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Can anyone confirm whether the DHD offers native divx / avi playback it does this require third party software such as rockplayer or mplayer?
It requires software codecs to play those file types
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No great sweat. Rock player works well on the Desire so can only assume it will be excellent on the dhd!
I dropped few divx on mine without any third party software and it plays it and good too
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vimto25 said:
I dropped few divx on mine without any third party software and it plays it and good too
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Interesting to hear, thanks. I didn't think it supported such formats out of the box.
dont waste your time with rockplayer, it loses sync all the time now and the dev wont trasferre your licence when you change phones.
im currently using vplayer alpha - it free and tbh excellent app. ive not noticed any sync problems since loading it, and it handles 720p with no problems.
give it a try
Just to confirm that DivX/Xvid plays natively, however, I tried a high bit rate video and it lagged beyond belief. I suggest you try Rockplayer or Vplayer, both are very capable.... whatever happened to Core Player for Android!
Regards.
lynxboy said:
Just to confirm that DivX/Xvid plays natively, however, I tried a high bit rate video and it lagged beyond belief. I suggest you try Rockplayer or Vplayer both are very capable.... whatever happened to Core Player for Android!
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I agree, just tried the native player and I can feel the lagginess and the framerate is slow... Rockplayer played the same video smoothly...
I tried to play a 1,5 GB Xvid with the stock player, which wasn't a big success, then installed the free rockplayer from the market, which worked fine, excellent playback and the screensize makes it very watchable (gotta use earplugs though)
Playing 720p Flv videos with HTC Desire HD
Hi all! My main use of a smartphone is to play 720p Videos on the go. I've tried all of the last giants (Htc Desire, Sony X10, Hd2 with Android roms...) using native videos player,Rockplayer,Alphaplayer but my 720p flv videos did not play smoothly.Now I have a Samsung Vibrant, so far so good! All of my videos play with no issues.
My question is: does the Desire HD capable of playing 720p videos in flv format smoothkly (Ps:I'd like to buy it for the bigger screen and 8Mpxls)?
Thanks
edsontzr said:
Hi all! My main use of a smartphone is to play 720p Videos on the go. I've tried all of the last giants (Htc Desire, Sony X10, Hd2 with Android roms...) using native videos player,Rockplayer,Alphaplayer but my 720p flv videos did not play smoothly.Now I have a Samsung Vibrant, so far so good! All of my videos play with no issues.
My question is: does the Desire HD capable of playing 720p videos in flv format smoothkly (Ps:I'd like to buy it for the bigger screen and 8Mpxls)?
Thanks
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why dont you just re-encode it to a file format that takes less powered to decode ?
Hi. Because I have more than 500 Go of movies, mangas and many things in 720p flv format so I don't have time to change them when I want to travel.
I might be wrong but I THINK the SGS is king when it comes to movie playback and the formats supported out of the box.
I can't speak for the DHD yet as I don't have one but I'm sure someone will be able to check this out for you.
Id also like to know were Core media player for android went.
Wonder if it ever will get released.
xspyda said:
I might be wrong but I THINK the SGS is king when it comes to movie playback and the formats supported out of the box.
I can't speak for the DHD yet as I don't have one but I'm sure someone will be able to check this out for you.
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Is true, the SGS plays everything without problems. It handles full dvd 720p mkv`s like a champ, even with dts sound. I hope DHD can, as in terms of power it could handle them too.
Can anyone confirm if the dhd can handle the same as above?
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Can anyone confirm if the dhd can handle the same as above?
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No, it can't. The DHD (as stated in the specifications) does not play mkv files out of the box. It's capable of decoding the video stream (which is h264) but the audio is ac3 which is a no go with the stock player. I tried vplayer but the results are disappointing - it's like a slowmotion video. What you can do is reencode the files copying the video stream and encoding the audio to aac, and saving it in mp4 format. It takes a couple of minutes for half hour movie, so it's no trouble at all. Still you might be careful what bitrates you encode since the DHD has to have some limit on that.
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Thanks all for the feed back! Now I think that it's better for me to stay with my Vibrant for watching my HD videos (even if I like the 8Mpxls and dual led flash of the Desire HD). However it's just impossible to have the perfect smartphone isn'it? My dream: I hope some day we will have an Android phone with 12Mpxls 25 mm wide angle, Full HD recording and playback in any formats (specially flv for me), 4,3 inch or bigger screen with 1280X720 resolution and MEGA AMOLED!!!
