After spending all day with about 10 iphone owners(and bragging about the S2's greatness), I nearly captured a hilarious moment last night, in 1080p glory...untill I tried to find the video in my gallery and play it.
I clicked the video and got an error of "unsupported file type". It recorded as a 3GPP file, but not a clue as to why a brand new phone wont play videos it recored seconds earlier. I tried recording a few more and switching the decoder options.. "Sorry this video cannot be played.".
Anyone seen this and wanted to save me from buying an iphone out of frustration?
Not sure. Mine is rooted as well and records in 3gpp. Recorded about 5min straight yesterday and the whole thing plays back great on my phone, computer, and youtube. Try putting the video on your computer. If it doesn't play there as well it may have gotten corrupted during saving it. Weird things can happen.
A good test would be to take another video and see if it plays. For your sake I hope it does.
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swapped out my sd card and now its working...guess the file structure is messed up on my old SD.
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After spending all day with about 10 iphone owners(and bragging about the S2's greatness), I nearly captured a hilarious moment last night, in 1080p glory...untill I tried to find the video in my gallery and play it.
I clicked the video and got an error of "unsupported file type". It recorded as a 3GPP file, but not a clue as to why a brand new phone wont play videos it recored seconds earlier. I tried recording a few more and switching the decoder options.. "Sorry this video cannot be played.".
Anyone seen this and wanted to save me from buying an iphone out of frustration?
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Are you saving it to your external memory card? Perhaps the card is corrupted or failing? If you are saving it to external memory, try a different card or (at least temporarily) save the video to the internal memory card and see how that goes.
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A few questions....
If I'm copying video files from my computer to my Hero
1) What video file formats are recognised on the Hero?
2) Of these, which are the best to use?
3) If I have my SD card mounted on the computer - where is the best place to store them too?
cheers,
the Hero plays only .mp4 and .3gp at this time. And you have to use the h264 codec.
Video playback isnt smooth at this time, but this will be fixed for sure with the next update.
Just make a directory on the SD-card and put the videos in. If you use the app "Video Player" it will recognize the files itsef
On what are you basing your assumption that video playback will be fixed for sure in the next update?
my statement was maybe a bit too enthusiastic regarding the upcomming HTC update.... I should have written:
Video playback isnt smooth at this time, but this will hopefully be fixed with the next update.
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After I have seen the video of the Asia HTC Hero playing a video, I thought the fix will be comming for sure with the next update...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK8c9Bs581I
Well I'm keeping my fingers crossed for sure, because that's one of the big things for me, that are working really poorly at this time.
I don't watch a lot of video, but it would sure be nice to have the whole Fawlty Towers series, a couple of family guy episodes, etc. on there to watch when I find myself bored...
Wow, what a couple of weeks of learning about android OS. I've got my X2 tweaked, but continue to have one major problem: Video playback.
I am wondering if I have had problems because of my file transfer process? I am using window 7, 64 bit tethered to x2 in order to write files to the 32g sdcard-ext which I added to my phone. I keep getting playback error on mp4 files. I have now installed vlc player app because vlc player decodes EVERYTHING on my laptop, but i continue to get the same error.
Interesting, I loaded the winamp app and plugged my phone into the laptop. Winamp noticed the droid from my laptop. I then transferred dozens of mp3 files, even converting some FLAC which took longer but still transferred with no problem playing back when the device is disconnected (USB). When I look around with root explorer, I see that these files have been dropped onto the internal memory of the x2, not the mounted 32g sd-card (sdcard-ext). Using Windows 7 with x2 tethered I dropped an mp3 audiobook onto the sdcard-ext, folder Music and was unable to find the file when the x2 is disconnected.
My question: Am I having problems because of the way in which I am writing the files to the sdcard-ext ? If so, what process do I need to follow in order to properly transfer mp3, mp4, vlk, avi to the mounted sd card for playback through winamp (audio) and vlc (video)? Thanks in advance to all who reply.
Try rockplayer from the market, its free but has a red watermark that disappears after a short while. It plays everything I have thrown at it so far on my DROID Incredible.
Rockplayer Lite
Thanks for the advice. I d/led rockplayer lite and was successful in viewing an mp4 written to my 32g sd card, again transfered with the phone tethered USB using Windows 7. The video playback is a bit choppy...kinda suprising considering the dual core.
