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video file for our Nexus 7

I tried converting a DVD to mp4 format using uRex DVD ripper (I got for free) and the file was 1.63gb. I use MX Player on the Nexus and it plays really well. I just wonder if there is a way to reduce the file size without reducing the video quality that much.
cheers

nm8 said:
I tried converting a DVD to mp4 format using uRex DVD ripper (I got for free) and the file was 1.63gb. I use MX Player on the Nexus and it plays really well. I just wonder if there is a way to reduce the file size without reducing the video quality that much.
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Have u tried adjusting some of the settings? I use wondershare and I modify some of the settings to help reduce file size. I've got all my videos stored on a flash drive and just use an otg cable. Best way to preserve on board storage
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I would get a better ripper. Average size of a regular DVD should be more around 700 mb lol yours is like bluray size
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Not sure what bluray rips you watch. Standard 720p bluray is usually 4-5gb at decent bitrate
90min DVD are usually 700mb
Any longer and size is usually bumped to 1.36gb so op is not far off
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so what screen size and settings do I use please ???

Size
Most DVDs are encoded 720x576 4:3
Or 720x480
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[Q] Is the nexus 7 good for watching movies.

Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.

Dmans said:
Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.
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I bought this tablet for two things.
I cannot save money.
My girlfriend moved four states away (NY to VA) and I wanted something to do while on the train for 7 hours. I did nothing on it for 14 hours total but watch movies (OTG cable) and play solitaire. It does both awesome!
Screen is great, headphone jack is nice. If the 10" was cheap I would buy one too!
Battery life while watching movies isn't stellar, however nothing is

Best small portable movie player I know of.
Use headphones in a noisy environment - helps the sound a lot.
I am fond of MxPlayer from the app store - plays .avi movies (ripped DVD format) without converting.

I also happen to think it's perfect for watching movies - having used both a phone and Xoom for comparison. I think the 7" form factor is perfect for tablets since you can comfortably hold the thing in one hand.
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Works great for movies, when rooted you can use an OTA cable and stickmount and play off external storage. However, I think external storage taxes the battery a bit more than on-board storage.
Root, stickmount, MXPlayer, VLC, and you're set.

Use dice player. Or mobo player best two video apps on android. On my 16gb ver without ocing I can play 720p h264 flac or aac audio with subs without any issues what so ever with dice player. As 720p h264 with flac or aac is really taxing and you need a high end device and the nexus7 fitted that to the T. smooth frame rate none or extremely little frame skip is not really noticeable at all unless you are looking for it and even if you are its hard to notice.
Best experience with video watching to date for me with android devices. Droid x2 was OK in the video department cause it had the tegra 2 and the dinc2 is just pathetic with its adreno 205. But this nexus7 plays videos much better them my own laptop. And my laptop is not really a pushover either. 380 dedicated vram, 4gb of ram, 1 tb 5400rpm HDD, dual core 1.9ghz turion (sp?). And this thing does the job either the same or little bit better or little bit worse depending on the video file. So far I have 1 video that won't play. But I think it was encoded improperly because only my PC with cccp with mpc can play it with no problems.
But highly recommended. And especially with dice and mobo player it should be hard to find and issues.
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I have to add - ES Browser is great for movies on your lan. I have a 500gb drive on my router (always on) with all my movies.
ES Browser sees this storage, and clicking on a movie launches MX Player. All .avi movies. Perfect playback.
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It's perfect to watch movies. The colors may not be perfect but the image is pretty sharp. The only disadvantage is that the screen is not very visible outside with sun directly at it. But this is with pretty much everything. It's also very portable and comfy to watch a movie. Specially if you have to hold it in your hand

Dmans said:
Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.
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This is the seventh reply to verify the Nexus 7 is great for watching movies. I use the Dice player for h264 720p HD movies. After the 32GB is full, the Nexus Media Importer App and an OTG cable lets you stream movies from a USB flash drive. No rooting required.

Thanks all I will be picking up a nexus 7 from PC world on Tuesday hopefully.
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Get one from John Lewis as they give a 2 year guarantee!
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No john lewis in Ireland so........
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nexus 7 is really nice for movie watching. You see, other tablets is much heavier and this one lies in my hand really good. Also image is pretty nice.

rmm200 said:
I have to add - ES Browser is great for movies on your lan. I have a 500gb drive on my router (always on) with all my movies.
ES Browser sees this storage, and clicking on a movie launches MX Player. All .avi movies. Perfect playback.
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500 gig....amateur.
I do the same with mine. Works great!
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[Q] Q)Can Nexus 10 Play 1080p Blu-Ray MKV Rip via USB-OTG

Really thinking about buying a Nexus 10, but i'm not sure if it could play from a OTG cable. So here's the process i'm thinking for example.
* Load MakeMKV and take a bluray I own.
* Rip it to MKV without DTS audio
* Copy it to a NTFS formatted Flash Drive
* Mount via Stickmount
* Load from MXPlayer
i'm thinking it should work with a H.264 rip, but i'm not sure about VC-1.
If someone could try this please post results, thanks.

