[Q] Video Formats? - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I've been trying to figure out the best format have my movies in to play on my XOOM. The one that I've been using has been .m4v/mp4 converting my 720p movies from AVI to MP4 takes forever.
Whats the best way/format that doesn't take hours?
Thanks!

Why are you not just playing the avi files? Do they look bad?
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jase33 said:
Why are you not just playing the avi files? Do they look bad?
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They don't play....
The stock player that comes with Android 3.x can't recognize or decode .AVI
It seems that it will only decode .mp4/.m4v

Chubby_Skunk said:
They don't play....
The stock player that comes with Android 3.x can't recognize or decode .AVI
It seems that it will only decode .mp4/.m4v
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install Moboplayer from the market it is free, plays everything I have thrown at it so far.
Lordao

lordao said:
install Moboplayer from the market it is free, plays everything I have thrown at it so far.
Lordao
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Which codec do I download for the XOOM/Tegra 2?

Chubby_Skunk said:
Which codec do I download for the XOOM/Tegra 2?
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when you open mobo for the 1st time it should tell you, if not i have the armv7fp3 installed on mine.
Lordao

lordao said:
when you open mobo for the 1st time it should tell you, if not i have the armv7fp3 installed on mine.
Lordao
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YES!!!! AVI files work now! thank you sooooooooooooooo much. Now I don't have to spend 2 hours converting a 1080p Blu-Ray rip to .m4v!!!

Chubby_Skunk said:
YES!!!! AVI files work now! thank you sooooooooooooooo much. Now I don't have to spend 2 hours converting a 1080p Blu-Ray rip to .m4v!!!
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Anytime, your very welcome
Lordao

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Play AVI/WMV

Any players to run AVI or WMV on the Evo? I pushed the video player from the Epic 4G via ADB but it didn't show up, so that's not gonna work.
Any alternatives? Takes me 3 hours to convert to mp4 -__-
RockPlayer
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dsEVOlve said:
RockPlayer
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I 2nd that...love this player. I used to spend hours converting now I just drop the AVI files into my SD card and play away. So awesome!!
honeyBfly said:
I 2nd that...love this player. I used to spend hours converting now I just drop the AVI files into my SD card and play away. So awesome!!
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Quick question regarding RockPlayer. Can you use the HDMI out with it??
Thanks
xxdjvalexx said:
Quick question regarding RockPlayer. Can you use the HDMI out with it??
Thanks
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nope not as of now unless by some new feature i missed lol
Rockplayer struggles with .mov files and typically FCs. AVIs have been solid...
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radiohead_freak said:
Any players to run AVI or WMV on the Evo? I pushed the video player from the Epic 4G via ADB but it didn't show up, so that's not gonna work.
Any alternatives? Takes me 3 hours to convert to mp4 -__-
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VPlayer Alpha works good for .avi's havent tried .mp4's yet
dan.kels.r said:
VPlayer Alpha works good for .avi's havent tried .mp4's yet
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+1 vplayer is also free!
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arcmedia works for me and it's free
riassan said:
nope not as of now unless by some new feature i missed lol
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Yes, you can in the newer builds. It's called system mode.
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Super All In one Player 2.0
Theres also one called super all in one player it supports alot of things somethings I never even heard of lol.

WMV App for G-Tab

Is there any app out there that will play wmv files on the G-Tab
Thanks
Paul
RockPlayer. Look for it in the Market.
sjmoreno said:
RockPlayer. Look for it in the Market.
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+1 for Rockplayer. It plays most anything.
sjmoreno said:
RockPlayer. Look for it in the Market.
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+1 Rockplayer FTW
Anyone try MoboPlayer? I like it a lot. I also like Real Player.

[Q] Are There Any Free Video Players For .mkv Files?

