alright guys. need some help here. I have an Iconia n have the at&t verse app installed. I have downloaded some videos for my kids to watch when we go on vacation from the app. yet when I try to watch them I get a native video player error. I guess my question is is there any way to watch these videos within the app or thru a different player???
Presumably, your videos are in avi format. The native player can't handle that, you need to either convert the video to a compatible format, or download one of the many apps that can playback different video files. I am using rockplayer, others have suggested moboplayer. You should be able to find them both in the market.
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Just out of curiosity, since the X10 doesn't support flash (hopefully, that will change someday), then how is it possible to watch videos on youtube with the youtube app?
Does it stream the content using h.264 or something similar? Is the youtube app a standalone flash player?
Sorry if this has been answered before, but I couldn't find anythig but rants about the X10 not supporting flash when I searched the forum.
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good question maybe is like in winmo
or because youtube and android are from google maybe a trick is hidden there xD idk
You could ask the same of USTREAM , BBCi PLAYER and MPLAYER (beeb player) and how does SKYFIRE stream media from sites?! as they all do the same
the mobile app essentially streams the 3gp version of videos from the mobile version
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the mobile app essentially streams the 3gp version of videos from the mobile version
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Thanks PiLoT. That explains it.
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to my knowledge, it uses some mediaserver thingie, which apparently worked on my dumb T700 as well..
THAT phone certainly doesn't support flash, and when it failed to stream it says failed to connect to mediaserver..
The videos on youtube are all converted from the original format to various other formats including H.264 and that's what is streamed to modern phones.
On the flash player they're playing a .flv file, which is just a container for the H.264 video. (Also, youtube always keep the original file on their servers in case they change change something and need to reencode, eg. if they increase the max resolution or something.)
Thanks for the replies everybody. Now I know.
/and knowing is half the battle.
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Hi , I have recently Installed the JIT compiler and from then my pre -installed Youtube is not working properly. As soon as click on the video from Youtube app...it keeps on saying loading video and never loads..i installed the custom app from other sources but no luck .help me in fixing this issue.
Hi guys,
I'm having some problems trying to play the website iphone anime. It streams just fine on the iphone and the encoding is mp4, so that should be ok. I can only download the files and then play it, I cannot stream it. I've been trying to change the default player but I can't seem top do so. Any our ideas?
Just tried with Meridian and get the error message about "streaming to this device", might be a 1.6 issue.
can somebody test this in 2.1
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can somebody test this in 2.1
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If you have trouble streaming .mp4 files it may be becasue you have uninstalled mediascape. I found that i couldnt stream .mp4 any more after i uninstalled mediascape & MediaPluginManager.apk, one quick reinstallation using adb later and its all working again.
i never touched mediascape so it isnt that. Try websites like this... http://iphoneanime.net, http://mediamp4.com ,http://iphonehentai.com/ and play any of those listed movies. They are all in mp4 format (great sites by the way for movie buffs who love to watch streaming videos)
I never was able to get them working while i was on 1.6 and after 2.1 the default player still says unable to load file. I then tried Vplayer (awesome, get it from the market) and now i am able to stream 50% of the movies on these websites. I think it has to do with the native streaming support of the base player. it just isnt any good......
I just downloaded mobo player and the codec file for it. I wanted to play video's directly on the internet on my xoom. I thought downloading this would help me but video's are still not playing?
I do not understand the media directory thing is there anything I am missing.
I picked media directory to be my downloads in my Astro file. This is right out of the box. I have done nothing to unlock or root this device.
Can anyone please explain to me what I need to do to play video's from a web page on the net. For example I went to a site for Las Vegas wanted to play video of Terry Feder show would not play?
I'm pretty good at following directions. I understand PC very well just learning about cell phones and tablets.
I only downloaded the codec file because the video still wasn't playing.
I do not want to do anything that will mess up my xoom?
Sorry I think I should have posted this in questions forum.
Did you try tapping and holding the video you want to play then selecting soft decoding? You have to do that to a large majority of videos for the xoom.
Yes I did. When the video appears on the screen there is a small blue dice in the center with a ? on it. There seems to be lots of videos that won't play. Is there anything in the codec file that I need to change. I saw the soft decoding for one of the video extensions?
