Database Info

Decent Video Player

Hi All
I have searched and downloaded numerous players but all seem to have a flaw or don't work as expected. Can someone please point me in the direction of a good all round player, or a good convertor
Thanks in advance.
I am using the Hero with 2.1

Have you tried meridian player?
As for converter I recommend Super by eRightsoft.
Sent from my HTC HD2 Mattc 1.6b using XDA App

Hi There
Thanks for the info I will give both of them a try

rockplayer all the way.

seanhassars said:
rockplayer all the way.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
No need to convert. Rockplayer will play divx.

I'm currently Trying arcmedia and its pretty bullet proof so far
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

rockplayer is the best

flipside101 said:
I'm currently Trying arcmedia and its pretty bullet proof so far
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i just installed arc
it works fine but looks a bit pixelated
rockplayer instead looks beautiful

Video playback
Hi All
Thanks for all your help
After trying various players and converters I have finally found a solution that plays back smoother than a cashmere codpiece
I actually used the HTC player that is pre-installed but converted the movies with the Realplayer converter. It actually lists a few HTC phones and converts to .wmv and plays like a dream.
The only problem I have come accross is it will not show the title of the film just a snapshot, but at least the movie plays in top quality.

Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player

hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mvideoplayer doesn't play all filletypes for me
so rockplayer for me

hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah mvideoplayer is great, but it doesn't play mkvs on my droid 2, so I use rockplayer

Dixiesmu said:
Hi All
I have searched and downloaded numerous players but all seem to have a flaw or don't work as expected. Can someone please point me in the direction of a good all round player, or a good convertor
Thanks in advance.
I am using the Hero with 2.1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ArcMedia video player....
Plays my HD divx files and FLV and just about every other format!

SigmunDroid said:
ArcMedia video player....
Plays my HD divx files and FLV and just about every other format!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't find ArcMedia player. Seems like it is gone from the marketplace. Too bad... it looked like a winner.

Act 1 is very refined with lots of options. It will only do h264/mp4, but it does them really, really well.

Mhyst said:
I can't find ArcMedia player. Seems like it is gone from the marketplace. Too bad... it looked like a winner.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's there right now. But just as "arcMedia" Simple interface, but handles a variety of video containers.
market://details/?id=sns.arcMedia.playerInterface.arm6

hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I checked out developer's website for rockplayer specifications and came to realise that it actually supports .srt subtitles if u only put them in same folder as movie.

Finally a player that is better than rockplayer

Today i have a free application to recommend (MoboPlayer) , it's still on beta.
Official website : http://moboplayer.com/moboplayer_en.html
Tested this application with a 720p MKV anime and it can play smoothly on it, tried it on rockplayer and it lag like hell.
However I think it's only work on 720p with around 30fps since Sony capped the max fps. Tried it with 24fps video and no problem with it.
It's support almost every type of video files just like rockplayer but have a nicer interface but you have to add the video into it's library in order to read.
Download link extracted from the website: http://update.moboplayer.com/android/release/mobo_1.0.120_v7_neon.apk
Please try it and comment below.

it did not even find my media,while other players did!

Awesome player! Confirmed but not high volume videos.

ankur7753 said:
it did not even find my media,while other players did!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have to set the folder for your video and wait for it to be add to the library.

VITAL player is best

VITAL is better i guess
I have a 200MB .mkv file It plays in VITAL
Laggy in moboplayer/

i`ve tested a file with vital player
720p - 28 minutes - 1GB - mkv file - audio ac3 5.1
the vital player cant play it smooth and correct.
its very laggy. will test the mobo player next...

Now i can uninstall QQPlayer Vplayer nice...

V Player is BEST !!

I use Meridian Player and it seems to play files very smoothly. I shall give this one a shot though.

QuentinCosta said:
i`ve tested a file with vital player
720p - 28 minutes - 1GB - mkv file - audio ac3 5.1
the vital player cant play it smooth and correct.
its very laggy. will test the mobo player next...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I´ve tested mobo player now with the same file...
i cant understand why everybody is talking that kind of **** in this thread!?
pls believe me that there is no player for sony x10 which can play "real" 720p files well without async audio and laggy frames.
buy next phone with dualcore and i think its possible...

THE BEST Video player i ever seen for android .... way better than Vplayer's stupid interface ..... thank you very much

I really LOVE MixZing for all my MP3s! Its got a clean, simple, and dark interface. For video I use mVideoPlayer for Anime because its the only one I know that automaticly got subtitles for my episodes.
VitalPlayer I've been using for video, but I don't like how it doesn't have a list of your media like mVideoPlayer.
I'm gonna try this new one and see what I think... the hunt to only use one continues.

Amazing it's the best player to this moment ..
I test a lot of player but this is the best thanks man ...

leechgod27 said:
VITAL player is best
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which version of Vital Player is for the X10 as our devices are Arm7 but on Market it states that Vital Player Neon is suitable for our X10s, even though that version is suppose to be for Cortex A8 devices only???

QuentinCosta said:
I´ve tested mobo player now with the same file...
i cant understand why everybody is talking that kind of **** in this thread!?
pls believe me that there is no player for sony x10 which can play "real" 720p files well without async audio and laggy frames.
buy next phone with dualcore and i think its possible...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sigh... That's just plain ignorant... The X10 has a hardware decoder that can handle even 1080p without any problems... BUT since it's a hardware decoder, the video stream has to be in a format it understands. In the X10, that means H.263, H.264 and MPEG-4.
Any other codec needs software decoding and for that, there isnt enough CPU power to do at more than ~15fps for 720p. By dropping frames, that wont desync audio but it will be laggy to watch so that statement is just plain wrong. Dualcore also wont change that one bit.
As for container, atleast from what I've seen so far, no third party player has ever handled hardware decoding themself but always relied on the built in videoplayer for that and simply showing the output. That however limits you also to containers that the builtin player understands for this, which is only MP4, AVI and MPG. But that may very well change and if OP states that this player can play 720p MKV files, it may very well be the first player to properly implement calling of the hardware decoder itself. Will be intresting to see.
But please, learn what it is you're bashing before doing it. It saves people from having to come correct your misconceptions about what you're bashing.

Ether_Man said:
But please, learn what it is you're bashing before doing it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
read the first post and you can see that he was talking about MKV FILES !!!
But its the same with an 720p avi file... i dont have the chance to test the mp4 at the moment...
everytime i want to play a 720p movie (and not a camera record) its laggy on my x10.
you mean if i rip a movie in the mp4 there would be no problems at all?

Ok, so I just tried this player... and it is super awesome!! Easily the best one I've tried so far! Thanks for sharing!

it took my application sound files and paired it with my audio files. not cool.

Thanks for all your feedbacks. The 720p (1280x720) h264 mkv file that I tried run smoothly on it. As some of you stated it's still lag, therefore i tried a 720p mp4 file and the video is quite smooth however there's lot of distortion in the audio maybe due to the 5 channel audio.
Will try again tommorrow if I have the time.
Anyway one of the good points of this player is
1) Better interface
2) Able to choose dual audio track (English, Japanese) or dual subtitles (English, German etc)
3) Much more smoother than other player
4) More gesture function.
Hope you all can get the best out of this player. Have a nice day.

Best MKV video player

EDIT: I apologize, the title should have been "Best 720P MKV Video Player"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dice Player so far seems to be the top player for 720P .mkv video files. Handles them flawlessly and there's never a sync issue. The only down side is the free version is only good for a few days and if you want to keep using it you have to pay $5.
If you are looking for something free, the next alternative is Kascend Video Player. It also does a good job with 720P .mkv files just that the menu system is a bit screwy and it ignores your brightness settings and will play videos at full brightness.
Additionally, as far as just a regular .mkv player goes(non 720P), RockPlayer is really nice.
Other players as you guys listed below; MX Player, Mobo Player, QQ Player, etc... all of those are decent to but will not handle 720P properly. they'll either play and not show the video or play out-of-sync. You have to use Dice Player or Kascend Video Player for 720P.

have you tried v player? I don't usually play 720p, but for all the t.v. shows and movies I watch it works fine.

nrfitchett4 said:
have you tried v player? I don't usually play 720p, but for all the t.v. shows and movies I watch it works fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that doesn't handle 720P either.
if you don't care about 720P, but want to play .mkv, RockPlayer is very good.
if you don't care about 720P or .mkv, then Seaman Player is great.

