Related
I justried to play full HD videos through my pendrive......the default video player says file cannot be played and when I try to play through mobo player the audio and video is out of sync....I thought this tab plays full HD videos.....guys some advice!!
AFAIK it doesn't. 3.1 should have Full HD support but 3.0.1 doesn't have it.
I could be wrong though.
3.1 as far as we know will not play 1080p videos only output them via HDMI.
Currently only 720p can be played.
I hope im wrong about the first thing.
But in the tabs config it was written that it plays full hd videos!
And even xoom plays full hd vids!
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
did u try a player like Mobo?
FullHD 1080p wmv works and probably the same with some mkv's but audio will not ... it will just scale the video to 720p..
you can try mkv's with "Astro filemanager" -> Open As -> video
and the mkv will play, if not already loaded automatically..
this also works for other formats..
Irieone said:
did u try a player like Mobo?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes..I tried...audio video out of sync!
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
Dexter_nlb said:
FullHD 1080p wmv works and probably the same with some mkv's but audio will not ... it will just scale the video to 720p..
you can try mkv's with "Astro filemanager" -> Open As -> video
and the mkv will play, if not already loaded automatically..
this also works for other formats..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why doesn't it work for mp4??
I am asking this becoz when I play a 720p video on my tv thru hdmi....it really sucks!
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
i would expect 1080p MP4 recordings working too, if you got 720p working.
but it probably all depends on encoding..
Dexter_nlb said:
i would expect 1080p MP4 recordings working too, if you got 720p working.
but it probably all depends on encoding..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used mobo player..I used the soft decoding mode in it but the video was far far behind than the audio...any solutions?
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
screen size 800
why want read 1080p...
don't take it bad, but, you should post a unique post "Vari9 Questions / FAQ"
and we stick it "D
so far Acer says 1080p video-out will be supported in a Q2 update
and unless it's hardware supported, I doubt the video will render smoothly....
sanaell said:
screen size 800
why want read 1080p...
don't take it bad, but, you should post a unique post "Vari9 Questions / FAQ"
and we stick it "D
so far Acer says 1080p video-out will be supported in a Q2 update
and unless it's hardware supported, I doubt the video will render smoothly....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hehe.....I wanted my tab to read 1080p coz I have my music videos and movies all in full hd....converting them all would be a pain in the neck......plus even mobile phones with a screen size of 4.0 inch can play full hd videos!
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
it's kind of overload the works of your tablet...
tablet have to convert and downscale anyway to render the video... since 1080 > 800
you should convert, it's the best things and that will save in a way the battery....
I just say.
Rock player for tegra and a 1080p file plays fine and looks good hdmi out
sanaell said:
it's kind of overload the works of your tablet...
tablet have to convert and downscale anyway to render the video... since 1080 > 800
you should convert, it's the best things and that will save in a way the battery....
I just say.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think most people are actually talking about HDMI output, which at the moment is stuck at 720p.
Fluffbutt said:
I think most people are actually talking about HDMI output, which at the moment is stuck at 720p.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
its not stuck at 720p.. but if you think about it, your native tablet resolution is 1280x800 , which is natively projected/mirrored to your telly and if you want 1080p which is then going to happen with it?
its gonna scale it...
if your video of 1920x1080 should be played on a tv without mirror, it could work, but i doubt it got the videomemory to have 1 fullHD and one scaled at 1280x1080 . which is the problem right now..
but i know Atrix4G have something like that, as i uses 2 separate displays at the same time. so it might be we get that function..no video on tablet, but fullHD on telly.
anubis13 said:
Rock player for tegra and a 1080p file plays fine and looks good hdmi out
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont think so, because have a checked topic for this problem. And some files is played fine, except 1080 i though have some problem with the Tegra2 decode, not because of OS.
So confuse about this problem, if can not play smoothly 720 and 1080, so HDMI output for nothing.
Another thing is can we play flash game in facebook with 3.0?
vari9 said:
I justried to play full HD videos through my pendrive......the default video player says file cannot be played and when I try to play through mobo player the audio and video is out of sync....I thought this tab plays full HD videos.....guys some advice!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
iconia tab can't play 1080p, the upcoming upgrade will support 1080p playback, now i just use a tool to deal with full hd videos
Elizabeth05 said:
iconia tab can't play 1080p, the upcoming upgrade will support 1080p playback, now i just use a tool to deal with full hd videos
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wht tool??
