Hi I have a nexus 7 and want to move some videos from my pc to the tablet but a couple of them are in mkv format. Does anyone know if there are any good mkv converters in the market(google play). I know there are plenty out there but has anyone used one on their Nexus 7, and can confirm they work ok? Or is it best to convert it first on my Windows 7 desktop before transfering to the Nexus
Thanks in advance
I use BSPlayer to play MKV files. It plays them perfectly smooth and with sound. I've also tried others, such as MXPlayer, but that plays videos without sound.
MKV is a container format which have many Codecs.
Convert the video with your PC.
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I've used both Dice player and MX player to play MKV's
Thanks for the answers guys, I a now having trouble putting my music onto this nexus 7. I had no problem putting music from iTunes to my HTC one s phone but they will not paste onto my nexus 7. Can't figure out what I am doing wrong at the moment
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In my experience, MoboPlayer is the best and MXPlayer follows it!!
I've been playing MKVs locally and across my home network with XBMC
Works great for cover art and subtitles. No lagging or any other issues so far
Thanks again for the replies, believe it or not while I was playing around adding files to my nexus(or trying to I should say) i decided to listen through haedphones. I`ve had it for over a week and have only listened through the speaker, and now I find my headphone jack is not working, so have contacted Google and am getting it replaced.
I usually try all functions straight away and feel stupid that its taken me over a week before i tried headphones
MXPlayer is my first choice and diceplayer is second.
Nexus04 said:
Thanks for the answers guys, I a now having trouble putting my music onto this nexus 7. I had no problem putting music from iTunes to my HTC one s phone but they will not paste onto my nexus 7. Can't figure out what I am doing wrong at the moment
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I think you can only transfer files up to 4GB (or something).
You can try using airdroid.
Jark89 said:
I use BSPlayer to play MKV files. It plays them perfectly smooth and with sound. I've also tried others, such as MXPlayer, but that plays videos without sound.
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Just change from H/W to s/w decoding and it plays sound fine.
You can also try the beta of vlc player for android. I use it for mkv playback and its awesome.
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Dice + plugin if mkv file is on local storageor on a windows/samba share, else Plex. And Plex is wholesome
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I use mxplayer but if you want to make them mp4 without a full re-encode, use Xmedia Recode. It will take a large MKV to an MP4 in less than 10 minutes typically.
Generally i use mkvavi2mp4 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkvavi2mp4/
Only recodes audio when its not compatible with mp4.
I've also used gotsent in the past which worked ok but tended to recode the video when i didn't want.
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@OP, Mx Player plays .MKVs, but once in a while it has problems with a certain video, in my experience. In that case I use Dice player [Now ad-free version is Free, donationware]. Also Mx Video doesn't seem to be able to play .AVI with H/W decoding. For some reason Dice Player can though. I dunno why Mx Video doesn't make it so they can H/W decode .AVIs too but nonetheless, it works great for .MKV and .MP4 [x264, h264, etc].
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I use BSPlayer to play MKV files. It plays them perfectly smooth and with sound. I've also tried others, such as MXPlayer, but that plays videos without sound.
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If Mx Video doesn't have any sound, touch the Note icon and select S/W. It will S/W decode pretty much any sound [including AC3] with S/W, but a lot of times it can't decode a certain sound codec with H/W. You can use H/W video and S/W sound at the same time.
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I use mxplayer but if you want to make them mp4 without a full re-encode, use Xmedia Recode. It will take a large MKV to an MP4 in less than 10 minutes typically.
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Does it do subs?
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BSPlayer is the best out there for mkv IMO. Smooth as butter, also over the network e.g. using a cifs mount.
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Is there a good video player that everyone is using? I can't play .avi videos on this. I use mplayer on my HD2 but if I install it on here the ratio is soo small. Any advice?
I'm using qqplayer.
moboplayer si ont too bad also
They are on the Market
I forgot about Plex. If you're trying to play external media on some other device, Plex will work quite nicely.
Still trying out video players. Will update you soon.
i use vplayer
I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html
anyone got the hardware decoder working on any player?
I'm using Mobo. I tried Rock player, but the software decoding made the video all jumpy. Not having that problem with mobo
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Try using mobo player if you want to play .avi files.
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I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html
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I too find this the most useful one out there. Plays almost everything.
I'm using Vitalplayer. Plays avi mpg and mp4. Thats what I have tried and I'm unsure whats in the containers but it plays it well I think. The avi-file is a 720p file and it looked good with no sync-problems. The mpg is a recording made with Mythtv with highest quality. Flawless playback.
