I came from Winmo 6.5 and missed my dearly Coreplayer.
So found and installed Rock Player (which is called Demo Player after install?) but no matter what I do: no video whatsoever is played. I have .wmv files, .avi, .mp4: I tap the filename and rock player goes back to the dir view.
Anyone else know about this issue? Or did I miss something?
You should use Meridian. It's very nice but only plays mp4.
Xvid and wmv is not hardware supported but you can use xyflash to play them. It just lags. You will have to wait for coreplayer 2.0 for android.
Liquid211 said:
You should use Meridian. It's very nice but only plays mp4.
Xvid and wmv is not hardware supported but you can use xyflash to play them. It just lags. You will have to wait for coreplayer 2.0 for android.
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No, he doesn't. Rockplayer Beta works wonderfully with divx, xvid, mkv and the likes.
same here i cant get rockplayer to work on my legend.
As far as I know Rock Player is an old project of getting vlc to work on android. Only problem is that is isn't designed to be running on the mobile platform. It works for some but I tried every apk I could find but never got it running on my Legend.
I myself am looking forward to CorePlayer. It is going to do all that is missing in videoplayback on android.
Thats just my 2 cents.
downloaded the latest rockplayer and its now working great
http://www.freecoder.org/rockplayer/RockPlayer_0.2.8_Beta_v6_vfp.apk
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downloaded the latest rockplayer and its now working great
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Yepp, this works great! thanks!
rockplayer is freaking awesome on my N1
Works great on Desire, however the latest they have added a watermarking!
If it shows "Demo Player", then you are installing the logo hacked version of first close beta of RockPlayer. The later URL posted is the official public beta which is much more stable.
I strongly suggest you to have a look at the release announce at www . diffthink.com /forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4 , it helps to understand why some phone cannot run it.
RockPlayer first public BETA release
We are proud to announce the android video player, RockPlayer is ready for public beta, enjoy video on your favorite phone now!
Support Android OS : 1.6 - 2.2
Support Media format : avi mkv rmvb flv mp4 3gp wmv mov asf , divx xvid h264 rv40
CPU Requirement: ARMV6 、ARMV7 .device must support VFP (NOT Support: HTC G1 G2 G3 )
Download link : groups.google.com.hk/group/rockplayer/files
Official Forum : www . diffthink.com/forum/
Must uninstall the old version before install if any. And this public beta will expire at July-15-2010.
Please keep above note when you share the news.
2010-Jun-23: The google group exceed the bandwith quota, you may download the file at www . freecoder.org/rockplayer/RockPlayer_0.2.8_Beta_v6_vfp.apk
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Have you tried yxplayer? it plays even xvid avi file. Works great on my Legend.
yirong said:
Have you tried yxplayer? it plays even xvid avi file. Works great on my Legend.
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It's terribly sluggish on mine.
The latest beta for Rockplayer now supports the Legend, excellent! And the performance is superb with very little slowdown, if any.
doesn't work on my Hero (2.1) as well. It just keeps on going back to the file explorer window. Samsung Galaxy Spica has DivX support and it works like a charm.
Working great on my Evo.
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downloaded the latest rockplayer and its now working great
http://www.freecoder.org/rockplayer/RockPlayer_0.2.8_Beta_v6_vfp.apk
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WORKS!! Finally.. great player!
Yeah, the lastest version works really great. Btw, yxflash is screwed.
Keep getting Installation Failed on my 2.1 Hero (ezHero v5.0)
Works on my friends hero, same firmware, any suggestions?
NEVER MIND, think my original download was corrupt, after re-downloading and installing it worked.
GREAT APP!
Can anyone please reupload or send me a link to a working version of Rockplayer ? The link here is dead.
I have the Demoplayer version and it keeps crashing everytime I try to play a file (tried avi video, and mp3 music).
edit : I downloaded a version from the market, but it doesn't play my avi files (tried a random episode of BBT, 175MB) - it says it can't play in system mode and freezes in normal mode. This version can at least play audio, which couldn't be more useless to me.
@grandioso
Which Rom do you use? I think that if you use Azure rom, the rock player won't work. It has something to do with camera library, if they change it so that the player would work, then the camera doesn't work. So the devs decieded that most users prefers working camera. I must say it's a right decision, but maybe some one will find a solution to this problem.
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It's possible to play video on this device? How can I convert my video files to files which x8 understand?
It can take mp4 for sure : I have 2 videos in "/sdcard/video/"
You can try RockPlayer - Plays all divx videos so no need for convert the files at all the player is really great app and you can get it for free from the android market. I watch two movies both more then 2 hours long for a 50% battery so the player is great.
