How are you playing back avi files on the surface, what's everyone using ???
I've found the stock video player to be a wee bit choppy
gsusx said:
How are you playing back avi files on the surface, what's everyone using ???
I've found the stock video player to be a wee bit choppy
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I played back an avi (xvid) that I converted from a 1080p MKV...file size ended up being around 8 GB. I played the movie just fine and didn't even have the file local...this was playing it across my network from my Media Center.
TheAccuser said:
I played back an avi (xvid) that I converted from a 1080p MKV...file size ended up being around 8 GB. I played the movie just fine and didn't even have the file local...this was playing it across my network from my Media Center.
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Same here. I even streamed from my desktop to my surface without a hitch.
We now need MKV to play so we all don't have to convert everything down to AVI or MP4
mkv would be awesome, i've also been playing high quality mp4 with no stutter or lag locally and via the network
I've been converting files to .mov, which plays just fine. Hopefully VLC will support Windows RT in the near future.
guitar1969 said:
We now need MKV to play so we all don't have to convert everything down to AVI or MP4
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Surface would be complete when this happens. lol
Anyone heard rumours yet, when alternative Videoplayers will arrive? I got my surface just today and it's quite nice, but to keep it I need it to play at least .mkv if not just all video files...
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Ok, now here's a real downer... I tried to play a normal .avi file (saved on the surface, resolution 720x400), but it's way from playing fluent
Any of you also experiencing that? That would really be a no go for me, if it's not fixable, as video playback is really important for me...
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-Zeppelin- said:
Anyone heard rumours yet, when alternative Videoplayers will arrive? I got my surface just today and it's quite nice, but to keep it I need it to play at least .mkv if not just all video files...
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Ok, now here's a real downer... I tried to play a normal .avi file (saved on the surface, resolution 720x400), but it's way from playing fluent
Any of you also experiencing that? That would really be a no go for me, if it's not fixable, as video playback is really important for me...
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im with u on mkv's. I will even pay for a player that plays mkv's flawless....
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Just port VLC or MX Player to Win8RT and alls good...
And of course I ll pay for a decent player
First day was great for video playback of mp4's of course. Now anytime I play an mp4 it lags and lags like crazy. driving me nuts.
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I too would love .mkv playback on my surface that would make it more or less perfect .But if i was to use handbrake to convert a 1080p.mkv to a mp4 does anyone know what the best settings to use for surface playback?
I havent had any issues with .avi playback on my surface - All of my movies are DIVX ripped .avi files, and play with no issues whatsoever.
1280x720 will get upsampled slightly if playing in full-screen - the Surface resolution is 1366x768, slightly higher than "720p" - and I would expect that the NVidia chip can handle decoding the slightly larger video well enough too, but I haven't tried.
This is still driving me crazy ! Video playback is super choppy. Need to play it few times till it kinda gets cached and finally plays without a lag.
How are you guys going about it ? I cant even view my GoPro videos without a lag
rustedfate said:
This is still driving me crazy ! Video playback is super choppy. Need to play it few times till it kinda gets cached and finally plays without a lag.
How are you guys going about it ? I cant even view my GoPro videos without a lag
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Gopro video, other 720p video (like from the Lumia) plays back fine no lag for me. Are you leaving a bunch of other stuff running in the background at the same time?
I use mobile.HD from the Store. It was like $3 or $4. It plays everything i've thrown at it, got tired of waiting for a VLC port.
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Anyone heard rumours yet, when alternative Videoplayers will arrive? I got my surface just today and it's quite nice, but to keep it I need it to play at least .mkv if not just all video files...
Edit:
Ok, now here's a real downer... I tried to play a normal .avi file (saved on the surface, resolution 720x400), but it's way from playing fluent
Any of you also experiencing that? That would really be a no go for me, if it's not fixable, as video playback is really important for me...
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I've had absolutely no problems playing avi's - files as big as 8 gigs. I also streamed it from my computer and it was flawless.
Now .mkv support, that's a different thing. Hopefully, VLC will appear soon.
There are some options though - PressPlay, Multimedia 8 etc. One of them (can't remember which one) converts mkv to playable format but you'll have to wait a few mins before it converts. On the plus side, it needs to convert just once - next time you open and play the file, it plays fine.
Related
I just noticed this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.freecoder.android.cmplayer.v7
anyone use it? thoughts?
works great for me....
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works great for me....
