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Can the Galaxy Tab play high-profile .mkv files flawlessly?

Can the Galaxy Tab play high-profile .mkv files flawlessly?
What I am talking about is 720p .mkv files with high bit rate ( 4,000+ kbps ) without DTS sound (just AAC sound) flawlessly?
The Xoom is having problem in this department.
Also, what player do you use? Default, or Rockplayer or others?

Standard video player plays 1080p and 720p without any problem...
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i use mVideoplayer, like it that it can extract subtitles from mkv.

Stock video player has played everything for me fine
swyped from a galaxy far far away...

Earthbrain said:
What I am talking about is 720p .mkv files with high bit rate ( 4,000+ kbps )
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High bit rate 4mbps? Compared to what, a cellphone video? XD
I got the tab to read PERFECTLY a full hd beast peaking roughly at 40mbps. H264, obviously. Was an mp4, but i doubt that a container will make any difference, i did watch several 720p mkv on the tab anyway.
Oh, i almost forgot: all this with the built in player. Using rockplayer in software mode, that 1080p beast ran at 2-3 fps.
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I have played 720p MKV file. But no player seems to play it smoothly. And most of them does not play the sound audibly.
Worse, the stock player do not even recognize the file type. H264 videos are flawless.
any suggestions for the MKV player?

richard_rama said:
Worse, the stock player do not even recognize the file type. H264 videos are flawless.
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I watched like 6 episodes of Panty and Stocking with the stock player. MKV with subtitles (i had to convert them into srt and put them outside the MKV container...) in 720p and clearly with h264 video and aac audio.
There is maybe something wrong with your player?
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I've got some mixed results.
Most files play fine, 1080p or 720p, but it has problems with some files with only DTS or AC3 sound included.

While the galaxy tab is the best media playing tablet I've tried (not tried the archos 101) it failed to play a 720p blu ray rip with 9 reference frames I think it was encoded with matroska libraries later than 1.0

Stock Player is amazing. I cannot stress that enough. It can play 1080p and 720p high profile mp4 h.264 videos flawlessly. Only gripe is the non-support for > 2ch audio, but this can be easily remedied via an audio demux with Yamb -> downmix to stereo -> mux new audio with Yamb.
I don't even watch movies on my HTPC anymore, I just downmix the audio, leave the video alone, and paste the file unto my device.
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I found that using Rockplayer universal with hardware decoding mode plays just as well as the stock play but with the added function of allowing you to choose which audio track to use. However if you have an integrated sub title track mvideoplayer is better. However what the device can play isn't limited to profiles, as I found the tab can play high profile but content encoded with some of the newer matroska libraries, it struggles with.

Best video player I have used! MX Player

Just a heads up - noticed a app I had not seen on the market before, MX player. Codec pack with specific support for the Tegra chipset, and so far it has done a *great* job with a few different formats I have thrown at it. Have not tried 720 or 1080 yet, but I think this one is worth checking out.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/mx-videoplayer/com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
or just search MX player on the market.

Which formats have you tried?

Looks great!
I tried a couple of videos (mostly divx) and everything looks good.
You'll need to install two packages:
MX VideoPlayer
MX VideoPlayer Codec (ARMv7)
Nice interface, no scarring/blurring. I was looking for a good video player (to go with my shiny 32GB SDHC) -- much appreciated.

officetally said:
Which formats have you tried?
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So far, avi, mkv, wmv, mov, flv and all seem fine.
Downloading a 720 and 1080 sample in mkv now for testing, will report back.
[update] 720 was great - smooth and nice.
1080 was a nightmare, dropping frames like mad.

I'm going to try this one:
http://bit.ly/pixarhdtrailer (via demo-world.eu)
update: this particular trailer is not supported by HW decoder.
Not an issue for me; hopefully someone can test a HW decoder-supported 1080p format file.

entropy.of.avarice said:
So far, avi, mkv, wmv, mov, flv and all seem fine.
Downloading a 720 and 1080 sample in mkv now for testing, will report back.
[update] 720 was great - smooth and nice.
1080 was a nightmare, dropping frames like mad.
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I assume the sample files you downloaded are H.264 and then you need to know if they're baseline-, main- or high-profile. Just saying 1080p drops frames like mad is not enough. Then again, even the stock player plays 1080p just fine if it's baseline-profile, so I'd say whatever you were playing wasn't baseline. And well, Tegra2 simply does not have the beef to play non-baseline 1080p, it's simply too demanding.

Just like Moboplayer it doesn't show the subtitles in my .mkv file nor does it scale the anamorphic aspect ...

