So I downloaded moboplayer and qq player and both can play movies fine from sd card however with ear buds and volume the sound is very weak (soft). I suspect (though not sure) some of it might be my encoding (it was ripped from a dvd on a linux box - I own the dvd so I can re-encode if that is the issue).
I've played these on my netbook and the sound is ok; a bit weak but not nearly as weak on the transformer.
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The video plays fine from the ssd card so that aspect is working great. Some of the videos are mp4 others are h.264; the h.264 are a bit louder.
h.264 isn't a container.
The container (I believe) is avi for all of them and the encoding is mepg4 and h.264. However my issue is with the max volume and not the container or encoding (unless that impacts max volume).
ok linux is great; linux tools are great; the tool was using to rip the dvd (acidrp - which is a wrapper around mencode) allows you to set the gain. I had it set to 0 which actually decrease volume; boosting it to 2 did wonders.
There is an app in the market called volume boost. I havent tried it and am not sure if it's compatible with HC but worth a shot maybe?
Another option may be to find a media player that allows you to boost the volume. One of the reasons I like the VLC player on my PC is the ability to easily double the volume (200%) beyond the default levels of the media file.
I know there are a few variations of the VLC player on the Android Market but they don't appear to be official ports and some getting a few bad reviews. Still, if they perform a specific piece of functionality that you need, they may be worth a try. There may be other android apps out there with this same option.
Yea I use mplayer and vlc on linux; neither are available yet for HC. vlc is rumored to be out soon. Anyways I think this did the trick; will encode a couple of dvds tonight and test them tomorrow.
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Another option may be to find a media player that allows you to boost the volume. One of the reasons I like the VLC player on my PC is the ability to easily double the volume (200%) beyond the default levels of the media file.
I know there are a few variations of the VLC player on the Android Market but they don't appear to be official ports and some getting a few bad reviews. Still, if they perform a specific piece of functionality that you need, they may be worth a try. There may be other android apps out there with this same option.
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So I downloaded moboplayer and qq player and both can play movies fine from sd card however with ear buds and volume the sound is very weak (soft). I suspect (though not sure) some of it might be my encoding (it was ripped from a dvd on a linux box - I own the dvd so I can re-encode if that is the issue).
I've played these on my netbook and the sound is ok; a bit weak but not nearly as weak on the transformer.
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The video plays fine from the ssd card so that aspect is working great. Some of the videos are mp4 others are h.264; the h.264 are a bit louder.
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I hit the same issue myself, and so have already been down the same road as the OP. Obviously the best solution is to reencode your videos at a higher volme. However, I also went the other route.
I tried the Volume Boost app, but it did absolutely nothing on the Transformer. However, another app called Volume+ works well. The boost isn't huge, but it's definitely quite noticeable. You can download the app for free from the developer's website if you enable installing apps from outside the market, or you can just buy it in the market. The version I downloaded for free works for volume, but note that most of the graphic equalizer settings do nothing or have an adverse effect with the Transformer.
Hope this info's of help to someone!
Volume+ seems to work fairly well; wonder if it has a negative.
[QOTE=knoxploration;13553639]I hit the same issue myself, and so have already been down the same road as the OP. Obviously the best solution is to reencode your videos at a higher volme. However, I also went the other route.
I tried the Volume Boost app, but it did absolutely nothing on the Transformer. However, another app called Volume+ works well. The boost isn't huge, but it's definitely quite noticeable. You can download the app for free from the developer's website if you enable installing apps from outside the market, or you can just buy it in the market. The version I downloaded for free works for volume, but note that most of the graphic equalizer settings do nothing or have an adverse effect with the Transformer.
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Volume+ seems to work fairly well; wonder if it has a negative.
