Hello,
can anybody tell me how to play flac files, especially with BubnleUPNP and MortPlayer.?
By the way I rooted my Tab with the Method 2 from the according Thread.
Cheers
twinkybot said:
Hello,
can anybody tell me how to play flac files, especially with BubnleUPNP and MortPlayer.?
By the way I rooted my Tab with the Method 2 from the according Thread.
Cheers
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When I had an Android phone I bought Power Amp, that app ruled, it played any audio I threw at it, well worth the money. For video I use Dice Player on the A700, and that also supports FLAC.
Okay together with the guy from BubbleUPNP we found out that the default player crashes with an unknown exception. I rooted my tablet and deleted some apps. Maybe I deleted to much. Does anyone knows what is needed to play flac.?
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Thanks to the BubbleUPNP Support I have following information for peolpe who may have the same problems.
I noticed that some FLAC files do play and some don't.
These flacs do not play on Android because they are non-Subset FLACs, a variety of FLAC that
may not play by all decoders.
I've created an issue for Google to hopefully add support for them:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35348
Short explanation: these FLACs where probably encoded with the --lax option of the FLAC encoder.
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EDIT: how can I mark the thread as solved?
twinkybot said:
Thanks to the BubbleUPNP Support I have following information for peolpe who may have the same problems.
I noticed that some FLAC files do play and some don't.
"These flacs do not play on Android because they are non-Subset FLACs, a variety of FLAC that
may not play by all decoders."
I've created an issue for Google to hopefully add support for them:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35348
Short explanation: these FLACs where probably encoded with the --lax option of the FLAC encoder.
EDIT: how can I mark the thread as solved?
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I have the same problem. I head read somewhere else that it was the inclusion of ID3 tags that caused them to not play but I removed the ID3 tags and they still didn't play. I hope that Google resolves the issue in one of the next updates.
Related
Does anybody know of a music app that allows for gapless playback?
Thanks!
Yeah, having one would be cool!
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jakewoodblues said:
Does anybody know of a music app that allows for gapless playback?
Thanks!
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There is one option that I know of: AndLess, but only if you use an image file with a Cuesheet. Meridian also supports Cuesheets, but I haven't been able to achieve gapless here. I think that Meridian inherited the code from AndLess, and AndLess hasn't been developed since March 2010.
But: Rockbox is on it's way. And that has gapless and more features otherwise than even most hardware MP3 players. But it is early days yet. The current version works, but on my phone the playback stutters. I don't know if the problem is specific for my phone, which is a HTC Tattoo.
The link for Rockbox on Android is http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/WebHome?topic=AndroidPort
Lithium music player has gapless play back and crossfader.
trondis23 said:
There is one option that I know of: AndLess, but only if you use an image file with a Cuesheet. Meridian also supports Cuesheets, but I haven't been able to achieve gapless here. I think that Meridian inherited the code from AndLess, and AndLess hasn't been developed since March 2010.
But: Rockbox is on it's way. And that has gapless and more features otherwise than even most hardware MP3 players. But it is early days yet. The current version works, but on my phone the playback stutters. I don't know if the problem is specific for my phone, which is a HTC Tattoo.
The link for Rockbox on Android is http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/WebHome?topic=AndroidPort
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WHoa, didn't know they are porting it! Awesome! I had it on my old H120 (RIP and it rocked!
rockbox android scrobbling
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The link for Rockbox on Android is
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In case anyone is interested, I've created a simple patch to add scrobbledroid support to the Rockbox Android port. Here's a link:
EDIT: The draconian anti-spam policies, which have thus far prevented me from making many posts at all in the development forums, are preventing me from providing my link. So I will obfuscate it
www DOT rockbox DOT org SLASH tracker SLASH task SLASH 12080
Happy scrobbling
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But: Rockbox is on it's way.
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Woo! This is great news, thanks for the link
is there an app that would allow me to play lossless audio like flac? if not.. what format should i convert it to in order to maintain that quality?
or would wave.. be the only option to keep that quality?
PowerAMP is the only player I've encountered that can play FLAC, and the poor UI stops me from using it https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=related_apps
Once we're rooted though, I'm told Cyanogenmod builds in FLAC support. Android 3.1 is the first version to officially build it in.
_kansei_ said:
PowerAMP is the only player I've encountered that can play FLAC, and the poor UI stops me from using it https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=related_apps
Once we're rooted though, I'm told Cyanogenmod builds in FLAC support. Android 3.1 is the first version to officially build it in.
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Poor UI ? Really ?
I say PowerAmp is THE music app. Fully customizable EQ, flac support and much, much more. I have used it for over a year now and love it. Never listen to someone that says someone else told them. (quoted poster)
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Never listen to someone that says someone else told them. (quoted poster)
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Sorry, can't root my HTC Sensation so I can't confirm .
The app andLess plays flac. Free, simple interface, nothing fancy, but works.
samnada said:
The app andLess plays flac. Free, simple interface, nothing fancy, but works.
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and it plays ALAC hooray thanks for the tip, I'll have to give it a try.
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and it plays ALAC hooray thanks for the tip, I'll have to give it a try.