In regards to other file formats, getting error:
"Can't open mnt/sd-card-ext/Movies/x.avi to play"
and
"Can't open mnt/sd-card-ext/Movies/x.mkv to play"
I'm starting to believe I have some sort of problem with the SD card mount? That would cause slowed performance, wouldn't it? It is a Kingston 32g microSD. Any known performance issues with the card? Any idea on my issues with avi and mkv?
Personally I think the sd card being the issue is barking up the wrong tree. Different SD cards have different classes which it was a while ago but I was told they mean different speeds. But even a slower one shouldn't cause an issue.
I play MKV files on my rockplayer, so I know that one works, and avi is common enough that it should too. Possible issues might be if the video quality is too high you might just not have the RAM, but I don't know how it crashes when that is the case or what happens. But keep in mind the X2 isn't a heavy hitter in that department.
One option you can try is switching between Hardware Decoding mode settings (in the top layer of menu structure). I had issues with my mkv files where it would crash sometimes, so I would flip that setting and most of the time it would solve that particular instance (ran into one case out of six 22 minute shows where neither worked). But I was generally IN the video first before that happened.
You can also try and contact RockPlayer (or better see if they have an FAQ first) and see what solutions that brings.
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Thank you all for your help. Okay, I have rockplayer lite working somewhat on mp4, but I have a horrible lag in audio...like 9 seconds and the video is still jerky. No love on the mkv and avi as of yet. Still working it. As far as the lag issue, I opened up advance task killer to kill almost all operations before playing back...still a horrible audio lag and jerky video.
I appreciate the feedback on the SD card as I was kinda just firing into the dark, but I saw a program SD BOOSTER which claims to speed transfer rates...it also has a warning that it could glitch my SD card, so I am leary. What do you mean that the X2's strong point isn't video process?
Try MoboPlayer.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&hl=en
Well, after pulling out half my hair, I took a zoom out approach. Wrote video and audio to another 8gig microSD card I have. BAM . rock player and mixster ripping through avi and mp4 video. Winamp seems to be finding all mp3 but no FLAC support on winamp app as of yet. Now I have to chase down the guy who sold me this 32gig Kingston.
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I'm trying to watch an SD version of BSG Season 2.. Plays fine on my iPad 2, and on my computer, so I know the audio is in sync in the file.
I originally had the files on my class 4 micro sd card, so I moved them over to internal memory thinking the card was too slow.. I'm still having this issue.
I've tried, a few players.. MX Video, Dice w/ tegra 2 plugin, and VPlayer..
Any suggestions on how to improve playback and audio sync? This is killing me man.. Cylons are all over the place I gotta know what's gonna happen!!!
I tried 'Force GPU Rendering' or whatever the option was in Developer Options, and that improved things a bit, but it's still off.. Is it just the mp4 format maybe? I can't imagine this thing can play HD if it's choking like this on an SD mp4 video file..
n/m, BS Player seems to have resolved the issue, even if I uncheck 'Force GPU rendering'.
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I tried 'Force GPU Rendering' or whatever the option was in Developer Options, and that improved things a bit, but it's still off.. Is it just the mp4 format maybe? I can't imagine this thing can play HD if it's choking like this on an SD mp4 video file..
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Must be something odd with the encoding. I know you got it to work in bs player but should have worked in all. And I can assure you it plays hd just fine. I have a 1080p mkv of a 2 hour movie that is 11gb and it play flawlessly.
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Must be something odd with the encoding. I know you got it to work in bs player but should have worked in all. And I can assure you it plays hd just fine. I have a 1080p mkv of a 2 hour movie that is 11gb and it play flawlessly.
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Thanks for the feedback.. I converted it to mp4 from.. I forget what the source was, but I used handbreak, and the iPad setting (converted it before I bought the prime).. is DVDCatalyst the encoder of choice for the prime?
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Thanks for the feedback.. I converted it to mp4 from.. I forget what the source was, but I used handbreak, and the iPad setting (converted it before I bought the prime).. is DVDCatalyst the encoder of choice for the prime?
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Can't really answer that question as I haven't done much encoding for the prime or in general in a long time. I just throw on the file as it comes. I may start doing so to get them smaller when I strart filling up my space.
What do you all use for a video player? Anyone know one that can play .mkv files? I'd love to be able to yank a TV show from my NAS and watch it on the subway or something without having to convert or re-download in a different format. Most of my shows are x264 if that helps...
