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[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Freezy94027:
I wonder if a buffer setting in NMI might be useful? Something to play with anyway.

I modded my Seagate Wireless Plus and disabled the stock software and interface so that I may use any player (nPlayer in my case for Apple devices). I stream purely via SMB.

I will try the reprocessing with the tools mentioned.

Thanks and regards, Peter
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Great minds. I bumped my internal buffer up to 1MB. It actually made it worse. 64K seemed little better, but I don't want to drop down to 32K. My guess is that the way it was muxed caused it to constantly create and drop connections. The util above fixes it and it's fairly painless.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] thewolf:
I am now on 4.4.2 and NMI 7.1.2. I have the problem again that most times the OTG cable is not detected as such, but a phantom hub is detected instead. Even when the OTG cable is detected correctly and everything seems to work, connection is lost a few seconds later or video streaming does not work.

Regards,

TheWolf
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
It might be best to contact me by tapping the Homesoft link in the About screen. I have a feeling this is going to take some back and forth and I don't want to pollute this thread.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cammel:
Hi [MENTION=3561401]dburckh[/MENTION], first of all thanks for this awesome app!

I just wanted to ask you before I buy it, if I have some videos (series) with their respective srt subtitle file on the micro sd card that I will attach to my Nexus 7 or moto x (I bought the meenova adaptor) will I be able to play those files with the subtitle directly from the micro sd card using mx video player (which is the video player I use by default)?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 usando Tapatalk 4
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
BS Player will load these automatically. It's the only player that I know supports streaming subtitles. I think you can download them and point MX Player to them...

Dustin
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] gooner4life:
hi dev , any idea why the app open up with no category tab i.e photos, video, doc on the top, but only at the side of my nexus 7? Is there a setting i can choose? Couldn't find it though
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
In V7, I moved the main navigation into Google's new drawer layout. You can access it by tapping the icon or sliding in from the side. Unfortunately, there is no going back.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] hay dos elefantes:
Thanks for the great app. It's definitely the best four bucks I ever spent on software.

I had some trouble with tags on FLAC files. It looks like it's picking up all the tags except for the track number. I ripped some CDs and encoded them to FLAC with EAC. EAC tagged the FLAC files with album/artist/track name/track #.

NMI showed the artist, album titles, and track names from the tags just fine. But when I tap an album, the tracks are listed in alphabetical order by track name, ignoring the track number tags. I also see the same behavior with other tagged FLAC files that I've downloaded.

I ended up using Mp3Tag to strip all the tags and I play the files from "Folders", which suits me just fine. I'm no expert on FLAC tags, so it's possible my tags are screwed up to begin with.

(I'm using a meenova, 64GB micro SDXC card, formatted NTFS on a Nexus 7 (2013).)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Thanks for the heads up. There was a bug and it's been fixed. Luckily(?), I have to do an EBF for a Nexus 5 issue so it should be fixed tomorrow.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] hay dos elefantes:
I installed the update, looks good - FLAC files are ordered by track number now. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] zubsz:
Hi dev, This app is great however I can't play videos through mx player properly, Lag is what I'm getting. Dice player works fine, however mx player is my preferred choice for video playback. Anything you can do to help? thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
My best guess is the video is not muxed right. If it's an MP4/M4V, the util in this post should fix it. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48377689&postcount=299

If it's an MKV, you can try running it through MKVMerge (GUI).
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] alvareo:
Any way to unmount attached drives?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Disconnect from the menu.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] alvareo:
That doesn't stop my hard drive from spinning (it works perfectly, by the way) but since you advise against it I understand if it doesn't work that way.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
I just added the spin down command on disconnect. It works well with my WD, but I need to test it with other drives.

Strange, it only seems to work on WD drives. My Seagate just ignored it. Flash drives ignore it, but that makes sense.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] alvareo:
Awesome, thanks! I have a WD too, 2 TB My Passport Ultra. I can help test if you want (unless you have the same one!)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] judhin:
Thanks a lot for the tool. It was really nice to use it on stock rom!

Bad, bad Google copying iPad's "you can't do a **** with your gadget" :)

But a really advice to everyone go for custom rom and native OTG.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BartmanJax:
Certain videos stuttering during playback

Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm at my wits end trying to figure this out.

I have a N7 (2013) running 4.4.3 and NMI 7.6.2 and a PNY 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive

Just about any MP4 video I play plays fine except for these. I have all 6 seasons of The Big Bang Theory on DVD. I've ripped the files to MP4. If I load them on the N7, they play fine using either MXPlayer or BSPlayer. But if I try to stream ANY of the files through NMI, after a few seconds, both the video and the audio start to stutter. In MXPlayer, if I pause the video for a minute or so and start playing again, it'll play fine for 20-30 seconds and then it starts stuttering again. It's like the flash drive can't send the file to the N7 fast enough.

