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Best browser app for Android ?

Hi to everybody!

Any idea which browser can play links like:
mms://some_address/some_file.wmv

I can't use a player as I need it for online subscription based TV where I need to login first then select the file or channel.

Thanks,
vph
 
vph said:
Hi to everybody!

Any idea which browser can play links like:
mms://some_address/some_file.wmv

I can't use a player as I need it for online subscription based TV where I need to login first then select the file or channel.

Thanks,
vph
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Sounds like you'll be playing DRM protected content. AFAIK Android is not capable of playing DRM protected WMV files.
 
Rachel_Ambler said:
Sounds like you'll be playing DRM protected content. AFAIK Android is not capable of playing DRM protected WMV files.
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well, I'm not familiar with DRM but on a normal computer I first login and then when I click the link, it opens VLC player. I think that if the browser had the ability to open external applications based on different protocols ( mms:// in this case) it would work.
 
I don't have auto updates checked, since I prefer to see what apps are being updated, what the update is for and what people are saying about the update. It does take more time to update apps and I have to check for updates at least every few days. But, it has worked for me.
 
I don't know. I just found something I missed: my provider's site is suggesting to use Daroon Player. I'll try it later today.
But again, if the browser doesn't ask for external application even the best player is useless here ;-)
 
I tested Daroon Player and it did the job. Now the browser is asking for a external application and then it starts the player.

Thanks to everybody who replied and tried to help!
 
GKL said:
Not that the other browsers might work ok for some users, it seems like Dolphin is getting the most overall positive comments, so I'll likely be giving Dolphin a try within the next day or two.

Thanks for the info on making sure I don't have automatic updates checked !
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Well, I've tried Dolphin some over the past few days and so far it is working fine for me !

(the built-in browser did not work even close to as good as Dolphin)
 
+1 for Boat, after trying Opera and Dolphin.

It is pretty lightweight and will wrap text so I can see all the text on the page when I zoom without need to pan back and forth. Some website videos do not work well, but then I revert to the stock browser which seems to play all the videos (Galaxy Tab 7 plus).
 
I have Dolphin, Firefox and the stock browser on my phone with Chrome as an additional on my tablet (it has ICS while my phone doesn't). I prefer Chrome on the tablet and the stock browser on my phone. I actually hardly ever use Dolphin or Firefox. The nice thing about Chrome and Firefox is the settings/password/bookmarks sync to the PC versions.
 
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