Hi All,
I have a Nexus 7 (2013) for many years i've played video files using MX Player or USB Media Explorer without a problem .avi .mp4 .mpe4 .mkv .wma. etc.
For some reason MX Player no longer sees the (OTG connected) Flash drive at all.
For some reason USB Media Explorer says it cant find the files needed to play.
I have deleted both and re-installed, no change.
Thinking it was an Android version problem I upgraded to 6.0.1. But they still wont play.
Any thoughts?
Thanks Al
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ok, i have tried dozens of codec packs and cannot get videos recordrd from my hermes to play on my pc. i have found how to get the video but cannot get sound at all... can anyone point me to what i need? thanks in advance.
also i am running CRC's rom version 12r9. not quite sure how to find the camera software version though...
**edit**
here is a link to a test file i just created, somehow i need to find out how to play the sound..
http://rapidshare.com/files/127075583/Test_file.mp4.html
i had success playing all mp4 files using quicktime
i had the exact same problem. any video i transferred to my pc would not play. quicktime would play 3gp files, but not mp4. no other software would play my mp4 files except for vlc player. i'm assuming it's an error in my windows installation or registry. i'm gonna transfer a couple vids to one of my laptops and see if they play on there. then i'll know whether or not it's due to my windows installation. if they play on laptop, i'll do a clean install of xp and see if they play.
Super will play them as well as the newest realplayer....
Hi
Why u not try Ultimate Media Pack or Classic Media Player? U can get this soft on www.9down.com
download quicktime OR download and install this then you can play the vids in wmp on your pc
http://www.free-codecs.com/mpegable_DS_decoder_download.htm
I had the same problem, I just rename the video files from .mp4 to .3gp on my computer and it plays them just fine.
I have a bunch of movies on an external hard drive connected to my home PC.
I want to be able to play the movies on my A500 whilst connected to the TV elsewhere in the house (over wifi)
I've played with clearfi with no luck. Is there an app that will allow me to do this easily with just a few clicks ?
Cheerz
I use PS3 Media Server on my PC and Bubble UPNP on my A500. Works great.
Thanks. I'll give them a try later. Will it play .avi files ?
I'm running off Thor's ROM, but I've had no issues streaming avi files via upnp.
The easiest method is BSPlayer, it actually lets you view movies from a shared folder rather than UPnP. You might have some lag with large files, but it does the job better than trying to get UPnP functionality to work 100% of the time.
There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
If you have a custom rom with a kernel supporting cifs, you could try cifs manager. It create a shared folder on a specified location. It works great for music too. I can even scan my network shared music library with the stock music player (or other) by creating a shared folder on the sd-card.
https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsIndzLnBsYXR0bmVyLmNpZnNtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
For movies, I also recommend MovieBrowser HD, a nice front end that scan your movie library and fetch covers and descriptions, opens with your fav movie player.
https://market.android.com/details?...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hZHJlZS5tb3ZpZWJyb3dzZXIiXQ..
tantrum829 said:
There are a lot of options for streaming from PC. The easiest I've used so far is ES file explorer and MX video player. Just go to LAN in ES and stream via smb. MX streams/plays all the formats I have thrown at it.
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Same here, es file explorer and mx or dice works great.
I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
I just used File Manager HD to browse to folder and BS player to stream, very easy.
I tried a VLC app and it worked pretty well. Just make sure its not the remote app.
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I'd second Diceplayer in a heartbeat if I could actually buy the full version. The trial played everything I threw at it including 720p avi and mkv files.
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I was going to buy the full version but its saying the account is locked or something?
I'm going to spend this weekend trying all the suggestions - thanks
I ran into the same issue. I ended up giving BS Player a shot and it handled 720p mkv and avi files like a dream. Granted, it was playing them off an external HDD, but it's definitely worth a download.
Yes I think that FM HD is the best for LAN connection over wi-fi and xm player. But mx player cannot read subtitles from network drive.
Serviio for the pc (dlna server java software) and skifta on your A500.
I have new kindle fire in original form. I have not rooted it or made any changes. Can i use any video player like VLC or mobo player ?
I tried to download VLC and MX player , but are not working on my kindle.
please let me know any video player to use without rooting my kindle.
thanks in advance for all your help.
MOBO player is the answer
sideloaded it as soon as i got my Fire. Copy videos into whatever folder you want - presumbably "videos" folder, using USB connect to PC
ON you Fire, use File Expert or ES File Explorer to browse to file and play it.
ALSO, if you set up your WiFi and share you media folder on your PC, File Expert can browse to it and play you media files, using MOBO. you may be asked to open file with a browser [i think ES file explorer does that] just click ok and it will open in MOBO
with that and Netflix, i'm using my fire to watch videos all the time!
I tried rockplayer and BSPlayer, they both work fine, but you need to select software rendering, otherwise you can't watch videos.
I'm on stock 6.2.2 and MX Player works fine for me. I also use MoboPlayer.
I have tried MX player, Rockplayer, VLC for Android (alpha) and others I don't even remember now. All of them got freeze while watching mkv files.
Now finally happy with QQPlayer. Available free from market I can run all of my mkv/avi files without any problem.
KF can play 1080p & 720p very smooth no loop with GPU POWERVR SGX540 decoder. You can use stock, mobo, or mx player.
But:
With HW decode, you have to re-encode the video with the following link:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060825
I attempted to add a movie to my Nexus 7 (2012). Using DVD Decrypter I saved the resulting files to the hard drive on my desktop computer. Cyberlink PowerDVD9 played the movie from the hard drive. Especially important to me as I am deaf, the subtitles were there. I then copied the files to my Nexus 7 by USB into the SDcard/Movies folder. I attempted to play the movie. The files are in .VOB format.
Navigating to the files on the Nexus 7 I clicked on the VTS_01_1 file. I chose MX Player from the available list. The movie began playing but couldn't find any subtitles. I tried Mobo Player and BS Player. Mobo Player simply didn't play. BS Player played the video file but said it couldn't find any subtitles. Audio appeared to work.
Perhaps I'm overlooking something simple?
One of the main reasons I bought the Nexus Player was so I can watch videos from my network hard drive. I have been doing this in the past with my WD TV Live but it's now very slow although still does the job well.
I just got the Nexus Player today but after playing around a little I finally figured out I can access my network hard drive with ES File Explorer, although it's a little cumbersome, and load the videos there. However, the built-in media player along with Archo and MX all can not play audio from MKV files. VLC was able to play audio from MKV files but for some reason it refuse to load external subtitle files, only those built-in to the MKV file.
Anyone have any suggestions to alternatives? On my Nexus 9 I use BS Player to both access my videos on my network hard drive and watch but unfortunately it isn't available for the Nexus Player AFAIK.
Thanks in advance.
Kodi is in the Play Store now, it works quite well as UpNP.
My main solution for this issue in my house is to install Plex on my server and pay for the 5 bucks for the Plex app on the TV.
Also after you do this you can set an external player (like MX player) to be the player instead of Plex.
MX has been playing MKV files for me after You turn on hardware+ encoder.
Thanks for the replies.
After trying a few apps, I ended up using Archos Player with the extra codecs, all free. Essentially it works like BSPlayer like I'm used to and works perfectly. :good: