Isn't the TB supposed to play avi vids? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I saw some specs and while back and remember seeing that the phone was avi-capable. I loaded an avi video on the sdcard and it won't play. Something about drm licensing comes up. What gives? There shouldn't be drm restrictions on an avi I downloaded from a torrent.
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It can play .avi. it can play any file format as long as there is an app written to decode it. Was it a pop-up that said the DRM thing it did it look like it could have been in the video itself. Sometimes the torrents screw you over and that's all that shows up when you play them
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gregdalfonso said:
It can play .avi. it can play any file format as long as there is an app written to decode it. Was it a pop-up that said the DRM thing it did it look like it could have been in the video itself. Sometimes the torrents screw you over and that's all that shows up when you play them
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thanks. it must be an app then since it plays fine on my pc
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avi is just a container. The video file inside the avi is what matters, the video format is probably not supported.

modidlee said:
I saw some specs and while back and remember seeing that the phone was avi-capable. I loaded an avi video on the sdcard and it won't play. Something about drm licensing comes up. What gives? There shouldn't be drm restrictions on an avi I downloaded from a torrent.
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You can download Rock Player Lite to play your .AVI files. It plays my videos well. Hope this helps.

mine plays .avi but the ones i played, the video/audio isn't synced, and it's not like that on the computer...gonna try yxplayer and see if it works better..

Mine played avi files just fine. No problems. You should try remux it to a mp4 using YAMB.

vplayer works great if there are subtitles... minus the ads
qqplayer does great if you dont need subs
just what I tinkered with so far
rockplayer does great until you load up a 720p file

I've been using arcMedia and it's working great
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I had this problem with my incredible cause I want to play digital copies on my phone but there is embedded drm that a computer will play but android wont at the moment... it has nothing to do with being bootleg cause I tried a legal copy and it didn't work

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OK there has got to be a player some where that will play MP4s, Movies, any help? Thanks
the built in video player plays just about every format I've thrown at it.
popypopy said:
the built in video player plays just about every format I've thrown at it.
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Im not having that luck, MP4 is not supported on my phone
Files that won't play for me seem to be more of an audio issue than video. I think it's the audio codecs that were preventing playback, still got a lot of testing to do on this front. I sometimes have a video start playing fine and after 3s a "vidoe player cannot play this file" pops up.
Don't know what you're talking about? I just converted a movie to MP4 format just the other night, and it plays just fine on my phone. You've gotta be doing something wrong?
My phone plays everything I've slapped on my sdcard... Mp4s exp... And its beautiful...
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Mpeg4 wordplay for me, but it's video only. Absolutely no audio.
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it was probably an mp4 using AAC audio instead of AC3. I discovered this when I found the built in video player wouldn't play audio on some of my MKV files that Rockplayer would.
Yeah, I've been extremely impressed with video playback. I think there is an app called rockplayer you may want to try (though the format you mentioned seems to work for most)
s15274n said:
Yeah, I've been extremely impressed with video playback. I think there is an app called rockplayer you may want to try (though the format you mentioned seems to work for most)
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Thanks for the RockPlayer recommendation...looks like that will do the trick.
movies
u can convert any movie to mp4 then rip it to the vibrants stock vid player i have 5 movies on mine that play flawlessly
dnahughes said:
u can convert any movie to mp4 then rip it to the vibrants stock vid player i have 5 movies on mine that play flawlessly
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Way to revive a thread thats been dead for 5 months.
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I use mvideo player seems to be more on sync then rockplayer in my opinion
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[Q] slow playback when trying to play. WMV file