I've searched around, tried QQPlayer, Kascend, Rock Player and Mobo and none of them can play the files properly. Either there is no sound or way too much lag.
Dice Player seems to be the only option out there, so since I'm a cheap bastard I want to see if there is a free alternative out there before I shell out the five bucks.
Have you tried mplayer? It's the only way to go on a linux desktop. I'd venture to say it would do well on our phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077188
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Try daroo player in market.
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Just tried MX Video Player and Daroo...neither work.
on to mplayer.
Have you converted the files down to the res of the screen? Also for rockplayer you should try both the software and hardware decoding options before giving up
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hi..
follow this link to download free diceplayer.apk
saladtoss said:
Have you converted the files down to the res of the screen? Also for rockplayer you should try both the software and hardware decoding options before giving up
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Nah, I hate converting videos. Use to do that when I had a PS3 a few years ago. Pain in the ass.
I did.
I played around with all of the settings in every player I tried.
mrboy said:
hi..
follow this link to download free diceplayer.apk
http://androidforums.com/hero-support-troubleshooting/45005-mobile-network-apn-settings.html:
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Really? Is it buried in that thread for Mobile Network settings?
MOD EDIT: NO WAREZ
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Tried a few and Diceplayer was the best in the end.
It supports HW acceleration and plays 720 videos really smooth.
Phil
bimzrus said:
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Tried it, doesn't work.
philje123 said:
Tried a few and Diceplayer was the best in the end.
It supports HW acceleration and plays 720 videos really smooth.
Phil
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Yup, the only that works for me. I'm just going to stop being cheap and shell out the $5.
I can't believe it's this difficult to get .mkv support. It's 2011, who uses .avi or .mpg anymore? EVERYTHING you download in high def is an .mkv Playing these files should be like being able to play an .mp3
Have you tried MX Video Player, there is a trial version available
that has ads, but I liked it so much I paid for it. I have managed
to get it to play 1080 mkv, it supports dual core decoding...
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Tried it, doesn't work.
Yup, the only that works for me. I'm just going to stop being cheap and shell out the $5.
I can't believe it's this difficult to get .mkv support. It's 2011, who uses .avi or .mpg anymore? EVERYTHING you download in high def is an .mkv Playing these files should be like being able to play an .mp3
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Wow, hadn't heard of .mkv. It looks good though, I need to investigate further. I guess there are many conflicting commercial aspects to it. A bit like FreeBSD/Linux in their early days vs AIX/SunOS/HPUX.....
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Wow, hadn't heard of .mkv. It looks good though, I need to investigate further. I guess there are many conflicting commercial aspects to it. A bit like FreeBSD/Linux in their early days vs AIX/SunOS/HPUX.....
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.mkv seems to be the standard with HD videos. I don't download anything unless it's 720p+ and every uploader chooses .mkv
bimzrus said:
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Try it out, it's free and great.

Does anyone else have problems playing movies?

I had the same movies on the first atrix and they played flawlessly. They're .avi and either they won't play or they lag, and audio isn't synced. Please let me know if this can be fixed or if it may just be my phone. I have already reflashed my phone back to stock and it didn't fix the problem, thank you.
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Do you also have problems them playing with DicePlayer?
I normally don't use the stock player as sometimes it lags or doesn't play some files on my SD card so I used moboplayer
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I normally don't use the stock player as sometimes it lags or doesn't play some files on my SD card so I used moboplayer
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I guess I'll try downloading different players... also do you guys remember the way we could play music, videos, and see pics through HDMI on the ffirst atrix? I don't have that option, I can only mirror my display -_- and playing movies like that really screws with the quality
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Try .mpg/.mpeg and see if that helps.
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Try .mpg/.mpeg and see if that helps.
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Guess that's what I'll do... shame, the first atrix was great for movie playback.
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jstrayy said:
Guess that's what I'll do... shame, the first atrix was great for movie playback.
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Check the audio on the files, if the audio is 48hz then playback skip crazy like
I have the same problems. For some reason the Atrix 2's hardware decoders aren't adequate. I can play a 720p mp4 file perfectly but when playing avi files it gets really choppy.
I simply used MX Video Player. Great video player. It let's you select the folders that it scans for video files. The player tries HW decoding and if that doesn't work it goes to SW decoding. Since most avi's play in HW decoding just click the screen's HW sign to change it to SW or SW fast. Also, I found it better to leave the deinterlace option unchecked.
now, I just use this as my phone's go to "vlc player"

HD Videos on P3110

Hi,
When I try to play HD Videos or streams it will mostly be shown in slowmotion and jerking (audio is normal),
sometimes it works normal.
Has anybody an idea on what the videoplayback depends or what configuration can be set to make this
contantly working.
I run CM10.1, AOKP Kernel, 1,2 Mhz, interactive gov, cfq shed
Regards
Michael
What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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dbenney said:
What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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Hi,
MX Player, maybe thats a hint, I remember, that I put it in the settings to h/w.
Actually I am installing CM again and I will try it when its all installed. Thanks so far.
Michael
dbenney said:
What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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Yes, thats it, I change in MX Player everything Tod s/w and now the stream is fluid.
Thx a lot.
bigmic63 said:
Yes, thats it, I change in MX Player everything Tod s/w and now the stream is fluid.
Thx a lot.
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No, now its jittering again. I cant understand what is rhe reason here.

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