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[Q] Question about movie format

I just have a quick question on movie formats and such for phones. As I've been reading for months, the HTC Sensation 4G is supposed to have a screen that is 16:9, which eliminates the need for the "black bars" in movies.
However, I've put two movies on the phone and both of them had the black bars, but played flawlessly. I was just wondering what I was doing wrong. Does the movie have to be a specific format to fit the phone perfectly (without just stretching it out to fit on the video player itself).

Maybe your movie itself has the black bars?
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mofoahh said:
Maybe your movie itself has the black bars?
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I think you might be correct. Now I just feel silly. Thanks

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It depends on the aspect ratio of the movie you are watching. Many films are 2.39:1 and so you will have black bars. Some 1.85:1 films will fill the screen depending on how they were issued. All HD TV content is 16:9 and will fill the screen.

RaDeN305 said:
It depends on the aspect ratio of the movie you are watching. Many films are 2.39:1 and so you will have black bars. Some 1.85:1 films will fill the screen depending on how they were issued. All HD TV content is 16:9 and will fill the screen.
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Yezzir
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No problem.
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I have an issue with playing a movie on the Sensation...
Movie is in Real Media format.
During playback, it was slightly laggy...
Also after playing for a while, it quits itself.
No force close msg or watsoever just out of the movie.
Tried several players still the same.
Movie plays fine on PC and my other phone Incredible S.
Anyone got this problem also or any solution?

ltcaugust13 said:
I have an issue with playing a movie on the Sensation...
Movie is in Real Media format.
During playback, it was slightly laggy...
Also after playing for a while, it quits itself.
No force close msg or watsoever just out of the movie.
Tried several players still the same.
Movie plays fine on PC and my other phone Incredible S.
Anyone got this problem also or any solution?
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No one has any ideas?

What ROM are you running?
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Any good FREE media player?

I want a good media player that can handle divx and MKV files. I heard about diceplayer, but its not free. Is there a good free player or thats the only option?

rockplayer works well for me, but there is a limit it can handle, i think 720p mkv is the highest...dont quote me on that tho, i dont watch a lot of HD mkv's on my fone, thats what my lappy is for

720P is fine for me.. thanks!

I really like Vplayer

I currently use moboplayer but I'm not sure if it meets your needs.

I heard mobo player is best. I have it as well
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Try mobo player, i think it's the best
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I use mobo player..try it...
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giving mobo a shot now, i really like the interface...lets put it through its paces
EDIT* wow..just wow...i stand corrected, go with mobo player, its f'ing sick, really slick interface, and the controls are superintuitive and unobtrusive

I use Vplayer because Moboplayer gives me audio issues on some MKV files.
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try this one
MX Video player is great, is supposedly optimized for dual core and has hardware acceleration enabled. it has played everything i've tried.. u might like it. free version has ads but you won't see them if you have a modified hosts file
linky:https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result

jrwingate6 said:
I use Vplayer because Moboplayer gives me audio issues on some MKV files.
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Vplayer was my favourite until the developer went against his original statement of it will always be free and then changed it to a paid app.
MoboPlayer has played every video i have ever had my my Sensation (and previously DHD) without any problems.

sromer said:
Vplayer was my favourite until the developer went against his original statement of it will always be free and then changed it to a paid app.
MoboPlayer has played every video i have ever had my my Sensation (and previously DHD) without any problems.
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I had a couple MKV's that it wouldn't produce sound for. I wish it played everything I threw at it because the interface looks better than Vplayer.
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So finally which 1 mobo or mx video player
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[Q] Hd 1080p movies dont play smoothly

I want a video player or a tweak that can make my optimus 3d play 1080p without small stutters.
Te build-in cannot do this, although its close.
I use hdmi to view the video on tv and the stutters are really noticeable.
I have a genuine class 10 microsd card, so i dont think its the card.

borgqueenx said:
I want a video player or a tweak that can make my optimus 3d play 1080p without small stutters.
Te build-in cannot do this, although its close.
I use hdmi to view the video on tv and the stutters are really noticeable.
I have a genuine class 10 microsd card, so i dont think its the card.
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I dont know exactly but this phone cant handle 1080p 3D natively, i mean cant decode video 3D at 1080P, just simulate that 3D...
And wait for Gingerbread or overclock kernel, maybe you get better performance.

yes he can... played lot of 1080p 3D mkv and was so smooth...

nic85 said:
yes he can... played lot of 1080p 3D mkv and was so smooth...
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Its not 3d. Its a regular 1080p movie.

tell me the bitrate

nic85 said:
tell me the bitrate
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Probaly quite high. How can i check this on the phone?
I only download quality

put the video on pc,download mediainfo and check the bitrate.

Il check it tonight but isnt there a app that has a bit more accelerating power then the stock video player?
Because im not going to convert my videos.

Try V-player.
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hefonthefjords said:
Try V-player.
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lags all the way. alot more then the stock player.
more alternatives?

How about Rock Player, that was always quite good on my Desire.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite&hl=en
http://www.rockplayer.com

Mine plays very smoothly on my phone and computer,no lag at all,maybe your phone is faulty.

i tried rockplayer and it has desame performance as the stock player.

[Q] OP3D play MKV High Profile?

Hi,
I wonder if the Optimus 3d plays smoothly MKV High Profile 4.x or 5.x Full HD (high bitrate) as the Galaxy S2 plays ....
if so, is made by HW or SW? (s2 is the HW galaxy, right?)
thanks,

Try mvideo player from market, it plays mkv containers.
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sorry, i cannot even Optimus .... I intend to buy it, but I wonder if it will play this type of video file ....

Part of full HD movies should play fine without any lags.
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thanks.....
someone has already tested with a high bitrate? type 34 Mbps or something?

eletro82 said:
thanks.....
someone has already tested with a high bitrate? type 34 Mbps or something?
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I played from o3d 27Mbits full HD movie over hdmi and generally movie was smooth but not at 100%.
I played it on froyo yet,maybe GB make that smoother.
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Played it tested it on transformers 34mbs its superb can use it as bluray player just need a huge sd card
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rebelwarrior said:
Played it tested it on transformers 34mbs its superb can use it as bluray player just need a huge sd card
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Unless of cos the USB host function becomes reality....
Please someone out there please please put this function into Optimus 3D!!!

Thanks again!

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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Akbar1786 said:
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.

toastthemost said:
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"