I have tried several players (MX, Dice, BS, QQ), but only MX and QQ do hardware acceleration and none of them plays really smooth.
For testing, I used a 720p 24fps Blu-ray rip which plays smoothly on my Galaxy Nexus using MX.
On the N10 it's only *almost* smooth, it looks a bit like if it cannot update the screen fast enough (maybe because of the resolution).
Developers probably need some time to update their app to support Nexus 10's hardware decoder. I would shoot them an email for status.
BTW, I also tried that Timescape 1440p video and I tried the Google Movies Player. Same problems.
Vlc player?
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Thanks for the tip. But VLC does not finish scanning at start. Have to force close it.
Also tried VPlayer, but it shows a black screen when HW decoding is enabled.
Try mx player. And dont forget to download mx player decoder based on your procie.
Yeh I'm sorta disappointed at the player also cannot find a video that can display this screens potential and run without dropping frames' I'm sure software can help with this and app updates. Also every website image looks so bad on this screen due to websites not having hi red images lol I'm sure they will fix that for the iPad and in turn for us lol
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alph0 said:
Try mx player. And dont forget to download mx player decoder based on your procie.
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Already tried MX. What codec should I download? I thought MX displays a message, if you should download a codec.
Maybe the problem is related to 24p. I will have to find something in 60p.
Would be interested in this also as I currently can only use S/W decoder on MX Player.
Give MoboPlayer a shot.
MX player after todays update is playing most files smooth.
Funkym0nkey said:
MX player after todays update is playing most files smooth.
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I have yet to recieve an update and all files I try and play I get "Cannot play this file with H/W decoder", and S/W I get like 7 FPS.
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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.
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?
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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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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.
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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...
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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?
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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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
When playing movies using MX Player Pro, everything looks great. Even my Blu-Ray rip of Lord of the Rings looks frikking magical.
However, when I play the exact same file using XBMC, the exact same files are choppy and stuttery and unwatchable.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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When playing movies using MX Player Pro, everything looks great. Even my Blu-Ray rip of Lord of the Rings looks frikking magical.
However, when I play the exact same file using XBMC, the exact same files are choppy and stuttery and unwatchable.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Yeah, continue using MX Player... :good:
But seriously, they are two very different apps in the way they process the video. MX Player has had a great reputation for its performance for quite some time. XBMC is still relatively new on this platform.
As far as any options regarding tweaking XBMC, I couldn't tell you since I don't use it myself. Perhaps another user would have some advice. And always remember... "Google is your friend"
The difference betwen the two is that MX Player is using HW accelerated playback and XBMC does not. XBMC trys to avoid using special HW acceleration methods that differ with each GPU. With that being said there is a fork of XBMC that adds ARM7 HW accelerated video api which is used by the Nexus 10. This fork is not official.
Official experimental build - "universal support for hardware video decoding in XBMC"
http://liliputing.com/2013/01/exper...dware-accelerated-video-for-most-devices.html
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=152005
This web site indicates XBMC external player support, including MX Player:
http://www.xbmcandroid.com/forums/installing-xbmc-android/374.htm
I hope this helps, I am still waiting for my N10 to arrive so have not tried any of these myself.
Good luck
Hello. What is the best combination for playing hd videos wihtout lag? Which app works the best and which rom-kernel?
I have rooted nexus 10 and i have stock kernel-rom. However the hd videos lag a little.(refering to 720p)
I have tried mx player and bsplayer with our cpu addon.
I just use regular bsplayer. Never had an issue and I was just watching HD stuff this weekend. I am on RasSaber ROM, but I never had issue on AOKP PUB, AOKP, or CM10.1 stuff either.
I would bet it is more about how the player is set up, whether using CPU or GPU, and how easily the clock speed for whatever the player is using ramps up.
More or less. Most of these ROMs have the appropriate CPU/GPU drivers already, so your main concern should be making sure that your player is using H/W decoding...and that you've encoded your file properly too.
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I just use regular bsplayer. Never had an issue and I was just watching HD stuff this weekend. I am on RasSaber ROM, ....
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Where do you download RasSaber? I can only find rasbeanjelly, etc. Is there a thread?
I do not have a link, I am not sure if it is available anymore or not. I am running a build from may 12th, and the latest build I have is from may 28th. You could ask sparksco or Rascarlo if they can give you a link to one of the builds.
Using hardware the video lags more. I tried an mkv file. Can i change any other settings in the programs to make it smoother?
Maybe i will flash another kernel, but i want 1 week to try the stock kernel in order to be able to tell the differences..
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Using hardware the video lags more. I tried an mkv file. Can i change any other settings in the programs to make it smoother?
Maybe i will flash another kernel, but i want 1 week to try the stock kernel in order to be able to tell the differences..
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Then your player is (probably) badly built. There are really no circumstances under which a S/W decoder should be able to beat a H/W one. I personally don't have issues using MPlayer or stock.
Dice and MX Player. Dice can pla some videos on H/W that MX can't.
I used a few kernels and roms and never had issues with mxplayer. The thing is you have to turn on in options h/w+ (so u have 3 ways to play your video h/w, h/w+ and s/w), then turn it once in top right corner while playing movie. I mostly run mkv 720p files.
Yes i am using hw+ in mx player.. I also use bs pleyer with the neon cpu plugin. I will try another movie and dice player and report.. Thanks.
Edit: i tried dice player and works flawlessly with hw! Also i tried again mx and seems to be working better...
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Hello. What is the best combination for playing hd videos wihtout lag? Which app works the best and which rom-kernel?
I have rooted nexus 10 and i have stock kernel-rom. However the hd videos lag a little.(refering to 720p)
I have tried mx player and bsplayer with our cpu addon.
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I use MX Player without hw+ enabled on stock, unrooted Android 4.2.2, haven't noticed lag, and I play 1080p trailers all the time. If you really want to stress it, here's a 1440p trailer you can try out (third link, which they incorrectly label as 2560p). That video drops frames like crazy if I don't use hardware decoding, but plays fine with it. Better than my HOX+, which just plays the audio and drops the video altogether.
I wanted to find a video that would actually use the full resolution of my Nexus 10 and that's the only one I found that comes close. :laugh:
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I use MX Player without hw+ enabled on stock, unrooted Android 4.2.2, haven't noticed lag, and I play 1080p trailers all the time. If you really want to stress it, here's a 1440p trailer you can try out (third link, which they incorrectly label as 2560p). That video drops frames like crazy if I don't use hardware decoding, but plays fine with it. Better than my HOX+, which just plays the audio and drops the video altogether.
I wanted to find a video that would actually use the full resolution of my Nexus 10 and that's the only one I found that comes close. :laugh:
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I tried it and it works great with mx player.. I think mp4 are read better from tablets...
MX Player has always done me proud...
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