hi all,
i just got my xda and im still learning how to use all of its features, i read that wma files should work in the media player but when i open the video it says 'windows media cannot play this file'
any ideas anybody? as the media player was one of the main reasons for buying this phone
cheers steve
i tried downloading and using 'pocketmusic' and when i go to find media files it doesnt pickup anything other than mp3 and the original media player video
i also tried a new rom and still no joy
best player
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1080
im still no closer to playing media files with media player
my media player is version 8.5 build 12177
i have tried all media types, it plays music fine but wont play any mwa wma mpeg avi files at all
ive tried installing other media players and the same problem occurs, it comes up with a message saying something along the lines of, there are no programs associated with that file type
i also installed a newer upto date rom and it made no difference
can anybody help, i really am out of ideas
What rom version are you at. I have the same problem and I'm at A.30.09. I started to have this problem after i upgrade from PPC2002. Hopefully we can find a solution.
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i have searched the forums and i cant really figure this one out. Basically the media player of my imate refuses to play .mpg or .avi. When i click on the video file it tells me to open the program associated with this file first, when i use windows media player and update the library it fails to locate the file. I have tried playing files from both the storage card and the internal memory but have had no success. Im using the default windows media player in a CID locked g4.
If i am missing something completely obvious or i havent given enough info then i apologise in advance for my ignorance but i hope someone can assist me with my problem.
thanks
This should be a codec problem.
Media player isn't shipped with the necessary codec to handle MPEG (I may be wrong...) and what codec is your avi encoded with.
You'd better try with another player like TCPMP for example as it supports many formats.
Also, Windows Media Player is able to trancode audio and video so it suits your device.
BTW, this isn't a G4 specific issue.
Next time, ask your question in this thread : you will get more feedback.
ok thankyou for highlighting my faults, and thankyou for your prompt response i will try your advice. Hopefully this will solve my problem. Next time i will post in the appropriate forum.
Missing Codecs
Hi bwesty,
I had the same issue with my I mate K-JAM not playing AVI's, download TCMP & AAC audio codec (search this forum) will fix your problem, unfortunately I haven't tried MPG's yet....
All the best
Jakes
Sunny South Africa
Hi folks,
My Hero runs on 2.1.
I've recently moved some music onto my phone but no matter what I do, the mp3s are not detected by either the stock mp3 player or MixZing player. When I access the actual mp3 files through Linda file manager and open them using MixZing, they play, but I get an error about tags missing.
After seeing this error, I've downloaded a couple of different tag editors and made sure every single field (i.e. genre, artist, etc.) was filled out properly. Still, the problem remains: no mp3 player on the Hero detects these mp3 files.
Anyone run into this problem before and know the fix?
Thanks!
Problem solved. The way windows media player synced the files was not good. I replaced them manually in a different folder and, presto.
Mods, you can close or delete this.
Hey guys,
So I was wondering if anyone else thinks the video player on the Vibrant is really lacking in terms of functionality. The device says that it can play .avi files (and then some) but when I download files from my PC to the phone (I transferred a few episodes of The Simpsons and Pixar's UP), it simply says "Unsupported Filed Type".
Does anyone else have this problem? I've also tried downloading official .divx files (movie trailers) from divx.com that I know should work on the Vibrant, but it still doesn't.
Now, I've downloaded RockPlayer and all those files that couldn't be played with the stock video player now plays perfectly. Now, what am I missing here? It's not an issue with my particular phone right? Additionally, if the phone is marketed as a multimedia phone that supports a wide variety of file types, it kind of sucks that it can't even play on the stock video player.
[PS. The files I transferred to my phone can play fine on a PS3, so the format should be correct, I believe]
Often the issue is a particular encoding or the resolution is too high. I use MediaCoder to do my conversions, because Rockplayer freezes occasionally on me.
The avi files in PC (usually downloaded from torrents) tend to be encoded with special codecs and not all players can play it. Even in the PC, if you don't have VLC player, some times they don't play in computer itself...
Convert them to supported formats before copying them to mobile.
The latest version of VLC for Android Beta (version 0.9.10) downloaded from Google Play doesn't display srt subtitles anymore on my device (Sony Xperia Z2 D6503). I'm running the latest version of Android available for the device (4.4.4) and the latest available firmware version (23.0.1.A.0.167). The VLC application correctly detects the SRT file and it can be chosen as a subtitle track. However, when playing video there's no subtitles to be seen. I've tried this with a large number of different video files in different formats and with different SRT files stored in both internal and external storage or USB stick with no luck. The video files and SRT files are not corrupted since I've been able to play them with no problems on my device by using other video playback software such as BSPlayer for Android or Sony's built-in video player on the device. I've reinstalled the VLC application a number of times, rebooted the device, soft-resetted the device, cleared the media database and history in the application's settings, and cleared all application data in the system settings with no luck. I've also tried older versions of VLC and the nightly build.