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Just guessing, but I doubt it has much impact on speed or battery life -- it's likely just tweaking a setting under the hood. Hence probably the only negative impact is reducing audio quality if you dial it up too far (although for the Transformer, it seems even the maximum setting is conservative enough.)
volume+ kinda works...
i absolutely love moboplayer and hopefully it will implement its own volume boost
yeah using volume+ works on mine too!
what volume boost did you guys put it at?
+6 ? +7?
+8 sounds really bad lol
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Hey... I found a really cool recording studio app called Meteor
I installed the demo cab and it works like a charm (you just can't save your work on the demo version).
I'm amazed what our little phones are capable of doing. By the way... this is the first application I've seen where pinch to zoom is a real necessity. In fact... I always have it maximum zoomed and this way it's almost like a virtual desktop. (difficult to explain but I hope you know what I mean)
Brgds... /TubGirl
Thanks. Is it similar to Aurora ?: http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125
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looks a quality program this!! you could lose days playing round with this, weeks even!!!! lol
****! I wish I'd never read this thread, that Aurora is addictive. I've just order a stylus
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Not quite... Meteor is a multi-track recording studio that lets you record audio (guitar & voice for example) and process it in many ways. I'm amazed that it really works! But as I said... you need to enable pinch to zoom because the buttons are incredibly tiny!
http://www.4pockets.com/scrshots.php?p=82&par=82
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oops!! lol there goes your weekends and any other free time you get! lmao.
Excellent! This will come in well handy!
Anyone know of a HD2 compatible version or something similar of this (see attached) ?
Would be really handy for doing rough mixes of my acoustic stuff!
Some nice apps on there. I just bought Chord Explorer, installed it ok but it will not start :-(. Tried re-installing on the phone memory, but still no good.
Anyone else had any problems?
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Excellent! This will come in well handy!
Anyone know of a HD2 compatible version or something similar of this (see attached) ?
Would be really handy for doing rough mixes of my acoustic stuff!
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Haha.. .that looks very cool, but I don't think the HD2 has a stereo input... or does it?
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Haha.. .that looks very cool, but I don't think the HD2 has a stereo input... or does it?
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I guess it would have to connect through the micro USB somehow, there's plenty of USB 2.0 mics around but I doubt they'd be compatible via a micro USB/USB 2.0 adapter?
To be fair though the sound quality of the phone mic isn't that bad for low level stuff, I'm amazed at what this phone can do!!
Thanks again for the heads up about MeTeor, excellent find!
Damn, love that Meteor-program!!! Allright, took some definite tweaking before it worked well enough to be functional on the hd2.
But now i've got a working 12 track harddisk recording system in cd-quality in my pocket....for only 30 bucks??!!!
I LOVE my HD2!!!!!
Thanx a million Tubgirl
I think the USB-Mic won't work...problem starts with drivers and ends up with 5V power-supply....
Well, the power-supply could be solved with internal batteries in the mic itself, or just using a dynamic microphone (needs no power to operate)....but drivers are probably the biggest issue...don't even know if one can even write driver software to WinMo, just like it's done to Vista etc.... ??
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Damn, love that Meteor-program!!! Allright, took some definite tweaking before it worked well enough to be functional on the hd2.
But now i've got a working 12 track harddisk recording system in cd-quality in my pocket....for only 30 bucks??!!!
I LOVE my HD2!!!!!
Thanx a million Tubgirl
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Yes it's incredible that it really works.
Do you want to share what tweaking you have done?
Brgds... /TubGirl
Well shure, I am afraid its a bit complicated. I'll try and see if I can describe it in a way that makes sense .
The first problem one might experience, at least i did on mine (using official htc 1.66 rom), is crackles, pops and dropouts in your recordings. This can be corrected with some adjustments to audiobuffersettings and the cachesize set by Meteor for your sd-card.
