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MP4 conversion

good day.
i've noticed that when we take videos using XDA 2, it records the files as MP4. It isn't good but its not bad quality, HOWEVER, I cannot seem to play it when I transfer it to my PC.
Can anyone please suggest an MP4 to any recognizable PC format converter?
Thanks.

quicktime play them

quictime can play MP4 i think.
You can also chance the capture format to AVI
in Camera settings/Tools menu at bottom/Options

im hitting myself in the head, BOING!
thanks, im weird, hehehe.

there is also a codex u can install which will allow you to play MP4 in windows media player on your PC... i will upload it when i get home ... i use it without any problems

thanks, ill be waiting for the upload.

I've made a little research....
the videos are not recorded in mp4! They are recorded in "3GP" http://www.3gp.com
but you are right, Quicktime Player is the recommended player for 3gp files (regarding the above website).
Even the "QuickTimeAlternative" did not play the files

quicktimes does at least i've never had any issues
and it's the normal version not the pro one i use

as promised pls find the codex for windows media player, which will enable you to play MPEG4 on you PC.....like i said before its worked fine with me, i have been using it for the past 8months without any problems.
Regards.

oh just in case if you want to do you research this is where i got the codex from
http://www.mpegable.com/show/mpegableds.html

i'm not trying to be anel or anything but it's codec not codex
it's a merge of Compressor / Decompressor
where codex is a manuscript volume

shouldn't it be anAl ?

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Can't find the delete checkbox

heh yeah well i do suppose i could blame it on that maybe the forum had a curse filter ..... but i'm not going to ...

There's also 3gp2rawavi command line utility that seems to work for the 3gp files produced by the XDAII.
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/downloads/3gpToRawAvi.zip

playing avi's using WMP

Hello
i used pocketdivxencoder to create .avi files for my XDAExec. tcmp plays it without a problem however when i use windows media player t play the files i get the message
"cannot play back the file. the format is not supported". why does it come back with this mesage?

it could be cos your using a divx encoder try tcpmp found athttp://tcpmp.corecodec.org/download

thanks for the reply
you mean to say tcpmp can play divxencoded fiels whereas wmp can't?

pretty much

ah ha
is there any coder which i can install in the XDA Exec which will enable WMP to play avi's
something like tsunami

xda_guy said:
ah ha
is there any coder which i can install in the XDA Exec which will enable WMP to play avi's
something like tsunami
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I don't think there is at this point in time, wmp is very limited compared to the PC counterpart

tcpmp i think is the best codec about for any xda device, plays pretty much all file types....... and screen res is amazing when watching movies.
8)

thanks for the replies dudes
microsoft should wisen up and release a new version of wmp

they won't 'wisen up' as you put it due to the fact that they want to promote thier own codec (WMA & WMV)

Unable to play MP4

I just used Vuze to convert 'Avatar', took like 6 hours!! Finally, it transferred it to my Evo and I *STILL* cannot play it, as before when I just threw the original unconverted MP4 on it....I've used rockplayer, and all of the other recommended video app's but NOTHING
Anybody have any luck, specifically with 'Avatar' ?

Try Dvd decrypter to rip then handbrake to transfer.
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What codec did you use?
Download MediaInfo on your pc. Open the file in that, then switch to Tree view. Paste the results here, and I can tell you what you did wrong.

Sitlet : I'll attach the screenshot with the tree stats.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6891/ssavatarevo.png

The only thing I can see thats wrong is your file is over 3gb. The stock player can only play files under 2gb, so split the file into two videos and try that.

download Rockplayer Universal from the market. it works with mp4s

INebilim said:
download Rockplayer Universal from the market. it works with mp4s
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He said he tried that already. Its gotta be the file size

my avatar rip is 1.8gb and i used dvdfab, of course this is a dvdrip and not blueray, but it looks awesome and is a mp4

Are you coverting a dvd? Or a downloaded file?
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MP4 on Xoom?

Anyone know of a program that will play MP4 video files on the Xoom? All my video files are in the format and I'd prefer not to convert them all when I put them on the Xoom.
I couldn't find the VLC Media Player for Android...
Any suggestions?

BBalz said:
Anyone know of a program that will play MP4 video files on the Xoom? All my video files are in the format and I'd prefer not to convert them all when I put them on the Xoom.
I couldn't find the VLC Media Player for Android...
Any suggestions?
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Rockplayer works fine.

QQ player is my favorite. XD
It plays my mp4 like none other can.

bwcorvus said:
Rockplayer works fine.
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Not for me. It plays the movie choppy and the volume sounds like a voice changer on a bad horror movie.
Comical... but not watchable.
Any other suggestions?

