, if it is DLNA you can try the Skifta app
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is the blu ray DLNA compatible? I think that is the only way it will work, if it is DLNA you can try the Skifta app
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Yes, BDP-S570 shows DLNA yes. I got skifta to go so far as displaying all my musical artists/albums on the TV, no luck with the video section and wouldn't play any music files either says no file to play.
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Maybe I'm alone but plex has been really slow and unresponsive. I switched from an AppleTV running Plexconnect on my macmini to the nexus player with the native plex app.
Movies that would transcode w/o issue on Plexconnect has issues through plex app. I don't see why this would be the case. The files are in the same external drive. Same plex library.
It is telling me that the server is not powerful enough to transcode the movie. Never happened on Plexconnect though.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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