Just found something that says default using soft decoding in settings I checked it. Still no luck. You tube videos play fine
When I tap the video the screen turns light blue but nothing comes up and their are no options available to select.
you said your trying to play videos from a site. What site and what video format? Link?
Go to metacafe.com any video it does not work. That is just one of the sites. I cannot tell what the video format is? How can i see that. On the right hand bottom of my screen it says autoplay ON. I do not know if that is from Mobo app or something else.
took a spin around the world wide web and seems the videos on your site metacafe are FLV files.
go to the market.. install one of these in the list and see if any will work.
not sure which ones are compatible with the xoom so just go in and check on the tech details. better yet go there with your xoom so it will filter out which ones will work.
you can also just search "flv player" w/o quotes in the market and see what you come up with.
https://market.android.com/search?q=flv+player&so=1&c=apps
That site seems to use a bunch of different kinds of video. Hulu videos wont work, but the flash videos will if you install flash, obviously. Moboplayer is for mp4, avi, mpeg, and other types of video commonly not found streaming on websites.
Just called Motorola and figured out that Flash Player needed to be downloaded. Do I feel stupid. I thought it came with it and was on it when I got it. I then went back to the site and the video played.
Do you think MoboPlayer will interfere with anything on my tablet. Should I remove it?
Or should I leave it. Don't even know if it works on the xoom. It did not work to get the FLV file working that is supports. Any input would be appreciated.
keep it. it can play other movie formats.
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keep it. it can play other movie formats.
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I never heard of this player, anyone have any screenshots or details on how it works?
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I never heard of this player, anyone have any screenshots or details on how it works?
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it just works
amazing that an XDA member of a xoom tablet has not heard about moboplayer. thats wild.. rockplayer is made by the same dev that made moboplayer. mobo player is a really great video app! a must have..
Going to finally get around to putting some videos on my tab. I just wondered what format was best? Do you guys use the stock video player? Probably will mostly be anime stuff and am planning on just converting with Sony Vegas.
Any help would be great!
the best format for the tab seems to be mp4, but I play 720p mkv files fine too, including over wireless. The stock video player won't cut it so you should get a better player. There's plenty on the android market, mx player and mobo player are free, dice player is not. I use mx and it works fine.
I haven't yet found a format that BSPlayer won't play fantastically Plus it's free, so there's no reason not to IMHO...just remember it'll ask you to install a plugin first time round - install whichever one it asks you too, that'll improve performance as it will use hardware decoding
Change your video format to mp4 with a xivd or dvix code, you will find it so cool in this tab. This format support 1080p video.
This tab is weak with h.264 code.
Thanks to all you guys got it working great with Bsplayer!
First and foremost just want to apologize if there is a duplicate thread regarding this issue.
I just want to know how I can transfer and play movies or videos on my Nexus 4. Clearly I'm not trying to pay for the ones on the play store. The files I'm talking about are either .mpeg, .flv, .avi or xvid(pardon any format incorrections).
Is there a way to play these files on my phone using an app? And if I had to convert them to whatever, where can I get a FREE converter that works wonders and accepts any file size? Am I asking for too much?
Greatly appreciate any help on this.
I use MX Player (free in the Play Store); it handles lots of video formats (not sure whether the list includes all the specific ones you mentioned).
For conversion, I use Handbrake. It's free and also handles lots of formats.
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I use MX Player (free in the Play Store); it handles lots of video formats (not sure whether the list includes all the specific ones you mentioned).
For conversion, I use Handbrake. It's free and also handles lots of formats.
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Thanks a bunch dude, doesn't look like I'll need that converter afterall. Saved me a headache!
I use BSPlayer Free. It is one of the best out there and it is free as well
Features Pop-up play
Plays every video format i have thrown at it
Automatically downloads movie subtitles and more.
Try it out yourself. In my opinion it is better than MX PLAYER
MX Player is my choice too. Sometimes I find it can't handle older formats too well so I use handbrake to make a .mp4 with H.264 codec to make it run nice and smooth on the Nexus 4.