Just got a Galaxy SIII, and I've been trying to watch videos on it. Some work fine, but a few don't, and I don't know if it's the format, but they look like this
i.imgur.com/PZwwA.jpg
i.imgur.com/HiQWY.jpg
i.imgur.com/O6v6w.jpg
That's an MKV file, I also had videos I took on my iPhone that I moved to the Galaxy, and those were MOV format, and none of them work. When I plug the phone into my computer and go to my SD card and play them off of there on my computer, it seems just fine, so I don't know, what could the problem be?
bump, would really appreciate some input
Some video files still have to be converted, or u could try using mobo player. Thats better than mx player
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
Oh really? Damn, I thought I could just drag and drop, it's why I didn't bother watching videos on my iPhone since I didn't like converting lol
Moboplayer didn't work either :/
RCizzle65 said:
Oh really? Damn, I thought I could just drag and drop, it's why I didn't bother watching videos on my iPhone since I didn't like converting lol
Moboplayer didn't work either :/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you try trying sw decoder?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Yeah it's stuck on S/W decoder, says I can't use H/W for those videos
RCizzle65 said:
Yeah it's stuck on S/W decoder, says I can't use H/W for those videos
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So you can play it via s/w? Also try dice player or bsplayer..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks, bsplayer does work for both file types, dice player did work too but the framerate was choppy. So now I know it isn't the files, but damn, MxPlayer is my favorite out of all of them lol, oh well guess I'll have to live with bsplayer
RCizzle65 said:
Thanks, bsplayer does work for both file types, dice player did work too but the framerate was choppy. So now I know it isn't the files, but damn, MxPlayer is my favorite out of all of them lol, oh well guess I'll have to live with bsplayer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1. Mx players ui is way better.. but dice and bs player are better in decoding than mx..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Related
OK there has got to be a player some where that will play MP4s, Movies, any help? Thanks
the built in video player plays just about every format I've thrown at it.
popypopy said:
the built in video player plays just about every format I've thrown at it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im not having that luck, MP4 is not supported on my phone
Files that won't play for me seem to be more of an audio issue than video. I think it's the audio codecs that were preventing playback, still got a lot of testing to do on this front. I sometimes have a video start playing fine and after 3s a "vidoe player cannot play this file" pops up.
Don't know what you're talking about? I just converted a movie to MP4 format just the other night, and it plays just fine on my phone. You've gotta be doing something wrong?
My phone plays everything I've slapped on my sdcard... Mp4s exp... And its beautiful...
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Mpeg4 wordplay for me, but it's video only. Absolutely no audio.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
it was probably an mp4 using AAC audio instead of AC3. I discovered this when I found the built in video player wouldn't play audio on some of my MKV files that Rockplayer would.
Yeah, I've been extremely impressed with video playback. I think there is an app called rockplayer you may want to try (though the format you mentioned seems to work for most)
s15274n said:
Yeah, I've been extremely impressed with video playback. I think there is an app called rockplayer you may want to try (though the format you mentioned seems to work for most)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the RockPlayer recommendation...looks like that will do the trick.
movies
u can convert any movie to mp4 then rip it to the vibrants stock vid player i have 5 movies on mine that play flawlessly
dnahughes said:
u can convert any movie to mp4 then rip it to the vibrants stock vid player i have 5 movies on mine that play flawlessly
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Way to revive a thread thats been dead for 5 months.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
I use mvideo player seems to be more on sync then rockplayer in my opinion
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
What is the best video player that works pretty good on the atrix and plays a good number of different formats
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Mobo Player
Second that, free, stable and feature rich
mVideoPlayer. Never failed me.
Hi there, I think I might try out these recommended video players. But before I do, I wondered if anyone could let me know why the videos I'm copying across to the phone (divx AVI episodes of TV shows downloaded via BitTorrent) don't stretch to the full size of the screen?
I have tried RockPlayer and yxplayer and what appears to be the standard 'video player'. yxplayer doesn't appear to do anything (or can't play divx AVI files), the other two play it in the centre of the screen with heaps of space around the sides.
When I play the same files on my TV through my PVR, they stretch to fit my TV screen dimensions and look really sharp. Was hoping the same would occur on the phone, so I would have something to watch on tomorrow's interstate flight.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also try qqplayer which can actually play a 1080p mkv file. though it will run very slow it still tries at least unlike most players!
Anyone know of any player that can fill the screen WITHOUT stretching the picture (in other words, it zooms in to fill the screen). I had that on windows mobile but have never found an Android player that does this.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
ekerbuddyeker said:
Anyone know of any player that can fill the screen WITHOUT stretching the picture (in other words, it zooms in to fill the screen). I had that on windows mobile but have never found an Android player that does this.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try taking a look at arcMedia.
Mobo Player.
I prefer mVideoplayer because it will display the folders that I have my videos in. I have over a 100 tv episodes for 7 to 8 different shows and not having them organized by folder drives me crazy.
