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Good media (FLAC/OGG/mkv/mov/avi) players

What is a decent media player for the G Tablet that will use hardware acceleration for video playback? I using a modded firmware with the standard Android 2.2 and Marketplace.

Rockplayer

Tried that but I can't get hardware accel to work.

adewolf said:
Tried that but I can't get hardware accel to work.
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Did you update it? The one in the market normally will want to update to a version that works with our processor type. If yours did not I think you can download and install from the website. I have checked the hardware button and mine sticks when it did not used to with the old version.

Sprdtyf350 said:
Did you update it? The one in the market normally will want to update to a version that works with our processor type. If yours did not I think you can download and install from the website. I have checked the hardware button and mine sticks when it did not used to with the old version.
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Thanks I will try that.

I quite like mVideoPlayer. Works nicely for me.

Any recommendations on a player with good subtitle support? For both external subtitles (e.g., .ass, .srt, .ssa, etc) and embedded subtitles (e.g., mkv).

I have no idea which one has a good subtitles support, but i found Real player beta.
It is fast and capable of reproducing my mp4 videos when no other could.

I can't play mkv movie on my vegan-Tab. I tried with Rockvideo,mVideoplayer...
They can not play.
Please help me .
Thanks

lamtutu said:
I can't play mkv movie on my vegan-Tab. I tried with Rockvideo,mVideoplayer...
They can not play.
Please help me .
Thanks
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I can't either. Don't think it is supported yet. I just convert them to MP4 with Handbrake.

floatpoo said:
Any recommendations on a player with good subtitle support? For both external subtitles (e.g., .ass, .srt, .ssa, etc) and embedded subtitles (e.g., mkv).
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I have rockplayer but I just installed mVideoplayer and whenever you first open it, the changelog shows all of the subtitle formats being supported in the new release.

Well I did that and it will play my mkv file in software decoding but stops on hardware decoding. Any ideas.

adewolf said:
Well I did that and it will play my mkv file in software decoding but stops on hardware decoding. Any ideas.
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If it plays does it play ok? If it does then why does it matter if it is hardware or software mode? MKV is hard to play as it is which is why I convert them. The players will get better, just need to give them some time.

ahhh more confusion...
so if i put a dvd into my computer and convert it to mp4 is this the best to play on a stock gtablet? will quality be fair -good -great?
heck the reason i purchased this thing was so i could watch movie and browse the net while on vacation! and it has become a crazy pain...thought it would be smoother than it is...tons of web pages wont open cuzz the are flash?? supported so i get crazy gobbledy gook on he page! maybe i should have jut bought a net book?

The Flash problem is easily solved. Go to the FAQ thread and follow the instructions to install the correct Flash plugin. It works fine.
As for video the best codec for quality seems to be .mp4 in my opinion. .avi files work well too.
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ArcMedia
VLC of andoid. ARCMEDIA. runs flawlessly on any android version. here's the apk

Argh this is frustrating. I had a $100~ chinese tablet and it runs any video smoothly while this thing refuse to run a lot of videos due to codecs...

Comparison of two H/W video players

Can anybody tell me which video player they prefer between Dice Player and MX Player? I've already purchased Dice Player and want to find out if there are any discerning differences between the two before I decide to pay for MX Video. If you've used both and prefer one over the other please let me know why you made the choice you did.
Thanks.
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I've been using MX player with no issues with anything I throw at it, so it word for me, I haven't tried dice player though...
are you having any issues with dice that you are thinking MX player might not have?
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I've had a number of files that will play video but not audio with MX Player....same files work fine and great in Diceplayer.
MX might say it has compatibility, but apparently not as good as diceplayer does.
But as usual, YMMV. Just what I've seen.

darkhawkff said:
I've had a number of files that will play video but not audio with MX Player....same files work fine and great in Diceplayer.
MX might say it has compatibility, but apparently not as good as diceplayer does.
But as usual, YMMV. Just what I've seen.
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+1.. mainly MKVs.
DICE Player all the way for me.

Dice Player is the best for me.

Dice works best for me as well

That's exactly the answers I was looking for. Now I wont need to buy MX since I have Dice and it works great. I just wanted to make sure that MX didn't have something new to offer. Thanks guys.

