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Missing 3D Gallery with Picasa?

I've been playing with the Evo 4G that Google handed out today at I/O, but I just can't seem to figure this out. In the Apps drawer, I see a Gallery app, but it is not the 3D Gallery in stock 2.1, nor does it have any of my Picasaweb albums.
Is it just me or did they just forget to put that in when customizing Sense UI?

So if no 3D gallery, is it back to the old none 3D gallery?

jokester902 said:
So if no 3D gallery, is it back to the old none 3D gallery?
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It is 2D, and integrates into Flickr and Facebook. Surprisingly, not Picasaweb. I much prefer the 3D Gallery on the Droid. Tried to copy over the Gallery3D.apk from the Droid's /system/app, but it would not install on the Evo 4G.

that's really weird i would expect it to be ready now, since it has been avilable on every other 2.1 phone. Maybe it was too buggy by the time they needed it for the conference. How is it so far any other complaints?

jokester902 said:
that's really weird i would expect it to be ready now, since it has been avilable on every other 2.1 phone. Maybe it was too buggy by the time they needed it for the conference. How is it so far any other complaints?
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Complaints..
The volume rocker on the side is too stiff and hard to press. The Home and Back "buttons" are switched from the Droid. Makes less sense how they're located on the Evo. I'm still frustrated sometimes after playing with it nonstop for the whole day.
Can't change the number of home screens from 7.
Comes with ALOT of Sprint crApps.
The homescreen of my Droid with LauncherPro is much smoother than the Evo with or without LauncherPro instead of HTC Sense.
The vibrator is much weaker than the Droid's.
The large screen size makes holding the Evo for an extended period of time hurt. Right handed thumbs don't quite reach the left side of the screen comfortably. If you lie down and hold the Evo over your face, you have to grip it more tightly and uncomfortable than the narrower Droid.
Droid looks more "hi-def" because it has higher pixel density.
Good things...
Camera takes pictures so much faster.
Evo's Sprint 3G tests faster than Droid's Verizon 3G. Though it seems to have higher latency.
SO MUCH MORE MEMORY (ram?) than the Droid. The Droid sometimes struggles to keep more than 50mb available at any time, while the Evo sometimes has over 200mb free.
The large screen size is just beautiful. Much brighter than Droid at max brightness. Much much darker than Droid at min brightness.
Love the HTC keyboard. I've been using and loving Swype on the Droid for almost a month, but now I may have to switch to the HTC keyboard for it's accuracy, prediction, and ease of use.

I have big hands so i think my thumbs will be able to handle the screen size. how usefull is the front facing camera, as i plan on using that video chat feature the most.

jokester902 said:
I have big hands so i think my thumbs will be able to handle the screen size. how usefull is the front facing camera, as i plan on using that video chat feature the most.
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I have large hands as well, so I don't forsee a problem.

mrono said:
I have large hands as well, so I don't forsee a problem.
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As you'll see in the video, I also have very large hands.. Just took a quick video going through the Evo and posting it on Youtube.
Edit: The forum won't let me post outside links... oh well
Edit2: Wow, but it lets you put a URL in the Title... That's a pretty big hole.
Edit3: Am I cool enough to link to youtube now? Lets see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pslg402CHss

Yeah its still weird not to have the 3D gallery, i definitely will be missing that feature. Have you tried watchn any downloaded movies on it yet, i am wondering how is the video playback

pingpongboss said:
As you'll see in the video, I also have very large hands.. Just took a quick video going through the Evo and posting it on Youtube.
Edit: The forum won't let me post outside links... oh well
Edit2: Wow, but it lets you put a URL in the Title... That's a pretty big hole.
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wow that quality really is crap lol

mrono said:
wow that quality really is crap lol
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Lol he can't help it, does ur camera auto focus... Droid doesn't lol

jokester902 said:
Yeah its still weird not to have the 3D gallery, i definitely will be missing that feature. Have you tried watchn any downloaded movies on it yet, i am wondering how is the video playback
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What formats will the Evo play? I put both an AVI and a MKV onto the sdcard, and Astro couldnt open them with anything. I'll try MP4 next.

mrono said:
wow that quality really is crap lol
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wait for Youtube to finish processing the video. The quality will get better.