It looks like slideshow with software decoding, it's not works with hardware decoding.
It not play all avi formats well but works great for some if you have time to find out what format works on that phone but i Watch for example Fight Club on this and was nice and smooth also watch some Shows on it and it works great for that it`s very useful when you are at the bus or at the train and have time to kill.
When connected to the computer, download MediaGo from PC companion. It converts audio and video to x8 format, as well as adding it to the device.
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yup. just use the media go from SE. it automatic convert the media file to match the hardware decoding. its an extra work but worth doing. to save some memory.
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Cannot setup Media Go on my windows 7 x64 corporate. Fail while installing MS Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable package.
I use Avidemux GTK app on Ubuntu. Just use "auto->PSP" settings. it makes files that x8 decodes in hardware.
My favourite video playing app is arcMedia.
It is capable to handle largest video files thanks for video buffering.
But It is not working since I rooted my 2.1 with original rom.
Anybody knows why?
The problem is app2sd. arcMedia doesn't support app2sd yet.
I really wait for the update because you don't have to convert video files with it.
arcMedia plays normal xvid videos smoothly like desktop computers.
My pre-isntalled video player can't find any files, even those which i've recorded with camera. What's the problem?
What's the point of installing video player which can't find video files? for example if some1 buys x8 and don't want to use any of apps from the market, only pre-installed ones. so he can't watch any recorded videos? only getting there through camera app? it's the same with picture review.
Rockplayer v6 vfp version can play video rmvb well, of course, not as well as computer
It all depends on the encoding and the resolution of the files people.
Dont expect to be able to play a full hd avi or mp4 with a 600hz CPU!
Maybe the PSP compatible avi files you can d/l with utorrent work better.
N.
yeah,i would recommend you to convert the videos with Xmedia.(It Supports X8)
Its works everytime on my X8
I use yxplayer2, RockPlayer gives me a lot of erros playing the videos.
I can also say that vital player from market plays divx/xvid with no lag at all, for me it really is the best app of this kind.
to convert videos, try XMedia Recode or Format Factory
I use ImToo Video Ultimate Converter..
choose convert to android specification
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It's possible to play video on this device? How can I convert my video files to files which x8 understand?
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there are lots of software players that play almost everything including mov and mpeg
Hi, Ive used RockPlayer quite extensivley and it played nice (even with subtitles) up untill last week when all of a sudden the video lagged awfully. I tried all the other players (yx, qq, arc...) and each and every one of them lags.
Now, Ive updated to the latest x8 software (from the first 2.1 release) and hoped it would help, but playback is the same.
Tried to enable JiT now, but that didnt help.
Any ideas why would something like this happen seemingly out of the blue?
EDIT: I might add that this is all in software mode (even for files that work in hardware mode). Id like software mode to work however because transcoding is kind of a pita job.
EDIT2: Found the culprit. H.264 @300kbps is too much for this phone period. Both xvid and divix play nice even at 1000kbps.
Okay guys, I don't know how many of u came from an epic to photon, but for those of u that did, I'm sure u noticed the stock video player sucks. If there anyway we could add the ability to play mkv files or any other format? The video plays but there's no sound....any ideas?
sent from my photon
I've been using MX Video Player from the market lately. It seems to support a lot of formats that the stock player does not.
Hi, first time android owner so just figuring things out. I downloaded mobo player and it works great and it allows me to play different video formats. I end up downloading movies and tv shows in flv format and copy them to my phone and it wokrs great. The built in player would not allow me to play them. I believe Mobo claime to play all video formats.
Try it out and let us know. And btw...sorry but i don't know what an mkv file is. I will google it though...peaceout!
thanks for the suggestions guys, i was looking to just stick to the stock video player, but i don't think that's gonna happen, mkv is just another file type, just like avi, mp4, just another video type. I downloaded Vplayer and that works fine for all video types, I just hate having multiple apps for one thing....I guess maybe i just got used to the epic stock video player. Well anyway thanks again, in case anyone else needs a suggestion on video players, Vplayer is good, but not a freeware. If you don't mind supporting the devs who make this stuff i recommend it.
Weather Channel Codecs for Photon
I downloaded The Weather Channel app, but the videos on it won't work like all the other videos I just spent three days trying to find the right codec info for. Is there ANYTHING I can download that will make them work since converting them isn't an option?