Keep on dreaming
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I hear that divx is supported by the dhd out of the box, just wondered if anyone had managed to get divx / avi to play from a pc on the network using the 'connected media' option within videos... is this possible?
I watch youtube video alot, using tubemate to download video, 1280x720, 640x360,
My ms2 can't play 720p video smoothly, been using all video player I can install.
My friend htc desire can play a same 720p video very smooth, but my ms2 can not, can only play 640x360 smoothly.
Is any ms2 the same or just mine?
bdconcept said:
I watch youtube video alot, using tubemate to download video, 1280x720, 640x360,
My ms2 can't play 720p video smoothly, been using all video player I can install.
My friend htc desire can play a same 720p video very smooth, but my ms2 can not, can only play 640x360 smoothly.
Is any ms2 the same or just mine?
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Milestone2 is not well in 720p hardware decoding.
Mine is playing 720p very smoothly. I download clips from youtube (by keepvid btw) to my PC and then transfer them to phone. And no matter what player am I using it's smooth as hell .
I was traying some clips in 720p in mp4 format played via DLNA from my notebook, and was very smooth. You are writing about avi or mp4 movies?
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I was traying some clips in 720p in mp4 format played via DLNA from my notebook, and was very smooth. You are writing about avi or mp4 movies?
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cant be movies because i recently saw a documentary in 720p on my phone in flight and it was superb. no lag, and really smooth
perhaps the person who has issues is running something memory intensive in the background?
It greatly depends on what codecs are being used.
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It greatly depends on what codecs are being used.
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why use anything else than H264 anyway.. use Mobo Player (best video player ever, smothest playing ever and almost all formats you ever need ot play)
even plays 1080p movies with ~21FPS (1,4ghz overclocked) on my MS2..
I have the same issue on my MS2 @@
I also downloaded a 720p mp4 video via Tubemate from youtube
Playing of the video is not very smooth
especially the first 30 seconds, it really lags
After playing for a while it becomes smooth again but still may have some random lag
I have rebooted my MS2 before playing the video so as to clean up RAM, but the problem didn't solved.
The MoboPlayer have similar performance as the stock video player...do I need to download any moboplayer codec?..
Does anyone know how to solve this
*update : I am thinking, would it be the problem of sd card? what class of sd card are you guys using? Is my Toshiba 16GB C4 sd card too slow?
I have downloaded SD-Booster and set the cache size to 2048kb
By the way wich one is correct Mobo codec for M2?
I just know it is ARMv7.
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By the way wich one is correct Mobo codec for M2?
I just know it is ARMv7.
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So download this for ARMv7 BTW I couldn't play movies with the Mobo player. If You will have any problem with this player, try the Rock player
MotoMilestone 2 & TapTalk
I am unable to play movies after I flashed to CM7.1
Do I need specific codecs to play media files?
Please Help!
saumilm said:
I am unable to play movies after I flashed to CM7.1
Do I need specific codecs to play media files?
Please Help!
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Try a different player. Stock player don't have all codecs.
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I recommend MoboPlayer (not Mobo Video Player). If a video doesn't work you can use Soft-Decoding.
Cool! It worked. Soft coding worked! Btw, what it is?
laconic5 said:
I recommend MoboPlayer (not Mobo Video Player). If a video doesn't work you can use Soft-Decoding.
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You can also use dice player (paid app on market), that uses hardware decoding.
With hardware decoding you can view high definition videos (HD 720p) without any jumps or dropped frames. The battery will also last much more.
Seconds on dice player... absolutely a fantastic player
I'd advice you to:
1. use Samsung 42" LED TV to play movies, you'll be surprised how fast it is;
2. Post this and any future problems in 7.1 thread....
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.
Been using mobo player but it has issues with flv files for example, the movie gets stuck but the time keeps moving and that part just doesn't play. Happens about 3-4 times for several minutes. Just wondering if you guys use another video player?
I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!
MACkjam said:
I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!
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have you tried playing flv files? they give me problem and since i download videos and my downloader only downloads them in flv...so i was wondering whether it's the player or the rom i'm running.
