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Mx player

I'm having a hard time playing certain videos that I had made on my tablet like some avi files and some mp4 and I'm using mx player is there a codec I have to download to use on here
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There is a arm7 codec available in the market for the mx player. I am running avi files without issues.
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Thanks alot
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The arm7 codec is for Tegra 2 processor. It will install the codecs but if you don't have a Tegra2 processor theres no real point. I know this as I need to install the arm7 codecs for my Acer A501 but have installed them on my SGS3 too. I deleted them with no difference in playing videos from the S3. They are not needed and aren't used by anything other than the ARM7 cpus... Waste of space and time installing them...

MX Player is great! Have you tried switching to software mode? Usually if it doesn't play in HW mode then SW mode fixes it.
I've stopped updating it since version 1.6f. That was the last version that still had DTS audio support and it still works great!!
Brgds... /Tubgirl

Yeah, software decoding is good but I prefer HW decoding for video and SW decoding for audio. Works brilliantly well... :laugh::good:

ultramag69 said:
Yeah, software decoding is good but I prefer HW decoding for video and SW decoding for audio. Works brilliantly well... :laugh::good:
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I have yet to run across any video to stock video player will not play. What type of problems are you running into you with a stock video player?

I have had a few where a weird rip has happened for audio. Video plays and audio won't on stock player. I tend to use avi, mp4, matroska(mkv) and other video files but depending on how they were ripped I find certain players work well and others don't. I've also found some of the larger files use the cpu intensively for video and audio goes out of sync. Software for audio seems to fix this...
Most files work on the stock player but it's annoying to find one you can't play...

Hi,
i've faced the issue not having a GUI interface anymore when i touch the screen.
Anyone else faceing this issue? And yes, i've set the option to do so.
Best regards,
Gery
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What happened was my wife recorded a video on our digital camera while we was at the Grand Canyon for my birthday cause we had never been there it played on my epic touch 4g but than stopped tried it on the tablet but all I get is the sound not the video and the video is a avi file
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Tubgirl said:
MX Player is great! Have you tried switching to software mode? Usually if it doesn't play in HW mode then SW mode fixes it.
I've stopped updating it since version 1.6f. That was the last version that still had DTS audio support and it still works great!!
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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Ok i tried what tubgirl said and it showed up wih the audio thanks alot problem solved
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StrikeBack83 said:
Hi,
i've faced the issue not having a GUI interface anymore when i touch the screen.
Anyone else faceing this issue? And yes, i've set the option to do so.
Best regards,
Gery
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i having this issue aso...any other player recommended?

Bs player.

When playing a video tap in the upper right hand corner of a the screen and it will bring up a menu go into settings then use the back button to go back to the screen.
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Si Cotic said:
When playing a video tap in the upper right hand corner of a the screen and it will bring up a menu go into settings then use the back button to go back to the screen.
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F*** that worked. Don't know why but it did.
Thanks alot !
Best regards,
Gery
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1080p video and 3rd party player don't work

I can't play the helicopter video nor any other 1080p video with MxPlayer or VLC.
Videos up to 720p work fine.
Only the Samsung player works with 1080p.
Anybody else?
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V-Player works fine here..

For me, i can play all videos including 1080p and helicopter video using MxPlayer. Btw my device GTI9500

okay, then I have to investigate my device further.
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I'm having the same issues with Archos player, so it's not just you.
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ticking "hardware overlay" in developer options fixes it for me.
is there any downside?
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BS Player and RockPlayer2 is good.
It has a very usable playlist with shuffle function that I need.
I also buy the pro version to support the developers.

harise100 said:
ticking "hardware overlay" in developer options fixes it for me.
is there any downside?
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where did you find the developers options. for some reason i cant find them
thanks
edit never mind found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989777

XBMC works fine for me

Helicopter video
My I9500 came with helicopter video, but after some updates that desapears.
I have tried everything to get that again, but the only option until now was to download from youtube, but I don't think this have the same quality.
The youtube downloaded video (1080p) have only 61MB. I found a 720p mkv version, wich have 164MB. I think the 1080p version have 300+MB
Could someone kindly upload or send me a link to download the real Samsung helicopter video in 1080p wich came with Galaxy S4?
I'll be much appreciated.

