I put up a post about this a while back, but the thread kinda died. I tried out Cyanogenmod 7 recently and as we all know...they only have nightly versions. Nothing stable. When I tried it I liked everything EXCEPT the fact that I couldn't view my old videos. I'm not just talking about old videos taken with my blur camera. I'm talking about REALLY old videos that I took over the years with older phones. Anyway, I wanted to know if there's a fix for this. Please let me know bc I REALLY like the other aspects of CM 7. Thanks!
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http://phandroid.com/2011/09/23/vlc-open-source-media-player-for-android-download/
Haha double pasted this link lol... this is a link to vlc media player alpha, with this installed on my DX I can play all old blur videos and multiple different file types that CM7 wouldn't play, not sure but I bet it'll play your old .3gp files as well. Make sure to follow the instructions on their site to determine if your processor is neon or not, my DX and SGT are both neon, but yours may be different...
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Well, I just tried it out on my stock rom before trying cyanogenmod again and vlc player wouldn't play sound on my REALLY old videos. The newer stuff would play though. Ugh....I still need a better solution to this. :-/
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You might have to convert your really old 3gp's to a different format... will the stock rom play them with any player?
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There are many other third party players you can try. Rockplayer and mxplayer come to mind. Worth a shot?
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@hoot- yes, the stock player still plays my super old videos.
@runn- I tried mxplayer last time I had CM 7 on my phone and it didn't work. I don't remember if I tried rockplayeror not tho. Maybe it's worth a shot. If I convert my old files what should I convert them to anyway?
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I would convert files to something general like maybe avi or mpg... something that any player will play... if you don't have access to a computer, I think there are apps on the market that allow you to convert files... look around a bit
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So I received a couple pm about what I do to get any movie working on my vibrant.
First off I like blurays. You can use them. But dvds look just as good.
Download a free program called Format Factory.
Go to the area for mp4 coversions section. Hd mp4.
Choose video file.
Covert.
Take new mp4 and move to video folder on vibrants sd.
Done. This corrects audio as well.
Plays in hd even cleaner than the packaged avatar movie.
Let me suggest a cg film like toy story 3. Simply omg worthy.
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One conversion works on any iphone as well. In case later you switch phones. Its universal. On most any phone. Period.
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I'm yet to find a video that won't play on the Vibrant straight out of the box.
It's been playing my HD MKVs flawlessly. Even the HD 720p ones!
Maybe FLV ones... but then, it's just a matter of installing RockPlayer.
Same for the most part. Some audio conversion needed.
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I use freemake video converter. its quick & easy, real easy,almost too easy lol...
I use Vuze to convert movies for my phone.
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I haven't converted any of my videos, I've added a .mkv, and .mp4, both working great. c:
Do you really need to convert the videos?
Videora Android Converter
Handbreak is another good one.
It was for Mac for the longest time. now its been ported to windows (works very well with 7). they are working on linux builds for Ubuntu and Fedora (14 only).
Just choose Normal on the side drawer and pick up a cocktail!
I've found that variable bit rate doesn't work as well as constant bit rates.
Where exactly do I go in format factory? In the video tab or ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO? If I go to ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO it says Please Wait Loading... for a long time
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Where exactly do I go in format factory? In the video tab or ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO? If I go to ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO it says Please Wait Loading... for a long time
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Mp4
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U can just go to the mp4 area. Hd mp4. Choose your file. Then hit start.
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Epsilon519 said:
Handbreak is another good one.
It was for Mac for the longest time. now its been ported to windows (works very well with 7). they are working on linux builds for Ubuntu and Fedora (14 only).
Just choose Normal on the side drawer and pick up a cocktail!
I've found that variable bit rate doesn't work as well as constant bit rates.
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I use to use this as well. Good one too.
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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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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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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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Hi everyone
I installed cm7 on my xperia Play and ever since videos seem to play twice as fast at a stupid speed.is there anyway this can be fixed, any suggestions will be helpful
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Haven't heard of that issue. The easiest way would be to use another video player like MoboPlayer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jbG92NHIuYW5kcm9pZC5uaWwiXQ..) or MX Player (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS5teHRlY2gudmlkZW9wbGF5ZXIuYWQiXQ..). Or you could try to re-install Cyanogenmod (perhaps the nightly?).
Thanks but I think ill try flash stock rom because the player doesn't change anything (still too fast) I reckon its a software glitch so ill update once I get home
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Hey guys ive been making some videos with my phone but when i try to play them on my computer, it only has audio and no picture. The weird thing is that not all the videos are like that, but rather some. When i see the list of the videos i made on my laptop, some of the thumbnails have pictures and others dont and the ones that dont have a pic doesnt have any video but audio streams out. Its a very peculiar issue. Im currently running virtuous unity. Also, when playing back on my phone, it plays fine. Its only when i hook up my phone to my computer that it does this. Any insight would be helpful
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Hey guys ive been making some videos with my phone but when i try to play them on my computer, it only has audio and no picture. The weird thing is that not all the videos are like that, but rather some. When i see the list of the videos i made on my laptop, some of the thumbnails have pictures and others dont and the ones that dont have a pic doesnt have any video but audio streams out. Its a very peculiar issue. Im currently running virtuous unity. Also, when playing back on my phone, it plays fine. Its only when i hook up my phone to my computer that it does this. Any insight would be helpful
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did you check to see what format the videos are in and if the player you are using on your computer is compatible with that certain format?
Yeah its in .mp4. Again, its only some videos that i recorded that wont play. It might be an issue with my computer... I dont know..
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ive recently realised that when i play videos on my nexus 4 majority of the video is pixelated. which makes any movie or anyting completely useless to watch.
at first i thought maybe its the video file. so I tried it on my Xperia T, but it was fine no pixelation whatsoever. I tried it on my pc, no pixelation. I tried it on my ps3 and ps vita again no pixelation. Also BTW its not just a specific video file, anything i try to watch on the nexus 4 goes pixelated through majority of the video.
Then I thought that maybe its the media player that im using on the phone. it wasn't. i tried MX player, vlc for andriod, ES player and even the default video player. same thing on all of them; it pixelates in exactly the same places.
something that i also noticed is that on MX player when i play the video it doesn't play using the HW decoder only HW+ and SW, which is even more mind boggling because on my Xperia T it plays fine on HW.
can someone please help me with this. i would like to avoid factory resetting the phone if possible but if all else fails i may have to do it.
any help is appreciated.
THANKS
Can you advise us on which ROM and Kernel you are using?
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Can you advise us on which ROM and Kernel you are using?
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im using the normal stock android kitkat 4.4.4. also, the device is not rooted