Background: Purchased MX Player Pro. Watch a lot of video in my mobile web browsers Chrome and Dolphin. Often for work (training). Used to be that in either mobile browser, I would browse to the video and when I told it to play MX Player Pro would be the player in which I watched the video, which is critically important and MX Player has video controls (like swiping to go forward and backward) that the system video player doesn't.
This morning my Galaxy Note 5 from Verizon got an update, update N920VVRU2BPG5. Since then, in both browsers on my phone, the video only play in the craptastic system video player. I've looked for a way to change that default and I do not see any options. Again, what I am trying to do is make it be the way it was, with videos played from either of my mobile web browsers Chrome and Dolphin being launched in MX Player by default, not the system video player it seems to have defaulted back to. (To be clear, we are NOT talking about setting a FILE default).
I don't know that this is considered a bug or not, but it's a giant problem.
What's the solution?
Thanks.
This *may* be a a different kind of thing, I've done some more testing in Dolphin and found that when I enable Dolphin Jetpack for Flash, it goes back to working properly. I'm not sure why, my two conjectures are either:
a) MX Player is not in the mix at ALL, but that the recent update swapped my browsing player from Flash based to HTML5 based, and HTML5 video players do not (possibly) support swipe gestures, or
b) By switching Dolphin Jetpack for Flash on, it enable dolphin to properly router the video playback to the MX Player.
Either way, that seems to be the fix for Dolphin, now I have to see if a similar fix can be applied to Mobile Chrome.
Thanks.
@sindyr
If chrome plays on itself it may not possible. If it's forwarded to stock player it might be different issue raised from Samsung's idiotic implementation of default apps.
FYI, in almost all samsung marshmallow devices if you select a app it's always set as default. Unlike LP there won't be a option to select once. Just go to Application Manager > Select Video (If Stock Player is default). From the "Set Defaults" option "Clear Defaults" & set the App Links to always ask. Now, Chrome will ask again to select. But, keep in mind that when you select the any other app it will be the new default.
It's not possible to intercept a html5 video from a browser. Nowadays most of the browsers are implementing their own mediaplayer based on android mediaplayer API.
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Thanks for the tip.
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I am trying to figure out how to set a default player for Google Reader on my Transformer Infinity (TF700T). I completely reset the app preferences so there no longer any defaults on any apps, but when I try to launch an mp3 from Reader, the system automatically defaults to the system player and doesn't prompt me for any alternatives. The player's not bad, but it's modal so I can't do anything else when the player is in use. I prefer to use an alternate player so I can do other things while I'm listening. I see the same thing occurring when I launch mp3s from the stock web browser.
Any ideas? I've been looking all over the Interwebz and haven't found anything.
Hi community !
I'm refering to the huge community here because I have an issue with my TF700 when I'm trying to watch streaming videos on dpstream.net
We I have received my tab, I've directly installed the adobe flash player for ICS package.
I'm used to Chrome, so I installed it. When I was going to dpstream.net, I was able to watch movies without any problem.
Then suddenly (or not suddenly but I can't figure what was the trigger) I wasn't able to watch streaming movies anymore. BUT, when using the stock browser (so not chrome anymore), it was still working.
The problem is that, since yesterday, nothing is working ! Neither Chrome nor the stock browser.
What am I supposed to do ?
For your information,
- I'm able to watch Youtube from the browser (so not using Youtube App).
- I'm able to watch movies on dpstream from my laptop (so not an issue with my account there)
- When I'm clicking on Flash Player Settings (on my TF700 / Applications), it opens a browser but empty (no settings available).
Does someone has a suggestion to solve this issue ?
Thanks in advance !
What format is the video streaming in? If it's divix or avi then I don't know if those can be played through a browser. When I've tried streaming those formats I get a unsupported format icon. I can play flash video streams using stock or boatbrowser. I don't know about chrome as I don't use it. I think chrome does not support adobe flash player so it wouldn't work. You can also try setting the browser to load as a desktop and not a mobile site.
Android browser prompts me to open MX PLAYER to watch network Live streaming. Opening MX PLAYER I get video but no sound.My tablet is Lenovo ideapad A10 using android 4.2.2 and ARM CORTEX A9.
nickiliop said:
Android browser prompts me to open MX PLAYER to watch network Live streaming. Opening MX PLAYER I get video but no sound.My tablet is Lenovo ideapad A10 using android 4.2.2 and ARM CORTEX A9.
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Hi!
Download Dolphin Browser from Google Play.
and then go to:
dolphin lab - search for it in Google
and download flash player
Set flash player as "always on" in settings of Dolphin Browser and set user agent as PC.
You can also download adblock from Dolphin Lab but in some cases you need to disable it (sidebar) to watch a stream.
Without dolphin browser and flash player I dont have any sound as well:/ Maybe somebody will help with this issue? I would prefer to watch streams without flash player (it "eats" my battery really fast) but without sound I stay with the flash player solution. Soon I will have the Lollipop update and it seems that flashplayer no longer works with Dolphin Brower under Android L.
PS. Im not allowed to post external links (I need at least 10 post on XDA forum) so if you have a problem then send me a message.
likasz said:
Hi!
Download Dolphin Browser from Google Play.
and then go to:
dolphin lab - search for it in Google
and download flash player
Set flash player as "always on" in settings of Dolphin Browser and set user agent as PC.
You can also download adblock from Dolphin Lab but in some cases you need to disable it (sidebar) to watch a stream.
