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Whats the best app for playing avi

As in the title what is the best app for playing avi, divx and xvid on android?:

OK, I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but you can't play divx or xvid on Android yet. Supposedly future Desire updates will have that.

adventure1001 said:
As in the title what is the best app for playing avi, divx and xvid on android?:
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Try YXflash

Karolis said:
OK, I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but you can't play divx or xvid on Android yet. Supposedly future Desire updates will have that.
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The Archos 5 Internet Tabled (w/ Android) can play Divx, xvid and mostly any other video format, mkv and HD included. Of course, that is because they have a proprietary player.
The Desire is rumored to get an update soon that will allow it to play Divx files. The hardware is more than capable of doing it!
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010...ceive-divx-playback-support-in-future-update/

brusnica said:
Try YXflash
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Thanks i had that on my iphone did'nt realise it was on android too

How well does yxflash work with playing back avi-files on the Desire?
I've tried playing 700 mb video (624x352, bitrate aprox. 1500, framrate 25) on a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 with yxflash, and it didn't handle it very well. My
Samsung Omnia HD is able to play the file without a problem.

Have installed it on mine and it plays the divx pretty well. Very slightly jerky, but very watchable. It could also be the encoding as it is the only one I have tried so far.

400ixl said:
Have installed it on mine and it plays the divx pretty well. Very slightly jerky, but very watchable. It could also be the encoding as it is the only one I have tried so far.
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i found xyflash on the desire pretty poor. playing a tv show in divx format. very choppy frame rate.

tried xyflash with one film in avi format and seems fine

miles_t said:
tried xyflash with one film in avi format and seems fine
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Odd. Anyway I've discovered doubleTwist now. It's very good. I synced my divx video folder with my phone and as it copies the files it converts on the fly to mp4 format. Works like a dream.

Also, keep an eye out for CorePlayer.
It's in development and sold make an excellent player of al formats for us.

Quite agree coreplayer would be great i am suprised that they have not done it allready.

Keep an eye on this: http://twitter.com/corecodec
Although the coreplayer is in developement, developers of the corecodec stated, that Google's SDK/NDK misses some features for native support, that makes it so hard to bring a final
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2885&start=75

hopefully once the guy who created yxflash gets a n1 or desire tweaks it to run smoothly.
i had yxflash on my g1 and it played most avi's smoothly.. considering the hardware 528mhz to 1ghz - with new gfx hardware also.
even winmobile 6.1 pro on my treo 750 could play avi fine.

Hi ,,,
I think that the Desire can play the AVI ,
I have seen it on a youtube
(the problem, I can not put the link for your guys here as I am not permitted to do so)
you can search it under comparsion between Nexus and Desire.

Dedo430 said:
Hi ,,,
I think that the Desire can play the AVI ,
I have seen it on a youtube
(the problem, I can not put the link for your guys here as I am not permitted to do so)
you can search it under comparsion between Nexus and Desire.
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No it can't.

Convert you file with mencoder to mp4 and play it on the Desire.
I zipped the necessary files:
mediafire.com/?yx0jbn42qdn
Just drag and drop the file you want to convert on the file convert2desire(.bat).
After waiting some time your file will be converted in the ideal .mp4 format for the Desire.
You will find it in the same directory as the convert2desire(.bat) file.

I will not buy an Android phone before a good .avi/divx player is available. I'm using WM since 2000 and my entire collection of video's is /avi/divx/mkv.
I just couldn't believe my ears when I heard Android (on HTC Desire) can't play those formats.

paledo said:
I will not buy an Android phone before a good .avi/divx player is available. I'm using WM since 2000 and my entire collection of video's is /avi/divx/mkv.
I just couldn't believe my ears when I heard Android (on HTC Desire) can't play those formats.
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Rockplayerbase (aka rockplayer) works perfectly. It's now in open beta. Search for it.

yep rockplayer works great......no pause at all

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 videoplayer?

Hi, can someone point me to a good videoplayer for Android? I'd like to try playing some xvid/divx vids with .srt subtitles.

I'm not sure about the SRT support, but RockPlayer rocks !
Get the apk from their website for arm v7 processors, the Market version is not as optimized for our Snapdragons.

benoitb85 said:
I'm not sure about the SRT support, but RockPlayer rocks !
Get the apk from their website for arm v7 processors, the Market version is not as optimized for our Snapdragons.
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-yep, rock player rocks! It support srt.
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Rockplayer has srt support indeed, just give the subtitle the exact same name as the vid (well, different extensions obviously) and put it in the same folder as the video. Rockplayer will do the rest for you!
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Thnx for the suggestions! I will try Rock Player.

Just wondering, does Rockplayer still work with the "media.stagefright.enable-player=false" fix for audio stutter on the HD/Z builds? (as this workaround breaks other videos like youtube for example)

ive gotten recommendations for
Rock player
Arc player

rockplayer cannot navigate some movies.
vplayer aphla seem use lower or equal cpu as rockplayer.

Rock Player defo.
Plays even MKV vids!

RockPlayer for sure, plays everything I've asked it to. (struggled abit at 720p but played it.)

I would recommend Act1 Video Player. It's really nice, simple and intiutive. It plays all video formats, and remembers your current video position on every video. Also SRT support, and regular updates. And it's <1 euro!

Native divx playback?

Can anyone confirm whether the DHD offers native divx / avi playback it does this require third party software such as rockplayer or mplayer?

It requires software codecs to play those file types
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No great sweat. Rock player works well on the Desire so can only assume it will be excellent on the dhd!

I dropped few divx on mine without any third party software and it plays it and good too
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vimto25 said:
I dropped few divx on mine without any third party software and it plays it and good too
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Interesting to hear, thanks. I didn't think it supported such formats out of the box.

dont waste your time with rockplayer, it loses sync all the time now and the dev wont trasferre your licence when you change phones.
im currently using vplayer alpha - it free and tbh excellent app. ive not noticed any sync problems since loading it, and it handles 720p with no problems.
give it a try

Just to confirm that DivX/Xvid plays natively, however, I tried a high bit rate video and it lagged beyond belief. I suggest you try Rockplayer or Vplayer, both are very capable.... whatever happened to Core Player for Android!
Regards.

lynxboy said:
Just to confirm that DivX/Xvid plays natively, however, I tried a high bit rate video and it lagged beyond belief. I suggest you try Rockplayer or Vplayer both are very capable.... whatever happened to Core Player for Android!
Regards.
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I agree, just tried the native player and I can feel the lagginess and the framerate is slow... Rockplayer played the same video smoothly...

I tried to play a 1,5 GB Xvid with the stock player, which wasn't a big success, then installed the free rockplayer from the market, which worked fine, excellent playback and the screensize makes it very watchable (gotta use earplugs though)

Playing 720p Flv videos with HTC Desire HD
Hi all! My main use of a smartphone is to play 720p Videos on the go. I've tried all of the last giants (Htc Desire, Sony X10, Hd2 with Android roms...) using native videos player,Rockplayer,Alphaplayer but my 720p flv videos did not play smoothly.Now I have a Samsung Vibrant, so far so good! All of my videos play with no issues.
My question is: does the Desire HD capable of playing 720p videos in flv format smoothkly (Ps:I'd like to buy it for the bigger screen and 8Mpxls)?
Thanks

edsontzr said:
Hi all! My main use of a smartphone is to play 720p Videos on the go. I've tried all of the last giants (Htc Desire, Sony X10, Hd2 with Android roms...) using native videos player,Rockplayer,Alphaplayer but my 720p flv videos did not play smoothly.Now I have a Samsung Vibrant, so far so good! All of my videos play with no issues.
My question is: does the Desire HD capable of playing 720p videos in flv format smoothkly (Ps:I'd like to buy it for the bigger screen and 8Mpxls)?
Thanks
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why dont you just re-encode it to a file format that takes less powered to decode ?

Hi. Because I have more than 500 Go of movies, mangas and many things in 720p flv format so I don't have time to change them when I want to travel.

I might be wrong but I THINK the SGS is king when it comes to movie playback and the formats supported out of the box.
I can't speak for the DHD yet as I don't have one but I'm sure someone will be able to check this out for you.

Id also like to know were Core media player for android went.
Wonder if it ever will get released.

xspyda said:
I might be wrong but I THINK the SGS is king when it comes to movie playback and the formats supported out of the box.
I can't speak for the DHD yet as I don't have one but I'm sure someone will be able to check this out for you.
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Is true, the SGS plays everything without problems. It handles full dvd 720p mkv`s like a champ, even with dts sound. I hope DHD can, as in terms of power it could handle them too.

Can anyone confirm if the dhd can handle the same as above?

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Can anyone confirm if the dhd can handle the same as above?
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No, it can't. The DHD (as stated in the specifications) does not play mkv files out of the box. It's capable of decoding the video stream (which is h264) but the audio is ac3 which is a no go with the stock player. I tried vplayer but the results are disappointing - it's like a slowmotion video. What you can do is reencode the files copying the video stream and encoding the audio to aac, and saving it in mp4 format. It takes a couple of minutes for half hour movie, so it's no trouble at all. Still you might be careful what bitrates you encode since the DHD has to have some limit on that.
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Thanks all for the feed back! Now I think that it's better for me to stay with my Vibrant for watching my HD videos (even if I like the 8Mpxls and dual led flash of the Desire HD). However it's just impossible to have the perfect smartphone isn'it? My dream: I hope some day we will have an Android phone with 12Mpxls 25 mm wide angle, Full HD recording and playback in any formats (specially flv for me), 4,3 inch or bigger screen with 1280X720 resolution and MEGA AMOLED!!!

Keep on dreaming
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I hear that divx is supported by the dhd out of the box, just wondered if anyone had managed to get divx / avi to play from a pc on the network using the 'connected media' option within videos... is this possible?

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.

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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).

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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...
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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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