Make sure you are using the universal one, not one for a specific device.
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html

Yeah I tried the Universal one and hardware decoding. No luck still.

i have a question.....how are you guys transferring your files over to the xoom? i tried to drag and drop an mp4 to mine but i get an error message saying "this type of file is not supported on this device". is there something i'm missing.

jokeefe10 said:
i have a question.....how are you guys transferring your files over to the xoom? i tried to drag and drop an mp4 to mine but i get an error message saying "this type of file is not supported on this device". is there something i'm missing.
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Ignore it.

I thought mp4 was a supported android format? What format is needed for HD playback via the xoom's video player?

jparker36 said:
I thought mp4 was a supported android format? What format is needed for HD playback via the xoom's video player?
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You get the same error transferring mp3...think it's because of the way the pc sees the xoom. Just hit ignore.
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there is no ignore option....i only get "skip, skip all or cancel", no matter what i choose it doesn't transfer the file. i can transfer mp3's fine but no type of video file will transfer. i'm pretty stuck right now.

jokeefe10 said:
there is no ignore option....i only get "skip, skip all or cancel", no matter what i choose it doesn't transfer the file. i can transfer mp3's fine but no type of video file will transfer. i'm pretty stuck right now.
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This is what i get, i just hit yes and they play fine.

you can also try arc media from the android marketplace.

No special player needed. I just use root explorer, select the movie and it just plays... Natively...

bwcorvus said:
This is what i get, i just hit yes and they play fine.
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i'm still on windows xp so i don't get that message. frustrating!!

jokeefe10 said:
i'm still on windows xp so i don't get that message. frustrating!!
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Try renaming the file .zip then rename after the copy.

no luck renaming it zip.....i had to rename it .mp3 and it allowed the transfer. i renamed it back to mp4 but the video is choppy. i'm using rockplayer lite from the app market for now.

Can't you guys just open the movie in the Gallery and have it play using the built in video player?

jokeefe10 said:
no luck renaming it zip.....i had to rename it .mp3 and it allowed the transfer. i renamed it back to mp4 but the video is choppy. i'm using rockplayer lite from the app market for now.
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I haven't found a single video player app in the market that work properly and I tried vplayer, Rockplayer and another one, I think it was called qqplayer.. The native player will recognize and play MKV but no sound and very choppy. I successfully played a couple of MP4 files though. Tried an AVI and it gave me the same error message and even though I got is copied to the Xoom, it never showed up in the Gallery.

keitht said:
I haven't found a single video player app in the market that work properly and I tried vplayer, Rockplayer and another one, I think it was called qqplayer.. The native player will recognize and play MKV but no sound and very choppy. I successfully played a couple of MP4 files though. Tried an AVI and it gave me the same error message and even though I got is copied to the Xoom, it never showed up in the Gallery.
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I just put an Avi on mine, and used rock player and it worked just fine.

Divx Player

Anyone know of any good Divx player? I just got the a500 and haven't have much lucking finding one that works. I found some a few years back for my G1, but we all know how overpowered that device is..
And yes, i have tried searching...the few i have found don't run on the a500.
thanks!

I'm playing DivX with moboPlayer from the market.
I did have trouble with it at first but after Selecting "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option in settings it is working great.

Using MoboPlayer here, but haven't changed any settings for playing my rips.
I'll have to go fiddle with it later.
I was really surprised to see that divx .avi files weren't playable on the tablet.
The thing jumps on my server with no problems and then can't play the files it finds.

strider_mt2k said:
Using MoboPlayer here, but haven't changed any settings for playing my rips.
I'll have to go fiddle with it later.
I was really surprised to see that divx .avi files weren't playable on the tablet.
The thing jumps on my server with no problems and then can't play the files it finds.
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See this is what surprised me too. It won't play divx encoded .avi files. I'm going to mess with the "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option and see if it'll work. It's gonna seem like a pain to have to convert all the videos i have to a diff format just to play them on the tab.

iixiom said:
See this is what surprised me too. It won't play divx encoded .avi files. I'm going to mess with the "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option and see if it'll work. It's gonna seem like a pain to have to convert all the videos i have to a diff format just to play them on the tab.
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MoboPlayer plays DiVX files fine, did you install the codec pack? There's also RockPlayer and MXPlayer.

FloatingFatMan said:
MoboPlayer plays DiVX files fine, did you install the codec pack? There's also RockPlayer and MXPlayer.
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I did not know there was a codec pack, i thought it would have been preinstalled. I'll look this up. Thanks a bunch!

iixiom said:
I did not know there was a codec pack, i thought it would have been preinstalled. I'll look this up. Thanks a bunch!
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It tells you about it when you start the app... You get a dialog asking if you want to download it...