Movies go internally only!

[pauldroidr2d2]

So, folks often try to quell concerns about just 16 gigabytes of internal memory by saying " but you can put movies and music on the external 64gigabyte SD card ".

Well, I bought a couple of HD movies through Google play and they only go into internal memory. Yikes!

I used Android file transfer to move them to the external sd card, but then I was unable to play them, so I had to move them back. Ugh!

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That doesn't surprise me. That has been my experience since my phones have had ICS.




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[pauldroidr2d2]

Just wanted to throw it out there that rented movies stay on the cloud and work just fine. I rented a movie, played it on my phone, then later plugged my tablet into my TV and streamed it to my TV through my tablet and it worked fine. I'm guessing this thread is about a full purchase of a movie, but I wanted to throw this out there for those who may be just renting movies.

They play great too if you have a good signal. You purchase the movies and tv shows in the play store and play them without downloading them to your device. That is how I do it on my N7.


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[johnmcd348]

OK, so let me get this straight, If I buy a Note2, install a 64gb card, I still can't really put anything on it other than music files and that's only if there is no DRM restrictions on it? That's BS. Absolute and utter BS.

So, let me ask this hypothetical question. If I were to obtain movies or TV shows by an alternative method, would I be able to install and play them from an SD card then? There wouldn't be any DRM on them.

I don't have one yet and I've only been playing with my wife and sons tablets to get an idea of how to work and function with Android so please bare with me on these otherwise stupid questions. I really don't want to switch over to a whole new OS and "ecosystem" just to find out I can't do something that really shouldn't be an issue. I was surprised to find in my research how they changed how you install apps and can no longer install to the SD card without major work-arounds. This is just another surprise to me.

Thanks

 

[pauldroidr2d2]

OK, so let me get this straight, If I buy a Note2, install a 64gb card, I still can't really put anything on it other than music files and that's only if there is no DRM restrictions on it? That's BS. Absolute and utter BS.

So, let me ask this hypothetical question. If I were to obtain movies or TV shows by an alternative method, would I be able to install and play them from an SD card then? There wouldn't be any DRM on them.

I don't have one yet and I've only been playing with my wife and sons tablets to get an idea of how to work and function with Android so please bare with me on these otherwise stupid questions. I really don't want to switch over to a whole new OS and "ecosystem" just to find out I can't do something that really shouldn't be an issue. I was surprised to find in my research how they changed how you install apps and can no longer install to the SD card without major work-arounds. This is just another surprise to me.

Thanks

You should be able too.

You are correct, the sd card slot is mostly useless for anything other than music and pictures. Unless you choose to root it.


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[ipaulr]

Never thought I'd wanna watch a movie on a smartphone. I was certainly never tempted by any of my IO S devices. Not even the iPhone 5.

But this note 2 is different. Hi def 720 P fits perfectly on this screen and looks really good. I'm lovin it.

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[ipaulr]

You don't have to root it. DRM free material, movies and music, work fine from the microSD card. I'm going to go that way since the movie industry has let us down with what they provide. I'm only going to copy movies I own.

By the way, there is another surprise. The digital copy ultraviolet discs did you get with a blue ray disc nowadays only gives you a low resolution movie, 720 x 480. I want full 720 P, which happens to be 1280 X 720 pixels, just the size of our note 2 screen. The only way to get that is to use a blue ray reader and Blu ray reading software.

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[LuvHorses]

So why are the google play movies DRM if we buy them outright? Is there a source online that one can buy DRM free movies?

 

[anon(94115)]

Thank your lawmakers for one and the individual (and collective) studios and labels for that. It is not a Google thing outside of the fact that they had to comply with the demands or not have download able media.

No you are not going to find drm free media on the net for sale. That would defeat the purpose of drm altogether.

That being g said, I hear of Grey markets on the Web that have them..

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[johnmcd348]

OK Thanks. I was originally figuring to use my Note2, when I get it, to load and play movies on when we go on long trips but I see now that would not work. Unless I transfer and move files between the internal memory and SD card. I keep hearing and reading about the 32gb unit coming to the US eventually but I really didn't want to wait that long for it. I guess though I'm going to just reupgrade my Arrive back to the 32gb card like I did before and keep using it for awhile.

 

[RogerRockit]

I was originally figuring to use my Note2, when I get it, to load and play movies on when we go on long trips but I see now that would not work. Unless I transfer and move files between the internal memory and SD card.

There's something I hadn't thought of, that perhaps you more experienced android folk might be able to confirm. If a person put movies on the microSD card, would it be possible, on the go through file manager, to swap a movie from the SD card to the internal memory, watch it, then move it back to the SD card?

 

[WHaydock]

Use MovieBrowserUPnP, it uses the stock standard player but will play from movies stored on the SSD. And the rule is, as is the same with Apple, buy the CD or DVD and rip it yourself, if you buy online and download don't expect to actually own your purchase.

WarrenH

 

[surebuttercringe]

There's something I hadn't thought of, that perhaps you more experienced android folk might be able to confirm. If a person put movies on the microSD card, would it be possible, on the go through file manager, to swap a movie from the SD card to the internal memory, watch it, then move it back to the SD card?

No need for that. You can just watch it directly from the microSD card. You just can't move a movie you purchase from internal to external microSD.

 

[ipaulr]

Not so good if your on airplane.

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[ipaulr]

Marketplace purchases, from the play store, are always only put on the internal sd, with DRM, as are digital copy RIPs. Further, they can only be watched from the internal sd.

However, you can copy them or move them to the external SD card, or to any external memory such as on your PC. Later you can move them back to internal memory sd, and watch them again. File managers, such as ES File Explorer, can do this.

It is a little messy as you have to figure out where the files are stored. File naming is not intuitive. The file name does not have the name of the movie in it. The movie also seems to be split into files in 2 different subdirectories. But if you're careful you can do this.

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[ipaulr]

I tried MovieBrowserHD with movies purchased from the marketplace and moved to the external SD. It didn't work.

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[Joe the Insider]

I just download movies on my computer through torrents and put them on my sd card. You can actually dl torrents on your phone using Ttorrent and ,pirate bay apps.

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[Joe the Insider]

Instructions on how to use torrents on your phone.

1. Download Ttorrent from play store.
2. Download Pirate Bay from play store.
3. Use Pirate Bay to download the torrent file, once you click download it should prompt Ttorrent to access and download the file.
4. Once it downloads, use a file explorer app like astro to movie the file to the ext or when you use Ttorrent, select the directory from a folder on your sd card.

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[jaymars]

Buy the movie from Google. Then delete it and download the torrent. Everyone wins.

 

[tmroz]

Purchasing a DVD and ripping it to store on the SD card sounds like the way to go. What is the best product for ripping? I've had problems with VLC Media.

 

[Joe the Insider]

Purchasing a DVD and ripping it to store on the SD card sounds like the way to go. What is the best product for ripping? I've had problems with VLC Media.

Dvd catalyst

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