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App
Hi folks,
Is there any posibility of a lagfree playing of those videos ?
It sucks watching Videos with less than 20fps...
3.1 is supposed to improve playback... just no idea if it will improve 720/1080p playback
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
I use Handbrake and imported these setting I found on the net.
https://sites.google.com/site/theiveryinc/a500files
That Google site is mine.
Converts all my 720p.mkv files perfectly, the only issue is the files are big, 2-4 GB, but the quality is outstanding. They even play on 'Movies' which darkens the navigation bar.
i was looking for something like this so many times before, but I never found a stable movie app. On my Samsung Galaxy S II however, it's no problem at all. And that's a freaking phone man! But it's no wonder the hole system is so fast. It makes my newly aquired Iconia looking really sluggish and outdated :-( I don't know if I gonna keep this tablet or gonna look my movies on a 4.3" screen...
I asked Acer customer support whether they're ever going to support additional formats and they replied that they won't ever add support for MKV and can't comment on the rest. So official support for MKV is out the window.
Mkv isn't a video format, it's a container. It's just that most mkv's don't contain only baseline h.264, which is the only supported video format currently. The most benefit would come from adding support for main or high profile h.264
themono said:
Mkv isn't a video format, it's a container.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know, it still doesn't help at all if the video player application or framework don't support the container format. I personally love MKV, it's handy to slap in two different audio tracks and subtitles in English, Finnish and the hearing-impaired version, plus any metadata about the movie itself. No need to hassle with several files then.
The most benefit would come from adding support for main or high profile h.264
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Indeed. I tried transcoding a 1080p movie to 720p in constant quality mode, both in baseline and high profile modes, and while the quality was the same the high profile one used a lot less storage space. With storage space being rather scarse on mobile devices....
Well, we can only hope. But I don't know if the DSP is beefy enough to decode high profile or if it can be re-programmed to support it. Some DSPs are hardcoded and can't be used for anything other than what they already do when shipped. I don't know anything about Tegra 2 internals so I don't know what to expect.
godashram said:
3.1 is supposed to improve playback... just no idea if it will improve 720/1080p playback
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use 3.1 atm, but there is no mentionable ddifference to 3.0.1
The nVIDIA Tegra 2 250 is fully able to hardware decode:
H.264
VC-1 AP
MPEG2
MPEG-4
DivX 4/5
XviD HT
H.263
Theora
VP8
WMV
Sorenson Spark
Real Video
VP6
and encode:
H.264
MPEG4
H.263
VP8
And this is for 1080p both enc/dec
Why ACER can't (won't) support them is beyond me! Even my Single Core 7" Samsung Galaxy TAB can play all 1080p videos I have thrown at it!
And here is the full spec of the Tegra 2 250 Link!
Is it maybe because of that, that I play these videos from my USB-HDD?
dgcxsk said:
Is it maybe because of that, that I play these videos from my USB-HDD?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can always copy one of them to the TAB and see if there is any change ( I doubt it)
Using a OLD 60gb usb hdd (literally 8 years old)
And it does not seem to matter - even with the low speed of an old external drive I have no issues playing video from it.
.Mkv -- Regardless of where it is stored is not going to work on the Iconia right now - i don't think there is anything anyone can do or change to fix that right now - the system will not?/can not? use the hardware decoder on mkv files - and software decoding, even for a low bit rate video file is always going to suck.
Hopefully 3.1 will improve our video performance - but I find it a very simple matter to just transcode a video file if the only source I have handy is mkv. Plenty of great and free tools that make the process pretty darn easy. I watch a lot of movies/TV on my a500 - and get a great experience as long as I don't throw .mkv files at it.
WereCatf said:
Indeed. I tried transcoding a 1080p movie to 720p in constant quality mode, both in baseline and high profile modes, and while the quality was the same the high profile one used a lot less storage space. With storage space being rather scarse on mobile devices....
Well, we can only hope. But I don't know if the DSP is beefy enough to decode high profile or if it can be re-programmed to support it. Some DSPs are hardcoded and can't be used for anything other than what they already do when shipped. I don't know anything about Tegra 2 internals so I don't know what to expect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My understanding is tegra2 will support h.264 high profile up to 720p @ 20mbps, but only baseline profile for 1080p.