I have tried three other flash drives and they all do the same thing. I tried this Media Player and the video will play fine for 10 seconds but then it pauses while it seems to load more of the file to play.

I've tried various setting in MX and BS Player and I just can't seem to get it to work. Here is some specs on one of the files I'm trying to play:

Length - 00:22:55

Frame Width - 854

Frame Height - 480

Data Rate - 1444kbps

Total bitrate - 1508kbps

Frame Rate - 23fps

Audio biitrate - 64kbps

File Size - 247MB

If needed, I can load the MP4 (Season 1 Episode 1) to my FTP server and give you a link to the file so you can test it. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
See Post 299

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48377689&postcount=299
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BartmanJax:
Win 7 SP1 Pro X64
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jb0ne:
I have the file in c:\windows\sysWOW64

Win 7 Ultimate SP 1.

I'll attach it, you could try dropping it in there (make a backup first, create a snapshot, etc, I'm not responsible if you break your system!)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
My Vista box did not have it either. I'll add it to post 299.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BartmanJax:
Thanks! Before I try this, I'll make virtual image of W7. That way if anything screws up, it'll just FU the image.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jb0ne:
Please let us know if it works!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] atinimaedigresyl:
moto g streaming

Is it possible to stream movies to my 8gb moto g? Neither MX player nor ZArchiver can view my SanDisk 32gb dual flash drive. Must I really copy a movie/song/ROM to my device when I want to use them? I have run out of room on my 8gb moto g real quick. After only 1/2 of my Play Store apps/games were installed, I only have room for one movie and one ROM. I was under the impression I could stream movies and Roms from external storage. I can only move a file from device to flash(and vice versa) using NMI. Please help me understand my issue. I have to ask even though I am sure it is not possible to stream. I was just given the impression that I could. Thx for reading.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
You should be able to stream from the Videos screen by pressing the Play (triangle) button. If the video file type is not natively supported by Android (e.g. MKV, AVI), you may need a third party player. For further support, please contact me via the Help screen by tapping Homesoft
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jeffreyklassen:
I have no real need to view raw files just back them up. I plan to use this program to backup mine and friends camera cards while traveling. Also simply to grab photos from my friends cameras on the drive back from a hike. Lots of people take photos but can not figure out or are to lazy/busy to share them once they get home. I know I can do this by hooking up their camera directly but I want the option of just having a card reader to support all cameras.

Myself I do not need video streaming off of USB but I think raising the price once the app is at a polished state would be the best bet. It would in a way reward early adopters while providing you with more income once the app is polished and starts to pick up sales. You have a lot of potential customers with Google expecting to sell 3million nexus 7 this year. It is also pretty likely future nexus devices will need your software.

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Oh another thing I thought of was having a separate photo backup app and a media viewing/streaming app. Tweaked for different work flow would make a lot of sense to me. They are pretty different tasks, photo backup is more about copying the data quickly and with as few steps needed. While media play back is more of a browsing one at a time affair.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
That was my original plan. I was going to continue with the importer and add the streaming to Gallery Connect. That left people hoping for streaming holding the bag. The IAP was the solution for that problem. I'm trying really hard not to create a third product to support.

The more I think about this, the more I think I did this backwards. I should have improved importing on Gallery Connect (it already does this, but it's clunky) and made a simple video streaming app for users just wanting to watch videos. I'll continue to ponder this to find an elegant solution.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] IdahoRenegade:
Sounds like a great app, looking forward to giving it a try. Have you tested it by plugging a digital camera in? Just wondering if the Nexus would see it as a flash drive.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] DucksDroid:
Very nice option for nexus 7! You have (or will) most of the media files. Document files would be a great addition, especially PDFs and MS Office files. Great start and innovative app!

(I tried to use with my GNEX, from the Nexus 7, but it did not identify the GNex as a media device.)

Thank you for working on this!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
I was wondering that myself. The phone would have to present itself as a mass storage device and not a MTP device. Most Android 3.x+ phones and tablets are MTP only, but anything Gingerbread and below might work. A Kindle Fire (based on Gingerbread) may work because I think it's a Mass Storage Device . I've been looking for a way to copy from my wife's Transformer to the kid's Fires, so I may look into that.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] hawleyncsu:
Any chance that doc or PDF files will work, or be added to this in the future?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] newcdn:
The difference between Viewer (free) and Importer (paid) is that Viewer only allows you to view pictures from the SD card, right?

