.mp3's will not play. .avi's will not play (through TCPMP). .mp4's will not play.
SURELY I don't need to convert songs before I transfer them to my device? But either way, they will not play. Video's have never played.
Currently using HSPL with Artemis v13. I bought the HD2 because of the amazing screen, but seeing as I can't watch films on it, it's not much good to me, just a phone, which I could trade in for a cheaper one and earn some money! ANY ideas at ALL what I can do with this guys? I seem to have tried everything.
You must have installed something that has caused this problem, because it's out-of-the-box functionality to play mp3 & mp4 files (for AVI you would need tcpmp/coreplayer).
Did it work before you flashed the Artemis ROM? I seriously doubt that the ROM is the cause here though, as you'd most likely not be the first person to notice
When you say "they don't play", what actually happens? If you open file explorer and find an mp3 or mp4 file and click it, what happens?
On stock rom, .mp4's stay stuck on 'Loading...' but never move, on Artemis 'Loading...' pops up briefly, then disappears. With .mp3's the music player just skips through the songs until it reaches the end. TCPMP and Coreplayer say 'unknown file format' on .avi files. I have tried all manner of conversion software, but nothing ever seems to work. I remember when I first got the phone, out the box, it played mp4's quite merrily, but issues began after I had to hard-reset it. I'm not sure if that's just coincidence. It's bloody annoying though!
I wish there was a phone media player out there that did the same job as VLC on desktops, i.e. it will play a used a toilet roll if you want it to!
John, Could you perhaps link me the .cab you use for TCPMP? I have used 3 or 4 different .cabs I've seen lying around, but none of them do the job.
There's something wrong with your phone mate. If it didn't play mp3s out of the box then it won't play them - sorry but it's that simple.
I'd recommend sending it back to your supplier as faulty.
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I can't link you to a tcpmp cab that I use because I bought Coreplayer, but in fairness, if you've tried 3 or 4 different ones and it doesn't work then there's definitely something wrong with the phone. Maybe the device memory is corrupted (physically) - who knows. But it really does just sound knackered I'm afraid.
i would flash stock rom (and overwrite hspl) and then check, if it can play media files again.
if so, it was your rom. if not, somethings wrong with your phone.
grace to ospl and stock rom, you could return it now and get a new one
but i'm nearly 100% sure, that its your rom.
DN41
OK lads, cheers.
Better swap the SPL back and flash stock rom before I send it to O2 I guess .
One other question - for the device to play video (either .mp4 or .avi) does the file need to be a certain frame width / height and frame rate, bitrate etc, or will it play any .mp4 extension (or .avi extension, with TCPMP)?
can play every mp4 file...
sometimes with lags or something, but its still playable.
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Im guessing windows media player will need a driver...
I dont have my activesync working tho so Im just transferring files to my card
Get yourself a copy of TCPMP it's free & does what you ask for. Combine it with PocketDivXEncoder & you can watch (almost) everything on your PPC.
Cheets, M
I cant get them to install right! Is there not just a driver I can save and place somewhere ?
Not that I know of, you can try pocket tv for mpeg files, otherwise try googling for ppc & divx. Maybe something interesting comes up. Btw pocketdivxencoder runs on the pc.
Yeah I convertered the file to a smartphone file (I think) but I couldt get TCPMP to install
Did you go for the correct cab file? There were several versions in the zip. Or did you use the Windows installer? My magician needed something with arm & ce3 I belief, I prefer cab installs.
Hope you get it working cause it's worthwhile.
Im not sure how I can do it with activesync not installing on my computer...
If I get the cab files can I just place them in the program files somewhere ?
Yes just pick the option to download the cab installer. I got the file tcpmp.arm.cabs.0.71.zip from http://corecodec.org/frs/download.php/366/tcpmp.arm.cabs.0.71.zip here.
When you unzip it there are several cab files, pick the one for the wizard & put it on your device, anywhere is ok. then click on the cab from within the wizard's file explorer to install. That should the trick. If the cab doesn't work, pick another one till it works. The cpu & OS version are important in this part.
Cheers, M
Get them into My Documents or onto your SD card using a card reader. Then double click the file in the phone's File Explorer to rrun the CAB installer.
Right one last question and i think im there... when i convert the video do i have a smartphone or a pda? Or some otehr device...
PDA
Ahhhh yey I got it to work! I thought it was just installing a codec to windows media player but its a new program right! Thanks a lot guys (n girls)
Nice to hear & have fun with it. I certainly do ;-) It's a great show off as well.
Yeah! I bet I get it nicked on the bus now!
I managed to travel to Amsterdam, by bus & train, & back watching Kuzco 2. Much more fun than reading work stuff
whats the battery life like when its playing vids? Im going to manchester soon so its a 5 hour coach journey
My magician battery claims about 5hours use, but playing movies I guess it will reduce seriously. Haven't done enough testing with it. Try it by having a movie playing & keep an eye on the battery, a wizard might be better off in this. For serious power: the mugen replacements get good critics, though not very cheap.
