So what is high bigmem and bigmem? I know that it gets me more usable ram with a sacrifice of something. For example my 720p mkv video playback was broken. Was it becasuse of the rom or the kernel? I came from stock rom. On the stock rom I could watch "How I met your mother" 720p mkv but now I can. So the question is. How can I get the HW accelerated 720p mkv video playback back without losing vodoo sound and others? I tried non high bigmem versions but just didn't work. Any help would be much apriciated!
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Here's the answers in case anybody come across to this problem in the future. It was kernel related. To be exact it's bigmem I think. I've installed the stock ROM (with stock kernel ofcourse) and the video just started using the hw decoder. smooth 720p mkv. No lag at all. With subtitles. After that I installed a kernel with bigmem ( marmite 5.1 stock edition) and the video playback no longer worked. Now I'm using stock ROM with Simple kernel. Damn! I didn't know the stock ROM is faster than the AOKP one.
Zunex95 said:
So what is high bigmem and bigmem? I know that it gets me more usable ram with a sacrifice of something. For example my 720p mkv video playback was broken. Was it becasuse of the rom or the kernel? I came from stock rom. On the stock rom I could watch "How I met your mother" 720p mkv but now I can. So the question is. How can I get the HW accelerated 720p mkv video playback back without losing vodoo sound and others? I tried non high bigmem versions but just didn't work. Any help would be much apriciated!
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download "dice player"
the best HW accelerated player ever
qaz2453 said:
download "dice player"
the best HW accelerated player ever
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thanks for the tip but it didn't work for me. I can hear the sound but no video. After a few seconds the player freezes. Nowhere near compared to the stock. Anybody please help. I don't know whether it's the rom or the kernel. I'm using rasbeanjelly with marmite v5.
Zunex95 said:
thanks for the tip but it didn't work for me. I can hear the sound but no video. After a few seconds the player freezes. Nowhere near compared to the stock. Anybody please help. I don't know whether it's the rom or the kernel. I'm using rasbeanjelly with marmite v5.
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try air kernel or matrix
or it maybe the case of just re-flashing the ROM
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try air kernel or matrix
or it maybe the case of just re-flashing the ROM
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I'll try matrix kernel! I've used air kernel for about 2-3 (when new version came out I upgraded immediately) but I could not watch 720p mkv either. I really miss 720p mkv playback feature but I just don't wanna go back to stock. So all my hope is in matrix kernel
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I'll try matrix kernel! I've used air kernel for about 2-3 (when new version came out I upgraded immediately) but I could not watch 720p mkv either. I really miss 720p mkv playback feature but I just don't wanna go back to stock. So all my hope is in matrix kernel
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o ok
im running Stock rooted 4.1.2 (100.1% google experience rom) with air kernel and it works fine with dice player
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854366 im telling you 4.1.2 is amazing!! jelly bean never worked on my phone but this works soo smoothly its unbelievable
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o ok
im running Stock rooted 4.1.2 (100.1% google experience rom) with air kernel and it works fine with dice player
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854366 im telling you 4.1.2 is amazing!! jelly bean never worked on my phone but this works soo smoothly its unbelievable
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yes it's really cool! Latest rasbean jelly is 4.1.2. I would flash the stock rom if it had volume rocker music controls. it's the only thing which is holding me back.
On my Vibrant which is the same hardware, I use MX Player, generally h/w acceleration for video and set audio to software decoding. Play most MKV with no problem. The older version 1.6 also have a fast software mode that make it capable of playing almost any videos smoothly, but they took it away with the new version.
The bitrate of the video and your internal storage read speed do determine the playback smoothness.
eksasol said:
On my Vibrant which is the same hardware, I use MX Player, generally h/w acceleration for video and set audio to software decoding. Play most MKV with no problem. The older version 1.6 also have a fast software mode that make it capable of playing almost any videos smoothly, but they took it away with the new version.
The bitrate of the video and your internal storage read speed do determine the playback smoothness.
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I'm using mx player too but it only plays that in software decoding mode. When I choose hw decoding mode it says that it cannot play it in hw decoding mode. Hw+ decoding mode won't work either. Tomorrow I'll flash back the stock rom with different kernel. See if it works.
Ps: Matrix kernel didn't work either. No hw playback.
It means the player do not have codec to decode that video, maybe you should reencode it to h.264 in mp4 container.