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it plays all the formats it claims to? wow.. you haven't had any issues with it at all?
It works really well, .mkv files play choppy, but any of the .mkv files I converted to mp4 play great. Divx rips play really well, they often look clearer on the small screen than on my monitor!
Been using it for weeks. Plays the most formats I've ever seen of any android player. Best part... Its free!!! Wish I could find a stand alone player for .swf format movies.
Now they want 10 bucks for it!!! Not worth it. But you can still use it. NAGWARE
ROCKPLAYER plays all avi files....
Its all I need )
doesnt work with hdmi out
If its not in the market I won't buy it.
never tried it yet, might in a bit though...
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If its not in the market I won't buy it.
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It now is and is out of beta
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beta version gave me a bad humming buzzing sound when it got quiet in all my .avi files hopefully they fixed it..
that's weird.. i haven't heard any humming sound, although avi audio and video lags. i don't know why.
oh and i tried an mp4 720p video on it, such lag... i'm not sure how i feel about it. it's an otherwise good player.
Yeah, I downloaded the new release today, they changed it to ad/support or pay if you don't want to see ads.
Videos I had encoded into mp4 that played pretty well before, and flawlessly through the phone's video player, now are laggy, especially when you skip through the video.
mkv's still lag, avi/divx still plays well.
I hope they fix all this soon.
I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.
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I've been using it since it was leaked awhile back, love it.
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no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..
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no lag in avi files between audio and video? and what about hd videos? i'm going to try more videos..
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I don't have any except for when seeking through the files or playing after pause. For a few short seconds audio is choppy or there is none. Also so far I can't get subs to work. Oh and I forgot about HD, well you can fahget about it. 720p vids of bleach, in mpg format, that also seem to have low bitrates since its only 300 plus mbs didn't work. That was with the beta though for the latter.
It only supports .srt UTF-8 subtitles currently.
The application definitely needs some polish. It can't play most HD files yet, and needs more support for other subtitle formats and audio types, but it's the most capable player on Android. One of the only ones that'll play divx files flawlessly.
I love it used the beta for ever but yes it is out of beta and on the market get it while you can
One thing I like about rockplayer that I haven't seen posted anywhere is that it plays flv's. I have ton of those(I had a love affair with youtubedownloader for a while!)
How do I associate it with video files to make it the default video player?
Should I be able to open a file on my LAN via the wireless network in ESTRong explorer and play it?
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
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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.
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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 tried using handbrake to convert some standard definition video. I used the default H264 main profile settings. The video plays smoothly on any PC including a lowly netbook. When I play it on the Transformer it is very jerky almost as if every couple of seconds a frame is skipped. This happens on the video gallery app as well as Mobo. Are there any recommendations on compression settings or apps? By comparison, Youtube HD video plays flawlessly.
Thanks.
Using Anamorphic: strict and a constant quality of RF:22 I have been able to minimize the frame skipping of 1280x720 videos but not completely eliminate.
Thanks.
Isn't strange that the Transformer is having any difficulty at all? I am seeing the frame skipping with SD video (720 x 480). I am wondering if the Transformer just does a really poor job with H264 or if there some other way to encode video such that there is absolutely no issue with 480p or 720p video.
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Using Anamorphic: strict and a constant quality of RF:22 I have been able to minimize the frame skipping of 1280x720 videos but not completely eliminate.
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I just checked what I was using and it was the same. Those are the default settings except for the RF22. I am using the default RF20 but considering I am only trying to encode 480p it makes no sense that the video should be choppy at all.
Setting Handbrake to Universal, then setting the encode to a constant 1Mb or 1.5Mb, seems to help, but its not perfect. The most important thing seems to be to downmix the audio from DD5.1 or whatever to plain old 2-channel AAC stereo or similar.
Rockplayer seems to be the best player I have tried so far. Mobo is OK.
Video rips for our Tranny's
Having some problems with this too..
Killing me as my Evo runs smooth video..
little disappointed I have to do so much work finding a way to play video's..
I will report back with my findings as I am playing with a few different players at the moment..
I too would like to just setup up a video rip system for the transformer that works without too many hassles..
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Having some problems with this too..
Killing me as my Evo runs smooth video..
little disappointed I have to do so much work finding a way to play video's..
I will report back with my findings as I am playing with a few different players at the moment..
I too would like to just setup up a video rip system for the transformer that works with too many hassles..
