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MKV on Desire?

Hi,
I've been searching the net for any information about MKV playback on Android and found this one:
mobilegadgets-review.blogspot.com/2010/04/htc-desire-plays-mkv-divx-videos.html
Can I trust this source? Anyone tried this one?

You can also get the yxplayer from Android Market and I would recommend this.
But I don't know whether it has mkv playback. The only tool I know is called "RockPlayerBase" which is able to play mkv but not very smooth (averaged 16 fps on my Desire). I assume, you can get this tool from here... anywhere^^ just search.
I hope, I could help you. Correct me, if I'm wrong

16 fps doesn't sound too promising.. Thanks for advice though

16fps if you are lucky! more like 5 most of the time. I think the rockplayer is a software player so its using just the brute force of the CPU. Thats not bad considering most Atom based netbooks cant play MKVs smoothly without an HD decoder card...
Maybe one day we will get some hardware assistance..

Not sure if this will help at all, but mkv2vob converts mkv files to either vob or mpeg, and does it very quickly. (I don't normally recommend conversion apps as they're usually really slow.)
If either vob or mpeg will play better then I really would recommend giving it a try.
http://www.mkv2vob.com/showthread.php?tid=1
Also highly recommended for PS3 users who want to watch mkv files

Try RockPlayer. It's awesome.

ledaz said:
Hi,
I've been searching the net for any information about MKV playback on Android and found this one:
mobilegadgets-review.blogspot.com/2010/04/htc-desire-plays-mkv-divx-videos.html
Can I trust this source? Anyone tried this one?
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That is yxflash and an old version at that a newer one is available in market works a treat for all i throw at it
Also using RockPlayer aka: DemoPlayer

Considering time wasted converting files and saving space, when viewing movies, better idea is to stick with divx/xvid/h.264?

There's nothing that currently plays MKVs properly in all I've tried incl. the aforementioned apps. The RockPlayerBase cannot play H.264 vids. It will however play XviD/DivX totally fine upto VGA resolution (plays upto 1.2Mbps VGA vids fine that I've tested).
Act 1 player, Meridian, the stock player - all play H.264 vids perfectly. HD 720p vids at that, and in some vids, upto 10Mbps plays well. But they don't play AVIs or MKVs.
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th3 said:
There's nothing that currently plays MKVs properly in all I've tried incl. the aforementioned apps. The RockPlayerBase cannot play H.264 vids. It will however play XviD/DivX totally fine upto VGA resolution (plays upto 1.2Mbps VGA vids fine that I've tested).
Act 1 player, Meridian, the stock player - all play H.264 vids perfectly. HD 720p vids at that, and in some vids, upto 10Mbps plays well. But they don't play AVIs or MKVs.
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Plays 1.5 MBPS full WVGA videos just fine, too. And you can just use Rock for XviD/DivX/MKV/AVIs and Stock for H.264. Don't be a lazy bum
Afaik, you can't set different default programs for different video file extensions. All types of videos are Videos.

Plays 1.5 MBPS full WVGA videos just fine, too. And you can just use Rock for XviD/DivX/MKV/AVIs and Stock for H.264. Don't be a lazy bum
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Then you're getting different results to me there. It doesn't play WVGA with the 4 vids I've tried, all low bitrate DivX. Greater than 480p XviD/DivX, it doesn't play without severe problems. The ~1.5Mbps vids you're referencing are DivX/XviD?
There's format and container. Containers can hold many different format vids. AVI and MKV are just containers.
Do you realize that most MKVs are in the H.264 format which it doesn't play?
And that it plays XviD/DivX format AVIs? Not MSMP4 or MP4 AVIs.
As for H.264: I use Act 1 player... after using it, it's not possible to go back to the stock player
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Try diceplayer
Try diceplayer.
My nexus-1 ( patched libOmxVdec.so )
can play 720p High 3.1 MKV+DTS file flawlessly.
Desire use same AP, i think that desire can play 720p MKV.

I've tried this too,on numerous occasions but with no success :/
I also use RockPlayer But what i do i convert all my Movies (that i watch on my Desire) with Badaboom (Nvidia's official vid converter) to a h264 file in mp4 format,and it plays perfectly [so if u have a nvidia gfx card...i strongly recommend this method,since it's ultra fast ,if u have an Ati,try xvid4psp 5.0+ converter]

Harteg said:
I would really recommend Moboplayer, get it from the market, it plays mkv's just fine on my desire
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I, too, recommend MoboPlayer. It's simple to use and supports embedded subtitles in .mkv files.

