Hey everyone. I recently bought a Nexus 10, only to find out that it can't play 720p, let alone 1080p mkv video files with hardware acceleration. So I've been looking into using the TF700 for playing video files shared over my local network. Does anyone have any experience with this? How does the TF700 handle 1080p mkv files? I've used BSPlayer on the N10, but I want to be able to actually watch 1080p videos. Thanks!
I use MX Player Pro because it's HW+ mode handles 1080p hi10 MKV videos; However, I typically copy files over before playing. I suppose as long as the connection is good enough you could use CIFS manager (Needs root, maybe additional drivers) to map the network share so that the tablet only sees it as another local folder if it's not able to play them through a network browser like ES file explorer.
ive watched 1080p videos from my PC using BS Player on my device. what was the issue?
I've been looking for the best way to setup the tf700t to play movies from my pc. Most seem to be a bit laggy or the sound goes out of sync. Is it due to the tf700t not having dual band capability? Is that something an update later on could fix, or is it hardware? Any advice you all have would be great. The fastest connection I get to my router is 65mbps, is that enough for HD videos?
Here is a vid of me streaming HD from my local network to my tablet. No lags or desyncs. I use cleanrom 2.7.2 and clemsyns 1.3.1.5 kernel. The BS Player is the only player that works for that :/
There must be an issue with your setup.
richarrp said:
I've been looking for the best way to setup the tf700t to play movies from my pc. Most seem to be a bit laggy or the sound goes out of sync. Is it due to the tf700t not having dual band capability? Is that something an update later on could fix, or is it hardware? Any advice you all have would be great. The fastest connection I get to my router is 65mbps, is that enough for HD videos?
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i have no issues streaming mkv from BS player. Sound syncs perfectly. I also have 65mbps
Hi,
I`ve found not only player is important.
Using normal ROM (rooted but not unlocked) I use Built-In player to play HD content. Also good choice will me MX Player.
Found some sync and delay issues but I know reason now...
It was not player issue, guilty was application with SMB/CIFS support.
Using now Solid Explorer Beta2 (v1.4.0 - last cracked version with license activation .apk file ---> available to download through BlackMarket apk
SMB or CIFS works great, all sync problems gone now, plays 1080p with high bitrate with no prob
Interesting, my TF700 is as stock as it comes (stock rom, no root), and I'm not able to play any 1080p mkv's over wifi (yes, connected @ 65mbps).
The combo Wifi + ES File Exporer + BS Player (HW decode modus) works for files up to 720p, but not for 1080p (not even 6gig files).
I'll give Solid Explorer a try (there's a 14-day trial version in the Play store) and see if that solves anything..
Ofcourse it plays the same files just fine from internal memory or (micro)SD card, it has the power.
If there are any more tips, I'd like to hear them for streaming 1080p mkv's Not quite ready to root although CIFS maanger would make life easier, won't it?
You can watch with bsplayer, it handles mkv files, i watched battleship in 1080p so it does work
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i watched battleship in 1080p so it does work
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Over wifi?
I stream my re-encoded blurays in 1080p x264 mkv format with DTS, subtitle tracks and whatnot all over my network to laptops, mediaplayers, wired and wireless..
So I think it's not my network or my wireless router and/or my two other access points (objective was maximum wifi-speeds coverage in entire house).
I tried l3v's suggestion to access my files on the NAS with Solid Explorer instead of ES File Explorer and stream again using BS Player, but unfortunately no difference in jerkyness and framedrops when using ES File Explorer..
Maybe I should be looking at BS player settings (or perhaps WIFI settings)? Anyone care to share or are you just using default settings?
So I'm not sure what makes others stream without issues and I can't (but all other devices in the house can)... Kind of annoys me, makes me jealous :silly:
:good::good: for Dice Player, and VLC for my backup!
I use ES for all my everyday share access and Cleanrom ( even on ICS with Zeus worked nice! )
try that combo
Based in my experience with devices way slower than TF700 (so my experience might not translate), I've found it much easier to share my videos through a web site set up with IIS (Internet Information Server) which is free in many versions of Windows. MX Player handles http with ease (even for fast seeking), no username/password required (although supported), and http is a much better streaming protocol than SMB (Windows share), so if your network is slow or has many collisions it will perform a little better. If your Windows version doesn't include IIS, you can download XAMP (free) or better yet Cherokee (google cherokee web server), which is fast and lightweight.
