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[Q] Android Video Playback

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.

Convert using VLC player?

Does anyone know what the settings would be to convert hd video file to the proper H.264 format using VLC player. I heard there was a how to but i can not find it. does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Recode
Have you thought of using XMedia Recode. It is a donationware video and audio transcoding program for Microsoft Windows developed by Sebastian Dörfler.

No i have not tried that. what settings do you use for it? thanks

I have been using AVS Video Converter lately and it is great. Always in sync and easy to use. Not free though.

psymont said:
I have been using AVS Video Converter lately and it is great. Always in sync and easy to use. Not free though.
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I actually got an older version of AVS Video Converter. I can't figure out what format to convert to though. I hope, and guess, that our programs can expoert to about the same formats.
Which format do you use? I wanna covert into either 720p or 1080p.

[Q] Best way to watch videos from a windows share?

I have a network share on my win7 machine that has videos in divx and xvid.
What is the best way for me to access those files from my tf101 so I can watch them directly from the pc without copying it onto tf101 first?
Also, what media player could play them?
Thanks

I was just messing around but I watched vids from my TF that were located on my laptop via the "my cloud" app on the TF....it's the sub app called "splashtop" and it worked just fine....

upnplay app with moboplayer. Set up media streaming in windows7's media player. There should be instructions if you Google it.

Ive used plex and it seemed to play most of my videos fine.

transceiver said:
upnplay app with moboplayer. Set up media streaming in windows7's media player. There should be instructions if you Google it.
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This is the combo I use and it works a charm, however plex,splashtop etc will work also. Try them all because its down to preference...
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here's another discussion on the topic. B-)
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093861

Very few videos will play correctly due to honeycomb issues, but cifs works well. I suppose you could set up real time transcoding if you had a comp with enough power. Includinb dgnvdec somewhere in the decoding chain would work well for those with nvidia cards - as that would perform all resizing/decoding/deinterlacing via gpu, freeing up cpu to handle the smaller encode. I'm pretty sure the default movie player can handle many different transports.

File Manager HD can be networked with your home network and then I stream and play with Moboplayer. Works pretty good.

Plex will play videos that won't stream, like FLV files.
Splashtop will play netflix but with crappy quality.
UPNPlay has the best quality since it plays the original file but only the standard formats like avi and MPG.

I ran them directly using es viewer
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ThaiM said:
File Manager HD can be networked with your home network and then I stream and play with Moboplayer. Works pretty good.
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seems like it has to load the whole video before u can "stream" it??? takes a long time to serve up a 2gb file

Has anyone found a good way to play ogm files?

jerrykur said:
I ran them directly using es viewer
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how ??
tried that and it says no player (i have moboplayer etc installed). if i then choose 'open as' and video is starts copying the whole file across ??

File Manager HD downloads the whole file, it doesn't support streaming AFAIK.
I use GMote and Moboplayer (for vids). Audio can be played directly in GMote. Works great.

Whats the best way to steam? Both ES and FileHD makes me download to cache which defeats the purpose of networking. If I use N speed would the download be faster?

transceiver said:
Plex will play videos that won't stream, like FLV files.
Splashtop will play netflix but with crappy quality.
UPNPlay has the best quality since it plays the original file but only the standard formats like avi and MPG.
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Plex will actually only transcode if it needs to, if it doesn't it'll simply stream the original media AFAIK. I use it and love it. It's probably one of the easiest ways to get this set up, especially if you want remote access from outside of your intranet.

For .mpeg/avi streaming:
File Expert -> Dolphin Browser HD -> VPlayer
Can use MoboPlayer or RockPlayer instead of VPlayer, but seeking with VPlayer is better imho. Other file types may work...

mounted my network share in CIFS and play natively with mobo.... for the files that aren't supported by hardware playback, you can long press the file in mobo and use software decoding.

what is CIFS?

eb50 said:
what is CIFS?
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http://linux-cifs.samba.org/

Still frustrating over video

Yes,
I own both xoom and iconia.
I finally use RipBot264 to convert my high profile H.264 mkv video to use with xoom without problem at all.
BUT, all converted files cannot be played on Iconia!
Can someone explain this to me?

satawat.thongsawat said:
Yes,
I own both xoom and iconia.
I finally use RipBot264 to convert my high profile H.264 mkv video to use with xoom without problem at all.
BUT, all converted files cannot be played on Iconia!
Can someone explain this to me?
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If i remember correctly, i read that the Xoom has had several improvements, from a coding point of view, in regards to codecs used within Android. I believe that Motorola have been more 'media' focused that other tablet providers...

satawat.thongsawat said:
Yes,
I own both xoom and iconia.
I finally use RipBot264 to convert my high profile H.264 mkv video to use with xoom without problem at all.
BUT, all converted files cannot be played on Iconia!
Can someone explain this to me?
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If you want to play smoothly just encode using baseline profile, simply as that.
Of course use a good UI for configure the encoder, like staxrip.
Here is my template

I posted this in another thread too, but I use Rockplayer and it plays everything I throw at it so there's no need to re-encode. The free version is in the Market. The paid version is donateware -- no difference in function other than removing the "R" logo from the upper left corner of the screen.

There's also Mobo Player which is completely free.

Hi guys,
Thank for all replies.
Finally, Rockplayer is the answer, for the format that plays well in Xoom, with software decoding.
Don't know with 3.1, this will improve or not.

Cant play any mp4

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