AC3 support?
Hi,
imho both this MX and MoboPlayer are on par, very useful where MoboPlayer is ad-free!
Still haven't found a solution for playing AC3-audio-encoded MKV/AVI files. Either no sound at all or stutter when soft-decoding ...
Marcher

lol @ ad supported
I'm rooted and running ad-free android, had no idea this player used any kids of ads, never see any of them lol
Subtitles work just fine. They are supported.

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I assume the sample files you downloaded are H.264 and then you need to know if they're baseline-, main- or high-profile. Just saying 1080p drops frames like mad is not enough. Then again, even the stock player plays 1080p just fine if it's baseline-profile, so I'd say whatever you were playing wasn't baseline. And well, Tegra2 simply does not have the beef to play non-baseline 1080p, it's simply too demanding.
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Thanks so much, WereCatf! I am actually a little behind the times when it comes to HD video formats and how they work, that helped make some sense of it. So I am assuming if i have non-baseline 1080p I can just convert it for the Iconia?

entropy.of.avarice said:
Thanks so much, WereCatf! I am actually a little behind the times when it comes to HD video formats and how they work, that helped make some sense of it. So I am assuming if i have non-baseline 1080p I can just convert it for the Iconia?
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Yeah, Handbrake works fine for transcoding things. I'm just in the middle of our guild raid in WoW, but I can post Handbrake settings for both 720p high-profile and 1080p baseline-profile in two or two-and-a-half hours.
But do keep in mind that if you're just watching the video on your tablet, not on a big screen via HDMI, then there's no point in watching 1080p at all because the tablet screen is only 720p resolution. You'll save storage space if you transcode to high-profile 720p in that case.

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Yeah, Handbrake works fine for transcoding things. I'm just in the middle of our guild raid in WoW, but I can post Handbrake settings for both 720p high-profile and 1080p baseline-profile in two or two-and-a-half hours.
But do keep in mind that if you're just watching the video on your tablet, not on a big screen via HDMI, then there's no point in watching 1080p at all because the tablet screen is only 720p resolution. You'll save storage space if you transcode to high-profile 720p in that case.
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Sweet! Would be most grateful for that, I travel with my a500 often and hook into displays via video out, would be most grateful for those profiles.
Thank you for your help!

entropy.of.avarice said:
Sweet! Would be most grateful for that, I travel with my a500 often and hook into displays via video out, would be most grateful for those profiles.
Thank you for your help!
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I made a separate thread for that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184002

Video and audio still out of sync when I play my 720p mkv files. I'll stick with mobo since its ad free.

Great find to the OP. I just played an h264 sample 720p mp4 in hardware decode mode with MX player, and while it dropped very few frames, Rock Player absolutely refused to play it.

kjy2010 said:
Great find to the OP. I just played an h264 sample 720p mp4 in hardware decode mode with MX player, and while it dropped very few frames, Rock Player absolutely refused to play it.
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Thanks! Have really been enjoying this player, Rock Player and mobo player have choked at so many files I've thrown at it - while Mx player seems to have no issues with them.
Thanks to Werecatf - i have used Mx player to output 1080 via HDMI out via this player with very few dropped frames - everything looks great.
To those of you annoyed by the ads - assuming you are rooted - just install a ad-blocker. From the market, "ad free android" works fantastic for me, free package, I have not seen a single ad since I installed.

onelane said:
Video and audio still out of sync when I play my 720p mkv files. I'll stick with mobo since its ad free.
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Strange - played quite a few 720p files without this problem. Sorry to hear it. Does mobo player work without these sync issues? All i get from moboplayer is force closes and erratic behaviour - no idea why.

entropy.of.avarice said:
Thanks! Have really been enjoying this player, Rock Player and mobo player have choked at so many files I've thrown at it - while Mx player seems to have no issues with them.
Thanks to Werecatf - i have used Mx player to output 1080 via HDMI out via this player with very few dropped frames - everything looks great.
To those of you annoyed by the ads - assuming you are rooted - just install a ad-blocker. From the market, "ad free android" works fantastic for me, free package, I have not seen a single ad since I installed.
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You got two clickety clicks, one for the player, and one for adfree!

mrvanes said:
Just like Moboplayer it doesn't show the subtitles in my .mkv file ...
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for subtitle I just burn in when I encode using the handbrake...
works just fine.

