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Transferring movies from laptop to Galaxy tablet
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:56 pm
I have some movies on my laptop that I'd like to move to my tablet for bringing with me when I go offshore for work. I was able to move 3 of my movies using the Kies software, but when I try to copy the other movies only the audio transfers. No video. They are all .avi files so I dont know what the difference is between them that would only let a couple of them work and not the rest. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:59 pm to onelochevy
did you try moving them by dragging and dropping from your laptop to the tablet?
I watch tv shows (h.264) on my nexus with no issues by just moving them as if my tablet was a HDD.
i would also recommend something like this USB OTG you can store your movies on it and not take up space on your tablet.
I watch tv shows (h.264) on my nexus with no issues by just moving them as if my tablet was a HDD.
i would also recommend something like this USB OTG you can store your movies on it and not take up space on your tablet.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:11 pm to onelochevy
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They are all .avi files so I dont know what the difference is between them
Just because it's an .avi doesn't mean it's the same format. Lots of different video codecs use the .avi extension, so unless you have reason to believe they are all the same, ie you ripped them yourself the same way, I'm guessing you don't have the right video codecs for some of them. I don't know how much help this will be for your Android tablet, but it's a microsoft help page listing sites for commonly used codecs, maybe they have android versions. LINK
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Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:16 pm to onelochevy
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when I try to copy the other movies only the audio transfers. No video. They are all .avi files so I dont know what the difference is between them that would only let a couple of them work and not the rest. Any help would be appreciated.
Get MX Player from the Play Store. If it won't play it, I'll kiss your arse.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:19 pm to Korkstand
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Get MX Player from the Play Store. If it won't play it, I'll kiss your arse.
Where and when? Just tried it with the mx player and im still just getting audio.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:27 pm to onelochevy
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Where and when? Just tried it with the mx player and im still just getting audio.
frick.
I haven't found a video that MX won't play. Do they play video on your computer? You might need to figure out how to check the codec used in whatever program will actually play it.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:40 pm to Korkstand
yea, they play on the computer. I think I have like 20 movies or so, but only 4 of them will play on the tablet. The rest just get the audio.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:32 pm to onelochevy
Try the VLC beta. VLC plays damn near everyhing.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:39 pm to onelochevy
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Where and when? Just tried it with the mx player and im still just getting audio.
i found mx to play virtually everything. did you play around with the 'software vs hardware' decoding settings? sometimes playing around with the settings will get your video to work.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 5:34 pm to CAD703X
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did you play around with the 'software vs hardware' decoding
Finally discovered these settings. All are working now.
Korkstand, you're off the hook, lol. Thanks alot for pointing me in the right direction
Posted on 8/12/14 at 5:41 pm to onelochevy
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Korkstand, you're off the hook, lol. Thanks alot for pointing me in the right direction
I hadn't even thought of the settings, so thanks to CAD!
Posted on 8/12/14 at 6:09 pm to Phate
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Try the VLC beta. VLC plays damn near everyhing.
Seriously. VLC played the BYU football team in a scrimmage last week.
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