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Video app only partially plays vids

Question: Hi there
the stock video app on my tab plays videos partially then stops and goes back to the video list. Is this a known bug and if it is does anyone know how to fix it? If i access videos via the file explorer it plays fine!
Also is there any way to play all videos continuously and randomly or a player that does this?
Thanks
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Hmm. Playing the video partially is weird. What if you keep tapping the screen? will it finish playing?
If you click on the menu button, there is a option that says "Auto Play Next".

Hi there
the video stops suddenly so i am unable to tap the screen. It then returns to video app screen. The same video will play fully if accessed via the file explorer, that's the weird thing. This means i can not use the auto play next feature within the video app although the video app is what plays the video when opened via explorer.
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Does this happen on all video's?

Hi there yes it does?
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Have you tried any other video players just to see if it also happens outside of the stock player?

Yes, i jave tried numerous apps such as qq, zimly and mixzing and they all work fine. They just do not have what i need, which is the ability to arrange videos in various orders such as date or size as well as auto play next or random play. The stock player is perfect for this need. As above, if i open.the videos via the my files folder it uses the stock app to play the videos and the problem is gone. This would be fine but this way you lose the ability to auto play video. Its extremely frustrating! The video app seems to play about 2 mins of videos then audio goes slightly jerky and it stops and returns to app. Is there a way to re install the video app? Thanks
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AMIAGEEK said:
Yes, i jave tried numerous apps such as qq, zimly and mixzing and they all work fine. They just do not have what i need, which is the ability to arrange videos in various orders such as date or size as well as auto play next or random play. The stock player is perfect for this need. As above, if i open.the videos via the my files folder it uses the stock app to play the videos and the problem is gone. This would be fine but this way you lose the ability to auto play video. Its extremely frustrating! The video app seems to play about 2 mins of videos then audio goes slightly jerky and it stops and returns to app. Is there a way to re install the video app? Thanks
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Reinstalling the video app would require Root. Have you done that or considered it?
By advised rooting does invalidate your warranty. Samsung issued a newsletter to all service centres advising them if they received any phones that had been rooted they were not to carry out repairs under warranty.
Anyway, has it happened all the time since owning the Tab or has it only started playing up recently?
If it has been playing up all the time it may be something to do with the codecs of the video where when you select direct from the player it picks up the problem but misses when you select the video using a third-party selector (My Files you mentioned).
If that is the case there is nothing you can do about it other than ensure your movie files don't have the same codecs.
If it has been playing up only recently it will be some form of corruption that has crept in.
The only way you are going to get around this is either root your Tab and reinstall the Player.app (providing you can get hold of one that is).... or carry out a Factory Reset that should clear the problem.

Hi thanks the advice. I will try a factory reset abd hopefully that will work as i do not want to root the device.
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AMIAGEEK said:
Hi thanks the advice. I will try a factory reset abd hopefully that will work as i do not want to root the device.
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If it works can you please consider a vote of Thanks.
See my Sig, all votes go to Charity.

Forcing youtube app to play 720p

It looks like the HQ mode in youtube app is actually 480p.
Anybody knows of a way to coerce youtube app to play 720p in HQ mode?
Before trolls start yelling that 720p on 800x480 will not look different than 480p, let me tell you - IT DOES, BIG TIME. Huge difference. Easiest way to watch youtube in 720p right now is to use "jetvd" app, but it's not as well designed as youtube. Hence the question.

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It looks like the HQ mode in youtube app is actually 480p.
Anybody knows of a way to coerce youtube app to play 720p in HQ mode?
Before trolls start yelling that 720p on 800x480 will not look different than 480p, let me tell you - IT DOES, BIG TIME. Huge difference. Easiest way to watch youtube in 720p right now is to use "jetvd" app, but it's not as well designed as youtube. Hence the question.
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''Sorry...currently no option to play HD by default and there never has been. The "playback settings" in your account settings currently only pertain to either 360p or 480p videos.''
There is a whole thread about it here.

Yep, but that thread didn't go anywhere.
I'm just wondering since jetvd is able to pull videos in 720p, perhaps there's a way to hack youtube app to pull in that quality as well.
Although jetvd uses the stock video player app to play them.. maybe youtube app doesn't have capability for anything above 480p..

ohh nice. i never used that app. just played some youtube videos over the mhl adapter.. very nice! i dont see anything wrong with the jetvd myself.

