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Any thoughts on RockPlayer?

I just noticed this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.freecoder.android.cmplayer.v7
anyone use it? thoughts?

works great for me....

playya said:
works great for me....
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it plays all the formats it claims to? wow.. you haven't had any issues with it at all?

It works really well, .mkv files play choppy, but any of the .mkv files I converted to mp4 play great. Divx rips play really well, they often look clearer on the small screen than on my monitor!

Been using it for weeks. Plays the most formats I've ever seen of any android player. Best part... Its free!!! Wish I could find a stand alone player for .swf format movies.
Now they want 10 bucks for it!!! Not worth it. But you can still use it. NAGWARE

ROCKPLAYER plays all avi files....
Its all I need )

doesnt work with hdmi out

If its not in the market I won't buy it.

never tried it yet, might in a bit though...

Aridon said:
If its not in the market I won't buy it.
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It now is and is out of beta
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beta version gave me a bad humming buzzing sound when it got quiet in all my .avi files hopefully they fixed it..

that's weird.. i haven't heard any humming sound, although avi audio and video lags. i don't know why.
oh and i tried an mp4 720p video on it, such lag... i'm not sure how i feel about it. it's an otherwise good player.

Yeah, I downloaded the new release today, they changed it to ad/support or pay if you don't want to see ads.
Videos I had encoded into mp4 that played pretty well before, and flawlessly through the phone's video player, now are laggy, especially when you skip through the video.
mkv's still lag, avi/divx still plays well.
I hope they fix all this soon.

I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.

mrono said:
I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.
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no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..

shift_ said:
no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..
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I don't have any except for when seeking through the files or playing after pause. For a few short seconds audio is choppy or there is none. Also so far I can't get subs to work. Oh and I forgot about HD, well you can fahget about it. 720p vids of bleach, in mpg format, that also seem to have low bitrates since its only 300 plus mbs didn't work. That was with the beta though for the latter.

It only supports .srt UTF-8 subtitles currently.
The application definitely needs some polish. It can't play most HD files yet, and needs more support for other subtitle formats and audio types, but it's the most capable player on Android. One of the only ones that'll play divx files flawlessly.

I love it used the beta for ever but yes it is out of beta and on the market get it while you can

One thing I like about rockplayer that I haven't seen posted anywhere is that it plays flv's. I have ton of those(I had a love affair with youtubedownloader for a while!)

How do I associate it with video files to make it the default video player?
Should I be able to open a file on my LAN via the wireless network in ESTRong explorer and play it?

[Q] Which video app for playing mkv?

hello
Which app do I need to play mkv/HD content on the transformer?
Thanks

DominikReber said:
hello
Which app do I need to play mkv/HD content on the transformer?
Thanks
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mobo player seems the best for functionality and .mkv files. Rock player for .avi. (My experience so far)

i had a lot of problems with mobo when i tried to hdmi mirror the only one that seems to work for me was Vplayer.... ya i know it's 5 dollars but atleast it works really work... and ya 1080 mkv's work fine

With Mobo player I have problems getting sound. (IE the movie playes stutter free, but i get no sound at all.)
With vplayer, rockplayer, and a few other I've tried, I get this horrible stuttering /slow fps in the playback.
I'm running a stock rom, not rooted with all OTA updates.

Honestly, your best bet is to transcode/re-encode your videos to mp4 format.

That's the reason I might switch to the Galaxy Tab when it comes out.
Re-encoding is a pain in the ass.
I wish there was something that works well for all the formats, a VLC or something would be awesomeness.

CasseTrop said:
That's the reason I might switch to the Galaxy Tab when it comes out.
Re-encoding is a pain in the ass.
I wish there was something that works well for all the formats, a VLC or something would be awesomeness.
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Galaxy Tab has the same engine under the hood, so it will have the same problems. You might have to wait until Tegra 3 for this to be fully fleshed out.

newtybar said:
Galaxy Tab has the same engine under the hood, so it will have the same problems. You might have to wait until Tegra 3 for this to be fully fleshed out.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1-3894.php
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http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_eee_pad_transformer_tf101-3936.php
Look at the supported video formats section.

i use mobo with no conversion and all my videos work perfect. i always watch avi and not any high def vids but yea no wierd stuff with mobo and avi's for me
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Yea vlc is making an android verson but no released dates as far asi know. Hope some here has more info then me

Haha. Just read this. Very funny.
www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html

hillywillybilly said:
Haha. Just read this. Very funny.
www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
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Indeed.... but its about time

