I'm trying to play some avi's and mpgs on my Infinity, but they don't seem to want to work. I tried both Dice Player and BS Player but no go. These same files worked on my Prime, so I'm not sure what the issue might be. Are there some codecs that need to be downloaded or something, or does the Infinity just not play these type of files? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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what happens when you try to play them? where are they stored?
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the player just shows a black screen and then kicks me back out to the file structure to select another file. Theyre stored both in internal and microsd.
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So how are your files encoded? (check on your PC if unsure)
he mentioned mpgs and avi I think. To the OP what about stock player? if that doesn't play an .avi something is wrong. you shouldn't need codecs for .avi or .mpeg. uninstall both BS and DICE since they don't work you can also try MXPlayer and get the arm7 codec pack as well (both free). that is my favorite and has played every file type so far
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he mentioned mpgs and avi I think. To the OP what about stock player? if that doesn't play an .avi something is wrong. you shouldn't need codecs for .avi or .mpeg. uninstall both BS and DICE since they don't work you can also try MXPlayer and get the arm7 codec pack as well (both free). that is my favorite and has played every file type so far
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Ok i tried mx player and that took care of the avi/mpg problems, thanks!
I have an mkv and and mt2s that doesn't work though, but I'm gonna just convert them. Thanks guys!
czerdrill said:
Ok i tried mx player and that took care of the avi/mpg problems, thanks!
I have an mkv and and mt2s that doesn't work though, but I'm gonna just convert them. Thanks guys!
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i think MX will play .mkv if you have the arm7 codec pack installed as well. Just a thought. mt2 not sure what file type that is so idk if mx usually plays that or not.
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i think MX will play .mkv if you have the arm7 codec pack installed as well. Just a thought. mt2 not sure what file type that is so idk if mx usually plays that or not.
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Thanks again, it works now!
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he mentioned mpgs and avi I think. To the OP what about stock player? if that doesn't play an .avi something is wrong. you shouldn't need codecs for .avi or .mpeg. uninstall both BS and DICE since they don't work you can also try MXPlayer and get the arm7 codec pack as well (both free). that is my favorite and has played every file type so far
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You can have tons of different codecs in the avi files, so that's not really specific.
That's good this worked for you, OP, but Dice and BS should play mkv x264 files just fine, so this is unusual. It would be a different story if you got video with no audio because of DTS encoding.
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You can have tons of different codecs in the avi files, so that's not really specific.
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Excellent point that people tend to overlook. AVI and MPG are both Container Formats. Just because they have the same file extension that another working video does doesn't mean you will be able to decode it.
Use a more in depth way of finding out why it won't work.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Gspot codec information appliance - Older program but still works great
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en Mediainfo-Newer. Still maintained
ive always used moboplayer and never had issues, but on my infinity I have found several videos that simply dont play. They are wmv. These videos play fine on my Atrix (cm7 - GB) , Acer a500 (ICS), and HTC View (HC)... I was wondering if it's the tegra 3 architecture that needs something special? Moboplayer has codec packs, but I generally dont use them... weird.
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Thanks again, it works now!
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Glad to help!
d14b0ll0s said:
You can have tons of different codecs in the avi files, so that's not really specific.
That's good this worked for you, OP, but Dice and BS should play mkv x264 files just fine, so this is unusual. It would be a different story if you got video with no audio because of DTS encoding.
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DIdn't know about the .avi having different codecs, thought .avi was .avi. As for Dice and BS I agree they should work but figured since they didn't why not try MX, which seems to have worked for the OP. Personally I like MX best anyway so I may be a little biased
I used to love MX on my TF101, but when I tried it on the TF700 it kept using software rendering (so big battery drain as CPU is working hard). All of the same files played using hardware rendering with Dice. Am i missing something?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
Hi peeps, looking for a video player for my TF to play 720p .mkv filetype. I have looked around and there are plenty to choose from but nothing i seems to work. I have tried the ones everybody points at with no luck. Playing from a network drive and get choppy playback but all well on my Sammy S2.Any help offered is good help.TIA.
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First of all, the video players: IMO the best are Dice Player, MX and BS Player.
I usually use Dice for smaller "easier" formats like small .avi files and the like.
For my 720p h264 mkv files, I use BS Player.
For me it plays best with guevor´s kernels, slightly overclocked but set BS Player to drop framerate if behind.
I have found MX player to play everything, even flash. It also has hardware decoding.
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Thanks for your input guys but after looking around i get the feeling the TF just aint gonna cut it with the mkv files i have (720p). The answer that keepscoming up is to convert and that the TF just does not handle them well. In my case everything i have tried is useless. No overclocking as i have not rooted. So it looks like i will have to convert them. Bummer really i figured it would handle it OK.
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Are you trying to run a file with maybe Hi10P, thats a profile that use 10bit for decoding instead of 8bit, its therefore also simply called 10bit. The asus transformer falls back to software decoding since the hardware doesn't have the codes for that so you have a massive performance drop.
I also mainly use Dice player and BS player, they really are the best but you must stay clear of Hi10P.