Why can't I see the jetvd pro version? They took it out off the market? ?
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rjan22 said:
Why can't I see the jetvd pro version? They took it out off the market? ?
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Go to www.jetvd.com on your phone. Click the Download button at the bottom of the screen. Then click the red Download button at the bottom of that screen to download JetVD Plus! The dev is giving it away free now, apparently.

Yes is a huge diference between youtube quality and jetdv 720p
Thanks im download from your link

tankmorph said:
Go to www.jetvd.com on your phone. Click the Download button at the bottom of the screen. Then click the red Download button at the bottom of that screen to download JetVD Plus! The dev is giving it away free now, apparently.
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Thanks I like the app really, may be I'm not gonna use YouTube app now, it is really HD on jetvd,
Nice find
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jetVD is awesome, but it's not perfect.
In youtube app you can see your subscriptions, your channel, the design is nicer.. you can watch video and see comments at the same time, plus post them.
JetVD is only for watching in HD really. And search isn't as nice - there are no "related" videos, etc.
In a perfect world, there would be a hack for youtube app to play 720p. That'd be an end-all solution.

works good for now thanks for the tip!!!
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well you can use the stock web browser and type about:useragent into the adress bar setting the user agent to desktop and then access the full site. and i just downloaded jet vd and it has related videos. i dont care much for that other stuff though.

[Q] what do I need to see 3D content on O3D?

Hi,
I want to watch real 3D movies etc but what format do I have to get? Tried a Half Side by Side but only got 2 identical movies at the same time... plz help
grtz. Raymond

That's the correct movie file. Hit the menu button on your phone and you can set up your 3d format. Your only a couple of button presses away from watching 3d movies
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I think I got it... had to convert it to Mp4 first and now I can choose different styles...left, right over/under and normal ...
Sorry for the noobish questions, but its not really the effect I had in mind. I had the idea it would be more like that demo movie with the surfers.
Or did I convert it in a wrong format. I've choosen 480*800.

I'm not sure exactly what file you have but a normal 3D movie will look like the same movie being played twice at the same time, side by side. They are actually slightly different - one is for the left eye, one is for the right.
By pressing the Menu button while this file playing, you can choose the 3D format that the video player should try to recognise. You should pic the format that shows the split screen, with a L in one frame and a R in the other.
The video player will then merge the two frames and play them in 3D, using your parallax screen.
If the file plays as you described, you to not need to convert it. Use the original file
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Well it was called Sky 3D the Reef.mkv.
While playing this format I didn't have the option of choosing display style. With the converted one I could...
So correct me if I'm wrong, I have to download 3D SBS movies etc and then convert it into Mp4 ?
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you don't need to convert the file.
you must use the default player.
while watching the movie on the screen you will see a button to select 2D and 3D.
Select the 3D button and then the Menu button.
There you can configure the SBS 3d

3DVPLAYER <--
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Got it.. only thing is that all those movies are over 4GB... grrr..any ideas/suggestions for a good media splitter so I can split the big files?
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Convert them to smaller format. I've got avatar at under 2gb
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Which programme do u use?
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I use AVS4YOU for video conversion but not tried it with 3D video files.
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Ok thnx .. will try that one..
Btw tried smaller mkv files and the 3d functie works like a charm
Happy happy joy joy
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Viewing Downloaded SBS Video?

I downloaded a few SBS videos, but the video player doesn't recognize them as 3D...
Anyone have hints or is there a setting to forve 3D mode?
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Found this a few weeks ago;
play the movie using the Gallery app. Click on the little 3D icon at the bottom right of the screen. The movie will still show side by side, but will enter 3D mode.
Click the Android options button (the icon looks like a solid box inside a clear box at the bottom left of your phone) and you will get the following options:
Click on the 3D Formatter option. It will provide you with a number of 3D options including Left/Right, Right/Left, Top/Bottom and Fullscreen 3D. Select Left/Right (first option on the left,A message will appear that says: “This 3D data is saved as valid 3D contents with the formatter which you’ve chosen“. From that point on, the phone will recognize this movie as 3D and the little 3D icon will appear at the bottom of the movie. The good news is, as soon as you launch it, the movie will run in 3D.
Enjoy your movie!
Source : jeanlucdavid dot com
If you remove your battery or hard reboot, you have to repeat this procedure as the phone "forgets" this setting.
Good luck, keith