Here's what I have:
Stock Android
System Version: 45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US
Android Version: 2.3.4
Build Number: 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6
Many thanks to anyone who can assist.
I've been trying to play MKV files off of my gtab with flashback 10.1.
I can get it to play with OnlinePlayer but it is too laggy to watch enjoyably, and I tried Mobo Video which doesn't seem to work for me after installing like 3 add ons they recommended...
Anyone else have any luck? I really want to use this as a video player device but I can't get files to work.
I'm on flashback 10 (since all 10.1 seems to do is update / replace / remove various apps) and I've been using MX Video Player to play my MKV files. works perfectly. I was specifically looking for a player that handles softsubs on MKVs and this player does that far better than I expected. So many extra little features works fine for me with 720P files. haven't tried any 1080P ones though.
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I'm on flashback 10 (since all 10.1 seems to do is update / replace / remove various apps) and I've been using MX Video Player to play my MKV files. works perfectly. I was specifically looking for a player that handles softsubs on MKVs and this player does that far better than I expected. So many extra little features works fine for me with 720P files. haven't tried any 1080P ones though.
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Ok I will try that out. Isn't the gtab with honeycomb incapable of playing HD video though?
edit: Tried out MX Video player. Very good recommendation. It is great! Thank you very much.
Thanks
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none of the movies i loaded on my hp tp work, its very frustrating. Im going on a trip soon and would like to play some movies during the flight. Everything freezes or is choppy...
I dl'ed MX video player, mobo player, and meridian...none seem to be that great.
Is it the files i dl is there a specific format i should be converting them to?
a diff app i should be using?
some codec or what not i need to dl?
any help is appreciated.
thanks.
rabican said:
none of the movies i loaded on my hp tp work, its very frustrating. Im going on a trip soon and would like to play some movies during the flight. Everything freezes or is choppy...
I dl'ed MX video player, mobo player, and meridian...none seem to be that great.
Is it the files i dl is there a specific format i should be converting them to?
a diff app i should be using?
some codec or what not i need to dl?
any help is appreciated.
thanks.
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ya... i hear you, no player with hardware decoding support i could find either, i had BS lite player (hardware support) playing perfectly smooth with my htc flyer. oh well, software for now...
I don't know about all of you, but I love VLC - it's exciting to have it on android.
That said, I downloaded VLC-20120226.apk [Cortex-A8, NEON] [Latest] and installed it on my ICS Alpha 2 Touchpad and it works great.
Just in case anyone was wondering what build to use.
Here's the beta thread in case you missed it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517415
I was also able to enable hardware acceleration in vlc player, and I didn't have any issues. I played a 720p mkv with no problems perfectly smooth.
Try it!
Yeah, saw this in the blogs.. Works good so far. Good job on posting the right apk.
Sent from my android touchpad.
So the cortex a8 one is the one for touchpads?
HP Touchpad - CM9a2
The A9 version is the right one. A8 I fine too though.
--Matt
Using A9 version now
Hi guys,
Been using VLC for a couple weeks now. Works great, with one exception I was hoping someone could give me some advice on. When I go to play mpeg's, it starts and within 10 seconds it crashes. I can play avi's all day long with no issues.
Any ideas?
apbling said:
Hi guys,
Been using VLC for a couple weeks now. Works great, with one exception I was hoping someone could give me some advice on. When I go to play mpeg's, it starts and within 10 seconds it crashes. I can play avi's all day long with no issues.
Any ideas?
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VLC is an alpha and not really even an official one as it was just user compiled from the source. So for now you are stuck either converting them to a format that works or using another software to play them.
The A8 version worked fairly well. The A9 version didn't.
VLC is looking very promising. Still not as good as Dice player though. VLC fails my 720p stress test video and Dice player passes.
Stress test video dl link:
http://db.tt/A4mizhVk
The birds is what kills VLC. Dice player plays it all flawlessly.
muyoso said:
The A8 version worked fairly well. The A9 version didn't.
VLC is looking very promising. Still not as good as Dice player though. VLC fails my 720p stress test video and Dice player passes.
Stress test video dl link:
http://db.tt/A4mizhVk
The birds is what kills VLC. Dice player plays it all flawlessly.
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Sweet, never knew about Dice Player until now. Looks like it plays a wide variety of formats and supports streaming. Will probably become my player of choice until an official VLC player is released.
I've loved VLC on both PC and iPhone (seen the light and abandoned Apple for the SG Note) but it'll take a lot for me to change from MX Player now. Its played everything I have thrown at it, regardless of codec and including full HD videos.