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[Q] Best video player for xoom?

I just wonder what is the best player.
The Movie that comes with xoom cannot play several files that Archos101 can.

try vplayer

I like mobo player. Pretty nice imo.
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lrs421 said:
I like mobo player. Pretty nice imo.
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+1 , its very good imo

i use mobo and rock player

MoboPlayer, hands down

MoboPlayer and RockPlayer basically can deal with almost all types.

Moboplayer for hardware decoding, Rockplayer for software decoding and to see if files will play over network shares (it fails more gracefully)

I use Rockplayer...best i have found so far

What format do you guys rip your Vids in, I ripped a DVD down to MP4 today, the stock player just played it at warp speed and Rock player played the Video at normal speed but the sound very slowly and out of sync..

different strokes for different folks. i like bulit-in player on xoom. i think it is the best player for me. but sometimes it can't play some videos. maybe formats limited. i will convert them.
for movie lovers, a converting tool and a player is needed.

[Q] Which video app for playing mkv?

hello
Which app do I need to play mkv/HD content on the transformer?
Thanks

DominikReber said:
hello
Which app do I need to play mkv/HD content on the transformer?
Thanks
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mobo player seems the best for functionality and .mkv files. Rock player for .avi. (My experience so far)

i had a lot of problems with mobo when i tried to hdmi mirror the only one that seems to work for me was Vplayer.... ya i know it's 5 dollars but atleast it works really work... and ya 1080 mkv's work fine

With Mobo player I have problems getting sound. (IE the movie playes stutter free, but i get no sound at all.)
With vplayer, rockplayer, and a few other I've tried, I get this horrible stuttering /slow fps in the playback.
I'm running a stock rom, not rooted with all OTA updates.

Honestly, your best bet is to transcode/re-encode your videos to mp4 format.

That's the reason I might switch to the Galaxy Tab when it comes out.
Re-encoding is a pain in the ass.
I wish there was something that works well for all the formats, a VLC or something would be awesomeness.

CasseTrop said:
That's the reason I might switch to the Galaxy Tab when it comes out.
Re-encoding is a pain in the ass.
I wish there was something that works well for all the formats, a VLC or something would be awesomeness.
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Galaxy Tab has the same engine under the hood, so it will have the same problems. You might have to wait until Tegra 3 for this to be fully fleshed out.

newtybar said:
Galaxy Tab has the same engine under the hood, so it will have the same problems. You might have to wait until Tegra 3 for this to be fully fleshed out.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1-3894.php
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http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_eee_pad_transformer_tf101-3936.php
Look at the supported video formats section.

i use mobo with no conversion and all my videos work perfect. i always watch avi and not any high def vids but yea no wierd stuff with mobo and avi's for me
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Yea vlc is making an android verson but no released dates as far asi know. Hope some here has more info then me

Haha. Just read this. Very funny.
www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html

hillywillybilly said:
Haha. Just read this. Very funny.
www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
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Indeed.... but its about time

CasseTrop said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1-3894.php
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http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_eee_pad_transformer_tf101-3936.php
Look at the supported video formats section.
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Samsung frequently add support for MKV and AVI containers into their android phones. But that is _just_ the container support it doesn't magically give the Tegra2 enough grunt to play high bitrate high profile blue ray rips.
Also note that the TF can already parse MKV containers (otherwise it wouldn't be able to play WebM) it just doesn't have the ".mkv" file extension plumbbed into the gallery or the default player. I've found that as long as the video and audio streams are playable then simply renaming the file so that there is ".mp4" on the end (without transcoding nor changing container) is enough to make mkv's play in the default player

devzero42 said:
With Mobo player I have problems getting sound. (IE the movie playes stutter free, but i get no sound at all.)
With vplayer, rockplayer, and a few other I've tried, I get this horrible stuttering /slow fps in the playback.
I'm running a stock rom, not rooted with all OTA updates.
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I'll bet that's high/main profile h.264 video with AC3 audio. That will never play without at least transcoding the audio track. You either get hardware acceleration (and the hardware can't play the audio track) or pure software decode (and the CPU can't keep up with the video)

[Q] Best Video Player app?

Hi guy im wondering what is the best video player app out there that will support subtitles when u have them in youre sd card. Ive tried quite a couple already and none seem to get the subtitles running or it just wont show it. Ive tried "rock player, vplayer act 1 video player and vita player pro. None of this app video players seem to wrk with subtitle. Please let me know if you know any thank u. By the was i got the g2x phone.