I use Mobo by default but there are times Rock does a better job.
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I've actually been using Rock player. You can get the optimized version for Tegra 2 here:
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Just tried rockplayer. It made me happy in ways I did not believe were possible.
so after playing with a few of them I think I have settled on mobo player. Its free in the market and seems to work quiet well.
mobo rocks lol...pun intended. both update very often.
yea but is mobo or any other player playing without saving the video first? like you open a email and click preview....
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yea but is mobo or any other player playing without saving the video first? like you open a email and click preview....
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it depends on browser...default browser let u view immediately asking u which video player to stream. opera will save auto. unless you press n hold the link to save it on the default browser.
Dice Player... best video player so far. I've been playing with it for a couple of days and it plays 720p well. I've jacked my CPU up to 1.6ghz and Dice is handling 720 downloaded mkvs which is exactly what every other player can't do. (It still works without overclocking but I tried a 6.5GB movie at 1ghz and it was jumpy, TV shows were fine though).
It's not got the prettiest GUI and OK, it's not the most stable, it just stops playing the video sometimes and even force closing the app doesn't get it playing again, you have to reboot... which isn't the most convenient but hey, at least I don't have to spend hours converting mkvs to mp4s!
I haven't tried any 1080 vids because I don't have any and I'm not downloading an 8GB file just to try it.
I've just bought the full version (you get a free 3 day trial to test it out). I am hoping that with my hard earned $3.95 the dev will be able to make it even better.
Try the 3 day trial, seriously.
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burden010 said:
Dice Player... best video player so far.
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burden010 said:
It's not got the prettiest GUI and OK, it's not the most stable, it just stops playing the video sometimes and even force closing the app doesn't get it playing again, you have to reboot... which isn't the most convenient but hey, at least I don't have to spend hours converting mkvs to mp4s!
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thats quite contradicting. Have you tried MX Videplayer? It too can plany 720p mkv vids with no issues. and it doesnt have any of the problems you mentioned about. Check out MX and let me know if you still feel the Dice is superior.
The thing that always makes me go "wtf?" is why people would WANT to play high profile 720p or 1080p video on their Xooms.
It'd kind of trash your battery, even if you could get it to work software-wise.
Much better to handbrake to a format where the GPU can do all the heavy lifting.
I tested it for 3 days and ended up buying. It plays 720 mkv files better than MX Player. I convert movies with Handbrake but don't want to take the time with TV shows. It's nice to just move them over the wifis with File Manager HD and watch them when I can.
What I like best about Dice is that it can play everything. I don't like switching players for formats. All the old wmv from when my son was born play fine, avi, etc.
The dev is pretty active in the Transformer forum. Seems like they try hard to make the player better.
Dice and Mizzu Movies make a nice combo.
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Just tried MX Player - it's not playing the files that Dice is. It's playing Entourage at 720 but very jumpy and no sound and it's just force closing when trying to play Ironclad or Platoon 720 mkvs. Basically the same results as Mobo player.
Also, don't care about battery, I'm using the Xoom mostly on 1hr long train journeys to and from work. I just want to be able to download a TV ep in the morning, transfer it to the Xoom and go. I can do that now without messing about re-encoding them with Handbrake/Badaboom etc.
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Is there any other FREE player than can play MKV?
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Just tried MX Player - it's not playing the files that Dice is. It's playing Entourage at 720 but very jumpy and no sound and it's just force closing when trying to play Ironclad or Platoon 720 mkvs. Basically the same results as Mobo player.
Also, don't care about battery, I'm using the Xoom mostly on 1hr long train journeys to and from work. I just want to be able to download a TV ep in the morning, transfer it to the Xoom and go. I can do that now without messing about re-encoding them with Handbrake/Badaboom etc.
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did you try switching between soft decoding and hard decoding. i played a true blood 720p mkv and it played fine, after switchin.
Chubby_Skunk said:
Is there any other FREE player than can play MKV?
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vplayer, MX player, mobo player... These free app can play most mkv files without problem
tritran18518 said:
vplayer, MX player, mobo player... These free app can play most mkv files without problem
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Most? I wouldn't say so. If you're downloading 720p content, chances are it's high profile and in those cases the video players you mentioned won't play it. Dice Player is the only one that's played everything I've thrown at it.
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thats quite contradicting. Have you tried MX Videplayer? It too can plany 720p mkv vids with no issues. and it doesnt have any of the problems you mentioned about. Check out MX and let me know if you still feel the Dice is superior.
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Dice is superior. it use HW decoder even when it play MKV/MOV/MTS files.
but MX use only SW decoder.
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thats quite contradicting. Have you tried MX Videplayer? It too can plany 720p mkv vids with no issues. and it doesnt have any of the problems you mentioned about. Check out MX and let me know if you still feel the Dice is superior.
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I aggree with him, you guys dont know what is MKV 720p, all player can playit with HW decode video but have no ****ing sound, I have tried Diceplayer yesterday, i got all my sound and video still on HW decode, very smooth one, but 3 days trial for software is stupid deal. He just need put some ads and make money.
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I aggree with him, you guys dont know what is MKV 720p, all player can playit with HW decode video but have no ****ing sound, I have tried Diceplayer yesterday, i got all my sound and video still on HW decode, very smooth one, but 3 days trial for software is stupid deal. He just need put some ads and make money.
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I figure if it's something I'm going to use every day and it helps towards the development of an even better app, 4 bucks isn't a lot of money.
I'd much rather pay that and know it's going towards a quality product than mess around with re-encoding.
Well, it is the better mkv hd 720p player. But it is not perfect yet. Some 720p movies don't play. And 1080p don't play too. But I recommend, because play smooth many tittles.
Is there a video player that can properly play 720p mkv videos? It seems like all that I've tried are glitchy.
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Is there a video player that can properly play 720p mkv videos? It seems like all that I've tried are glitchy.
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have you tried mx player? using software decoding i am getting decent results....
Yeah +1 for MX Player
Diceplayer ? Used it on all my devices and no problems ...
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Yeah +1 for MX Player
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I'm using Dice Player. It seems to work with HW acceleration.
I've always used MX player, but i'm hoping to see good things from VLC for android once it comes out of beta.
I also use MX Player. If the video or sound isn't working, switch between the H/W and S/W decoding modes. I haven't run into any problems yet.
MX
MX Player here as well. It's on all of my devices. MX for video and Mixzing or Ubermusic for tunes.
BSPlayer all the way. The best out there. Can play even my baddest, biggest 720p mkv videos from a mounted cifs share on my NAS over the network, absolutely smoothly. And hides the softkeys. Well, most times
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hello_world.c said:
BSPlayer all the way. The best out there. Can play even my baddest, biggest 720p mkv videos from a mounted cifs share on my NAS over the network, absolutely smoothly. And hides the softkeys. Well, most times
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I use BSPlayer too and also stream from a networked hard drive flawlessly. I also like the fact that when I play a new movie, it would automatically search, suggest a list of and download subtitle files for me if I don't already have one. :good:
I have a 6.5 GB 720p mkv file. Here's my experience on the Nexus 7:
Dice Player: Surprisingly doesn't recognize it. It used to play everything. Oh well...
VLC player: Crashes.
Real Player: Cannot recognize it.
BSPlayer: Plays is flawlessly, except the audio is a bit on the low side. Not sure I'd hear it with headphones on a plane.
MX player: No audio.
I hope that helps. BS Player is what I'll be using from here on till someone has another suggestion that works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833704
Hey,
Anyone had any success with playback of mkv files yet?
I expected to be able to stream HD content from my NAS however it didn't work with the 4 players i tried.
Then tried copying a sample onto the unit but still couldnt play it smoothly.
Ended up converting to mp4 and that works fine.
Thanks in advance
MPJ88 said:
Hey,
Anyone had any success with playback of mkv files yet?
I expected to be able to stream HD content from my NAS however it didn't work with the 4 players i tried.
Then tried copying a sample onto the unit but still couldnt play it smoothly.
Ended up converting to mp4 and that works fine.
Thanks in advance
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I don't think it can play them naively however I use this, it works great:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImNvbS5wb2RlbmQubW9iaWxlLmJyb3dzZXIiXQ..
thanks I'll try that when home, just noticed there's already a thread discussing this in the general thread so will keep an eye there too!
DICE, MX and BS played them but they just went out of sync and stuttery etc.
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thanks I'll try that when home, just noticed there's already a thread discussing this in the general thread so will keep an eye there too!
DICE, MX and BS played them but they just went out of sync and stuttery etc.
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MX has been MY GO TO PLAYER for all things MKV - especially the HD stuff. But, I think it's power comes from optimized cores for decoding. We might have to wait a bit for those optimized cores to come out for the Nexus 10's GPU.
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I don't think it can play them naively however I use this, it works great:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImNvbS5wb2RlbmQubW9iaWxlLmJyb3dzZXIiXQ..
