I want to move avi files from my laptop to my xoom and watch them is that possible? if not what kind of video files can I play on the xoom?I wanna catch up on rescue me before the new season starts
I use MoboPlayer. Works great for most file types.
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RockPlayer works just fine as well.
H.264
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mikey717 said:
RockPlayer works just fine as well.
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I use this one as well.
I'm doing the same thing with Fringe . I have some episodes that were recorded in HD (each episode was around 350-400MB) and they looked beautiful on the Xoom. I was also able to play MKV files using Rock Player, but it was pretty laggy. I think that may have to do with them being close to 2gb files though.
vplayer also seems to work well
and also I am now using Plex to stream them from the laptop (acting as a media server) to the xoom without having the files on the xoom
Hi all,
Interesting reading as for some reason RockPlayer wouldn't work on my Xoom much to my horror but i am now using VPlayer instead and so far it hasn't let me down or diaspointed me with its performance. Using Opera Mobile i am actually downloading my new US Tv shows straight to my Xoom and then either watching them on it or using the micro HDMI to HDMI to output it to my monitor that is also hooked up to my JBL speakers and powered subwoofer and the results are nothing short of stunning IMO. I have only had my Xoom for a little over a week and am really happy with my purchase but of course looking forward to the upgrades it will get.
Marc
Vplayer and Moboplayer both work great
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Dogmann said:
Hi all,
Interesting reading as for some reason RockPlayer wouldn't work on my Xoom much to my horror but i am now using VPlayer instead and so far it hasn't let me down or diaspointed me with its performance. Using Opera Mobile i am actually downloading my new US Tv shows straight to my Xoom and then either watching them on it or using the micro HDMI to HDMI to output it to my monitor that is also hooked up to my JBL speakers and powered subwoofer and the results are nothing short of stunning IMO. I have only had my Xoom for a little over a week and am really happy with my purchase but of course looking forward to the upgrades it will get.
Marc
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Glad it's working out for you - i only had issues with mkv's with vplayer that were juttering and stuff but was advised to try Plex streaming them afterwards as they may work
Out of interest - any good US TV shows we should be watching out for? I'm finding most shows I was interested in are being cancelled and have nothing to replace them...
What kind of shows do you like? I watch mostly TNT, USA Network, FX (mostly cool crime/spy dramas), Science, History and History International Channels.
Lothaen said:
Glad it's working out for you - i only had issues with mkv's with vplayer that were juttering and stuff but was advised to try Plex streaming them afterwards as they may work
Out of interest - any good US TV shows we should be watching out for? I'm finding most shows I was interested in are being cancelled and have nothing to replace them...
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AntennaTV has The Benny Hill Show That show still makes me laugh.
incrediblenotinstock said:
I want to move avi files from my laptop to my xoom and watch them is that possible? if not what kind of video files can I play on the xoom?I wanna catch up on rescue me before the new season starts
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i think if u have xoom, u can transfer your avi files to it for tring. from user manual of xoom, we know xoom supports H.264, H.263, MPEG-4, MP3, AAC, ACC+ Enhanced, OGG, MIDI, AMR NB, AAC+.
it can't support avi file. u can download a player or use a converter to convert avi files to xoom compatible formats. good luck!
incrediblenotinstock said:
I want to move avi files from my laptop to my xoom and watch them is that possible? if not what kind of video files can I play on the xoom?I wanna catch up on rescue me before the new season starts
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xoom don't support avi format. some player can play avi videos such as qqplayer. another way you can use a video converter to convert avi to xoom playable formats such as H.264(mp4), H.263, MPEG-4, etc.
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I just noticed this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.freecoder.android.cmplayer.v7
anyone use it? thoughts?
works great for me....
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works great for me....
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it plays all the formats it claims to? wow.. you haven't had any issues with it at all?
It works really well, .mkv files play choppy, but any of the .mkv files I converted to mp4 play great. Divx rips play really well, they often look clearer on the small screen than on my monitor!
Been using it for weeks. Plays the most formats I've ever seen of any android player. Best part... Its free!!! Wish I could find a stand alone player for .swf format movies.
Now they want 10 bucks for it!!! Not worth it. But you can still use it. NAGWARE
ROCKPLAYER plays all avi files....
Its all I need )
doesnt work with hdmi out
If its not in the market I won't buy it.
never tried it yet, might in a bit though...
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If its not in the market I won't buy it.
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It now is and is out of beta
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beta version gave me a bad humming buzzing sound when it got quiet in all my .avi files hopefully they fixed it..
that's weird.. i haven't heard any humming sound, although avi audio and video lags. i don't know why.
oh and i tried an mp4 720p video on it, such lag... i'm not sure how i feel about it. it's an otherwise good player.
