So I downloaded Foxreal converter to convert some AVI movies I have to mp4 so my GF can watch them while I'm playing poker at the casino....great plan to keep her occupied right? One problem - THEY WONT PLAY!
I have downloaded moboplayer, qqplayer, rock player, rock player lite and none of them will play the friggin mp4 files.
What am I doing wrong? I am converting them specifically to the Android > Xoom > 720p output which is a preset in the application? I am then copying the mp4 file over to my Xoom in the "Movies" folder.
Is there some other way to do this because all the players so it can't play this type of file?
I use badaboom and it have a tab for the xoom. And everything works. There is a trial that you can download
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Have you tried to play back the mp4 files on the computer to see if they are working files? Also, do you know if you encoded it as h.264 baseline? Sorry, but I am not familiar with this program. I personally use handbrake/adobe media encoder.
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I just downloaded Dvdcatalyst and handbrake. Tried DVDcatalyst and used the preset standard xoom format and it wouldn't play that either.
I am now converting using Handbrake...i am keeping my fingers crossed. I used one of the imported plist settings from another post I saw on here.
I'm wondering if it has something to do with the source format of the AVI's I am using?
They are all DVDrips that I have downloaded, I'm thinking about trying to rip one of my actual DVD's and seeing if that works.
msmall82 said:
I just downloaded Dvdcatalyst and handbrake. Tried DVDcatalyst and used the preset standard xoom format and it wouldn't play that either.
I am now converting using Handbrake...i am keeping my fingers crossed. I used one of the imported plist settings from another post I saw on here.
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I replied to your post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14782865&postcount=176
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I was looking around and saw that the video player does not display the subtitles for .mkv files...does anyone know if it would be possible to somehow enable the video player to be able to display them?
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Bumping.
I've got the same question. If the default player doesn't play mkvs with subtitles, is there another player that does so (already tried Rock Player).
I think we're outta luck. I asked this question a while back and got nothing but crickets.
If you absolutely need the subtitles, you could always hard encode them, but it is probably only worth the time if you absolutely cannot do without subtitles.
Nothing on the market right now which will get the subtitles. It sucks I know. There is a player in development that will support it but its not too close to release.
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Have you guys tried mVideoPlayer?
It has pretty decent support for subtitles. Not sure if it plays embedded ones in mkv's, but it definitely does support subtitles.
Strange, I recall seeing a thread on Xda that had the same question but there was a guy who posted a picture/screencap of mkv and subtitles playing on a video player. I should have bookmarked that thread.
bchalk said:
Have you guys tried mVideoPlayer?
It has pretty decent support for subtitles. Not sure if it plays embedded ones in mkv's, but it definitely does support subtitles.
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I've tried this but it didn't work. I extract the subs in .ass format and tried to load it but mVideoPlayer couldn't find the file even after I change the directory.
Try searching for meridian player in the market.
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I've tried this but it didn't work. I extract the subs in .ass format and tried to load it but mVideoPlayer couldn't find the file even after I change the directory.
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Did you make sure to rename the .ass file to match the .mkv you extracted it from? Make sure the file names match and put them both in the same directory on your phone. mVideoPlayer will load the subs automatically after you open the .mkv. It works flawlessly for me on my Galaxy S.
To view MKV files with subtitles, I've been using MKVtoolnix with MKVextractGUI to extract the subtitles from the MKV container. After the extraction, make sure the subtitle file(.ass, .srt, etc.) has the same name as the MKV file and place it in the same folder as the video. When that's done, use mVideoPlayer to play your file.
Hope this works for you!
I would include links for you guys, but there's a restriction for new users. A quick Google search should help you find the programs you'll need.
daweedk1991 said:
I was looking around and saw that the video player does not display the subtitles for .mkv files...does anyone know if it would be possible to somehow enable the video player to be able to display them?
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the problem with supporting subtitles in .mkv containers...is just that....mkv is JUST a container format, which can contain a myriad of video, audio, and subtitle file formats. And there are several subtitle file formats...
mVideoplayer supports external .SRT subs, so what one can do is use a tool like virtualdubmod or mkvtoolnix to demux subs out of the mkv container and assuming they are SRT, just extract them and name them to the exact name of the MKV file. it's also possible to download SRT subs fairly easily for common videos, but there's the possibility that text timing can be off....
