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Transfer Movies to External SD Card

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EdHilario

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I downloaded a movie from the Google Play app and will eventually purchase more once I can successfully transfer the movies on to the external SD card.

I looked through the My Files organizer as well as connecting it to my PC via the USB cable and was able to find a WVM file that was 2.32GB.

After copying the file to the SD card into another folder, I wasn't able to play the movie so I left the original where it was.

Is there something else I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.
 
EdHilario said:
I downloaded a movie from the Google Play app and will eventually purchase more once I can successfully transfer the movies on to the external SD card.

I looked through the My Files organizer as well as connecting it to my PC via the USB cable and was able to find a WVM file that was 2.32GB.

After copying the file to the SD card into another folder, I wasn't able to play the movie so I left the original where it was.

Is there something else I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.
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The files are DRM'd and Google video store app will not recognize anything placed in the external card. I use MX Player and it plays the DRM videos fine (after acquiring the license check).

Edit: Note 2 and Note 10.1. Both play my Google movies in the external card.
 
I'd only be able to keep a couple of movies on the tablet's internal memory at one time then.

All I was able to do was keep all my music on the external SD card.
I'm still trying to "trim the fat" as far as the stock apps the Note 8 came with however some of them cannot even be deleted. :(
 
Yeah. Sadly, companies these days are concentrating on having you stream everything. I hate being dependent on an internet connection.
 
Well a big reason why I picked up the Note was to watch movies on longer flights.
I guess it's all just a measure to prevent piracy but when something is purchased legitimately and you just want to have a dedicated movie SD card, it sucks.
We should be able to put them wherever we want and if the big companies want additional security measures, just have an authentication process.
 
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