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what times of files can be played on Wallaby

please could somebody tell me which video files can be played on my XDA. i have tried a few but i can only get the sound. yes, they are video files because they play as videos on my PC
thanks

every type of media file can be played if you dont use windows media plyaer and use something like betaplayer
if you only want media player you can only view wmv files

Save in a different video format?

I absolutely hate that the phone saves video's in ".mp4" and have some weird sort of "amr" audio codec involved? I can view these video's just fine on the phone, but if I pull them over to my computer, they play without sound. I have tried VLC, Quicktime, WMP, etc.
Now, I can rename the file extension to ".3gp" and it plays without any problems in Quicktime. But if I try to play it in VLC with the pre-defined extension, it says it doesn't have "SAMR" support, and only plays the video. I Googled it, found out all the reasons why (proprietary), and why it wouldn't ever be supported in VLC.
But is there any way to change the format the phone saves it in? It would be nice to able to send these video's from your phone to a friend and know that they could view it just fine.
I looked in Settings under the Camera....and nada.
Thanks!
DTB

From the video camera screen, go to Menu/Advanced/Capture Format and change it to H.263.
You are correct about changing the .mp4 extension to .3gp to allow it to play in Quicktime. But you should be able to play H.263 files on your computer without any changes.

I left mine in .mp4 and just downloaded the Klite codec pack, which lets you play .mp4 videos in classic win media on your laptop/PC. Works well on my laptop. Just make sure you choose custom install and deselect all the video options except for mp4 format. Otherwise it will conflict with other existing codecs such as divx.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KLite_Codec_Pack_Standard/1094057842/2

Absolutely agree with Klite. All the time I install Windows,I don't use anything else than Klite codec pack in combination with very old(but really rocking) player ViPlay on all PCs/Ntbs in my surround. I can play almost everything without any problem.

newsflash40 said:
From the video camera screen, go to Menu/Advanced/Capture Format and change it to H.263.
You are correct about changing the .mp4 extension to .3gp to allow it to play in Quicktime. But you should be able to play H.263 files on your computer without any changes.
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Thank you, that worked. I had to actually make sure I was in video mode FIRST, then go to settings and the option to change the format was there.
Thank you!
And to others, I'm not complaining about not being able to watch the video on my own soo much...but I'd like to know that I could send the video out to friends and have a higher success rate in them being able to play the video.
DTB

[Q] Video player that displays filenames & folders

Hiya guys,
I've got two folders on my SD Card, called "Films" and "TV Shows". I'd like to keep each of the videos from each folders separate. Is there a video playing app that will let me do this?
The app I'm using at the moment is called Video Player, it just displays all of the videos in one big list - not telling me which folder each of the videos is in. I've tried a few more (Realplayer, doubleTwist), but they don't do it !
Ta very much,
Alex

hey I found a media player that maybe will work for you it calls rockplayer.

herb01cast said:
hey I found a media player that maybe will work for you it calls rockplayer.
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Cheers, I'll look into it now! If that fails I've found one called Act 1 Video Player !

samsung dlna sync question

has anyone had success sycing their phone with a blueray player?
i'm trying to sync my phone thru dlna to my bluray (sony bd-s570). no luck so far.
allshare not working, for from what i read BR player must be a samsung also.
i've searched the market with no success too. any help would be appreciated. thanks in adavance!
EDIT: i downloaded a sony bluray remote control app that pairs the phone with the player. under photos, the phone shows up and u can select video, music or photo. i can stream the photos over but when i go to stream a video it says none are found. maybe format issue? in that case how would i change the video format when i record videos? there is no setting i found in android.

[Q] how to get write-protected WMV on TF700?

So I got digital download from Paramount and Universal a while ago. I was force to use this Digital Download manager http://www.digitalcopydownload.com worst call ever!!!
So the movie plays just fine on window media player, but now that I was able to buy a TF700. I try transferring the movie to the table, but it wont even transfer. So I though I could transfer to a micro sd card, but now it tells me its write-protected.......
I got on the web page for help and this is what it gives me......
"Portable Device Requirements:
PlaysForSure compatible portable media player with video playback support of at least 796 Kbps and video playback support of protected WMV files
Enough free storage space for the video"
Anybody got a solution to remove the write-protection so that I can get it playing on the tablet???
UPDATE: I guess its call DRM......freaking cant find a decent software to take it off......

Check out Audials Tunebite. I use it for my audio files but they make a video and pro version that does both. I have used it for years. Works on the same principle as the DVD backup software out there. It plays the file and records it in another format of your choice. I turned all my music into standard MP3 format. Can do the same with the video version, make all videos MP4, which is a format that works with pretty much every device known and works with HD as well.
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