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[Q] May This Be a Solution for the Videoplayer-Problem on Android?

I just thought about the thing that there's no good video player for android, that decently plays .mkv files in 720p, even on the Desire HD.
But what about Archos? They have also Android as OS, and use a 1 GHz Processor ( ARM8 I think) in their newer devices.
But even the Archos 5 IT could playback 720p with its 800 MHz CPU. May it be possible to implement the ARCHOS media player on other Android devices?
Or is it coded too specifically, using the graphics accelerator so only the Archos can work with that app?
Would love to here ur oppinion about this
Sorry if this question is too dumb,

Hi Dr lele
I recently started work on my DHD and found a program called arkMedia. You can download it from your app store for free. It works very well for me right accross my varied media including avi, flv, mp4 etc...
I believe this is the tcpmp equivalent for android.
I hope it works for you as well as it is working for me.
Kind regards,
J

maybe arcmedia?

Thank You I'll try it
But I'll also try to get the app from the archos to the DHD maybe the video player works. That would be pure awesomeness

Dr. lele said:
I just thought about the thing that there's no good video player for android, that decently plays .mkv files in 720p, even on the Desire HD.
But what about Archos? They have also Android as OS, and use a 1 GHz Processor ( ARM8 I think) in their newer devices.
But even the Archos 5 IT could playback 720p with its 800 MHz CPU. May it be possible to implement the ARCHOS media player on other Android devices?
Or is it coded too specifically, using the graphics accelerator so only the Archos can work with that app?
Would love to here ur oppinion about this
Sorry if this question is too dumb,
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No software player will help you overcome what hardware can't do , 800 MHz to 1000 MHz is not the issue here. Alot of things make a CPU package for phones, CPU is just a general purpose hardware not fast enough for 3D games or 720p+ video decoding.. . There are several software players out there with their own codecs that will use your cpu in software mode , you will be able to play avi,divx,xvid if your phone can't already do so, but to playback 720p you need alot more horsepower or specialized hardware. Your Desire HD has Snapdragon CPU
Archos 5 does have slower general purpose CPU less MegaHertz but ! that CPU happens to be Cortex-A8 it is more geared for media has "NEON™technology for multi-media and SIMD processing".
Same CPU but slightly faster is in my AT&T Captivate and or any other Samsung Galaxy S phone.
I can playback 720p video no problem high bitrate H264,x264 ect. Amongs many video containers it can also playback MKVs and with some help from players like "mVideoPlayer" it can even render internal and external subtitles.
You can only blame marketing and low education of general population , where everyone thinks all CPUs are equal and only MegaHertz that matters
Hope that was educational for you , in case it was not short answer , Player from Archos 5 will not help you play 720p video. It is not the player that does the hard work.

Ah thx... thats sad news, but i feel a little bit smarter now and somehow I expected that there's a reason for the DHD's original Media Player not to playback mkv containers
So with a Samsung Galaxy phones i could playback more media files... thats really interesting because I looked for an Android Phone which combines the powers of the Archos PMPs and an Android Phone

DVB-T on the transformer?

does it possible?
i saw this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871391
and this one:
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/18812-howto-dvb-usb-support/
is it possible to make it work on the tf101?

There is already one thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261074
Theoretically it is possible, we jusd need the drivers and kernel modules

As davebugyi already mentioned, I guess this depends on availability of drivers and kernel modules.
At home, I have my tablet connected through wifi to my Windows 7 mediacenter PC running Media Portal TV-server software with an USB Anysee digital-TV tuner with DVB-T card (Dutch Digitenne, Standard resolution), also capable of DVB-C. Through the aMPdroid app I'm able to stream Live-TV, switch channels, watch EPG, record and watch recorded broadcasts on my ASUS, stream other audio/video content, some remote-control functionality to control Media Portal software on my PC, et cetera. You need BS Player Lite with the ARM7 plugin (and aMPdroid) on your tablet to be able to watch these streams. The video quality is quite good, but aMPdroid needs some development. The best thing is, I can watch a certain channel on my TV-setup and simultaneously record or watch another channel on my tablet using a single TV tuner!