Without dolphin browser and flash player I dont have any sound as well:/ Maybe somebody will help with this issue? I would prefer to watch streams without flash player (it "eats" my battery really fast) but without sound I stay with the flash player solution. Soon I will have the Lollipop update and it seems that flashplayer no longer works with Dolphin Brower under Android L.
PS. Im not allowed to post external links (I need at least 10 post on XDA forum) so if you have a problem then send me a message.
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Thanks for your reply.I use android stockbrowser for watching live streaming through flash, but i think the quality of video is better playing it by 3rd party media player.I tested also other media players but unfortunatelly no sound!!!Maybe the fault is hiden not in media players, but somewhere else in the decryption of the audio files.
Hi all guys !
In the past i used mxplayer for playing video from my browser (chrome/dolphin).
Now, with android 5.1.1 i'm not able to choose mxplayer for streaming online video.
I did these things without any luck:
-full wipe
-change rom (slimlp, cm12..)
-look into app manager for change default app
-use default app manager (from play store) for select mxplayer as default video player. Videos continue to open on stock browser player.
My device: oneplus one, root, broken os rom, boeffla kernel.
Please help, have a good day.
MBurns2 said:
Hi all guys !
In the past i used mxplayer for playing video from my browser (chrome/dolphin).
Now, with android 5.1.1 i'm not able to choose mxplayer for streaming online video.
I did these things without any luck:
-full wipe
-change rom (slimlp, cm12..)
-look into app manager for change default app
-use default app manager (from play store) for select mxplayer as default video player. Videos continue to open on stock browser player.
My device: oneplus one, root, broken os rom, boeffla kernel.
Please help, have a good day.
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Many browsers has implemented their own players using mediaplayer api.
If you have stock browser try that. It may work.
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ktsamy said:
Many browsers has implemented their own players using mediaplayer api.
If you have stock browser try that. It may work.
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Is possible to disable this mediaplayer api ? currently on my setup i don't have stock browser, in the future i will try with stock browser.
For now i solved some of my problems doing this: dolphin browser+jetpack+flash player always on (+flash player apk).
Thanks a lot
Were you able to install flash player apk on latest Android 5.1.1 or did you fetch some modded apk?
I have just obtained flash player apk from http://androidpicks.com/adobe-flash-player-latest-apk-download/ as this site claims it can be used on Android 5.0 and later. The same apks are also available on Adobe's archive pages. Seems like these can be used on later versions as well although these were developed for Android 4.0 and previous versions. The pathetic thing is Adobe has abandoned flash for android. And it seems like they are going to abandon it for Windows as well.
Besides, you should also try UC Browser as that still gives option to play videos with external player. Otherwise, it's builtin player is also no less than MX.
MBurns2 said:
Hi all guys !
In the past i used mxplayer for playing video from my browser (chrome/dolphin).
Now, with android 5.1.1 i'm not able to choose mxplayer for streaming online video.
I did these things without any luck:
-full wipe
-change rom (slimlp, cm12..)
-look into app manager for change default app
-use default app manager (from play store) for select mxplayer as default video player. Videos continue to open on stock browser player.
My device: oneplus one, root, broken os rom, boeffla kernel.
Please help, have a good day.
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Click the button on the upper right corner of Jetpack and then select mxplayer from the list. If it still doesn't work, you can send an email to [email protected]. That's what I always do.
Hi,
I have a NAS that share video file with smb, I used to open these files in ES file explorer and it will give me the option to open it in MX player. Recently I got my Nexus 6P with Android 6.0.1, and there is no such option anymore. The video will always default to use es file explorer video play. Anyway I can fix this?
Update:
I noticed in the app details page on the phone there is a "Open by default" option and inside there is "supported links" which has the value "*" . Maybe this is the cause? I used to developed an app that forwards intent to mx player and if I use "*" it will not work. I had to provide mime type so mx play show in the open list. Another thing I noticed is the problem is not only for MX player but for all other video streaming supported players. So it must be something changed in Marshmallow.
Thanks.
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@ktsamy seems your post got posted blank.
Regarding the OP, hmm, I wonder if instead the problem is on ES's side. I don't know much about this area, though.
Same here, I can't get to make mx player appear in the list of players capable of playing a video from a smb share or a local dlna renderer
Issue still exists.
@zhumingvictor
@obladi64
@TeoLinuX
@CDB-Man
The issue is from the android itself.
There are 2 major issues.
1. Android 6 has a issue which will lead to disappearance of Apps. If you set app as default & Then clearing the defaults, many apps including MX, BS, VLC have disappeared from open with list. There is no way to bring them back other than uninstalling/disabling the app which you have set as default earlier in order to bring the missing apps back to list. The issue was reproducible even in Stock Nexus devices. But, it was fixed in 6.0.1
2. Pathpattern no longer works with many third party apps in newer android versions when host is set to *. This is one of the major issue. But, When you remove the host entry as you suggested, some apps will list MX Player incorrectly for unknown contents for a unknown reason. One more thing is that Google Chrome & Stock brower doesn't list the app for video files when it's removed. So, it can't be removed straight away.
BTW, after lot of test & trails I have found the solution for the issue. I have forwarded the same to the MX Player developer as well. It's now fixed on MX Player code base. Next update will bring the fix to both issues.
Thanks for your effort. My workround is to make MX player default for all required file types by opening files from local storage. Than MX Player will be default for smb files too.