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post #121 of 124

12/24/12 at 10:54am

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i can't seem to figure out how to use my tvpad as a USB media player. everything i read says it plays back alot of different file formats through usb, but i can't find the functions to allow me to do that. i inserted my usb drive with content on it into the tvpad, i have a check mark on the thumbdrive icon in the bottom right of the screen, but I can't figure out how to access the usb drive or play any of the content on it. can someone help? thanks and happy holidays!

post #122 of 124

12/28/12 at 5:37pm

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Hello,

I had the same problem. Then my wife (who is Chinese) showed me that one must download media player apps using TVpad's app manager. The app for video playback is called Mvod. (For audio, it is called Mplayer. Apparently, you need a separate app to play audio files - I have not tried Mplayer myself.)

Once you start the app and point it to your USB drive, it will scan the drive and show you a list of files that can be played. If your drive has many videos, the scanning process will take quite a bit of time, which is really annoying. I do not think it is possible to disable the scanning process and instead ask the app to show you the drive's folder structure, so that you can navigate to the video yourself without TVpad wasting time with figuring out a complete list of video files on the drive.

Good luck,
Ales

post #123 of 124

1/3/13 at 4:42am

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Originally Posted by mofo888

Kitabata, thanks for the review. I could be wrong, but it sounds like you have a pretty busy network with xbox, HTPC, slingbox and possibly other computers and pda on your network. The issues you are having with TVpad can probably be fixed by simply rebooting the router to clear the DHCP client table. As for your app loading slow, it's also internet related. TVpad is a bandwidth hog because it takes up both download and upload streams. So if you have other devices on your network it will affect TVpad's performance and vice versa. If you are using TVpad, other devices on the network may be affected.
Hope after a few days of use, you can give us an update.

Sorry for late reply, I was away. My network is clean, only the TVpad has problems and although I didn't mentioned it before I don't run all the devices at the same time. I upgraded to fw 3.24 from 2.62 same problems. I have connected directly to my router bypassing the wireless bridge and it works better. Same ****** sound though. Now it's just a waiting game wondering if or when the TVB channels get blocked.

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Originally Posted by mofo888

YOU CAN NOW RECORD TVPAD STREAMS!!!!
You can download the recorder app for TVpad M121s or M121.
It records to SD card, USB or Network Share! You can play the recorded file using TVpad or VLC player on other devices.
http://clubtvpad.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=380

My only wish is that you can set it to work like a DVR to wakeup and record at a certain time, on a certain channel, from a certain app, for a certain amount of time. I am certain that would be a great feature.