[Q] CS918 / MK888b clone identification

Hi all,
I'm looking for help in identifying the exact hardware of my android TV box. It was sold to me as a CS918, but it has working Bluetooth so I'm told that means its NOT a CS918.
It came with Android 4.2.2 on it, but seems to be handicapped to 720p video and all I can get out of it is stereo audio (on SPDIF). From reading various posts it seems this is a kernel issue, so I am after a custom ROM, but need to know what the hardware is before re-flashing the device.
It came preinstalled with Beyond XBMC and I have also tried official XBMC V13 (Gotham) and found both refuse to configure for anything other than 720p. The confusing thing is that the TV is reporting a 1080p signal on the HDMI.
I have attached (or tried to) an image of the PCB in hope this helps identify the hardware.
In summary, can anyone tell me what ROM will work on this device giving me 1080 and surround sound from it when I run XBMC or a variant?
Thanks

Is it possible to use an old phone like an android stick?

I am currently thinking about building a small streaming device for my home theater.
One idea I am having is to build a lightweight NAS out of a raspberry pi b board and add a second device running xbmc or plex for streaming from the nas.
As there are currently hundreds of android sticks (and no one really seems to know which one is best) it got me wondering if I could not just use my old Galaxy S?
Is there a way to stripe all phone related stuff from it and just have some kind of custom rom that uses the hardware like a regular android tv stick?
It really only needs wifi, hdmi out and enough power to run xbmc + stream in 1080p.
Does anyone know if this is possible at all?

AFAIK the HDMI out of the Galaxy S does not work in custom roms because it uses proprietary Samsung code. So it is probably impossible. I also seriously doubt that the hardware of the Galaxy S is capable of displaying HD media in full resolution.

[Q] Shield Android TV 3D support

Hi guys,
Just order for myself a Shield Android TV pro. Does anyone know if its support BD3D iso play?
I have 3D projector Optoma 1080P and wanna know if I can use it to watch a 3D movies with shield.

The Archos Video Player with the codec pack installed says it'll play 3D movies, but I haven't tried it yet. It also lets you stream video and audio from a DLNA server on your network.

Kodi is 3d compatible is it not?
Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk

i believe ive seen settings saying 3d in kodi, for what it's worth

kodi = 100% 3d compatible including sbs, top/bottom and interlaced (if your device supports it) and even has 3d options for the interface.
It also playes 3d content in 2d if you need to

Nobody really answered your question because people still have a hard time understanding that BD3D or 3D ISO are 100% different than 3D MKV files. Most of these players and Kodi have no issue with 3D videos using SBS or TAB, but those are also half HD resolution and just blow hardcore on a big screen. I am using a BenQ W1070 on a 100" Studio 4K Reference screen, and even with the 80% improvement in picture quality over a standard screen, SBS and TAB is unteachable. You need to get a player like a HiMedia Q10 4k or a KD Links A300 (just a US modded version), or a similar type player with a HARDWARE 3D capability. The reason being is Kodi does not understand 48hz video files and just plays them as a single image 24hz file. ALL 3D ISO files are Framepacked in 48Hz. The players hardware needs to be able to render the left (24hz) and right (24hz) eye images (every other frame), sync them together stacked aka framepacking, and play them back at 24hz to your projector. It is a hardware process and no software can do it (at this time). Even PC's with PowerDVD still depend on the video card to render the 3D image from a hardware decode. That being said, it is a Nvidia product, and the APU itself is technically capable of it, but someone will need to compile the framework/instruction into a "native" through player. I am currently investigating if the Nvidia Shield can be rooted with a custom rom to do this, because other Android based Chinese made players tend to have a 6 month lifespan and are NEVER resolved. The player you bought is no doubt better hardware, just more commercially accepted meaning no 3rd party movie experience due to copyright issues.