Hello. DICE player Plays it all...
it is Good...Plays MKV on my DHD just fine , when other cant handle it!
try it
Arcmedia Player plays pretty much anything you throw at it.
will give these a try and report back whether they're playing this flv or not.
Thanks !
Try Rockplayer
http://www.rockplayer.com
it;s very good player which i use on my DHD.
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have you tried playing flv files? they give me problem and since i download videos and my downloader only downloads them in flv...so i was wondering whether it's the player or the rom i'm running.
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It plays flv, mkv, 3gp etc, and any other format you throw at it.
Monologue was rated the best recently.
I still have the problem where some parts of the flv movie gets stuck but i believe it is probably the rom i'm using. All those players are functioning just fine and playing flv..
shad0wboss said:
Been using mobo player but it has issues with flv files for example, the movie gets stuck but the time keeps moving and that part just doesn't play. Happens about 3-4 times for several minutes. Just wondering if you guys use another video player?
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You can try MX Player, it's quite slick.
...my rant on this... pls excuse the bullc**p.. >_<
As a user who plays A LOT of movies due to constant use of the public transport for long journeys to and from work... my long-ass post here might be a bit useful for this thread.. ^_^
Initially (late 2010 when I was on Desire Bravo) I was a Rockplayer user, since it was the ONLY player that played most formats decently. Even then, playback of HD videos was buggy at best, impossible most of the time.
Then mid/late 2011 (still on Desire Bravo) Moboplayer came out... and that played more formats with better stability compared to Rockplayer (you need the right codec file downloaded for stability, ARM7VFP was the one I used) even the HD ones. But it was still lacking in regards to playing a lot of HD vids, and MKV playback was still buggy-ish... =/ It was also touting 'hardware decoding' playback... however, I almost always get a prompt saying 'hardware playback not possible etc..' whenever I play most videos anyways.
Nonetheless, I stuck to Moboplayer... since it did play more formats than Rockplayer... and was more stable.
On late November I switched to Desire HD, and whilst I initially stuck to Mobo for my standard player... I was finding that my battery was running out a lot quicker, even with all the 'battery optimizing' tweaks from the forum applied by me to the letter.
Other players like MX was pretty much similar to Mobo... in that it killed the battery just as quick... due to software decoding..
It was then that I found DICEplayer... stating that it did proper hardware decoding straight off the bat. So i gave that one a try... and to my surprise... playback was just as smooth and stable as Mobo... but it didnt kill the battery as bad as my old player!
So currently, my primary player for my DHD is DICEplayer, and imho its probably the best for the phone specifically because of the phone's generally poor battery performance... >_<
Though, i think the dev is having problems with his android market account... so I'm not sure if it can be purchased properly at the mo... =_=
Thanks for the information
I found dice player go be much better
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Try using vplayer... I like it very much...
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... Used vplayer for a bit earlier on as a substitute when rockplayer couldnt play a file... Only because sometimes vplayer wouldnt play a file, in which case I'd switch back to rockplayer which would plau the file... Suprisingly.
But then, MOBOplayer came out and found that it played everything that both vplayer and rockplayer wouldnt play...
I would've stuck to mobo... But then again... DICEplayer has better hardware decoding support.. And is able to play most HD mkv files more consistently...
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Bsplayer hands down. Finds subtitles automaticly and uses HW acceleration lika baws
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+ 1 Rockplayer. The only player that can play every thing on my phone
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Dice is Nice (couldn't resist that)
I've been using Moboplayer but switched to Dice mainly because you can set the aspect ratio up in the settings rather than on the fly. Also when using a Bluetooth headset there seems to be no lag in the audio (lip sync) in comparison with Moboplayer which is also very good but has the slightest of audio lags over BT there's barely anything in it between the two though.
Tried Vplayer, that's okay, but IMHO it's
1. Dice
2. Moboplayer
MACkjam said:
I have been using Moboplayer. It is the best video player for Android. I have tried several!
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Agree....moboplayer is the best, in my opinion.
2nd place: Rock Player
matt
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Some decent info on here:
http://slodive.com/freebies/best-android-video-players/
Matt
Diceplayer has proven to be an excellent player. Works well with uPNPlay.