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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.

Optimal settings for Handbrake?

What are the best handbrake settings for the SGS2?

Nice question!
But if u wan easier options u can use moboplayer or rockplayer. I personally love moboplayer cos of rmvb support
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People convert media for the phone? What file you having trouble with?
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tjjensen23 said:
People convert media for the phone? What file you having trouble with?
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I normally convert it to fit it into the Fat32 file size limit at about 3.8Gb, my collection usually comes from a 15-25gb source.

I have a TF101 my own and I used the same preset which use High Profile to try to convert the video for my SGSII, but I found that it wasn't playing with hard-decoding, even though the SGSII plays it smoothly, but I guess if I throw in something which can be hard-decoded, it would burn less battery, right? (right now without hard-decoding, it's burning 1% in around 2~3 mins)

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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Iconia a100 avi file compatibility / RAM spec

As there isn't a a100 section I hope you don't mind me asking here
I have the a100 on order but can't work out if it will play avi files
Also I have seen two different specs does it come with 1gb of ram or 512mb ?
Can't wait to get my hands on it hopefully will be as good as my iPad which is going add I'm sick of been locked to itunes and three screen is to big to make it portable 7" is just perfect size
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mancuk29 said:
As there isn't a a100 section I hope you don't mind me asking here
I have the a100 on order but can't work out if it will play avi files
Also I have seen two different specs does it come with 1gb of ram or 512mb ?
Can't wait to get my hands on it hopefully will be as good as my iPad which is going add I'm sick of been locked to itunes and three screen is to big to make it portable 7" is just perfect size
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If it's anything like the a500 - it will not play avi in the stock installed video player.
However, you can use one of many alternative players that will be able to software decode the file. I love and recommend MX player, it's free, and it has great options as well as a nice feel to the player. Rockplayer also works for many things, but I find the watermark the free version puts on the screen pretty annoying would have paid for it if I had not stumbled upon mx player
Acer a100 has 1024MB of ram on board - also found some specs for it showing 528, no idea how that got started.

Thank you .... Strange why it wont play avi on stock player must be a android 3.2 thing cos on my Samsung s2 that plays avi files straight through the video player
Can you tell me if real player is available and works on the a500 ? I use this on my s2 and hope it will on my new tab when it arrives
Thanks in advance
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there is a real player beta in the market wich seems to work.

Excellent ta
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[Q] Looking for help on DVD playback

I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

chrisbass said:
Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.
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I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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chrisbass said:
Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks
The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

b00mb00mchuck said:
Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?
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MACHEK said:
Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
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Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?
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MACHEK said:
Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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mrlaigle said:
Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.
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MACHEK said:
Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.
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If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.

chris198810 said:
Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...
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Looking for help on DVD playback
I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.