1. You need to find the "PREFS.xml"-file, in the Meteor directory. For me it would be here: My Phone\Memorycard\programs\Meteor\
2. You will need a browser that can open and edit XML-files, I used Adobe Dreamweaver.
3. Open the PREFS.xml and adjust the following:
AudioBufferSize="2048" -> AudioBufferSize="4096"
AudioBufferCount="32" -> AudioBufferCount="64"
ReadCacheSize="32768" -> ReadCacheSize="131072"
WriteCacheSize="65536" -> WriteCacheSize="262144"
These are maximum settings, and all in coherrence with what the manual suggests for troubleshooting by the way: View attachment Meteor_manual.zip
THE SECOND PROBLEM with the HD 2 as a multitrack harddisc recorder, as with any DAW-system, is mainly the question of latency.
(for info on DAW, check this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation)
Latency refers to how long the system (meaning processor, RAM, disc etc) is to actually process the sound converted (ADC), recorded, replayed & deconverted (DAC) again.
For the DAW to work properly (avoiding sync-issues between different recordings), it most know its own latency - hence the calibrating/strange beeps when running Meteor the first time.
Only thing is, that even though HD 2 is fast, it appears to have either a slow soundcard/ADC-DAC-converter or pourly written driversoftware to support it. Either way, at least on my phone, Meteor simply cannot deliver ENOUGH LATENCY, to compensate sync-issues, especially not with the above buffer and cachesettings set to maximum, not even with "Synchronize Audio Threads" under <setup> ticked (Which should be done by the way!).
There is a workaround though, but it requires you to know with what BPM (120 bpm being default) you are running during your current recording session and what latency will fit the current bpm you are running with.
The point is that you SIMPLY ADJUST the recording BACK according to your starting point of recording.
EXAMPLE:
You plan to record on track one at 120 bpm, so you set the cursor at the 1-figure at the ruler in the upperbar. you then set your latency under "setup\audio setup" to "940 ms".
Press record. When finished recording you highlight the recording and simply drag it 1-line back (NOT 1-bar, but 1/4 of a bar).
Repeat this for next recording on track 2 or any other, still keeping the 1-ruler as starting point, and you should have two recordings in perfect sync!
This should of course be repeated for every new recording...always dragging it 1-line back to keep sync.
You can test this yourself by the way, by turning on the metronome letting it play thru the HD 2's speakers, simultanously recording it. Drag the recording back, and when playedback, still with the metronome on, you should hear the recording and the metronome playing synchronized. If it is NOT in sync, you need to adjust latency, untill it is, testing with the metronome as above.
120 bpm = 940 ms latency works on my system, but I have no idea if it will work as a standard on all hd 2 phones. Problem is also, that when changing the bpm, you will also have to adjust latency. But assuming that there is some consistency thru this on most HD 2 (though rom and tweaks probably have a huge influence on this), i have here made a list of these values with what bpm = latency: View attachment Latency.zip
Quite complex instructions, hope this will help though. Welcome to ask for clarification, and I'll see if can answer accordingly
Have fun!
ok, 1st I dunno if tis one is warez or not.. so if sum1 complains a warez then pls mod can throw out tis thread..
just wanna share it..
my personal opinion : better than rock player.. mybe d best media player for android as I tried playing all media with no lag..
try it & pls comment.. cheers
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This powerful software codecs provide smooth quality video.
functionality:
SMI,SRT support
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Gray and color screen
Various font size & color & type
Screen capture
The ffmpeg of LGPL is used for VitalPlayer.
Performance up(15% or more)
ARMv6 practicable(HTC Wildfire, Hero, etc.)
Battery Icon change.
Default mode change(setting->show only media and jpg).
comments :
- This app runs great on my x10! Plays every movie very smooth, even rmvb A lot better than Rock Player universal, same as an old RP for ARM v7 cheers!
- Definitely this works so much better on mytouch 3g slide. Great share.
This powerful software codecs provide smooth quality video.
*Doesn't Work on Gingerbread(2.3) yet (Nexus S).
- functionality
System mode play(hardware codec use)
SMI,SRT support
Brightness control
Connection play
Gray and color screen
Various font size & color & type
Screen capture
Screen Lock/Unlock
and more.
This app works on ARMv6/ARMv7.
But the ARMv6 performance is low because of CPU(528MHz).(ex. wildfire, hero ,etc.)
The ffmpeg of LGPL is used for VitalPlayer.
Recent changes:
1. Added system mode play (hardware codec use)
2. Some subtitles problem fix.
3. Sdcard installation bug fix.
DOWNLOAD UPDATE V1.2
http://www.filesonic.com/file/63615131
and.. yeah.. its free afterall
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dgo-vitalplayer-qFnqD.aspx
http://www.appbrain.com/app/vitalplayer/com.dgo.VitalPlayer
Nice, always good to have many players.
Good app, but you can find it on the market so no need to post the apk
Ive really come to like vital player, especially how you can take screen captures
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Good app, but you can find it on the market so no need to post the apk
Ive really come to like vital player, especially how you can take screen captures
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Really good app.
And try to always post the apk link as many of us don't have access to the market.
I for instance have H1droid in Samsung H1 i8320 and unfortunately no 3g signal and no wifi.
updated to v1.2.. see 1st post
Can't get it working on my Nexus S....
Is it possible to get this app to see /sdcard2 and /usbdisk for those of us using devices with internal storage and USB host?
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Can't get it working on my Nexus S....
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It is not working with Gingerbread yet.
Check back on the Market for when the Dev updates to 2.3 Compatible.
Few things that comes into my mind:
Two of the best ones I consider is rockplayer and vplayer. Here's a few feedback:
1) In terms of speed/playing file types , at least on my phone they're all about the same, probably because they are all based on ffmpeg. Every 720p plays with the same issue. This is above vplayer because of hardware support and on par with rockplayer.
2) Love the interface. Its pretty well-designed. Love how the RR and FF have an adjustable seek Very useful. Just wish there is gesture support as I'm a bit spoiled .
3) Love the black and white mode. Makes it seem like you are watching one of those old TV back in the days. Really nice effect.
4) Hate the 'R' logo in rockplayer and ads in general, but this one is not very intrusive. Very nice .
Overall one of the top video players out there.
Your player is AMAZING !!!
ANd as you know, Your player does not have one option...
And this would be best for listening to audiobooks....
You know that feeling when someone talk slowly.....with.......not...................so important.............pauses
.................and breaks............................and you want just to
......................listen for information............and this is so annoying .
And as you know it is possible to talk faster....
And as you know this would keep listener focused......
So now.... when you know that this feautere could be important...
You can just why not add option to increase speed of playing without changing pitch of voice ?
Just to have some slider to increase tempo as user want, for example 2 times faster, or 1.5.
Without changing pitch so it would not make voice silly high...
Because that feature can make your player best ever.
has anyone tried it on the x10 mini pro?? is it smooth?? does it have any widget function?? cant wait to try it later on..
Player would fine I guesss, but without a way to remove ads and watermark I do not want it. I would pay for an as free version.
Here in my Motorola Milestone 1 2.1 firmware didnt played MKV, it frozen the video a lot.
Sorry for the english.
Works on HTC Legend with Gingerbread (CM7) smooth!!!
Thank u!!!
yeah this player is really good,install to my Dell Sreak and plays smoothly.But one option missing that is screen orientation.
I think the best player ever for now.
Plays great, but mp4 files, and files converted to mkv format via mediafox play too fast - sound seems ok but it's playing almost 2x speed. Any ideas?
Vplayer
Hi
I am assuming you have created the Vital player or Vplayer. I have bought this app and i have to say its very impressive in terms of play back. But what i would like to see is subtitle support. I cant find anywhere on the app for where i can attach a subtitle that i had previously downloaded.
Another app that does this well is mvideoplayer. This has the option to search on your phone a subtitle and attach it to the video. But the playback is kinda jerky and laggy. Is there any way of getting subtitle support.
