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10Live.com - Watch FREE DVD-Quality Streaming Movies: The How To Guide

Hello Guys,
First of all, It's been a while and Yes, I'm finally back but back, with something for everyone to enjoy . I was quite busy with exams hence the absence. Anyway, Let me get to the topic right away.
Here's the description:
10LIVE is from the Shanghai Science and Technology Co., Ltd network of independent development, a cell phone client software for playing audio and video, support online live television, online support feature film programming; have the latest streaming media technology, no waiting, no need to download.
In other words, it's a "streaming video player" that allows you FREE access to a huge collection of movies, TV channels etc.
- - SOFTWARE IS IN CHINESE
However, I will show you how to make it work.
The official download link is: http://www.10look.com/down_dopod.do
Here's the direct download link (For Future Use):
http://dl.pconline.com.cn/html_2/1/109/id=48340&pn=0&linkPage=1.html
Downloads:
10Live Streaming Player (New Version)
10Live Streaming Player (Old Version)
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Setup Instructions:
1)Download the Windows Mobile Version
2)Install .CAB
Requirements:
1) Unlimited Edge Connection OR
2) WI-FI
Suggestions:
1) Bluetooth Stereo Headset
- Get yourself a AD2P Stereo Bluetooth Headset, It'll be worth it.
- Recommendation: Sony Ericsson HBH-DS980 (Do not have it yet but plan to get one)
2) Extended Battery
- As you would be constantly using data or wi-fi, it's obvious that your battery will experience heavy usage - hence constant battery issues might pose a problem.
- Recommendation: Seidio 1300mAH Extended Battery
- Link: http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BASI13TMDHM
Tips:
Overclock Phone for Smooth Streaming (Recommendation: 228 MHz)
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Main Menu Translation:
Latest Version 1.62363
1 = TV
2 = ENGLISH MOVIES
3 = CHINESE MOVIES
4 = MUSIC
5 = Member
6 = Educational
7 = Viewing History
8 = Discussion Forum
9 = Settings
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Old Version
1 = TV
2 = ENGLISH MOVIES
3 = MUSIC
4 = Educational
5 = Member
6 = Application Download
7 = Viewing History
8 = Discussion Forum
9 = SettingsNetwork Type: Auto
Buffer Time: 60 seconds
Volume: 5
Network Timeout: 60 seconds
Retry: 5 times
CMWAP limit: 200K
Continue From Stop( not sure what's this) : On
Reverse Video: Right hand​In the setting screen, the left soft key is "Reset To Default", right key is "Return"
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Streaming Player Shortcuts:
Number Pad
Press 1 to Rotate Screen
Press 3 to Adjust Zoom
Press 4 to Decrease Volume
Press 5 to View in Full Screen
Press 6 to Increase Volume
Press 7 to Fast-forward
D-Pad Control
Press Center Button to View in Full Screen
Press Right Soft key to Pause
Press Left Soft key for Menu
Press Back Button to Go Back to Software
Press Right or Left on D-Pad to Increase or Decrease Volume
Jogbar
Tap Jogbar Twice to View in Full Screen
Tap Back to Go Back to Software
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Streaming Player Menu:
In player window, the right soft key is "Return". The left one means "Option" with following navigation choices:
1. Progress (forward, backward control)
2. Zoom -> Regular, Wide Screen, Ultra-Wide screen
3. Full Screen
4. Reverse video
5. Play in background
6. Back to previous page
7. Exit
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How to Watch Movies using Attached Folder [Use Old Version]
- Extract Folder
- Drag & Drop Folder into Storage Card
- Open Folder
- Select Movie or TV Show - Movie or TV Show will start playing
Note: .elks is the file extension for the Movie file
How to Watch Movies Online - Latest Releases [Use Latest Version]
- Click Movies Icon
- You will see the following screen (Translated in English):
10Live.Com
Movie Name: X
Y
Z & So On.
- Click on a link to view its contents
- If you decide that this is the movie you want to watch, then you will see the following screen:
10Live.Com (Clicking this will take you back to the Movie Links)
????
Movie Title: @!?$
DVD Cover (Image)
???????
???????
View Movie (□□□) - Clicking this link will play the movie
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Note:
Sometimes, you will find that there are two links with three boxes in them, this means - the movie is split into two, hence two links. Clicking the first link obviously will play Part 1 and clicking the second link will play Part 2.
In addition to this, most movies have two versions. The first two links are the high resolution version (first half and second half). The later two links are "low resolution" version. The number under the links is required credit to watch the movie. Looks like you either needs to participate in the community or pay to get these credits.
P.S: I did some research and there are payment options as well but I'm unsure as to what you get if you do make a payment.
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GOOD NEWS:
I have been able to get a folder with all the links to 100's of movies and TV shows which will save you the time to manually hit every link but there might be cases where new movies come out, in which case I will update the folder on a regular basis (if I'm able to get the links). I will attach it in this thread.
BAD NEWS:
Unsolved Problems:
- Change language in PIE to view in English
- Remove Chinese subtitles
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Special Instructions:
I notice, for me - some movies don't play in new version and some don't play in old version. Because of this, I will be attaching both players i.e new and old so you have no problems whatsoever in watching the movies.
Solution:
Use "Old Version" for movies in the attached folder
Use "New Version" for watching movies online
Setup Instructions for Solution:
Drag & Drop both .cabs in your storage card​Based on what you want to watch, install one over the other. For now, this is the only solution I'm aware of.​ ------------------------
Missing .Elks (Movies):
You played a movie and you stopped or paused it and wanted to play it again but you notice the files are missing ,that's because they are located (depending on where you installed 10Live) in the following folder:
Go to Program Files on "main memory" or "storage card", open 10Live and then open the folder called "elks" - in there you will find your missing files.
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Credits:
- Special Thanks to River Moon & Raj from DotSIS Forums for the translation, hard work and support.
- Special Thanks to dung1291985 for creating the Movie folder making it easy on all of us to access these movies without the headache of manually clicking every link.
- Special Thanks to qaplus for the translation of the streaming player menu, settings and main menu.
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Personal Review:
It's a beautiful piece of software with no lagging whatsoever even on Edge except I dislike the fact that there's no user flexbility in changing the "Chinese" language to "English" language as well as the Chinese subtitles that show up without an option to turn them off. The quality is amazing, however - even on EDGE
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End Notes:
I hope everyone will be able to use this guide & be able to enjoy FREE DVD-Quality streaming movies without the hassle of translating chinese webpages.
Enjoy!
Best Regards,
lukybandit
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If you any of you come across anything helpful, please notify me so I could make necessary changes to the guide. Thanks in advance.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to post them here but only relevant questions as I would like to keep this thread clean. All other posts will be deleted without notification.

