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Good media (FLAC/OGG/mkv/mov/avi) players

What is a decent media player for the G Tablet that will use hardware acceleration for video playback? I using a modded firmware with the standard Android 2.2 and Marketplace.

Rockplayer

Tried that but I can't get hardware accel to work.

adewolf said:
Tried that but I can't get hardware accel to work.
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Did you update it? The one in the market normally will want to update to a version that works with our processor type. If yours did not I think you can download and install from the website. I have checked the hardware button and mine sticks when it did not used to with the old version.

Sprdtyf350 said:
Did you update it? The one in the market normally will want to update to a version that works with our processor type. If yours did not I think you can download and install from the website. I have checked the hardware button and mine sticks when it did not used to with the old version.
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Thanks I will try that.

I quite like mVideoPlayer. Works nicely for me.

Any recommendations on a player with good subtitle support? For both external subtitles (e.g., .ass, .srt, .ssa, etc) and embedded subtitles (e.g., mkv).

I have no idea which one has a good subtitles support, but i found Real player beta.
It is fast and capable of reproducing my mp4 videos when no other could.

I can't play mkv movie on my vegan-Tab. I tried with Rockvideo,mVideoplayer...
They can not play.
Please help me .
Thanks

lamtutu said:
I can't play mkv movie on my vegan-Tab. I tried with Rockvideo,mVideoplayer...
They can not play.
Please help me .
Thanks
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I can't either. Don't think it is supported yet. I just convert them to MP4 with Handbrake.

floatpoo said:
Any recommendations on a player with good subtitle support? For both external subtitles (e.g., .ass, .srt, .ssa, etc) and embedded subtitles (e.g., mkv).
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I have rockplayer but I just installed mVideoplayer and whenever you first open it, the changelog shows all of the subtitle formats being supported in the new release.

Well I did that and it will play my mkv file in software decoding but stops on hardware decoding. Any ideas.

adewolf said:
Well I did that and it will play my mkv file in software decoding but stops on hardware decoding. Any ideas.
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If it plays does it play ok? If it does then why does it matter if it is hardware or software mode? MKV is hard to play as it is which is why I convert them. The players will get better, just need to give them some time.

ahhh more confusion...
so if i put a dvd into my computer and convert it to mp4 is this the best to play on a stock gtablet? will quality be fair -good -great?
heck the reason i purchased this thing was so i could watch movie and browse the net while on vacation! and it has become a crazy pain...thought it would be smoother than it is...tons of web pages wont open cuzz the are flash?? supported so i get crazy gobbledy gook on he page! maybe i should have jut bought a net book?

The Flash problem is easily solved. Go to the FAQ thread and follow the instructions to install the correct Flash plugin. It works fine.
As for video the best codec for quality seems to be .mp4 in my opinion. .avi files work well too.
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ArcMedia
VLC of andoid. ARCMEDIA. runs flawlessly on any android version. here's the apk

Argh this is frustrating. I had a $100~ chinese tablet and it runs any video smoothly while this thing refuse to run a lot of videos due to codecs...

MX Player automatically stops while playing a movie??

MX player stops automatically while playing a movie , does any one else has this issue also. And when i load the video it doesn't continue from where it was left.

Tis happens when I stream stuff over wifi from my pc using the software decoder in fast mode seems to reduce this but does not eliminate it completely probably bcos of my router's 54mbps max transfer rate has never happened with locally stored videos. The videos do not resume bcos the app is probably crashing and so cannot bookmark a "pause"
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I had the issue with mostly with large avi files. and they were store in the internal memory. this happen with Momo player and MX player, and i tought it was the video file but i was wrong ,I been using dice player and so far no issues.

i had the same problem but i updated my firmware to .30 and there was an update for the player at around the same time and now all work fine

did you get any luck? its still a problem for me..

Anyone actually get MX Player to work anymore? I get an error message telling me to update the codec but there isn't any update actually available

UndisputedGuy said:
Anyone actually get MX Player to work anymore? I get an error message telling me to update the codec but there isn't any update actually available
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MX Player works fine for me...I had to load a down-reved version of MXPlayer though...as the Tegra Codecs aren't out yet for the latest version of MXplayer.

carlosraf20 said:
MX player stops automatically while playing a movie , does any one else has this issue also. And when i load the video it doesn't continue from where it was left.
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I had the same situation when I play Avatar HD 12gb from my tablet with MXPlayer, it is playing from the begining but in 20% stoped and I forward and stoped again in the same elapse time

Problem playing videos

Okay, now that's strange. Today I updated my P5113 to UEBLH3 (newest official version) and that strange problem still exists.
H/W acc video codecs seem to dissapear after short using of the tab. When I restart sometimes I can play videos, sometimes it says "Sorry, this video cannot be played." Mostly affected are DivX and xVid avi files. Other players don't work in HW mode also. I hoped that updating to latest firmware would fix the problem, but apparently it's still here for me.
Is there anybody else who experiences something like that?

Try dice player work good with hardware acceleration
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Thats not the point. The question is how come system video codecs stop working just like that? They arent accessible from other players also. Like the OS doesnt support HW acc. I want to use stock video player since its the best player for me (and plays all videos FULL screen)

[Q] mkv video file no sound nexus 5

help!!!
Got a nexus 5 just 3/4 days ago. Trying to play breaking bad in mkv format 720p. Getting no sound from it whatsoever, tested avi and mp4 and they seem fine. Have tried vlc media player, dice plaer and MX player as well as stock player.
Had no issues playing the same file on my old phone (HTC one).
Thanks

Probably beed to install some codec

caribouxda said:
Probably beed to install some codec
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Could you possibly give me a link for a step by step guide for this as I am not too familiar with playing around with codecs....
Thanka

In MX player, go into settings, then decoder, scroll down to Download Custom Codec and it will tell you what one to install for your device, believe its the ARMv7.
Once installed, when you are playing the file, you may have to change the to software decoder, to do this, open the file you want to play and click the H/W button in the top right and select S/W
Hope this helps

MX player Pro build 1.9.5 dropped MPEG2 support?

mpeg2video has broken in last version of MX Player Pro 1.9.5. It reports "This video format (mpeg2video) is not supported".
MX Player Pro 1.9.5 ARMv7 Neon was installed from Google Play.

Hello,
My MX Player Pro was updated to 1.9.5 from Play Store.
Since the update, I cannot play any MPEG2 videos.
Before the update all .mpg, .ts and .REC video files worked fine.
Now I get "This video format (mpeg2video) is not supported."
(well, mine is in finnish but it translates to that)
Is this a bug or planned issue?
My player is ARMv7 NEON on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 & Samsung Galaxy S7

Have you tried using the custom codec from the codecs thread?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254

ChazzMatt said:
Have you tried using the custom codec from the codecs thread?
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No, not yet.
Actually, for years I have just been using MX Player without any problems and without knowing about any custom codecs.
All my files has been standard mpeg2, mpeg4 or h264 stuff so nothing custom about them at all.
All these including mpeg2 have been working fine for years now.
So maybe I will need to look in to those.

mpeg2video not supported
After upgrading MX Player to 1.9.6 at Samsung S5Neo the .ts files recorded at Synology from DVB-T cannot be played. It says "mpeg2video not supported". Same applies to the DVB-T live stream.

Use custom codec.
You also started a duplicate thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3664814

jyli said:
No, not yet.
Actually, for years I have just been using MX Player without any problems and without knowing about any custom codecs.
All my files has been standard mpeg2, mpeg4 or h264 stuff so nothing custom about them at all.
All these including mpeg2 have been working fine for years now.
So maybe I will need to look in to those.
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Ok, the custom codec works for me on mxplayer 1.9.6... But why was the support dropped?

Having the same issue. It started last night and I'm running 1.9.5

shaun0207 said:
Having the same issue. It started last night and I'm running 1.9.5
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Seems like the custom codec is the only way to go.
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how can i get an custom codec for the galaxy s7?

tweakertje said:
how can i get an custom codec for the galaxy s7?
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You should check this post https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38207227
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found it an select the custom codec
There is an other strange thing mpeg2 is in software mode not hardware decoding???
if I select hw+ audio codecs there is audio but its stuttering
The old version (1.9.3) also decodes in software mode.
Galaxy s7

tweakertje said:
found it an select the custom codec
There is an other strange thing mpeg2 is in software mode not hardware decoding???
if I select hw+ audio codecs there is audio but its stuttering
The old version (1.9.3) also decodes in software mode.
Galaxy s7
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can you collect a bug report & share with us?

Hi,
I have just downloaded the codes suggested it the above link. The video works perfectly now. Thanks for the help and info
Tony

So is this really the way things work with MX Player Pro from now on?
I must use custom codec to watch mpeg2 decoded videos and for every new update of MX Player I will need to get new custom codec?
I updated the MX Player Pro yesterday to 1.9.8 (I think it was 1.9.5) and now the custom codec (1.9.0) that I have won’t work with it.

jyli said:
So is this really the way things work with MX Player Pro from now on?
I must use custom codec to watch mpeg2 decoded videos and for every new update of MX Player I will need to get new custom codec?
I updated the MX Player Pro yesterday to 1.9.8 (I think it was 1.9.5) and now the custom codec (1.9.0) that I have won’t work with it.
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Get Custom Codec Pack v1.9.8 from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254

dabrain42 said:
Ok, the custom codec works for me on mxplayer 1.9.6... But why was the support dropped?
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Anyone know the developer of mx player on Tapatalk
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Goodbye MX Player
I won't be using this app anymore. I need mpeg2. Period.
No reason to have this app without it.
No time to root my android tablet or play little games with codecs.
It used to to a good job, now it is just a vegetable.
Goodbye

derfy1234 said:
I won't be using this app anymore. I need mpeg2. Period.
No reason to have this app without it.
No time to root my android tablet or play little games with codecs.
It used to to a good job, now it is just a vegetable.
Goodbye
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Read two posts above yours. Custom codec pack adds that functionality and more.

ChazzMatt said:
Read two posts above yours. Custom codec pack adds that functionality and more.
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Even with the custom codec I am still having compatibility issues that I never had before this change with MPEG2 files - audio pauses and subsequent desync, anybody else showing similar?
Just playing DVB-T recordings.