Yeah, I downloaded the new release today, they changed it to ad/support or pay if you don't want to see ads.
Videos I had encoded into mp4 that played pretty well before, and flawlessly through the phone's video player, now are laggy, especially when you skip through the video.
mkv's still lag, avi/divx still plays well.
I hope they fix all this soon.
I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.
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I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.
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no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..
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no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..
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I don't have any except for when seeking through the files or playing after pause. For a few short seconds audio is choppy or there is none. Also so far I can't get subs to work. Oh and I forgot about HD, well you can fahget about it. 720p vids of bleach, in mpg format, that also seem to have low bitrates since its only 300 plus mbs didn't work. That was with the beta though for the latter.
It only supports .srt UTF-8 subtitles currently.
The application definitely needs some polish. It can't play most HD files yet, and needs more support for other subtitle formats and audio types, but it's the most capable player on Android. One of the only ones that'll play divx files flawlessly.
I love it used the beta for ever but yes it is out of beta and on the market get it while you can
One thing I like about rockplayer that I haven't seen posted anywhere is that it plays flv's. I have ton of those(I had a love affair with youtubedownloader for a while!)
How do I associate it with video files to make it the default video player?
Should I be able to open a file on my LAN via the wireless network in ESTRong explorer and play it?
Is it possible to play .avi videos on Transformer? I have tried to play videos on MicroSD but have been unsuccessful.
Try using rockplayer?
flanny02 said:
Is it possible to play .avi videos on Transformer? I have tried to play videos on MicroSD but have been unsuccessful.
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Moboplayer, free from the Market, does a nice job.
Rockplayer seems to work, thanks!
AVI, the container, is fine and Android should have no trouble with. But, there's also the codecs that the video data is encoded in, as well as the codecs for the audio data.
Those may or may not be supported, especially if they're older files using some ancient and crappy codec.
Edit: Bah, OP responded as I was writing this
I know this is an old thread but hopefully someone can still be patient and help me out.
I just recently got the TF101. I think it's the plan TF101, not the "G" version. I got it through a Groupon deal so it didn't have a lot of technical details.
I'm brand new to Android and I want to watch AVI files on the Transformer using a microSD card. I've downloaded a bunch of the usual suspects (MoboPlayer, BSPlayer, Rockpayer, VPlayer) and so far I like MX Player and Dice Player the best.
Here's the problem:
I've formatted the microSD on my iMac as FAT32 and added tv show folders. **Only SOME of the avi files play without any "read" errors** I know avi's can have all sorts of codecs but for my collection of Friends tv show I personally ripped all the episodes from a dvd set using Handbrake and used the same setting for all the videos. So why are some working flawlessly and other videos can't play at all?
Is there something that I'm missing that I need to do to make all my avi's compatible? Do I need to download something else aside from the ARM codecs req by each app? Is it because I'm using a non-brand microSD?
All help is appreciated... Thanks!
Just thought i'll share,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=more_from_developer
its a multi-format player called MX videoplayer(in case the market link doesnt work).
so far seems good, comparable to mobo player
**edit 18 Aug 2011 **
Here are a few other players that have been mentions in the replies here, i'll put the links here
Mobo Player
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&feature=search_result
i'm using mobo and mx both
DICE Player
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=more_from_developer
seem like there have been good stuff being mention about it. Thanks to zephiK for letting us know.
I found out that the dev for DICE is actively answering questions on this thread so look out for post by juami (the dev) and if you have specific questions( [email protected] )they are happy to help.
the player i'm waiting for is from VLC.... heard that they are having issue coding the library files(C++) to something android can read.
nice find! downloading now
edit: nice interface still waiting for a video media player that can decode AC3 audio on honeycomb.
Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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Personally I started using file explorers for opening video files. It usually agrees more with cifs and the standalone ones usually just work better. I'm loving this player tbh. Space bar is pause and play, a feature, as an editor, is welcome.
thanks. I was looking for a decent video player.
Damn it seems to work good but it doesn't handle mkv's.
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Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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You can now Update today!
@david279: it handles it. processes video but no audio in H/W.. vice versa in S/W.
and yeah yeah i know I can handbrake to fix it etc etc but I want it to work out of the box without converting
Awesome.... great player....stuck between using this and moboplayer
That was a fast update/fix..... Devs do listen to us normal people hahaha
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Cant use it to stream from dreambox, vplayer works very good for that.
What a great find! Thanks for sharing.
I noticed that the sound seems better with this player than others that I've tried.
I'm happy camper!
