How to Download Movies to an Android Coby Device

Coby Android tablets also include a YouTube app.

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Coby Android tablets include a Gallery app that can play videos. You can use the Gallery app to play downloaded movies and other video files after copying them to your Coby device. Your Coby tablet includes a USB cable that you can use to connect it to your computer. After it’s connected, you can copy videos and other files to and from the device using Windows Explorer. In addition to videos, the Gallery app also displays the pictures on your device’s storage.

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Connect the small end of the included USB cable to the USB port on the side of your Coby tablet.

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Connect the large end of the included USB cable to a USB port on your computer.

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Touch and drag the notification bar at the top of your Coby tablet’s screen down.

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Tap “USB Connected (Internal)” If you want to copy the movies to your Coby device’s internal storage or tap “USB Connected (External)” if you want to copy the movies to a memory card, if one is installed in your Coby.

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Tap the “Mount” button on the Coby device’s screen to mount your selected storage device on your computer.

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Click “Start,” click “Computer” and double-click your Coby device in the Computer window to view its contents.

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Copy movies to the “Videos” directory or any other location on your Coby device. You can copy movies by dragging and dropping them from your computer, or using the Copy and Paste options in the right-click menu.

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Click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in your system tray, click the “Eject” option for your Coby device and disconnect it from your computer.

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How to Download Movies on Your HTC Desire

Print this articleThe HTC Desire is an Android smartphone release in early 2010 by the HTC Corporation. Among the phone;s many features, the HTC Desire comes equipped with a 5-megapixel color camera that can be used either to take still shots or shoot short videos. In addition to shooting your own videos, you also have the ability to download movies from your PC to your HTC Desire. To accomplish this transfer, your phone has to be set up to be recognized as a USB drive.

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Turn the phone on.

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Plug the smaller end of the USB cable that came with your HTC Desire into the USB connector on the phone’s bottom panel. Connect the other end of this cable to an unused USB port on the computer.

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Press and hold the status bar at the top of the screen. Slide your finger downward to open the Notification panel.

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Tap “USB Connected.” Tap “Mount.” Your computer will now recognize the storage card inside your phone as a USB drive.

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Launch Windows Explorer. Navigate to the directory where the video file you want to download to your phone is stored. Right-click the video file and select “Copy” from the shortcut menu. Click on the listing for the USB device in the left panel. The folder and file contents currently saved on your phone’s storage card appear in the right panel.

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Open whichever folder on your phone you want to store your videos in. Go to the “File” menu and select “Paste” to download a copy of the video to your HTC Desire.

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The HTC Desire supports .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv, .avi, and .xvid video formats. If the video you want to download to your HTC Desire is not in one of these supported formats, you can use video file conversion software such as HandBrake or Video Converter Ultimate to convert the file. The .mp4 format works best.

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How to Download Movies Onto the iPad Through VLC

Streamed videos do not take up any storage space on your iPad.

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The VLC Streamer application for the iPad lets you download and stream movies from the movie collection on your computer directly to your iOS device. In order to use the application, you must install the VLC Streamer Helper on your computer so that your computer can be detected by your iPad. With the VLC Streamer Helper installed, however, you can download and stream any movie through VLC on your iPad.

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Tap the "App Store" icon, followed by the "Search" option. Type "VLC Streamer" in the space provided and tap the "Search" button. Tap the "VLC Streamer" application in the list of search results and tap the "Install" button to install the application.

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Open a Web browser on the computer and navigate to "hobbyistsoftware.com." Click the "VLC Streamer" link, followed by the "Click Here for Setup Details" link.

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Click the VLC Streamer Helper download link for your operating system to download the install file. Double-click the install file and follow the onscreen instructions to install the VLC Streamer Helper.

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Tap the "VLC Streamer" application icon on your iPad and tap on your computer beneath the "Visible Computers" heading.

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Tap the "Add a movie" button and find the movie that you want to download and stream. Once you have the movie, tap it to open the "Streaming Quality" menu.

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Adjust the video quality and audio quality settings to your liking and tap the "Watch!" button to begin downloading and streaming the video onto your iPad.

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