I picked up an Infinity after owning a Transformer Prime, since they have very similar SoCs I assumed that I would have the same codec support built in. However now I'm finding that almost half the 720p H.264 content that worked on the Prime is not supported by the Infinity. Anyone else having this problem? Is it possible that Asus has simply not built support into their somewhat questionable firmware releases?
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I picked up an Infinity after owning a Transformer Prime, since they have very similar SoCs I assumed that I would have the same codec support built in. However now I'm finding that almost half the 720p H.264 content that worked on the Prime is not supported by the Infinity. Anyone else having this problem? Is it possible that Asus has simply not built support into their somewhat questionable firmware releases?
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Welcme to the TF700 and it's respective corner of XDA. There are a few odd differences between the 700 and past models that have left folks scratching their heads, such as the Support of sixaxis controllers without the sixaxis app. As for the codecs, not sure as I ditch the stock player immediately as it never seems to support what I want plus I like extra features such as sliding the side of the screen for brightness and volume levels.
Actually I've tried every video player that I know of, all switch to SW mode. Has anyone found a player that supports HW acceleration, I would assume that if any player supported HW decoding they all would. I will take a look at the differences in media and see if I can spot the discrepancies .
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Actually I've tried every video player that I know of, all switch to SW mode. Has anyone found a player that supports HW acceleration, I would assume that if any player supported HW decoding they all would. I will take a look at the differences in media and see if I can spot the discrepancies .
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It's gotta be your audio, BS player handles most audio. Load up the video in handbreak and see what the format is.
I'll check out the format info, but I don't think it's the audio, MX Player will let you independently set audio and video hardware acceleration.
Dice player
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BSPLAYER
I don't know how many times this has to be said...
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Dice player
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+1 for Dice - I too was getting S/W rendering with MX Player - tried Dice and it worked right way using H/W rendering... haven't looked back since. I also like that Dice had a volume booster built-in - I've found many videos just have their volume set way to low - Dice handles that nicely.
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I'm with Keion on this, try BSplayer.
Which file formats do not play on your Infinity? Also try to find out which video and audio codecs are used for that file format. Use Media Info (for windows) or similar tool.
The files I'm having issues with are 720p H.264 main profile level 4.1. I've tried Dice, oddly enough if I open the videos from the file browser and play them with Dice they drop to SW, however if I open them from inside Dice they play HW. Wierd.
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The files I'm having issues with are 720p H.264 main profile level 4.1. I've tried Dice, oddly enough if I open the videos from the file browser and play them with Dice they drop to SW, however if I open them from inside Dice they play HW. Wierd.
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I heard that ffmpeg is compatible with diceplayer.
Maybe try that?
I have some m2ts video format and player by default does not read them.
I tried to convert them but the result is bad.
What is a good player for our TAB?
With what program and what format I could convert them to make the most with the TF700?
thanks
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I have some m2ts video format and player by default does not read them.
With what program and what format I could convert them to make the most with the TF700?
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No need to convert. Try BS Player or MX Player.
With MXplayer the video you can see in slow motion as BS player crashes while updating the preview
i found that BS Player works best for me with better HW and SW acceleration
and bette suport for large .mkv files over local network
were as MX Player would lag and have trouble playing DTS and Dolby 5.1 sound
Which version of BSplayer uses for the TF700?
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Which version of BSplayer uses for the TF700?
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i use the free one on play
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
sorry for not making it a link, but i don´t have that permission just yet
BS Player (Paid Version) is the best one I have used and Dice Player is 2nd.
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Which version of BSplayer uses for the TF700?
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You may need to download some other files from within bs player for the processor to have it play properly. Can't remember for sure it's been a while since I used that player.
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talk about BSplayer or MXplayer?
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You may need to download some other files from within bs player for the processor to have it play properly. Can't remember for sure it's been a while since I used that player.
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As per the Google Play info, only when it tells you to:
BS player:
This is BSPlayer lite CPU support package for <several listed on Google Play> CPU smartphones - not the main app.
You only need this if BSPlayer warns you to install it, also you must have BSPlayer lite installed first.
Main application can be found here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
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MX PLayer:
** IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is a software component for MX Player, you should install MX Player first. MX Player will test your device and show you the best matching codec automatically if it is necessary. You do not need to install codecs unless MX Player asks.
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i'm having problems with a MP4 file, can you guys check whether it plays for you? regardless of the player i've tried (dice, mx, bsplayer), i only get a black picture with sound:
http://red.cachefly.net/TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4
(from http://timescapes.org/trailers/[email protected] - the "lower" resolution files work but have micro stutters which i didn't have in ICS either..)
it worked fine with .30 ICS firmware and now it doesn't show a picture anymore in jellybean..
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i'm having problems with a MP4 file, can you guys check whether it plays for you? regardless of the player i've tried (dice, mx, bsplayer), i only get a black picture with sound:
http://red.cachefly.net/TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4
(from http://timescapes.org/trailers/[email protected] - the "lower" resolution files work but have micro stutters which i didn't have in ICS either..)
it worked fine with .30 ICS firmware and now it doesn't show a picture anymore in jellybean..
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Shows a blank black screen in bs player.
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hm ok, then it seems that JB is missing some codecs that were available in ICS