Hello all i purchased my gtab new a week ago and have had plenty of time to play and mode it is running 2.3.3 and vegan 7.0.0 build is GRI40 after reviewing it before purchase and appreciaing the hardware for the money made the purchase and i am in love .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..EXCEPT ONE ISSUE it will not play video clips that i am used to playing on anything even my chineses herotab would play just about anything i threw at it is there anything i can do as this will be a deal breaker for me and it will be retruned pls any input or advice is appreciated
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Hello all i purchased my gtab new a week ago and have had plenty of time to play and mode it is running 2.3.3 and vegan 7.0.0 build is GRI40 after reviewing it before purchase and appreciaing the hardware for the money made the purchase and i am in love .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..EXCEPT ONE ISSUE it will not play video clips that i am used to playing on anything even my chineses herotab would play just about anything i threw at it is there anything i can do as this will be a deal breaker for me and it will be retruned pls any input or advice is appreciated
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What video player are you using? I've found moboplayer to work really well and play most types of video files. If that doesn't work try Rock Player or one of the many other video players available for Android. The stock video player isn't all that great and won't play a lot of video files that other players will.
NVidea has never released video drivers for gingerbread, so videos will not play 100% correctly in any gingerbread Rom.
If you back down to a 2.2 Froyo rom, then just about any video clip you want to play will work.
I've found that RockPlayer can handle just about anything. But I prefer MoboPlayer because it's free. In MoboPlayer, be sure to long press on your video and select "Soft decoding" if the video will not play. Many videos on a gingerbread ROM will require soft decoding. Also you won't be able to playback HD video on most gingerbread ROMs.
yep is because you are running 2.3.3 (gingerbread) you need to go back to 2.2 (froyo) for videos to play properly, because of hardware acceleration.
+1 for RockPlayer Lite
I use Rockplayer Lite daily. It's free (as in beer), and it works on everything I've thrown at it. Actually, I'm using it right now to play .flv videos.
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HI
I'm running cm7, lovin it, but I have a question:
are we ever going to see the video codecs from stock 2.2? I can barely play any movies on this rom...Tried the gallery video player plus a whoooole range of others and still nothing.....any fix for this?
Ive tried rockplayer, vplayer, qplayer, mvideoplayer......almost all on the market...lol
just this one thing is enough to make me go back to 2.2
its an amazing rom...a bit unfortunate that it doesnt have this support for a wide variety of video formats.
I have an issue that after searching the forums, could not find anyone reporting this issue.
I am trying to use MediaFly application that provides access to Video Podcasts. One of the Podcasts I wanted to view is "NBC Nightly News" this is a HD video podcast that is in .m4v format and when it tries to play I get Video tearing (Reminds me of old TV with bad Horz adjustment). I then used the Download option to get a LOCAL copy of the Podcast file and tried playing it with RockPlayer. When asked by RockPlayer if I wanted to use HARDWARE or SOFTWARE decoding, I selected hardware and it started to play and has the exact same video tearing. I then went back and tried Software Decoding and it plays fine (No tearing). I have tried a number of methods to resolve this and searched my brains out trying to get Rock Player as the Default video player (No luck). In some applications it asks me what player I want to use (File Manager) and if I choose Rock Player, It will play fine but for others I still get tearing.
I have tried both versions of Mediafly with no luck.
I am running Vegan-Tab GingerEdition 7.0.0
Any help is appreciated..
brookfield said:
I have an issue that after searching the forums, could not find anyone reporting this issue.
I am trying to use MediaFly application that provides access to Video Podcasts. One of the Podcasts I wanted to view is "NBC Nightly News" this is a HD video podcast that is in .m4v format and when it tries to play I get Video tearing (Reminds me of old TV with bad Horz adjustment). I then used the Download option to get a LOCAL copy of the Podcast file and tried playing it with RockPlayer. When asked by RockPlayer if I wanted to use HARDWARE or SOFTWARE decoding, I selected hardware and it started to play and has the exact same video tearing. I then went back and tried Software Decoding and it plays fine (No tearing). I have tried a number of methods to resolve this and searched my brains out trying to get Rock Player as the Default video player (No luck). In some applications it asks me what player I want to use (File Manager) and if I choose Rock Player, It will play fine but for others I still get tearing.