I downloaded a short clip video from a website on to my phone. It's a .wmv file about 8 megs in size, when I try to play it back in rockplayer it playsback very slow, like it's in slow motion. Yet when I playback a video recorded by the phone playback is normal and smooth.
Anybody know why?
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Also youtube videos play normally
Anybody have an idea?!
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What media player are you using to view the file?
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Jamolah said:
I downloaded a short clip video from a website on to my phone. It's a .wmv file about 8 megs in size, when I try to play it back in rockplayer it playsback very slow, like it's in slow motion. Yet when I playback a video recorded by the phone playback is normal and smooth.
Anybody know why?
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wmv files are always a pain in the ass, they always play slower than usual if they are really using the wmv codecs, this is seems more a codec issue than a phone issue.
Have you tried other files with same extension?
hook the file to the computer and check the codec using Media Player classic from K-lite codec pack, on the properties you can see the codec used.
If on your computer the file get heavy/slower to jump from one time to other this is for sure a codec issue.
Do you get any additional lags anywhere?
Maybe the version of rock player that you are using is not the good one for your phone.
Are you using hardware acceleration? (rockplayer config)
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What media player are you using to view the file?
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He is using "rockplayer ", not sure what version though!?
trarq said:
wmv files are always a pain in the ass, they always play slower than usual if they are really using the wmv codecs, this is seems more a codec issue than a phone issue.
Have you tried other files with same extension?
hook the file to the computer and check the codec using Media Player classic from K-lite codec pack, on the properties you can see the codec used.
If on your computer the file get heavy/slower to jump from one time to other this is for sure a codec issue.
Do you get any additional lags anywhere?
Maybe the version of rock player that you are using is not the good one for your phone.
Are you using hardware acceleration? (rockplayer config)
He is using "rockplayer ", not sure what version though!?
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Yes I am using whatever the latest of rockplayer is.
No I'm not using hardware acceleration. Where do I get that?!
Gladbto know it's more a codex issue than a phone thing. Still annoying though.
So is an easy fix to use hardware acceleration? !
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You can try QQPlayer if it ends up being a codec issue, or system player will even play some wmv.
Is it a 720p video? High resolution or bitrate could be the problem too. Hd video is just impractical to use on x10 unless it's from the video camera.
Stick with sd mp4 trailers if you can find them.
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Vital player plays Wmv ok for me, had slow speed with arc media.
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Movies on phone?

how do i put movies on my thunderbolt
Mount to a computer and drag and drop
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patrickliebl said:
how do i put movies on my thunderbolt
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Drag and drop to download folder on SD card. I use moboplayer app to play movies.
vanster1 said:
Drag and drop to download folder on SD card. I use moboplayer app to play movies.
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Doesn't have to be the download folder
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I did the drag and drop thing but still will not play movies. The movies are digital copies that you get when you buy a blueray if that matters? Also I had to extract them from my Itunes library. which is the samething i did for my music and it workes fine. I am also using mobo player. it showes me the movie just can not play it
patrickliebl said:
I did the drag and drop thing but still will not play movies. The movies are digital copies that you get when you buy a blueray if that matters? Also I had to extract them from my Itunes library. which is the samething i did for my music and it workes fine. I am also using mobo player. it showes me the movie just can not play it
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You might have to convert the files or download an app that supports more file ranges because stock only supports a handful. I'm not sure if moboplayer does this, but you can try vplayer which I believe does.. personally I have all my movies as avi files and use vitalplayer
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It's the copy protection in the digital copies. I've never been able to play digital copies on any of my Android phones because of the copy protection. Try downloading a program like DVDFab and rip your movies into M4V format and they play on Mobo Player or even the stock player just fine. If you do a search you can find a post I made a few months back about what settings to use to rip them for best quality.
Thanks for all the help
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Playing videos with subs?

I'm trying to play some converted video files with srt subtitles. I converted some MKV files to MP4 and extracted the subtitles as a srt file with the same file name but no video players I've tried detect the subs. I've tried Rockplayer, Meridian, and Mvideoplayer. Any advice?
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Why not just play them as mkv? I mean I know they're bigger if you don't convert them but still it saves you the hassle of conversion. I personally use moboplayer btw.
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Because playing the MKV gives me an unsupported file message.
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Because playing the MKV gives me an unsupported file message.
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All of my anime, movies, and tv shows play fine as mkv. The 1080p and some of the 720p might not play smoothly but they play. Try a different video player from the market. Also try soft decoding on mobo it has helped on some for me.
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Media player to play all formats

I downloaded a movie from my computer to my phone, and when i go to play the movie it says " cannot play movie" I'm sure its cuz its in "Avi" format. Can anyone please recommend a new video player so that I can watch my movies on my break time I've seen some thread some were but I cannot seem to find it
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you may want to try either RockPlayer Lite or MX VideoPlayer
Get Mobo player 4rom do market.. It's free, supports avi n even mkv files..
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