So as we all know, Video Player is an insanely bad resource hog...Well, what alternatives are you using, to replace it?
I'm looking for an nice video player that doesn't hog squeeze your data
Mx Player
killa12222 said:
Mx Player
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Can this thread be marked as solved? Mx Player is the answer.
nakedtime said:
Can this thread be marked as solved? Mx Player is the answer.
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And we have a winner!
Yep. MX player ftw.
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MX Player is my favorite but I keep the stock player for the ALLSHARE support
I use also mx player but here is a great thing that official player does and no other. When you have allshare cast dongle and you play a video in TV the phone doesn't show the video which 1st is battery saver and 2nd you use your phone doing anything you want and video in TV still plays in TV. It's a great feature and I haven't found any other player to be able to do that.
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I found video player to be quite battery efficient actually.
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i find the video player on the note3 not as good as the note 2..
on the note 2 it played avi divx no issues... on this note 3 it is not compatible with some of the formats.
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I use also mx player but here is a great thing that official player does and no other. When you have allshare cast dongle and you play a video in TV the phone doesn't show the video which 1st is battery saver and 2nd you use your phone doing anything you want and video in TV still plays in TV. It's a great feature and I haven't found any other player to be able to do that.
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Same thing with using a mhl 2.0 adapter. I found it especially important that the screen doesn't play when connected since mhl 2.0 allows you to connect the mhl without a power source which is super handy on the fly. I haven't test going out of video mode while playing a video with mhl yet though. Might pick up a allshare if the price goes down (my mhl adapter was only $10), does the allshare lag much? I like to play racing games on the big screen every once in awhile (no noticeable lag with mhl) but heard that might be an issue with the dongle.
Diceplayer
MXplayer (does not play certain audio codecs.)
VLC player beta
BSplayer
Dice and vlc are fully free and play everything.
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MX Player Pro and set it as default. I never use stock Video Player, don't like it.
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Same thing with using a mhl 2.0 adapter. I found it especially important that the screen doesn't play when connected since mhl 2.0 allows you to connect the mhl without a power source which is super handy on the fly. I haven't test going out of video mode while playing a video with mhl yet though. Might pick up a allshare if the price goes down (my mhl adapter was only $10), does the allshare lag much? I like to play racing games on the big screen every once in awhile (no noticeable lag with mhl) but heard that might be an issue with the dongle.
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No stay with the cable for games, the lag is minimum with dongle but noticed. Quality is fine and I noticed that phone sends to allshare dongle sustained 900 to 1100kb/sec so whatever reason is making the connection not to be perfect cast automatically lowers resolution but I noticed that only once.
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BlueChris said:
No stay with the cable for games, the lag is minimum with dongle but noticed. Quality is fine and I noticed that phone sends to allshare dongle sustained 900 to 1100kb/sec so whatever reason is making the connection not to be perfect cast automatically lowers resolution but I noticed that only once.
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Sorry to hijack, but what allshare dongle are you using... I looked around but they are all getting horrible reviews on Amazon.... thanks!
Only one is samsung with that name. Samsung all share cast dongle.
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Mx player
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im going to upgrade to a nexus s 4g this month, and i have 2 questions about playing videos on the phone:
from what i understand, the nexus cant shoot HD, but can it play HD videos that i load onto the phone?
is there an app that can play .avi cuz id really hate to convert my videos.
No I dont think HD video work, I forget the app but there is one to play .Avi it wasnt flawless tho
RockPlayer. AVIs are flawless, MKVs are flawless as well but there is a bug with no audio being outputted when hardware decoding MKVs. .AVIs have absolutely no problem
MoboPlayer is pretty good too
Ill havd to try rockplayer is it free? I tried a app that needed unlocking after 15 days
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Yes theres a free version available on the market. Moboplayer is reallh good too.
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thanks for the info
i meant really. rockplayer is still my recommendation of choice, paid app of course (you have to get it through his website)
I Dont know it man, trying the free version on the market and it keeps freezing every time I open a 720p AVI file
my nexus s love mobo player.
720p working great with it. (subtitle support also)
I had the same movies on the first atrix and they played flawlessly. They're .avi and either they won't play or they lag, and audio isn't synced. Please let me know if this can be fixed or if it may just be my phone. I have already reflashed my phone back to stock and it didn't fix the problem, thank you.
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Do you also have problems them playing with DicePlayer?
I normally don't use the stock player as sometimes it lags or doesn't play some files on my SD card so I used moboplayer
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Akbar1786 said:
I normally don't use the stock player as sometimes it lags or doesn't play some files on my SD card so I used moboplayer
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I guess I'll try downloading different players... also do you guys remember the way we could play music, videos, and see pics through HDMI on the ffirst atrix? I don't have that option, I can only mirror my display -_- and playing movies like that really screws with the quality
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Try .mpg/.mpeg and see if that helps.
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Try .mpg/.mpeg and see if that helps.
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Guess that's what I'll do... shame, the first atrix was great for movie playback.
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Guess that's what I'll do... shame, the first atrix was great for movie playback.
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Check the audio on the files, if the audio is 48hz then playback skip crazy like
I have the same problems. For some reason the Atrix 2's hardware decoders aren't adequate. I can play a 720p mp4 file perfectly but when playing avi files it gets really choppy.
I simply used MX Video Player. Great video player. It let's you select the folders that it scans for video files. The player tries HW decoding and if that doesn't work it goes to SW decoding. Since most avi's play in HW decoding just click the screen's HW sign to change it to SW or SW fast. Also, I found it better to leave the deinterlace option unchecked.
now, I just use this as my phone's go to "vlc player"
I searched the forums for this and did not find it.
bsplayer is the best video player for Android ever! It will play any media file that I throw at it. It will also stream VOB files from a share drive!
I am not the dev for this but I wanted to give him exposure so that more and more people use it. For those who have used it what are your thoughts?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DMsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
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For those who have used it what are your thoughts?
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It's a matter of personal preferences of course, but I've found that MX Player interface suits me better, but otoh I also keep bs for local network streaming which it does much better.
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It's a matter of personal preferences of course, but I've found that MX Player interface suits me better, but otoh I also keep bs for local network streaming which it does much better.
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ya, i also find mx player interface suiting me better...
best
it is realy best player
in my opinion , RockPlayer2 is the best media player on android, with really great UI and performance, and It has some unique feature, like 'Rockshare" , users can share their videos with friends just use their phone, but not exchange SD-card.
yes, after installing dozens, this is the only one that plays my 4 gig 720p DTS audio mkv file. But the video color quality can be better.
I always go back to vplayer
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Max player is good
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I had VPlayer, but when I was watching a movie with 720 p or higher, the video seemed choppy not to mention some buffering going on even with the maximum buffering. Does anyone have any recommendations for a phenomenal movie player for this device? I am also concerned that the audio might lag the video by just enough that its noticeable. I don't mind forking over a few bucks as long as the app works as promised.
Try BSPlayer or Dice Player (with additional library for decoding DTS audio, see my apps thread).
Does mxplayer not work?
I loved MX Player on my TF101, but on the TF700, it wasn't to use software to decode the movies, while Dice and BSPlayer use full hardware decoding.
If MX Player supported hardware decoding on the TF700, it would be my go to player like it was on my TF101... But, it doesn't (at least not yet).
I too would recommend BS Player.
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upstandingcitizen said:
Does mxplayer not work?
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Haven't tried yet, because DICE works really well for me.
BS Player. Just get it.
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from the recommendation of all the guys here i bought bsplayer. i haven't used any other media player since. ok, it's only been four days, but still...
I use DICE player and it has been able to play everything that I throw at it, definitely recommended !
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Well thank you for the responses! I will give BS player and dice player a look and see how they compare. I wish the VPlayer would work since I already paid for it a while back but thats life I guess.
BS Player will play 1080p MKVs over wifi.
we should just creat a sticky saying that BS Player is the only player you will ever need for this device.
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There is the sticky thread on apps, but nobody likes to read when coming to the "xda-userfriendly-helpline forum", typing one question and getting others to work is so much easier
BS Player for sure. This player will play any bullsh*t you throw at it. hence the BS in the name. Okay I made that up, but it's true.
It's always good to have options, I have Dice and BS Player installed. Dice even has a nice smb function to play streamed movies over shared folders!
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It's always good to have options, I have Dice and BS Player installed. Dice even has a nice smb function to play streamed movies over shared folders!
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BS has that as well.
I personally think that Dice performs better and more "professional" looking than BS Player...
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It's always good to have options
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Thats why i installed BS, MX and Vplayer, its free anyway !
BS is by far the one i use most because it plays all my 720p mkv movies with subtitles smoothly, with other players had some issues.
kind regards,
Can confirm that BS player can play 1080p MKV's that makes MX player stutter and freeze. Kind of expensive for the paid version, though. And less intuitive touch controls...
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ka1z0ku said:
Can confirm that BS player can play 1080p MKV's that makes MX player stutter and freeze. Kind of expensive for the paid version, though. And less intuitive touch controls...
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Confirmed. Just switch to H/W decoding in the settings. Dice should work too.
And you can just test BSPlayer Free, if you're unsure, without paying for it (with AdAway, if ads bother you). Then support the developer, if it suits your needs.
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I personally think that Dice performs better and more "professional" looking than BS Player...
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Doesn't work for me here, when trying to play different mkv movie files Dice is not playing audio....with BS no problems at all...
kind regards,
Hey guys i just want to ask if any of you have tried playing 1080p or even 720p videos on the nexus s because im running on slimbean 3.0 marmite kernel and I used bs player to play HD videos but it will not be a smooth playback... does anyone have any idea on how to make the playback be smooth? Poor maybe this is hardware limitation?
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Use MX player. 720 is fine.
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Try MoboPlayer
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If you haven't come across any solutions, I'd suggest Dice Player.
I've tried VLC player and it runs HD videos smoothly and amazingly. It's still in BETA but it's amazing. I'd give it a try, it's free so you won't be losing anything. It also plays any format and you can use it to listen to your music. Another cool feature is it allows you to stream videos on it.
Regards,
Bomboholic
superng888 said:
Hey guys i just want to ask if any of you have tried playing 1080p or even 720p videos on the nexus s because im running on slimbean 3.0 marmite kernel and I used bs player to play HD videos but it will not be a smooth playback... does anyone have any idea on how to make the playback be smooth? Poor maybe this is hardware limitation?
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I don't know if BS Player has the option but use MX Player and while your video is playing, choose SW Decoding, since HW decoding makes the video stutter
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Try diceplayer, it renders 720p decoding perfectly
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