With regard to the container format vs video format thing, I'm under the impression that container format support can be added by an app - so even if Acer never support mkv in the default player, if they do add hardware high profile h.264, then other apps should be able to play an mkv that contains high profile h.264 with hardware acceleration.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Hopefully 3.1 will improve our video performance - but I find it a very simple matter to just transcode a video file if the only source I have handy is mkv. Plenty of great and free tools that make the process pretty darn easy. I watch a lot of movies/TV on my a500 - and get a great experience as long as I don't throw .mkv files at it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From playing around with PRIMEE, mkv containers are split appropriately and if the video format is supported hardware decoding works. The problem is that there is no support for AC3 therefore majority of compatible MKVs will play very well but have no sound.
Unfortunately once software encoding is enabled we are back to the same stuttery playback issues.
I personally don't believe it's Acers' job to add playback compatibility, I personally believe it should be built into Honeycomb as a baseline. Honeycomb is a tablet OS and as such should be expected to play popular video and audio. codecs. Saying that, if manufacturers did add additional codec support it would be a solid competitive edge.
Use mobo player.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App
patterson12123 said:
Use mobo player.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you read any of the thread, running moboplayer doesn't help, as I mentioned above as soon as you enable software decoding HD MKVs start to get choppy.
hellcat82 said:
From playing around with PRIMEE, mkv containers are split appropriately and if the video format is supported hardware decoding works. The problem is that there is no support for AC3 therefore majority of compatible MKVs will play very well but have no sound.
Unfortunately once software encoding is enabled we are back to the same stuttery playback issues.
I personally don't believe it's Acers' job to add playback compatibility, I personally believe it should be built into Honeycomb as a baseline. Honeycomb is a tablet OS and as such should be expected to play popular video and audio. codecs. Saying that, if manufacturers did add additional codec support it would be a solid competitive edge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah, that's good to know, so with a baseline h.264 payload an MKV will play fine on stock?
I think it probably IS Acer's job to add codec support, frankly. At the end of the day we're talking about hardware acceleration, and Android provides the software framework for that to work, and it's up to the hardware vendor to make it work with their specific hardware.
Frankly I think Nvidia should be doing it though - it'd do wonders for Tegra 2 sales if they offered up code to support hardware acceleration for their platform on Android.
I guess you didn't really do your research on video playback on Honeycomb tablets, did you?
You can not blame Acer for poor HD playback when, frankly, this is a Google/nVidia issue. Currently no 10" Honeycomb tablet can playback high profile encoded HD vides--smoothly, if at all--without reconverting said movies.
There may or may not be a *real* fix in the future (quad core Tegras are right around the corner, so...), only time will tell.
OrionBG said:
The nVIDIA Tegra 2 250 is fully able to hardware decode:
H.264
VC-1 AP
MPEG2
MPEG-4
DivX 4/5
XviD HT
H.263
Theora
VP8
WMV
Sorenson Spark
Real Video
VP6
and encode:
H.264
MPEG4
H.263
VP8
And this is for 1080p both enc/dec
Why ACER can't (won't) support them is beyond me! Even my Single Core 7" Samsung Galaxy TAB can play all 1080p videos I have thrown at it!
And here is the full spec of the Tegra 2 250 Link!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
edgie168 said:
I guess you didn't really do your research on video playback on Honeycomb tablets, did you?
You can not blame Acer for poor HD playback when, frankly, this is a Google/nVidia issue. Currently no 10" Honeycomb tablet can playback high profile encoded HD vides--smoothly, if at all--without reconverting said movies.
There may or may not be a *real* fix in the future (quad core Tegras are right around the corner, so...), only time will tell.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I bought an ACER device so I'll blame them! Problem here is that the Tegra 2 chip is capable to decode and encode the formats at 1080p without problems! The fact that Google still hasn't taken advantage of this feature doesn't mean that ACER couldn't!! To back my words here is an example:
Samsung! The Galaxy S and Galaxy TAB (7") they have much superior video codec support! I'm playing 1080p movies just perfectly on the Galaxy TAB. Samsung have invested in codec support and optimized it for the platform (both Hardware and Software) The Hummingbird CPU is Single Core! So why can't ACER do it? Maybe because they never did something like this before? Maybe because the have done only the hardware till now and they don't have the programmers that can pull this of? Ones the managers at ACER understand that selling thees devices without enhancing the base that Google provides won't cut it, I think we will have a very good device (not that it isn't good now but...)
