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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 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.....
gol_n_dal said:
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.
Hi all,
What format are your movies in, when you watch them?
I'm currently using the MX Player and I also have the Dice Player installed, but wondering what format you all use out there.
thanks,
jegonzo3
I prefer using MX Player with movies in the mp4 format converted in handbrake using stringent settings for a nice compressed high quality convert. :good:
i'm using mx player watching .avi and .mkv files directly from tpb without converting them.
i use mxplayer aswell and it plays everything i throw at it , which is normally .avi and .mkv
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MX Player is great for AVI and MKV but a VLC release should be right around the corner. If it functions like the Windows version that will be what I use.
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MX Player is great for AVI and MKV but a VLC release should be right around the corner. If it functions like the Windows version that will be what I use.
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i hope so i love vlc on my laptop
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I'm using the VLC beta and its pretty good so far
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Zadeis said:
I prefer using MX Player with movies in the mp4 format converted in handbrake using stringent settings for a nice compressed high quality convert. :good:
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Would you mind sharing your settings? I don't usually have very good luck with Handbrake.
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Would you mind sharing your settings? I don't usually have very good luck with Handbrake.
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ha ha, I asked him the same in a PM. I believe he's out of town right now, but he'll probably post them later. I tried it out last night, but really haven't viewed it yet.
Thanks guys for all the posts.
I love handbrake, especially the ability to cue multiple files. I use just the android high settings, but I don't really have any HD stuff, just DVD copies that I made from my kids DVDs.
I started with mx but it sucks that tegra 3 can't decode Dolby digital or ac3. I had a problem with some shows that had dd5.1 sound. Even in software they came out scrambled. For whatever reason dice player didn't have that problem.
VLC
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So I'm thinking of getting the AT$T HTC One X. My dad got one when it released and has been really happy with it. I tried it out and I like it too, but there was one problem I had. I was trying to play some music videos that I had which were downloaded in 720p H.264, and they wouldn't play well at all. They stuttered, the audio lagged, overall it was unwatchable. I tried a few different apps like Diceplayer, BSplayer, and a few others, but it was the same on all of them. Now, when I look at the specs of the phone, it claims to have H.264 support. So I am wondering if this is similar to the ATRIX 4g(my current phone) in that it can hardware decode H.264 content, but not if it is encoded in Hi-profile H.264. I really don't want to bother with converting media files before I can play on the phone, especially since I watch a lot of things with subtitles, and its a huge pain to make encoders keep the subtitles.
So if anyone can give me some info about how to get H.264 and specifically Hi-profile H.264, I would greatly appreciate it. If I can get this working on his phone, I will go out and buy a One X tomorrow.(I tried searching but I haven't been able to find anything.)
Try using MoboPlayer or MX player to play x264 videos (or any videos really). They both have hardware support and don't have a problem with any of the x264 videos I made.
Got it to work with bsplayer with the armv7 support codec
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Mx player for the win, simple interface, executes any video you throw at it
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8125Omnimax said:
Mx player for the win, simple interface, executes any video you throw at it
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This. Try going to software decode if you run into issues with hardware decode, but between both modes, it has played every video file I could throw at it perfectly.
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use mx player, hardware+ works for almost every format including mkv and be sure to use the arm v7 codex with neon acceleration for better battery life and performance.
I had VPlayer, but when I was watching a movie with 720 p or higher, the video seemed choppy not to mention some buffering going on even with the maximum buffering. Does anyone have any recommendations for a phenomenal movie player for this device? I am also concerned that the audio might lag the video by just enough that its noticeable. I don't mind forking over a few bucks as long as the app works as promised.
Try BSPlayer or Dice Player (with additional library for decoding DTS audio, see my apps thread).
Does mxplayer not work?
I loved MX Player on my TF101, but on the TF700, it wasn't to use software to decode the movies, while Dice and BSPlayer use full hardware decoding.
If MX Player supported hardware decoding on the TF700, it would be my go to player like it was on my TF101... But, it doesn't (at least not yet).
I too would recommend BS Player.
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upstandingcitizen said:
Does mxplayer not work?
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Haven't tried yet, because DICE works really well for me.
BS Player. Just get it.
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from the recommendation of all the guys here i bought bsplayer. i haven't used any other media player since. ok, it's only been four days, but still...
I use DICE player and it has been able to play everything that I throw at it, definitely recommended !
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Well thank you for the responses! I will give BS player and dice player a look and see how they compare. I wish the VPlayer would work since I already paid for it a while back but thats life I guess.
BS Player will play 1080p MKVs over wifi.
we should just creat a sticky saying that BS Player is the only player you will ever need for this device.
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There is the sticky thread on apps, but nobody likes to read when coming to the "xda-userfriendly-helpline forum", typing one question and getting others to work is so much easier
BS Player for sure. This player will play any bullsh*t you throw at it. hence the BS in the name. Okay I made that up, but it's true.
It's always good to have options, I have Dice and BS Player installed. Dice even has a nice smb function to play streamed movies over shared folders!
psych2l said:
It's always good to have options, I have Dice and BS Player installed. Dice even has a nice smb function to play streamed movies over shared folders!
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BS has that as well.
I personally think that Dice performs better and more "professional" looking than BS Player...
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psych2l said:
It's always good to have options
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Thats why i installed BS, MX and Vplayer, its free anyway !
BS is by far the one i use most because it plays all my 720p mkv movies with subtitles smoothly, with other players had some issues.
kind regards,
Can confirm that BS player can play 1080p MKV's that makes MX player stutter and freeze. Kind of expensive for the paid version, though. And less intuitive touch controls...
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ka1z0ku said:
Can confirm that BS player can play 1080p MKV's that makes MX player stutter and freeze. Kind of expensive for the paid version, though. And less intuitive touch controls...
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Confirmed. Just switch to H/W decoding in the settings. Dice should work too.
And you can just test BSPlayer Free, if you're unsure, without paying for it (with AdAway, if ads bother you). Then support the developer, if it suits your needs.
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I personally think that Dice performs better and more "professional" looking than BS Player...
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Doesn't work for me here, when trying to play different mkv movie files Dice is not playing audio....with BS no problems at all...
kind regards,