12-12-2014, 10:19 AM
Hi again. I'm slowly getting there. It's been a bit more frustrating than i had hoped. Perhaps you can start a new Forum for Innotab Max similar to other for previous models.
VTECH Customer Support suggested a free app to convert files but not sure you'd want me to mention it on here given your converter. It turns out i was looking in the wrong place to play the converted files anyway. On the old 2S the converted movies were opened direct from the Videos icon on the homescreen. However on the Innotab Max it would appear that that same icon now only shows videos purchased from the Learning Lodge. To play the movies from the SD card you have to go to 'My Album' and then select videos. Not the end of the world but frustrating given that the MP3 music files DO play direct from the Music icon on the homescreen.
I also found it somewhat frustrating that the video files have an automatic icon based on an image from the movie. However the internal memory of the device has a folder called 'Thumbnails' I realised that each time i added a new movie the device automatically created a thumbnail (a random image from the movie) so it was just a case of replacing that file with the movie image (DVD sleeve) that i wanted but with the same file name (and dimensions).
I've seen that accessing the Learning Lodge direct from the unit looks useful however given the claim that so many Android apps are downloadable i had hoped that many of these would be free. It would seem that this is not the case. I predict that one of the most requested updates will be to have Google Play on the device. Also you now have the ability to download complete cartridge games direct on to the device (for the same price as a cartridge!), so again there MUST be some way to transfer the old cartridge files that i had transferred to the SD card onto the new device microSD. But i have not figured that out yet.
VTECH Customer Support suggested a free app to convert files but not sure you'd want me to mention it on here given your converter. It turns out i was looking in the wrong place to play the converted files anyway. On the old 2S the converted movies were opened direct from the Videos icon on the homescreen. However on the Innotab Max it would appear that that same icon now only shows videos purchased from the Learning Lodge. To play the movies from the SD card you have to go to 'My Album' and then select videos. Not the end of the world but frustrating given that the MP3 music files DO play direct from the Music icon on the homescreen.
I also found it somewhat frustrating that the video files have an automatic icon based on an image from the movie. However the internal memory of the device has a folder called 'Thumbnails' I realised that each time i added a new movie the device automatically created a thumbnail (a random image from the movie) so it was just a case of replacing that file with the movie image (DVD sleeve) that i wanted but with the same file name (and dimensions).
I've seen that accessing the Learning Lodge direct from the unit looks useful however given the claim that so many Android apps are downloadable i had hoped that many of these would be free. It would seem that this is not the case. I predict that one of the most requested updates will be to have Google Play on the device. Also you now have the ability to download complete cartridge games direct on to the device (for the same price as a cartridge!), so again there MUST be some way to transfer the old cartridge files that i had transferred to the SD card onto the new device microSD. But i have not figured that out yet.