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Ok to help u guys i tried a 720p 6 gig rip. Freezes or stops in about 5 minutes on my TF and my Evo using upnplay and rockplayer. Standard def streams no prob on both devices using Rockplayer and mobo. Thinking it might be a wifi bandwith limittation i tried my archos 70 using its smb player and no probs. So its not wifi. Then i used the upnp built into the archos 70 and still no freezing. So the tversity media server is not the problem. So then i installed upnplay on my archos 70 played the video using the archos native player and still no problem so its not upnplay. Then i used upnplay with rockplayer on my archos 70 and it stopped within 5 minutes.so it would seem to be the players. Archos has alot of codecs and optimised as a media player since that is its roots. So at least u know standard def works with the setup of tversity, upnplay, and rockplayer or mobo but u need a different player like the archos native one to play high def. Long post but i hope it helps save u guys time.
 
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Not sure if it's very useful to many others, but I can select another different language ASUS keyboard (e.g. Chinese). To switch between English and Chinese input, I can use Ctrl-Space on the keyboard without touching the notification area to switch language.

This was REALLY useful. Thanks a lot, mate. Spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to switch languages, had to use on-screen keyboard to do that.
 
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Ok to help u guys i tried a 720p 6 gig rip. Freezes or stops in about 5 minutes on my TF and my Evo using upnplay and rockplayer. Standard def streams no prob on both devices using Rockplayer and mobo. Thinking it might be a wifi bandwith limittation i tried my archos 70 using its smb player and no probs. So its not wifi. Then i used the upnp built into the archos 70 and still no freezing. So the tversity media server is not the problem. So then i installed upnplay on my archos 70 played the video using the archos native player and still no problem so its not upnplay. Then i used upnplay with rockplayer on my archos 70 and it stopped within 5 minutes.so it would seem to be the players. Archos has alot of codecs and optimised as a media player since that is its roots. So at least u know standard def works with the setup of tversity, upnplay, and rockplayer or mobo but u need a different player like the archos native one to play high def. Long post but i hope it helps save u guys time.

Very useful post mate, this lets down this beauty allot. It has to be able to play any media file!!
 
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ES file explorer, File browser that can see networke files, sd cards, and even allows music and picture streaming! [No videos though]

Snes9x, supports wiimotes within the application! Super Nintendo

N64oid, playable Nintendo 64, does not support wiimote

FPse, possible the best playstation 1 out there, until PSone comes around, does not support wiimote.

WiiMoteControl, allows you to enable your wiimote with nun-chucks using a keyboard language setup.

Opera mini, an amazing internet browser!

Not sure if it's very useful to many others, but I can select another different language ASUS keyboard (e.g. Chinese). To switch between English and Chinese input, I can use Ctrl-Space on the keyboard without touching the notification area to switch language.
This sounds awesome, but they didn't include my language. :S Sucks for WiimoteControl or a preferred keyboard.


Here's a trick to quickly switch between the last 2 apps you were using.

Position the mouse pointer to the switch app icon (the third icon from the bottom left, looks like two white boxes stack together). Place it right above the icon white line in that black area, double click that area will allow you to switch between the last 2 app windows. That double click cannot be too quick tho =)
Is there anything like this for the soft keyboard, or am I missing understanding this.
 
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I've seen this listed in other threads but to keep your browser from going to mobile sites go to settings then Advanced then User Agent String and select Desktop. When I had Tablet selected it would constantly switch to mobile versions.

Just an aside, the facebook app absolutely stinks compared to the full web site which works perfectly for me.

I can't seem to find this option.
 
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Ok to help u guys i tried a 720p 6 gig rip. Freezes or stops in about 5 minutes on my TF and my Evo using upnplay and rockplayer. Standard def streams no prob on both devices using Rockplayer and mobo. Thinking it might be a wifi bandwith limittation i tried my archos 70 using its smb player and no probs. So its not wifi. Then i used the upnp built into the archos 70 and still no freezing. So the tversity media server is not the problem. So then i installed upnplay on my archos 70 played the video using the archos native player and still no problem so its not upnplay. Then i used upnplay with rockplayer on my archos 70 and it stopped within 5 minutes.so it would seem to be the players. Archos has alot of codecs and optimised as a media player since that is its roots. So at least u know standard def works with the setup of tversity, upnplay, and rockplayer or mobo but u need a different player like the archos native one to play high def. Long post but i hope it helps save u guys time.

