I have an off-name tablet from eBay running Gingerbread and having problems getting video files to play on it. No matter what i use/encode, i get an error saying "Sorry, this video cannot be played."
What is the recommended file type/encoding settings i should be converting to for Android devices?
is it a cheap $100-150 tablet? Those have a lot of problems. The video may be to high quality. I recommend 480p vids. Either that or reset the tablet. Or it may be to cheap to play anything. Sorry, try the low quality video, does YouTube work?
Thank me if I helped!
try using a different video player like VLC.
monty11ez said:
try using a different video player like VLC.
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There's a VLC player for Android? I don't see it in the Market
use moboplayer and it will play avi files also but with some research it works on my zinglife tablet too
dlcookie said:
use moboplayer and it will play avi files also but with some research it works on my zinglife tablet too
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You're just doing a regular avi encoding, nothing special? Thanks
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You're just doing a regular avi encoding, nothing special? Thanks
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it plays all files u throw at it !
or else use xmedia reencode to convert files
I must have a ****ty tablet, cant get any filetype to play. Thanks all
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i downloaded a .mp4 video to my aria, but it said that it could not play it... i checked the android developer site for compatible formats, and i saw that this format was listed there... any ideas as to why it may not be playing?
thanks
sniper8752 said:
i downloaded a .mp4 video to my aria, but it said that it could not play it... i checked the android developer site for compatible formats, and i saw that this format was listed there... any ideas as to why it may not be playing?
thanks
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My Aria can play mp4 format videos by itself, but since you have no luck in playing it, just download and install the rockplayer. It can play many more formats than the phone alone can play.
theonew said:
Just download and install the rockplayer. It can play many more formats than the phone alone can play.
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RockPlayer is great. Another good option is QQPlayer.
with the rockplayer, i had trouble with it sychronizing the music and the video. for the qqplayer, i keep on getting a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
sniper8752 said:
with the rockplayer, i had trouble with it sychronizing the music and the video. for the qqplayer, i keep on getting a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
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Try using the VPlayer. I hope it will solve your problem.
+1 for QQ player
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weird... i found VPlayer (Free Trial) on my computer on the droid market, but not on my phone market... anyways, it says that the program is not compatible with my device. now that i think of it, i guess that is why it isn't showing up on my phone
any other suggestions? it seems like it doens't like these bigger files. i will even get codec format not supported. i try a 111mb video, and it force closes...
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weird... i found VPlayer (Free Trial) on my computer on the droid market, but not on my phone market... anyways, it says that the program is not compatible with my device. now that i think of it, i guess that is why it isn't showing up on my phone
any other suggestions? it seems like it doens't like these bigger files. i will even get codec format not supported. i try a 111mb video, and it force closes...
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What android version do you have? Do you have the official 2.2 or stock 2.1? Or did you use Cyanogen mod to update? The Aria is capable of playing mp4 videos on its own as I said in my first post.
theonew said:
What android version do you have? Do you have the official 2.2 or stock 2.1? Or did you use Cyanogen mod to update? The Aria is capable of playing mp4 videos on its own as I said in my first post.
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I can second that. I actually convert my avi files to mp4 before putting them on my phone. Its avi I had a problem with, mp4 has always worked on the aria.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.
sniper8752 said:
i downloaded a .mp4 video to my aria, but it said that it could not play it... i checked the android developer site for compatible formats, and i saw that this format was listed there... any ideas as to why it may not be playing?
thanks
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The Aria requires very specific specifications for MP4, or else it will not play.
Try using Handbrake and follow closely with these instructions.
http://www.knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-aria/aria-guides/512090/how_to_convert_videos_and_transfer_them_to_the_htc_aria.html
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The Aria requires very specific specifications for MP4, or else it will not play.
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lol, this is probably the problem...
it seems to work, just a little sluggish :/
Rockplayer tries hard to play the video, but plays it extremely sluggish, like 1 frame per second or so.
Try yxplayer it works fine ...
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I tried different players and saw that most of the players work the same way. They all play the same files and cannot play the other ones.
Except Moboplayer, which played a 900mb AVI file very well, with synchronized audio, video and subs.
So it seems Moboplayer is a good option. Although on Aria it's a >10mb phone memory hog.
+1 vplayer
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I just tried a 3gp coded full-HD 1080p video - tapped on it, it immediately opened and played like it's nothing.
So to all people who are wondering if it can handle full hd - hell yes, with great ease.
Remember though that HD videos through media player are not the same thing as HD videos in browser. Also, encode it in formats that NK likes (so it can use hardware decoding).
Woot! Woot!
