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[Q] Are There Any Free Video Players For .mkv Files?

I've searched around, tried QQPlayer, Kascend, Rock Player and Mobo and none of them can play the files properly. Either there is no sound or way too much lag.
Dice Player seems to be the only option out there, so since I'm a cheap bastard I want to see if there is a free alternative out there before I shell out the five bucks.

Have you tried mplayer? It's the only way to go on a linux desktop. I'd venture to say it would do well on our phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077188
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Try daroo player in market.
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Just tried MX Video Player and Daroo...neither work.
on to mplayer.

Have you converted the files down to the res of the screen? Also for rockplayer you should try both the software and hardware decoding options before giving up
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hi..
follow this link to download free diceplayer.apk

saladtoss said:
Have you converted the files down to the res of the screen? Also for rockplayer you should try both the software and hardware decoding options before giving up
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Nah, I hate converting videos. Use to do that when I had a PS3 a few years ago. Pain in the ass.
I did.
I played around with all of the settings in every player I tried.

mrboy said:
hi..
follow this link to download free diceplayer.apk
http://androidforums.com/hero-support-troubleshooting/45005-mobile-network-apn-settings.html:
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Really? Is it buried in that thread for Mobile Network settings?

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How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Tried a few and Diceplayer was the best in the end.
It supports HW acceleration and plays 720 videos really smooth.
Phil

bimzrus said:
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Tried it, doesn't work.
philje123 said:
Tried a few and Diceplayer was the best in the end.
It supports HW acceleration and plays 720 videos really smooth.
Phil
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Yup, the only that works for me. I'm just going to stop being cheap and shell out the $5.
I can't believe it's this difficult to get .mkv support. It's 2011, who uses .avi or .mpg anymore? EVERYTHING you download in high def is an .mkv Playing these files should be like being able to play an .mp3

Have you tried MX Video Player, there is a trial version available
that has ads, but I liked it so much I paid for it. I have managed
to get it to play 1080 mkv, it supports dual core decoding...

wifesabitch said:
Tried it, doesn't work.
Yup, the only that works for me. I'm just going to stop being cheap and shell out the $5.
I can't believe it's this difficult to get .mkv support. It's 2011, who uses .avi or .mpg anymore? EVERYTHING you download in high def is an .mkv Playing these files should be like being able to play an .mp3
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Wow, hadn't heard of .mkv. It looks good though, I need to investigate further. I guess there are many conflicting commercial aspects to it. A bit like FreeBSD/Linux in their early days vs AIX/SunOS/HPUX.....

gol_n_dal said:
Wow, hadn't heard of .mkv. It looks good though, I need to investigate further. I guess there are many conflicting commercial aspects to it. A bit like FreeBSD/Linux in their early days vs AIX/SunOS/HPUX.....
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.mkv seems to be the standard with HD videos. I don't download anything unless it's 720p+ and every uploader chooses .mkv

bimzrus said:
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
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Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Try it out, it's free and great.

[Q] How good does .avi files play?

I'm considering buying a Xoom, and I've been trying to read up on it, and it seems as though video playback has been discussed to great extent. Most of what I've read is about HD files (.mkv).
How is the video playback of .avi files on the stock player?
If it sucks, would you recommend any other apps? Or would I need to re-encode them?
I will use this when travelling, so I can't use any streaming software from my regular pc.
I have no problem with rooting and installing custom ROMs if that would improve anything!
Thank you!

Is it so much of a diffference it's worth doing it? Is it unwatchable if you don't?
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lovfors said:
Is it so much of a diffference it's worth doing it? Is it unwatchable if you don't?
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In my opinion it is not worth doing. Just download Mobo Player from the market and you'll be fine. Not had 1 .avi that would not work with Mobo, nor noticed any difference in the quality.

No issues here either, there are a few things that I've reencoded due to size but not found any issues..
fyi I've been using freemaker video converter to reencode stuff if it needed doing.

On the xoom page on motos website it says that .ago is not nativly supported by the android OS, and that using decoders may reduce battery time if its not done on a hardware level. Any of you having trouble with battery life?
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Mobo does both hardware and software rendering and there are other players on the market that will use hardware rendering.
As for battery life, I cant honestly say that I have seen a decrease that would make a difference to my useage.

Thank you all!
Now I know what I'm gonna ask santa for this year

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Does anyone else have problems playing movies?

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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jstrayy said:
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"

1080p HD video playback

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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HD Videos on P3110

Hi,
When I try to play HD Videos or streams it will mostly be shown in slowmotion and jerking (audio is normal),
sometimes it works normal.
Has anybody an idea on what the videoplayback depends or what configuration can be set to make this
contantly working.
I run CM10.1, AOKP Kernel, 1,2 Mhz, interactive gov, cfq shed
Regards
Michael

What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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dbenney said:
What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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Hi,
MX Player, maybe thats a hint, I remember, that I put it in the settings to h/w.
Actually I am installing CM again and I will try it when its all installed. Thanks so far.
Michael

dbenney said:
What player are u using? I had an issue where I was having trouble playing any videos...they would be basically like watching a series of all photos...I switched the setting from h/w to s/w decoding and that took care of it
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Yes, thats it, I change in MX Player everything Tod s/w and now the stream is fluid.
Thx a lot.

bigmic63 said:
Yes, thats it, I change in MX Player everything Tod s/w and now the stream is fluid.
Thx a lot.
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No, now its jittering again. I cant understand what is rhe reason here.