If I only want to view my camera pics on a larger screen, then the free version is sufficient?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Yes, the free version has a photo viewer. You can not import the photos/video to the device with the free version to use the native gallery app either.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] IdahoRenegade:
The app (both of them) don't seem to work on my Nexus 7. When I plug in the flash drive and OTG cable and run the app, I get "no device. click search to re-scan". I assume this just means the magnifying class-correct? I do so and get no change. The flash is FAT32; I just reformatted it to make sure it was OK. Any idea what I'm missing? I'll try another OTG cable when I get home and make sure it's ok..

Thanks for any input and for the effort to create the app.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Try to disconnect the OTG cable and reconnect it with the app open. Do you get a popup like the attached image?

If not, install this third party app: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.usbDeviceEnumerator You do not need to install the Vendor Database

Under the "Android" tab, you should see a device. If you do not, your cable or reader is defective or not compatible with the Nexus. The Linux tab is not useful for this.

If you do see a device, click it.

Select Export and e-mail yourself the results

PM them to me. I'll look at it and see if I can figure it out.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] buton2:
Nice app

Is working here!!!!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Nexus Media Importer 2.0

Well, I've been burning the midnight oil and version 2.0 should be hitting the market and your devices soon. I've spent every free hour working on this release. I'm exhausted, my wife is pissed, but it has shipped.

What new? Well, everything you guys requested except:

Write to the SD card. Makes me nervous. I'm doing raw block mode communication with the device controller. One math error and the all the data on the card is toast. Maybe with a complete unit testing framework, this could happen.

File Manager. This will probably make a future release.

As a thank you to everyone who took the 1.x leap, you will get the streaming upgrade for free. No IAP, no third app. Enjoy, and thanks for the feedback.

I'm going to back to work on Gallery Connect, at a much more reasonable pace. I'll fix any crashes that roll through, but the next feature update will probably be several weeks.

Let me know if there is anything else that you want, or if there are any bugs, I'll queue them up.

Oh, I'm currently uploading some how to videos to youtube. Should be there by morning.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] DucksDroid:
Great update!

Thank you for making the Nexus7 so much better!!

-Jim
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] oldbonesmcgee:
If I create you a professional looking logo will you give me a free copy of the app? :D
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] stolencar:
This is great. I downloaded the free viewer last night to test the cheap Chinese OTG cables I bought for a buck each. They worked fine as did the app. I'll happily purchase the paid version this weekend. Thanks for the hard work.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bkmaracas:
Hi thanks for this great work, I paid up earlier in the week, this update is great too - however I get force close after viewing or hearing any media, eg when I go back to the app.

Restarting is fine but makes browsing media etc slow, hope u can sort. Didn't do it in prev version btw.

Also I was hoping that multi-select and 'stream' would allow us to skim through pictures in full screen without saving to internal memory, but it would only display or play one item, If that worked it would be Most awesome for music browsing and reviewing many pictures from a camera for example.

Thanks again

Bk

Oh one another mini request, sorry, is it possible to have .wav audio files show up in music or docs? I can connect my zoom audio recorder and review and or possibly edit /upload recordings then!

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] oldbonesmcgee:
Some Icons (nothing wrong with the current ones though)

Just thought I'd supply some icons I made, up to you if you want to use them.

If so just let me know I've got high res versions I can send you that are twice the resolution of the MacBooks retina display :D

Thanks

Dan

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Also still working on them to make them just a little bit smoother :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Nexus Media Importer 2.0.1

Version 2.0.1 Should be coming your way soon.

Fix for re-scan on return from streaming (and potential crash)

Fix for crash after import of cr2, nef or m2t file

Added m4v, m4a, wav, oga, ogg, flac, ogv file types

Thanks for all the detailed descriptions!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] alib90:
hi i have brought nexus media importer today i have pluged in my 2tb hard drive and it has 2 partitions it shows the main partition but its only showing few files out of it showing nothing in the video when i have lots of videos and only few images can anyone help ?

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actually is working now with the 2tb hard drive aswell great app
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bkmaracas:
Cool thanks for quick update and more formats -

it would be perfect imo now if multi selecting pics or music and hitting 'stream' would allow you to swipe from one to the next full screen/ playlist style, is that possible? Doing one at a time is bit of a pain, less than copying them all across though.

Only other question is if throughput is at its maximum?, its just 1080p vids from my old mans canon cam Almost playback but stutter, theyre fine from internal memory, so i can workaround, just a question really if can be optimised any further, or have to lump it... cheers

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Cool. I was wondering if somebody would try this. Scanning an HDD is slower than flash and the app really isn't optimized for anything that big. A drive with a lot of directories will bring it to it's knees. I though about putting up something more in your face than just the scan text.