OrionBG said:
I bought an ACER device so I'll blame them!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Guess you'll have to "blame" every single manufacturer out there who have a Honeycomb tablet out too, then.
OrionBG said:
tl;dr
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So does the Samsung 10.1 play 1080p videos smoothly?
From what I've been reading.. no. Frankly, watching a 1080p on a 10" tablet is pointless (which is what I'm assuming you're crying about). If 720p isn't "good enough" on a 10" tablet, well, then, time to buy a 17" laptop.
Does the native player of Xoom also plays 1080p video files
ie. mp4, avi, wmv, etc.
If not, does other players like vplayer, mobo could make this possible?
I doubt as Motorola Web and Wikipedia say the Xoom can play
"Up to 720p video" but sure it's not quite enough as long as HDMI it to a 32" TV.
Therefore is it possible for Xoom playing 1080p video smoothly?
Thank You. And I'm from Hong Kong (although there's nothing to do with the question )
it can play 1080p but video stutter.
Thank You. And I'm from Hong Kong (although there's nothing to do with the question )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
true. 1080p will trouble as much to bill clinton.
you can convert a 1080p mkv to mp4 format and it will play with no issues. or converting, i suggest DVDCatalyst.
See, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 states 1080p video playback
I wonder is there any meaning the video playback ability of GT10.1
has overpower to Xoom?
BTW I personally hate converting.
My ideal Tab is a replacement for netbook,
which with proper software and codec
almost nothing it won't play.
So if there's something tablet is incapable of
please let me know.
Thanks for all your replies, they really make a difference.
All the tegra 2 tablets are similar software wise.
The 10.1 won't play videos any better than the xoom. Return your android tablet if you expect it to replace windows.
I've surveyed many of the players on the Android market yesterday,
and most won't play a 720p x264 Mkv with ac3.
Best is qqplayer. Next best is vplayer, but really it can't either,
So only qqplayer. If anyone knows better, please speak up.
Otherwise, use plex it is the best transcoding streaming player around..
Sent from my MZ604 using Tapatalk
Galaxy Tab 10.1 can play 1080 video formats?
Sent from my GT-I9000B
Using Moboplayer (from market) with Tiamat 2.2, 1080p video will just about play, but its not ideal.
720p is fine.
I only play file resolutions up to 720p on the Xoom because of the native resolution. I use Mobo player for my .avi and DVD Catalyst converted .mp4 files but if I am in a rush and have a high bit rate 720p .mkv file, the Dice player plays everything I throw at it. I have monitored my usage of both and I really mainly use Mobo. Dice comes in handy when I just don't want to wait for a conversion because I am heading out on short notice and is the only player I have found to play high bit rate 720p .mkv x.264 files. I prefer converting because I can give the video files a color boost in DVD Catalyst since videos seem to lose their punch on the Xoom screen.
Dice player plays 720p no prob
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium
bluenote73 said:
I've surveyed many of the players on the Android market yesterday,
and most won't play a 720p x264 Mkv with ac3.
Best is qqplayer. Next best is vplayer, but really it can't either,
So only qqplayer. If anyone knows better, please speak up.
Otherwise, use plex it is the best transcoding streaming player around..
Sent from my MZ604 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've had good results with BSPlayer.
One thing is beyond my understanding.
My past Samsung infuse with 1.2ghz single core processor was able to play 1080p itunes trailers but xoom tablet struggles.
Also Xoom has native support for .mp4 files and .mov/.mkv/.avi requires extra treatment whether extra player or software decoding.
.........................
on a general note (covers most mobiles and tablets and/or android os)
why companies release crippled products to market?
The end user is left to work out what is working and what is not.
Xoom is upper range product and it is not acceptable that it can't play 1080p files smoothly.
rohit3192 said:
One thing is beyond my understanding.
My past Samsung infuse with 1.2ghz single core processor was able to play 1080p itunes trailers but xoom tablet struggles.
Also Xoom has native support for .mp4 files and .mov/.mkv/.avi requires extra treatment whether extra player or software decoding.