I managed a three hour trip today with movie, mp3, e-mail & internet by gprs. So if you've got a small extra mp3 player you must be able to survive the coach trip.
last advice: Experiment with sound settings first, the default were awfull & mono with pocketdivxencoder. No advice for settings as I'm experimenting too ;-)
can it play movies in fullscreen? and can someone post some pics of the wizard playing a movie in fullscreen. tnx!
full-screen
Yes it will do full-screen playback, just like MediaPlayer.
I'd say it yourself the program is free & small. I'm sure you'll be satisfied.
M
can someone post some screenshots of the wizard playing video in fullscreen? btw hows the picture quality of the videos in fullscreen?
I'm having some trouble. . .
On my Wing, it seems that it wont really play any of the videos I store on my SD card. I've got maybe 300 gigs of media on my box, and I realize that the device supports 3GP, MP4, and AVI files, though I have no idea what versions of those extensions will play.
I have tried converting file types, file strengths (encoding, etc) to no avail. At one point I condensed an episode from my Robot Chicken DVD (picked for hilarity as well as small file size) and though the file was say, 50 MB on the computer (and played using WMP), and 50MB on the phone, it only played and scrolled as if the file was 5 seconds long on the phone.
Just like the blackberry, I assume there is a converter, or something I am otherwise missing here. All I really want to be able to do is to take a DVD, or take a file I've created, found, unearthed while deep-sea diving, etc, and play it on my Wing.
Where do I start?
EXTRA BONUS QUESTION: I installed Opera Mini as an alternative browser in root, which I now realize is IMPOSSIBLE to access. I believe a memory wipe should cure that. Would it be accessable if I store it on say, the SD card? Through file manager maybe?
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I'm having some trouble. . .
On my Wing, it seems that it wont really play any of the videos I store on my SD card. I've got maybe 300 gigs of media on my box, and I realize that the device supports 3GP, MP4, and AVI files, though I have no idea what versions of those extensions will play.
I have tried converting file types, file strengths (encoding, etc) to no avail. At one point I condensed an episode from my Robot Chicken DVD (picked for hilarity as well as small file size) and though the file was say, 50 MB on the computer (and played using WMP), and 50MB on the phone, it only played and scrolled as if the file was 5 seconds long on the phone.
Just like the blackberry, I assume there is a converter, or something I am otherwise missing here. All I really want to be able to do is to take a DVD, or take a file I've created, found, unearthed while deep-sea diving, etc, and play it on my Wing.
Where do I start?
EXTRA BONUS QUESTION: I installed Opera Mini as an alternative browser in root, which I now realize is IMPOSSIBLE to access. I believe a memory wipe should cure that. Would it be accessable if I store it on say, the SD card? Through file manager maybe?
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Media player sucks for viewing any type of video on your phone. I suggest you install TCPMP and you should be fine. Do a search on the forum and you should find it pretty easy. As far as your Opera Mini Question....you should be able to run it from your SD card just fine.
Much appreciated, roman, I had figured it would be something like that. Glad to be rid of WMP too.
Clarifying question: How do I play the files through TCPMP? Ive tried from the file itself in file manager and it tries to launch WMP. I dont see a "file > open" type pathway within TCPMP itself.
What am I missing there?
add the file to it's playlist
8aneN3r0 said:
Much appreciated, roman, I had figured it would be something like that. Glad to be rid of WMP too.
Clarifying question: How do I play the files through TCPMP? Ive tried from the file itself in file manager and it tries to launch WMP. I dont see a "file > open" type pathway within TCPMP itself.
What am I missing there?
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There is actually a open tab thing in TCPMP, on the botton control bar in the player, click on the first tab from the left and in there there is the open option. And if you want the files to automatically open with TCPMP when you acces them from the file explorer etc. then you go to the TCPMP sttings and then to file associations. IN there select the files that you want to be asociated with TCPMP, and i think after a soft reset, they will automatically be opened with TCPMP.
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Much appreciated, roman, I had figured it would be something like that. Glad to be rid of WMP too.
Clarifying question: How do I play the files through TCPMP? Ive tried from the file itself in file manager and it tries to launch WMP. I dont see a "file > open" type pathway within TCPMP itself.
What am I missing there?
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If you open TCPMP you will see file then open file.
well if this threads is relating to videos i have the wing and wat is the best video output u can use to have the best video no lagging experience on the phone!
cubican said:
well if this threads is relating to videos i have the wing and wat is the best video output u can use to have the best video no lagging experience on the phone!
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Most of my movies or videos are in AVI or MP4.