Id try arcmedia on the market it always works for me mate and its free
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I also use Moboplayer.
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juami said:
Try diceplayer.
My nexus-1 ( patched libOmxVdec.so )
can play 720p High 3.1 MKV+DTS file flawlessly.
Desire use same AP, i think that desire can play 720p MKV.
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I can confirm this. All solutions above, (rockplayer, mobo etc.) are crap in comparision to diceplayer, (that if you patch your existing lib as suggested).
I previously postet a thread on this in the general section. It really makes the phone to a "almost" perfect hd media player.

[Q] Best media player?

Hello
Im looking for a media player that can reproduce all possible formats (mostly videos). Something like VLC for Android would be nice.
Anything out there?

Have you tried arcmedia ? It plays most of the formats, its worth a try. Especially since its free.

rockplayer , xyplayer etc etc.. look on google... I know I did

dgattenb said:
rockplayer , xyplayer etc etc.. look on google... I know I did
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I did as well but didnt find anything universal that plays everything. I swore there was a player that the description said "VLC like; Plays all formats"

Tried many, chose Rock Player:
RockPlayer can support audio and video container format: avi mkv rmvb mp4 mov wmv asf wma wav mpg ts mpa dvd au mp3 mid ivf aiff ogm ogg cda flic d2v aac roq flac drc dsm swf pls pmp.Audio and video encoding format AAC AC3 DTS FLV4 LPCM ALAW ULAW MPEG Audio MPEG-1 MPEG-2 RealVideo RealAideo Vorbis AVC VC1 XVID DIVX SVQ Theora Bink Theora Bink basically includes all popular multimedia formats.
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bubble said:
Tried many, chose Rock Player:
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When I saw it was powered by ffdshow, I pretty much decided
Thanks.

I used to use arc player but you could not move it to sd. I now use aPlayer and it plays everything I have streamed...
Sent from my HTC Desire

u should try poweramp its pretty awsome supports swiping through music a lot of equalizers and auto downloads the album art

Audio: PowerAMP
Video: RockPlayer
No more words...
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What phone have you got btw?
Because you won't be able to play anything properly if you've got a phone like HTC legend, HTC wildfire, you'll need 1ghz processor to play everything property..
If you have 1ghz , then try arcmedia. It's free, but if its not good enough for you for some reason, then try rock player, its paid app, but also has a trial. I never had any issues with rock player, it plays everything smoothly.

I use yxplayer on My wildfire
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What phone have you got btw?
Because you won't be able to play anything properly if you've got a phone like HTC legend, HTC wildfire, you'll need 1ghz processor to play everything property..
If you have 1ghz , then try arcmedia. It's free, but if its not good enough for you for some reason, then try rock player, its paid app, but also has a trial. I never had any issues with rock player, it plays everything smoothly.
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I meant what phone has the author if this thread got.
So how's watching videos on a wildfire ?
Because its about as fast as HTC legend, and it was sluggish on the legend sometimes.

You will have to get the apk.. so if u can't get it off the developers site then maybe try some not so legal methods to see I'd it works that way?
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I meant what phone has the author if this thread got.
So how's watching videos on a wildfire ?
Because its about as fast as HTC legend, and it was sluggish on the legend sometimes.
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Video Player ?

Is there a good video player that everyone is using? I can't play .avi videos on this. I use mplayer on my HD2 but if I install it on here the ratio is soo small. Any advice?

I'm using qqplayer.
moboplayer si ont too bad also
They are on the Market

I forgot about Plex. If you're trying to play external media on some other device, Plex will work quite nicely.
Still trying out video players. Will update you soon.

i use vplayer

I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html

anyone got the hardware decoder working on any player?

I'm using Mobo. I tried Rock player, but the software decoding made the video all jumpy. Not having that problem with mobo
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Try using mobo player if you want to play .avi files.

goalweiser said:
I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html
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I too find this the most useful one out there. Plays almost everything.

I'm using Vitalplayer. Plays avi mpg and mp4. Thats what I have tried and I'm unsure whats in the containers but it plays it well I think. The avi-file is a 720p file and it looked good with no sync-problems. The mpg is a recording made with Mythtv with highest quality. Flawless playback.

