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So I have 2 videos files both are .avi files. one is a Xvid the other is not labeled. I want to play them on the vibrant the Xvid worked the other one comes up with a message saying video file not supported. How can I get that to work?
Thanks in advance.
PathogenX said:
So I have 2 videos files both are .avi files. one is a Xvid the other is not labeled. I want to play them on the vibrant the Xvid worked the other one comes up with a message saying video file not supported. How can I get that to work?
Thanks in advance.
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without knowing the codec of the other video I can't help you, .avi doesnt't tell me anything, that's just the container, download mediainfo and paste the info it gives you from the video file
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
give it a try using rockplayer, it should be able to play anything that the stock player can't.
PathogenX said:
So I have 2 videos files both are .avi files. one is a Xvid the other is not labeled. I want to play them on the vibrant the Xvid worked the other one comes up with a message saying video file not supported. How can I get that to work?
Thanks in advance.
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Rockplayer in the market.
Use handbrake to convert to mpeg4 or h264 and theres a great thread in here on how to do this.
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PathogenX said:
video file not supported. How can I get that to work?
Thanks in advance.
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Dude, make your life simple, go to the market and download Rock player. It is open source and it is based on ffmpeg. It can play virtually everything. I am currently playing Mkv files on my Vibrant. ;-P
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I have try use rockplayer and other video player all fail to play,but i can play those video file on my dell streak.
I really find nexus s is really bad for play movies.
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have you try ArcMedia from Market? i'm waiting for my device to arrive, so i can test out
I tried everything none of video player work at all, i cant beleive google didnt support enough video codec in their Rom
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nox0405 said:
I tried everything none of video player work at all, i cant beleive google didnt support enough video codec in their Rom
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thats a big licensing issue,
GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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nox0405 said:
GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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like i said, its a big licensing issue, and in the spirit of what they call "openness" they didnt
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GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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Yes, it is difficult for them. As A Linux user, I can attest to this; proprietary/patented codecs cause licensing issues, pure and simple. Therefore, they can not be included in Vanilla (Open-Source) Android. And given that the point of the Nexus line is that they run Vanilla Android, you see the issue.
You can help solve this problem by converting your videos to open formats like Ogg Theora and/or WebM. That way, you can play your videos, and you help reduce the trend of technology being hampered by proprietary licensing. </rant>
BlackOtaku said:
Yes, it is difficult for them. As A Linux user, I can attest to this; proprietary/patented codecs cause licensing issues, pure and simple. Therefore, they can not be included in Vanilla (Open-Source) Android. And given that the point of the Nexus line is that they run Vanilla Android, you see the issue.
You can help solve this problem by converting your videos to open formats like Ogg Theora and/or WebM. That way, you can play your videos, and you help reduce the trend of technology being hampered by proprietary licensing. </rant>
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i gotta ask, what distro you use
slowz3r said:
i gotta ask, what distro you use
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Ubuntu mainly, with some Fedora on the side.
BlackOtaku said:
Ubuntu mainly, with some Fedora on the side.
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yay Fedora
I just dragged and dropped a 4GB mp4 movie and watched it on the phone with no issue. Are you sure you video isn't using some other form of compression?
remember .mp4 is just a container
So let me get this right ... there is no way to play divx / avi files even using 3rd party software?!
They are currently working on making rockplayer work on the Nexus S.
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I'm right now watching an episode of Mad Men that I ripped from my DVD using Handbrake on Ubuntu. It's an .mp4 container, and if I recall correctly I used H.264...
.mp4 will play just fine, it can be a baunch of different ways though because thats just the container, best program I have found period is Any Video Converter Pro. Just select Mobile devices/ Google Phones/ Nexus One. Perfect fit to screen and great quality. All it needs to be to run great is .h264, AAC audio, 800 x 480, about 1200 bitrate for video and 160kbps for audio and it will look and sound stunning. Most video players except mVideo Player are broken in someway on the Nexus S.
Rocklplayer has been updated on the website but not yet in the market. It now plays an AVI file on my Nexus S.
csmall said:
Rocklplayer has been updated on the website but not yet in the market. It now plays an AVI file on my Nexus S.
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That's good to hear. All in sync and with no issues whatsoever?
Guys this thing is intriguing me, i cant natively play divx avi files? My LG 2X does it, how come my tablet with an huge screen don't?
I managed to get it software rendered with VitalPlayer but damn!
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svceon said:
Guys this thing is intriguing me, i cant natively play divx avi files? My LG 2X does it, how come my tablet with an huge screen don't?
I managed to get it software rendered with VitalPlayer but damn!