Dice puts out quite a few updates, more than I've seen for MX. I'm satisfied with my dice purchase.
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The real problem I've noticed is that MX Player seems to have smoother playback, but I don't know if that's because it doesn't playback the audio as well, or if it's because it (supposedly) uses both cores. My personal opinion is that it's mainly because it doesn't playback audio as well.
Either way, I still prefer Diceplayer over MX Player.

Dice player works on HC3.2?
mine always FC on opening.

AcIdC0R3 said:
That's exactly the answers I was looking for. Now I wont need to buy MX since I have Dice and it works great. I just wanted to make sure that MX didn't have something new to offer. Thanks guys.
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buy MX Player? I thought MX was free from the gecko.
@bradputt: yes. try uninstalling it and reinstalling.

zephiK said:
buy MX Player? I thought MX was free from the gecko.
@bradputt: yes. try uninstalling it and reinstalling.
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It's like $5 on the market but no worries, I like Dice Player anyways so I won't need to buy MX Player now. I finally tried an add-supported copy and I came to realize that it's no better than Dice player. All is well, thanks guys.

I've got a free MX player.. Not sure how. But anyways, I went into the options, checked "always use software decoding (Fast mode) and it works flawlessly. I was having alot of issues with the other players and mkv files quitting sound all the itme.
whats the difference between hardware and software decoding? Does it matteR?

silenceforus said:
I've got a free MX player.. Not sure how. But anyways, I went into the options, checked "always use software decoding (Fast mode) and it works flawlessly. I was having alot of issues with the other players and mkv files quitting sound all the itme.
whats the difference between hardware and software decoding? Does it matteR?
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Although S/W playback will play more media formats than H/W will, H/W uses the Tegra dual core technology to playback a higher framework video than S/W playback can. I've played both S/W and H/W formats and Honeycomb tablets can utilize and playback 720p MKV files with Full H/W acceleration while playing S/W formats cannot. Plus H/W acceleration uses less battery power for playback than S/W playback
If your looking for a guide to encode your videos in H/W format for large video sizes you can check THIS thread here.
Since you already have MX Player you should be able to utilize the same principles as you would if you used Dice Player. So you should be good to go.
If anybody feels as if I overlooked something here please feel free to jump in.
Thanks...

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Dice player works on HC3.2?
mine always FC on opening.
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Update it. The Dev has updated it something like 5 or 6 times since 3.2 was released. I don't get many force closes anymore, only when I'm trying to play a high bit rate file and want to jump around alot. Has issues, but not as many as it used to, thats for sure.

AcIdC0R3 said:
It's like $5 on the market but no worries, I like Dice Player anyways so I won't need to buy MX Player now. I finally tried an add-supported copy and I came to realize that it's no better than Dice player. All is well, thanks guys.
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Oh, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro
its the Ad-Free version.
@AcIdC0R3: Honestly, I find encoding to be ridiculous. You shouldn't need to do extra work just to get it working on a Dual-core device when single-core devices such as Hummingbird can process it just fine. DICE Player... no encoding needed.

zephiK said:
Oh, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro
its the Ad-Free version.
@AcIdC0R3: Honestly, I find encoding to be ridiculous. You shouldn't need to do extra work just to get it working on a Dual-core device when single-core devices such as Hummingbird can process it just fine. DICE Player... no encoding needed.
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Just curious, but what file type do you use and do you not use H/W encoding? Do you see no discernible difference between S/W and H/W playback?
The only work I do is convert a VOB file to an .m4v file and then transfer to my removable media. No extra work is needed. I let Dice player do all the hard work.
Thanks...

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Dice player works on HC3.2?
mine always FC on opening.
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if you use Diceplayer 1.5.3 (from Market militia), It never works.
Download diceplayer from Android market.

Diceplayer is the only HW video player.
MX Player has very optimized ffmpeg codec.
But MX is not H/W video player, it is well optimized S/W video player.
MX use multi-threads , VFP3 , ARMv7 optimized codec but it is HW optimized SW codec.
Diceplayer use Tegra2's HW Video decoder engine. so Diceplayer has problems from Tegra2 HW Video decoder ( NO Weighted Predictions )
Galaxy S2 shows what is difference of HW optimized SW codec and HW video codec.
In Galaxy S2, Diceplayer can play 1080p/i with Full HW Accelerations, but no one that use SW codec(even NEON version) can handle 1080p/i.

Codecs needed?

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

neo1738 said:
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.

neo1738 said:
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!

neo1738 said:
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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d14b0ll0s said:
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.

czerdrill said:
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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[Q] Does the default video player support subtitles?

Hi.
I still haven't decided to buy this tablet yet. So I was wondering if the built in player displays subtitles embedded in mkvs, ass or similar files? I normally use moboplayer in order to play my soft-subbed videos on my cellphone since only a few players support this feature.
If this is not supported, is there another video player that supports this but also allows it be floating like the video player?
Thanks!
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Oops placed this in the wrong section. Kindly move this topic since I can't find the delete function.

fvig2001 said:
Hi.
I still haven't decided to buy this tablet yet. So I was wondering if the built in player displays subtitles embedded in mkvs, ass or similar files? I normally use moboplayer in order to play my soft-subbed videos on my cellphone since only a few players support this feature.
If this is not supported, is there another video player that supports this but also allows it be floating like the video player?
Thanks!
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Oops placed this in the wrong section. Kindly move this topic since I can't find the delete function.
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I believe that the default video player only accepts SRT subtitle file. MKV playback starts off a little bit slow but picks right up at normal speed after a few seconds.

In most of cases, it support srt. I had no problem on most movies, included mkv.

Try a app call BS player,its in the play store, I love it and it will search for the subtitles any movies you are watching..for you.
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I just use MX Player.

neilgoco said:
I just use MX Player.
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same here. Mx player definitive supports subtitles in my mkv files.
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Use DICE player . It supports all subtitles and floating screen , and if subtitles are not synced properly but you don't have choice , this player can slow down subtitles or accelerate them during play .

[Q] No audio with BS player app

Hi all-
Has anyone used BS player with ripped TV shows? Don't have the tablet in front of me, but pretty sure the shows are MP4 format and play fine with MX player - no issues at all. I'm trying to use "BS Player Free" as it successfully gets subtitles online for the shows. However, these which play fine in MX, have video and subtitles in BS player, but no audio. I've tried tweaking/changing the settings but I can't figure out a successful one to get it right. And after a few tries, the player begins to crash immediately when launching a show, not playing at all.
Very frustrating. Any suggestions/advice?
Thanks all.

Hi There,
I have never had any trouble with BS Player, altough I prefer the look of MX Player so don't use it that often. Recently they have updated to remove support for Dolby AC3 audio codec as they don't have a license to support it. You may want to search for an older version and install that instead. I am on 1.9.150.
Unfortunately Dolby don't seem interested to license out AC3 to small developers like that do they really don't have a choice but to either remove support, or go undeground with it. A shame really..

Yeah, I'll try that. If the older version doesn't work, or if I can't find that version, anything else I should try??

I'll assume that you've tried all the obvious things such as having the volume turned up, not on mute etc etc. Try a file that you know should work, I think if it's AAC audio it should work, and if that works OK then you know it's not the tablet or any setting in BS Player.
Thankfully AAC is quite popular and normally I would try to avoid anything with AC3 because some players won't support it. When I can't avoid it I keep my trusty copy of BS player handy (and backed up). I'm not sure of any other decent quality player that supports it. Dolby only appear interested in DVD/Blu-ray manufacturers and the likes. If you find another good player that works then let me know!

Oh yes - volume up, not on mute, etc. The same file/show works in MX player, but not in BS player which I'm trying to use for the subtitle feature.

If you haven't knowingly messed with any of the settings then I can't think of a reason it wouldn't work. Double check your preferences to make sure it is using HW decoder, and under playback preferences there are options for what codecs are supported, make sure MPEG4 H264 are checked. I guess that if those are unchecked it wouldn't play the video either. You also have an option during playback to select the audio stream. Normally there would be only one, but perhaps it is not sure which one to select and you need to manually tell it. To find that option open up the menu (top right) select audio, then audio stream. Might be worth a double check. I can't see any other settings that would affect it.
You're not using a bluetooth speaker are you? I have just double checked with mine and it seems to work OK for me over bluetooth.