.........................
on a general note (covers most mobiles and tablets and/or android os)
why companies release crippled products to market?
The end user is left to work out what is working and what is not.
Xoom is upper range product and it is not acceptable that it can't play 1080p files smoothly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The Xoom does play 1080p but how well depends on the codec and player. As for why you would want to play 1080p videos on a 720p screen, I just can't comprehend. It will not look better because the screen resolution is lower than 1080p. If you played 1080p on any screen lower than 1920x1080 pixels you will not be getting the benefit of the 1080p resolution.
Isun said:
The Xoom does play 1080p but how well depends on the codec and player. As for why you would want to play 1080p videos on a 720p screen, I just can't comprehend. It will not look better because the screen resolution is lower than 1080p. If you played 1080p on any screen lower than 1920x1080 pixels you will not be getting the benefit of the 1080p resolution.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
And the Downscaling? Don't have it?
Sent from my MZ604 using Tapatalk
andpantanal said:
And the Downscaling? Don't have it?
Sent from my MZ604 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you must keep the resolution at 1080p then the best thing for stutter free playback is at least convert into an .mp4 which DVD Catalyst does but again, there will not be noticeable quality increase over a 720p. If I had a 1080p .mkv that I wanted to play on the Xoom, that would be one of the times when I would prefer convert or downsize but for everything else including 720p .mkv, we no longer need to convert.
Isun said:
If you must keep the resolution at 1080p then the best thing for stutter free playback is at least convert into an .mp4 which DVD Catalyst does but again, there will not be noticeable quality increase over a 720p. If I had a 1080p .mkv that I wanted to play on the Xoom, that would be one of the times when I would prefer convert or downsize but for everything else including 720p .mkv, we no longer need to convert.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From my perspective you are badly missing the point - what use is a tablet that can play videos if you have to carry around a pc to convert them first. Its a pain in the butt.
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
I use Dice Player to play all my video. It is easily the best HD movie player out there and plays high profile 720p but I haven't tried 1080p. As I don't have a 1080p TV, there's no need. Check out the Dice Player trial.
bluenote73 said:
From my perspective you are badly missing the point - what use is a tablet that can play videos if you have to carry around a pc to convert them first. Its a pain in the butt.
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thats just the thing though, we need to be realistic. You don't have to convert any videos other than high bit rate 1080p which even if you were only using a desktop PC you would need to meet a system requirement to play. Tablets like these are new. Could you imagine a few years ago having a 1Ghz laptop with 1GB of RAM and being pissed it wont play my 1080p movie in 3D? The Xoom is one of the first of it's kind and was never designed to play high bit rate 1080p and you find that a bother. It's like buying an Ipod 8 yrs ago then saying what good is this if all my CD's wont play on it. You had to rip & convert everything or buy the file which was still then converted. The screen is 720p. Most shows on T.V. are 720p or upscaled 720p (1080i). Where are you getting 1080p videos from, Blu Ray and digital copies which all need to be 'converted' in order to become a portable file on any system unless you have a disc player or made a 20GB image rip. Its not a pain in the butt to have to only convert one file type. My laptop is very powerful but cant play movies in 3D yet my T.V. can, should I be upset? I should add, Dice player is still the way to go to play all files with no conversion unless you want to play high bit rate 1080p on a screen not designed for it.
http://www.pavtube.com/mkv-to-asus-eee-pad-mac-converter-enable-transformer-play-mkv-videos.html
MKV stands for the Matroska Multimedia Container, which is an open standard free container format. It can contain multiple video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. Matroska is similar to other containers like AVI and MP4, but it can hold video files from Blu-ray discs. With the development of Blu-ray movie, most people prefer enjoy movies in Blu-ray discs rather than in DVD discs. The reason is simple, that is Blu-ray discs offer more HD videos in a larger storage space. So, as a wild used video format ripped from Blu-ray discs, MKV has been the symbol of HD videos. And, do you want to watch MKV videos with Asus Eee Pad Transformer?
But, how to enjoy MKV movies on Eee Pad Transformer since the MKV videos are always in a large size and a HD video codec that Asus Eee Pad does not support to decode. Maybe Pavtube Video Converter for Mac can help you. It is a great Mac Eee Pad MKV converter for you to convert MKV videos for Transformer playing.
Here, I would like to take a MKV video file for example to show how to Mac convert MKV to Transformer.