Also I recommend keeping a copy of the MX Player 1.6, it can even manage most hd video in software fast decoding. Sure it won't be highest quality, but the Nexus screen isn't exactly HD.
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yes it's really cool! Latest rasbean jelly is 4.1.2. I would flash the stock rom if it had volume rocker music controls. it's the only thing which is holding me back.
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Playerpro music player has volume rocker controls.
If I recall correctly while the vibrant has basically the same hw it also has different hw. Including decoders. Like with the missing encoder for 720p video recording with the camera for example.
Can't remember exactly but I think it was Samsung with the galaxy s line that was able to play back mostly anything because they included encoders and all the licensing that goes along with it. Then again maybe not. I'm sure others know more or you can just investigate it yourself
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If I recall correctly while the vibrant has basically the same hw it also has different hw. Including decoders. Like with the missing encoder for 720p video recording with the camera for example.
Can't remember exactly but I think it was Samsung with the galaxy s line that was able to play back mostly anything because they included encoders and all the licensing that goes along with it. Then again maybe not. I'm sure others know more or you can just investigate it yourself
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I'll try different combinations as soon as i got home. I know it works. It used to work tho.
Edit: I've edited the first post. Got my answers now. Thanks for the help guys!
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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.
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.
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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
vs
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
vs
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)
I couldn't find a video player that would work with cyanogen mod 9 ics rom because lack of hardware acceleration i found that MX video player (free) does work perfectly on my p1000 galaxy tab when set to software decoding though just thought i would let everyone know because i was trying multiple things to get it to work. I have only tried this with .3gp video though. My ics rom does everything I need it to now, hope this helps .
eclipsekid07 said:
I couldn't find a video player that would work with cyanogen mod 9 ics rom because lack of hardware acceleration i found that MX video player (free) does work perfectly on my p1000 galaxy tab when set to software decoding though just thought i would let everyone know because i was trying multiple things to get it to work. I have only tried this with .3gp video though. My ics rom does everything I need it to now, hope this helps .
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I don't have any problem with video player in cm9
Check this
qm4n76 said:
I don't have any problem with video player in cm9
Check this
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If you look in the description of the video you posted its using mx video player thats why its working because currently there is no hardware acceleration.
I still get like a tear looking thing on the upper right part of the screen.How to fix that?
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Settings for Mx Video Player to play .3gp videos
I checked s/w decoder, fast mode and deinterlace in decoder settings that mad my .3gp video played fine i am not sure with other video formats if they will work though what kind of video format are you using?
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If you look in the description of the video you posted its using mx video player thats why its working because currently there is no hardware acceleration.
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There is HW acceleration enable on mx video player that I'm using playing the video on my post.
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qm4n76 said:
There is HW acceleration enable on mx video player that I'm using playing the video on my post.
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When I posted this It was working with software decoder only, you are using a slimdizzy rom a nightly build I was using "CM9 (WIP)" at the time. Now hardware acceleration works fine anyways on Milestone 4 rom.
Update MoboPlayer works better than Mx Video Player
I have found out MoboPlayer is a better solution for a video player. Mx Video Player seems to have some glitches with video playback. I am using build #28 AOKP ICS rom with MoboPlayer and am very pleased with MoboPlayer it works perfect with no choppy playback at all.
eclipsekid07 said:
When I posted this It was working with software decoder only, you are using a slimdizzy rom a nightly build I was using "CM9 (WIP)" at the time. Now hardware acceleration works fine anyways on Milestone 4 rom.
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eclipsekid07 said:
I checked s/w decoder, fast mode and deinterlace in decoder settings that mad my .3gp video played fine i am not sure with other video formats if they will work though what kind of video format are you using?
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there is a new kernel from HumberOS, this kernel can apply for all CM9 ROM , it's fix wifi and video HW accel, chek this
humberos said:
Main Features:
New wifi driver
HW/Accel without green glitch.
Download
http://www.humberos.com.br/p/android-ics.html
Enjoy!
Greetings from Brazil!
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there is a new kernel from HumberOS, this kernel can apply for all CM9 ROM , it's fix wifi and video HW accel, chek this
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Thanks , I will definitely try this might fix the issue i have with game loft nova game also.
On CM9 + latest humberos kernel I still get video lag for mp4 1080p videos using MX player. Mobo player works like a charm though.
Hi guys. Apologies if this question has been asked before.