Cool - will try/check those settings today. Will there be more than 1 audio stream to choose from? I don't think there were, but I'll double check. Audio didn't work with or without BT speaker, but works fine in MX player with or w/out BT speaker. I am using one regularly. But when I test tonight, I'll not use it and only use tablet speaker.
Thanks.

In case you cannot get your videos to work, you should consider Dice Player. Out of the box, Dice Player does not support those unlicensed codecs, but it supports custom plugins, which allow you play any videos with audio. As long as you know how to add a plugin, you should be able to play anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833704

huy_lonewolf said:
In case you cannot get your videos to work, you should consider Dice Player. Out of the box, Dice Player does not support those unlicensed codecs, but it supports custom plugins, which allow you play any videos with audio. As long as you know how to add a plugin, you should be able to play anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833704
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Will try that as well - thanks for the suggestion!

huy_lonewolf said:
\Out of the box, Dice Player does not support those unlicensed codecs, but it supports custom plugins, which allow you play any videos with audio. As long as you know how to add a plugin, you should be able to play anything.
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What? Diceplayer plays the videos just fine without plugins. I've never installed a single plugin and have yet to run into a video it can't play...
I second DicePlayer. All my videos are ripped(ahem... We'll leave it at that.) TV shows as .mkv, .mp4, .avi or .mpg with .srt subtitles.
Regarding the subtitles; You do know you can just get them from podnapisi, right? (there is nothing illegal about that.)
Then just name them identical to the videofile except for the extension, put it in the same folder as the videofile, and pretty much every player plays it automatically...

No, I've never heard of podnapisi. Cool - thanks. I'll try that too.
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Update - so When I got home and checked the ripped shows that work in both MX and BS, and compared it to the ones that only work in MX, I saw the pattern. Using a file manager app, I looked at the properties/details of the files/shows. Worked on both - audio was listed as MP3. Only worked on MX player - audio not listed. I don't know why its not on some shows, but obviously there is audio since it works on MX player. However, I could only get it to work on MX player by switching from HW decoding to SW decoding. Interesting and confusing for a newbie like me. Also, both shows are avi files so I couldn't see a difference there. Still puzzled but I will try Dice player next!!
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So, Dice Player works flawlessly as you guys mentioned. And I added subtitles to the folder and it found those too. Love this forum and all the help you guys offer. Thanks so much!!
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The trick for the subtitles also works for.sub files and all other subtitle formats if you ever run in to them, and they also work on a pc, media player, tv and dvd player this way.
As an added little bonus, diceplayer has a 400% volume boost as well. Which is useful, as the tf700 speakers are not exactly what you call loud.
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ShadowLea said:
What? Diceplayer plays the videos just fine without plugins. I've never installed a single plugin and have yet to run into a video it can't play...
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I am talking about audio codecs. For example, due to licensing issues, Dice Player removed support for DTS audio quite long ago (just like BS Player removed support for Dolby recently), so custom plugin is the only way you can get support for those audio codecs. Videos using those codecs will still play, just that there will be no sound.

jt1998 said:
Also, both shows are avi files so I couldn't see a difference there.
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AVI is just a container format - the codecs used for the audio and video streams inside the file make the difference whether you can play it or not.

Wish I knew how to open or modify it.
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huy_lonewolf said:
I am talking about audio codecs. For example, due to licensing issues, Dice Player removed support for DTS audio quite long ago (just like BS Player removed support for Dolby recently), so custom plugin is the only way you can get support for those audio codecs. Videos using those codecs will still play, just that there will be no sound.
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Ah. That's why I never noticed.
VLC (Beta, but works shockingly well) still has support for both those codecs. It doesn't like 1080 .mkv very much, though.
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Wish I knew how to open or modify it.
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You'd have to re-encode it. If you have an Adobe package (not acrobat), Media Encoder does the trick. Otherwise, try Handbrake. It's open source.

http://www.bsplayer.com/android/source.html
to compile specific custom codec for bsplayer with AC3 and other.

If you want to see how your video is encoded download this for Windows:
http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
Then you'll be able to see how the audio was encoded in a video file.