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Install Rockplayer
Another thing you could do which some people have tried is to change the file extension to mp4, which will play with the native player. I think DivX is just a 'container' format which contains MP4 video so it should work in theory, although I haven't tried this on my TF myself.
jonitfcfan said:
Another thing you could do which some people have tried is to change the file extension to mp4, which will play with the native player. I think DivX is just a 'container' format which contains MP4 video so it should work in theory, although I haven't tried this on my TF myself.
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Tried that, wirh this video specifically it plays the first 3 seconds insanely fast and with no audio and then finally stops playing.
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plenty of players out there for DIVX/XVID. I think some manufacturers just bundle extra players or codecs. i dont think support is in 'native' Android.
mejdam said:
Install Rockplayer
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Is rockplayer the best player on the market? Anything thats better?
umasood said:
Is rockplayer the best player on the market? Anything thats better?
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ive found rockplayer pretty good but other people will say vplayer, qqplayer etc etc.
try all the free ones and see which one you prefer. some are better for flv, others for wmv etc
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Install Rockplayer
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+1 Rockplayer. They just had a release solving Android 3.1 registration issues, works like a champ!
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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TheMathMan said:
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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moboplayer works fine on the tf too
TheMathMan said:
I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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+1 for MoboPlayer, I've found it to be a bit smoother than RockPlayer in my experience. That's just me talking however...
thanks guys... yes moboplayer and rockplayer seem to do the job!
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I'd go with MoboPlayer.
Interesting to know as am planning on picking up a Transformer and wanted to know this myself.
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Yea mobo comes with a codec addon.FLV.,AVI,MP4.
Can anyone test an divx 1080p video? Being software rendered I'm kinda not much confident, i feel it as a workaround rather than a solution...
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Can anyone test an divx 1080p video? Being software rendered I'm kinda not much confident, i feel it as a workaround rather than a solution...
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1080p video encoded using the DivX (or XviD) codec is really inefficient. It's going to be a lot larger file size or of lower quality than a more modern codec like h.264. If you'd like to play 1080p video on your transformer, you'd be best to transcode your video to an h.264 video stream. Not only will the file size be much smaller, but it will play back using hardware acceleration which is much more likely to be smooth than software rendered DivX.
Rockplayer, Moboplayer, etc are all the same thing. They're just containers for ffmpeg--which is the best free software decoder available. Pick the one that has the best interface and is free. Paying for any of these is actually against the law, and while you're not going to get in any trouble, it's stupid to pay for something that should be free.
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ive treid 4 different media players and cant find one that will play my movies,ive converted avi-mp4 and back again with still no luck anyone else have this problem,if so did you solve it,love this tablet apart from this problem
Last night I tried an .avi file just for the hell of it, and it didn't work. Was quite surprised actually, but I've yet to try other file types.
Mine play fine. Usedjust about every format. Need to download a good media player that will work with them.
I use vplayer. There are others out there as well.
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JesseMT4G said:
Mine play fine. Usedjust about every format. Need to download a good media player that will work with them.
I use vplayer. There are others out there as well.
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as the guy says above this post .avi didnt work,i honestly cant believe my old s2 plays everything yet this doesnt,will try vplayer then im giving up
I can vouch for VPlayer. It has played just about everything I've thrown at it.
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i use MX Player to play AVI files. it'll play some MKV files too.
but for MP4 and M4V files, the standard Google Play Movies app plays these for me.
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Mine play fine. Usedjust about every format. Need to download a good media player that will work with them.
I use vplayer. There are others out there as well.
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i use MX Player to play AVI files. it'll play some MKV files too.
but for MP4 and M4V files, the standard Google Play Movies app plays these for me.
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tried that one too,plays some but not all
Did you try BSPLayer ? It plays everything I have thrown at it with no issues whatsoever.
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Did you try BSPLayer ? It plays everything I have thrown at it with no issues whatsoever.
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will give it a shot later,cheers,still annoyed at google for not incorporating a play all type app
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as the guy says above this post .avi didnt work,i honestly cant believe my old s2 plays everything yet this doesnt,will try vplayer then im giving up
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Very strange I know. Because my ancient Galaxy S plays most things without the need for 3rd party software.
For future reference you should likely list the apps you tried and as much about the video as you can. Is one of the 4 you tried MXPlayer?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&hl=en
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Did you try BSPLayer ? It plays everything I have thrown at it with no issues whatsoever.
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kosai said:
For future reference you should likely list the apps you tried and as much about the video as you can. Is one of the 4 you tried MXPlayer?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&hl=en
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yes tried mx player today,also mplayer,stock vid paler and mobo(spelling) i think it was called
I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks
Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.
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I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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chrisbass said:
Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks
The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?
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MACHEK said:
Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
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Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?
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MACHEK said:
Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.
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If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.
chris198810 said:
Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...
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Looking for help on DVD playback
I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.