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Just came across another option listed in a different thread. AudioGalaxy is free, plays flac, and allows streaming all your music from your PC to your phone. I just set it up and it's very cool. Worth checking out.
I had a moment and found the discussion I had read previously regarding FLAC support in Cyanogenmod. It's there, as long as your FLAC files are 16-bit.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1850-playing-flac/
Does anyone have the apk for it that has been tested to work with 4.4? And with apollo player having flac playback, is it native? Or is it like google play music in which it just down samples it to 320kbps upon playing?
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Does anyone have the apk for it that has been tested to work with 4.4? And with apollo player having flac playback, is it native? Or is it like google play music in which it just down samples it to 320kbps upon playing?
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Download any cyanogenmod build for any xHDPI device and extract the apk from system/app inside the ZIP for it.
Then remove the zip because it is obsolete.
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ethantarheels123 said:
Does anyone have the apk for it that has been tested to work with 4.4? And with apollo player having flac playback, is it native? Or is it like google play music in which it just down samples it to 320kbps upon playing?
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it's available in F-Droid. Runs fine for me.
sarkio said:
it's available in F-Droid. Runs fine for me.
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Care to link us to it please? I know you may not be able to post links yet, but you could try splitting like this:
h t t p : /
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Care to link us to it please? I know you may not be able to post links yet, but you could try splitting like this:
h t t p : /
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Sure thing! h ttps://f-droid.org/
For those that have it, have you tested flacs on it? Do they play natively with no down sampling? This is my biggest concern; there just doesn't seem to be any elegant solution for playing flacs right now. Poweramp and winamp are clunky and heavy to say the least, and andLess is so bare bones and lacks a lot of features compared to Apollo.
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Apollo latest version
http://sonyandroid.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=527
I've been using Apollo on my N7 and S2, tried it on my N5 and decided to go with Shuttle music player instead. Virtually the same thing, plays back my FLACs, has HD album cover, etc and equalizer setting
AHomelessGuy said:
I've been using Apollo on my N7 and S2, tried it on my N5 and decided to go with Shuttle music player instead. Virtually the same thing, plays back my FLACs, has HD album cover, etc and equalizer setting
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Thanks for directing my towards Shuttle. It has all I was looking for in a music player. I encourage everybody to try it.
It handles 4.4.1 without a problem on my Nexus 5. Widget background colour and transparency are customisable, buttons can be dark or light to fit your wallpaper. There are themes and lots of settings. Even though free version is all I need I'm going to buy Shuttle+ as a token of my appreciation to developers hard work.
MX Player team is very happy to announce that we are now adding “AC-3” audio support in our latest version of the app (i.e. MX Player v1.8.17 & MX Player Pro v1.8.16) in most of the regions.
If you have video files with “AC-3” audio, you can now play it without using any third-party / unofficial custom codecs…!
There are no extra efforts required on your end. Just relaunch the app again with working internet. Once, MX Player configuration is updated on your device, it will automatically start working again…!
Thank you very much
Great News! Thank You!
When I read that the AC-3 patent expired, MX Player is the first project that came to mind that would benefit from it. I was pretty bummed out when they forced you guys to remove support for the codec, but I'm glad that it's not longer an issue.
Wow - good riddance ! The patent won't be missed !
@Thirumalai.K thanks for adding the support , I got quite a few videos that use AC-3
http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/02/10/dolby-digital-ac3-us-patent-has-expired-on-february-1-2017/
Some other patents for tracking:
http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2_H_264/
Great news. Will try must.
Not workin
Cleared Cache and restarded with working internet. Still showing unable to play ac3
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Cleared Cache and restarded with working internet. Still showing unable to play ac3
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you actually upgraded the app, or using the latest version right ?
(i.e. MX Player v1.8.17 & MX Player Pro v1.8.16)
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rebooting the phone might help - or whatever the reason for not working is ...
CC: @Thirumalai.K
I'll take a look within the next days and see how it goes ...
Thirumalai.K said:
MX Player team is very happy to announce that we are now adding “AC-3” audio support in our latest version of the app (i.e. MX Player v1.8.17 & MX Player Pro v1.8.16) in most of the regions.
If you have video files with “AC-3” audio, you can now play it without using any third-party / unofficial custom codecs…!
There are no extra efforts required on your end. Just relaunch the app again with working internet. Once, MX Player configuration is updated on your device, it will automatically start working again…!
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What about dts codec does we need it
Thirumalai.K said:
MX Player team is very happy to announce that we are now adding “AC-3” audio support in our latest version of the app
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Please.. PLEASE.. Pleeeeease add ChromeCast support.. :fingers-crossed:
ChromeCast & DTS are the only 2 things that are now missing from the already mammoth great MX Player.. :victory: :highfive:
It would be nice to make a SALE for a day or to for the Pro version to celebrate the AC-3 thing )))
thanks i just use MS player... Its one of the most usable software on android phone...I just go to purchase it.
Is the update released? I didnt get any update in play store
Thirumalai.K said:
MX Player team is very happy to announce that we are now adding “AC-3” audio support in our latest version of the app (i.e. MX Player v1.8.17 & MX Player Pro v1.8.16) in most of the regions.