CasseTrop said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1-3894.php
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http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_eee_pad_transformer_tf101-3936.php
Look at the supported video formats section.
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Samsung frequently add support for MKV and AVI containers into their android phones. But that is _just_ the container support it doesn't magically give the Tegra2 enough grunt to play high bitrate high profile blue ray rips.
Also note that the TF can already parse MKV containers (otherwise it wouldn't be able to play WebM) it just doesn't have the ".mkv" file extension plumbbed into the gallery or the default player. I've found that as long as the video and audio streams are playable then simply renaming the file so that there is ".mp4" on the end (without transcoding nor changing container) is enough to make mkv's play in the default player

devzero42 said:
With Mobo player I have problems getting sound. (IE the movie playes stutter free, but i get no sound at all.)
With vplayer, rockplayer, and a few other I've tried, I get this horrible stuttering /slow fps in the playback.
I'm running a stock rom, not rooted with all OTA updates.
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I'll bet that's high/main profile h.264 video with AC3 audio. That will never play without at least transcoding the audio track. You either get hardware acceleration (and the hardware can't play the audio track) or pure software decode (and the CPU can't keep up with the video)

NVIDIA Tegra 2 optimized Video Player

Just thought i'll share,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=more_from_developer
its a multi-format player called MX videoplayer(in case the market link doesnt work).
so far seems good, comparable to mobo player
**edit 18 Aug 2011 **
Here are a few other players that have been mentions in the replies here, i'll put the links here
Mobo Player
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&feature=search_result
i'm using mobo and mx both
DICE Player
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=more_from_developer
seem like there have been good stuff being mention about it. Thanks to zephiK for letting us know.
I found out that the dev for DICE is actively answering questions on this thread so look out for post by juami (the dev) and if you have specific questions( [email protected] )they are happy to help.
the player i'm waiting for is from VLC.... heard that they are having issue coding the library files(C++) to something android can read.

nice find! downloading now
edit: nice interface still waiting for a video media player that can decode AC3 audio on honeycomb.

Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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krash183 said:
Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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Personally I started using file explorers for opening video files. It usually agrees more with cifs and the standalone ones usually just work better. I'm loving this player tbh. Space bar is pause and play, a feature, as an editor, is welcome.

thanks. I was looking for a decent video player.

Damn it seems to work good but it doesn't handle mkv's.
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krash183 said:
Good player...but can't specify a folder to look for videos in.... have videos on microsd card and can't find them when searching for media files
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You can now Update today!
@david279: it handles it. processes video but no audio in H/W.. vice versa in S/W.
and yeah yeah i know I can handbrake to fix it etc etc but I want it to work out of the box without converting

Awesome.... great player....stuck between using this and moboplayer
That was a fast update/fix..... Devs do listen to us normal people hahaha
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Cant use it to stream from dreambox, vplayer works very good for that.

What a great find! Thanks for sharing.
I noticed that the sound seems better with this player than others that I've tried.
I'm happy camper!

Another Honeycomb player is out named DICE Player. I had good experiences with it on my phone including mkvs with AC3 audio AND I can confirm that... IT WORKS ON TF101 with the newest version that came out today.
https://market.android.com/search?q=DICE+player&so=1&c=apps
MKV + AC3 Audio working in Hardware Acceleration!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=search_result is the 3-day trial to see if it works.
Edit: About a 3 second lag at the beginning but it plays fine afterwards.

zephiK said:
Another Honeycomb player is out named DICE Player. I had good experiences with it on my phone including mkvs with AC3 audio AND I can confirm that... IT WORKS ON TF101 with the newest version that came out today.
https://market.android.com/search?q=DICE+player&so=1&c=apps
MKV + AC3 Audio working in Hardware Acceleration!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial&feature=search_result is the 3-day trial to see if it works.
Edit: About a 3 second lag at the beginning but it plays fine afterwards.
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Damn the dice player actually works great. May have to buy it.

david279 said:
Damn the dice player actually works great. May have to buy it.
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Yeah I definitely bought it. $3.95 is a good price, it's the first media player that actually uses hardware to decode. I just love it because it decodes AC3 audio and uses hardware acceleration.
Whereas, on other players including this one and RockPlayer,MoboPlayer,etc.
When they decode in hardware: no audio, video is fine
Decode in software: video lags, there is audio
This one meets both of them half way and says "bye!" to handbraking to get video files to work.
Works very well on my phone and saw that there was a update to it. I just had to get it for my Transformer when I saw Honeycomb support!

MX Player works better than moboPlayer on my Transformer, and plays 720 video faster from my SD card. Awesome.

aatrek said:
This works better than moboPlayer on my Transformer, and plays 720 video faster from my SD card. Awesome.
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Which one? OP video player or Dice?