Xmbc

Who uses this app with there n4? What kind of set up do you use? Do you stream it to your tv? Reason I'm asking is I have been using it for awhile and I most recently started streaming it to my tv. It works well most of the time but I'm trying to figure out the optimal set up.
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I steam from my sever using nfs. Have htpcs hooked up to other TV sets so I only really use it on my n4 if I'm in the small room or in the garden.
I currently run the experimental Gotham alpha with the libstagefright as it's the only build that comfortably handles all my 1080 content and anime with ass subs
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Alex240188 said:
I steam from my sever using nfs. Have htpcs hooked up to other TV sets so I only really use it on my n4 if I'm in the small room or in the garden.
I currently run the experimental Gotham alpha with the libstagefright as it's the only build that comfortably handles all my 1080 content and anime with ass subs
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How do the gotham builds handle HD content? Is it better than the final frodo build? I'm using a xaf custom build which uses mx player as the default video player instead of the xmbc player. With mx I can download a custom codec and I have options to use a HW decoder or SW one. This set up works better than the non custom xmbc app.
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They are similar except the libstagefright build enables hardware acceleration on the built in xbmc player. I only prefer this method over the mx player because the last time I tried a xaf build it would not handle .ass subtitles
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Ok. I will try it out. The frodo build did not have hW exceleration? Also the issue I'm having is it seems like any time I stream a video it starts off fine. Then after so long it becomes choppy. The phone gets really hot and stops charging. I'm assuming so the battery can cool down. I'm wondering if the choppiness is because of wifi issues, or thermal throttling occurring. I want to say it's the latter since the wifi connectio is really solid
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Alex240188 said:
They are similar except the libstagefright build enables hardware acceleration on the built in xbmc player. I only prefer this method over the mx player because the last time I tried a xaf build it would not handle .ass subtitles
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I tried the gotham build. It would exit out of the app every time.
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One other thing is I'm using cm 10.1. Does rom have anything to do with xmbc compatibility?
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Smallsmx3 said:
I tried the gotham build. It would exit out of the app every time.
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i just updated to alpha4 and this build is apparently not working properly on the N4, network shares just crash the app.
so i reverted back to alpha2 which works nicely for everything i use it for
EDIT: Ignore that, i was been a dumbass and had my WIFI off.
just tested and working fine here
[Alpha4]
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/xbmc-20130604-249ada1-Gotham_alpha4SF-armeabi-v7a.apk
if you want to try it, you can grab it from here
[Alpha2]
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds...f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk

Alex240188 said:
i just updated to alpha4 and this build is apparently not working properly on the N4, network shares just crash the app.
so i reverted back to alpha2 which works nicely for everything i use it for
if you want to try it, you can grab it from here
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds...f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk
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Thanks a lot for all your help. I have trouble trying to decipher through all the random websites and different builds.
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Smallsmx3 said:
Thanks a lot for all your help. I have trouble trying to decipher through all the random websites and different builds.
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im guessing you grabbed a normal build as they do stutter on HD and get very hot very quick (because they are all software decoding)

Trying
Thanks for thins link.

Alex240188 said:
im guessing you grabbed a normal build as they do stutter on HD and get very hot very quick (because they are all software decoding)
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Well the one I get to work the best is the xaf build. And the SW decoding option seems to work the best using mx player. I did get the gotham alpha 2 to work. Ill give it a test run and see how it goes
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I just noticed that all the webserver setup is gone in Gotham. On both windows and android builds.
Thankfully you can still set it up through the XML files
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Gave the alpha build a test run. Watched a couple of episodes of Game of thrones. Each episode I watched froze at some point and ended the stream. Playback was good. Progress is being made. So I decided to reinstall the xaf build and used mxplayer again. Used only hw excelleration . Phone ran much cooler. Had some stuttering but nothing crazy. Might of been wifi related.
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Hmm very weird. The only times it has ever binned out of the app for me is when I'm scanning a new source into the library.
Everything else has been flawless.
In fact I'm watching a 720p game of thrones right now and it's flawless for me.
But I suppose if you have a different setup or method of streaming you could be running into bugs that I am not
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So after using it for almost a week I'm more frustrated than anything. I constantly get booted out of movies or shows. When I fast forward to where I left off they never start. Just stay frozen. Im going between the frodo xaf build and the gotham build as one works better for some streams and vice versa. I use icefilms for most thing s. Is that my issue? It just seems there are so many possibilities and options and I can't pinpoint the issue. Also I'm not tech savvy enough to look into the code side of things. Any suggestions?
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Also I'm streaming via miracast to my tv. Could this be an issue
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MX Player?