Gutterball said:
Also try qqplayer which can actually play a 1080p mkv file. though it will run very slow it still tries at least unlike most players!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have MoboPlayer, but tried QQplayer and it ROCKS! thanks for the tip
CaelanT said:
Mobo Player
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can't get any sound
aaurnab said:
can't get any sound
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try using the soft-decoding for the file or possibly re-encoding it.
I like MX video player
sotodefonk said:
I like MX video player
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i like mx player nicee
basically i choose Vital Player
cause it has built in software codex witch
can play 99.9% of all videos/movies ever
made im serious look at its website
they have like a full page of differnt codex that is supported by this video player if it cant play it the the video is broken anyway!
1. MoboPlayer
2. Mx player
3. Mobovideoplayer
4. Qqplayer
All are pretty good
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
haree87 said:
1. MoboPlayer
2. Mx player
3. Mobovideoplayer
4. Qqplayer
All are pretty good
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is all the apps supports over hdmi hack entertainment center for atrix ...,?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App
MX player is the best. It is free.
I found dice player to be really good. It's able to play most videos using hardware decoding.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
I have a bunch of children's movies on my computer for my daughter but are all .avi
I've tried about 5 video players and none work. What program can I use to convert these so they will work with the video player? Will handbrake work? If so, what settings?
I use V player for all my movie watching, seems to work great on solo my.avi files.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Sorry didn't read right. AVS works well for me.
Do you mean video players on the phone? The stock one plays avi, m4v, mp4 and mkv just fine for me.
Sent from Tapatalk using my Samsung GT-I9100
Handbrake works well for converting movies.
Do some searching - I've got a Handbrake preset that works well for the GS2 somewhere in here or General
Gary86 said:
I have a bunch of children's movies on my computer for my daughter but are all .avi
I've tried about 5 video players and none work. What program can I use to convert these so they will work with the video player? Will handbrake work? If so, what settings?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How are these files encoded? What ROM are you using? What happens when they "don't work?"
I've yet to come across an AVI file that the stock Video player didn't play perfectly, something doesn't sound right here.
Gary86 said:
I have a bunch of children's movies on my computer for my daughter but are all .avi
I've tried about 5 video players and none work. What program can I use to convert these so they will work with the video player? Will handbrake work? If so, what settings?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I always use Handbrake to encode videos/movies (H.264). I use the Apple TV2 setting in Handbrake. If the movie had a good soundtrack, I'll keep the unaltered dolby digital (AC3) "track" along with the two channel Dolby PLII AAC audio. Less exciting movies just get the AAC two channel audio. A feature length movie will be roughly 1GB. I store them on a media server for TV watching and load a few on my phone too. You could always go lower resolution/higher compression if you wanted a phone only version.
The ATV2 setting works great on
1. ATV2
2. PS3
3. GSII with Mobo player
The stock player on my phone had some problems with the videos (the ones with AC3 streams if I remember right). Mobo plays everything I throw at it. Free.
For the computer, VLC is an awesome video player.
jsmith8858 said:
How are these files encoded? What ROM are you using? What happens when they "don't work?"
I've yet to come across an AVI file that the stock Video player didn't play perfectly, something doesn't sound right here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not sure how they are encoded...downloaded from kickasstorrents. I'm using the UnNamed ROM.
Entropy512 said:
Handbrake works well for converting movies.
Do some searching - I've got a Handbrake preset that works well for the GS2 somewhere in here or General
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 on Handbrake.
dnorthington said:
+1 on Handbrake.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What's some good settings
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
Gary86 said:
What's some good settings
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try searching - this isn't the first thread talking about video conversion and I've posted my Handbrake preset at least twice.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk
Entropy512 said:
Try searching - this isn't the first thread talking about video conversion and I've posted my Handbrake preset at least twice.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I looked but couldn't find any...I also just went through your post and didn't see?
Sent from my iPad 2 using Tapatalk
Gary86 said:
I looked but couldn't find any...I also just went through your post and didn't see?
Sent from my iPad 2 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's in another thread in General, might be a few pages back.
Try Miro
Can convertert also to ipod, nexus one and more
http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/
+1 for Handbrake.
Not sure if you all found it but, took me a minute to search. Entropy512 is this what your talking about?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330851
Handbreak would be best.
Another vote for handbrake
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
you could be lazy and just use a 3rd party video player, i use mxplayer, haven't found a file that it can't play.
does multiple audio/ subtiltle tracks
kipliq said:
Not sure if you all found it but, took me a minute to search. Entropy512 is this what your talking about?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330851
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup, that's the preset.
You MAY likely be able to enable some features that improve quality/compression - the preset there is guaranteed but may not be optimal.
Enabling 8x8 transform and CABAC seems OK on my Galaxy Player, so should be OK on the SGSII.
At some pointas you start enabling extra compression features, I haven't figured out which setting it is yet, one setting will cause audio to lag by a half second or so.
Doesn't seem to have decent hardware acceleration like the international version but i can't find any player that play video without losing frames. I play a lot if.video and i have the international note which handles video far better so i thought perhaps i.can.find a better player. Anyone?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA App
VLC player, maybe?
Dice Player
Sent from my Galaxy SII
Rock Player has been the best so far...the hardware encoder works nice on it...watching Underworld Awakening as I type
Mx video player
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
MX video player
I have the AT&T samsung galaxy note...
