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[Q] Possible to port codecs from SGS? HD Video Player with Sub tittle

From what I have gathered the SGS supports a lot more video/audio formats than Nexus S out of the box (correct me if I am wrong). Will it be possible to port these codecs from the SGS over to the NS?

Video Player Nexus S
Helps. Need a video player for Nexus S. I switched from my G2 to this. With the G2, i used ArcMedia and it played pretty much anything without any conversion. Now all i get is FCs on the Nexus S. Sad panda i am right now.

zomgzombies said:
Helps. Need a video player for Nexus S. I switched from my G2 to this. With the G2, i used ArcMedia and it played pretty much anything without any conversion. Now all i get is FCs on the Nexus S. Sad panda i am right now.
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Probably just hasn't been updated for 2.3. Patience.
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[Q] How to play vidoes/movies on Nexus S?
So i was thinking about watching a movie this afternoon on my brand new Nexus S and started looking for some sort of video player under the appications. Is it true that the phone doesnt come with any kind of Video Player? How do i watch movies? What format to use for the movies? I download all my movies and they're all .avi. All the help, comments and suggestions are highly appreciated.

AVI is just a container. It can hold any kind of codec inside. I heard people reccomend rockplayer is good though. Try that and report back on how it works.

Rockplayer doesn't work. Lots of players crashes on the Nexus S right now. They all need to be updated.
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You're right. Nothing works at the moment. Is it true our nexus came with absolutely no video player?
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varungandhi said:
You're right. Nothing works at the moment. Is it true our nexus came with absolutely no video player?
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When I try to open a video file from astro, among the choices of program given to me is one called "movies"; this uses the same icon as the "gallery" proram, comes preloaded on the phone, and also fails to open most video formats.

Playing M4P via Meridian and it works great.
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Let me look up meridian. I guess I am gonna have to convert from avi to the extension you mentioned.
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Gallery is the video player.
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So is the issue that the nexus s doesn't come with an xvid codec or that apps with software decoding of the codecs like rockplayer just need to be updated ? Sorry if I'm a little dense about this.

I guess the 3rd party apps need to be updated.
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tominater12 said:
Gallery is the video player.
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So is there a specific file type that the galley plays? I just created a movie folder with 2 avi files but gallery isn't showing anything other than pictures on the same storage.
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M4P is a .h264 container. Most videos on the internet or torrents for phones come in M4P format. Best quality for the size.
Most phones can play M4P right out of the box. YouTube is a big supporter of the container.
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quick question regarding the camera, how do you upload videos to picasa.
I went to the gallery and hit menu to get the option to share, but I only see the option there when its photos. I thought you can upload videos also.

I could not find a way to upload on mine. I have just used "Picasa Uploader" from the market. It's free and uploads video and pictures.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-pixelpipe-android-com-picasa-qmFq.aspx

webplus said:
I could not find a way to upload on mine. I have just used "Picasa Uploader" from the market. It's free and uploads video and pictures.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-pixelpipe-android-com-picasa-qmFq.aspx
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Yeah i know I downloaded the same thing, i just that that Google included some native option in 2.3

thepoetvd776 said:
Yeah i know I downloaded the same thing, i just that that Google included some native option in 2.3
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Nothing that I have ran across....that would make sense to include your service in the phone.

webplus said:
Nothing that I have ran across....that would make sense to include your service in the phone.
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Yeah I know.
BTW did you check the videos you uploaded on picasa from your nexus?
I just uploaded one using the same app you said, and it seems that the quality is not the same than that which was taken on the phone. Its a much lesser one.

Nexus s play hd?

im going to upgrade to a nexus s 4g this month, and i have 2 questions about playing videos on the phone:
from what i understand, the nexus cant shoot HD, but can it play HD videos that i load onto the phone?
is there an app that can play .avi cuz id really hate to convert my videos.

No I dont think HD video work, I forget the app but there is one to play .Avi it wasnt flawless tho

RockPlayer. AVIs are flawless, MKVs are flawless as well but there is a bug with no audio being outputted when hardware decoding MKVs. .AVIs have absolutely no problem
MoboPlayer is pretty good too

Ill havd to try rockplayer is it free? I tried a app that needed unlocking after 15 days
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Yes theres a free version available on the market. Moboplayer is reallh good too.
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thanks for the info

i meant really. rockplayer is still my recommendation of choice, paid app of course (you have to get it through his website)

I Dont know it man, trying the free version on the market and it keeps freezing every time I open a 720p AVI file

my nexus s love mobo player.
720p working great with it. (subtitle support also)

MOVIES

How can I watch either Avatar or Inception on my Infuse? IS there any way at all?
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Rent the DVD from a Redbox /blockbuster kiosk, rip it to your computer, put it on your phone.
Videohelp.com has a bunch of guides and how-tos if you're a beginner.

krantiredeyes said:
How can I watch either Avatar or Inception on my Infuse? IS there any way at all?
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DVD + Handbrake or
Blu-Ray + DVDFab HD Decrypter + Handbrake
Handbrake is free, the "HD Decrypter" component of DVDFab is also free
I posted a Handbrake profile that worked well on the Infuse ages ago, I'll try to dig it up.

use handbarke or format factory or super.
all are best and free.
will post settings later as right now running super.
Note:-infuse supports CABAC,H264/AVC1 (Keep profile max3),reference frames-2.

[Q] What media center device is most compatible with the TF300T for remote control?

Hi,
New to the world of Android and loving it so far. We have two new devices. The wife has a TF300T and I have an HTC Evo 3D (Evo V technically). Would like the option to use these as remote controllers for a media center.
I was wondering if people had any media center recommendations? Should it be Android powered as well?
I was checking this out but I don't know how compatible it would be with our devices? The price is what caught my eye of course.
htt p: //ww w.amazon.co m/MK802-Android-Google-Player-Allwinner/dp/B008BFXOZE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

If your just looking for something simple that is wife friendly, how about a roku player? There is a roku remote app. I'm not sure what kind of streaming you'd be looking to do but it works for what I need (Netflix, Hulu & streaming video from my pc using playOn)
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twism50 said:
If your just looking for something simple that is wife friendly, how about a roku player? There is a roku remote app. I'm not sure what kind of streaming you'd be looking to do but it works for what I need (Netflix, Hulu & streaming video from my pc using playOn)
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We really don't pay for any streaming services. I'd like it to be able to play any video format. Have a fairly large xvid collection. I thought being able to control it from her transformer would be a neat thing.

I agree that a Roku box is probably your simplest option, but from what I can tell it doesn't do xvid. It will play files from a USB flash or hard drive, but only files it supports (MKV and MP4 H.264, I believe).

I stream xvid using playOn. There is a cost to it though, it's $20 a year (at least it was last year)
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Recommendations

Just looking for some suggestions.
I have a pc hooked up to my tv now and it's really quite overkill. All we do with it is stream videos from other computers in the house and watch Netflix.
I'm sure these little android stick things are powerful enough to do this.
Can anyone recommend a good one to replace my puter? Just need to be able to stream HD Netflix and play videos.
Thanks!
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If it's just videos, probably any of the dual-core devices will do fine. You may need to use an Android 4.1 rom, as the Netflix app is broken on 4.2 for most or all of these sticks.
The mk808 and mk808b are both around $45; the former has slightly better support while the latter has Bluetooth. I have the b model, and it is great for Netflix. (I also use it with Debian in the background to run my IRC connection; it's got plenty of excess power for that plus videos.)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089407