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[Q] Lossless audio Flac support for htc sensation?

is there an app that would allow me to play lossless audio like flac? if not.. what format should i convert it to in order to maintain that quality?
or would wave.. be the only option to keep that quality?

PowerAMP is the only player I've encountered that can play FLAC, and the poor UI stops me from using it https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=related_apps
Once we're rooted though, I'm told Cyanogenmod builds in FLAC support. Android 3.1 is the first version to officially build it in.

_kansei_ said:
PowerAMP is the only player I've encountered that can play FLAC, and the poor UI stops me from using it https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=related_apps
Once we're rooted though, I'm told Cyanogenmod builds in FLAC support. Android 3.1 is the first version to officially build it in.
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Poor UI ? Really ?
I say PowerAmp is THE music app. Fully customizable EQ, flac support and much, much more. I have used it for over a year now and love it. Never listen to someone that says someone else told them. (quoted poster)

KillaHurtz said:
Never listen to someone that says someone else told them. (quoted poster)
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Sorry, can't root my HTC Sensation so I can't confirm .

The app andLess plays flac. Free, simple interface, nothing fancy, but works.

samnada said:
The app andLess plays flac. Free, simple interface, nothing fancy, but works.
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and it plays ALAC hooray thanks for the tip, I'll have to give it a try.

_kansei_ said:
and it plays ALAC hooray thanks for the tip, I'll have to give it a try.
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Just came across another option listed in a different thread. AudioGalaxy is free, plays flac, and allows streaming all your music from your PC to your phone. I just set it up and it's very cool. Worth checking out.

I had a moment and found the discussion I had read previously regarding FLAC support in Cyanogenmod. It's there, as long as your FLAC files are 16-bit.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1850-playing-flac/

[Feature Request] Equalizer

Hello, Im new to android and new to MX Player as well. When I first use this app I did not regard it as usefull, but after sometime I again download it and try to compare with other Video player and atlast I got my favurite Video Player.
Anyway, thanks for developing such a wonderful and powerfull video player. May I request one feature which I regard it as very usefull for watching movie with good sound quality. I mean including Equalizer in MX Player in coming version.
Thanks.

Zkmarak9 said:
Hello, Im new to android and new to MX Player as well. When I first use this app I did not regard it as usefull, but after sometime I again download it and try to compare with other Video player and atlast I got my favurite Video Player.
Anyway, thanks for developing such a wonderful and powerfull video player. May I request one feature which I regard it as very usefull for watching movie with good sound quality. I mean including Equalizer in MX Player in coming version.
Thanks.
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It's already in the Feature Requests list. Always check there before making a request.

Two years later, will there ever be an equalizer for MX ?
FYI, I'm a willing buyer as soon as an equalizer is confirmed. I'm hearing impaired and without setting the frequencies I can't use the MX properly.

Waiting for external EQ support

warvevo said:
Waiting for external EQ support
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External EQ is still working for me.
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ktsamy said:
External EQ is still working for me.
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Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.

Niii4 said:
Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.
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Same here! I do like this MX player, but I miss the VLC equalizer.
The nice thing about the VLC equalizer is, that it has a wide range, and 10 bands.
You can amplify frequencies up to 20dB. Many equalizers only go up and down 10 dB.
Nice about the MX player is that you can do a lot of adjusting to the way subtitles are displayed.

ktsamy said:
External EQ is still working for me.
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I'm curious which one as well. I've had a few that work inconsistently.

Niii4 said:
Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.
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tjaktjak said:
Same here! I do like this MX player, but I miss the VLC equalizer.
The nice thing about the VLC equalizer is, that it has a wide range, and 10 bands.
You can amplify frequencies up to 20dB. Many equalizers only go up and down 10 dB.
Nice about the MX player is that you can do a lot of adjusting to the way subtitles are displayed.
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CDB-Man said:
I'm curious which one as well. I've had a few that work inconsistently.
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I have tried some of the equalizers like equalizer fx. Everything is working on my two test devices running on Marshmallow. Only thing is you have to ensure that the app is not suppose to be killed for battery optimization.
Yes it may some time inconsistent since the latest android devices doesn't provide option to select the default audio fx app. It might be the reason why the developers has stopped developing Universal audio processing apps.
10band equalizer will be great for audio geeks....
I will ask the MX Player developer about his plan for equalizer & update the status if any.
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I was using this before, but as you suggested, it constantly loses audio focus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en
It also interfered with the EQ that's built into Poweramp.