Reserved For Software Updates

Solutions to Problems:
- Updated Post with Settings Translation
- Updated Post with Translation to 5th Icon in Main Menu
- Updated Post with Streaming Player Menu Translation
- Updated Post with Missing Files (.elks) & Solution
- Updated Post with Solution to play movies in the folder & the movies online

129 Views & Not One Reply.......?
Atleast, post some feedback. Took me a while to write the guide. Let me know how it works for you.
I'm sticking this but before I do that, I need to see some positive response.

I was going to post Nice Work last night but didn't want to clog up the thread. It's so well organized. Anyway I figured 10live out doing the trial and error for the movies. I think the guide is great. I was amazed at the streaming quality on edge.
Anyway the only question I do have is: Where is this folder you speak of or is it the zip file?
GOOD NEWS:
I have been able to get a folder with all the links to 100's of movies and TV shows which will save you the time to manually hit every link but there might be cases where new movies come out, in which case I will update the folder on a regular basis (if I'm able to get the links). I will attach it in this thread.

Hey, Thanks & I appreciate the way you think as most users just clog up threads with unnecessary questions & comments already answered in the guide. The folder is the zip file called 10live Streams. Did you try it yet? It has 100's of movies & TV shows that play just by clicking on them.

The streaming quality is amazing. I didn't expect to see movie quality like this over edge connection. I only got 2 bars in my area!
The software itself could use some stability and usability improvement. I hope they will cache the channel information instead of having to go back to server for each page. During testing, I spend more time just to navigate through the list than watching movies!
BTW, the middle icon in the home screen means "Community".

Thanks for that. I will update my post accordingly. Are you Asian? If so, do you understand everything? If you do, is there anything else you can tell us so we can maximize the functionality?
Also, Do you know how to play around with the settings?
Finally, It doesn't work for me sometime. I don't know why - It just keeps loading, and If i revert back to the old player, it works and some of the stuff doesn't work in the old player.
I want to watch videos constantly just using the New Version if possible. I'm guessing something to do with settings, Any help will be appreciated.

Just check the home screen again. The middle icon means "Member". The one below means "Community".
The version I got from 10live.com is 1.6.1538. Where did you get 1.62363? Is it more stable?
In my version the Setting screen has these default values:
Network Type: Auto
Buffer Time: 60 seconds
Volume: 5
Network Timeout: 60 seconds
Retry: 5 times
CMWAP limit: 200K
Continue From Stop( not sure what's this) : On
Reverse Video: Right hand
In setting screen, the left soft key is "Reset To Default", right key is "Return"
Hope this helps.
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PS: Most movies have two version. The first two links are high resolution version (first half and second half). The later two links are "smooth" version (low res I think). The number under the links is required "credit" to watch the movie. Looks like you either needs to participate in the community or pay to get these credits.

qaplus said:
Just check the home screen again. The middle icon means "Member". The one below means "Community".
The version I got from 10live.com is 1.6.1538. Where did you get 1.62363? Is it more stable?
In my version the Setting screen has these default values:
Network Type: Auto
Buffer Time: 60 seconds
Volume: 5
Network Timeout: 60 seconds
Retry: 5 times
CMWAP limit: 200K
Continue From Stop( not sure what's this) : On
Reverse Video: Right hand
In setting screen, the left soft key is "Reset To Default", right key is "Return"
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the quick reply and I appreciate you laying out the settings in English.
Can you post your version so I can install it and see if it's much better or not because some of the "movies" in the folder don't play and it just keeps loading.
Meanwhile, let me check my settings. Oh Also, Can you check the guide and see where you can fill in the blanks i.e. the Question Marks so I can have a fully functional guide. I really appreciate your help. Thanks a lot once again.
EDIT: Oh Also, When you play the Movie, what is the left & right softkey (I'm guessing this is return) and What are the options on the Menu in the left soft key?