Thanks
Hi, guys and girls
Emit is a video streaming app. You can find it on Android Market in free and paid version. Both version contains the same functionalities. Free version is ad-supported.
Emit allows you to:
Live streaming of videos from your PC/Mac/Linux to an android device or on emitapp.com
Pre-encode and download videos to device for offline viewing
Transfer music from iTunes to your device
Subtitle support: .srt and .mkv
HTTP Live Streaming for Android 2.3+
Accessible from 3g or external wifi
Securing access with password
You can now play your videos on https://www.emitapp.com/
If your server is running and you register on our site, you can play/download your videos and music out of your browser from anywhere.
Here is an iOS version.
Lastest Emit version: 9.2.0
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We fixed the crash bug on windows. You can get the latest version on emitapp.com.
Wonderful app. I'm glad to see you created a thread for this! I have updated my XDA portal news article.
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We fixed the crash bug on windows. You can get the latest version on [URL="
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Thanks for the update. I can try the app now!
Is there a reason the paid version is not compatible with the Atrix??
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Is there a reason the paid version is not compatible with the Atrix??
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Paid version should work the same as free. Is there any difference? What is not working?
STOKED!!!!!
thank you, zokipirlo. this is a great contribution to the android market.
Sounds like Plex, although it does allow you to download.
It doesn't work too good, I got a lot of garbage frames, big boxes of colors and stuff. My PC is fast enough so I don't think it's a problem with the encoding speed.
Also I found a bug, You cant add an entire hard drive letter, on the server it shows like C:/\ and on the app itself it shows C:\\ and when you enter it shows nothing.
I hope this app get better because I miss Air video from my iphone.
Also, could you make MKV embedded subs appear like they appear on the PC? I mean, encoding the subs with the video on the PC (for anime fansub and stuff)
EDIT: this is on a vibrant 2.2
Holy hd batman!!
Works perfectly on my Samsung Galaxy S2, This is great because plex didn't!!
The one and only feature i can suggest for now is 3G support, For when I'm not at home.
Video stops playing (crashes to menu) if I move the slider too fast. Also buffering takes too much time. I have fast wifi and i3 laptop.
Inspire 4g , CM 7 base.
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It doesn't work too good, I got a lot of garbage frames, big boxes of colors and stuff. My PC is fast enough so I don't think it's a problem with the encoding speed.
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This is usually a side effect of bad wifi signal strength. Are you far from your wifi router?
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The one and only feature i can suggest for now is 3G support, For when I'm not at home.
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If you open port 1554 pre encoded videos will work now. It will be unsecure though. We are working on securing connections for next release.
Avg identifies the program as a threat, see the attached screen-cap
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Avg identifies the program as a threat, see the attached screen-cap
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Yes, we know that, there is also a note on android market about that. We also speaked with guys from Kaspersky lab and they whitelisted our application. Don't worry, it's not a virus.
metaldood said:
Video stops playing (crashes to menu) if I move the slider too fast. Also buffering takes too much time. I have fast wifi and i3 laptop.
Inspire 4g , CM 7 base.
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In "live" or encoded playback?
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This is usually a side effect of bad wifi signal strength. Are you far from your wifi router?
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No, my router is right next to my PC, and I was using the PC when I tested the software... Let me try at work with a different router and PC
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No, my router is right next to my PC, and I was using the PC when I tested the software... Let me try at work with a different router and PC
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If that's not a problem then it's probably quality related. Can you please tell me which quality profile or bitrate in case of custom profile are you using?
I tried all 3 profiles.
First the default one, appear to be good for 10 seconds but then randomly some frame goes bad and the next 30 frames looks awful too, then it corrects itself for another 10-15 seconds and the same happens.
The dual core preset appear to be the same.
And the low quality preset its a gamble, because sometimes looks better, but still got some bad frames, but sometimes it looks worse than the other 2 presets, almost 95% of bad frames.
Could it be a codec problems? I use CCCP for my video playback needs...
