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Divx for Android???

Hi, I have been a winmo user, now I am thinking of getting a x10 (it comes with android 1.6) from rogers next week. I often watch familyguy at work from my phone (I own x1 and pls dont tell my boss ). I was wondering that if I buy a x10 will it be able play divx videos? Is it only samsung phones which can play videos? Do I have to buy the player?
Sorry if all Android phones can play divx and this sounds like a stupid question. All my friends either have Iphone or blackberry, so there was no way to know. I kind of saw somewhere that samsung phone has official divx codex or something like that, that is why I wanted to be sure before buying.

currently only samsung phones can play divx. its a feature samsung programs imto their android version. if you want general android to play divz then check divx.com for updates. also you can check out third party video players but afaik no divx android players exist.
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maybe yxflash can do it.
you can find it on android market and it's not free
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do a search for Wuzhenhua it's not perfect but it's free.

im really suprised no one has created a decent media player for android yet
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huh....... there is no divx player for Android
Well I will try yxflash then.

No there is no current "good" divx player, i tried yxflash it was jittery, and i tried Wuzhenhua with the same result as yxflash.
This was a major disappointment for me too (i just bought a Nexus one) and had been using Windows mobile to play my divx videos for a few years.
Im waiting on Coreplayer for android.
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopi...sid=1025ab0faa7d54b89b2254b42c857dee&start=75
http://twitter.com/corecodec
Doesn't look like it will be any time soon though.
So you probably will have to convert your videos that you want to watch to .mp4's until coreplayer or a better divx player comes out.

Kusz0r said:
No there is no current "good" divx player, i tried yxflash it was jittery, and i tried Wuzhenhua with the same result as yxflash.
This was a major disappointment for me too (i just bought a Nexus one) and had been using Windows mobile to play my divx videos for a few years.
Im waiting on Coreplayer for android.
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopi...sid=1025ab0faa7d54b89b2254b42c857dee&start=75
http://twitter.com/corecodec
Doesn't look like it will be any time soon though.
So you probably will have to convert your videos that you want to watch to .mp4's until coreplayer or a better divx player comes out.
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Unless they're writing the player and codec in C, it's ALWAYS going to be jittery. A java codec just isn't fast enough.

"yxflash" works great on my Acer Liquid S100.
It play everything: .AVI .DIVX . in the best quali.

I read a few weeks ago, probably on xda, that someone had just compiled xvid via the NDK. Of course a player still needs to be written/modified to make use of it, but at least this shows there's some hope.

Is there any good movie player apps for it that will play mkv files?

I think someone told me of one that you have to pay for a few weeks ago, but wondering if there is some free apps now. For the pc there is a bunch like VLC, Gom and KM player that play every video format. It would be nice to be able to take advantage of the hdmi output.

jeffrimerman said:
I think someone told me of one that you have to pay for a few weeks ago, but wondering if there is some free apps now. For the pc there is a bunch like VLC, Gom and KM player that play every video format. It would be nice to be able to take advantage of the hdmi output.
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That I know of there isn't an app out yet that plays mkv's

Just convert them. GOTsent works great and quick.

mkv player
There is VLC Player for Android and it plays mkv files

WookieSurfer7972 said:
There is VLC Player for Android and it plays mkv files
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No Way!!! I'm going to do a search and see if I can find it. It must be on the VLC website I imagine.

WookieSurfer7972 said:
There is VLC Player for Android and it plays mkv files
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I didn't see it on the vlc website. Do you know where to find it? I did a search, but nothing came up. It did mention the ability to play files from your computer remotely, but that is streaming so it wouldn't be HD or great quality I imagine.

jeffrimerman said:
No Way!!! I'm going to do a search and see if I can find it. It must be on the VLC website I imagine.
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I've never been able to find this mystical VLC player for Android when I've looked.. Only VLC remotes. If you find it let me know.

RimkaIzumo said:
I've never been able to find this mystical VLC player for Android when I've looked.. Only VLC remotes. If you find it let me know.
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Same... there was one talked about for WM also, but never seen. Please share.

VLC hasn't been ported for Android yet.
That said, the guys that are releasing a PSX emulator and working on an Android N64 emulator, are supposedly going to working on porting VLC in their spare time. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/playstation-emulator-coming-to-android-courtesy-of-yongzh-and-z/

Look for yxplayer on market... plays mkvs.

frifox said:
Look for yxplayer on market... plays mkvs.
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I just installed yxplayer and it won't play a 1.4gb mkv file well at all. It is just a picture every few screens. Maybe the phone can't handle the file size, but my friend has an mkv player he got from china and it is bad a$$. It plays all file types and has mini hdmi out and I doubt it has a processor and ram as much as the evo. It's been out a lil while I'm sure. It has it's own screen but will output to an hd tv and looks just like you were playing a blue ray.

