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Subtitle support in the default player

Does anyone know how to enable ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) subs on the sgs default player? The player works perfectly with mkv files but so far I cant figure out how to get it to display subtitles (yeah im using it to watch fansubbed anime).
Or is there a free player anyone reccommends? Cheers.

mVideoPlayer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8502333&postcount=112
is the best, auto resize to aspect ratio too

Aye, using that myself as well. It's just not the same. To be honest, I really like the inbuilt movie player, and I just can't get myself familiarized with mVideoPlayer.

I use mVideoPlayer also. You don't have to sync the app database with your videos. Just play the selected video with it and that's all
It's Very good APP, supports even Cyrillic!

Soniboy84 said:
Aye, using that myself as well. It's just not the same. To be honest, I really like the inbuilt movie player, and I just can't get myself familiarized with mVideoPlayer.
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how is that different?
play, pause, forward, backward....
use finger to slide left right to the scene you want to see
so natural to use

Using it is pretty self explanatory, except that it doesnt seem to seek as well as the default player.
And if I seek around too often, the subtitle dissappears lol.
The OmniaII player was meant to have subtitle support but it was buggy as hell (either that or it has a strict spec for subs). That phone drove me nuts anyway lol

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Use [Q] in topic FFS
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Ah sorry. I usually just browse around.

Some questions about DLNA

Hi guys, I have some questions about DLNA on GalaxyS.
I have the device that you can find in my signature.
I use the DLNA withTv-out to see films on my 37'' FullHd Tv, but I noticed some problems, hope that you can help me to solve them.
The player does not open MKV files.
The player does not keep the aspect ratio of the films. 16:9 videos have no problems, but the 2.39.1 (2.40) movies are distorted
If these problems can't be solved with the standard player (there aren't aspect ratio options, instead the classic video player of the SGS) there are better players that can replace the standard one?
Thanks

I think these are the very annoying limitations of dlna. You have to use avi afaik, i'm not sure about mp4 though.
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markdj57 said:
I think these are the very annoying limitations of dlna. You have to use avi afaik, i'm not sure about mp4 though.
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Uhm, i don't understand what is "avi afaik". Should i convert the mkv films?

afaik - as far as I know
avi is container for audio video, like mkv
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svkmirec said:
afaik - as far as I know
avi is container for audio video, like mkv
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Aaaah sorry
DLNA supports all kind of codecs under avi (divx, mpeg4, etc) but not MKV.
I think that there is no solution about this problem

olivercervera said:
Aaaah sorry
DLNA supports all kind of codecs under avi (divx, mpeg4, etc) but not MKV.
I think that there is no solution about this problem
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Actually I think it is a limitation of the tv set. Because the other day I went to bestbuy infront of the television section. Fired up dlna and found tons of tv sets there to use it with.
Long story short I had a 720 mkv video of tottenham vs real madrid and was able to play it on a LG tv. As a matter of fact everything was able to play on the lg tv. But on samsung only avi's was allowed to play video.

video playback

i know this has been discussed but i think that it is freaking ridiculous that we cant play all video types on the so called worlds most powerful smartphone. it should play all formats stock

Okay. So did you have a question like, "Does anybody know of an app that will play ___ video format"? Were optimizing our devices here at XDA, not complaining about them.

I agree....thus I have installed arcMedia 4 my mkv's. Seems pretty good. Plays my 720p copies quite nice.....however...thru wehtop on a 42" with webtop mob the playback is slightly stuttered from time to time....still tolerable to me though.
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WiredPirate said:
Okay. So did you have a question like, "Does anybody know of an app that will play ___ video format"? Were optimizing our devices here at XDA, not complaining about them.
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+1
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Sorry about being so negative....I was just pissed off. If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated! Thx in advance
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indeed All formats are supported on the so called most powerful phone
(via third part player)
but whether it will be playing smoothly remains to be discussed

what is the best player? i tried qqplayer,no results

Qqplayer seems to play everything.
player.qq.com/android
I can see it just fine searching for it on the market.
There is another thread talking about how to use handbrake to convert movies to a format that the atrix will play natively.
I followed it and it worked perfectly
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HD videos on atrix

oK is it just me or we all have the same problem, downloaded HD videos from youtube and it wont play. Anyone??