I also posted this problem on the VLC's official help forum and I had a discussion with one of the developers there. From the log file I sent him (available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jclfbs2a7hbha2o/VLC debug.txt?dl=0) he detected that the problem is somehow related to system fonts or text rendering modules as can be seen from the following lines in the log file linked above:
freetype spu text: Using /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf as font from file /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
freetype spu text: Using /system/fonts/DroidSansMono.ttf as mono-font from file /system/fonts/DroidSansMono.ttf
freetype spu text: file /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf have unknown format
core spu text: no text renderer modules matched
Unfortunately the developer wasn't able to help me any further than that. So that's why I'm posting here.
I'd also like to point out that this issue wasn't there in the previous firmware version (17.1.2.A.0.314). I'm currently experiencing this problem running the firmware posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/development/stock-4-4-4-23-0-1-0-167-bug-free-t2929402 As a friend of mine who also owns a Sony Xperia Z2 and uses the exact same firmware is experiencing this exact same issue, one could think that it has something to do with the firmware and Android build in question. Of course it could be any number of things affecting the subtitles but other Android devices I've tried have had no problem with displaying the subtitles in VLC.
So I'm just wondering is anyone else experiencing this annoying problem with VLC and Xperia Z2 and would someone have any idea of how to fix this? Of course meanwhile I can use other video players such as BSPlayer to watch videos with srt subtitles, but I prefer the interface of VLC.
I actually don't know anyone personally that uses either VLC or BS player anymore. You'd be best getting MX player instead, it has native support for everything that's thrown at it, including stylised subtitle support.
Are you sure you're trying to use SRT subtitles? The only time you should get warnings/errors about TTF font files is when a MKV with embedded ASS subtitles can't find a suitable substitute.
Of course there are other viable media players available, I'm aware of that. And as I pointed out VLC is the only media app misbehaving this way. And yes, I'm absolutely sure that I'm using srt subtitles. Same subtitles that have no problem playing with other media players on my device or with VLC on other Android devices. I specifically pointed out the location of the subtitle files for VLC manually. I was just curious about this error. This misbehaviour with VLC started instantly after updating firmware and the same happened to a friend of mine so that got me thinking if there's a possibility of something being different in the fonts department FW- or OS-wise. But I happen to know a couple of other apps as well that are not currently playing well with Android 4.4.4 so it's not that exceptional to find an app not fully compatible with that version of Android. Oh well, maybe I just have to move on and start using some other media player as you suggested. Using VLC was just an old habit for me and after all there's a saying that old habits die hard. And now that you mentioned MX Player as a better alternative. Well it seems that it no longer supports AC3 audio due to licensing issues so in that way it's unfortunately less functional compared to either VLC or BSPlayer. :/ And I happen to play quite a lot of media with AC3 audio on my device. However, there seem to be workarounds available for getting MX Player to play AC3 again.
One year later I suffer the same on a Asus Zen pad 540 and newest firmware, so it seems there are sensible parts of Android, mine is 5.0.
I wish I could use Ac3 with Mx player
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its 2020, updated my VLC to latest version... and VLC now is not reading any .srt file...
.mp4 .mkv are my vid extensions.. and no srt reading happened
Please does anyone know about some app that can be used to play DVDs ?
My DVD drive seems working fine (can be seen as /dev/block/sr0, can be mounted manually.. BTW I installed Remix using it, as all attempts using usb were failing). But I can't find any application to play DVD video.
I tried Kodi - which has even some settings like "play DVD automatically", but can't find how to make it start playing.
Tried also VLC (which claims support for DVD), but also can't find how to tell it to start playing.
Thanks for any hints..
try using the media player and play the file 'VIDEO_TS.IFO' , see if it works?
I tried opening the VIDEO_TS.IFO or the *.VOB files after manually mounting the dvd using several players - MX player, Kodi, Vlc, BS player, Vlc beta.
MX player does nothing. BS player seems to not work on Remix at all. Kodi looks like tries to do something, but after a moment says error that it can't play the file. Vlc beta dost not work too.
Only Vlc works - it starts playing the .VOB files. There is no DVD menu etc, but at least some progress, thanks
If you have some tips which more video players would be worth trying, please let me know.
pulled this from a forum, give it a whirl and let us know how it goes. Apparently it will allow you to play from a folder or even iso.
With the menus and stuff.
- download Daroon player from Market
- copy VIDEO_TS folder from your DVD to your SD card
- Start Daroon and click on DVD Folders icon.
It will find your VIDEO_TS folder and play it.
Link to original forum: http://www.androidtablets.net/threads/yes-we-can-play-dvds-on-our-android-tablets.27163/
I tried the Daroon player. It looks like it tries to start playing the DVD from the VIDEO_TS folder, but immediately returns back to the main menu, without saying any error. But it does the same also on some other normal .avi and other video files - it start playing some, but just returns to menu on others.