Probably thats the case... my mkvs were 640x480 anime shows. Havent tried anything hi-def...
On a side note, yxplayer is available as a trial only (2 min play time limit, tho some vids played for more and some reqlly did cut off after 2min), and if you wanna buy/pirate it - you won't be able to. The app for some dumb reason uses phone's imei for registration, which is gsm-only =O

frifox said:
Probably thats the case... my mkvs were 640x480 anime shows. Havent tried anything hi-def...
On a side note, yxplayer is available as a trial only (2 min play time limit, tho some vids played for more and some reqlly did cut off after 2min), and if you wanna buy/pirate it - you won't be able to. The app for some dumb reason uses phone's imei for registration, which is gsm-only =O
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Ok, so I'll wait for vlc, or another player to come out. Although I really won't need to play many movies on my phone. I will use my laptop if anything.

Dont forget about CorePlayer... they're working on a version for android as well. CorePlayer for winmo played mkv and nearly everything else I threw at it (performance on the other hand was a totally different subject, lol)

Any idea of a release date for Coreplayer? I've been converting my files for the longest time now but sometimes I don't get a chance to in the case of downloading a football match.

Its been in development for year(s) now, waiting for better NDK on android... Froyo seems to be exactly what they were missing so we should be seeing the app in few months, i hope...

RockPlayer - AVI and DIVX player

Just ran across this on mydroidworld.com.
It's a Video Player that plays AVI, DIVX and many other formats on the Incredible. It's in beta stage but it looks real promising.
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quote: androidworld RockPlayer first public BETA release
We are proud to announce the android video player, RockPlayer is ready for public beta, enjoy video on your favorite phone now!
Support Android OS : 1.6 - 2.2
Support Media format : avi mkv rmvb flv mp4 3gp wmv mov asf , divx xvid h264 rv40
CPU Requirement: ARMV6 、ARMV7 .device must support VFP (NOT Support: HTC G1 G2 G3 )
Download link : RockPlayer | Google Groups
Official Forum : www.diffthink.com/forum
Must uninstall the old version before install if any. And this public beta will expire at July-15-2010.
Please keep above note when you share the news.
2010-Jun-23: The google group exceed the bandwith quota, you may download the file at http://www.freecoder.org/rockplayer/...eta_v6_vfp.apk
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I have installed and it plays DIVX movies great.
I haven't tried any avi's yet.
gadget!

thanks for this. I installed it. It plays videos OK. It has crashed numerous times but its a great start!

Bxsteez said:
thanks for this. I installed it. It plays videos OK. It has crashed numerous times but its a great start!
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Just curious, are you running one of the over clocked kernels?
I am running the stock speed undervolted kernel and haven't had a crash yet.

i'm running an oc uv hydra kernal and i've had no issues with it other than it won't play the audio on my mkv's, but that's a codec issue.

gadget! said:
Just curious, are you running one of the over clocked kernels?
I am running the stock speed undervolted kernel and haven't had a crash yet.
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I have an OC UV kernel. It crashed at one spot in a video and then after i reopened i tried to fastforward to that part and it crashed again and then it finally played through that part.

For some reason, my rockplayer only sees my sd card. can anyone access their phone memory?

I can only see my SD card as well

There also isn't a wakelock so the phone goes to sleep while playing a video. I must say though this is a EXCELLENT beta. It works better than yxplayer.

Bxsteez said:
There also isn't a wakelock so the phone goes to sleep while playing a video. I must say though this is a EXCELLENT beta. It works better than yxplayer.
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mine doesn't go to sleep when the app is open

seanhassars said:
mine doesn't go to sleep when the app is open
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Hmmm maybe its time for a restart then. I'll report back

clxa said:
For some reason, my rockplayer only sees my sd card. can anyone access their phone memory?
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You're right, I always keep all on my video on my SD card so I never even noticed.
Bxsteez said:
There also isn't a wakelock so the phone goes to sleep while playing a video. I must say though this is a EXCELLENT beta. It works better than yxplayer.
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Mine does not sleep during playback either.
There are some things that need to be addressed but I am just happy to have a decent player that plus multiple formats and quit well at that.
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gadget! said:
You're right, I always keep all on my video on my SD card so I never even noticed.
Mine does not sleep during playback either.
There are some things that need to be addressed but I am just happy to have a decent player that plus multiple formats and quit well at that.
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i'm glad it's around so I can watch episodes of always sunny during my lunch at work haha

i found divx and xvid work great on my Dinc. hidef mkv files are slow and choppy with delayed audio. this was expected and am not complaining about it because there is no reason to fill up my sd card with large mkv's. i was just curious to see if the player would even be able to read the file. which it did.. so this gives me hope for the player to play mkv files with froyo well. for now, i'm just now glad that i do not have to handbrake my avi's before i move them to my phone.
excellent beta release!

Love this app! Haven't used it a lot, but it will prevent me from having to convert my entire video collection just to watch them on my incredible.

[APP] Moboplayer: the best video player for Android apk

I've paid for and used both rockplayer and vplayer. But rockplayer sucked on the droid x after version 1.2 and vplayer hiccups a little too often. Lately I've been using vitalpayer and soulplayer. Both are available for free from the market and actually seem better than both the paid rockplayer and vplayer.
Then I came across this new video player yesterday and I have to say, it's the best player I've tried. The UI is very slick and user-friendly, especially the file manager aspect. It also plays every file I've thrown at it (but haven't tried mkv's yet) and has both hardware and software decode mode. (Just remember to long press on video file to select software decode mode).
It's still in beta testing and says its limited to a certain number of testers but I was able to sign up directly from the app without issue. You have to provide an email address for testing purposes (I'm assuming) so if you're not comfortable with providing its, this app is not for you. But for me, it was a no brainer.
Awesome app.
View attachment MoboPlayer_v7_neon.apk
Should work on all high-end ARM V7 CPU Android devices
Would give credit but don't know who to give credit too. Will update when I do. Enjoy!

So, good chance this will become a paid app eventually?

lexluthor said:
So, good chance this will become a paid app eventually?
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Probably. But like I said, I've paid for several other players so, if it's as good as it been, I'll probably pay for this one as well.

THanks!
10char

really useful post!!
kishin14 said:
I've paid for and used both rockplayer and vplayer. But rockplayer sucked on the droid x after version 1.2 and vplayer hiccups a little too often. Lately I've been using vitalpayer and soulplayer. Both are available for free from the market and actually seem better than both the paid rockplayer and vplayer.
Then I came across this new video player yesterday and I have to say, it's the best player I've tried. The UI is very slick and user-friendly, especially the file manager aspect. It also plays every file I've thrown at it (but haven't tried mkv's yet) and has both hardware and software decode mode. (Just remember to long press on video file to select software decode mode).
It's still in beta testing and says its limited to a certain number of testers but I was able to sign up directly from the app without issue. You have to provide an email address for testing purposes (I'm assuming) so if you're not comfortable with providing its, this app is not for you. But for me, it was a no brainer.
Awesome app.
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Should work on all high-end ARM V7 CPU Android devices
Would give credit but don't know who to give credit too. Will update when I do. Enjoy!
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i really liked this app.. high power rendering.. can render a mkv file of 180 mb and not too bad fps too for the same.. but the audio video sync is little buggy.. i think it needs to be fixed... else its a wonderful and the best app available as a multi format video player!!

Very nice player, best I'd ever tested. But I don't like the License violation of ffmpeg. :/

For you Reference, It supports low end devices as well,
http://www.moboplayer.com/moboplayer_en.html#download
It requires registration(closed beta). I tried it. It does not play wmv files and even HD flv file ( where vitalplayer plays it nicely )
But UI is appealing !

Wao..! This is much nicer than vPlayer.. in terms of UI. Like the vol and brightness control on the right and left side.. making tweaking them a breeze!

I was reluctant to try moboplayer because it requires registration. But rockplayer was made much worse since version 1.2, after part of the original team left for moboplayer. vplayer is now free for Chinese users but it has a lot of decoding problems and random crashes. UM Player (悠米解霸) is barely usable at all.
In my case, moboplayer has by far the best video decoding (smoothness and artifects) for universal players I ever used/tried, and the best file management (though still minimal):
moboplayer >> rockplayer (below 1.2) > rockplayer (1.2 and above) > vplayer >> umplayer
My only problem with moboplayer now is the forced update. I understand the reasons behind but it just don't feel good being forced. I'd rather pay a few bucks for peace.

for me mVideoplayer is still best
AlsonBC : its stupid and wrong to say : render mkv

I have never needed another video player. I download music videos mostly in mp4 format and they play fine on the stock video player on SGS running froyo. Is there any SGS user here? Recommending another video player?
For others, is the stock video player not good enough?

i got the sgs vibrant and there are still some videos i can't play with some players...this one comes close but one video i play can't hear the audio...is a mkv format..

gotta say really like this player - does the job nicely
resuming, subtitle support, HD support (on the Galaxy S), MKV
excellent

Thanks!

