Can't Watch Online Movies

[opthozone]

i just bought my new samsung tab, my question is why i cant watch online movies?

[leeshor]

i just bought my new samsung tab, my question is why i cant watch online movies?

Welcome to the forum

You need to be more specific as to what on-line movies you're having a problem with. If the site uses Flash you will need to install it, just as an example.

[janner43]

Also, try looking to see if there is an app you need - Flixster, Crackle, Play Movies - they all need apps...

[DanielHunab]

How to know wich one we need ?

[leeshor]

How to know wich one we need ?

Welcome to our place!

You will need to come up with a specific "I want to watch" (whatever). There are lots of apps for specific movie sites, like the ones Janner mentioned.

[resalarson]

If I wanted to watch a TV show, I could not watch it on my tab. Is there something special that I have to do to be able to watch TV shows?

[leeshor]

If I wanted to watch a TV show, I could not watch it on my tab. Is there something special that I have to do to be able to watch TV shows?

Welcome to the forum

You will need to be more specific. Most TV shows are not available at all, some are available through an app called TV.COM or WATCH TV and others are available from Crackle and major TV network providers. BUT not all the shows that may be available in the US are available elsewhere and the UK has some others not available anywhere else.

[OSix]

Welcome to the forum

You need to be more specific as to what on-line movies you're having a problem with. If the site uses Flash you will need to install it, just as an example.

I just got my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 last night... so I haven't had a lot of time playing around with it. Twice I tried to play some type of embedded media from a webpage I was on and I was unable. One was likely a YouTube movie. The other was (I think) a music track from Soundcloud. Will installing Flash be a likely fix for those problems? I had assumed that Flash would come pre-installed, but I'm realizing from your post that that isn't the case. I was a little disappointed that the first two types of media I tried didn't work for me.

[leeshor]

Welcome to the forum OS. The only answer I have is "maybe" but it's certainly worth a try to install Flash. Only a very few tablets come with it installed. The link in my sig will take you to the tips threads and there is one with instructions on installing Flash there.

[OSix]

Thanks Leeshor. I had better luck last night. One particular app (Flipboard) seems to be the main culprit. Youtube, Netflix and all other apps played media w/o a problem. Browsing with Firefox rather than the standard browser seemed to be helpful too.

Do you recommend installing Flash Player? It seems like it's going to be obsolete and Android doesn't support it. Is it worth it?