I'm using VI 4.0.1 and SebastianFM's 1.30.4 kernel. Whenever I play 720p files (haven't even tried 1080p) using MX video player, it's choppy and stutters every few seconds.
I usually use the S/W decoder because the H/W decoder simply doesn't work. Screen goes blank and video never plays.
I've had this problem for quite a few versions of both kernel and ROM. Is it just because VI doesn't have a working HW decoder? Or is there something I'm missing?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
ARHD, Bricked kernel, DicePlayer - 720p/1080p HW accelerated works and no lag.
davebugyi said:
ARHD, Bricked kernel, DicePlayer - 720p/1080p HW accelerated works and no lag.
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Hm, I'll try DicePlayer when I get home. See if there's a difference.
After installing JB on Rogers Infuse 4G all mp4, avi video is unplayable, too choppy and stuttering. Works perfect on GB roms. Was looking around and could not find a fix for it (something to do with memory usage? as per Galaxy S forum). Any ideas?
SOLVED..
after reflashing a few other roms -> one has to remove external sd during flash, this seems to fix playback (flash and mx player etc.) problems. Thanx all for help.
bolibo said:
After installing JB on Rogers Infuse 4G all mp4, avi video is unplayable, too choppy and stuttering. Works perfect on GB roms. Was looking around and could not find a fix for it (something to do with memory usage? as per Galaxy S forum). Any ideas?
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Any Custom Rom <> stock GB have choppy video is a bug sorry, try another ROM.
Just a swag - have you tried putting the video on your internal memory instead of external sd?
I usually play streaming video (eg. TV series online). Any custom GB rom I tried has perfect picture, any ICS or JB rom is unwatchable. Could somebody suggest a JB rom that has verified good video playback on Infuse?
I have never had a problem watching videos on any GB/ICS/JB ROM...video playback has always been flawless whether it was a YouTube video or streaming from another site...or a downloaded HD movie...they've all played flawlessly....now videos I record while on JB/ICS that's I different story...but everyone knows about that...
If you don't mind...can you link me to a video you find unplayable on jb? I'm curious as to see if my infuse will play it...
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Any video on watchseries.eu will be impossible to watch. Which jb rom do you use?
bolibo said:
Any video on watchseries.eu will be impossible to watch. Which jb rom do you use?
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Ok so hopefully clears this up. For movies that you download, you can get mx player from the app store, that thing plays EVERYTHING. and flawlessly too. so there get that. If u want to watchseries.eu or online streaming sites, u need flash player, so download this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705503 and get version 3.0.3 This version contain flash player, which u'll need to watch stuff like that and yourtvseri.es etc.
For recording, just use 480p, cause 720p is broken on jb. good luck dude.
Hey there,
I mainly use my tab for videos and ebooks, and i faced problems in running some mkv's.
basically i was trying to play an anime video by coal girls but the player did not play it.
These are 720p videos with flac audio.
Also happens with videos by re-packers like horrible subs and gotwoot...
I know that the tab can play 720p mkv's watched a lot of 720p movies on it flawlessly. But then why does it fail to run these.
P.S. : I also tried mxplayer but it plays the video on s/w decoder and that too very poorly even after enabling multi core decoding for s/w decoder.
Thanks in advance.
a1shakes said:
Hey there,
I mainly use my tab for videos and ebooks, and i faced problems in running some mkv's.
basically i was trying to play an anime video by coal girls but the player did not play it.
These are 720p videos with flac audio.
Also happens with videos by re-packers like horrible subs and gotwoot...
I know that the tab can play 720p mkv's watched a lot of 720p movies on it flawlessly. But then why does it fail to run these.
P.S. : I also tried mxplayer but it plays the video on s/w decoder and that too very poorly even after enabling multi core decoding for s/w decoder.
Thanks in advance.
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Can you upload a trailer or short clip you can't play(not too big just 3-4 minutes in which i can see problem).i will try to find a solution!!!
here is a sample
Droidlover123 said:
Can you upload a trailer or short clip you can't play(not too big just 3-4 minutes in which i can see problem).i will try to find a solution!!!
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here is a sample
http://www.2shared.com/video/Clmodmua/Coalgirls_Magical_Girl_Madoka_.html
cant play 10 bit video's as well
well i tried playing some more videos, could'nt play 10 bit-720p-BD-AAC video's as well.. :crying:
Tried a lot of players, default samsung can't play it and players like mx and dice default to s/w which stutters so much that the video is unwatchable ...