First, import MKV from my Mac to the Pavtube Mac MKV to Eee Pad Transformer converter, and check the properties of the MKV file. Below are the detail parameters.
Video:
Format: h264
Resolution: 1280x544
Frame Rate: 23.976
Bit Rate: 0kbps
Duration: 00:01:02
Then, you can click the format bar to choose compatible output format for Asus Eee Pad Transformer playing. To enable Asus Transformer play MKV videos, you need choose a format with high video quality for Asus Eee Pad Transformer. I recommend you choose HD Video >> H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).
The program offers you changing the profile settings for the output file. Freely click the settings button and adjust the suitable video and audio settings for the HD MP4 format. Generally speaking, the default settings are suitable enough.
After all the settings have been finished, please click the convert button to start to convert MKV to MP4 format for Eee Pad Transformer. After the conversion finished, you can click the open button and get the converted MP4 videos. Then you need transfer MP4 videos to Asus Eee Pad transformer with a USB data cable.
On a PC I use DVD catalyst. It has a profile for the TF but I prefer using the ipad2 HQ profile as the file size is slightly smaller and the resolution I think is slightly better for the TF.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
Before converting your MKVs give BSPlayer (free) a try as it plays the MKVs i've tried fine ! and thats streaming from my PC too.
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.
Danny-B- said:
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Except for Potplayer
I use Dice but it stutters with newer HDTV shows (like Terra Nova).
Sent from my Transformer TF101G using xda premium
theraffman said:
On a PC I use DVD catalyst. It has a profile for the TF but I prefer using the ipad2 HQ profile as the file size is slightly smaller and the resolution I think is slightly better for the TF.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Needed to say this is for mac
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Danny-B- said:
Before converting your MKVs give BSPlayer (free) a try as it plays the MKVs i've tried fine ! and thats streaming from my PC too.
I couldnt find any other player that would handle MKVs as good as BSplayer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need allot of free cpu space to use mkv
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
zektor said:
Except for Potplayer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll give that one a try too
BSPlayer x2. Just make sure you get the codec that it prompts you to install ARMv6 or 7 I'm not sure which. That should be all you need.
If you're insisting on converting them though, use handbrake all the way..
wrichards2009 said:
BSPlayer x2. Just make sure you get the codec that it prompts you to install ARMv6 or 7 I'm not sure which. That should be all you need.
If you're insisting on converting them though, use handbrake all the way..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need armv7 as nvidia tegra 2 is an armv7 tablet
Sent from my Optimus One using xda premium
But, how to enjoy MKV movies on Eee Pad Transformer since the MKV videos are always in a large size and a HD video codec that Asus Eee Pad does not support to decode.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually most MKV are encoded in h264 (AVC) which is supported by the TF.
The things that make MKV incompatible are that audio is usually AC3 and the MKV container itself is not natively compatible.
Gotsent (mac & pc) and Xenon MKV (pc) will convert the audio to AAC (natively compatible) and put everything in an MP4 container. And since only the audio is actually converted the process is really quick. & both are free...
i'm very noob with mkv,videos converting etc but i downloaded from web some mkv's and i tried play them and testing out many players...i use settings reported HERE to convert my videos if i want to put them in the tablet,if i want to play them on native format i put in my external hard drive (i don't find a 100% working player yet....the best i tried it isn't ok all the time,it stutter in some moment...)
MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
sent from my ASUS Transformer running Prime 2.1.1 using Tapatalk
Sharpe351 said:
MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
sent from my ASUS Transformer running Prime 2.1.1 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1 more vote for mx player, it can also handle ogm containers and its very customizable, have a fast swipe fast forward, all good.
But sadly, tegra 2 is garbage, nvidia sold us a lemon, I have some videos that even in a proper MP4 container encoded in 720p normal profile the decoder strugles, at the handbrake thread there's a long discussion about this and another issues.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
F. Gacrux said:
But sadly, tegra 2 is garbage, nvidia sold us a lemon
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think this really bares some repeating. I like my transformer. But tegra2 was sold as considerably more powerful than it actually is.
I expected seamless 720p playback as a given, and here we are, trying to find ways to convert/playback standard files downloaded from the internet.
At that point, how is this different from iPhone/iPad where you need to convert files to Apple's preferred format in iTunes before "synching"? IMO not much.