Been Waiting For Something Like This....
I Have A Question... can i have the old version and the new version both installed on my phone or will it try to over-write the new one with the old one when i try installing it?

RussianSolja said:
I Have A Question... can i have the old version and the new version both installed on my phone or will it try to over-write the new one with the old one when i try installing it?
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From what I've experienced the old player version plays the movies in the folder we have from lukybandit-"10live streams" the new player version plays the movies on the website....and yes if you install one the other will be replaced....I have both copies of the players and I install whatever player I need depending on the movie I want to watch...

lukybandit said:
Thanks for the quick reply and I appreciate you laying out the settings in English.
Can you post your version so I can install it and see if it's much better or not because some of the "movies" in the folder don't play and it just keeps loading.
Meanwhile, let me check my settings. Oh Also, Can you check the guide and see where you can fill in the blanks i.e. the Question Marks so I can have a fully functional guide. I really appreciate your help. Thanks a lot once again.
EDIT: Oh Also, When you play the Movie, what is the left & right softkey (I'm guessing this is return) and What are the options on the Menu in the left soft key?
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I downloaded the 1.6.1538 directly from 10live.com website. They probably have different versions for different phones. But 1.6.1538 is the one set for S620.
In player window, the right softkey is "Return" as you guessed. The left one means "Option" with following navigation choices:
1. Progress (forward, backward control)
2. Zoom -> Regular, Wide Screen, Ultra-Wide screen
3. Full Screen
4. Reverse video
5. Play in background
6. Back to previous page
7. Exit

naars90 said:
From what I've experienced the old player version plays the movies in the folder we have from lukybandit-"10live streams" the new player version plays the movies on the website....and yes if you install one the other will be replaced....I have both copies of the players and I install whatever player I need depending on the movie I want to watch...
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Exactly, you're right. I was experiencing the same problem but I guess that's how we'll have to play the movies.
"OLD VERSION" for files in the folder
"NEW VERSION" for movies from the website
In regards to having both softwares installed, I have both .cabs on my phone and depending on what I want to watch, I just install either/or and yes, it does overwrite the previous version.

Ok, the player looks nice and all, but is there actually a place to watch live tv on your cell phone? zoovision seems to be quite limited in what is available (who the **** watches **** VanDyke and the Andy Griffith show anymore???). I saw you have Fox News on your screen shots, where do we go for things like that?

amazing
the quality is very good, its amazing

Something i noticed......
ok i went into the folder of movies provided to us in a zip and i started watching barewolf part 1 i closed the program out in the middle of the movie (thats another thing i cant figure out how to close the program out) anyways i closed the program out and when i went back into the folder to try and finish watching the movie the file wasnt there anymore.. it seems that the file some how got deleted when i closed the program out in the task menu... has anyone else had this problem? all the movies keep deleting themselves when i close the program out... where do the files go?

Check the first post, guys. I have updated it accordingly with fixes/solutions and new translations.
Thanks to qaplus once again.

lukybandit said:
Check the first post, guys. I have updated it accordingly with fixes/solutions and new translations.
Thanks to qaplus once again.
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Just wanted to thank you and everybody else who contributed to this post...

this is awesome... thanks to everyone who contributed to this. looking forward to updates, or rather learn how to read chinese
only one problem, not even a problem really... sound quality isnt too good, at least on the movies i have watched so far.
other than sound its a perfect 10... thanks again!

Tv Shows Stream Lite - Watch your favorite tv shows on your tablet

Hi,
I just want to inform about an app that has been developed by xda members and has been reported as working properly on Galaxy S, and might be of your interest.
The aplication searchs in internet for tv shows video links that can be played directly on android, with an easy to use interface and fullscreen support.
There is a Lite (free) version with 12 preselected tv shows and a full (paid) version with 500+ tv shows.
The tv shows that can be watched on the lite version are :
Friends, The X-Files , Family Guy, Being Human, Monk, Lost, Heroes , Misfits, Prison Break , Breaking Bad, The Simpsons, South Park
You can read the full thread on this XDA forum link if you need more information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903351
I post it here because not all users go arround the forum , out of their device subforum.
If you find any bug or any suggestion, we are listening to improve, the aplication is still under development, the new feature "send liks to email to be watch on a computer" has just been added this week and we will have new features soon.
regards

