Just out of curiosity, since the X10 doesn't support flash (hopefully, that will change someday), then how is it possible to watch videos on youtube with the youtube app?
Does it stream the content using h.264 or something similar? Is the youtube app a standalone flash player?
Sorry if this has been answered before, but I couldn't find anythig but rants about the X10 not supporting flash when I searched the forum.
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good question maybe is like in winmo
or because youtube and android are from google maybe a trick is hidden there xD idk
You could ask the same of USTREAM , BBCi PLAYER and MPLAYER (beeb player) and how does SKYFIRE stream media from sites?! as they all do the same
the mobile app essentially streams the 3gp version of videos from the mobile version
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the mobile app essentially streams the 3gp version of videos from the mobile version
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Thanks PiLoT. That explains it.
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to my knowledge, it uses some mediaserver thingie, which apparently worked on my dumb T700 as well..
THAT phone certainly doesn't support flash, and when it failed to stream it says failed to connect to mediaserver..
The videos on youtube are all converted from the original format to various other formats including H.264 and that's what is streamed to modern phones.
On the flash player they're playing a .flv file, which is just a container for the H.264 video. (Also, youtube always keep the original file on their servers in case they change change something and need to reencode, eg. if they increase the max resolution or something.)
Thanks for the replies everybody. Now I know.
/and knowing is half the battle.
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Hi , I have recently Installed the JIT compiler and from then my pre -installed Youtube is not working properly. As soon as click on the video from Youtube app...it keeps on saying loading video and never loads..i installed the custom app from other sources but no luck .help me in fixing this issue.
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I love using the Engadget app to keep up with daily news, but no matter what I try I cannot watch the embedded videos within the stories.....
The ones that link to YouTube are fine as you can choose the browser or the YouTube app.
But their native videos don't play for me. I currently get the choice of viewing through double twist or streaming media player, both of which say "Sorry, this video cannot be played".
Anyone any idea what format these endgadget videos are in? And how I can get the engadget app to choose a player capable of playing them?
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Please only post one thread on the same subject, and try to post in the correct forum.
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nasimdejai said:
I love using the Engadget app to keep up with daily news, but no matter what I try I cannot watch the embedded videos within the stories.....
The ones that link to YouTube are fine as you can choose the browser or the YouTube app.
But their native videos don't play for me. I currently get the choice of viewing through double twist or streaming media player, both of which say "Sorry, this video cannot be played".
Anyone any idea what format these endgadget videos are in? And how I can get the engadget app to choose a player capable of playing them?
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ive not tested it but try vplayer in the android apps section. it supports many formats
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ive not tested it but try vplayer in the android apps section. it supports many formats
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cheers i'll try that
I have installed this rom -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814285
and had also installed the famour Azure 1.0.1 by aliba
i found both couldnt play some mp4
so my question is that does android support mp4 playback ? if it does how will i put it in my current rom [ i have tried 3rd part video players , it failed].
and what video extensions does a normal aOS support ?!
Thanks
Android supports mp4 playback.
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but my default player aint playing mp4..are their certain resolution tht video need to be in ?
AFAIK, mp4 is a file container and many things depend on the codec that was used to encode the video file. Personaly i'm using Handbrake to encode videos for watching them on my Legend, so if you want i could share the "proper" preset for this task.
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I'm using Any video converter and MP4 (x264 / aac)
I found out that for some reason x264/mp3 doesn't work...
yea thanks
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AFAIK, mp4 is a file container and many things depend on the codec that was used to encode the video file. Personaly i'm using Handbrake to encode videos for watching them on my Legend, so if you want i could share the "proper" preset for this task.
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please share it or suggest some converter.
I installed Rock Player yesterday, which supports more file formats. I haven't tried a lot but it plays my downloaded Simpsons episodes just fine. They're in Xvid btw.
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I installed Rock Player yesterday, which supports more file formats. I haven't tried a lot but it plays my downloaded Simpsons episodes just fine. They're in Xvid btw.
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Does it work well for you? I got the free version and sometimes it loses audio/video sync...Any issues like that?
It works well but I've only tried short videos like tv show episodes. I read that longer complex videos might lose av sync at some points.
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dhanu007 said:
please share it or suggest some converter.
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Download and install Handbrake (free app). The preset is attached bellow this post, (if you're using Windows Vista / Seven) move it to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake
Use preset called "Legend". Good luck
EDIT: don't forget to extract attached file.
is there a better player than rockplayer?
videos that arent 480x320 work incredible bad on my legend. itself the 5800 had a better video playback function than just every player i tried so far on the legend.
alright guys. need some help here. I have an Iconia n have the at&t verse app installed. I have downloaded some videos for my kids to watch when we go on vacation from the app. yet when I try to watch them I get a native video player error. I guess my question is is there any way to watch these videos within the app or thru a different player???
Presumably, your videos are in avi format. The native player can't handle that, you need to either convert the video to a compatible format, or download one of the many apps that can playback different video files. I am using rockplayer, others have suggested moboplayer. You should be able to find them both in the market.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone around here is using PS3 Media Server with their Atrix?
Specifically, be able to play movies (mostly MKVs, some High Profile) from the PS3 Media Server (currently running 1.30.1, also tried 1.40 beta 2)
I keep getting some invalid stream messages from all the players and UPNP/DLNA controllers I tried (BubbleUPNP, UPnplay) using Video players MoboPlayer and MX VIdeo Pro.
AVI files work just fine. But MKVs just don't work. I didn't try any other formats (MP4 for example, I would assume it works as it's natively supported on the Atrix)
Has anyone managed to make a Renderer .conf for PS3 Media Player that works well with the Atrix ?
I searched the forum and couldn't find anything. I also searched PS3MediaServer's and couldn't find anyhting that worked. (except one thread from someone asking the same question as I do, with no answers)
Thanks for any feedback you may have.
Noone?
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As far as I know. The Atrix won't play any high profile mp4, or mkv. I have used your exact setup. The only thing I can recommend is that you try to have the settings so that it transcodes the videos in a 720p main to low profile that the Atrix can render. I've noticed it doesn't like videos with ac3 5.1 audio. Only aac. Its funny, so many people trash the iPhone 4 but it plays almost all the videos I've tried, whether I'm streaming over DLNA or streaming over the web.
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Try Summer Player! It has not let me down yet!
Possibly a stupid question but I have some movies on my computer I might load one of two at a time to watch on my Nex but it seems most won't play, at least the ones I've tried.
What format do I have to convert them to?
I've tried using Google movies and the video player built in. I'd like to have the files work in Movies.
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Possibly a stupid question but I have some movies on my computer I might load one of two at a time to watch on my Nex but it seems most won't play, at least the ones I've tried.
What format do I have to convert them to?
I've tried using Google movies and the video player built in. I'd like to have the files work in Movies.
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yes i have similar issues.
The google movies app doesn't like or detect any of my mp4 or avi films, and the double twist, mx and daroon players will not play many of my avi files that played perfectly well on my htc phone using the stock movie app.... any suggestions of apps, codecs or file formats etc to use?
MX Video Player hasn't let me down in the past. Some people have also mentioned some other player that starts with a "D", but I can't recall what it is atm
I use the BS player and it plays everything I have thrown at it well.The MX player did not work well at all for me.I have movies and tv shows in several formats loaded on a flash drive and BS plays them all.
I use vplayer via usb otg from a 16gb data traveller it plays all my. avi a treat.
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