MX Player and MoboPlayer work great with MKV...try those.

yumms said:
MX Player and MoboPlayer work great with MKV...try those.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mobo player hands down best I've seen.
tbolt ^_^_^

QQPlayer is good for mkv or pretty much anything else you throw at it.
Drunk texted from my Thunderbreaded Bolt

Just downloaded QQplayer seems to work great on GG Anime releases. I will test out some other mkv's I have thanks a bunch

sorry dudes, the thread was supposed to be for 720P .mkv playback. i edited the original post but it won't let me change the subject title.

dice use less cpu ( it uses HW video decoder ) so, you can save your battery..
and dice gives better picture quality.

I wanna use Dice I might try the trial and see how well it plays then buy it 5 bucks is alot lol

Does Dice Player uses HW decoding on divx/xvid files too?

Video player for the note

Hi all,
The stock player plays quite a few files natively but wasn't able to recognize the .mov taken with my friend's DSLR. I used to use MX player with my old phone and it worked great with HW acceleration but when I try to play the .mov (1080p) on the Note, only SW acceleration is available for the note which is quite choppy and it wont let me install any of the codecs from the market. Does anyone know of any other video players for the Note, or have got MX player working properly? I tried installing the ARMv7 codec on the note, is this the right version?
Thanks in advance,
Shaizer.

Im running DicePlayer which works great.
There's no problem playing mov-files in 1080p, I just tried a 1080p trailer in mov with DicePlayer and it worked perfectly. However I'm not sure what bitrate the your mov-file is?

I have Mx video player installed without any extra codec. Apparently the idea is you only need a codec if it actually asks for it.
I have so far tried various formats mp4, mkv (both 720 & 1080) and it has played them all.

I'm using QQ Player.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

I use dice player too. It works great with all my HD/SD videos with subtitles.

Awesome thanks all, will try DicePlayer and see how that goes. The bitrate of my .mov files are 46MBPS I guess its a raw format as it is straight from the camera.

Dice Player plays MKV's flawlessly.

Xaddict said:
Dice Player plays MKV's flawlessly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As does MoboPlayer and best of all it's free.

I haven't found Moboplayer quite as good as Dice Player, but I do use it occasionally (it's software decoding is a bit better than Dice Player's).

Also using MoboPlayer; it works well.

andyh said:
Also using MoboPlayer; it works well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mobo is the only one that works for streaming from my NAS ... except the sound does not work!
No other player I have tried (including the ones mentioned above) will stream at all and I have yet to find one that works with the sound

mkv playing with no sound :S Player Suggestions that don't lag ?

So playing mkv files with original videoplayer and mx player streams the video really well but with no sound :/ Do you guys know any good video player that doesn't lag, run smooth and support sound. ? btw Vplayer is lagging but sound works.

in this section, look for the thread regarding blu ray ripping. the answer is in there.

haverdaden said:
So playing mkv files with original videoplayer and mx player streams the video really well but with no sound :/ Do you guys know any good video player that doesn't lag, run smooth and support sound. ? btw Vplayer is lagging but sound works.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are some posts already about this. I use BSPlayer.

bsplayer ftw

ffmpeg is the key
With BS Player or Dice Player, you need to use ffmpeg library. You need to copy a file named libffmpeg.so to /mnt/sdcard/. Sorry, but XDA rules forbid me to post URLs (not 10 posts yet). If you need the file, i can send you a dropbox link by MP.

haverdaden said:
So playing mkv files with original videoplayer and mx player streams the video really well but with no sound :/ Do you guys know any good video player that doesn't lag, run smooth and support sound. ? btw Vplayer is lagging but sound works.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
MKV is a container format, meaning it can contain multiple tracks for video and audio in different formats (even subtitles and chapters are supported). The sound track probably is in DTS format. There are only a few players around for android that can play DTS encoded audio. BSplayer and VPlayer.
Depending on the bitrate of the video, VPlayer does "lag" on some movies for me, BSplayer hasn't done that yet.
edit:
If you can to know what tracks and file encodings are in the mkv check out MediaInfo (windows) or mkvmerge GUI from MKVToolNix (cross platform).

BSplayer streams all my 1080p from my server flawless. The fact that it gets subs auto is amazing. Best player i tried so far tbh
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda app-developers app