I was hoping that someone had experienced it before and tried a custom ffmpeg i.e custom codecs to solve the problem.
a1shakes said:
well i tried playing some more videos, could'nt play 10 bit-720p-BD-AAC video's as well.. :crying:
Tried a lot of players, default samsung can't play it and players like mx and dice default to s/w which stutters so much that the video is unwatchable ...
I was hoping that someone had experienced it before and tried a custom ffmpeg i.e custom codecs to solve the problem.
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Bro sorry I can't reply at the moment....pls wait a bit....
On which ROM u are???
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stock rom
Droidlover123 said:
Bro sorry I can't reply at the moment....pls wait a bit....
On which ROM u are???
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I'm on stock samsung unrooted 4.1.2 rom..
a1shakes said:
I'm on stock samsung unrooted 4.1.2 rom..
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Did you tried h/w+ mode in MX player?
See screenshot
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Yup tried that, didn't work
yup i tried that even allowed the 10 bit video option, the video which i have uploaded just won't play on h/w or h/w+........
Can't see any other option now.Why don't you try to play the video i have uploaded...
If you want the details :
Stream #1 :
type : video
codec : H264/AVC/ MPEG4-AVC/MPEG4 part 10
Resolution : 1280 x 720
Frame rate : 23.97602
Stream #2:
Type : audio
Codec : FLAC
Channels: stereo
Description : flac 2.0
Stream #3:
Type: subtitles
codec : ssa
plays fine on nexus 7
I played the same video on friend's nexus 7 and s2 which plays it pretty well on s/w decoder, however the tab 2 lags like hell in s/w decoder.....
Don't know what to do now...
Can anyone try the video sample i uploaded in post 3 and post the results....
a1shakes said:
I played the same video on friend's nexus 7 and s2 which plays it pretty well on s/w decoder, however the tab 2 lags like hell in s/w decoder.....
Don't know what to do now...
Can anyone try the video sample i uploaded in post 3 and post the results....
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Yep bro I tried and it was a ****ty performance but still you can convert video in an supported format and it will be fine.......
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found a temporary solution
Droidlover123 said:
Yep bro I tried and it was a ****ty performance but still you can convert video in an supported format and it will be fine.......
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Or you can use splashtop 2 (free on market) to stream the video to the tab... Works perfectly for those who don't want to convert tons of videos...
Final conclusion : There seems to be a problem with the native h/w rendering capabilities...so no software can help it..
720p mkv + flac audio or 10 bit 720p videos are not playable natively mostly due to the poor gpu, and poor performance with s/w decoders.
I use BS player. It plays everything, using H/W decoder. Plays local, or off the network.
Use the ARMv7 version, and also download the BS hardware decoder, it is vastly improved over the stock or AOSP one.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
Tried it but fails to work in h/w
wowmail said:
I use BS player. It plays everything, using H/W decoder. Plays local, or off the network.
Use the ARMv7 version, and also download the BS hardware decoder, it is vastly improved over the stock or AOSP one.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free
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Installed bs player free + arm v7 vfp cpu from market, but it still plays the video using s/w decoder with terrible frame rates. Frame dropping option also dosen't help. And when i choose h264 hi10 to be played on h/w decoder , there is black screen with only audio.
Try the sample which i have uploaded in post 3 and post the results. I'm on stock rom so maybe cm/aosp plays it better. If so i may install a custom rom..
not possible to play 10 bit videos at the moment
So i finally dug around the forums myself and realized that there is no android device that can play 10 bit encoded videos at the moment, not even tegra 3.......
source : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425664
At the moment, 10 bit encoding i fairly new and requires much more power than ur 8 bit mkv's which were used to have earlier.
So basically our tab can play 8 bit 1080p videos flawlessly, but fails to do so for a 10 bit 720p video on h/w decoding i.e ur stock samsung player will refuse to play it and all the players that u will try will play it on s/w decoder no matter what u try and yet u'll get very bad frame rates.
SO the solution is to :
1) re encode the videos, which did'nt work for me cuz i lose the subtitles while converting(some error)
2) can stream using splashtop2 ( free in play store) which is okay but need to have very high net speeds..... :/
If u cant play ur vid's properly, first see the details if they are 10 bit or hi10p if yes try the above.
Cheers