Moboplayer works great for me. I like mxplayer, but mobo has a nicer UI, IMHO.
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Convert MKV to Run smooth on ASUS TF101

http://www.pavtube.com/mkv-to-asus-eee-pad-mac-converter-enable-transformer-play-mkv-videos.html
MKV stands for the Matroska Multimedia Container, which is an open standard free container format. It can contain multiple video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. Matroska is similar to other containers like AVI and MP4, but it can hold video files from Blu-ray discs. With the development of Blu-ray movie, most people prefer enjoy movies in Blu-ray discs rather than in DVD discs. The reason is simple, that is Blu-ray discs offer more HD videos in a larger storage space. So, as a wild used video format ripped from Blu-ray discs, MKV has been the symbol of HD videos. And, do you want to watch MKV videos with Asus Eee Pad Transformer?
But, how to enjoy MKV movies on Eee Pad Transformer since the MKV videos are always in a large size and a HD video codec that Asus Eee Pad does not support to decode. Maybe Pavtube Video Converter for Mac can help you. It is a great Mac Eee Pad MKV converter for you to convert MKV videos for Transformer playing.
Here, I would like to take a MKV video file for example to show how to Mac convert MKV to Transformer.
First, import MKV from my Mac to the Pavtube Mac MKV to Eee Pad Transformer converter, and check the properties of the MKV file. Below are the detail parameters.
Video:
Format: h264
Resolution: 1280x544
Frame Rate: 23.976
Bit Rate: 0kbps
Duration: 00:01:02
Then, you can click the format bar to choose compatible output format for Asus Eee Pad Transformer playing. To enable Asus Transformer play MKV videos, you need choose a format with high video quality for Asus Eee Pad Transformer. I recommend you choose HD Video >> H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).
The program offers you changing the profile settings for the output file. Freely click the settings button and adjust the suitable video and audio settings for the HD MP4 format. Generally speaking, the default settings are suitable enough.
After all the settings have been finished, please click the convert button to start to convert MKV to MP4 format for Eee Pad Transformer. After the conversion finished, you can click the open button and get the converted MP4 videos. Then you need transfer MP4 videos to Asus Eee Pad transformer with a USB data cable.

On a PC I use DVD catalyst. It has a profile for the TF but I prefer using the ipad2 HQ profile as the file size is slightly smaller and the resolution I think is slightly better for the TF.
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Before converting your MKVs give BSPlayer (free) a try as it plays the MKVs i've tried fine ! and thats streaming from my PC too.
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.

Danny-B- said:
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.
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Except for Potplayer

I use Dice but it stutters with newer HDTV shows (like Terra Nova).
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theraffman said:
On a PC I use DVD catalyst. It has a profile for the TF but I prefer using the ipad2 HQ profile as the file size is slightly smaller and the resolution I think is slightly better for the TF.
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Needed to say this is for mac
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Danny-B- said:
Before converting your MKVs give BSPlayer (free) a try as it plays the MKVs i've tried fine ! and thats streaming from my PC too.
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.
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You need allot of free cpu space to use mkv
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zektor said:
Except for Potplayer
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I'll give that one a try too

BSPlayer x2. Just make sure you get the codec that it prompts you to install ARMv6 or 7 I'm not sure which. That should be all you need.
If you're insisting on converting them though, use handbrake all the way..

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BSPlayer x2. Just make sure you get the codec that it prompts you to install ARMv6 or 7 I'm not sure which. That should be all you need.
If you're insisting on converting them though, use handbrake all the way..
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You need armv7 as nvidia tegra 2 is an armv7 tablet
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But, how to enjoy MKV movies on Eee Pad Transformer since the MKV videos are always in a large size and a HD video codec that Asus Eee Pad does not support to decode.
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Actually most MKV are encoded in h264 (AVC) which is supported by the TF.
The things that make MKV incompatible are that audio is usually AC3 and the MKV container itself is not natively compatible.
Gotsent (mac & pc) and Xenon MKV (pc) will convert the audio to AAC (natively compatible) and put everything in an MP4 container. And since only the audio is actually converted the process is really quick. & both are free...

i'm very noob with mkv,videos converting etc but i downloaded from web some mkv's and i tried play them and testing out many players...i use settings reported HERE to convert my videos if i want to put them in the tablet,if i want to play them on native format i put in my external hard drive (i don't find a 100% working player yet....the best i tried it isn't ok all the time,it stutter in some moment...)

MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
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Sharpe351 said:
MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
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1 more vote for mx player, it can also handle ogm containers and its very customizable, have a fast swipe fast forward, all good.
But sadly, tegra 2 is garbage, nvidia sold us a lemon, I have some videos that even in a proper MP4 container encoded in 720p normal profile the decoder strugles, at the handbrake thread there's a long discussion about this and another issues.
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F. Gacrux said:
But sadly, tegra 2 is garbage, nvidia sold us a lemon
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I think this really bares some repeating. I like my transformer. But tegra2 was sold as considerably more powerful than it actually is.
I expected seamless 720p playback as a given, and here we are, trying to find ways to convert/playback standard files downloaded from the internet.
At that point, how is this different from iPhone/iPad where you need to convert files to Apple's preferred format in iTunes before "synching"? IMO not much.

I've found the best way is to stream from your PC. Granted it's not very useful if you are not always internet connected and if you have a crappy connection or cap. I use Plex for streaming indoors. Smooth as butter and offloads the decoding onto the PC so it will play 1080p [email protected] no problemo.

I just downloaded BSPlayer and I'm pretty happy with it. There was NOTHING that would play my Canon T2i 1080p video smoothly. BSPlayer comes very close. It drops frames and audio, but it is watchable! 1080p/24fps hiccups about once every 15-30 seconds, which I would consider acceptable. All my 720p stuff is silky smooth. My 720p MPEG2/AC3 files stream reasonably well from WMC. 1080i WTV files play, but have bad sync problems. MX Player and Dice failed differently on all of these.
I have to agree that MX Player has a better UI, but BSPlayer seems to have a more robust engine.
I'm running stock at the moment. MX Player did do better at 1.4mhz. I assume BSPlayer would improve as well.
I do have to agree that Tegra 2 is a little weak. I'm confident that Tegra 3 will get me where I need to be.

dburckh said:
I just downloaded BSPlayer and I'm pretty happy with it. There was NOTHING that would play my Canon T2i 1080p video smoothly. BSPlayer comes very close. It drops frames and audio, but it is watchable! 1080p/24fps hiccups about once every 15-30 seconds, which I would consider acceptable. All my 720p stuff is silky smooth. My 720p MPEG2/AC3 files stream reasonably well from WMC. 1080i WTV files play, but have bad sync problems. MX Player and Dice failed differently on all of these.
I have to agree that MX Player has a better UI, but BSPlayer seems to have a more robust engine.
I'm running stock at the moment. MX Player did do better at 1.4mhz. I assume BSPlayer would improve as well.
I do have to agree that Tegra 2 is a little weak. I'm confident that Tegra 3 will get me where I need to be.
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Its not that tegra 2 is weak . We got to much **** running in background when watching a movie stop everything except movie player and you will be enjoying your video moment
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i really dont see what the big fuss is about.
between them MX player and BSPlayer can play pretty much any video file you throw at them, if they stutter, try clearning your tablets cache and killing some resource heavy apps that are running in the background.
i have TB of video in loads of different formats and i am yet to find a file i cant play well.

Sharpe351 said:
MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
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+1...and you can have it HW decode video and SW decode audio...and vice versa.
Now if anyone knows of an app that will play m2ts files...that would be awesome!

Official ICS supports 720p HD Video playback on the Nexus S

The Official ICS has got awesome Codecs that allows 720p hd video playback on the Nexus S on the stock player itself without lag.
But Video files with .mov extensions are not supported yet, ONLY .mp4
Try yourself
Here some 720p Movie Trailers
http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/movie_index.php
Press thanks if you like the post

Gingerbread supported h264 codec
Still missing important video like avi and ac3 dts audio codecs dice player still needed but atm not compatible with 4.0.3
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Funny thing is (on GB with MX Player), that 720p mp4 video @ ~30fps plays with no lag at all. Simply beautifull. But video with same params but avi format lags like hell, or plays like slow slideshow...
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Lordofminor said:
Funny thing is (on GB with MX Player), that 720p mp4 video @ ~30fps plays with no lag at all. Simply beautifull. But video with same params but avi format lags like hell, or plays like slow slideshow...
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That's probably because it doesn't support hardware acceleration with other codecs than H.264.

Lordofminor said:
...But video with same params but avi format lags like hell, or plays like slow slideshow...
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Which codec is the AVI using? There are h264 codecs that you can use in AVI files, but as stated, the usual h263 ones (divx, xvid, etc.) probably aren't hardware accelerated.

The new Vplayer offers 1080p video playback on the nexus s and galaxy nexus running ics
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Try BSPlayer

720p video on a ~480p display?

