Has anyone use the built in player or windows media player to play a .M4V file.
HTC website says its supported, but Windows Media reports a problem and the built in player, accessed via albums, does display the file in question. Although it does seem to count it when you use the library selector.
I have posted a question to HTC support who says .M4V isn't supported, see below, but the specifications on the HTC website definately say it is supported.
I really want to know if M4V files are supported by default, but am interested to know if anyone has played this format using other players, such as CorePlayer etc.
Please note I do not want to convert the file from M4V to another format.
Dear customer,
This is the code that will play in your device:
VideoAccept video/x-ms-wmv
video/3gpp
video/mp4
VideoAccept-Extensions .wmv
.mp4
.3g2
.3gp
VideoDefaultSaveLocation /My Videos
VideoExternalDefaultSaveLocation /
VideoUserContentAcceptable Yes
VideoSupportedAudioCodecs AAC
AMR
WMA v2
WMA v3
VideoRecommendedAudioCodec AAC
VideoMaxAudioBitRate 320
VideoSupportedAudioChannels Stereo
VideoRecommendedVideoCodec H.264
VideoMaxVideoDimension 720x576
VideoMaxVideoFrameRate 10
VideoRingtonesSupported No
StreamingMediaSupported Yes
StreamingMediaAccept video/mp4
video/3gpp
StreamingMediaSupportedProtocols HTTP
RTSP
StreamingMediaSupportedAudioCodecs AAC
StreamingMediaRecommendedAudioOnlyCodec AAC
StreamingMediaSupportedVideoCodecs H263
H264
MPEG-4
WMV8
StreamingMediaRecommendedVideoCodec MPEG-4
This format M4V its not listed in our codes try to use a different codec to play the videos this way we will see if the device its playing the files.
Best regards,
Got a Response from HTC
.M4V (Itunes MP4 files) are supported but not if DRM is included.
I have now played one but the full HTC response is below.
Dear customer, M4V files are used for TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store. .M4V files are similar to .MP4 files, both of which are MP4 files. The difference is that M4V files are opened with iTunes player by default. MP4 files are opened with Quicktime player by default. The copyright of M4V files may be protected by using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection. To play a protected M4V file, the computer needs to be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video. However, unprotected M4V files may be recognized and played by other video players by changing the file extension from ‘.m4v’ to ‘.mp4’. M4V files contain DRM and the purchasing users info. It is recommended to use Requiem to remove the DRM and remux this into mkv. About the file in your storage card, when you try to opne in the album viewer not recognized the file and when you try with the windows media player then recognised the file because it have the codec in the data base inside the application. Best regards, HTC customer support team HTC Corp. Global Service Division
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Is there a codec for the windows media player for the dopod 838pro that will allow you to play .wav files? Some waves will play but others won't...Other than that is there another type of player that will play all of the filetypes?
Cheers
.wav file is a container. It may have the sound information encoded by different methods, including MP3, or AC3, or DTS...
So you need not a .wav player (well, not only), but also a decoder for a particular method. You have to find out what exactly do you need yourself.
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Are there someone recommend softwares for converting MPEG video file into MP4 that can play in Athena WMP 10?
I tried ImTOO converter but my Athena says it doesn't support that file. I have old MP4 files that are able to play in WMP 10.
Thanks
Felcus
install TCPMP and the codec pack then you will be able to play any MP4's !
where to download?
google is your friend ! start with just TCPMP and if that does not work add the codec pack, the codec pack can be a little harder to find so I will up it for you.
Video recorded on HTC touch cannot view on Windows Media PLayer
HI,
can anyone help? I recorded some movie on HTC Touch and when i copied the file to my PC, I can view it on Windows Media Player 11. How can i solve this?
Do you mean you can't view it?
What type of file is it? MP4, 3gp, avi?
Id recommend VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ on the PC for viewing most video files. Its free, lightweight and just works.
stiwrc said:
HI,
can anyone help? I recorded some movie on HTC Touch and when i copied the file to my PC, I can view it on Windows Media Player 11. How can i solve this?
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I dont know why you did not start your own thread on this but try installing something that can play 3gp files like quicktime
Windows Media Player supports only certain type of Codec. To make WMP support MP4 format, you should install filters for MP4 format and its associated codecs. After you installing these filters, all players that use DirectShow technology, include WMP, will support MP4 format.
Install the following codecs to have a try.
