Hello.
I have my new Nexus S for couple of days now, and today I wanted to try watch some HD ([email protected]) videos on it.
Ive tried several players(MX Video, Mobo,...), but playback is pretty bad. Its laggy, sound's laggy too and often goes off and I have to stop or pause the video and then continue to hear again.
TL;DR: playing HD content on my Nexus S is not watchable. Do I have to convert every HD video? I hope not, not like on my old ZEN player...
Thanks for reply
Look up dice player. Its a video player that has hd video playback and is hardware accelerated.
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im going to upgrade to a nexus s 4g this month, and i have 2 questions about playing videos on the phone:
from what i understand, the nexus cant shoot HD, but can it play HD videos that i load onto the phone?
is there an app that can play .avi cuz id really hate to convert my videos.
No I dont think HD video work, I forget the app but there is one to play .Avi it wasnt flawless tho
RockPlayer. AVIs are flawless, MKVs are flawless as well but there is a bug with no audio being outputted when hardware decoding MKVs. .AVIs have absolutely no problem
MoboPlayer is pretty good too
Ill havd to try rockplayer is it free? I tried a app that needed unlocking after 15 days
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Yes theres a free version available on the market. Moboplayer is reallh good too.
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thanks for the info
i meant really. rockplayer is still my recommendation of choice, paid app of course (you have to get it through his website)
I Dont know it man, trying the free version on the market and it keeps freezing every time I open a 720p AVI file
my nexus s love mobo player.
720p working great with it. (subtitle support also)
I've watched a film tonight and the playback is poor I have my brightelness on automatic and The videos playback is quite dark, I then changed it to full brightness which made my screen lovely and bright but I then tried again and The video Was dark again. ... How can you turn up video playback or can someone suggest an app where I can change the brightness? Thanks in advance
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diceplayer is pretty good i bought the app for 4 bucks.. i tried vplayer also and etc.. but out of all i think diceplayer was the best.
Pretty sure questions go in the Q&A section.
But yeah, DicePlayer works well.
Hey guys i just want to ask if any of you have tried playing 1080p or even 720p videos on the nexus s because im running on slimbean 3.0 marmite kernel and I used bs player to play HD videos but it will not be a smooth playback... does anyone have any idea on how to make the playback be smooth? Poor maybe this is hardware limitation?
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Use MX player. 720 is fine.
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Try MoboPlayer
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If you haven't come across any solutions, I'd suggest Dice Player.
I've tried VLC player and it runs HD videos smoothly and amazingly. It's still in BETA but it's amazing. I'd give it a try, it's free so you won't be losing anything. It also plays any format and you can use it to listen to your music. Another cool feature is it allows you to stream videos on it.
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Bomboholic
superng888 said:
Hey guys i just want to ask if any of you have tried playing 1080p or even 720p videos on the nexus s because im running on slimbean 3.0 marmite kernel and I used bs player to play HD videos but it will not be a smooth playback... does anyone have any idea on how to make the playback be smooth? Poor maybe this is hardware limitation?
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I don't know if BS Player has the option but use MX Player and while your video is playing, choose SW Decoding, since HW decoding makes the video stutter
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Try diceplayer, it renders 720p decoding perfectly
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It seems that I can't watch 1080p videos on my N5 because of an horrible stutter.
I tried remuxing the videos, and it seems that play is smooth only removing audio.
Any hint, please?
I've been using bsplayer with 1080p videos fine. Other players I tried had the stutter problem.
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Or try mxplayer and turn on hw+ rendering, hasn't been a 1080p mkv I can't play yet
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My HOXL cant play any HD Video 720p Or 1080p fine without lag whether its mp4,avi or wma
I have tried alot of videos all lag,,,the windows 7 sample video wildlife in hd also lags
I use stock video player,,tried mx also lags more on software decoder
Android 4.2.2 Sense 5 Not Rooted and Stock
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What app are you using? Mx with proper codec works fine for me. Software rendering or hardware?
Have you tried both?
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I have tried alot of video apps including mx player,,it lags more with software rendering, i am surprised to see that why it lags on stock video player,,btw how can i get proper codec for mx player?
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After Installing Codecs HD is Working in mx player with software decoder
By the way why stock video player cant play it smoothly? I have xperia v also,it has same processor & gpu it plays full hd super smooth with its own video player
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Can't say I watch too much 1080 video on my phone (do most of my video watching on my Note 8 tablet), but MX Player is what I use too.
The HTC stock player has always been a joke. Its not compatible with a lot of formats/codecs, I've never really made any use of it aside from watching the videos I've taken with the phone's video camera. In general, I've never been much a user of stock players from any manufacturer. There is always going to be incomplete format support and/or performance lag. I'm guessing its due to licensing of various proprietary formats/codecs. Good 3rd party players are the way to go on Android.
Why the stock player lags now on Sense 5, when it didn't before, I can't say for certain. Lots has been updated in Sense 5, but HTC seems to break as many things as they fix sometimes. So this may be one of those cases. I haven't read about this issue before, so there is likely no easy fix.