The Official HP TouchPad Thread

Beans on toast Dave · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:30

right need help from ayone using a keyboard

what does the TAB button do, mine seems to do nothing, how can i test it?

Sin_Chase · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:36

Top Tip

Download Instead of Stream [Patch]

http://forums.precentral.net/webos-...touchpad-browser-download-instead-stream.html

Does what it says on the tin for files which normally stream (MP4 streams from native video player). I'm pushing files to device over WiFi from an internal web server.

Works but downside is it seems to hang the device while it downloads it fully. Somehwat annoying.

Does Advanced Browser support proper downloads?

Sin_Chase · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:41

challengedavid said:
right need help from ayone using a keyboard

what does the TAB button do, mine seems to do nothing, how can i test it?

Moves between fields like it would on a form.

IN email moves from To: to Body Text for example

Beans on toast Dave · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:48

Sin_Chase said:
Moves between fields like it would on a form.

IN email moves from To: to Body Text for example

thanks, that works, just not quite how i would have thought it would work in everything else

Sin_Chase · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:23

Handbrake re-encoded video looks absolutely stunning

The speaker quality on this thing is pretty damn impressive also.

Very very happy.

EdwardTeach · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:48

Is it possible to access media files (e.g films and music) that are stored my desktop computer?

E.g I have a set up a home network and can access films stored on my desktop, with my netbook. Is it possible to do the same with the touchpad?

Rameses · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:16

Sin_Chase said:
Handbrake re-encoded video looks absolutely stunning The speaker quality on this thing is pretty damn impressive also.

Very very happy.

Aye I did UP and Star Wars III both 720p mkv using the above handbrake settings, look excellent on the device and file sizes were pretty small!

Robbo · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:46

Aye, the speakers on this can be pretty loud. They aren't bad at all, not too tinny.

Plus, you can tell people it has Beats Audio and be all hip and cool. Oh yeah. :cool:

lay-z-boy · 1 Sep 2011 at 00:08

Robbo said:
Aye, the speakers on this can be pretty loud. They aren't bad at all, not too tinny.

Plus, you can tell people it has Beats Audio and be all hip and cool. Oh yeah.

Beats are **** though.

Django x2 · 1 Sep 2011 at 01:02

EdwardTeach said:
Is it possible to access media files (e.g films and music) that are stored my desktop computer?

E.g I have a set up a home network and can access films stored on my desktop, with my netbook. Is it possible to do the same with the touchpad?

You can use Sin Chase's idea which kinda works. Install the IIS feature on your windows PC (normally add/remove windows features). Then add the directory to your web (or move files to the ftp root). Allow anon access and then browse the ip address through the touchpads browser.

EdwardTeach · 1 Sep 2011 at 01:22

Lucero said:
You can use Sin Chase's idea which kinda works. Install the IIS feature on your windows PC (normally add/remove windows features). Then add the directory to your web (or move files to the ftp root). Allow anon access and then browse the ip address through the touchpads browser.

thanks a lot I will investigate that option.

pingu666 · 1 Sep 2011 at 01:28

unpnp thingy program works for that too

EdwardTeach · 1 Sep 2011 at 01:29

Sin_Chase said:
You can run IIS/Apache or other web server on your PC on the internal LAN (Can publish it outside if you wanted external access also) and browse your PC via the Web Browser and download files.

It's what I plan to do

There might even be a nice Web Based 'Explorer GUI Like' Flash/Java/HTML web application you could host on it for this purpose. Have a Google

Am I right in thinking that this will allow you to access files only by dowloading them? or would it allow me to stream a film for example?

Wingz · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:02

EdwardTeach said:
Am I right in thinking that this will allow you to access files only by dowloading them? or would it allow me to stream a film for example?

Use Orb if you just want to steam https://mycast.orb.com/orb/html/index.html

DarkShadow · 1 Sep 2011 at 05:01

Has anyone had the following issue; playing 720p files and the audio is distorted?

Metallifux · 1 Sep 2011 at 07:12

DarkShadow said:
Has anyone had the following issue; playing 720p files and the audio is distorted?

The video tends to lag behind the audio as there is no gpu accelerated mkv decoder for the touchpad yet.

rG-tom · 1 Sep 2011 at 08:31

Sin_Chase said:
I am using pretty much the same settings as you in handbrake. For comparison:

i7 @ 4.5GHz (So has HT)

1.4GB 720P MKV > 1024x576 (Locked Aspect Ratio), Same FPS, No Filters, Same FPS as Source, AC2 @ 160, 0 B-Frames

13 Minutes total, ~105FPS average.

i'm starting with a 1080p DTS mkv, if that makes any difference!

doodah · 1 Sep 2011 at 09:23

Can someone post the correct settings for Handbrake please, say for DVD/720p? And then can we add it to OP?

Django x2 · 1 Sep 2011 at 10:22

It's in the OP (kind of) in the getting started link, the guy on Pre gives specific handbrake settings to try.

doodah · 1 Sep 2011 at 10:37

My bad though that is just for ripping DVD's. What can the device go up to? 720p?

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