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That gets awful reviews
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That gets awful reviews
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Works great for me
MX Player is working fine with the HW decoder. Tested 720p, 1080p and 1440p files, all buttery smooth.
Most of my mkv files play fine using vlc player. (if you can't see it in the market use these nightlies: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/armv7-android-neon/)
MPJ88 said:
Hey,
Anyone had any success with playback of mkv files yet?
I expected to be able to stream HD content from my NAS however it didn't work with the 4 players i tried.
Then tried copying a sample onto the unit but still couldnt play it smoothly.
Ended up converting to mp4 and that works fine.
Thanks in advance
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I can't as well. Streaming 1080p 24 fps video seems to be not possible, even with your tablet 1cm close to your wireless n 5mhz access point. This is from my web search.
Can u guys confirm?
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BSplayer just updated their app and provided an alternate HW decoder for the nexus 10 that works beautifully! Plus, it is just about the only app that will also decode DTS audio in .mkv files.
davin8r said:
BSplayer just updated their app and provided an alternate HW decoder for the nexus 10 that works beautifully! Plus, it is just about the only app that will also decode DTS audio in .mkv files.
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MX player will play DTS audio just fine, but you need to download the proper codecs to do so. A search on these forums should point you in the right direction. Ironically though I did just purchase BS player because I love the option where it finds subtitles easily online with very little effort.
You need to determine if it is an issue with the app not being properly optimized or if it is your device throttling itself down due to thermal restrictions that is causing the stutterer.
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BSplayer just updated their app and provided an alternate HW decoder for the nexus 10 that works beautifully! Plus, it is just about the only app that will also decode DTS audio in .mkv files.
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Although I like the interface of MX player better but with the new update for alternative HW decoder, all my1080p mkv files play flawlessly and that too, while streaming on Wi-Fi with BS player
I tried a bunch of video player and the stock player. My mkv files play fine without any sound. they all have sound on my Note 10.1... any ideas? I didn't expect this
P/S: just found the solution. issue solved with BSplayer... meh I didn't expect this at all. Samsung note tablet can play everything nicely tho.
Having the same issue and experimenting now, so far neither SD or HD h264 mkvs are playing nice through hardware decoding (I either only get software with sound on a low frame rate or hardware with smooth frame rate and no sound). My guess is we are going to have to wait for some folks more talented then myself to put together a custom kernel/codecs to get things running properly.
Edit: tried bsplayer solution, it works decent enough for now, playing 720p mkv smooth enough (around 28fps) with software decoding, sure that's going to eat battery but great workaround in the meantime
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I tried a bunch of video player and the stock player. My mkv files play fine without any sound. they all have sound on my Note 10.1... any ideas? I didn't expect this
P/S: just found the solution. issue solved with BSplayer... meh I didn't expect this at all. Samsung note tablet can play everything nicely tho.
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Keep in mind that Samsung has the best native codec support of any Android vendor, and will pay the licensing fees for those codecs to be installed on their proprietary devices like the Note or Tab or GS line.
Stock Android as found on the N10 is 100% open source, and Google doesn't necessarily pay for third-party codec support, they leave that to the end user and third-party applications to deal with.
NO PROBLEM (Hakuna Matata), just download BS PLAYER, it plays everything, if the sound is a little bit low for you, then purchase the BS PLAYER PRO version , it increases the sound by 200%.....
I rooted and installed MXPlayer with DTS libs. 1080p MKVs with DTS works great.
Now I wait for CIFS, OTG, and XBMC.
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VLC.
How about MX Player? It's what I use primarily for .mkv videos, and it seems to work nicely, in my experience anyway.
espionage724 said:
How about MX Player? It's what I use primarily for .mkv videos, and it seems to work nicely, in my experience anyway.
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MX Player is usually my go-to player, but it does not decode DTS audio due to licensing restrictions. VLC does decode DTS audio, which is why I suggested it. If you are in the USA you have to download the nightly version from the site since it's blocked on the Play Store.
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philbrewer said:
I rooted and installed MXPlayer with DTS libs. 1080p MKVs with DTS works great.
Now I wait for CIFS, OTG, and XBMC.
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How do i get and install dts libs to get dts to work?
There is also: MKV Video Player in google play store..
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Dice player does work with dts but the lip sync is out. Is there a guide to getting dts to work with mxplayer?
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How do i get and install dts libs to get dts to work?
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Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831111
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Thanks a lot, here is a video guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6sl1MtBybE
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