Please, test fast forward and rewind in Frogmovz server, pause it before flash forward or rewind. Report if it work for Samsung galaxy S.
Thanks

It's one of my base apps on my phone, works like a charm. No lag, no buffer, smooth playback. Imagine this + Tv output
There are only 12 shows in the light version, but apperantly those are most of my favorite.
Lite shows:
- Friends
- X-files
- Family guy
- Being Human
- Monk
- Lost
- Heroes
- Misfits
- Prison break
- Breaking bad
- South park
- The simpsons

KuRouZu said:
Please, test fast forward and rewind in Frogmovz server, pause it before flash forward or rewind. Report if it work for Samsung galaxy S.
Thanks
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fast fwd, rewind, fullscreen, all working.
Tried on Heroes Frogmovz.

Hi,
Thanks for the reports.
We are working to make FF and RW working in karambavidz that is the only server that does not support it at the moment. It should be working soon. We are also considering direct download for files and the inclusion of movies.
Thanks for the continuous support from all XDA members.
Regards.

Movies would be a huge addition, I recommend moviewatch.in, there are loads of servers too choose from, say "putlocker" is one of the best.
I'd definetely buy the app(would even pay more) if you implement movies, I'm more of a movie watcher, than a show junkie.

Soniboy84 said:
Movies would be a huge addition, I recommend moviewatch.in, there are loads of servers too choose from, say "putlocker" is one of the best.
I'd definetely buy the app(would even pay more) if you implement movies, I'm more of a movie watcher, than a show junkie.
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Hi,
We are going to seriusly consider this source.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi,
In the last weeks the aplication has been greately improved.
Here is the chagelog:
3.2
- Honeycomb support, now Motorola Xoom is fully supported.
3.1
- Added IMDB information
- Removed ocasionally ads in main video servers.
- fixed minor bugs from previous version
3.0
- Added full integration with loombo links
- Option (for Karambavidz and Loombo links) to open video with external players installed on the device, like the android default player or any other (with HDMI support if the player support it).
- Some UI changes.
- Internal improvements
Regards

[Info] List of apps that aren't compatible

I thought it might be useful to put together a list of apps that aren't compatible (either partly, or at all) with ICS.
If this thread gets enough responses, perhaps it can be stickied?
Post your findings, and I'll try to update the first posts with updates so prospective Nexus buyers can see what may not work.
Adobe Flash - doesn't appear in market. Available from end of 2011
BBC Iplayer - Doesnt Show in Market
BBC News - doesn't appear in market at all. Now works
Blood and Glory crashes
Calendar pad won't open
CalanGoo not working/syncing. Due to new Calendar APIs?
Dolphone Browser - multiple reports of freezing etc.
Evac HD and Radiant HD by Hexage don't work. They install and launch, but you just get a black screen.
Facebook - Doesn't implement menu button, so can't set options/contact sync Update adds menu button back (but no contact sync still)
Flickr - you can't get past the signin process Update available to resolve the login problem now
Go Contacts has issues with themes
Google Earth - Loads but won't respond (multiple reports of this, although some users find it works?) Now working for me too. Maybe it needed a rest.
Google Tasks Organiser - see CalanGoo
London tube status widgets also broken
MX Video Player - Installs but says device isnt supported
RemindMe also doesn't work. It too installs, but you get a weird black screen when you start it
Root Explorer - Now updated in Market
Skype works, video calling does not.
SwiftKey doesn't bring up predictions? Several users now confirming this does work okay
Sygic (Sat nav) can do initial setup, but won't display nav screen (reverts to home). Now working
Tweetdeck - When posting, dropdown options don't appear for location, contacts etc doesn't appear. Posting box just fills screen. TweakDeck in the Market sorts all problems nicely!
Urbanspoon hangs at the loading cuisines screen
Urban Dictionary by Tim Clark FC's in use Now fixed, update in Market
- Note, I've not added every single report to this list; as some are "intermittently crashes" etc. This could be just random bad luck, but if several people post the same kind of issue I'll add it. Sorry I don't update this as frequently as i'd like!

(reserved)

BBC Iplayer
MX Video Player
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BBC Iplayer - Doesnt Show in Market
MX Video Player - Installs but says device isnt supported

Google Earth works just fine for me...

Root Explorer - opens in only the bottom right corner after su request. Never displays anything apart from the su wallpaper.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Google Tasks Orginizer and CalenGoo do not work/sync either.
Its a shame as I use them a lot.. but I am sure updates are coming (hopefully).

el3ctrik said:
Root Explorer - opens in only the bottom right corner after su request. Never displays anything apart from the su wallpaper.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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To fix the issue with root installer try this (works on my NS with ICS): Install spare parts, turn on compatibility mode and reboot.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Anyone having problems with dolphin browser which keeps closing..
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is there anyone who tryed copilot navigator?

Could anybody try mireo:don' t panic? Its free trial for 7 days.
https://market.android.com/details?id=hr.mireo.dp
Thanks.

hrcro said:
Could anybody try mireo:don' t panic? Its free trial for 7 days.
https://market.android.com/details?id=hr.mireo.dp
Thanks.
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I'll try it now...

Root Explorer worked fine for me without the spare parts tweak.

hrcro said:
Could anybody try mireo:don' t panic? Its free trial for 7 days.
https://market.android.com/details?id=hr.mireo.dp
Thanks.
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Seems to run okay. Not tried all features, and not tried it actually driving, but so far so good.

Has anyone tried running LBE Privacy Guard on the GN?

Wordsmith game.

malibu_23 said:
Wordsmith game.
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You mean this doesn't work, or you want someone to try?

sblantipodi said:
is there anyone who tryed copilot navigator?
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Yeah i tried co pilot yesterday. After it opened it closed down immeadiatley.
Alk sent me an email with my serial key and i am now able to use it. However it still opens and then hides itself and i have to re open from the icon in the notification tray.
Im kind of gutted coming from a fully compatible Gs2. Feel like a beta tester!
So far ive have issues with
Shazam
Lack of adobe flash
Ebay app - get random network error message which stops me from viewing listings
Most decent movie players.
Citrix reciever
If you have gs2 think hard before making the jump, as nice as the device is it is lacking a whole host of useful features added by touch whiz i.e
video codecs - mkv , divx xvid
all share - decent dlna app
ability to add individual callers to a block list
split view mailboxes
flash - for now

Baggyb said:
Yeah i tried co pilot yesterday. After it opened it closed down immeadiatley.
Alk sent me an email with my serial key and i am now able to use it. However it still opens and then hides itself and i have to re open from the icon in the notification tray.
Im kind of gutted coming from a fully compatible Gs2. Feel like a beta tester!
So far ive have issues with
Shazam
Lack of adobe flash
Ebay app - get random network error message which stops me from viewing listings
Most decent movie players.
Citrix reciever
If you have gs2 think hard before making the jump, as nice as the device is it is lacking a whole host of useful features added by touch whiz i.e
video codecs - mkv , divx xvid
all share - decent dlna app
ability to add individual callers to a block list
split view mailboxes
flash - for now
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just to note that vplayer plays divx, xvid, wmv, mp4, flv just fine ........ im on the 7 day free trial at the mo but will buy the app if it continues to play everything i throw at it

sblantipodi said:
is there anyone who tryed copilot navigator?
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Not working too well for me. Can get in eventually but after lots of tooing and froing between home screen and copilot load screen.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

wilbur-force said:
just to note that vplayer plays divx, xvid, wmv, mp4, flv just fine ........ im on the 7 day free trial at the mo but will buy the app if it continues to play everything i throw at it
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Hey, thanks for your response. I have just tried Vplayer and it played 3 out of the 5 files that i had transfered. Thats better than nothing!
Just finding it a hard transition from the Gs2 it did everything out of the box!
Thanks again

[APP] XBMC apk (Mediacenter App)

I Upload for you the XBMC Mediacenter Leak
with some screenshots
-multilanguage
-powerfull
-video, music, picture, weather, stream, RSS management
http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/20987697/file.html

Thanks

Well, it's not really a leak since the source is available - the XBMC guys have chosen not to make an APK available yet because it's not complete (lack of hardware accelerated video playback comes to mind). Anyway, the APK is from here: https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/1/topics/136. It may be worth looking there from time to time as they say they plan to keep the APK updated.

Interesting. Wonder if the skins work like the linux version
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rootSU said:
Interesting. Wonder if the skins work like the linux version
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So far iv only used 3 skins, 2 work perfect and the 3rd also works but there are some menus you cant assess like when you press left arrow on remote/keys.
Its not playing my MP3 over WIFI but it plays Videos in MKV and other file formats with sound but low FPS,
Movies,Pictures and most other things work fine when played from the SDcard/stick
UI is very small but usable.
Looks very promising

Deblow said:
So far iv only used 3 skins, 2 work perfect and the 3rd also works but there are some menus you cant assess like when you press left arrow on remote/keys.
Its not playing my MP3 over WIFI but it plays Videos in MKV and other file formats with sound but low FPS,
Movies,Pictures and most other things work fine when played from the SDcard/stick
UI is very small but usable.
Looks very promising
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Im finding the menu issue is present with my favourite skin... Neon. Although I can get the sideways ones to pop out sometimes. I eventually managed to get the movies into slide view.... After lots of swiping and button pressing. I still dont know what made it pop out. Havent managed to get the to pop up when the view menu is at the bottom though so I cant get out of slide view.

All my mkvs etc play awesome straight from my network drive smooth as hell looking great
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Crashes
Anybody else tried playing with this?
I had an old version that ran, but after downloading the nightlies lately, non of them run, they crash with an error that they can not load libxbmc.so, I checked the app libs folder and it is present and non-zero but it still doesn't load.
Anyone have any idea why?
My GS3 is stock, rooted 4.0.4 (BLG8).

alias_neo said:
Anybody else tried playing with this?
I had an old version that ran, but after downloading the nightlies lately, non of them run, they crash with an error that they can not load libxbmc.so, I checked the app libs folder and it is present and non-zero but it still doesn't load.
Anyone have any idea why?
My GS3 is stock, rooted 4.0.4 (BLG8).
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yeah, works perfect on JB roms, Stock and AOSP based roms [tested]
using THIS version for Neon devices like our GS3
cheers

Hi!
You can subscribe to the main XBMC post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089
For SGS3 you have to download NEON version
Cya!

Review of Shield Android TV after 2 days...

After two days with an Nvidia Shield Android TV , there are many pluses and minuses, but over all, it has BY FAR the best hardware of any android based box on the market... no question at all about that, and here are what I think are the biggest pluses and minuses.
PLUSES
- amazing smoothness in interface - no jerky, delays etc at all
- superb playback of all media, smoother than any box I have seen
- 192khz 24 bit audio output (kodi and mxplayer but I am not sure if they are able to output at that HD rate)
- very well built, sexy touch activated standby button
- very easy to get up and running with controller etc
- shield game streaming service is flawless, fast, smooth, HD
- gaming controller is high quality, has a microphone for voice input and a headphone socket, which work well.
- Voice search within Play Music for artist or track works very well, extremely fast.
- playing Flash-based websites like TennisTV.com etc on Dolphin in Desktop mode is way better than any other box I have tried (and I have tried MANY)
MINUSES
- have to sideload many apps you may want, like TED, BBC iPlayer, IMDB, Spotify, Movie Mate etc.. even Chrome Browser - but relatively easy to work around using APK Extractor to get APK's from your phone, and Chainfire's sideload launcher.
- no up front display of non-Android TV specific apps
- no recent apps
- no way to get to "now playing" with some apps like Spotify if you had returned home, unless its a leanback app
- no notifications
- no mouse on desktop, backpace key on keyboard not working as backspace but as left mouse click
- Keyboard is USA only, so UK users have to know, for example, that " and @ have swopped places
- voice search from the home screen does not find music artists on google play music or spotify, but only youtube... so "play van morrison" will play a track from youtube, and not from the 25 van morrison albums I have already uploaded to Play Music.
- my tv keeps on cropping a lot off the screen, there is no way to adjust the screen crop size, to reduce size so it fits better on my screen... I can adjust my screen but that is a hassle.
- very little customisation, settings limited too.
There is at least one NON-Android TV ROM for this device, so you can fix almost all of those Minuses, and you can run it using Squarehome or NovaLauncher or whatever you like, but I am not sure I actually NEED to customise the box. Personally I use it for Kodi, Spotify, Play Music, TuneIn Radio, Youtube, Movie Mate, all of which works fine... so for the moment, I am not rooting the box, and am adjusting my expectations and enjoying what works fantastically well, pretty much everything.
This is FAR and away the best box I have ever had, goodbye Tronsmart Drako, Minix Neo X8H+ etc, this is WAY beyond. At some point I may change to plain android, but so far I am fine with a couple of extra steps to be able to enjoy the voice input and superb power and playback capabilities.
Mark.

Hi. I'm located in Ireland and looking for android TV box for my FHD projector. I'm considering MINIX Neo X8H+ or Nvidia Shield TV box (not yet available). What advantages of one over the other would you point? Thanks!
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Natakranta said:
Hi. I'm located in Ireland and looking for android TV box for my FHD projector. I'm considering MINIX Neo X8H+ or Nvidia Shield TV box (not yet available). What advantages of one over the other would you point? Thanks!
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Minix Neo offers access to almost all the play store apps without needing to sideload, with the Shield you need to sideload some apps, which isnt hard. The Shield has far better hardware, so you will get smoother HD playback, no question. If playing video is your main think, then the Shield's faster graphics, faster processor is the way to go. They are both good boxes, but my Minix Neo x8hplus is currently UNPLUGGED!

