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| londc3 |
 Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:51 pm |
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My apologies if this is a stupid question, but I'm thinking of getting a tablet and was wondering if it is possible to transfer files directly from a Toppy to a tablet using the USB connection (and vice versa)?
I think I see enough posts on how to get Antares running on Windows 8 Pro, so is there any reason I couldn't achieve the transfer to a Windows 8 Pro tablet equipped with the appropriate USB drivers and Antares? I guess the key question is whether the USB on the tablet is capable of hosting or whether it's passive like the one on the Toppy...
I'm assuming I won't be able to get Antares or Altair or any such working on a Windows RT tablet, but is there an alternative way of doing this?
Likewise for an Android tablet?
... and likewise for an iPad?
I haven't yet decided what sort of tablet to go for, and if achieving this is easier on one type of tablet than the others then that might swing my decision in that direction  Any tips or advice on the subject would be most welcome.
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| juwlz |
| Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:32 am |
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Short answer: No
Long answer: A Toppy isn't just a slave device. It's a slave device that needs proprietary software to make it work. As far as I know, nobody has written the necessary software to directly connect from any kind of tablet or phone, and anyway, not all phones and tablets even support USB On The Go. It's device specific, rather than platform specific. For example, I have a number of Android devices. Some of them support USB OTG; some don't.
However, if you have something else (e.g. a Windows PC running FTP Server, or some kind of Linux box (Slug, ASUS Router, Raspberry Pi, etc.) for which somebody has compiled a version of ftpd-topfield) directly connected to the Toppy to provide the USB connection and act as a bridge, you can use FTP wirelessly from your tablet.
There are certainly plenty of FTP file transfer apps available for Android. I can't speak for iOS or Surface.
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| YorkshireJumbo |
| Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:49 pm |
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Even if you can get them onto a tablet, can you even play REC files on iOS? Since VLC was taken down, I'm not sure if there's anything that could play them unchanged. I did try rec2mpg and then playing them on our iPad, but it was very choppy.
I converted them to MP4 on my PC using Freemake (I think), which was not particularly fast on my old steam-powered Vista setup. 95% success rate on Disney films and Shaun off BBC channels... |
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| londc3 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:02 pm |
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OK, thanks for the response Julie. I'll look into using my Pi as you suggest, and accept that the tablet will be mainly for browsing...
Dan
juwlz wrote: Short answer: No
Long answer: A Toppy isn't just a slave device. It's a slave device that needs proprietary software to make it work. As far as I know, nobody has written the necessary software to directly connect from any kind of tablet or phone, and anyway, not all phones and tablets even support USB On The Go. It's device specific, rather than platform specific. For example, I have a number of Android devices. Some of them support USB OTG; some don't.
However, if you have something else (e.g. a Windows PC running FTP Server, or some kind of Linux box (Slug, ASUS Router, Raspberry Pi, etc.) for which somebody has compiled a version of ftpd-topfield) directly connected to the Toppy to provide the USB connection and act as a bridge, you can use FTP wirelessly from your tablet.
There are certainly plenty of FTP file transfer apps available for Android. I can't speak for iOS or Surface.
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| MikB |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:03 am |
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| juwlz |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:33 am |
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MikB wrote: Can you clarify how VLC has been "taken down" ? Have Apple nobbled it at their end so it won't run?  |
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| MikB |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:17 am |
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juwlz wrote: MikB wrote: Can you clarify how VLC has been "taken down" ? Have Apple nobbled it at their end so it won't run? You could try just running it to see
Works just fine on my "real computer", I don't have an iAppleToyThing to try it on, hence the question! |
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| SonicLife |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:49 am |
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MikB wrote: Can you clarify how VLC has been "taken down" ? Have Apple nobbled it at their end so it won't run? |
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| juwlz |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:49 am |
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More info on the takedown here, although it's 2 years old.
I don't have an i-device either, but searching for VLC on iTunes on a PC yields nothing. Looks like you need to jailbreak an iOS device to get it from Cydia.
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| MikB |
| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:12 pm |
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juwlz wrote: More info on the takedown ...
Julie
Ah that link clarifies it much better, thanks! |
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