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SMB is highly un-optimized on android, It;s all going to depend on your bitrate(not your resolution). DLNA is a far more efficient mechanism for streaming on android.
If you are trying to stream full bitrate Blu-ray content I would avoid SMB.
Hello,
Recently I bought HTC one s for my wife and we encountered the following problem:
I have NAS (network attached storage) and there I store all of my home made videos. If I download a video from the NAS to the
local storage of the phone it can be played fluently without any issues (1080p .mov format) with mx player. The problem is
if I want to stream the video using es file explorer and mx playerv it cannot be played fluently, actually it stutters like hell and the audio is tottaly
unsynchronised and also stuttering. I tried maybe all video players on the market but to no avail-all of them were stuttering. I also tried software and hardware decoding-the difference is very small and the playback is still unacceptable.
Please give me some advise how to fix this issue
first, sorry for bad English
When i stream video through SMB from pc to android , the video stops randomly , sometimes it runs smoothly , sometimes while the videos was playing suddenly a pop up says video cannot be played?
i open the video file with ES file explorer , and play video with stock player (others player cant even play the video)
My PC specs :
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Overclocked to 2.4ghz
4.5gb ddr2 ram
Wireless BGN network adapter
nvidia gt240
Device i used to stream is SM-N9005
I have problems with plex playing a 1080p highbitrate mkv, stutters a lot i try stock and custom roms no luck, i have a lan speed meter and only transmit at 4mbits and if i stream with a file manager like esfile explorer and playit with vlc run smoothly and the speed meter register a download speed of 35mbits. Anyone having this problem?
Btw i test with other devices like nexus 7 and HTC One M8 and its working flawless.
I use a file manager like ES File Explorer to locate a video file on a Windows Network Share and open it with MX Player. The file manager seems to convert Windows Network protocol into HTTP, and then passes the address to MX Player.
I have the following problems:
* For some files, streaming by the aforementioned configuration makes the video stutter. When the same file is copied to local storage and played it plays fine. This is irrelevant of whether HW or SW decoding is used.
* For some files, HW decoding does not work at all when streaming or works but stutters and sometimes stops. When the same file is copied to local storage and played, HW decoding works fine.
First of all, I think it is not a bandwidth problem. It is a 300Mbps home Wi-Fi network, and the actual PC to Android copy speed is over 7MB/s (megabytes ) in ES File Explorer.
Secondly, to be fair, it does not seem only the problem of MX Player. For those problematic files, I tried VLC, Gom Player, Good Player, etc and they all had the same symptom.
Thirdly, it does not seem to be a problem of specific device, manufacturer, or low-end CPU. This happens on all my android devices, some of which are quite high-end devices.
Fourthly, it does not seem a problem of a specific streaming software (this case, ES File Explorer), because it happened with other file manager applications or direct HTTP/FTP streaming from a computer in my home network.
Finally, it does not seem to be the problem of video resolution either. Some 1080p/720p video files do not have this problem, but some 1080p/720p files do. For example, one video file that stutters when streaming is just a small 720p video whose video bandwidth is only about 2Mbps and audio bnadwidth is about 160Kbps. This is far below my 7MB/s copy speed.
This problem has been bugging me for more than a few years and I still cannot get a solution. It could be Android's problem because, even a low-end Windows laptop and an old Macbook can play those problematic files just fine. But those are not tablets, and I want to play them on tablets.
Does anyone of you have the same problem? Is there any solution to this other than transcoding or copying those files?
I have the exact same problem as you. I've started a thread earlier this year and I didn't get any replies. The problem is that MX Player does not support what called "multi-threaded transfer". The streaming speed when using MX Player would be around 10-12MB/s as stated by the Network Speed Indicator Xposed module. I know that is not the maximum speed of the wi-fi because when I enable Multithreaded transfer in ES file explorer, the file transfers would go to like almost 20MB/s.
Old Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/video-streaming-speed-10mb-s-t3110308
There's that, and SMB streaming buffering issues in general that MX has. The developer is planning on some sort of SMB fix... in his next major release.