I played around alot with my Evo3D and never could get playback to stop stuttering (can't remember which video player), but I figured this more powerful phone might be able to...
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What do you all use for a video player? Anyone know one that can play .mkv files? I'd love to be able to yank a TV show from my NAS and watch it on the subway or something without having to convert or re-download in a different format. Most of my shows are x264 if that helps...
I played around alot with my Evo3D and never could get playback to stop stuttering (can't remember which video player), but I figured this more powerful phone might be able to...
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Try DicePlayer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial
It worked great for me on my EVO3D, haven't tried it yet on the LTE but it was the best by far for the 3D that I found.
Just downloaded it. Now I'm moving over some content and will try it out soon as I leave work. THANKS!
I'll update with the results later on.
EDIT: OUTSTANDING playback with DicePlayer. 2.2GB episode of Breaking Bad. Thanks so much!
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Just downloaded it. Now I'm moving over some content and will try it out soon as I leave work. THANKS!
I'll update with the results later on.
EDIT: OUTSTANDING playback with DicePlayer. 2.2GB episode of Breaking Bad. Thanks so much!
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Just curious, were you running your files off internal storage or an sdcard? I tried it off my SD card and actually had stuttering just now. I may just need to reformat and recopy it over.
Internal. Don't have an SD card yet...
Your question gets me to thinking though....it took like 45 minutes to transfer that 2.2Gb file over wireless. Should write speed be slow slow for internal storage?
Shouldn't be that slow but I would venture as to actually pulling out the micro sd card and using a card reader. That's what I always do much faster.
Edit sorry didn't see you had a sd card yet. Wireless itself is somewhat slow but this is flash memory should be fast.
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Dice was only one that handled MKV audio for me. Stock player and mx both play 1080p mkv no issue, but without ac3 audio.
I have a 32gb class 10 msd card. Hdmi out worked fine as well with all players barring audio issues with all but dice
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Interesting. I'm getting choppy playback on multiple types of .avi files. Anyone else experiencing any issues with DicePlayer? I've tried playing from the sdcard and internal phone storage. It starts stuttering immediately and continues throughout.
Ive been using MX Player with the Decoder setting at "S/W decoder (fast mode)" Works great with subtitles too.
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Shouldn't be that slow but I would venture as to actually pulling out the micro sd card and using a card reader. That's what I always do much faster.
Edit sorry didn't see you had a sd card yet. Wireless itself is somewhat slow but this is flash memory should be fast.
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I thought the flash storage would be pretty fast as well....I guess they use the cheap stuff...kinda like a cheap USB stick...it's nowhere near as fast as a high quality SSD...
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Dice was only one that handled MKV audio for me. Stock player and mx both play 1080p mkv no issue, but without ac3 audio.
I have a 32gb class 10 msd card. Hdmi out worked fine as well with all players barring audio issues with all but dice
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I could have swore I tried mx player and the stock player on my Evo3D, and neither would recognize .mkv files... If I ever have a problem with Dice, I'll check this out.
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Interesting. I'm getting choppy playback on multiple types of .avi files. Anyone else experiencing any issues with DicePlayer? I've tried playing from the sdcard and internal phone storage. It starts stuttering immediately and continues throughout.
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All this talk of stuttering makes me not even want an SD card...
Mobo player plays everything I've thrownat it...its in the play store
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Bralgar said:
Mobo player plays everything I've thrownat it...its in the play store
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
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It is?? Link? I can't find anything called mono player.
yeah it was supposed to be MOBO player but my phones auto-correct, auto failed...i did do an edit immediately though once i noticed it lol
haha. whoops. i'll check that one out as well. danke schon!
First time here and I'm in sort of despair!
I recently purchased a 32GB (class 10) memory card for my Samsung Galaxy S2. All went fine, the card was recognized, I could write and read from it, both, on the computer and the phone so I set it as the default storage for my camera.
The problems start here.
Last week, after shooting some videos, I wanted to check them at home but realized that the videos and some of the photos are not shown, the videos cannot be played by the phone or dropbox player or VLC on computer, jpg's are corrupted too.
I tried formatting the card, but the problem still persists. I'm pretty stumped right now and don't have any ideas on how to fix this.
Any help appreciated, thanks!
I asked this on android.stackexchange.com but only received one answer so I'd like to make sure