The MX video player works well. It even works with mkv videos...
Maybe its my device. Very choppy compared to the international version which could take anything I threw at it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA App
Simba501 said:
Dice Player
Sent from my Galaxy SII
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 on this.
Dice player did hw accelerated 1080p for me.
I also tested it w/ the HDMI out on the MHL, and it was fine.
donbowman said:
+1 on this.
Dice player did hw accelerated 1080p for me.
I also tested it w/ the HDMI out on the MHL, and it was fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You tried HDMI out with the MHL adapter on the note and it works?
Big Dogg Infuse I997 ZeusB5 ICS!
Dice Player
MX Video Player
00mred00 said:
Mx video player
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 love mx it plays everything
Im using MX video....no lag even at 1080p
edaley said:
Im using MX video....no lag even at 1080p
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See now that's weird to me. I have dropped frames on MX on hardware mode and software mode works but the quality is definitely not as good.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA App
Based on what I read above I eagerly downloaded MX Player. It was in no way as smooth as Zimly media player.
I picked up Zimly initially just to play music, I don't like bothering with playlists, I just wanted something to shuffle tracks.
Since I don't want to start another thread. I'll just ask it here ..
Is there a video player that can play mkv files WITH subtitles? Like Anime videos?
Thanks in advanced.
sats.mine2k4 said:
I have the AT&T samsung galaxy note...
The MX video player works well. It even works with mkv videos...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 Mx video player
Re: Video Galaxy Note
att galaxy note. so far i found bubble media server to be top. i purchased it for 5bux in market.
using it with a netgear ready nas ...so far video streaming has been incredible.
there are a few tweaks needed prior before anything will play.
just make sure u check unlimited bandwidth and all should go smooth.
Hi there you guys & Gals ,
What are your experiences with watching HD movies and Clips on your N10 device ??
What app do you like or is the best to use ??
Im using the MX Player but it does not play all type files smoothly sometimes it just stutters too much.
So let my know i hope you guys have better alternetive for me .
Regards
Diquan
diquan2001 said:
Hi there you guys & Gals ,
What are your experiences with watching HD movies and Clips on your N10 device ??
What app do you like or is the best to use ??
Im using the MX Player but it does not play all type files smoothly sometimes it just stutters too much.
So let my know i hope you guys have better alternetive for me .
Regards
Diquan
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are numerous threads that exist already on this topic... MX Player devs are currently working on an update for the N10 but as of now, BS Player is your best bet.
Oh sorry i did not see that when i made the thread .But thanks for the heads up..
dust. said:
There are numerous threads that exist already on this topic... MX Player devs are currently working on an update for the N10 but as of now, BS Player is your best bet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just wondering, bsplayer is better than vlc? Never used bsplayer.
MX Player not really hardware accelerate (certain MKV file got sound issue and can only software render) for Nexus 10 at the moment. I am using BS Player now, it work nicely at Nexus 10.
lKBZl said:
Just wondering, bsplayer is better than vlc? Never used bsplayer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BS Player is the best as of now for our device IMO.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD
Rock Player 2 has the absolute smoothest playback on everything, including 1440p.
Mx Player was updated today with H/W+ fixed for the Nexus 10.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD
I still get the 'DTS unsupported Audio Codec' error when I play HD mkv files on MX Player.
The videos plays just fine, but I don't get any audio.
BSPlayer on the other hand works perfectly. I would use that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896293
You can add the codec to mx player.
Either way, bs player or mx player. competition is good.:thumbup:
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
freshlysqueezed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896293
You can add the codec to mx player.
Either way, bs player or mx player. competition is good.:thumbup:
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BSPlayer works fest for me, MX Player is a bit slower and has problems with some files.
This is in newest update already. I like MX's Interface Bettler though
Even with the update MX player still slightly stutters with mkv files I have tried 720p and 1080p
For me MX better (smoother) plays mkv 720p on software decoding.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using XDA Premium HD app
bigu1975 said:
For me MX better (smoother) plays mkv 720p on software decoding.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried that out and you are right much smoother! Wonder why HW decoding stutters so badly compared to SW decoding.
archos video player is pretty good too
Syk69 said:
Tried that out and you are right much smoother! Wonder why HW decoding stutters so badly compared to SW decoding.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just know that SW decoding will drain your battery much faster than HW.
VPlayer
I have used VPlayer on my other phones and it has worked well. I just bought the N10 and use VPlayer with it. Have you tried it?
xpri said:
archos video player is pretty good too
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seconded. I've been using it exclusively every since they released it, even bought the "Pro" version. It's a really great app.
DaaT said:
Seconded. I've been using it exclusively every since they released it, even bought the "Pro" version. It's a really great app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried the plugin from the market so you can get Dolby etc? Its free
Sent from my Nexus 10 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
cheekystew said:
Have you tried the plugin from the market so you can get Dolby etc? Its free
Sent from my Nexus 10 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You mean the "Archos Video All Codecs Plugin"? Yeah, installed it straight away