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Watching recordings on an Android phone?
Have about 800gb of recordings from my HDR freesat on a hard disk that I have copied to NTFS so it can be accessed from a PC.
However I would like to view these recordings on my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone (Android 4.0.4). Whats the best way to copy them from the PC (Windows 7) to the phone so they can be watched on the phone? Do I need to transcode them? |
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Thanks
So what is the encoding used by the Humax Foxsat? What is the encoding used by Android? |
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Are the recordings HD or SD ?
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Most are SD
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Humax recordings are in a *.ts file format and Android can't cope with these (unfortunately). I have used this program successfully to convert the files to Mpeg-4 but it is very time consuming requiring virtually real-time. But once started you don't have to supervise the process so you can let it run until the conversion is complete. You can set the output resolution to fit your phone screen which will reduce the file size.
Super Media File Converter PS: as with all free software please exercise caution when installing. |
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Most are SD
SD files are transport stream container mpeg2 compressed. Google Foxsat hdr streaming to Android. |
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Streaming is just another way of delivering the files, I was proposing to copy them onto my phones SD card.
If they cannot be viewed without transcoding then it's a bit impractical. Is there any software available for Android that will directly view the files in their original encoding? |
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AFAIK none of the current Android video apps are capable of processing *.ts files. Wish there were though.
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Not too hard to find what formats are compatible.
http://developer.android.com/guide/a...a-formats.html H264/AVC would seem to be a good bet. Try Googlng Convert SD .ts mpeg2 to H264/AVC |
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If you looked at the links I provided you would see a program called 'Handbreak'
This will read .ts files and convert to File format: MP4(M4V) and MKV and other formats. Takes about 10 minutes for a 2 hour file. These I believe are viewable on a Android device. Dan |
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no need for any conversion, mx player is all you need to play .ts files on android.
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MX player - is downloadable at Google Play? I've used Handbrake in the past - of course it works but it's just a pain having to convert the files. |
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no need for any conversion, mx player is all you need to play .ts files on android.
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no need for any conversion, mx player is all you need to play .ts files on android.
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wondershare is a good converter - much easier to use and much faster than handbrake (but not free).
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BSPlayer Free seems to work fine too
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You can download the latest version of FreeVideoConverter, load the ts file from the HDR and choose the output.
The latest version has a dedicated output for Samsung phones and tablets. I use it for SD films from the HDR to my Galaxy Tab2 10.1 with very good results. Would be good to do this with HD one of these days. Not sure what you use to transfer the files to your phone but the Tab uses Samsung Kies and it ask if you want to convert the file before loading to the Tab but this can be ignored as the FVC has already done the converting, that said its just as easy to push the file across a USB connection from your PC. |
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