pingpongboss said:
What formats will the Evo play? I put both an AVI and a MKV onto the sdcard, and Astro couldnt open them with anything. I'll try MP4 next.
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Alright so one mp4 file from my Pentax k-x (720p) played with audio but no video. I suspect that's just because Pentax formats their files weird..
Ok maybe I'm doing something wrong on the Droid. Another mp4 anime file also played audio but no video.
Hmmmm.. no AVI, no MKV, MP4 half works. I must be doing something wrong

I've had MP4 play on my G1 i would think that to be the correct format, but this could be a problem if i can't watch my movies.

jokester902 said:
I've had MP4 play on my G1 i would think that to be the correct format, but this could be a problem if i can't watch my movies.
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If you can link to a video file that your G1 can play, then I will try to play it on the Evo.

jokester902 said:
I've had MP4 play on my G1 i would think that to be the correct format, but this could be a problem if i can't watch my movies.
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I've gone through the Youtube app and played a bunch of HD trailers. Works without a hiccup, super smooth.

jokester902 said:
Lol he can't help it, does ur camera auto focus... Droid doesn't lol
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wasn't poking fun at him, more the droid(not a fan of motorola), and was simply agreeing with his comment in the youtube desc.

I used Handbrake to convert one of the MP4s that didn't show video earlier. I used the Apple->iPhone&iPod Touch preset, and it generated a file that had extension m4v, and reduced the 720p source to 480p.
I tried unsuccessfully to play the m4v file, but when I renamed it to mp4, it played perfectly. Then I tried to encode the original again, but this time keeping it as 720p. But my Handbrake must have some kind of memory leak, cause it keeps on blowing up as the RAM usage creeps higher and higher. So I couldn't test it with HD 720p video.
But at least we know how to get your movies encoded to play on the Evo.

Found this on another thread. installed it and it works perfect.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653503

A few video sharing Q's

Two questions, are there any apps that will let me send HD captured video via texting, the atari quality video capture to be able to send videos via text is pathetic.
Like wise, any apps to upload the same video to face book?

An eleven second video is 17megs.
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crcsboy said:
An eleven second video is 17megs.
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Not trying to sound ignorant, but that doesnt mean anything to me?

It's too big to send
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Why is it to big to send. If I am on wifi, I don't see the issue
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Think of it this way.
You send an HD capture of a movie and it's say 20MB (short capture) you now have to upload that at wifi or 3g speeds. that takes a little bit to the MMS server, which then has to process it and then send it off to whoever is recieving, who then has to download the 20MB. the whole process could in ideal conditions take about 3 minutes.
in bad conditions 30+ mins NOW consider 100,000 people doing this, and you'll understand why mailservers usully have a 5MB cap on attachments and emails.
it's just not from a tech point feasible to do on mass scale.
if you wanna share video use qik or post it online somewhere so that they can view it and NOT store it on the cell's internal networking where space is not a concern they built it for.

art3mis-nyc said:
Think of it this way.
You send an HD capture of a movie and it's say 20MB (short capture) you now have to upload that at wifi or 3g speeds. that takes a little bit to the MMS server, which then has to process it and then send it off to whoever is recieving, who then has to download the 20MB. the whole process could in ideal conditions take about 3 minutes.
in bad conditions 30+ mins NOW consider 100,000 people doing this, and you'll understand why mailservers usully have a 5MB cap on attachments and emails.
it's just not from a tech point feasible to do on mass scale.
if you wanna share video use qik or post it online somewhere so that they can view it and NOT store it on the cell's internal networking where space is not a concern they built it for.
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Ok I can see why I cant text it, but why not face book? I have the option to upload it to youtube, so why cant I upload it to facebook?

[REQ] Demo media to show off SGSII display

Hi!
Please post links to downloadable media (images, video etc.) that truly shows off the amazing colors and quality of the SGSII Amoled display.
Preferably high quality vibrant media in native resolution.
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Have a look here!
http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php
The one I currently have on mine is the Samsung 'The Beauty of Nature' - stunning!

http://www.kr00t0n.com/Kjam/SWTOR-Hope-HD2.mp4

Nicolopolus said:
Have a look here!
http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php
The one I currently have on mine is the Samsung 'The Beauty of Nature' - stunning!
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Did you have to convert it to another format?
Thanks in advance!