I still use rockplayer(beta). Can anyone say this moboplayer is better?
Rockplayer(beta) does good for me except for +2GB wmv files, where I lose any ability to FF or REW.

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Anyone tried a 720/1080p mkv movie with it yet?

Also, is there any list on compatible formats?

This is really good. Most video players I've tried have problems on my 2.2 nook color. However this plays perfectly. Thanks!

Nice work, Thank you

Archos Video Player

I've always liked Archos software for video and I'd love to get this running on the Note 10.1 but it sin't compatible.
Has anyone tried to side load it?
If I purchase it for one of my compatible devices, how would I pull it out and get it over to my Note 10.1?

Yeah.
Works great - looks great BUT... I actually use VLC beta might not look as good but plays everything!
MJ-12

I bought on my note 2 and transferred a titanium backup over. .however. .I find mx player better and more built in codecs..
It looks nice but functions poor
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Can you tell me if it plays mp4?
Can't you purchase extra codecs? I use mvideoplayer now but really wanted to play around with the Archos player.
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Ya sure when I get home I'll test one for you. .I bought the extra codecs but it didn't help. .
It pays everything I put on it but like mkv for example. .it stutters and jitters..
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have you tried the stock player. it plays almost everything and the stock player widget displays the last viewed video (kinda like archos, i still have my 101 and still thin it was the best media player until this tablet came along).
man, just check out the app and it reminds me of the old 101 media player that i loved. might have to snatch it up and hope the fix up some of the problems.
bought it an tested it. i'll keep it since it merges the functions of mizuu along with a decent player. it's not as good as stock since you can't use the entire screen (it doesn't hide the bottom bar). it also chokes on a few videos. i haven't check the media info to see what it could be that makes it stutter, however going into preferences and selecting "force software accel" fixes that. given that bs player doesn't seem to use that more more in hardware vs software accelleration i'm hoping archos does the same.
there's no widget like in the old verion on my a101 and there's no way to select default folders. it automatically searches for the files, but like mizuu you can search a db to grab media info and then it'll organize the files into tv or movies.
so far i've played wmv, avi, flv, mkv and mp4. the only problem was one mkv that i had to force software playback. it good and worth the $5, but i'm not sure it'll replace samsung's default payer just yet.

There is a free All Codec for Archos package in Play Store. After using it, Archos plays everything.
I use Archos actually, since it plays 1080p MKV HD material without stuttering like MX Player does for me. Will go for VLC tomorrow, I will have a look if there is this problem with HD material.

Love the ui, havent experienced anything like it, its beautiful. The problem is that when I tried it, it failed to output hdmi, there was no video just black screen. That and the fact that it doesnt uses the full screen keeps this from being the best imo. Stock player works wonders and does what its supposed to do but not as pretty.
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relldroid said:
Love the ui, havent experienced anything like it, its beautiful. The problem is that when I tried it, it failed to output hdmi, there was no video just black screen. That and the fact that it doesnt uses the full screen keeps this from being the best imo. Stock player works wonders and does what its supposed to do but not as pretty.
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i agree completely. it's got the best ui of any media player i've used, but no other app besides the stock player can use the whole screen.
on another note, my nook hd+ is the inly tabket that plays netflix in full screen. i wonder why gn101 doesn't.

Unfortunately it didn't pick up any of the videos I have at all so its not much good to me. They're all on an external sd which is the only possible reason I can think of, anyone else had the same issue?

When I click on the icon at the right in Archos, I get fullscreen, no problems so far, tested with 1080p mkv
What it makes better than VLC for me is UPnP/DLNA and SMB(!!!) support, that VLC doesn't have so far by now. Since I have several Synologys in my LAN, I want to use them and not my computer as streaming host.

I decided to give it a try since it is on sale today for $2.50. I cannot figure out how to port it from my GS3 to my Note 10.1. Both are rooted and have TiBu.
I have already tried to backup the app on my GS3, move it to the Note and restore it via TiBu but maybe I chose the wrong options because it did not work.
How did you get it into the Note 10.1?
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nevermind....I got it.