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Paid version should work the same as free. Is there any difference? What is not working?
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The premium version doesn't show on the market for the Atrix 4G. And when you check the online store it says this app is not compatible for the Atrix 4G.
I've used Rock Player Lite for watching AVI Files. anyone find anything else that works great, prefferably free, and on unrooted device?
dandunn98 said:
I've used Rock Player Lite for watching AVI Files. anyone find anything else that works great, prefferably free, and on unrooted device?
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Ive been using moboplayer with no problems....seems to work really well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&hl=en
DICE Player. Works very well with everything that I throw at it. Developer is also VERY active on the Transformer forums. It's been receiving a lot of updates recently. Only gets better & better. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.dice&feature=search_result -- there is a trial version but its for a certain time period.
But since you insisted free, I'd recommend https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result that as my second choice. Get the codec as well.
souless poet said:
Ive been using moboplayer with no problems....seems to work really well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&hl=en
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+1 on moboplayer
+1 Moboplayer works great for me
souless poet said:
Ive been using moboplayer with no problems....seems to work really well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&hl=en
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dice player doesn't work on HC3.2
bradputt said:
dice player doesn't work on HC3.2
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It does work with the latest version.
bradputt said:
dice player doesn't work on HC3.2
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Yes it does. Do you not see my signature? I've been using DICE + 3.2.
Get the facts straight before talking.
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dice player doesn't work on HC3.2
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One more person here saying: "I use Dice Player on 3.2, and it's the best player I've used on the TF. Hated to pay for it though "
To the OP though, the best free player so far is Moboplayer for me, but I hate the interface, and alot of the codec's playback were buggy. Dice's build of ffdshow is much more stable.
MX player is free and great
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result
Sorry to hijack the thread but do any of the above mentioned players support HD mkvs ?
My biggest gripe about the otherwise excellent moboplayer is that it doesn't remember your file progress. Have to stop a show halfway? Well, you'll be manually seeking to it later. Rock Player, for all its many other faults, did handle resuming quite well.
I'll have to try MX and DICE. I wouldn't mind paying for a player if its awesome.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but do any of the above mentioned players support HD mkvs ?
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DICE Player. I've said it over 20 times in another thread about media players.
DICE has been pushing out updates heavily. I'd highly recommend it.
I highly recommend MX Player. I regularly download my TV shows to watch in bed if I don't feel like firing up the big TV (and to save electricity), and MX has had the best controls out of all of them, although VPlayer comes close, except VPlayer is paid.
carrrnuttt said:
I highly recommend MX Player. I regularly download my TV shows to watch in bed if I don't feel like firing up the big TV (and to save electricity), and MX has had the best controls out of all of them, although VPlayer comes close, except VPlayer is paid.
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If you want to save battery, use diceplayer.
Diceplayer use only 30-50% of CPU power. MX player(or vPlayer) use 70-100% of CPU power.
there is a comparison using Galaxy S.
http://sgalaxy.cz/forum/44/test-video-prehravacu/
diceplayer run at 400Mhz. MX video player run at 800Mhz.
Diceplayer CPU Usage
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wimpanzee said:
My biggest gripe about the otherwise excellent moboplayer is that it doesn't remember your file progress. Have to stop a show halfway? Well, you'll be manually seeking to it later. Rock Player, for all its many other faults, did handle resuming quite well.
I'll have to try MX and DICE. I wouldn't mind paying for a player if its awesome.
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I agree, Rock Player does hold position, which is great!
carrrnuttt said:
I highly recommend MX Player. I regularly download my TV shows to watch in bed if I don't feel like firing up the big TV (and to save electricity), and MX has had the best controls out of all of them, although VPlayer comes close, except VPlayer is paid.
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If you don't mind me asking, where do you obtain your TV Shows? Can you get them on your Transformer or do you have to get them on normal CPU?