Yes, but here are some I have already converted
http://www.kr00t0n.com/Video/

cant get the links to work
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Best media is animated media such as Pixar movies etc. I have an mkv 720p of Gnomeo and Juliet and it's jaw dropping - really makes the 'true' back of the display realize its potential.

stesteste said:
cant get the links to work
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As in you can't access my site, or you can't play the files downloaded?
The stock player should play them without issue.

otacon888 said:
Did you have to convert it to another format?
Thanks in advance!
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Ah yes, the clip I have was from somewhere else on xda and must have been converted first. I noticed that everything from that site seems to be in m2ts format, which needs converting first. But if you've got the right program to do it, then it seems to be the best collection of clips.

kr00t0n said:
Yes, but here are some I have already converted
http://www.kr00t0n.com/Video/
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What did you do to convert them?

Awesome share.. THANK YOU <3

Nicolopolus said:
What did you do to convert them?
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AnvSoft Any Video Converter

Here is a better overview of the movies provided by kr00t0n.
Right Click / Save as
This was so awesome that we should get this in selection in a first post..
Amazing quality <3

Just use a TV HD MKV download. I used Battlestar Galacticas final episode and a Stargate Universe to show off the SGS2. It certainly impressed.

Its Ironic that samsungs LED TV demos actually look better on my Plasma than they do on a Samsung LED TV!
Those demos are 'ok' on the phone, but real video footage impresses more i think.

download 'clap your hands - 2ne1' 720p from tubemate, super colorful and hawt asian girls
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I have a couple 1080p movies on my phone now. Mostly colorful animated or action packed movies. Try a couple of these 1080p trailers to show off that screen
Click on movies at bottom.
http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/

My kids wanted something to watch when out so I ripped Despicable Me from my Blu Ray and then converted it to the native resolution of the SGS Screen using Handbrake - looks stunning imo.

Some I use from Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJDXT8d0CNA&hd=1
I know its flowers but it really shows the screen off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87dlKzrJ7SY
samsung HD demo - oceanic life looks good also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt2uAueOzaI
Random stuff but looks good still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDW0AxEWKoc&feature=related
HD 1080p video Sony blu-ray lasers
loads of good stuff on Youtube.

Epic 4g Touch Video Formats?

I tried to put a .mkv file so that I can play it with MoboPlayer on to the internal storage and would not allow me to do it! Is there any way I can force it on there? I can convert to .mp4 or any other format but dont want to do it lol

can anybody tell me?

According to the official specs site:
H.264, H.263, MP4

thats strange usually samsung devices will play mkv's

m4rk0358 said:
According to the official specs site:
H.264, H.263, MP4
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thanks, is there any way we can hack it to get other formats?

MKV files are shells which might contain codecs that the E4GT might support. If it doesn't then you will have to convert it. So far everything I've loaded has worked, including subtitles.
I tried all the media players and the best one is MX Video Player. MX has swipe controls, ability to switch from H/W to S/W decoding on the fly, and uses FFMPEG to play unsupported codecs. Dice is also good, but it's not free. QQPlayer is also nice and uses FFMPEG like MX and Dice. BSPlayer is great for the PC, but right now has bugs on Android. Still waiting for VLC to come out for Android.

monterj said:
MKV files are shells which might contain codecs that the E4GT might support. If it doesn't then you will have to convert it. So far everything I've loaded has worked, including subtitles.
I tried all the media players and the best one is MX Video Player. MX has swipe controls, ability to switch from H/W to S/W decoding on the fly, and uses FFMPEG to play unsupported codecs. Dice is also good, but it's not free. QQPlayer is also nice and uses FFMPEG like MX and Dice. BSPlayer is great for the PC, but right now has bugs on Android. Still waiting for VLC to come out for Android.
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thanks for the info, will try out those players... but you did upload your movies to the internal storage right? cuz i dont have an sd card at the moment

Use diceplayer on market will also add DTS audio codec all with hardware decoding .mobo junk

m_reyna_16 said:
I tried to put a .mkv file so that I can play it with MoboPlayer on to the internal storage and would not allow me to do it! Is there any way I can force it on there? I can convert to .mp4 or any other format but dont want to do it lol
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It won't allow you too transfer the file or won't allow you to play the file?

It will play divx ....,usually easiest as many movies on net are avi
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whatsitsnamenow said:
It won't allow you too transfer the file or won't allow you to play the file?
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it wont let me transfer the file

Oh I think i know your problem. Are these movie bigger than 4GB?
If so internal and micro SD card are partitioned in FAT32 can't transfer files over 4GB
Also still recommend diceplayer

demo23019 said:
Oh I think i know your problem. Are these movie bigger than 4GB?
If so internal and micro SD card are partitioned in FAT32 can't transfer files over 4GB
Also still recommend diceplayer
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hmmm i think it isnt over 4gb, im at work right now but ill check as soon as i get to the house... but im more than sure that they arent over 4gb

m_reyna_16 said:
hmmm i think it isnt over 4gb, im at work right now but ill check as soon as i get to the house... but im more than sure that they arent over 4gb
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nope, i get a "windows explorer has stopped working" error msg, and its only 699MB... and this is exactly what happened with the other file (i tried it with two different ones)

Sounds more like a windows problem...also, have you tried a different usb cable?
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Full Specs are here
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys2/html/specification.html
.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.

m_reyna_16 said:
nope, i get a "windows explorer has stopped working" error msg, and its only 699MB... and this is exactly what happened with the other file (i tried it with two different ones)
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Can you actually watch the said file on your own computer?

mrrricky said:
Sounds more like a windows problem...also, have you tried a different usb cable?
yea it might, although ive never had problems... and no, only the original cable that came in the box... i have an oem motorola one, ill try it out even though i dont think itll help...
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Can you actually watch the said file on your own computer?
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yea i can, what do you think might be the prob? ive never had any problems sending movies to my phone....

windows7 would not transfer my movies to epic touch but I used kies and it works just fine....
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Epix4G said:
windows7 would not transfer my movies to epic touch but I used kies and it works just fine....
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hmmm would you get exactly the same problem or would it be slightly different? and ill try it out...

How to download youtube videos to my GS3

I have my new GS3 and i want to download and save youtube videos any apps that can you recommend to me.

http://m.tubemate.net/

ChaseBroyles said:
http://m.tubemate.net/
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Thanks for the reply does this apps can be found in PlayStore?

jameski182 said:
Thanks for the reply does this apps can be found in PlayStore?
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I got it from the amazon app store ,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/get/android
Or
http://m.tubemate.net/
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Love that app. You can download in any version that the video allows and you can download as mp3
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bluedevils2003 said:
I got it from the amazon app store ,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/get/android
Or
http://m.tubemate.net/
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I have try this...
Thanks for sharing...

Follow-up Question: Download Resolution
As a follow-up question on Tubemate:
I've been using Tubemate for about 5 months now and absolutely love it. One thing I've noticed, though, is that sometimes when I download a video at full resolution, it doesn't play very well in any video player I have tried (stock TW Video Player, MXPlayer, VLC). The video will play for a certain length (sometimes 1/2 the video, sometimes 3/4 of it) and the video will freeze (sound continues) and then the video will restart from the beginning. If I skip ahead of the "freeze point" the video continues fine.
I know that Tubemate downloads the files in sections and stitches it together (think of old-school r.00 and r.01 files), so it sounds like the problem is that the particular section the "freeze point" is in was corrupt. If I download the video in a different format (or redownload it at the original resolution) it sometimes works better.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with Tubemate downloads.

topherk said:
As a follow-up question on Tubemate:
I've been using Tubemate for about 5 months now and absolutely love it. One thing I've noticed, though, is that sometimes when I download a video at full resolution, it doesn't play very well in any video player I have tried (stock TW Video Player, MXPlayer, VLC). The video will play for a certain length (sometimes 1/2 the video, sometimes 3/4 of it) and the video will freeze (sound continues) and then the video will restart from the beginning. If I skip ahead of the "freeze point" the video continues fine.
I know that Tubemate downloads the files in sections and stitches it together (think of old-school r.00 and r.01 files), so it sounds like the problem is that the particular section the "freeze point" is in was corrupt. If I download the video in a different format (or redownload it at the original resolution) it sometimes works better.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with Tubemate downloads.
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I've had this issue before.. It happens. Sometimes I go to the download folder and make sure its really at a 100%. But I figure its the video codecs on the phone.. sometimes they just hitch a part and its all downhill from there. But tubemate is by far the best. not only do you not have to deal with ads, it gives you options to select which video size you want which is always a plus

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I have try this...
Thanks for sharing...
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No problem man have you tried it yet ? This is one of my favorite apps
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BroadcastJunkie said:
I've had this issue before.. It happens. Sometimes I go to the download folder and make sure its really at a 100%. But I figure its the video codecs on the phone.. sometimes they just hitch a part and its all downhill from there. But tubemate is by far the best. not only do you not have to deal with ads, it gives you options to select which video size you want which is always a plus
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I believe its because our phones are 1280x720 and if you download at 1920x1080 then your phone can't play it cause it can't handle it. Its the same for me. As for everyone else.
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