playing xvid and other formats on nas

boxer29

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got a nas drive ,on which have got movies xvid and avi and other formats which the tablet s wont play ,can some one tell me what media player to use to play these files
thanks
 

boxer29

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tried but still no luck
here what im doing
i click on dlna
and then my device it opens the movie files .but there is a question mark next to each ,almost all of them
means the tablet s wont play them
how to get the codecs to make those formats play
thanks
 

Danzdroid

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I use MediaHouse to browse my network for DLNA sources: NAS & WMC 7. It is much better than Sony stock DLNA player--which is a featureless afterthought/sick joke. MediaHouse then calls up MX Player, and it's codecs handle the same video sources that Sony DLNA refuses to play....
 

agc93

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I use MediaHouse to browse my network for DLNA sources: NAS & WMC 7. It is much better than Sony stock DLNA player--which is a featureless afterthought/sick joke. MediaHouse then calls up MX Player, and it's codecs handle the same video sources that Sony DLNA refuses to play....
This is about right. Third-party DLNA viewers such as MediaHouse support on-the-fly transcoding and best-attempt playback.

The Sony DLNA doesn't do this is for the same reason that the Sony Video Player won't play locally stored WMV's for example, because they cannot be played back by hardware rendering. The Sony DLNA app only supports the same video files as the stock Sony Video Players, those with hardware support.

Third-party apps bypass this restriction and try their best to play it, even if its not supported, so give that a shot.
 

Jipster65

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got a nas drive ,on which have got movies xvid and avi and other formats which the tablet s wont play ,can some one tell me what media player to use to play these files
thanks
I use BSPlayer lite .. with my PCH C200 / NAS.

Works like a charm
Jip

Tablet S SGPT113N/S (waiting for ^%# late ISC update)
 

boxer29

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downloaded dice player
inserted the path for the nas by the ip
its playing the movies but not the pics or the music from the folder on the nas
the pictures are in jpg format
and the audio is in mp3 and wav files
can some one comment on it
thanks
 

Cat McGowan

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downloaded dice player
inserted the path for the nas by the ip
its playing the movies but not the pics or the music from the folder on the nas
the pictures are in jpg format
and the audio is in mp3 and wav files
can some one comment on it
thanks
DicePlayer is a video player only.
 

dex9mm

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You can try a video player app like dice player or convert your videos xvid, avi to your tablet s friendly format with Brorsoft Video Converter.

To avoid the incompatible issues, you can convert your kinds of videos to a widely supported format like MPEG-4 first before storing on your NAS for streaming. I've successfully convert a bunch of VOB to NAS before streaming and sharing.
This is a totally pointless post on a thread thats nearly to years old my friend
yes you are trying to help a fellow xda peep
But you should read the whole thread its only two pages long but as you would have seen the player your suggesting as been already offered and rebuked By the op as for the conversion option its a lot of work and time to convert what I can only assume is about a 1 Tb if not more on a nas hence the need to have a nas
Please read all of the tread you are commenting on first
His best option would be ez file explorer to veiw the folders on the nas then selecting the appropriate app with the file being veiwed
As for video players vlc or mx player support a good number of formats

hit thanks if I helped
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