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Hi All
I have searched and downloaded numerous players but all seem to have a flaw or don't work as expected. Can someone please point me in the direction of a good all round player, or a good convertor
Thanks in advance.
I am using the Hero with 2.1
Have you tried meridian player?
As for converter I recommend Super by eRightsoft.
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Hi There
Thanks for the info I will give both of them a try
rockplayer all the way.
seanhassars said:
rockplayer all the way.
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No need to convert. Rockplayer will play divx.
I'm currently Trying arcmedia and its pretty bullet proof so far
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rockplayer is the best
flipside101 said:
I'm currently Trying arcmedia and its pretty bullet proof so far
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i just installed arc
it works fine but looks a bit pixelated
rockplayer instead looks beautiful
Video playback
Hi All
Thanks for all your help
After trying various players and converters I have finally found a solution that plays back smoother than a cashmere codpiece
I actually used the HTC player that is pre-installed but converted the movies with the Realplayer converter. It actually lists a few HTC phones and converts to .wmv and plays like a dream.
The only problem I have come accross is it will not show the title of the film just a snapshot, but at least the movie plays in top quality.
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
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mvideoplayer doesn't play all filletypes for me
so rockplayer for me
hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
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Yeah mvideoplayer is great, but it doesn't play mkvs on my droid 2, so I use rockplayer
Dixiesmu said:
Hi All
I have searched and downloaded numerous players but all seem to have a flaw or don't work as expected. Can someone please point me in the direction of a good all round player, or a good convertor
Thanks in advance.
I am using the Hero with 2.1
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ArcMedia video player....
Plays my HD divx files and FLV and just about every other format!
SigmunDroid said:
ArcMedia video player....
Plays my HD divx files and FLV and just about every other format!
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I can't find ArcMedia player. Seems like it is gone from the marketplace. Too bad... it looked like a winner.
Act 1 is very refined with lots of options. It will only do h264/mp4, but it does them really, really well.
Mhyst said:
I can't find ArcMedia player. Seems like it is gone from the marketplace. Too bad... it looked like a winner.
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It's there right now. But just as "arcMedia" Simple interface, but handles a variety of video containers.
market://details/?id=sns.arcMedia.playerInterface.arm6
hydralisk said:
Rockplayer used to be my favorite, but it doesn't use your phones GPU to play higher quality movies. So if you want a video player that can play mkv files and divx WITH subtitle support that also remembers the position of every movie you play...
GET mvideoplayer
...assuming your phone has a decent GPU. I doubt it would be good for snapdragon phones... but it's better than the default Galaxy S movie player
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I checked out developer's website for rockplayer specifications and came to realise that it actually supports .srt subtitles if u only put them in same folder as movie.
All The stock samsung counterparts all play mkv files. why can't the Nexus phones play the files using the container? I don't think i had any success finding players on market.... please some one throw some light on why there is no support on our devices??
Anything wrong with Dice Player? It played most mkv files fine for me, and it supports hardware decoding for h264 encoded videos.
Also try Rock player and QQplayer
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jsriz said:
All The stock samsung counterparts all play mkv files. why can't the Nexus phones play the files using the container? I don't think i had any success finding players on market.... please some one throw some light on why there is no support on our devices??
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That's because the native divx and mkv support come from the touchwiz framework found on those skinned phones. Its not inherent in Samsung hardware. That was the thing I missed the most coming from the epic 4g to the nexus...try mx video player on the market. It works pretty well but kind of stutters out on the high def stuff. That's the best alternative I could find. Hope it helps.
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try mx video player. should play them. it was the only one that would play 720p mkvs for me without stuttering.
Yes...Mx player is great
deadlock91 said:
try mx video player. should play them. it was the only one that would play 720p mkvs for me without stuttering.
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that's what i use. mx player has great hw rendering
Hey guys. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I think the stock video player is ****. Then again, I haven't liked stock something in a long time in any of my phones.
I'd like to know which video player is best? One that handles all known video formats beautifully and taht plays even 720p MKV files smoothly or as smooth as can be.
Do suggest paid apps as well. I haven't had a good video player in ages, so I'm ready to dish out around 5 bucks for it. I'd want VLC, though, but it's been in development for ages and seems to never see light.
What about MX Player Pro???
MoboplayerPro or Rockplayer
Be warned,rock player ain't preety, but it's a format buster,mobo has a neater ui and works around about the same.
Another vote for moboplayer. One of the main things I do on my GS2 is to watch videos. I´ve thrown a bunch of different formats and codecs and I never had any issues. It also supports subtitles.