Best Video Player
Are you tried with MoboPlayer? The best player in my opnion, and subs works fine for me...
Market
@ Milestone 2

Try This
mVideoPlayer or Handbrake

+1 Moboplayer
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QQPlayer is good too.
"Mobile QQ player is one of the best video player application running on Android smartphones that supports all the popular formats of videos on the market, including AVI, FLV, MP4, 3GP, MKV, MOV and etc. In addition, QQ Player also supports SRT, SMI plug-in subtitle and MKV embedded subtitle, as well as multiple audio tracks switching. Its smart core technology auto detects video formats and makes it much easier for you to enjoy smoother, better quality videos with limited resources and smaller screen. Download from the Android Market for free now!"
Clicky

ok ive tried this one already and some reasson wouldnt even piuck up or give me the option to select the subtitles?
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Are you tried with MoboPlayer? The best player in my opnion, and subs works fine for me...
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I tried mvideo player and tis is the only player that did recognize and added the subtitiles by itself. But only thing is kept on foreclosing :/, as in handbrake? what player is that, tried looking for it in the market and couldnt find it.
SystemErrorOne said:
mVideoPlayer or Handbrake
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The mVideoplayer is my favorite one, but the MoboPlayer would be the one that plays the most files.

Video Formats
What format and settings are you using for the videos? I've used a couple of players so far, and both mobo and mvideoplayer have done well for me so far, but specific video formatting can be sketchy. I've found that its best to remaster any vids I grab to a universal format that does a reasonable job of compression vs quality. I don't recall the settings I've been using off the top, but I can check once I get home from work and let you know what works best for me.

Moboplayer!

stock is best
i think the stock player is best ... but it would be nice if someone would compile VLC to work on android... just a thought.

I use Vplayer and it plays everything i need to, trial is free and says it only will work for 30 days or something like that but i have used it past that with no problems

is there anything that will play ISO though?

I personally use vplayer has best quality and haven't found a video yet it hasn't been able to play...
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ifyouwillit said:
is there anything that will play ISO though?
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Play an ISO image?

Ive tried them on mp4 and AVI only those 2 formats ive tried. The movie works fine and all its jst the subtitles wont appear. and by the way the movie im trying 2 view its "Ip Man 2" jst in case u all wanna d-load it n try it out to see if it works with u guys with subtitles, since its all Japanese lol. Hopefully i can get it wrking with a player :/
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What format and settings are you using for the videos? I've used a couple of players so far, and both mobo and mvideoplayer have done well for me so far, but specific video formatting can be sketchy. I've found that its best to remaster any vids I grab to a universal format that does a reasonable job of compression vs quality. I don't recall the settings I've been using off the top, but I can check once I get home from work and let you know what works best for me.
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yeah but does it play subtitiles with it? hmm noo. since i tried it already so yeahh lol.
bigfdaddy said:
I personally use vplayer has best quality and haven't found a video yet it hasn't been able to play...
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Why would u want to play an ISO in the first place LOL. Just converted to avi or diff format.
ifyouwillit said:
is there anything that will play ISO though?
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torvick12 said:
ok ive tried this one already and some reasson wouldnt even piuck up or give me the option to select the subtitles?
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The film and the subs are with the same name? Like Avatar.rmvb / Avatar.srt and in the same folder?

mVideoPlayer

[Q] Which Video Player are you using?

I'm looking for a videop player that can play avi, mkv, m4v, and mp4. I'm currently using mVideo Player Pro, but it seem not to like avi, mkv, and m4v. Any help would be appretiated.

QQplayer
QQplayer android market

Try LittlePlayer, there's a free version that plays 5 mins of video to see if it will play what you want. It's the only video player besides stock (that I've come across) that fades out the status bar at the bottom of the screen, a MUCH appreciated feature. More video players need to do this or we need more people to support this player.
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lextad666 said:
QQplayer android market
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good find!
...are you from cuba?

I use Vplayer (from the market). Seems to work ok so far, I haven't tested all the file types yet though.

I try and use the default player if possible (as it using hardware decoding) but otherwise I use Moboplayer.

Rock player! it plays every format!

MoboPlayer, no lag with MKV files. Lovely

bud77 said:
MoboPlayer, no lag with MKV files. Lovely
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+1 for MoboPlayer, I've found it a bit smoother than RockPlayer in my experience.

bud77 said:
MoboPlayer, no lag with MKV files. Lovely
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i have played 4GB mkv , no lag and smooth but without sound . do you have this problem ?

tdvc1986 said:
i have played 4GB mkv , no lag and smooth but without sound . do you have this problem ?
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i had it too...

yes from Havana and I live in Louisvile, KY

mVideoplayer is running fine. It plays all my 720p High Profile mkv's (re-encoded according to the guide @xda).
Moboplayer and Rockplayer were also playing the files, but together with subtitles (srt's) they didn't get the job done (smoothly without subtitles, but with much lag when subtitles where shown) where mVideoplayer does it right.
I will give Littleplayer a try, because of hiding the status bar. Hopefully it's capable of playing subtitles.
Unfortunately Littleplayer does not support subtitles, but I like the hidden dockbar very much. If I could mix Littleplayer with mVideoplayer I would have the perfect videoplayer.

smarron said:
mVideoplayer is running fine. It plays all my 720p High Profile mkv's (re-encoded according to the guide @xda).
Moboplayer and Rockplayer were also playing the files, but together with subtitles (srt's) they didn't get the job done (smoothly without subtitles, but with much lag when subtitles where shown) where mVideoplayer does it right.
I will give Littleplayer a try, because of hiding the status bar. Hopefully it's capable of playing subtitles.
Unfortunately Littleplayer does not support subtitles, but I like the hidden dockbar very much. If I could mix Littleplayer with mVideoplayer I would have the perfect videoplayer.
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Sir, I have mvideoplayer as well, but will not play mkv's or avi's. How did you get your to play mkv's?

tdvc1986 said:
i have played 4GB mkv , no lag and smooth but without sound . do you have this problem ?
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I've heard ppl having the same issue, but never experienced it myself
Also, try to set the langages in the preferences before playing it

jwilliamf said:
Sir, I have mvideoplayer as well, but will not play mkv's or avi's. How did you get your to play mkv's?
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I don't know, it just plays all my movies from the start. I was experimenting with almost all players, but none of them were good for my demands (working subtitles). mVideoplayer plays every movie which I've encoded. I don't know in what way you open the movies, but I start them from an explorer, not from within the program itself. Maybe that works. I also had these problems with Rockplayer and Moboplayer. All my mkv's are re-encoded from the guide found here @ xda.
All movies should be re-encoded to change the ac3 sound to aac, otherwise you don't have any audio! I think this solves the no-sound issue with the mkv's.

Can you share this link for the guide?
My 720p or 1080p LOST Blu-Ray rips are playing in amazing quality on MOBO player but no sound unfortunately. I installed all the codecs from MOBO but still no luck. The picture quality is impressive though.

Dodolom said:
Can you share this link for the guide?
My 720p or 1080p LOST Blu-Ray rips are playing in amazing quality on MOBO player but no sound unfortunately. I installed all the codecs from MOBO but still no luck. The picture quality is impressive though.
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Doing a quick search i came up with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092965
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102243

I meant this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060825
When you're on HC 3.1 you don't have to encode the video anymore, only the ac3/DTS sound to aac to have sound on the TF. Then, the guides above will also be good enough and these will take less time to encode. When you're on HC 3.01 you have to encode video too.
I just used the attached presets from my link and I got perfect videoquality and sound, with seperate srt's I also have subtitles.

I had been using RockPlayer on my Android 2.2 GTab and it was my best choice for video playback. When I got my Android 3.1 TF, RockPlayer Lite would work but you couldn't activate it because of the HC OS. They have a new HC 3.1 release now and it works perfect for me and activates perfect. (I did have to buy another license but a great program and worth the $9.99 for me...)

[Q] mkv support?

All The stock samsung counterparts all play mkv files. why can't the Nexus phones play the files using the container? I don't think i had any success finding players on market.... please some one throw some light on why there is no support on our devices??

Anything wrong with Dice Player? It played most mkv files fine for me, and it supports hardware decoding for h264 encoded videos.

Also try Rock player and QQplayer
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jsriz said:
All The stock samsung counterparts all play mkv files. why can't the Nexus phones play the files using the container? I don't think i had any success finding players on market.... please some one throw some light on why there is no support on our devices??
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That's because the native divx and mkv support come from the touchwiz framework found on those skinned phones. Its not inherent in Samsung hardware. That was the thing I missed the most coming from the epic 4g to the nexus...try mx video player on the market. It works pretty well but kind of stutters out on the high def stuff. That's the best alternative I could find. Hope it helps.
From Degobah

try mx video player. should play them. it was the only one that would play 720p mkvs for me without stuttering.

Yes...Mx player is great

deadlock91 said:
try mx video player. should play them. it was the only one that would play 720p mkvs for me without stuttering.
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that's what i use. mx player has great hw rendering