...apparently mVideoPlayer supports .ass as well....
Oh, I just had to place the subs in the same folder as the Video. That worked for me.
Breaking: mVideoPlayer 2.20 updates states that it now supports subs in MKV's. I haven't tried it yet, I'm just now dling it.
Peep here.
Support for subtitles in MKV files, but you need a phone that supports playback of mkv.
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edit: more info
Yep, now it is time again for another beta version of mVideoPlayer. This time the big news are subtitle support in mkv files for phones that support playback of these files. (Galaxy S for example).
Full change-log:
- Support for subtitles in MKV files for all Galaxy S owners!
- Toggle subtitle on/off has been replaced with 'Subtitle Tracks' since MKV files may have multiple subtitle tracks.
- Now remembers previous search phrase in all search dialogs.
- IMDb Info accessible from poster search activity through long press on movie.
- Fix for poster search cache showing up in Gallery app on Android < 2.2 devices.
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I just used Vuze to convert 'Avatar', took like 6 hours!! Finally, it transferred it to my Evo and I *STILL* cannot play it, as before when I just threw the original unconverted MP4 on it....I've used rockplayer, and all of the other recommended video app's but NOTHING
Anybody have any luck, specifically with 'Avatar' ?
Try Dvd decrypter to rip then handbrake to transfer.
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What codec did you use?
Download MediaInfo on your pc. Open the file in that, then switch to Tree view. Paste the results here, and I can tell you what you did wrong.
Sitlet : I'll attach the screenshot with the tree stats.
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6891/ssavatarevo.png
The only thing I can see thats wrong is your file is over 3gb. The stock player can only play files under 2gb, so split the file into two videos and try that.
download Rockplayer Universal from the market. it works with mp4s
INebilim said:
download Rockplayer Universal from the market. it works with mp4s
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He said he tried that already. Its gotta be the file size
my avatar rip is 1.8gb and i used dvdfab, of course this is a dvdrip and not blueray, but it looks awesome and is a mp4
Are you coverting a dvd? Or a downloaded file?
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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
AllWin said:
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.
Trekvogel said:
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.
Anyone know of any good Divx player? I just got the a500 and haven't have much lucking finding one that works. I found some a few years back for my G1, but we all know how overpowered that device is..
And yes, i have tried searching...the few i have found don't run on the a500.
thanks!
I'm playing DivX with moboPlayer from the market.
I did have trouble with it at first but after Selecting "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option in settings it is working great.
Using MoboPlayer here, but haven't changed any settings for playing my rips.
I'll have to go fiddle with it later.
I was really surprised to see that divx .avi files weren't playable on the tablet.
The thing jumps on my server with no problems and then can't play the files it finds.
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Using MoboPlayer here, but haven't changed any settings for playing my rips.
I'll have to go fiddle with it later.
I was really surprised to see that divx .avi files weren't playable on the tablet.
The thing jumps on my server with no problems and then can't play the files it finds.
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See this is what surprised me too. It won't play divx encoded .avi files. I'm going to mess with the "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option and see if it'll work. It's gonna seem like a pain to have to convert all the videos i have to a diff format just to play them on the tab.
iixiom said:
See this is what surprised me too. It won't play divx encoded .avi files. I'm going to mess with the "Default Using Soft-Decoding" option and see if it'll work. It's gonna seem like a pain to have to convert all the videos i have to a diff format just to play them on the tab.
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MoboPlayer plays DiVX files fine, did you install the codec pack? There's also RockPlayer and MXPlayer.
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MoboPlayer plays DiVX files fine, did you install the codec pack? There's also RockPlayer and MXPlayer.
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I did not know there was a codec pack, i thought it would have been preinstalled. I'll look this up. Thanks a bunch!
iixiom said:
I did not know there was a codec pack, i thought it would have been preinstalled. I'll look this up. Thanks a bunch!
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It tells you about it when you start the app... You get a dialog asking if you want to download it...
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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jphilippon said:
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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