MX Player for me. Swiping for volume/brightness/scrubbing is awesome. It also has 200% volume boost via software encoder.
i'm using MoboPlayer, Think is best
interface +
compatibility +
Another vote for moboplayer!! It's pretty good...
Mx player.
$1 gets you a reply
MXplayer for me.. I would like to get the pro version.. But I dont use credit cards..
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Try diceplayer from market.
Diceplayer is the first HW accelerated video player in Android Market.
It support 720p H.264 MKV with OGG/FLAC/AC-3/DTS audio and embedded and external subtiles.
and SMB/FTP/HTTP support.
You can play video from your PC with SMB share with external subtitle.
I use MX Player & its the best player so far, it contains every feature I want... Best & fast...
Haven't really played alot of videos on my phone for a while now, but i use VitalPlayer by Ringo.
Found it to be one of the better apps for playing video. Tried quite a few before picking that one.
Free and Paid option is avaible.
chainrulez said:
I use MX Player & its the best player so far, it contains every feature I want... Best & fast...
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Agreed
Hmm, looks like I just went and bought MX Player Pro, after all. ^^
Somebody suggest me to good video player for hd 720p video...
i am trying very player like mx player, mobo player, hd video player.
some player play video but audio and video not match.
dhaval_power123 said:
Somebody suggest me to good video player for hd 720p video...
i am trying very player like mx player, mobo player, hd video player.
some player play video but audio and video not match.
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U can try mx player but some videos will play with lag.... The best option is to try vlc beta with diffrent settings or u can convert the video
Why So Serious?!
thecoreguy said:
U can try mx player but some videos will play with lag.... The best option is to try vlc beta with diffrent settings or u can convert the video
Why So Serious?!
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yes you are right, mx player play video but with lag...
and vlc cant play video i think
if any setting is there so please share...
and i am serious because of i have two phone one is grand and other is core.
sometime share video one to another it work in grand smoothly but core cant play video.
any way thank you.
Core play avi 720p Video Smoothly with mx player
dhaval_power123 said:
yes you are right, mx player play video but with lag...
and vlc cant play video i think
if any setting is there so please share...
and i am serious because of i have two phone one is grand and other is core.
sometime share video one to another it work in grand smoothly but core cant play video.
any way thank you.
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AVI 720p Video Play smoothly on our galaxy core in mx player and for hd video playback please disabled the powersaving mode in your galaxy core.If you eanabled this option than Your hd video play with some lag.....And Some mp4 hd video also supported by mx player. And mx player is the best player for any android mobile. :good::laugh::laugh:
dhaval_power123 said:
yes you are right, mx player play video but with lag...
and vlc cant play video i think
if any setting is there so please share...
and i am serious because of i have two phone one is grand and other is core.
sometime share video one to another it work in grand smoothly but core cant play video.
any way thank you.
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Dude vlc can play videos..... its just that its in beta version
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Yes I am try this...Power saving mode off.
Its help me but not exactly work.
Some different between audio and video match.
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dhaval_power123 said:
Yes I am try this...Power saving mode off.
Its help me but not exactly work.
Some different between audio and video match.
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tilkesh nagda said:
AVI 720p Video Play smoothly on our galaxy core in mx player and for hd video playback please disabled the powersaving mode in your galaxy core.If you eanabled this option than Your hd video play with some lag.....And Some mp4 hd video also supported by mx player. And mx player is the best player for any android mobile. :good::laugh::laugh:
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Yes I am try this...Power saving mode off.
Its help me but not exactly work.
And what type of mx player decoder setting and codec like neon etc. you use.?
And I am not using avi file its mp4 720p.
Audio and video not synchronize properly. But playing the video is good.
Thanks ...
If mx or vlx can't play then it's better to convert
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If mx or vlx can't play then it's better to convert
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Detail of Video:
Video
Resolution: 1280 x 720
Codec: H.264 /AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 Part10
Frame Rate:23.97602
Bit Rate:2.8 Mbits/sec
Audio
Codec:AAC
Sample Rate:44100 HZ
Bit Rate:192.0 kbits/sec
Also a reminder the s4 play series aka cortex a5 soc's are not renowned for their high res video playback capabilities
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions regarding 4K videos. I tried playing a 4K H265 10bit video on the phone using the native Sony Video app and, although it did play, it was slow as heck. Does the phone support such videos natively (i.e. Hardware Accelarated playback)? Is it an issue of the app itself? Since almost all 4k content, with or with HDR/10bit, is in H265 are we limited to Youtube and Amazon for 4K playback? Do I have to transcode all my 4K Blu-Ray movies to H264 in order to play them? Are there any third party players (e.g. bsplayer) that can play 4k videos (and utilize the phone's 4k resolution, not just play them in 1080p). Thank you all for your time.