Yes it can with no problems. I have a 500 gig slim portable harddrive that gets power off of N10 with no issues playing my mkvs 1080p movies. Something I couldn't do when I had my Infinity. If the native player isnt playing your movie try Dice player or MX player. Also I use Nexus Media importer to detect my hard drive.
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i'm assuming your MKVs are rips from an original source without encoding. Does it also handle VC-1 MKVs? Thanks for posting your results.

Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way

no problemo here
but why use MKVs?
just copy the m2ts file to the harddrive and play it
i use BS player since it has the fastest hardware decoding from the players i have tried.
BS player is also the ONLY player that can play the 2560P Timescape video without framedrops (with hardware decoding)
yes i have tested a bunch of other players and all others cant keep a steady framerate in that video.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
new update
- new HW decoding mode for Nexus 10
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i have just watched half of the Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray rip
the IMAX scenes(fullscreen on the N10) is up to 40mbit/s but still super smooth at 24fps!
thats what im talking about
the screen on this device is ****ing amazing
i have never seen these kind of details even with 1080p HD movies.
halelulia!
BS player is a must for the N10
skip all other **** players out there that claims to be the best
btw: im using Nexus media importer
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chris198810 said:
seems doesn't work.
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what doesnt work?
choppy framrate or not playing at all?

pg_ice said:
no problemo here
but why use MKVs?
just copy the m2ts file to the harddrive and play it
i use BS player since it has the fastest hardware decoding from the players i have tried.
BS player is also the ONLY player that can play the 2560P Timescape video without framedrops (with hardware decoding)
yes i have tested a bunch of other players and all others cant keep a steady framerate in that video.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
new update
i have just watched half of the Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray rip
the IMAX scenes(fullscreen on the N10) is up to 40mbit/s but still super smooth at 24fps!
thats what im talking about
the screen on this device is ****ing amazing
i have never seen these kind of details even with 1080p HD movies.
halelulia!
BS player is a must for the N10
skip all other **** players out there that claims to be the best
btw: im using Nexus media importer
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what doesnt work?
choppy framrate or not playing at all?
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Hi all
Thinking of getting this tablet next month over the Transformer Infinity. My main concern was its ability to play mkv files. I've read some mixed reviews about some being able to play it and others that can't. Those that could seemed to have ripped it themselves.
Would I need to re-encode all my mkv's that I currently have? Or will they play natively with BS or Dice player?

QuiXilver said:
Thinking of getting this tablet next month over the Transformer Infinity. My main concern was its ability to play mkv files.
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all MKV movies i have plays most of the part with HW decoding in BS player.
as long as they uses HW decoding they play as they should without framedrops.
some MKV files uses SW (software) decoding and that one is slower so it can be some framedrops with those.
but all MKV/M2TS//TS/MPEG/MP4 you name it plays with BS player and thats great.
they also plays with sound from DTS HD
as i said no problemo
just buy one N10
you are going to be amazed with the details this screen shows even at lower res movies like 1080p
you can never get those details with an FULL HD TV at 47" or 50"
the res and the pixeldensity is just to bad
you can call 1080p movies that you watch on the N10 as "Beyond HD"
thats how it looks

pg_ice said:
all MKV movies i have plays most of the part with HW decoding in BS player.
as long as they uses HW decoding they play as they should without framedrops.
some MKV files uses SW (software) decoding and that one is slower so it can be some framedrops with those.
but all MKV/M2TS//TS/MPEG/MP4 you name it plays with BS player and thats great.
they also plays with sound from DTS HD
as i said no problemo
just buy one N10
you are going to be amazed with the details this screen shows even at lower res movies like 1080p
you can never get those details with an FULL HD TV at 47" or 50"
the res and the pixeldensity is just to bad
you can call 1080p movies that you watch on the N10 as "Beyond HD"
thats how it looks
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How do you find the 16gb? I'm hunting for a 32gb in South Africa. I'm worried my full hd movies (+-14gb) wont be able to 'stream' quickly enough and i wont have space to copy it across.
Do you experience any problems like this?