I've found the best way is to stream from your PC. Granted it's not very useful if you are not always internet connected and if you have a crappy connection or cap. I use Plex for streaming indoors. Smooth as butter and offloads the decoding onto the PC so it will play 1080p [email protected] no problemo.
I just downloaded BSPlayer and I'm pretty happy with it. There was NOTHING that would play my Canon T2i 1080p video smoothly. BSPlayer comes very close. It drops frames and audio, but it is watchable! 1080p/24fps hiccups about once every 15-30 seconds, which I would consider acceptable. All my 720p stuff is silky smooth. My 720p MPEG2/AC3 files stream reasonably well from WMC. 1080i WTV files play, but have bad sync problems. MX Player and Dice failed differently on all of these.
I have to agree that MX Player has a better UI, but BSPlayer seems to have a more robust engine.
I'm running stock at the moment. MX Player did do better at 1.4mhz. I assume BSPlayer would improve as well.
I do have to agree that Tegra 2 is a little weak. I'm confident that Tegra 3 will get me where I need to be.
dburckh said:
I just downloaded BSPlayer and I'm pretty happy with it. There was NOTHING that would play my Canon T2i 1080p video smoothly. BSPlayer comes very close. It drops frames and audio, but it is watchable! 1080p/24fps hiccups about once every 15-30 seconds, which I would consider acceptable. All my 720p stuff is silky smooth. My 720p MPEG2/AC3 files stream reasonably well from WMC. 1080i WTV files play, but have bad sync problems. MX Player and Dice failed differently on all of these.
I have to agree that MX Player has a better UI, but BSPlayer seems to have a more robust engine.
I'm running stock at the moment. MX Player did do better at 1.4mhz. I assume BSPlayer would improve as well.
I do have to agree that Tegra 2 is a little weak. I'm confident that Tegra 3 will get me where I need to be.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its not that tegra 2 is weak . We got to much **** running in background when watching a movie stop everything except movie player and you will be enjoying your video moment
Sent from my Optimus One using xda premium
i really dont see what the big fuss is about.
between them MX player and BSPlayer can play pretty much any video file you throw at them, if they stutter, try clearning your tablets cache and killing some resource heavy apps that are running in the background.
i have TB of video in loads of different formats and i am yet to find a file i cant play well.
Sharpe351 said:
MX player plays the several 720p .mkv videos I have without much fuss. I have the current season of TopGear in .mkv format and play them directly from my 500Gb drive on my TF. I have no need to convert to something else.
sent from my ASUS Transformer running Prime 2.1.1 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1...and you can have it HW decode video and SW decode audio...and vice versa.
Now if anyone knows of an app that will play m2ts files...that would be awesome!
There is a similar named thread a few threads down, but that one was asking about formats.
I'm asking if anyone has a guesstimate as to the tablet's ability to software decode 1080p 10bit (obviously for anime).
Most people encode bluray videos in 8bit for those who aren't aware.
404 ERROR said:
There is a similar named thread a few threads down, but that one was asking about formats.
I'm asking if anyone has a guesstimate as to the tablet's ability to software decode 1080p 10bit (obviously for anime).
Most people encode bluray videos in 8bit for those who aren't aware.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I want to know if it can play a 4k video seamlessly (hardware decoded of course).
404 ERROR said:
There is a similar named thread a few threads down, but that one was asking about formats.
I'm asking if anyone has a guesstimate as to the tablet's ability to software decode 1080p 10bit (obviously for anime).
Most people encode bluray videos in 8bit for those who aren't aware.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's wouldn't count on amazing software decode performance at 1080. If you've got a hardware decodable format, you should be fine.
As for the one above me, I think 4k hardware should manage ok, but we'll have to wait and see.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
alias_neo said:
It's wouldn't count on amazing software decode performance at 1080. If you've got a hardware decodable format, you should be fine.
As for the one above me, I think 4k hardware should manage ok, but we'll have to wait and see.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, at the moment, the 10bit format can't be properly hardware accelerated. It has to be done via software decoding, but after googling around, I think the Nexus 10 should be able to do 720p 10bit.
I was also wondering about 4k playback. I would very much like to play super high resolution video on this thing with good performance. Hopefully the ARM Cortex A15 cores are up to the task.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app