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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.

goalweiser said:
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....

ajftl said:
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.

Anyway to play .avi video files?

I have a bunch of videos in the .avi format and I haven't had any luck playing them on my tablet. I downloaded the MoboPlayer I keep hearing about but it just sits on a black screen and never plays. Anyone know what would work with this format?

You could try your luck with Vplayer or RockPlayer. Works great for me

I found Soul Player and that works pretty good. I'll check the ones you mentioned and see how they go as well, and if they run any better.

And the BOMB, MX Video player!

You are all crazy. Moboplayer is the bomb.
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Video player weigh-in
MX player all the way, at least, IMHO.
Mobo player needs the codec pack installed to work.
Search market for Moboplayer Code and install the proper code pack for your hardware.

which codec's for i500?

shaun298 said:
which codec's for i500?
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ARMV7
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MX Player also has the ARMV7 codec set as well.
The difference would be MX Player is ad-suuport where as Mobo Player is free...

I've had good luck with Rockplayer. For some reason I can't get any sound when using Mobo.
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mobo
kjy2010 said:
And the BOMB, MX Video player!
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Have mobo and tried mx. In the brief time to test, I love it. Love the control, thanks for tip. Mobo gone now.

dj898 said:
MX Player also has the ARMV7 codec set as well.
The difference would be MX Player is ad-suuport where as Mobo Player is free...
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Never noticed, thank you ad free android app

tu3218 said:
I have a bunch of videos in the .avi format and I haven't had any luck playing them on my tablet. I downloaded the MoboPlayer I keep hearing about but it just sits on a black screen and never plays. Anyone know what would work with this format?
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AVI is not a format, it's a container that can contain many different kinds of "format", or rather, encoding methods of video. Whether your tablet can play them depends entirely on how they're encoded.

I used to use mobo player, but right after 3.1 update the built in clear.fi player worked for avi. is that just me?

[Q] best video player

Can anyone recommend a good video player that will play videos without jerking, without stopping and with the recorded sound. Doesn't have to be a freebie, main requirement is quality of playback on A500 v3.2.
Thanks

dice player + plugin for tegra2 and every movie works like a charm.
proxonic

tomrowe said:
Can anyone recommend a good video player that will play videos without jerking, without stopping and with the recorded sound. Doesn't have to be a freebie, main requirement is quality of playback on A500 v3.2.
Thanks
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It really depends. There is NO video player that can play non-baseline 1080p video without stutter, so if you're hoping for such you're out of luck. But for almost all else Dice Player or MX Player should work just peachy.

I use rock player.
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Dice player pro works excellently at playing HD movies. MX Player is also a great choice and free.

mx player is the business. Does the job very smoothly.

Have used everything out there except dice and the best one I have found was MX Player. Rock player, mobo player, built in one, and a couple other just couldn't cut it.
MX Player was the only one I could find that would play a 720p mkv without stuttering. I actually searched for a paid version of the app it was so good. They did recently add ads into the free version, but I was more than happy to pay for PRO.

proxonic said:
dice player + plugin for tegra2 and every movie works like a charm.
proxonic
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Thanks for the heads up on the plugin, Dice plays everything like a dream now!
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I recommend MX Player. The latest version can do hardware video and software audio at the same time, so AC3 channels can have sound now.

I have tried everything and I think Dice is the best.
It has full Tegra 2 H/W support.

I use MoboPlayer, but I honestly haven't thrown any 1080p content at it yet, so I don't know how well it handles that.

timehunter said:
I use MoboPlayer, but I honestly haven't thrown any 1080p content at it yet, so I don't know how well it handles that.
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Since your screen isn't capable of playing 1080p content natively, that's not an issue.

haven't tried dice but mx is the best free one by far, however I keep mobo on my tablet because you can completely dim the screen while using HDMI, thus saving some battery.

San Pedro said:
haven't tried dice but mx is the best free one by far, however I keep mobo on my tablet because you can completely dim the screen while using HDMI, thus saving some battery.
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Thanks for the tip, i was searching for something like that

MX has always worked well for me

cyberma007 said:
I have tried everything and I think Dice is the best.
It has full Tegra 2 H/W support.
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+1 you can also turn down brightness on dice player whilst playing via hdmi!

timehunter said:
I use MoboPlayer, but I honestly haven't thrown any 1080p content at it yet, so I don't know how well it handles that.
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I use Mobo for my MKV movies and all are 920p or 1080p an a few AVI's... I can also stream online movies too
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Cannot play movies after CM7.1 flash

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....

MKV files

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].
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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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.

goofball2k said:
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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