Large movie Files on micro Sd card -android

[asuswants]

Can anyone help. I am thinking of buying a Asus memo pad 8 with external micro sd card.

My goal is to watch movies on it. The majority movies is FHD and 8 to 13 gig large. How do I know if the device can support a micro sd card capible of copy files that size and if the device can mount a 64g sdxc card. The info on the ME581Cl - 1B030A (Asus memo pad 8) is confusing and does not show if the kernal is compatible. It does say support for 64gig sd card.

Wil I be able to copy those lage files and view them.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Make sure your microsd card is formatted as NTSC or exFAT. Most cards are are formatted with FAT32 which limits your max file size to ~4 GB.

 

[asuswants]

Aremt all 64g sdxc micro card already formatted to exfat?

 

[poofyhairguy]

It comes down to if Asus pays the ExFat licensing fee. A quick Google tells me they don't maybe. I know Samsung does pay.

 

[lxskllr]

EXT4 should work

 

[poofyhairguy]

EXT4 should work

Yeah but you might have to manually mount it, which means root access. Been down that road.

My Prime supports ExFat, which was made by Asus. So it might "just work."

 

[asuswants]

Thanks, what is the best sd card to buy with the best speeds for playing back full HD.

 

[JeffMD]

any 32gb+ card will be capable of HD bitrates. However if you are copying movies onto it that are 8gb and higher, you may want to go for a fast one so you aren't waiting 30 minutes to copy the file over.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extre...pebp=1433452899893&perid=0F67QD58HMRCDJXSY8VT

 

[blankslate]

Thanks, what is the best sd card to buy with the best speeds for playing back full HD.

I have had nice results with the Samsung Pro microSD cards
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Class...pebp=1433792260789&perid=0NB9F11C54N0Q9TSMQPX

up to 90 mb/s read and up to 80mb/s read speeds

Copying files to the microSD card is very fast and I notice no hitches when watching movies stored on it.


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[asuswants]

Thanks for the feedback

 

[asuswants]

I also read that the sandisk cards are not always so reliable, so was also thinking of going with the Samsung Pro

 

[Crono]

I also read that the sandisk cards are not always so reliable, so was also thinking of going with the Samsung Pro

Where exactly did you read this?

 

[lxskllr]

Sandisk is my first choice in flash when I want reliability. I sometimes buy other cheaper flash though.

 

[myocardia]

Sandisk is my first choice in flash when I want reliability.

It's mine as well.

I am thinking of buying a Asus memo pad 8 with external micro sd card.

My goal is to watch movies on it.

Wil I be able to copy those lage files and view them.

Why would you want to try and force a tablet with an 800P screen to play 1080P videos, just the shorter battery life it will have? You are aware that you will not be seeing any of these videos in 1080P, no matter what you try to force the tablet to play, aren't you? The tablet's screen has a maximum resolution of 1280x800. That is all you will be seeing, no matter what resolution you feed it.

 

[sm625]

Why so big. 13gigs for 1080p sounds like its barely compressed at all.

 

[sweenish]

Why so big. 13gigs for 1080p sounds like its barely compressed at all.

~50% is not barely.

With that said, a film without grain should compress to <10 GB most of the time, and that's with a very high quality setting.

Grainy films just take up a ton more space.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Why would you want to try and force a tablet with an 800P screen to play 1080P videos, just the shorter battery life it will have? .

A: If it is hardware decoding (which it should be) it should be eating barely any more battery life for 800p vs 1080p. All of that is dedicated silicon nowadays.

B: Re-encoding stuff for different devices is a pain.