NTFS and custom roms
Is anyone else having an issue with ntfs devices and custom roms? Using the cm10 2012-12-23 nightly (and each previous), stock kernel, stickmount, and ntfs-3g in /sdcard/ I have been unable to successfully mount ntfs drives. FAT and FAT32 drives work fine, stickmount throws no error with ntfs drives, but the /sdcard/usbstorage/sda1/ shows up empty. When I disconnect the drive, even after stickmount unmount, android shows the unexpected removal warning.

thanks
thanks

pg_ice said:
no problemo here
but why use MKVs?
just copy the m2ts file to the harddrive and play it
i use BS player since it has the fastest hardware decoding from the players i have tried.
BS player is also the ONLY player that can play the 2560P Timescape video without framedrops (with hardware decoding)
yes i have tested a bunch of other players and all others cant keep a steady framerate in that video.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5ic3BsYXllci5ic3BhbmRyb2lkLmZyZWUiXQ..
new update
i have just watched half of the Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray rip
the IMAX scenes(fullscreen on the N10) is up to 40mbit/s but still super smooth at 24fps!
thats what im talking about
the screen on this device is ****ing amazing
i have never seen these kind of details even with 1080p HD movies.
halelulia!
BS player is a must for the N10
skip all other **** players out there that claims to be the best
btw: im using Nexus media importer
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what doesnt work?
choppy framrate or not playing at all?
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I have ripped my copy of the dark knight rises using makemkv and I transferred the resulting 37Gb mkv file to a 1Tb USB HD (does not use external power). When I try and play it, it takes forever,plays a couple of seconds, freezes and so on. Audio is ropey at best.
I have then tried using DVDfab to rip the Blu Ray to the HD and try and play those files. Same result.
I then converted it into a 12Gb mkv using handbrake and this is still not much better.
I have tried BSPlayer (BS.... I should say. If I try and chnage the audio track, it crashes. Try and do anything and it crashes).
Works ever so slightly better in MX player, but not much. How did you get smoot playback?
Would it be the Hard disc asit is does not use ext power (It's a samsung 2.5" USB3 thingy) or do I need to encode it?
Thanks.
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Wel seems if I plug it into a powered hub (on my monitor), then it works fine. What a bummer. Looks like I will not be able to take my Blu Ray collection with me.

dcnice said:
I have ripped my copy of the dark knight rises using makemkv and I transferred the resulting 37Gb mkv file to a 1Tb USB HD (does not use external power). When I try and play it, it takes forever,plays a couple of seconds, freezes and so on. Audio is ropey at best.
I have then tried using DVDfab to rip the Blu Ray to the HD and try and play those files. Same result.
I then converted it into a 12Gb mkv using handbrake and this is still not much better.
I have tried BSPlayer (BS.... I should say. If I try and chnage the audio track, it crashes. Try and do anything and it crashes).
Works ever so slightly better in MX player, but not much. How did you get smoot playback?
Would it be the Hard disc asit is does not use ext power (It's a samsung 2.5" USB3 thingy) or do I need to encode it?
Thanks.
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Wel seems if I plug it into a powered hub (on my monitor), then it works fine. What a bummer. Looks like I will not be able to take my Blu Ray collection with me.
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In your MX player, did you try the s/w decoder setting instead of h/w decoder?
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jjdevega said:
Yes it can with no problems. I have a 500 gig slim portable harddrive that gets power off of N10 with no issues playing my mkvs 1080p movies. Something I couldn't do when I had my Infinity. If the native player isnt playing your movie try Dice player or MX player. Also I use Nexus Media importer to detect my hard drive.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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dcnice had some problems to play movies from a USB powered portable harddrive.
You don't have those problem?
Is the battery draining fast when playing from portable harddrive?
Since I primarily will use the portable harddrive for movies when in my car (kids wathcing movies) I assume the best option for me would be to get a harddrive that can be powered from USB but has the option to get additional power from another USB jack. Then I can hook the extra power cable to the USB charger in my car.
Thankful for any recommendations.
Edit:
If I use a USB hub like this and connect the male to my USB Host cable from my Nexus 10 and one female to my car USB charger and another female to my portable harddrive. Will this work?
I am not familiar how you can "add" power to a USB connection. This might even charge my Nexus 10??