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It'll be interesting to see what you come up with. I've been using handbrake with both main and high profile, and haven't had any trouble in the stock player, or any other player.
Hey guys,
Trying to setup my GFs phone with some media to watch while at the gym, and I can get everything on there fine and use different players to watch it, but I noticed no matter the player there's a significant frame drop/stuttering in the playback, especially when compared to my S2.
Anybody else notice any choppiness when playing back media? Only tested with divx TV shows downloaded from the web (playback from phones camera seems to be fine.)
Thoughts?
Hrmmm. Not sure. I use MX video player for playback and have been happy. This is mostly for flash video and camcorder on phone, but I haven't tried any divx. For the most part everything is fairly smooth.
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seanpr123 said:
Hey guys,
Trying to setup my GFs phone with some media to watch while at the gym, and I can get everything on there fine and use different players to watch it, but I noticed no matter the player there's a significant frame drop/stuttering in the playback, especially when compared to my S2.
Anybody else notice any choppiness when playing back media? Only tested with divx TV shows downloaded from the web (playback from phones camera seems to be fine.)
Thoughts?
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I use handbrake to knock mine down to the proper size and have zero issues, I also use mine on the treadmill. Beats the heck out of the TV. I use realplayer
I use mx video player too. It works great but sometimes the video freezes and you have to hit back and select the video again. But that's only on software decoding.
If you convert the video to MPEG you can use h/w decoding which fixes that and seems to make the battery last longer.
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MoboPlayer works great for me.
Mx player is great,set to sw fast decode and it run very smooth. It support subtitle,interface is nice and easy to use.
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I got my tf300 yesterday and it great except for one thing. I get no sound when i play my mkv 720 movies or series? I have tried both streaming and local. Tried diceplayer, the built in player and moboplayer without success. MX player worked when i turned of h/w and used s/w instead but then the movies "lagged". Cant get it to work, Anyone have a clue what i can do to make it work?
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I got my tf300 yesterday and it great except for one thing. I get no sound when i play my mkv 720 movies or series? I have tried both streaming and local. Tried diceplayer, the built in player and moboplayer without success. MX player worked when i turned of h/w and used s/w instead but then the movies "lagged". Cant get it to work, Anyone have a clue what i can do to make it work?
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MX will play them via HW but you need to click the sound key next to the HW/SW button and select the other audio track. Worked for me.
Ah, that works, Thanks. Anyone get any other player to work?
I have had good results using BS player lite. And it is cool because you can change brightness by swiping up and down in the left side of the screen and change volume the same way on the right
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use dice player , i can stream 1080p movies from my nmt perfect
I was having the audio issues too with MKVs. Switched over to BS Player. All Be Good.
I use mx player to switch streams on mkv's with no problems
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Download vlc player....plays everything
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DO NOT DOWNLOAD VLC PLAYER FOR ANDROID!
VLC is still in development, and apks have not been released. If you find a VLC apk, it is not real or it is based on very early, probably buggy code. One person that mentioned having it said that s/he had very intrusive ads. Judging by all other VLC releases on every other platform, the real VLC for Android will not have ads, or at least not obnoxious, intrusive ads.
Diceplayer plays 1080p nicely, as long as you don't got dual audio.
Glad to hear MX player can handle different audiostreams! Now i can get my anime on!
I'll guess i will use MX or bsplayer then. I just find it a bit odd that the same files plays with no problem on my galaxy S2 with dice player..
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SOLUTION!!!!
Absolute EASIEST SOLUTION!!!!!
Im running serviio from my pc and typically steam to my samsung tv's
But the easiest solution to stream directly to my s3 (i747 aokp task650)
Is:
Download and install these two apps
1.Bubble upnp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
2. Joe VLC https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=the.joevlc
Ive used mx and bs in the past, but this solution is just too easy and fast...
P. S. Ive streamed everything from small avi family guy episodes to 15gb mkv bluray files and this setup is boss..
Only issues i found was minute pixelation when in full screen mode on large files 12gb+ and some buffering when i jump around in said video but other than that its awesome.....
Enabling hw decoding in JoeVlc app takes care of any pixel issues but eats battery...
Happy streaming!
got it
yo
just do to ( in the MX player) Settting -> Decoder--> download custom codec
than u will be direct to a website .. just follow the instraction
worked perfect for me..
thank u it works good
VLC media player has been officialy released some time ago works great with .mkv
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