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Watch Coursera's videos with the video app on Jelly Bean
Coursera has a html5 based video viewer that works on the android browser on Jelly Bean, but I would like instead to use the video app, in order to have full screen and better controls.
On my Kindle ...
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4answers
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How can I watch TED videos offline on Android?
I'm looking for a way of subscribing to and watching TED talk videos on the HTC Desire, but I want support for off-line viewing.
The Mother TED app seems to require an active network connection, ...
10
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2answers
2k views
How to use Google Talk voice and video calling on an Android?
How do you do Google talk voice and video calling from android.
The google talk application only appears to allow text based chatting. But Google talk on the desktop supports both voice calling and ...
8
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1answer
4k views
Why do some (many?) Youtube videos not play?
Very often when I click on an embedded Youtube video or even access a Youtube video though the Youtube app, I get an error that curtly says "This video cannot be played". What gives?
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2answers
281 views
What is the recommended video format codec and container to play on android devices
I am about to encode some of my videos so that they can be played on android devices?
what is the most compatible container, codec and dimension for android devices. thanks!
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6answers
625 views
Video player to play all files?
As VLC is not available for android, which Android player supports most video formats (and faster and lighter if possible)?
For example currently i use kascend media player, it can also play flv files ...
6
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3answers
361 views
Is there anyway to watch wmv and or divx videos on android?
I have a nexus one and would love to watch divx and wmv videos on it. Is there a way to do that?
6
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1answer
628 views
Share 3gp video files as mpeg
Is there a relatively easy way to convert 3gp files to share as mpeg format from an Android device?
6
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1answer
1k views
Streaming UDP protocol on Android
I'm trying to stream satellite TV from my desktop PC to my Android phone.
I'm using DVB Dream, the software is transmitting on udp://@. I've already tried downloading VLC for Android, but it seems ...
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2answers
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How can I determine the hardware video file decoding capability of my android phone?
I have many video files. I want convert all the files to a playable format for my phone... would H264 or xvid work?
I just want to convert to a hardware decode-able format to save my phone battery.
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4answers
292 views
how to watch DVDs on my Captivate
I would like to rip and watch a DVD on my new Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate variety) handset. Sometimes I get a goofy sci-fi on Netflix that I would like to watch but the wife wouldn't bother. So I ...
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3answers
1k views
Are there any video players with variable speed playback?
I am looking for a video player that can play videos on my SD card with variable speed playback
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I just switched to a Droid X and I love it. One of the things that keeps me from not needing my iPod touch is Air Video. Is there a similar system that can run on my network?
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Can I stream video from PC to an android device over USB?
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I have a Nexus 7 and I find it really useful for everyday use. I would like to improve it as a remote controller for my apartment, like:
play music (the mp3 files are stored on the computer, N7 is ...
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At the moment, I am using the standard video recording app for video recording. I have found that the recording automatically stops after just 1 hour. Is this a deliberate limitation placed on the ...
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Upload my own videos to Google Play?
Is it possible to sync my own video with Google Play Video (like in Google Play Music)?
I know that it's not possible on Google Books, I am wondering how about videos.
What will be a good ...
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Comparision of video players for Android
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Does anyone know where the VLC developers are up to with VLC for Android. Is there a beta out, an APK somewhere?
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Unable to view videos - Message: “sorry, video cannot be played”
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What are the optimal settings for a video that will be played on a Galaxy Tab 10.1?
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When I try to e-mail my 10-minute videos to my gmail account, but when I try to attach the videos the phone gives me this error: 'File is too large and cannot be attached'. Can't reproduce because my ...
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I use Opera for Android but the same problem exists in the stock browser as well as Mozilla.
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How to pause a movie using Video Player (Galaxy S)?
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Video player for H264 videos for Adam/Tegra2?
It seems that the Adam is not fast enough to decode my H264 videos. With some players I get unsync audio, some skip video frames. Even usual PAL size (something around 500x300, far from HD). Ok, Those ...
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I took a video with my DroidX and when I use the menu to share it with YouTube I get the message "You cannot upload a video larger than 1GB." So I tapped on the info icon on the video and it says that ...
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I'm using Android 2.2. Trying to open an m3u8 playlist file directly from a http source. Dolphin browser just asks me to save the file.
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Is it possible record in-game videos?
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