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Bigh
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Registered: ‎07-05-2012
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can't select the right player for mkv files on Android

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just bought the Satellite.

 

Mostly going to be used for movie/tv shows. Either in mp4, avi or mkv

 

no problem with mp4 or avi playback - it defaults to my chosen mediaplayer, Dice Player

 

But when I try to play an mkv file, the Goflex app asks me to choose a web-browser, and when I do pick one (say default browser), it asks me to select two other media players, neither of which work well with mkv.

 

I know Diceplayer plays back mkv just fine, it's that I can't get my Android tablet to give me the option of using Diceplayer

 

Last night, I didn't have this problem, but it's started this morning

 

I've uninstalled Goflex/media player apps/cleared cache/etc but no change

 

anyone got any ideas? Thanks

 

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Unarmed_Bandit
Posts: 3
Registered: ‎09-11-2012
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Re: can't select the right player for mkv files on Android

 

I've installed Samba on the goflex - this essentially turns the seagate into a windows file share, then I just point my file explorer at the LAN and it finds the share and I can open any files I want - as I would on the computer, in this case the Android OS then asks me what players I want to open.

 

This should work for you as well, but then you wouldn't be using the seagate app / interface and you might need to invest in a file explorer that can do LAN.