I tried vplayer last night video playback with hardware acceleration were distorted but playback seemed smooth. Tested despicable me 720 MKV with DTS and RIO 720 AVI (old movies but great for showing off the SAMOLED)
but then again im using on icecream so maybe not supported and hardware acceleration is in experimental atm.
diceplayer has matured overtime also supports DTS a common audio format for MKV videos- offers everything you need for 5 buck. $5 is chump change considering the caliber of the app also the dev is great, really quick to fix problems and response quick to emails
also from what i hear BS player is also hardware but ATM don't work correctly on IC
also 1080 cool if can be played with hardware acceleration and playback is smooth. but not practical with only 16gb memory ..you might e ables to fit one movie with quality reduced since a decent quality MKV is like 9-12GB plus the SD is used for more than just media...its not worth it
Maximilian Mary said:
720p video on a ~480p display?
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believe it or not it looks better than a 480x720 even if not running at 720P
also most HD movies online are at 1280x720 so it save the hassle of resizing and also reducing the quality of the video

Can it really play 720p video?

Xoom USA Wi-Fi version.
Installed rooted stock 3.2.1.
Kernel Rogue 1.4.3 Rana.
My problem is I got it MAINLY for watching videos, and I can't seem to get it to play 720p videos smoothly.
Tried playing 720p directly, tried re-encoding from 1080p and 720p using Xilisoft Video Converter (chose Motorola Xoom H.264 profile), tried re-encoding from 1080p and 720p using Handbrake and recommended user-presets.xml containing Xoom video settings etc.
It does play 1280x720p with hardware decoding, but, depending on the video, it stutters for an instant now and then.
Comparing to playing a file on the PC, or laptop, or DVD player, or blu-ray player, or my WD HD Live media player, it's NOT as smooth, i.e. I do notice those "stops" and they drive me nuts.
Should I wait for ICS or change some settings or simply sell the tablet?
Thanks.

This has been addressed a few times already but I will try to give an answer. Yes the Xoom can play 720p videos. The most important factors being what format and which player you use. I personally use Dice player which plays all my 720p videos with no conversion needed however if you must convert, DVD Catalyst does a stellar job. I have played 720p movies files in .mkv and .avi format on Dice player ranging in size from 2GB to 4GB with no issue. The only setting change I made in Dice was to have the stock player handle .mp4. I have used the stock player to play 720p .mp4 files with no issue. Use the search function to find the threads explaining how others are doing it.

Thanks, I'll try again.
Tried RockPlayer, MoboPlayer, VitalPlayer so far - same
And I did use the setting for 720p recommended by others.
http://dev.tonic1394.com/2011/04/video-playback-on-motorola-xoom/
The stuttering was still there...

Try Dice Player. What video size/format are you trying to play?

1280x720 X.264
I'll try the Dice Player, thanks.

ali4ek said:
Xoom USA Wi-Fi version.
Installed rooted stock 3.2.1.
Kernel Rogue 1.4.3 Rana.
My problem is I got it MAINLY for watching videos, and I can't seem to get it to play 720p videos smoothly.
Tried playing 720p directly, tried re-encoding from 1080p and 720p using Xilisoft Video Converter (chose Motorola Xoom H.264 profile), tried re-encoding from 1080p and 720p using Handbrake and recommended user-presets.xml containing Xoom video settings etc.
It does play 1280x720p with hardware decoding, but, depending on the video, it stutters for an instant now and then.
Comparing to playing a file on the PC, or laptop, or DVD player, or blu-ray player, or my WD HD Live media player, it's NOT as smooth, i.e. I do notice those "stops" and they drive me nuts.
Should I wait for ICS or change some settings or simply sell the tablet?
Thanks.
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You could also experiment with the ICS alpha build--it's very stable on nightly version 17--and plays videos very well. Read the Team Eos nightly thread in development for more information.

Yes, I thought I wasn't going to sell until at least seeing how it worked on the final ICS for Xoom...not sure I'm willing to play around with the nightlies though, but thanks for pointing that out

BSPlayer, the older version (check the thread in the XOOM App section for the APKs), works great too. Especially since it doesn't try to sell you the program every few seconds while watching videos.
For best results with any player, make sure to use baseline profile when x264 encoding. No B-Frames or weighted P-frames.

What's really funny I encoded The Guard in 1080p to 720p, due to wider screen the end result (keeping the ratio) is like 1280 by 514 or so.
So I used these settings:
http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/4291-Tegra-2-Friendly-Handbrake-Settings
Also attached a Word doc in case the URL goes bad
So B-frames are there, I repeated the profile one for one.
Guess what? perfectly smooth playing, using MX Video Player 1.5a.
No trial, free, just ad based, but I have Adfree for Android running, so I don't see any ads whatsoever.