[Q] HDMI Output

HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.

cavallino33 said:
HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.
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Very likely and that also depends on your tv
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edwinpang said:
Very likely and that also depends on your tv
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Hi from what I am reading the nx10 HDMI out is only mirror image that will not fill the HDTV format. Is this a hardware issue on nexus 10 end or can it be corrected in a software update..? I would actually buy and rent movies with Google play if I can watch them full screen on my TV.
If Google fixes this issue I see more people utilizing their movie service.
Till then I am using Microsoft Xbox.
Thanks...joe

When I connect my N10 to my plasma TV it reports 1080p which is the maximum this TV supports so I think it's device dependent based on the max of either the TV or tablet but given the resolution of the N10 the TV is likely to be the limit.
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voodooevil said:
Hi from what I am reading the nx10 HDMI out is only mirror image that will not fill the HDTV format. Is this a hardware issue on nexus 10 end or can it be corrected in a software update..? I would actually buy and rent movies with Google play if I can watch them full screen on my TV.
If Google fixes this issue I see more people utilizing their movie service.
Till then I am using Microsoft Xbox.
Thanks...joe
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If you watch movies it does automatically fill the entire screen. It also switches to a slightly different mirroring mode where it doesn't technically mirror.
Games etc. don't fill the entire screen though. Neither does the launcher etc.

1080p
Also confirmed 1080p output to TV from my nexus 10, with a HDMI cable that is a few years old from when I picked up a droid charge a couple of years ago.
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gogorman said:
If you watch movies it does automatically fill the entire screen. It also switches to a slightly different mirroring mode where it doesn't technically mirror.
Games etc. don't fill the entire screen though. Neither does the launcher etc.
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It will fill my entire screen, and has same behavior not mirroring during movie playback. Other apps like mx player mirror during playback. Launcher did when in landscape mode but not in portrait.

BrandedDays said:
Also confirmed 1080p output to TV from my nexus 10, with a HDMI cable that is a few years old from when I picked up a droid charge a couple of years ago.
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It will fill my entire screen, and has same behavior not mirroring during movie playback. Other apps like mx player mirror during playback. Launcher did when in landscape mode but not in portrait.
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I am not sure why I dont get full screenI use a a cable that supports 1080P AND I have to use a hdmi switch because my tv only has 3 inputs and I needed a 4th. When I play the movie trailer in play store it does not widen the screen. I still have black bands on sides like I do when nexus mirrors image. My tv supports 1080p. Is a sony xbr2 40". A little old but if my bluray player is fine why not nexus.
Thanks..joe

This is what I am getting and hope there is some sort of fix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXj8QquyGc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Thanks

On my LG Full HD 1080p 37" TV, the mirrored display from my Nexus 10 to the TV is always coming out with black edges roung the screen ie not being displayed in full screen. The only options in terms of aspect ratio for the TV are 4:3 or 16:9 when connected to the tablet. The Zoom1 and Zoom 2 options can only be accessed when viewing normal TV or DVDs. Is there a way I can fill up the black edges on the TV with what's being displayed from the tablet? The only way i get full screen is when i watch videos from Google Play Movies. I would live to stream videos from XBMC in full screen mode if possible. Thanks. The info displayed when the OK button on my TV's remote is being pressed shows 1920*1080 @60Hz when Tablet is connected to TV via HDMI

cavallino33 said:
HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.
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Doing some research on the micro-hdmi I came across some Info about the cable. Standard cable supports up to 720p/1080i, High-speed data micro-hdmi will support 1080p, 4k, 3d and high color. Source = http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-HDMI

optimize videos for moto G

I have a few videos I want to keep and view on my Moto G 8GB. the problem is they weigh quite a lot and of course I don't need them to since the screen is small and the resolution is not 1080p... any idea what the "optimal" settings for a video on the moto G are? and if there's some sort of software that I can use to do it as easily as possible.

As I understand your problem. You need to watch 1080p videos and don't want to keep them on the phone using space, right ?
If so keep reading.
Use an OTG cable man. :thumbup:
It supports USB(Just remember to format the pen drive into fat32 file system)
And Try MX Player or VLC player.
For MX, don't forget to install either the ARMv7 codec
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_vfpv3d16
OR the neon version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_neon
Carry your videos anywhere without actually having having to use space on the phone itself.
Sent from my XT1032 using XDA Free mobile app

Vishalculty said:
As I understand your problem. You need to watch 1080p videos and don't want to keep them on the phone using space, right ?
If so keep reading.
Use an OTG cable man. :thumbup:
It supports USB(Just remember to format the pen drive into fat32 file system)
And Try MX Player or VLC player.
For MX, don't forget to install either the ARMv7 codec
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_vfpv3d16
OR the neon version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_neon
Carry your videos anywhere without actually having having to use space on the phone itself.
Sent from my XT1032 using XDA Free mobile app
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Agreed, OTG cables are cheap, they're like... 2 dollars?
Or you can just get a OTG flasdrive, a Meenova SD adapter.