I use Mobo by default but there are times Rock does a better job.

goalweiser said:
I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
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Just tried rockplayer. It made me happy in ways I did not believe were possible.

so after playing with a few of them I think I have settled on mobo player. Its free in the market and seems to work quiet well.

mobo rocks lol...pun intended. both update very often.

yea but is mobo or any other player playing without saving the video first? like you open a email and click preview....

ajftl said:
yea but is mobo or any other player playing without saving the video first? like you open a email and click preview....
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it depends on browser...default browser let u view immediately asking u which video player to stream. opera will save auto. unless you press n hold the link to save it on the default browser.

Best video player

I know, this question sucks, but I'm concerned about hardware decoding capabilities.
I was using Rock Player with my old phone, now on Vibrant it can just do software decoding, which I think is less battery-efficient.
Anything better?
Thanks

The Vibrant media player, maybe? Since that one was coded to work with the phone's hardware...
Or you can just deal with crappy battery life and move on, you know...

I cannot switch the stock media player to landscape mode (I don't know if it's just me...), and I prefer a folder visualization mode more than a whole list of all my videos.
Furthermore, I feel like it cannot decode xvid-coded files.

flapane said:
I know, this question sucks, but I'm concerned about hardware decoding capabilities.
I was using Rock Player with my old phone, now on Vibrant it can just do software decoding, which I think is less battery-efficient.
Anything better?
Thanks
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Umm... The GalaxyS has the most hardware codec support of any of the Android phones. I can play mkv, xvid, divx, using the default video player...
Hell, that's half the reason I still own this phone.
What ROM are you using? The only ROMs which support the extensive hardware decoding for the SGS are TouchWiz roms (ie not CM7 or MIUI)

Uhm, so it may be CM7 video player's fault, because if I open it I can see my old 3gp videos, but not my xvid .avi files (which are handled well by Rock Player via software decoding).

Moboplayer is my choice when I'm not on touchwiz.
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Thanks I'll give it a try and will let you know.

Try diceplayer
Diceplayer take advantage of your hw video decoder
Even you have cm7 roms, you can play 720p h.264 high mkv with dts/flac audio.

Sounds great, I'll try both

Second vote for moboplayer. Ignore everything else
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I tried both and I eventually preferred DicePlayer interface, anyway they're both great choices because they support HW decoding on CM7 roms.
Thanks for the suggestions.

Change of mind......DicePlayer works great too

I tried VPlayer too (it shouldn't change much from Premium version), and it looses a/v sync if I move the seek bar... any hints?
MoboPlayer doesn't offer folder visualization and shows me all the videos in a list, while I prefer separated folders for separated videos.

flapane said:
MoboPlayer doesn't offer folder visualization and shows me all the videos in a list, while I prefer separated folders for separated videos.
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yes it does. phone battery dead or i would tell you where but when you touch the screen one of the "buttons" changes to a different view type.

I get just two visualizations here: grid and list.
In both cases, the videos aren't separated in their respective folders

Try Mobo Player. It plays all formats (even with CM7 or MIUI).

lifehijack said:
Try Mobo Player. It plays all formats (even with CM7 or MIUI).
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Try diceplayer. it can use hw accelerated video player( even with CM7/MIUI )
Mobo can not use hw acceleration when playing non-supported format like MKV,MOV,AVI.
Mobo run at 800-1000Mhz to playing 480p H.264 AVI.
but Dice run at 400Mhz. ( Galaxy S )

Which media player will give smooth output to 1080p .mp4 files? (Ripped from youtube)
I have tried QQ and Rockplayer, FPS is like 2 and Default player wont even open the file saying its not supported.
Thanks!

juami said:
Try diceplayer. it can use hw accelerated video player( even with CM7/MIUI )
Mobo can not use hw acceleration when playing non-supported format like MKV,MOV,AVI.
Mobo run at 800-1000Mhz to playing 480p H.264 AVI.
but Dice run at 400Mhz. ( Galaxy S )
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Yep, dice seems to be the best choice because it also shows different files in different folders.
Too bad the trial is gonna expire here...
phrozenflame said:
Which media player will give smooth output to 1080p .mp4 files? (Ripped from youtube)
I have tried QQ and Rockplayer, FPS is like 2 and Default player wont even open the file saying its not supported.
Thanks!
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Given the screen resolution, why do you want to play 1080p files?

Tried the dice player. Didn't liked it, it lags a lot for me.
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Video player for Desire HD

Been using mobo player but it has issues with flv files for example, the movie gets stuck but the time keeps moving and that part just doesn't play. Happens about 3-4 times for several minutes. Just wondering if you guys use another video player?