What did you use for the rip? I'm trying to find a program that will rip both a dvd and bluray but have not seen anything that indicates it can do both (I have seen seperate programs, just nothing combined). Anybody know of a program that will do both?
 
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I use DVDFab, but AnyDVD also does both. They are both excellent programs for backups. DVD Catalyst is also a good value, but I'm not sure if it supports Blu Ray.

My understanding from the guy from DVD Catalyst that posts here on occasion is that his/her program will rip most DVDs on its own except for some of the more aggressively encrypted items like Disney. For Bluray, he/she said you need to have something like ANYDVD HD to help DVD Catalyst with decryption. Unfortunately, ANYDVD HD with the current promotional discount is $90! Yikes! I think that's a bit much to access MY disks.
 
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DVDFab link
DVDFab Blu-ray Copy -- the best Blu-ray copy software that copy and backup any Blu-ray to blank Blu-ray disc or PC hard drive.

The nice thing about DVDFab, is their is a trial period. After the trial, decryption of all disks still works just not the extra features. You just need another program to make usable disks out of them. I use ImgBurn for that purpose.

Thanks for the info. I went to the link you had and it talks about being able to rip blu-rays but does not say anything about being able to do a regular dvd. Do you know if it will do both? Also, if I rip a blu-ray so that I can play it on my TF when I travel will it play since I don't think the TF supports blu-ray, or will it convert the blu-ray to something that will play on the TF?
 
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Yes it will do both, I use it myself. Like I said once the trial runs out, it will only decrypt the disc and output them to your hard drive. You can use a free program called Handbrake to convert them to a TF friendly format. See the following thread for info on using that.
[GUIDE] 720p Handbrake preset for TF101 (HC3.1 Update) - xda-developers

As far as DVDFab converting them, the paid version does have some convert features, but I refuse to pay for that when it can be done with free software.
 
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I copied a blu-ray movie I had with DVDFab and it did make a copy that I could play on my laptop (didn't have time last night to try it on my TF yet) but it was slow. DVDFab advertises that its really fast but it took 2 1/2 hours to copy a movie of about the same length. Is this what others also experience? I was hoping that it would be faster than that.
 
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As I noted earlier I made a copy of a blu-ray movie and have now put it on my TF and played it. It seemed to play fine using the default viewer however the sound level was very low (and yes, I did have the volumne turned all the way up). I also tried playing it using MoboPlayer with the same volumne issue. Any ideas why the volumne is so low?
 
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I copied a blu-ray movie I had with DVDFab and it did make a copy that I could play on my laptop (didn't have time last night to try it on my TF yet) but it was slow. DVDFab advertises that its really fast but it took 2 1/2 hours to copy a movie of about the same length. Is this what others also experience? I was hoping that it would be faster than that.

My desktop rips a 50GB Blu Ray usually just over an hour. That is doing usually just the main movie file and full quality. I'm running a 3.0GHz dual core with 4GBs of RAM. Might be an issue with your PC.

What sound format did you extract from it? If it was a surround format that maybe the trouble. Need to convert to AC3 2ch or use the standard stereo track if there is one.
 
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My understanding from the guy from DVD Catalyst that posts here on occasion is that his/her program will rip most DVDs on its own except for some of the more aggressively encrypted items like Disney. For Bluray, he/she said you need to have something like ANYDVD HD to help DVD Catalyst with decryption. Unfortunately, ANYDVD HD with the current promotional discount is $90! Yikes! I think that's a bit much to access MY disks.

Hi Chimp, you are correct. DVD's work out of the box, but for Bluray, something extra is needed. I personally prefer AnyDVD HD, basically because it acts as a layer on top of the BR, enabling you to convert it directly from the disc. There are other solutions as well. You could use DVDfab's Passkey, which works similar to AnyDVD HD, or you can use MakeMKV (free while in Beta) to create an mkv on your computer, which can then be converted. I just find that AnyDVD works the easiest, and Slysoft is also quite good with updates in case something needs to be changed.
 
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