I have tried both versions of Mediafly with no luck.
I am running Vegan-Tab GingerEdition 7.0.0
Any help is appreciated..
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It's a wonder you got it to play at all with HW acceleration, as that is broken in VeganGinger.
MediaFly must use its own built-in player, if so you have no control over it. Your best bet is local download, or wait for better drivers supporting HW decoding, or switch to a Froyo based Rom which fully supports HW decoding.
That is what I was afraid of. I was hoping there was a way to disable Hardware Deconding so that whatever Player an App uses to play video, it would just use software decoding (At least Until newer drivers are available).
it isnt just veganginger, any rom based on GB does not support hardware video, you need a froyo based rom for hardware video.
at least thats what i have been reading here on the forums.
pretty sure rockplayer has a setting that you can tell it software only.
Dave
Yes, Rockplayer does support Software deconding and it works great! The problem is I have no way to tell some apps (MediaFly) to use ROCK PLAYER as the video stream renderer and even when I can specify Rock player, I sometimes defaults to Hardware decode.
My uderstanding is the the App "Galary" is the default player and it does not appear to ahve a way to setup for no hardware decode.
I really like Vegan-Tab GingerEditon and do not want to go back to Froyo and thiis issue is not enought of a problem to consider reverting.
brookfield said:
Yes, Rockplayer does support Software deconding and it works great! The problem is I have no way to tell some apps (MediaFly) to use ROCK PLAYER as the video stream renderer and even when I can specify Rock player, I sometimes defaults to Hardware decode.
My uderstanding is the the App "Galary" is the default player and it does not appear to ahve a way to setup for no hardware decode.
I really like Vegan-Tab GingerEditon and do not want to go back to Froyo and thiis issue is not enought of a problem to consider reverting.
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I think Vital Player defaults to Software decoding, you might want to try that player. I have both Rock and Vital on my gtab. I switch from time to time based on performance on a certain video file.
Also, do you have a custom kernel installed on your gtab? I thought pershoots kernel had some form of hardware decoding. You might want to give that a shot too.
xmr405o said:
I think Vital Player defaults to Software decoding, you might want to try that player. I have both Rock and Vital on my gtab. I switch from time to time based on performance on a certain video file.
Also, do you have a custom kernel installed on your gtab? I thought pershoots kernel had some form of hardware decoding. You might want to give that a shot too.
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I download the Vital player and it works, but so did Rock Player. Has anyone used Pershoots Kernel with Vegan-Tab GingerEdition. I tried last week, and the WiFi stopped working and I had to re-install GingerEdition.
I know I should just shut up and wait for updated kernel Hardware drivers, but I like having a challenge to keep me busy.
Again thanks everyone for their input and suggestions.
Well, I just could not deal with the limited video rendering. I switched back to Vegan Tab 5.1 Really miss the VTLauncher
Thanks everyone for you support
Look for the link in apps or just buy it in the market and support GoJimi. I run it on my Droid 1
brookfield said:
Well, I just could not deal with the limited video rendering. I switched back to Vegan Tab 5.1 Really miss the VTLauncher
Thanks everyone for you support
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Indeed - you can install VTL Launcher 1.6.2 on anything. It is the best launcher for tablets
Suggest you buy it or at least dump off a donation on his site...
im having problems locating any video player that will play a movie i have on my tablet, its mp4, the thing is im running starburst uekmb rom and i know i was able to pkay this movie with the stock rom... I dont want to go back to stock just to play a simple video... But any and all video players in the market just refuse to play it just like the galery and built in video player, others are out of sync with the sound, and the ones that arent out of sync play te video in spurts, so the screen looks like its glitching out.
So is there a way to fix this, a video player that will work with my device or some sort of codec thing like in windows to make the built in player play almost anything?
Get diceplayer from the market.
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i prefer moboplayer, but it still can't play all the videos, i use a video tool introduced by Foxreal to deal with videos that can't be supported, the result is just what i expect
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.
Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
bumping thread.
or maybe others can suggest a player that is like MX that uses hardware acceleration to play clips.
Mobo Player does not and I can't find any other player out there that uses HW accel for playback.
Thanks
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Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
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Although I haven't watched any anime since I flashed ICS, my mx player has had no issues with any movies I've played. I'll download an anime movie and let you know.
Have you tried clearing the data/cache or even reinstalling?
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Coffinfeeder said:
Although I haven't watched any anime since I flashed ICS, my mx player has had no issues with any movies I've played. I'll download an anime movie and let you know.
Have you tried clearing the data/cache or even reinstalling?
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Thanks. That would be awesome. I'm actually looking for a 1080p mkv movie video (even trailers will do) so I could just test it without subs. Surprisingly I can't find one .. lol.
If you are going to download, try mkv animes + embedded subs. I did other test with some other animes and noticed that not are all the same. Although all of anime have audio/video/subs sync issues but some of them only has .5 seconds lag. Some 2 seconds, extremes are 4 seconds. I would assume that whatever is causing this, is how the anime was encoded but when I play it with Gingerbread, not a single sync issue happens. So its either the ICS leak or MX Player.
Thanks again. Looking forward for your test results
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Thanks. That would be awesome. I'm actually looking for a 1080p mkv movie video (even trailers will do) so I could just test it without subs. Surprisingly I can't find one .. lol.
If you are going to download, try mkv animes + embedded subs. I did other test with some other animes and noticed that not are all the same. Although all of anime have audio/video/subs sync issues but some of them only has .5 seconds lag. Some 2 seconds, extremes are 4 seconds. I would assume that whatever is causing this, is how the anime was encoded but when I play it with Gingerbread, not a single sync issue happens. So its either the ICS leak or MX Player.
Thanks again. Looking forward for your test results
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Just downloaded ninja scroll episodes to test. The files are mkv with English subs. Everything seemed to be in perfect sync, but hard to tell on a subtitled video.
Just so you know, these are 65mb files so they're not of the highest quality but everything runs fine in terms of audio sync.
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Thanks for the test. Yup, I failed to mention that if its 480p .. its fine. Whenever you raise the bar to 720p or 1080p videos then its a different story.
I still have few hours to test. Thanks for spending time and testing it
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Thanks for the test. Yup, I failed to mention that if its 480p .. its fine. Whenever you raise the bar to 720p or 1080p videos then its a different story.
I still have few hours to test. Thanks for spending time and testing it
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I'll download a 720p hd anime movie and report back a little later. It is easter after all
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Ok so I downloaded ghost in the shell 2.0 and it's 720p mkv format. The mx player would not use hardware encoding to play it, but it played via "sw encoding (fast)".
I loaded up the subtitles and let it run. I skipped several places every 20 minutes or so to test. It played with no issues, audio and video were in sync with the subtitles.
You may want to try software encoding (fast) on your mkv files, maybe that'll work for you as well. You can adjust the encoder in the settings.
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Ok so I downloaded ghost in the shell 2.0 and it's 720p mkv format. The mx player would not use hardware encoding to play it, but it played via "sw encoding (fast)".
I loaded up the subtitles and let it run. I skipped several places every 20 minutes or so to test. It played with no issues, audio and video were in sync with the subtitles.
You may want to try software encoding (fast) on your mkv files, maybe that'll work for you as well. You can adjust the encoder in the settings.
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Ok I will try to do it. Maybe tomorrow since I already flashed back to GB. I only used software decode (not the fast one). But its weird that you don't have HW playback. hmmm. All my videos played in HW acceleration fine, of course except the audio/video sync.
Hmm ..
I actually found something interesting. MX player has issues with some subtitles with our leak ICS.
I tried Dice Player which also uses HW acceleration and I don't have any issue with the same video.
I also tried other ICS video players that use HW and there are no issues.
So, i think its just MX player.
keplenk said:
Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
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I have a Captivate and use MX Player to watch Game of Thrones. 720p with H/W Acceleration...click on the music note next to the H/W tanlb and you should find more audio options. Try some of those.
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