Hi,
So got my i9505 today, previously had the i9100.
I've got an issue, whereby when I am in a browser and I want to play a video, MX player doesn't play despite being set as the default player, instead it's video player that plays the video.
I've reset defaults for MX and set it as default again, to no avail... I can't seem to disable the Video Player app in App Management as I'm sure that would probably work... I'm guessing I'd have to be rooted... Which I don't really want to do just yet.
Anyone got any suggestions or advice?
Thanks in advance!
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So stock player plays the video? You should be able to deselect it as default
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Say a video from Facebook will play on MX player. But a video I've found on say pornmd or pornhub in the browser(yeah I watch porn lol) it plays on stock video app, any ideas?
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richfreestone said:
Hi,
So got my i9505 today, previously had the i9100.
I've got an issue, whereby when I am in a browser and I want to play a video, MX player doesn't play despite being set as the default player, instead it's video player that plays the video.
I've reset defaults for MX and set it as default again, to no avail... I can't seem to disable the Video Player app in App Management as I'm sure that would probably work... I'm guessing I'd have to be rooted... Which I don't really want to do just yet.
Anyone got any suggestions or advice?
Thanks in advance!
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I disabled the stock video player...

karinepidhh said:
I disabled the stock video player...
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Whenever I go to settings > more > Application Manager > all
I choose video player, and everything is greyed out, can force stop only...which results it starting up again when video is played.
I can't disable it, can't even untick show notifications.
This is the International S4.

See screenshot.
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It's not a default setting thing. . is more about the built in video player in the browser...used to happen on my note 2 in Chrome but not in stock browser..here apparently something changed
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lesalloum said:
It's not a default setting thing. . is more about the built in video player in the browser...used to happen on my note 2 in Chrome but not in stock browser..here apparently something changed
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Yeah, just played around with Firefox and Dolphin and they seem to have it as it should be.
So to disable the stock video player, i'd have to root, then I can freeze it?
(rather not really root a phone i've hard barely a day, was waiting for root and customization when I get bored of TouchWiz).

richfreestone said:
Yeah, just played around with Firefox and Dolphin and they seem to have it as it should be.
So to disable the stock video player, i'd have to root, then I can freeze it?
(rather not really root a phone i've hard barely a day, was waiting for root and customization when I get bored of TouchWiz).
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yeah you can just freeze it using titanium backup (first root app) but dude stock video player is epic ..try smart pause and you will know it's worth a shot
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any video from the net should play in stock player, it has gesture the same as MX... i had my s4 on release day in Aus for about an hour before it was rooted... i don't see what you have to lose in doing it now

lesalloum said:
It's not a default setting thing. . is more about the built in video player in the browser...used to happen on my note 2 in Chrome but not in stock browser..here apparently something changed
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The default browser on the S4 is based on Chrome, not the AOSP browser. That's why flash doesn't work, why clicking two close links shows a magnifier like Chrome, and why scrolling sucks in it.
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question?
did you installed the codecs?

Video Player

In KitKat if I click an mp4 link it starts up the video player in the pic.
But in JellyBean, without flash installed, it would ask me which video player I wanted to play the video in.
Is there any way to get that choice of video players for mp4 links in KitKat?
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The S3 Kid said:
In KitKat if I click an mp4 link it starts up the video player in the pic.
But in JellyBean, without flash installed, it would ask me which video player I wanted to play the video in.
Is there any way to get that choice of video players for mp4 links in KitKat?
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Hey, you can reset your default apps, or use ES file Explorer to change just that one. I'm sure there are other ways and file explorers, but that's the way I do it, so I know that does the trick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48408096#post48408096
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Hey, you can reset your default apps, or use ES file Explorer to change just that one. I'm sure there are other ways and file explorers, but that's the way I do it, so I know that does the trick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48408096#post48408096
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Thanks. :good: