Doesn't play AVI movies?

**bill2reg** · 10-21-2012, 10:08 AM

Hard to believe that a tablet of this quality and price range can't play AVI movies. Very disappointed about this.
I'm also finding this table to be not very user-friendly. The UI is not intuitive at all and not easy to use. Things that you need are there, but often hidden where you wouldn't expect them to be. Does anyone else have the same concerns, about the AVI and the UI?

**vernotzy21** · 10-21-2012, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

Hard to believe that a tablet of this quality and price range can't play AVI movies. Very disappointed about this.
I'm also finding this table to be not very user-friendly. The UI is not intuitive at all and not easy to use. Things that you need are there, but often hidden where you wouldn't expect them to be. Does anyone else have the same concerns, about the AVI and the UI?

no....
u need a custom rom and mx player from the market
stock player always sucks

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**sparksd** · 10-21-2012, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by vernotzy21

no....
u need a custom rom and mx player from the market
stock player always sucks

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I can play avi using MX Player Pro on stock ROM.

**michaelp68** · 10-22-2012, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

I'm also finding this table to be not very user-friendly. The UI is not intuitive at all and not easy to use. Things that you need are there, but often hidden where you wouldn't expect them to be. Does anyone else have the same concerns, about the AVI and the UI?

I've found the opposite. One of the things I like about it as how user friendly and intuitive it is.

My six year old and nine year find it easy to navigate, too. The only hold-up for them being able to use it is that they first need me to use the facial recognition to unlock it, lol. But after that, they've both figured it out without my assistance.

As for the video, I put MX Player on the tablet and it seems to be able to pay anything I run across.

**bill2reg** · 10-22-2012, 12:15 PM

I have no idea what facial recognition is. No mention in the user manual.
As for MX player, I installed it but it doesn't have an option to play streaming video (as from my media server) so I assume if it plays AVI's that they would have to be stored on the tablet itself and I was hoping to play from my media server.

**sparksd** · 10-22-2012, 12:35 PM

What I do: I can access my media storage on my network using the File Manager HD app from the Play Store. I select a video to play and am prompted for what app to play it with and I select MX Player. I could skip the last prompt by selecting "always use this app" but have just preferred not to.

**bill2reg** · 10-22-2012, 04:57 PM

Sparked
Didn't work for me, but I'm on jelly bean, maybe that's why. It wouldn't connect to my server.

**sparksd** · 10-22-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

Sparked
Didn't work for me, but I'm on jelly bean, maybe that's why. It wouldn't connect to my server.

I also am on JB - how exactly are you doing it?

**bill2reg** · 10-22-2012, 10:08 PM

I opened the File Manager HD, and then went to the network (LAN) option. Then it said no connections, so I had it scan, and it found the two PC's (one is the file server). I selected that one but then it wouldn't connect. So that was the end of that. I uninstalled the FIle Manager HD.

**vernotzy21** · 10-24-2012, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

I opened the File Manager HD, and then went to the network (LAN) option. Then it said no connections, so I had it scan, and it found the two PC's (one is the file server). I selected that one but then it wouldn't connect. So that was the end of that. I uninstalled the FIle Manager HD.

i use es file explorer i stream videos from my dropbox all the time

WITH MOST THINGS ON A ANDROID GO TO YOUr FILE AND LONG PRESS ALSO TRY (ahh caps)
setting the mx player decoder to software decoding software decoding works better with streaming

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**sparksd** · 10-24-2012, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

I opened the File Manager HD, and then went to the network (LAN) option. Then it said no connections, so I had it scan, and it found the two PC's (one is the file server). I selected that one but then it wouldn't connect. So that was the end of that. I uninstalled the FIle Manager HD.

Sounds like a possible firewall issue.

**bill2reg** · 10-24-2012, 03:53 PM

I doubt it's a firewall issue since all our other devices connect with no problems. Other Android, Apple and Acer laptop etc.

**Mikea1111** · 11-11-2012, 01:19 PM

I had a similar problem as the asus would only find some files until i changed the network permissions on my desktop to allow all access on the home network.

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**bill2reg** · 11-11-2012, 09:35 PM

Not a problem with permissions, since the media server files are all available to all my other devices too. What I have learned is that this tablet doesn't support AVI, so I'm having to convert all to MP4, which is plays very well.

**sparksd** · 11-11-2012, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by bill2reg

Not a problem with permissions, since the media server files are all available to all my other devices too. What I have learned is that this tablet doesn't support AVI, so I'm having to convert all to MP4, which is plays very well.

Strange - I can play AVI files stored on a networked drive using File Manager HD and both MX Player Pro and the stock video player.

**frenziedfemale** · 11-11-2012, 10:22 PM

has anyone given Dice Player a shot? Free on the playstore and supposed to handle AVI, network, and a bunch of other formats. Can't hurt to try it.

**TimothyP** · 11-18-2012, 06:07 AM

Get BS Player. It will play every format you throw at it. No need to convert movies. It can handle 1080p mkv files. Large files as well. I have played a movie that was over 10gb in size (Avengers). You can also stream your network with it.

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**garrym79** · 03-31-2013, 02:18 AM

this solved the steaming issue for me. firstly i had media sharing going to my tv and wifi radio. to stream to the ES app i needed to follow this tutorial, i can now stream to my mobile & tablet.

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