??? anyone?

Try a different video player. If that doesnt work then there may bot be the correct codec available
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Try Mobo Player. Also, Atrix hasn't had 1080p update from Moto, so if your videos are 1080p they likely won't play if I am thinking correctly.
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I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?

Jev117 said:
I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?
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i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"

tuantuti said:
i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"
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wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??

junooni.1980 said:
wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??
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yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...

Jev117 said:
yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...
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thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.

junooni.1980 said:
thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.
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Yeah man, very desappointing news... Althought I still have hope that we will be able to do that. After all, we have "Atrix - The world's most powerful phone"

Try using arc media player, out is available on that market for free. Let me know if out works for you
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I have not come across a video, hd or otherwise, that I could not play on my Atrix. If one player doesn't work, I go to another one.

The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Niiiiiice =D

So it the software on that ain't capable or tue hardware?
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
So I tried mob with all it's codecs avail on the market, also tried arc both of them are lagging as if im playing HD video on some low end cheap phone. Man o man what a disappoinent e'h. So much hype for the qhd but really its crap.
Try it for ur self I downloaded and tried to play transforms 3 trailer and metallicas nothing else matters hd. And they both played like crap. Dunno about you fellas but I never expected these results from my attic they are calling this the most powerful phone.
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Please let me know if you know of something better. Thanks.
Sent from the cores of dual power where HD videos are a dream. Suckz.

AVI DivX video playback?

Guys this thing is intriguing me, i cant natively play divx avi files? My LG 2X does it, how come my tablet with an huge screen don't?
I managed to get it software rendered with VitalPlayer but damn!
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svceon said:
Guys this thing is intriguing me, i cant natively play divx avi files? My LG 2X does it, how come my tablet with an huge screen don't?
I managed to get it software rendered with VitalPlayer but damn!
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Install Rockplayer

Another thing you could do which some people have tried is to change the file extension to mp4, which will play with the native player. I think DivX is just a 'container' format which contains MP4 video so it should work in theory, although I haven't tried this on my TF myself.

jonitfcfan said:
Another thing you could do which some people have tried is to change the file extension to mp4, which will play with the native player. I think DivX is just a 'container' format which contains MP4 video so it should work in theory, although I haven't tried this on my TF myself.
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Tried that, wirh this video specifically it plays the first 3 seconds insanely fast and with no audio and then finally stops playing.
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plenty of players out there for DIVX/XVID. I think some manufacturers just bundle extra players or codecs. i dont think support is in 'native' Android.

mejdam said:
Install Rockplayer
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Is rockplayer the best player on the market? Anything thats better?

umasood said:
Is rockplayer the best player on the market? Anything thats better?
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ive found rockplayer pretty good but other people will say vplayer, qqplayer etc etc.
try all the free ones and see which one you prefer. some are better for flv, others for wmv etc

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Install Rockplayer
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+1 Rockplayer. They just had a release solving Android 3.1 registration issues, works like a champ!

I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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TheMathMan said:
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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moboplayer works fine on the tf too

TheMathMan said:
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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+1 for MoboPlayer, I've found it to be a bit smoother than RockPlayer in my experience. That's just me talking however...

thanks guys... yes moboplayer and rockplayer seem to do the job!

TheMathMan said:
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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Yea mobo comes with a codec addon.FLV.,AVI,MP4.

Can anyone test an divx 1080p video? Being software rendered I'm kinda not much confident, i feel it as a workaround rather than a solution...
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svceon said:
Can anyone test an divx 1080p video? Being software rendered I'm kinda not much confident, i feel it as a workaround rather than a solution...
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1080p video encoded using the DivX (or XviD) codec is really inefficient. It's going to be a lot larger file size or of lower quality than a more modern codec like h.264. If you'd like to play 1080p video on your transformer, you'd be best to transcode your video to an h.264 video stream. Not only will the file size be much smaller, but it will play back using hardware acceleration which is much more likely to be smooth than software rendered DivX.
Rockplayer, Moboplayer, etc are all the same thing. They're just containers for ffmpeg--which is the best free software decoder available. Pick the one that has the best interface and is free. Paying for any of these is actually against the law, and while you're not going to get in any trouble, it's stupid to pay for something that should be free.
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