Anybody try this.
http://blogs.unbolt.net/index.php/brinley/2011/08/10/vlc-for-android-is-looking
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DicePlayer is for me the best HoneyComb video player there is at the moment, simply because it uses the "Lights Out" dim mode.
Having the status bar always visible is so distracting that neither moboplayer nor MX were pleasant to use for me.
Of course, DicePlayer is not without its faults, plus it's not free, but it is being actively developed, and they listen to their customers, as they are constantly trying to improve the software.
I just got a reply from their support, to help diagnose subtitles issues.
I suggest you give the trial a go, it's worth it for the "Lights Out" mode alone.
angerized said:
DicePlayer is for me the best HoneyComb video player there is at the moment, simply because it uses the "Lights Out" dim mode.
Having the status bar always visible is so distracting that neither moboplayer nor MX were pleasant to use for me.
Of course, DicePlayer is not without its faults, plus it's not free, but it is being actively developed, and they listen to their customers, as they are constantly trying to improve the software.
I just got a reply from their support, to help diagnose subtitles issues.
I suggest you give the trial a go, it's worth it for the "Lights Out" mode alone.
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what is the "lights out" mode?
I used many Android music players as a music lover and tested them as a member of the team that made a music player app. So I decided to write detailed reviews about pros and cons of some music players in a serial form for one who is looking for a great app. This is the first part for introduction and I will handle the sound review in the next one. I tried to be as objective as I can, but a review is a subjective one after all and my thought could not be same with your opinion.
1. Poweramp
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Poweramp is the most popular music player app. I bought it because it's highly recommended online. It provides lots of useful features and skins. You can hear the characteristic sound based on rich bass and use the sound effects like 10 band equalizer, tone, and limit. Reverb effect was also added in the recently released alpha version of Poweramp v3. I prefer its new UI of to the previous one. Although it doesn't leave nothing to be desired in the sound quality but is still a nice player for common music listeners.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
2. Neutron
Neutron is an audiophiles' favorite among the Android music players. It supports most audio formats and offers a huge number of sound features. It allows users to adjust the sound in great detail but it's too complicated to use though its UI is much better that in the past. If you refer others' settings on the internet and adjust well you can enjoy good sound but it's so tough for me to make Neutron my main player. Anyway, it's ideal for one who need various sound options and 32, 64 audio processing.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval
3. JetAudio
I often used its PC version so I also tried JetAudio app with anticipation. It provides a free basic version without a time limit while Poweramp and Neutron only provide time-limited trial versions. If you buy its pro version you can use 20 band equalizer instead 10 band and unlock the sound effects like AM3D and Bongiovi via in-app purchases. I heard its sound effects would enhance the sound quality and I bought the pro version and in-app products, but sadly, the result didn't satisfy me. I think its sound is worse than other players in this writing.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
4. Rocket Player
Rocket Player is another popular Android music player and provides a free version without a time limit like JetAudio. Paid version provides preamp, 10 band equalizer, replay gain, and etc. Its volume level is quite loud and sound is decent. But it has less extremely low frequency and too much mid. Another issue is that use of 5 band equalizer causes lower volume and worse sound quality. I'm not sure whether 10 band in paid version has the same problem or not because I hesitated to buy it. If you use paid app, please let me know how it is. Rocket Player is a good choice for one who wants a free and decent player yet.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.AnotherMusicPlayer
5. PlankTone Music Player
PlankTone Music Player is a newborn app made by our team. It's not as famous as other players but I think it's worth trying, especially in the sound quality. It provides a trial version and in-app purchase is needed after the trial period. You can hear a high quality and balanced sound without complicated settings. It also let you individually customize sound effects for each song. But it is at an early stage so it does not have features like tag editing or downloading album art and doesn’t support themes and skins, and doesn’t offer various widgets now.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chapter3.planktone
It’s a general review of music players and I will write a more detailed sound review next time. I will handle the sound characteristic, sound effects setting, test result with DAC, etc.