I did get dice to stutter a bit. A 1080p inception got it and tron legacy had some problems. These were streaming though.
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Wow.... works perfectly w/ 720p mkv's..... now if other free movie players would do this
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Could not get it to player any files from microsd card though
Edit: also extracted subtitles did not work on 3 files I tried
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dice seems to be pretty good but, having some issues accessing my sd card and files with subtitles (gallery to dice trial don't seem to show subtitles and subtitle size and such options don't seem to work)
Can anyone with the full version confirm that works correctly in the paid for version?

what kinda files are the movies yall watch? and where to get them? vuze?

Best video app?

Whats the best app for video? This is my first android so i don't know what is "best." i need it to play MKV, Mp4, AVI, etc.... all @ HD.

MX Video Player

Thanks i will try it.

MX works very good on Fire.
Just watched Modern Family mkv in HD (720p), hardware accelerated, without lags and nothing.
PS. The only problem was the audio channel that didn't work in HW mode. Just changed that to SW decoding and everything was fine.

Rockplayer
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manifest3r said:
MX Video Player
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Yep, MX Video Player is the best video player for the Kindle Fire.
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It's working on my mkv files very well. I also had to switch audio to software decode.
//Tapatalk.KindleFire//

what about vplayer?

I have always trusted in VLC Player, however, technically its still in closed beta for Android, and not available for direct download via the Market.
With the OP being new to Android, I guess I might be expecting a little too much to say, Google for it (VLC-neon.apk), and sideload it?! But I'm putting it out there anyway!

manifest3r said:
MX Video Player
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How do you get it to work where you the gray pullup bar on the bottom doesn't interfere with the onscreen controls? Also, do you know if it can stream from Dropbox/Sugarsync? I haved some vids on SS that I stream on Moboplayer, but can't get them to stream on MX.

Mkv files, no sound?

I got my tf300 yesterday and it great except for one thing. I get no sound when i play my mkv 720 movies or series? I have tried both streaming and local. Tried diceplayer, the built in player and moboplayer without success. MX player worked when i turned of h/w and used s/w instead but then the movies "lagged". Cant get it to work, Anyone have a clue what i can do to make it work?

sebbe1891 said:
I got my tf300 yesterday and it great except for one thing. I get no sound when i play my mkv 720 movies or series? I have tried both streaming and local. Tried diceplayer, the built in player and moboplayer without success. MX player worked when i turned of h/w and used s/w instead but then the movies "lagged". Cant get it to work, Anyone have a clue what i can do to make it work?
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MX will play them via HW but you need to click the sound key next to the HW/SW button and select the other audio track. Worked for me.

Ah, that works, Thanks. Anyone get any other player to work?

I have had good results using BS player lite. And it is cool because you can change brightness by swiping up and down in the left side of the screen and change volume the same way on the right
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use dice player , i can stream 1080p movies from my nmt perfect

I was having the audio issues too with MKVs. Switched over to BS Player. All Be Good.

I use mx player to switch streams on mkv's with no problems
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Download vlc player....plays everything
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DO NOT DOWNLOAD VLC PLAYER FOR ANDROID!
VLC is still in development, and apks have not been released. If you find a VLC apk, it is not real or it is based on very early, probably buggy code. One person that mentioned having it said that s/he had very intrusive ads. Judging by all other VLC releases on every other platform, the real VLC for Android will not have ads, or at least not obnoxious, intrusive ads.

Diceplayer plays 1080p nicely, as long as you don't got dual audio.
Glad to hear MX player can handle different audiostreams! Now i can get my anime on!

I'll guess i will use MX or bsplayer then. I just find it a bit odd that the same files plays with no problem on my galaxy S2 with dice player..
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SOLUTION!!!!
Absolute EASIEST SOLUTION!!!!!
Im running serviio from my pc and typically steam to my samsung tv's
But the easiest solution to stream directly to my s3 (i747 aokp task650)
Is:
Download and install these two apps
1.Bubble upnp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
2. Joe VLC https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=the.joevlc
Ive used mx and bs in the past, but this solution is just too easy and fast...
P. S. Ive streamed everything from small avi family guy episodes to 15gb mkv bluray files and this setup is boss..
Only issues i found was minute pixelation when in full screen mode on large files 12gb+ and some buffering when i jump around in said video but other than that its awesome.....
Enabling hw decoding in JoeVlc app takes care of any pixel issues but eats battery...
Happy streaming!

got it
yo
just do to ( in the MX player) Settting -> Decoder--> download custom codec
than u will be direct to a website .. just follow the instraction
worked perfect for me..

thank u it works good

VLC media player has been officialy released some time ago works great with .mkv
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