FYI: It only recognizes the first partition. I should probably change it to recognize the first usable partition.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
I have a T2i and noticed that same thing. Canon cameras shoot at a very high bit rate and use an uncommon container/audio combo. That coupled with the fact, the web server runs as a background thread, not service there's a lot of things that can go wrong. I didn't think it would be an issue due to the quad core nature of the Nexus 7, but it appears it is. I plan on converting the server to a first class service in the next point release. I have a vested interest in getting this to work. :)

Update:

Did some playing and it appears to be the players. I tested using several player using WMP server. The only thing that worked at all was BS Player, and that had issues. I'm really annoyed with Canon for using such an odd-ball format, but unless we can find something else that can play these, I think we are stuck w/ import, then play. I'll try to send the BS Player devs an e-mail and see if there is anything we can tweak.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] m0sim:
MKV files?

First off I want to say this program is fantastic. Despite rooting every other device I've ever owned, I got my N7 and I am too lazy to unlock my bootloader and restore everything back to the way it is. With that said, having a non-root way to view my usb drives is incredible - thank you!

One question though. When I try to stream an movie stored in an .mkv container the Nexus Media Importer says it can't find anything to play it, can that be fixed by your program? Oh - and my current workaround is to just rename the file as a .avi. Then I can play it through MX Player.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] shemsha:
Just purchased it!

I will try it at home this evening.

Hope HD MKV will work OK and will play with BS Player from my flash drive.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Interesting, the Nexus 7 doesn't properly map the mkv mime type, but it's correct on my Archos G9. I should be able to get a fix out in the next few days. Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] shemsha:
Another question if I may.

Is there any option for the app to support external subtitles file when playing a video file?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
That's a function of your media player, there are several that may support subtitles like BS Player or MX Player.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] shemsha:
Thanks. I use bsplayer, when playing mkv which has external subtitles file and both are on the internal storage, it works.

When using the app, I imagine there is no way for her to stream both the mkv and the SRT file right? I must stream the mkv using the app and in bsplayer specify an external SRT file which exists in the internal memory?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
The server can stream both, but there is no way to send BS Player both streams. Further, the file names are obfuscated, so it couldn't know them either way. Sorry, I don't think this will be easy.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] shemsha:
Thanks a lot.

I will just use a workaround, I will copy the subtitles file to local storage, play the mkv using your app and select the subtitles from the internal storage (Dice for example can do it).

One more suggestion, is it possible for you to let the user copy any file from the flash memory and not only Photos/Video/Music/Docs?

Thanks a lot!

One of the best purchases I made in the play store.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dburckh:
Paid Version Taken Down

I have a bit of a volume issue. I've gone from 10-> 20-> 50-> 100-> 600 downloads per day. I do not have the support structure (or time) for this many people with a product that is this immature. I'm taking the app down until I can get support under control. You should be able to continue to use the application if you have already purchased it.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bubblesmoney:
want to buy your app but app is no longer available on play.

your wife wont be pissed when the millions of nexus 7 owners and probably other nexus device owners buy your app. You could probably retire with the proceeds from this app when marketed properly!

Hope to be able to buy your app soon as now it seems to have gone while i could see it a few minutes ago on play but couldnt buy as got message saying incompatible with all my devices.

edit: can you please please please put the app back on the market even if it means no support.

i have got a work around in that .... bought the samsung smart hub optical drive which allows me to stream dvd or from any attached flash or hard drive and can back up data to flash/hard drive or dvd write and am also in the process of trying this out in my car for seting up a NAS for my car! but having your app would make it cool too when carrying the samsung optical wireless hub isnt practical
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Baz8755:
Please, please, please put it back. I was awaiting my OTG before buying as I was hoping to use this whilst on my upcoming holiday.

Pretty please.;)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Nospin:
Happens to many a new developer. Congrats on your popularity though, you deserve it!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bubblesmoney:
i have got your other apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=homeysoft&c=apps can you please make the media streamer app available as an in app purchase atleast if you dont want to reinstate the app that you withdrew

edit: your app has been posted on the hotukdeals website and got heat in a short space of time http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/app...thout-rooting-1-27-google-play-1292093?page=1 it will go smoking hot when you put the app back soon. the many nexus deals got thousands of degrees of heat with some going to an all time high of more than six thousand degrees. so put your app back on the play store asap and start counting the cash! please please please!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] neils31:
It will expire very quickly if there is no working link .............

I just got my cable about an hour a go too, very disapointed this app has been taken down, but well done for being so popular, hope you get it back up soon :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Baz8755:
Strike while the irons hot, as with many things it's all about being first to market.

Also watch out for Spam/Trojan imposters who may try and capatilise on your absence.

Good luck and as I said before, please bring it back before I go in holiday in the next couple of weeks:D