CDB-Man said:
I was using this before, but as you suggested, it constantly loses audio focus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en
It also interfered with the EQ that's built into Poweramp.
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When Poweramp is closed properly, it's dsp plugin not suppose to be interrupt the audio.
BTW, had a interaction with @bleu8888. FYI, equalizer is planned for 1.10. He is in a process to finalizing 1.9.0 & working on some other features. Once 1.9.0 is finalized to all android 4.0 users he may take up other pending features like Equalizer, Chromecast for 1.10.
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Bug: MX player Pro build 1.9.5 dropped WMV support?

Hey, I was using MX player Pro build 1.9.3 without any issues.
Today it updated to 1.9.5 from Play Store.
Since the update, I cannot play any video that contains a WMV1 or WMV3 video stream.
The player tries HW decoder, then SW, then gives an error:
"This video format (wmv3) is not supported."
All those videos used to play back perfectly in the past up to (and including) build v1.9.3.
What's going on...?
I'm on Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. I launch videos using ES File Explorer.
This setup has worked absolutely flawlessly in the past for WMV files or AVI files containing WMV video tracks.

Ps24u said:
Hey, I was using MX player Pro build 1.9.3 without any issues.
Today it updated to 1.9.5 from Play Store.
Since the update, I cannot play any video that contains a WMV1 or WMV3 video stream.
The player tries HW decoder, then SW, then gives an error:
"This video format (wmv3) is not supported."
All those videos used to play back perfectly in the past up to (and including) build v1.9.3.
What's going on...?
I'm on Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. I launch videos using ES File Explorer.
This setup has worked absolutely flawlessly in the past for WMV files or AVI files containing WMV video tracks.
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Message itself clear. Looks like MX Player has dropped support for some more codecs.
May be yet another patent issue. Anyhow, Custom Codec will work as usual with all codecs.

Not happy with this either. Especially for an app I paid for.
Hopefully just a bug they will fix.
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Not happy with this either. Especially for an app I paid for.
Hopefully just a bug they will fix.

Just hit this too, this is a problem. Is there a codec I can load somewhere that will enable wmv3?

same problem with mpeg2 hopfully thy wil fix it soon

I got this problem today, when upgrading from 1.9.3 to 1.9.8
The installation of the latest version of MX Player Custom Codec With DTS Support helped

TheDoka said:
I got this problem today, when upgrading from 1.9.3 to 1.9.8
The installation of the latest version of MX Player Custom Codec With DTS Support helped
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Well can you be helpful and tell us where to get it instead of teasing us?

Gailthesnail said:
Well can you be helpful and tell us where to get it instead of teasing us?
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254/amp/

Use Mango player apk , it's supports all type of formets

Dear jguy, the solution you supplied doesn't work. I followed it to the letter. Version 1.9.3 was flawless. I'm sorry I upgraded. I'm a paying user. I use my tablet to make a living. I use video to teach English. Not being able to employ my collection of WMV3 files blows a hole in my resource collection. If only I could reinstall 1.9.3.

Edward Lorence said:
Dear jguy, the solution you supplied doesn't work. I followed it to the letter. Version 1.9.3 was flawless. I'm sorry I upgraded. I'm a paying user. I use my tablet to make a living. I use video to teach English. Not being able to employ my collection of WMV3 files blows a hole in my resource collection. If only I could reinstall 1.9.3.
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You sure you picked the right version for your device? It worked for me with a Pixel xl. Also, not my solution, just provided a link for a previous post a few up.

MX player no longer plays WMV3
jguy said:
You sure you picked the right version for your device? It worked for me with a Pixel xl. Also, not my solution, just provided a link for a previous post a few up.
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Sorry, the solution provided doesn't work. Right code for my Lenovo tablet is ARM7 neon: installed. I'd just like to go back to 1.9.3.

Edward Lorence said:
Sorry, the solution provided doesn't work. Right code for my Lenovo tablet is ARM7 neon: installed. I'd just like to go back to 1.9.3.
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You do a restart?

jguy said:
You do a restart?
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Restart app, restart tablet, reinstall app & codec: did everything. Letting it go. Installed media player classic, works, end of trouble.

use custom codec. it's in the stickies.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2156254
Supports WMV, MPEG DTS, all the stuff MX Player no longer supports or never supported.

jguy said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254/amp/
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Thanks for this, worked like a charm!
For anyone else, I originally tried the codec from the Play Store and didn't work. I uninstalled it and downloaded the custom codec from the link above and installed thru the app and works perfectly.

Mx Player Pro and Emby Offline files

Hi,
I hope this is the correct place to post this if not please advise where it should go.
I'm trying to use MX Player Pro as the External Player for Emby on my Android device, MX Player Pro plays the files fine when online, but there is an option to download files for offline viewing. When I try playing these with MX Player I receive a "can't play this link", I've contacted Emby and they state it's because the App (MX Player Pro in this instance), doesn't support Android storage access framework, I explained that MX Player Pro works ok with offline files using the YATSE App, but Emby support suggest they are probably hacking the true file URL rather than using SAF.
I'm not a developer and hence do not fully understand the differences but would really like to use MX Player Pro as the offline player for Emby, please can you comment and confirm if there's anything that can be done to get this working?
Regards,
Bob

bobaldis said:
Hi,
I hope this is the correct place to post this if not please advise where it should go.
I'm trying to use MX Player Pro as the External Player for Emby on my Android device, MX Player Pro plays the files fine when online, but there is an option to download files for offline viewing. When I try playing these with MX Player I receive a "can't play this link", I've contacted Emby and they state, it's because the App (MX Player Pro in this instance), doesn't support Android storage access framework, I explained that MX Player Pro works ok with offline files using the YATSE App, but Emby support suggests they are probably hacking the true file URL rather than using SAF.
I'm not a developer and hence do not fully understand the differences but would really like to use MX Player Pro as the offline player for Emby, please can you comment and confirm if there's anything that can be done to get this working?
Regards,
Bob
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That's weird. MX Player supports more schemes than any others. We have tried Emby ourself. But, it seems that download function needs premium subscription.
Kindly collect a bug report from MX Player help menu after the error (make sure that you selected save to file) & share with us here. We will check it out.

Debug report
MXPlayer said:
That's weird. MX Player supports more schemes than any others. We have tried Emby ourself. But, it seems that download function needs premium subscription.
Kindly collect a bug report from MX Player help menu after the error (make sure that you selected save to file) & share with us here. We will check it out.
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Hi,
Thanks for the quick response, I've got the report but unsure how to attach it but should I share it here, does as it may contain personal/sensitive data, is there a more secure method of getting it to you?
Regards,
Bob

bobaldis said:
Hi,
Thanks for the quick response, I've got the report but unsure how to attach it but should I share it here, does as it may contain personal/sensitive data, is there a more secure method of getting it to you?
Regards,
Bob
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In the newer android versions third party apps can only collect the logs from their own apps. If you are still concerned about the privacy, Kindly send the bug report to [email protected] along with the information about the issue.

MXPlayer said:
In the newer android versions third party apps can only collect the logs from their own apps. If you are still concerned about the privacy, Kindly send the bug report to [email protected] along with the information about the issue.
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Thanks have emailed logs.
Regards,
Bob

since v.1.10.12, mx player doesn't show up in the listof the players

My device is on android 7.0 and since last two beta updates from playstore, MX disappeared from the player list when I try to play the network stream.
It still shows up when playing the video stored in the device, but not when the video is a network stream.
This issue happens with v.1.10.12 and 1.10.13 so I installed 1.10.9 and it works now.
Hopefully this issue will be fixed in the next version.

