I had a Vibrant and it would play just about every format, then I switched to a Nexus S and it doesn't have very good codec support. I was tempted to wait and get the Sensation but the recent price drop on this device and the announcement of TW now making roms. I couldn't resist. I'm awaiting this device and I'm curious as to what video formats will play nice? Will it play about the same formats as the Vibrant?
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Looks good to me.
- DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_g2x-3888.php
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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?
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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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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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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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)
I searched the forums for this and did not find it.
bsplayer is the best video player for Android ever! It will play any media file that I throw at it. It will also stream VOB files from a share drive!
I am not the dev for this but I wanted to give him exposure so that more and more people use it. For those who have used it what are your thoughts?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DMsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
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For those who have used it what are your thoughts?
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It's a matter of personal preferences of course, but I've found that MX Player interface suits me better, but otoh I also keep bs for local network streaming which it does much better.
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It's a matter of personal preferences of course, but I've found that MX Player interface suits me better, but otoh I also keep bs for local network streaming which it does much better.
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ya, i also find mx player interface suiting me better...
best
it is realy best player
in my opinion , RockPlayer2 is the best media player on android, with really great UI and performance, and It has some unique feature, like 'Rockshare" , users can share their videos with friends just use their phone, but not exchange SD-card.
yes, after installing dozens, this is the only one that plays my 4 gig 720p DTS audio mkv file. But the video color quality can be better.
I always go back to vplayer
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Max player is good
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So I'm thinking of getting the AT$T HTC One X. My dad got one when it released and has been really happy with it. I tried it out and I like it too, but there was one problem I had. I was trying to play some music videos that I had which were downloaded in 720p H.264, and they wouldn't play well at all. They stuttered, the audio lagged, overall it was unwatchable. I tried a few different apps like Diceplayer, BSplayer, and a few others, but it was the same on all of them. Now, when I look at the specs of the phone, it claims to have H.264 support. So I am wondering if this is similar to the ATRIX 4g(my current phone) in that it can hardware decode H.264 content, but not if it is encoded in Hi-profile H.264. I really don't want to bother with converting media files before I can play on the phone, especially since I watch a lot of things with subtitles, and its a huge pain to make encoders keep the subtitles.
So if anyone can give me some info about how to get H.264 and specifically Hi-profile H.264, I would greatly appreciate it. If I can get this working on his phone, I will go out and buy a One X tomorrow.(I tried searching but I haven't been able to find anything.)
Try using MoboPlayer or MX player to play x264 videos (or any videos really). They both have hardware support and don't have a problem with any of the x264 videos I made.
Got it to work with bsplayer with the armv7 support codec
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Mx player for the win, simple interface, executes any video you throw at it
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Mx player for the win, simple interface, executes any video you throw at it
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This. Try going to software decode if you run into issues with hardware decode, but between both modes, it has played every video file I could throw at it perfectly.
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use mx player, hardware+ works for almost every format including mkv and be sure to use the arm v7 codex with neon acceleration for better battery life and performance.
My HOXL cant play any HD Video 720p Or 1080p fine without lag whether its mp4,avi or wma
I have tried alot of videos all lag,,,the windows 7 sample video wildlife in hd also lags
I use stock video player,,tried mx also lags more on software decoder
Android 4.2.2 Sense 5 Not Rooted and Stock
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What app are you using? Mx with proper codec works fine for me. Software rendering or hardware?
Have you tried both?
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I have tried alot of video apps including mx player,,it lags more with software rendering, i am surprised to see that why it lags on stock video player,,btw how can i get proper codec for mx player?
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After Installing Codecs HD is Working in mx player with software decoder
By the way why stock video player cant play it smoothly? I have xperia v also,it has same processor & gpu it plays full hd super smooth with its own video player
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Can't say I watch too much 1080 video on my phone (do most of my video watching on my Note 8 tablet), but MX Player is what I use too.
The HTC stock player has always been a joke. Its not compatible with a lot of formats/codecs, I've never really made any use of it aside from watching the videos I've taken with the phone's video camera. In general, I've never been much a user of stock players from any manufacturer. There is always going to be incomplete format support and/or performance lag. I'm guessing its due to licensing of various proprietary formats/codecs. Good 3rd party players are the way to go on Android.
Why the stock player lags now on Sense 5, when it didn't before, I can't say for certain. Lots has been updated in Sense 5, but HTC seems to break as many things as they fix sometimes. So this may be one of those cases. I haven't read about this issue before, so there is likely no easy fix.