I thought I fixed this by asking in previous post but obviously not.. NO MATTER HOW I ADD MUSIC to my SD card, Touch Flo Music app gives Audio Manager_eng.exe error!! Hard Reset, Soft Reset, Delete Audiomanager file, editing/resetting registry, using drag and drop, using Media Monkey..ALL no luck.
How and what do you guys do to play music via your SD card on Touch Flo music app...step by step guide most appreciated - what do I delet, what do I name folders etc...Merry Xmas
have you tried syncronising using windows media player? and if the media is on the card, you should be able to select the albums using options in the tf3d media player, if it crashes and you havent done anything that voids your warranty, try HTC support. because if a hard reset doesnt fix the problem its a problem in your rom,
what also possibly could cause it to crash is if you try to play an unsupported media file,
hope to have given you some new information or suggestions!
what also possibly could cause it to crash is if you try to play an unsupported media file,.
This is the ssimple answer.
You might want to reinstall Audio manager using a new installation file. Yours could have quite possibly become corrupt. Do a search and find an original CAB on here. I'm sure I saw it on somewhere here. Otherwise...send your phone in for the support guys to take a look. Might be worth a shot.
You were right! Now I realize it does not seem to support m4a files...removed them, still no luck...after 2 hours I found a rogue m4a file in my library...Unbelievable! I thought it would just ignore the file type rather than corrupt all??
Thank you anyway.
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You were right! Now I realize it does not seem to support m4a files...removed them, still no luck...after 2 hours I found a rogue m4a file in my library...Unbelievable! I thought it would just ignore the file type rather than corrupt all??
Thank you anyway.
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Nope this is not correct, all of my music (hundreds of songs) in my SD are in m4a format (AAC encoded within iTunes), they all play perfectly work perfectly, no problem whatsoever, even the artist/song/album info and cover art is working fine from m4a.
Something else is the problem here.
I just wanted to prevent missinformation, the blackstone DOES play m4a (AAC) without any problems (Main Memory or SD doesn't make a difference...)
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You were right! Now I realize it does not seem to support m4a files...removed them, still no luck...after 2 hours I found a rogue m4a file in my library...Unbelievable! I thought it would just ignore the file type rather than corrupt all??
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Well, MOST of my music is in M4A files; I originally converted all my CD collection to M4A for my old Sony Walkman phone because the AAC-type format seemed to give better sound quality for a given file size compared to MP3.
And so far, it's only been one rogue file that has given me problems on the HD, although I noticed that it does tend to mess up the playing order.
Maybe there's something different in the codecs that you are using or something. I seem to recall that I used Nero to encode mine.
I'm confused then..would the fact that I use a Mac be the issue - Itunes purchases - DRM Free ( though I use Bootcamp to do all music transfers etc..).
I don't know exactly why but the default video player will not work now. When I try ti watch a movie (transformers) App opens, I get the black screen that says loading with the circle, then static out the speaker and movie never loads. I laoded a different movie on the SD card that I know worked beofre and the same. Any ideas?
are other video players working ok? try TCPMP if you have not used it yet:
linky:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=634951
No vids are working. Does that app replace the default video player? If so how do I remove the default one and set the new one to default?
It doesnt remove the default one it just installs to your phone as another video player.
when you say default video player do you means windows media player or another media player?
removing software that is built into the phones os can only really be done by the cooks of the custom roms. so unless you are willing to install a custom rom you would have to put up with using a secondary media player.
However I do beleive their is a way to change file associations so that you can permenantly associate video files with new applications.
file associations should be accessible from tools/settings of the player, I'm not sure about tcpmp, as I dont use it.
You could always long press then "open with" and associate that way.....
Some of the UK tmo HD2's had an issue with the htc player being screwed with by certain apps, not sure if the same problem might exist in the US versions.
Have you installed anything recently that might have affected it.......
only thimg I can think of is SRS WOW. Im gonna try an SD flash of a custom rom now anyway. Thanks everyone.
Hey. Loving CM7 so far, but I've run into a problem. Either CM7 doesn't support .wma files or something else is wrong, but none of my .wma songs will play in any player. Is there a fix for this or is my only recourse to convert all of them into .mp3?
plx help....
Did you try Rock Player (from market)? Never ever betrayed me.
There are many, many third party media players from the market that support .wma format sound files
But it's normal for wma files not to appear for example in the default player for Android right? That happens to me and happened with winamp and real media, which I suppose don't support wma files.
If it's not normal for them not to appear in the default player what may be the fault? The ROM I use or the HTC HD2 itself?
I appreciate any reply and sorry if I'm asking something repeated already. Despite the traces of what is said not only in this thread being quite obvious I'd like full confirmation of this
Thanks for nothing :/
For those who in the future have the same problem, try Power Amp, for me it worked like a charm. Playe Pro didn't.