Same here. Android 7.1.1

nzhd said:
My device is on android 7.0 and since last two beta updates from playstore, MX disappeared from the player list when I try to play the network stream.
It still shows up when playing the video stored in the device, but not when the video is a network stream.
This issue happens with v.1.10.12 and 1.10.13 so I installed 1.10.9 and it works now.
Hopefully this issue will be fixed in the next version.
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Venomphone said:
Same here. Android 7.1.1
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There weren't any changes in this regard. If you meant that MX Player is not listed while opening video links on Chrome, it is an internal change on the Chrome. It uses it's own mediaplayer instead of asking you to select the activity (or app) to handle the link. If it is not supported, it directly starts downloading the file. Similarly, some other social apps (like Whatsapp, Telegram) has started using the same in the recent time. Since we do not have any controls on their app, we are also helpless on this

MXPlayer said:
There weren't any changes in this regard. If you meant that MX Player is not listed while opening video links on Chrome, it is an internal change on the Chrome. It uses it's own mediaplayer instead of asking you to select the activity (or app) to handle the link. If it is not supported, it directly starts downloading the file. Similarly, some other social apps (like Whatsapp, Telegram) has started using the same in the recent time. Since we do not have any controls on their app, we are also helpless on this
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Hmm I don't think it's the change on the chrome. All the other players such as vlc, kodi and all the other player kind apps installed on my phone still show up, and even MX player v.1.10.9 working fine. Only MX player v.1.10.12 and 1.10.13 disappeared. ( i've just updated to 1.10.15 to see if there's any difference but unfortunately this version doesn't show up on the list either.)
And I was not trying to open the stream link on chrome. It was a kind of cloud app(no recent update) and have been using it with no issues until v.1.10.12.

nzhd said:
Hmm I don't think it's the change on the chrome. All the other players such as vlc, kodi and all the other player kind apps installed on my phone still show up, and even MX player v.1.10.9 working fine. Only MX player v.1.10.12 and 1.10.13 disappeared. ( i've just updated to 1.10.15 to see if there's any difference but unfortunately this version doesn't show up on the list either.)
And I was not trying to open the stream link on chrome. It was a kind of cloud app(no recent update) and have been using it with no issues until v.1.10.12.
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That's strange.
Kindly make sure that "Play media links" in the settings > general is enabled in MX Player.
If it is already enabled, Can you pls share more information with us like the name of the cloud app, version, device details, etc? We will try to reproduce it in our end and get it fixed for you.

MXPlayer said:
That's strange.
Kindly make sure that "Play media links" in the settings > general is enabled in MX Player.
If it is already enabled, Can you pls share more information with us like the name of the cloud app, version, device details, etc? We will try to reproduce it in our end and get it fixed for you.
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I just sent email to [email protected] about this issue. Please check it out.

nzhd said:
I just sent email to [email protected] about this issue. Please check it out.
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We are investigating this. We will try to get it fixed at the earliest.

MX Player fails to recognize intent from other apps
Hi, I am an Android developer and I have been using MX player as a video player for my app for 3 years now. My app has HLS links that I pass to MX Player via intent. But since the last two updates, MX player has stopped recognizing that intent, and ActivityNotFoundException is thrown in my app. I have around 10 million app users and most of them rely on MX player to play HLS links from my app. Please look into this matter at the earliest. Hoping to hear from you soon. Here is the code I have used in my app to launch MX player:
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Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setPackage(getMXPlayerPackage(context)); //here i check which package mx player is installed (paid or free) and then return the corresponding package
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(uri), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);

abbashassan said:
Hi, I am an Android developer and I have been using MX player as a video player for my app for 3 years now. My app has HLS links that I pass to MX Player via intent. But since the last two updates, MX player has stopped recognizing that intent, and ActivityNotFoundException is thrown in my app. I have around 10 million app users and most of them rely on MX player to play HLS links from my app. Please look into this matter at the earliest. Hoping to hear from you soon. Here is the code I have used in my app to launch MX player:
Code:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setPackage(getMXPlayerPackage(context)); //here i check which package mx player is installed (paid or free) and then return the corresponding package
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(uri), "video/*");
startActivity(intent);
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We are investigating this. We will try to get it fixed at the earliest.
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just updated to v.1.10.17 from Playstore and this issue is resolved. Thanks!