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Android on Tablets - downloading films
My father in law has bought my 4 year old daughter a cheap Tabtronics Android tablet for her birthday later this month.
I've never used Android, being an Apple man, but, I assume that Android Market permits purchase and download of films in the same way that I can on my Apple devices via iTunes. Could someone confirm that this is right otherwise this is probably not going to be much use. Thanks. |
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There are films avaiable for download from the market but Android also supports Flash which menas you can access the streaming movie websites which of course are unavailable to you with Apple products due to its lack of Flash
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yes and no, there is no equivalent of itunes but depending on the device you should be able to play back mp4 files. Also streaming from flash sites should work but its not guaranteed to be 100% compatible on the cheap tablets.
Of course you can use a utility like 'freemake video convertor' to convert any DVD or movies they have on the computer to mp4 format. |
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I don't really want streaming. My daughter likes her Disney DVDs but doesn't watch a whole film at a time so I'd like to just download and keep and then it's there wherever she is (especially in the car).
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I don't really want streaming. My daughter likes her Disney DVDs but doesn't watch a whole film at a time so I'd like to just download and keep and then it's there wherever she is (especially in the car).
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I don't really want streaming. My daughter likes her Disney DVDs but doesn't watch a whole film at a time so I'd like to just download and keep and then it's there wherever she is (especially in the car).
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ |
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All sounds a bit complicated. Is there not a legitimate site I can go to, download a film, and keep it on the Tablet?
I really don't like fiddling with the computer as it's a laptop and it's already bursting at the seems memorywise. |
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All sounds a bit complicated. Is there not a legitimate site I can go to, download a film, and keep it on the Tablet?
I really don't like fiddling with the computer as it's a laptop and it's already bursting at the seems memorywise. Also I noticed the tablet only has 2GB of memory so will only be able to story a couple of films at a time. I noticed that lovefilms have an android client but this may be a stream only service maybe. |
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Also I noticed the tablet only has 2GB of memory so will only be able to story a couple of films at a time. . |
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All sounds a bit complicated. Is there not a legitimate site I can go to, download a film, and keep it on the Tablet?
I really don't like fiddling with the computer as it's a laptop and it's already bursting at the seems memorywise. |
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right now there isn't one that's like iTunes where you just buy it, download it, and sync it across (or download direct on the device). .....There have been rumblings that Google is launching a full on music/movies service in the UK which will have the ease of purchase and use of iTunes,
More info: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/andr...e-uk-50005756/ http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2...ies-in-uk.html |
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All sounds a bit complicated. Is there not a legitimate site I can go to, download a film, and keep it on the Tablet?
Ripping from DVDs is always the best option since you can then play the originals in DVD players and should you ever want a better quality copy on your portable devices you can rerip with better settings. Quote:
I really don't like fiddling with the computer as it's a laptop and it's already bursting at the seems memorywise.
If it's a Mac system then it's straightforward enough. Download and install VLC then Handbrake. Stick a disc in the drive, select a pre-set in Handbrake (use one of the ones targeted at an Apple device so you can use it on any of your devices. Android will have no problem playing it back either) and away you go.I believe there's a version of Handbrake for Windows but have never used it. Do your daughter a favour and buy her some Studio Ghibli films; they blow away anything Disney has ever done. For age four i recommend "My Neighbour Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Ponyo". Amazon sells the DVDs for about £6 each. |
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One question on films purchased from the Android market.
If you look at the films they are priced at for example £3.49 rental. What does this mean? Does the copy expire after a certain amount of time/number of plays? |
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One question on films purchased from the Android market.
If you look at the films they are priced at for example £3.49 rental. What does this mean? Does the copy expire after a certain amount of time/number of plays? |
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Seeing as its been a while since the last update, netflix is now available in the UK with an android app option. Also google play also has an expanded range of movies available.
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If you look at the films they are priced at for example £3.49 rental. What does this mean? Does the copy expire after a certain amount of time/number of plays?
so, for example, the Thing https://play.google.com/store/movies...F9uOUJ0NVpjIl0. has on the right hand side - Rental Grant Period - 30 days, Rental Active Period - 48 hours. That means you have 30 days from purchase to start watching it, and once you start watching it, you have 48 hours to finish watching it. (or watch it up to around 30 times I guess) |
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thanks, that's the information I couldn't find when looking on my tablet last night.
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It is Tabtronics so will not do very much at all.
I think there is a universal Uberoid firmware you an install to make it useful. |
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