If you have video files with “AC-3” audio, you can now play it without using any third-party / unofficial custom codecs…!
There are no extra efforts required on your end. Just relaunch the app again with working internet. Once, MX Player configuration is updated on your device, it will automatically start working again…!
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I also like to know if this is the case for DTS, too. Or do we still need the custom codec?
(btw. I'm in team Chromecast as well.)
Vankog said:
I also like to know if this is the case for DTS, too. Or do we still need the custom codec?
(btw. I'm in team Chromecast as well.)
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For DTS, you still need a custom codec as it's copyrighted.
Good new. thank you.
Will it work with Dolby Digital Plus?
zacharias.maladroit said:
you actually upgraded the app, or using the latest version right
rebooting the phone might help - or whatever the reason for not working is ...
CC: @Thirumalai.K
I'll take a look within the next days and see how it goes ...
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He has mentioned in most of the regions, Not all regions. I suspect, They might have excluded some regions especially US.
scandiun said:
Will it work with Dolby Digital Plus?
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DOlby Digital Plus is E-AC-3 & it's still protected by patents.
How to get the new mx player version?
Hey, I was using MX player Pro build 1.9.3 without any issues.
Today it updated to 1.9.5 from Play Store.
Since the update, I cannot play any video that contains a WMV1 or WMV3 video stream.
The player tries HW decoder, then SW, then gives an error:
"This video format (wmv3) is not supported."
All those videos used to play back perfectly in the past up to (and including) build v1.9.3.
What's going on...?
I'm on Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. I launch videos using ES File Explorer.
This setup has worked absolutely flawlessly in the past for WMV files or AVI files containing WMV video tracks.
Ps24u said:
Hey, I was using MX player Pro build 1.9.3 without any issues.
Today it updated to 1.9.5 from Play Store.
Since the update, I cannot play any video that contains a WMV1 or WMV3 video stream.
The player tries HW decoder, then SW, then gives an error:
"This video format (wmv3) is not supported."
All those videos used to play back perfectly in the past up to (and including) build v1.9.3.
What's going on...?
I'm on Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. I launch videos using ES File Explorer.
This setup has worked absolutely flawlessly in the past for WMV files or AVI files containing WMV video tracks.
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Message itself clear. Looks like MX Player has dropped support for some more codecs.
May be yet another patent issue. Anyhow, Custom Codec will work as usual with all codecs.
Not happy with this either. Especially for an app I paid for.
Hopefully just a bug they will fix.
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Not happy with this either. Especially for an app I paid for.
Hopefully just a bug they will fix.
Just hit this too, this is a problem. Is there a codec I can load somewhere that will enable wmv3?
same problem with mpeg2 hopfully thy wil fix it soon
I got this problem today, when upgrading from 1.9.3 to 1.9.8
The installation of the latest version of MX Player Custom Codec With DTS Support helped
TheDoka said:
I got this problem today, when upgrading from 1.9.3 to 1.9.8
The installation of the latest version of MX Player Custom Codec With DTS Support helped
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Well can you be helpful and tell us where to get it instead of teasing us?
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Well can you be helpful and tell us where to get it instead of teasing us?
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254/amp/
Use Mango player apk , it's supports all type of formets
Dear jguy, the solution you supplied doesn't work. I followed it to the letter. Version 1.9.3 was flawless. I'm sorry I upgraded. I'm a paying user. I use my tablet to make a living. I use video to teach English. Not being able to employ my collection of WMV3 files blows a hole in my resource collection. If only I could reinstall 1.9.3.
Edward Lorence said:
Dear jguy, the solution you supplied doesn't work. I followed it to the letter. Version 1.9.3 was flawless. I'm sorry I upgraded. I'm a paying user. I use my tablet to make a living. I use video to teach English. Not being able to employ my collection of WMV3 files blows a hole in my resource collection. If only I could reinstall 1.9.3.
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You sure you picked the right version for your device? It worked for me with a Pixel xl. Also, not my solution, just provided a link for a previous post a few up.
MX player no longer plays WMV3
jguy said:
You sure you picked the right version for your device? It worked for me with a Pixel xl. Also, not my solution, just provided a link for a previous post a few up.
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Sorry, the solution provided doesn't work. Right code for my Lenovo tablet is ARM7 neon: installed. I'd just like to go back to 1.9.3.
Edward Lorence said:
Sorry, the solution provided doesn't work. Right code for my Lenovo tablet is ARM7 neon: installed. I'd just like to go back to 1.9.3.
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You do a restart?
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You do a restart?
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Restart app, restart tablet, reinstall app & codec: did everything. Letting it go. Installed media player classic, works, end of trouble.
use custom codec. it's in the stickies.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2156254
Supports WMV, MPEG DTS, all the stuff MX Player no longer supports or never supported.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254/amp/
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Thanks for this, worked like a charm!
For anyone else, I originally tried the codec from the Play Store and didn't work. I uninstalled it and downloaded the custom codec from the link above and installed thru the app and works perfectly.