Another Honeycomb player is out named DICE Player. I had good experiences with it on my phone including mkvs with AC3 audio AND I can confirm that... IT WORKS ON TF101 with the newest version that came out today.
https://market.android.com/search?q=DICE+player&so=1&c=apps
MKV + AC3 Audio working in Hardware Acceleration!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=search_result is the 3-day trial to see if it works.
Edit: About a 3 second lag at the beginning but it plays fine afterwards.
zephiK said:
Another Honeycomb player is out named DICE Player. I had good experiences with it on my phone including mkvs with AC3 audio AND I can confirm that... IT WORKS ON TF101 with the newest version that came out today.
https://market.android.com/search?q=DICE+player&so=1&c=apps
MKV + AC3 Audio working in Hardware Acceleration!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=search_result is the 3-day trial to see if it works.
Edit: About a 3 second lag at the beginning but it plays fine afterwards.
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Damn the dice player actually works great. May have to buy it.
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Damn the dice player actually works great. May have to buy it.
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Yeah I definitely bought it. $3.95 is a good price, it's the first media player that actually uses hardware to decode. I just love it because it decodes AC3 audio and uses hardware acceleration.
Whereas, on other players including this one and RockPlayer,MoboPlayer,etc.
When they decode in hardware: no audio, video is fine
Decode in software: video lags, there is audio
This one meets both of them half way and says "bye!" to handbraking to get video files to work.
Works very well on my phone and saw that there was a update to it. I just had to get it for my Transformer when I saw Honeycomb support!
MX Player works better than moboPlayer on my Transformer, and plays 720 video faster from my SD card. Awesome.
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This works better than moboPlayer on my Transformer, and plays 720 video faster from my SD card. Awesome.
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Which one? OP video player or Dice?
I did get dice to stutter a bit. A 1080p inception got it and tron legacy had some problems. These were streaming though.
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Wow.... works perfectly w/ 720p mkv's..... now if other free movie players would do this
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Could not get it to player any files from microsd card though
Edit: also extracted subtitles did not work on 3 files I tried
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dice seems to be pretty good but, having some issues accessing my sd card and files with subtitles (gallery to dice trial don't seem to show subtitles and subtitle size and such options don't seem to work)
Can anyone with the full version confirm that works correctly in the paid for version?
what kinda files are the movies yall watch? and where to get them? vuze?
I've never done this before.
I'd like to download some torrent TV shows and play them back on my Skyrocket.
What movie playback app do I need to do this?
Most torrent TV shows are .mpg/mpeg. I also rip .MKV files so want to watch those also.
Hopefully something that lets me adjust audio synch, since Netflix synch is out of whack when used with bluetooth to my car stereo. Off by about 1/2 second or more.
EDIT, looks like this was easier than I thought. Here is a player that says it does mkv:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
EDIT #2 - yep, plays back MKV non-HD perfectly. Have not tested anything else or bluetooth yet.
If I remember correctly VLC player has playback for literally everything
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If I remember correctly VLC player has playback for literally everything
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I used mobo player on my tablet it can play everything
CM9 Skyrocket
The best video player imo is MX player. Frequent updates and massive format support at the very least make it a candidate
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The best video player imo is Max player. Frequent updates and massive format support at the very least make it a candidate
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you mean mx video?
Dice player is THE best. I have tried them all.
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you mean mx video?
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How about actually subscribing to a service?
Your movie viewing experience on your Skyrocket will be awesome.
I have Netflix, HBO Go, WATCHESPN, and Xfinity TV for streaming movies and TV shows.
I also, on occasion, rip DVDs that I buy if the Digital Copy is not included, load them on my Skyrocket.
Do yourself a favor, avoid the aggravation and actually subscribe to some service.
My 2 cents.
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Mx works great.
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Chances are most of the 720P video files comes with A52 Audio track.
Surprise !
It will not play as is, using the stock video player.
where do you have the video stored? memory card or device? i had a few movies stored on my 64gb card, and when i tried to play them, with any video player, i got that message. so i transferred the same movies to a usb thumb drive, plugged it into the keyboard, and they played fine. im not sure what the issue is. but i do have some movies, that were converted specifically for my xoom, that play just fine from the memory card.
From my playing the stock video player is crap. I've had no real success playing anything unless I specifically reencode for it. Even stuff that worked on the OG transformer stock player fails on this one. That said, BS player works quite well as long as you are playing the videos locally.
I've had very little luck streaming from UPNP server in my house due to poor wifi streaming rate.
The BS player is by far the best.
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The BS player is by far the best.
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xRevilatioNx said:
The BS player is by far the best.
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i will give it a try.
edit: a little buggy. i skipped to a specific spot in a movie, and it just froze for and didnt play. do i need to install one of the codecs?
MXVideo Player played the movie with no issues.
Codec 7