Elecard MPEG-4 Codec Pack
If you can't install or still can't play MP4 in WMP, converting your MP4 to WMP natively supported WMV or AVI format with Faasoft Video Converter is the best choise.
I downloaded some Family Guy Episodes that are like 25MB each are .mkv files. I put them on my SD Card, and they play for a few seconds, and than a message pops up saying this video cannot be played. However, the video actually starts and I can see and hear everything. So is there a way for this message to not pop up? Thanks.
BigWorldJust said:
I downloaded some Family Guy Episodes that are like 25MB each are .mkv files. I put them on my SD Card, and they play for a few seconds, and than a message pops up saying this video cannot be played. However, the video actually starts and I can see and hear everything. So is there a way for this message to not pop up? Thanks.
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The built in video player usually handles .mkv containers just fine. Having said that, .mkv is merely an advanced CONTAINER format that allows for the easy assembly of video, multiple audio streams, subtitle streams, chapters, so on and so forth.
The contents of those streams can be almost anything. And this is where your problem lies.
In the windows universe with advanced players like KMPlayer, GomPlayer, VLC, MPC, and advanced codec packs like Combined Community Codec Pack, it is easy to create a situation where your Windows PC will play pretty much everything you throw at it.
For us, though the native video player is probably the best one ever released on the Android platform, it is not perfect. I would imagine that those MKV containered episodes are using a codec for video or audio that the player is stumbling over, or one of those streams is using a bitrate or encoding method that the player hasn't accounted for.
So far in my experiences the built in player DEFINITELY does not like mkv's where the video format is AVC1 encoded using Nero Digital's version of the AVC1 encoder. Also, I've encountered audio issues with AAC audio. This isn't a problem with the AAC audio though, rather it's bad MKV stream header information where whatever tool was used to mux the MKV failed to put in proper bitrate info.
Bottom line, and I'm speaking from the experience of having over 3 terabytes of media on my media NAS server here at home, MKV containers do not necessarily have any "standards" to them, in the sense that being an MKV doesn't really tell you what the video and audio are within. This is just due to the nature of the MKV container format, but it is a problem slowly disappearing as more people use more standard encoding bitrates and codecs within these containers.
As a suggestion, visit the market and download ROCKPLAYER ARM7 version. When I've encountered video files the native player won't play, Rockplayer usually does (with the notable exception of anything using Nero Digital AVC1). Rockplayer is derived from the FFMPEG codebase, so it's a tad more forgiving in what it will play.
It's either another player, downloading a different set of those episodes, or re encoding those episodes...
Thanks RockPlayer Arm7 worked .
The rock player has been able to play videos (tv episodes) that I was not able to play with the default player. I don't know much about codecs, but it's worth a try.
My phone played some 1.4gb TV show episodes that are x264 video and dd5.1 audio 1280x720 (High definition) inside an MKV file just fine.
Maybe your phone was just having a fit because you were trying to watch episodes of family guy?
Lol, might've been. RockPlayer works though, so it's all good .
Anyone know if the full paid version of Rockplayer allows multiple audio and sub streams?
I need that BADLY.
hi all,
when i choose to play a mkv file on my computer to project it on my samsung LCD TV via allshare, which player does it use? The WMP on my computer or the player on my LCD TV?
it's playing from your tv
alright, so if the TV does not have that codec it probably can't play. Got it.
MKV isn't a codec, it's a container. The standard DLNA container is the MP4 container, with MPEG4 or H.264 video codecs inside. Most likely your MKV file contains the proper codecs and just needs to be remuxed into a MP4 file.
Look for mkvtoolnix, use mkvextract to extract the elementary streams from the MKV file, then use MP4Muxer or something to remux the streams into MP4.
Can I do a modification to enable it after it's rooted?
I tried to play .wmv files with floor model but I have no luck.
I have a lot of ripped DVDs in .mp4 (480p) format, but I also have several .wmv files downloaded. The size will drastically increase if I re-encode to .mp4 without degrading quality.
i think its in /etc/media_profiles.xml in bottom of file, change to "yes" and save back.
remember to have system r/w
MKV
You can attempt to convert the files to MKV.
The system by default does not play back this file source but there is a player called Mobo Player available on the market.
I have done a few mp4 720p conversions to mkv 720p and I am pleased to say they worked while not being to to big (average size is 1-2gigs per 1.5hrs)
I have read reports that Diceplayer handles mkv files. You might want to give that a try.
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