I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!

MACkjam said:
I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!
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have you tried playing flv files? they give me problem and since i download videos and my downloader only downloads them in flv...so i was wondering whether it's the player or the rom i'm running.

Hello. DICE player Plays it all...
it is Good...Plays MKV on my DHD just fine , when other cant handle it!
try it

Arcmedia Player plays pretty much anything you throw at it.

will give these a try and report back whether they're playing this flv or not.
Thanks !

Try Rockplayer
http://www.rockplayer.com
it;s very good player which i use on my DHD.

shad0wboss said:
have you tried playing flv files? they give me problem and since i download videos and my downloader only downloads them in flv...so i was wondering whether it's the player or the rom i'm running.
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It plays flv, mkv, 3gp etc, and any other format you throw at it.
Monologue was rated the best recently.

I still have the problem where some parts of the flv movie gets stuck but i believe it is probably the rom i'm using. All those players are functioning just fine and playing flv..

shad0wboss said:
Been using mobo player but it has issues with flv files for example, the movie gets stuck but the time keeps moving and that part just doesn't play. Happens about 3-4 times for several minutes. Just wondering if you guys use another video player?
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You can try MX Player, it's quite slick.

...my rant on this... pls excuse the bullc**p.. >_<
As a user who plays A LOT of movies due to constant use of the public transport for long journeys to and from work... my long-ass post here might be a bit useful for this thread.. ^_^
Initially (late 2010 when I was on Desire Bravo) I was a Rockplayer user, since it was the ONLY player that played most formats decently. Even then, playback of HD videos was buggy at best, impossible most of the time.
Then mid/late 2011 (still on Desire Bravo) Moboplayer came out... and that played more formats with better stability compared to Rockplayer (you need the right codec file downloaded for stability, ARM7VFP was the one I used) even the HD ones. But it was still lacking in regards to playing a lot of HD vids, and MKV playback was still buggy-ish... =/ It was also touting 'hardware decoding' playback... however, I almost always get a prompt saying 'hardware playback not possible etc..' whenever I play most videos anyways.
Nonetheless, I stuck to Moboplayer... since it did play more formats than Rockplayer... and was more stable.
On late November I switched to Desire HD, and whilst I initially stuck to Mobo for my standard player... I was finding that my battery was running out a lot quicker, even with all the 'battery optimizing' tweaks from the forum applied by me to the letter.
Other players like MX was pretty much similar to Mobo... in that it killed the battery just as quick... due to software decoding..
It was then that I found DICEplayer... stating that it did proper hardware decoding straight off the bat. So i gave that one a try... and to my surprise... playback was just as smooth and stable as Mobo... but it didnt kill the battery as bad as my old player!
So currently, my primary player for my DHD is DICEplayer, and imho its probably the best for the phone specifically because of the phone's generally poor battery performance... >_<
Though, i think the dev is having problems with his android market account... so I'm not sure if it can be purchased properly at the mo... =_=

Thanks for the information

I found dice player go be much better
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Try using vplayer... I like it very much...
Sent from my Desire HD

... Used vplayer for a bit earlier on as a substitute when rockplayer couldnt play a file... Only because sometimes vplayer wouldnt play a file, in which case I'd switch back to rockplayer which would plau the file... Suprisingly.
But then, MOBOplayer came out and found that it played everything that both vplayer and rockplayer wouldnt play...
I would've stuck to mobo... But then again... DICEplayer has better hardware decoding support.. And is able to play most HD mkv files more consistently...
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Bsplayer hands down. Finds subtitles automaticly and uses HW acceleration lika baws
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+ 1 Rockplayer. The only player that can play every thing on my phone
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Dice is Nice (couldn't resist that)
I've been using Moboplayer but switched to Dice mainly because you can set the aspect ratio up in the settings rather than on the fly. Also when using a Bluetooth headset there seems to be no lag in the audio (lip sync) in comparison with Moboplayer which is also very good but has the slightest of audio lags over BT there's barely anything in it between the two though.
Tried Vplayer, that's okay, but IMHO it's
1. Dice
2. Moboplayer

MACkjam said:
I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!
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Agree....moboplayer is the best, in my opinion.
2nd place: Rock Player
matt
---------- Post added at 04:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:53 PM ----------
Some decent info on here:
http://slodive.com/freebies/best-android-video-players/
Matt

Diceplayer has proven to be an excellent player. Works well with uPNPlay.