This doesn't seem to work for me. Neither Gallery nor 3D Gallery has the option to go 3D for the movies, except movies I have shot with camera itself.
This is frustrating
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Spitlebug said:
This doesn't seem to work for me. Neither Gallery nor 3D Gallery has the option to go 3D for the movies, except movies I have shot with camera itself.
This is frustrating
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If the sbs videos are compatible they will display as side by side videos i.e two identiical frames. While the video is playing touch the screen press pause and press the 2D/3D on screen icon, press the menu button on the bootom of the phone and from the pop up select 3D formatter. touch the sbs icon on the bottom of the selector and all should then be O.K

Yep, this is definitely what I've been attempting to do.
The video appears side by side (for reference it is a LG Demo video) but alas, no 3D button...
Like none. No button.
Would this be a resolution thing?
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Spitlebug said:
I downloaded a few SBS videos, but the video player doesn't recognize them as 3D...
Anyone have hints or is there a setting to forve 3D mode?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19794202&postcount=6

I'll try that, thanks.
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So I finally got some time to screw around with this and nothing works.
I mean literally nothing. I'm starting to think I have to upload the Video to Youtube, then re-download it to get it to work on this phone, and that's a far stretch.
Can someone actually post screens on how this is done? I am starting to think that the 3D capability of this phone is just B.S. if you can't import files to it.
One other thing I'd like to mention, the programs to which the tutorials suggest aren't the same version or appear to have a different UI and/or presets missing from them.

keith210350 said:
If the sbs videos are compatible they will display as side by side videos i.e two identiical frames. While the video is playing touch the screen press pause and press the 2D/3D on screen icon, press the menu button on the bootom of the phone and from the pop up select 3D formatter. touch the sbs icon on the bottom of the selector and all should then be O.K
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Are you running FROYO? Stock ROM?
I am running this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963847
Maybe it is a different Gallery/Video Player?

The ICS video player seems to be unchanged from the gingerbread version. I have Used the method I described in earlier post to get sbs video to work correctly on stock rom . The ROM you are on may be different, maybe if you post a thread in the rom's own thread some help may be found there. You could ask for a download for the video player from there or a link to a compatible player. Sorry I can't be more help.
Good luck.

3d vids
I use 3dvplayer to play all of my 3d content. It's superb. Even plays top/bottom 3d vids. It may solve your problem.
http://3dv.cn/ThreeDVplayer/index.html

Thanks for the replies, I haven't given up quite yet. I'll try this otherwise I'll revert back to stock.
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This App works well. Way better than trying to mess around with trying to make the stock junk work.

3dv
Happy to be of service. Have you checked out the video section on the app ? Lots of vids to watch and download. :good:

I did. Interesting. Lots of them are in Chinese (obviously).
They need a good crowd sourced translation team to get their program up to snuff.
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Mk808 problem with purchased google play movies

Guys,
Have a mk808 with 4.2.2 firmware running on a 1080p connection. Pretty much everything works fine. I can watch mpg videos from my micro sd, can watch youtube sd and hd movies, can even watch trailers inside google play movie store. The problem is with my purchased hd movies. Even when I downloaded them and have them locally when I click play that little spinning circle (waiting signal) starts spinning in the center of the screen and I can wait there for an hour that the video doesnt start playing. This is weird and I could not think of a reason for that, since every other type of video I've tried works fine. Any ideas ??
Luiz
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I had nothing but video problems with stock 4.2.2. The only thing that made Google videos, Netflix and hulu plus work on my mk808b was flashing finless 1.7 rom. Even his 2.0+ roms didn't play the above right on mine and I don't have a clone.
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lfvsouza said:
Guys,
Have a mk808 with 4.2.2 firmware running on a 1080p connection. Pretty much everything works fine. I can watch mpg videos from my micro sd, can watch youtube sd and hd movies, can even watch trailers inside google play movie store. The problem is with my purchased hd movies. Even when I downloaded them and have them locally when I click play that little spinning circle (waiting signal) starts spinning in the center of the screen and I can wait there for an hour that the video doesnt start playing. This is weird and I could not think of a reason for that, since every other type of video I've tried works fine. Any ideas ??
Luiz
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Try the mx player from the play store and download the custom codex

Tanx man. That was also my solution. I found the new 2.1 ROM by Finless and it worked perfectly. Now all video services are working, and the system seems to be performing nicely too.
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