I downloaded a 4k test sample encoded in x265 and played it with MX player app with hardware acceleration.
Worked perfectly. Smooth as butter.
fartyparty said:
i downloaded a 4k test sample encoded in x265 and played it with mx player app with hardware acceleration.
Worked perfectly. Smooth as butter.
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use mx player
Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.
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Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.
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I think you can change the phones overall resolution to 4K for that purpose: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz-premium/themes/mod-change-default-resolution-to-4k-root-t3618843
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Liltman said:
Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.
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Tried with Sony Xperia Video app and the 4K sample I downloaded runs the same as it runs in MX Player.
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I think you can change the phones overall resolution to 4K for that purpose: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz-premium/themes/mod-change-default-resolution-to-4k-root-t3618843
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Kot5nik, in my opinion, changing the resolution that android runs is not the proper way to go. Since XZ Premium is a device that supports 4k/HDR i shouldn't have to resort to "adb" to watch a 4k video in another app. Plus, by doing that, battery drain increases a bit, phone dialer app does not work, app switching does not show thumbnails etc.
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Tried with Sony Xperia Video app and the 4K sample I downloaded runs the same as it runs in MX Player.
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FartyParty, I stand corrected. You are absolutely right. I took screenshots of both MX and Sony apps and the look identical. Only one difference though. It seems that MX Player doest not utilize HDR. There is a noticeable difference in contrast. You can see the attachments if you want to.
Liltman said:
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions regarding 4K videos. I tried playing a 4K H265 10bit video on the phone using the native Sony Video app and, although it did play, it was slow as heck. Does the phone support such videos natively (i.e. Hardware Accelarated playback)? Is it an issue of the app itself? Since almost all 4k content, with or with HDR/10bit, is in H265 are we limited to Youtube and Amazon for 4K playback? Do I have to transcode all my 4K Blu-Ray movies to H264 in order to play them? Are there any third party players (e.g. bsplayer) that can play 4k videos (and utilize the phone's 4k resolution, not just play them in 1080p). Thank you all for your time.
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Here is what i found from testing the device for 4K HDR videos
the device can and will play 4K H265 10bit and even HDR videos but there are things that need to be done to play perfectly
first you need to check for the containers to be mkv or mp4
second using sony app will not allow to play surround sound file like dts, ac3, AAC 5.1 or AAC 7.1
third which i think is very odd and stupid from sony is that how such a powerful device can't play mkv with AAC sound track no matter what stereo or surround.
The trick for this to use software where they can switch container without the need for converting the whole file from mkv to mp4.
Hi everyone,
I have to also agree with @Liltman and say that the MX Player does play video content in 4k however there is a very noticeable difference between the stock Sony album player and the MX player.
Sadly the Sony video player doesn't support truehd aac files so the video will play flawlessly without the sound :crying:
The MX Player on the other hand WILL play the sound but the quality of the video seems to take a small hit as it's not as vibrant as the Sony album player. This is because MX Player supports 4k but not HDR
I hope that Sony added codecs to make TrueHD sound files compatible with the Sony gallery player on Oreo but I am not very confident about that.
I would appreciate it if someone can find a way around this annoying issue. What software is @HYPER-RX referring to?
Thanks!
Try VLC guys. When I played an HDR video in VLC it tried to force my brightness to max like YouTube does. However, it had to ask for som system write permission to do it and it didnt work completely. See if VLC does a better job though I found it to be pretty good.
MX Player definitely does support HDR. You can tell because in HDR videos, if you try taking a screenshot, the screenshot will simply come out as black, whereas in SDR videos, you'll get a normal screenshot.
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Try VLC guys. When I played an HDR video in VLC it tried to force my brightness to max like YouTube does. However, it had to ask for som system write permission to do it and it didnt work completely. See if VLC does a better job though I found it to be pretty good.
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Hi I just tried VLC and you was spot on. I can see that it actually does support HDR however I'm still having audio issues with the sound. Especially the HEVC Atmos 7.1. Do I need to download a codec pack or something?
It's a shame because the video quality is incredible!
Working perfectly
I tried to play 4k hdr 60fps video using the sony video app. I had no issues with playing it. It was smooth no lags at all.
codec was hevc and bitrate was 75Mbps and audio was AAC.
nirai06 said:
I tried to play 4k hdr 60fps video using the sony video app. I had no issues with playing it. It was smooth no lags at all.
codec was hevc and bitrate was 75Mbps and audio was AAC.
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Thanks was this on Oreo? And the sound file was it 5.1 or 7.1?