fredphoesh said:
Minix Neo offers access to almost all the play store apps without needing to sideload, with the Shield you need to sideload some apps, which isnt hard. The Shield has far better hardware, so you will get smoother HD playback, no question. If playing video is your main think, then the Shield's faster graphics, faster processor is the way to go. They are both good boxes, but my Minix Neo x8hplus is currently UNPLUGGED!
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I'd like to connect external 2GB HDD USB 3 to the box. Make it media storage to play on the connected to the box projector and available for all devices in home through my local WiFi.
How could I remotely control the box to manage utorrent on it from my phone, at home thorough local WiFi or externally when I'm away. Possible?
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Natakranta said:
I'd like to connect external 2GB HDD USB 3 to the box. Make it media storage to play on the connected to the box projector and available for all devices in home through my local WiFi.
How could I remotely control the box to manage utorrent on it from my phone, at home thorough local WiFi or externally when I'm away. Possible?
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Hi, sorry, no idea, I use it for streaming...
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fredphoesh said:
MINUSES
- no up front display of non-Android TV specific apps
- no recent apps
- no way to get to "now playing" with some apps like Spotify if you had returned home, unless its a leanback app
- very little customisation, settings limited too.
Mark.
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Hi Mark! For your minuses mentioned above, you might want to consider HALauncher found in the Play Store. I'm using this on my Nvidia Shield Console/TV and it looks and works better than the default Android TV "Home" launcher. This apps allows you to create your own Home screen with rows of your customized apps. For example, I have a row for my Emulators, Racing Games, Space Shooters, Sports Games, TV apps, etc. You can arrange these rows and apps anyway you want. You can also use your own background image. You can also rename the apps to your liking and edit the icons for higher quality 320x180 images. Everything looks great now. This is what Android TV home launcher should be like. The only thing that is missing now is a button for rebooting the system, and another one for shutting it down!
Check out the images below to see what HALauncher can do:
http://postimg.org/image/kuncrk5tf/
http://postimg.org/image/57w3e6s1f/
http://postimg.org/image/fkie09lkj
http://postimg.org/image/mjwfzmlir/
-- Manny

funtasticguy said:
Hi Mark! For your minuses mentioned above, you might want to consider HALauncher found in the Play Store. I'm using this on my Nvidia Shield Console/TV and it looks and works better than the default Android TV "Home" launcher. This apps allows you to create your own Home screen with rows of your customized apps. For example, I have a row for my Emulators, Racing Games, Space Shooters, Sports Games, TV apps, etc. You can arrange these rows and apps anyway you want. You can also use your own background image. You can also rename the apps to your liking and edit the icons for higher quality 320x180 images. Everything looks great now. This is what Android TV home launcher should be like. The only thing that is missing now is a button for rebooting the system, and another one for shutting it down!
Check out the images below to see what HALauncher can do:
http://postimg.org/image/kuncrk5tf/
http://postimg.org/image/57w3e6s1f/
http://postimg.org/image/fkie09lkj
http://postimg.org/image/mjwfzmlir/
-- Manny
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Hi Manny,
Yep, I've been using it for a few days and like it a lot.
My gripes are that the voice search doesn't work properly and always shows empty results, and there is no "now playing" function... and the lack of a power button. For some reason ALT-Tab doesn't show recent apps. Oh, there is no ALL APPS function either, so new apps are invisible till you edit the home screen. But yeah, the best home screen for the SATV for sure.
Cheers,
Mark
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I agree with pretty much everything you said, I've had mine for two weeks and I love it. I have Kodi running to play local media, plex to stream stuff from friends servers, Netflix (which really upped their game since the last time I subscribed a year or two ago), along with tons of games. This will only get better over time, its still a relatively new product. I'm still debating on whether or not to root it, I think I'm going to but will be keeping the stock launcher because I like it, despite the lack of "recent apps" which I still don't understand why they didn't include it. The only reason I want to root it is so that I can install the Xinstaller module from Xposed so all my apps will install to my sdcard and not the internal memory.
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I have had mine a few weeks and it is definitely a really nice device and it is crazy fast!
Really the only gripe I have is 4K support but that isn't Nvidia's fault. Basically because I am running through a processor (more or less an AVR without an amp) and HDMI 2.0 standard is not used on them, Netflix won't show 4K content on the device unless I am directly connected to the TV.
Fortunately Ultraflix works at 4K and everything else does as well.

brando56894 said:
I agree with pretty much everything you said, I've had mine for two weeks and I love it. I have Kodi running to play local media, plex to stream stuff from friends servers, Netflix (which really upped their game since the last time I subscribed a year or two ago), along with tons of games. This will only get better over time, its still a relatively new product. I'm still debating on whether or not to root it, I think I'm going to but will be keeping the stock launcher because I like it, despite the lack of "recent apps" which I still don't understand why they didn't include it. The only reason I want to root it is so that I can install the Xinstaller module from Xposed so all my apps will install to my sdcard and not the internal memory.
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Try HALauncher, it is good enough for me to not install a custom rom and root... So far! Also once you root you'll have to manually install rom updates and reinstall apps etc... Also you can move most apps to sd card. DON'T set to Automatically Move apps to SD card, that doesn't work. Install to system then move them to SD card in app settings after player no the game once.
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Had mine for about a week and like it an awful lot.
As someone who bought an Ouya, I must say focusing on the media services first THEN worrying about gaming made this a MUCH BETTER product.
I am a bit disappointed I can't have my HBO Go on it, there's currently no Amazon Video and the Netflix app needs better voice options, but I'm really digging the Gamestream from my PC upstairs to the downstairs TV, It works most of the time without a hitch. The only time it doesn't is when I'm playing my Steam games and the Ubisoft games try to go through Uplay and Uplay crashes or its a game I've never ran before and Steam itself crashes because it doesn't seem to like running a game in Big Picture mode if it has never been opened and ran at least once on my PC in normal Steam mode first, and those are client problems, not Nvidia issues so can't fault them there.
Yes, having to install some of my apps from the PC through the Play Store is a bit of a pain, but it also keeps the kids from loading it up with a bunch of useless crap, so I'd say its a fair trade.

tobalaz said:
Had mine for about a week and like it an awful lot.
As someone who bought an Ouya, I must say focusing on the media services first THEN worrying about gaming made this a MUCH BETTER product.
I am a bit disappointed I can't have my HBO Go on it, there's currently no Amazon Video and the Netflix app needs better voice options, but I'm really digging the Gamestream from my PC upstairs to the downstairs TV, It works most of the time without a hitch. The only time it doesn't is when I'm playing my Steam games and the Ubisoft games try to go through Uplay and Uplay crashes or its a game I've never ran before and Steam itself crashes because it doesn't seem to like running a game in Big Picture mode if it has never been opened and ran at least once on my PC in normal Steam mode first, and those are client problems, not Nvidia issues so can't fault them there.
Yes, having to install some of my apps from the PC through the Play Store is a bit of a pain, but it also keeps the kids from loading it up with a bunch of useless crap, so I'd say its a fair trade.
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Oh yes, speaking of Gamestream, what does everyone think of the quality?
I tried it both before and after the update that was supposed to improve the quality and have not been that impressed. The bitrate seems somewhat low and I get random stutter and both the PC and Shield are wired gigabit.

Well as far as Gamestream goes for me, I've got my win7 gaming rig w/ an i5, 12gb ram and gtx 750ti hardwired to my Buffalo AC1750 and the Shield on 5g to a 42" 1080p TV and I've no problems with it, everything runs smoothly, well, smoothly when Uplay isn't f*cking everything up...
I had issues initially so I had to go into my router and change the settings for my 5ghz channel.

OK interesting, maybe it is is an issue with SLI since I am running 3 Titan Xs, i7, 32GB RAM, etc through an Asus RT-AC3200. I will try disabling SLI and see if that helps.

mutelight said:
OK interesting, maybe it is is an issue with SLI since I am running 3 Titan Xs, i7, 32GB RAM, etc through an Asus RT-AC3200. I will try disabling SLI and see if that helps.
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You've really peaked my interest here, was the SLI making it not work correctly? Like maybe the video encoding being slit amongst the cards wasn't working too well?
I'm about to upgrade my 750ti so it'd be nice to know if it was SLI or just isn't playing nice with your Titan.

tobalaz said:
You've really peaked my interest here, was the SLI making it not work correctly? Like maybe the video encoding being slit amongst the cards wasn't working too well?
I'm about to upgrade my 750ti so it'd be nice to know if it was SLI or just isn't playing nice with your Titan.
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It is honestly hard to say, I still need to try disabling SLI to see if it helps. Also I should mention I have been running Windows 10 for a couple months now there have been a few driver updates for it since I tried it last.

Video calling only available for the Shield ATV
One unique feature on the Shield ATV is the camera support.
Just plug a camera and it works! I've been checking out other Android SmartTV's and set-top-boxes, but yet couldn't find any other device having this support.
And, there is already a video calling android tv app on google play called "Tellybean - Easy video calling". It works perfectly on the Shield ATV.

furkna said:
One unique feature on the Shield ATV is the camera support.
Just plug a camera and it works! I've been checking out other Android SmartTV's and set-top-boxes, but yet couldn't find any other device having this support.
And, there is already a video calling android tv app on google play called "Tellybean - Easy video calling". It works perfectly on the Shield ATV.
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Nice, but surely Hangouts works just fine, and even Skype?

fredphoesh said:
Nice, but surely Hangouts works just fine, and even Skype?
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Your right. Since shield has camera support basically any video calling app might work. But I don't believe they work as smooth as Tellybean. Skype and hangout does not have Android TV apps (not gonna have one any time soon). They don't exist on google play for Android TV. You need to sideload their default android app.
Also, their UX is fine for a mobile app but not so much for a TV app. They don't really fit into the leanback UI. Not so usable if you are sitting on the couch and just want to have a video call. I use hangouts and skype on my smartphone and laptop but Tellybean on my TV
Tellybean is an Android TV app, shows up on Leanback launcher and it works smoothly on the shield ATV.

tobalaz said:
Well as far as Gamestream goes for me, I've got my win7 gaming rig w/ an i5, 12gb ram and gtx 750ti hardwired to my Buffalo AC1750 and the Shield on 5g to a 42" 1080p TV and I've no problems with it, everything runs smoothly, well, smoothly when Uplay isn't f*cking everything up...
I had issues initially so I had to go into my router and change the settings for my 5ghz channel.
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Hello! From Italy here! 10 days I have a 16Gb unit I struggle with Ethernet AND wifi 5Gb connection! Wifi N working about fine. Netgear R7000 and Fastweb FTTS connection 85MBps! I only get 10 MBps at most, and this is the only device that gets this low! Need to solve this or ask for replacement the soonest! Any help much appreciated.
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Alessandro