EDIT: I've also tried MP4 tegra testing vids - 1920x1080 plays like a champ, full fps.
nice, was looking for a post like this. I plan on mostly buying this to watch videos in bed. Sounds like it will fit the bill.
My 720p MKV plays video fine, but no audio. I cant figure out how to get a different player on there to test. Anyone have an APK for a free video player that I can try to sideload?
shaxs said:
My 720p MKV plays video fine, but no audio. I cant figure out how to get a different player on there to test. Anyone have an APK for a free video player that I can try to sideload?
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Your NK will not let you sideload, it'll say unrecognized file.
Sideloading is still something I'm waiting for =)
DarkDvr said:
Your NK will not let you sideload, it'll say unrecognized file.
Sideloading is still something I'm waiting for =)
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Got it.... I wish I knew why my mkv was not playing audio.. I want to upgrade from the OG Nook Color so I dont have to re-encode video files for trips.
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Got it.... I wish I knew why my mkv was not playing audio.. I want to upgrade from the OG Nook Color so I dont have to re-encode video files for trips.
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You can either recode them to mp4 or wait for sideloading to be enabled...
Ok am rooted and have Android Market. Downloaded Mplayer but I have some movies that the wife wants on the NT (Harry Potter). Most are AVI format as I ripped them from DVD's. Will the NT play those with Mplayer or should I change them to Mp4's.
jpinks said:
Ok am rooted and have Android Market. Downloaded Mplayer but I have some movies that the wife wants on the NT (Harry Potter). Most are AVI format as I ripped them from DVD's. Will the NT play those with Mplayer or should I change them to Mp4's.
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They should play.
Use mx player it will play avi, xvid,divx, without issue. It supports many other formats as well.
You can either use what the above posters have suggested or change them to mp4.
Thanks guys never tried MXplayer but I will load it up.
I have couple avi video files won't play, and then some will play just fine. I wonder if it's because the resolution isn't right or not.
rvr350 said:
I have couple avi video files won't play, and then some will play just fine. I wonder if it's because the resolution isn't right or not.
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Resolution shouldn't be an issue the way the avi was encode could be. Are using the stock player because its just ok not great. Try mxplayer its pretty close to great if not great. Some mvk will studder over wifi but other than that it play anything I throw at it.
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Try mxplayer its pretty close to great if not great.
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That's sounds great. lol.
Ok still having some wierdness. Got MX Player you guys using Hardware or Software modes. I seem to be having issues with it in hardware mode. I re-ripped all the Harry Potter dvd's for the wife and some play and some dont. I ripped them all as MP4 just to be safe.
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Resolution shouldn't be an issue the way the avi was encode could be. Are using the stock player because its just ok not great. Try mxplayer its pretty close to great if not great. Some mvk will studder over wifi but other than that it play anything I throw at it.
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I have MX player installed, and i could only play about 50% of my avi. I'll probably have to look into the ones that play, and comparing to the ones that don't, and see if something stands out.
>I have MX player installed, and i could only play about 50% of my avi.
AVI is a container format that has been hacked to contain streams that it was never designed to contain. Better PC players can accommodate the hacks, but the Android ones can't.
Fix: Install MKVToolnix. Drop in the AVI, click Start Muxing. 10 secs later, you get an MKV that works.
So, I'm trying out various Android market apps on my rooted NT, trying to find a way to play .avi files. These videos easily on my Android phone: drag, drop, and play. But since the NT doesn't naively support .avi (and other common video extension) files, what can I do? Do I have to install codecs or something? Thanks.
Download MX player is the best out there, in the nook tablet works perfectly you can install the codecs for Arm7 only if it tells you to. It support many video formats including AVI by default.
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
Download MX player is the best out there, in the nook tablet works perfectly you can install the codecs for Arm7 only if it tells you to. It support many video formats including AVI by default.
~ Veronica
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Yeah, I tried that app, along with some of its codecs. No luck. If I take the time to convert files in Handbrake to .mp4, it'll work, but my old laptop takes forever.
Whenever (an it's not often) i get a file that doesn't work in MX Player.. then Mobo player usually does the job... with no extra codecs to install
teflonrico said:
Whenever (an it's not often) i get a file that doesn't work in MX Player.. then Mobo player usually does the job... with no extra codecs to install
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Yeah, I also tried Mobo, didn't work.
I wonder what's wrong? It can't be the video files, as they play just fine on my Samsung GSII.
Yeah i think you are defiantly doing something wrong..
In MX player and Mobo Player make sure you're using the SW decode for playing the movies..
Apart from that maybe you need to provide a little more info so we can help you troubleshoot. The NT definitely plays AVI and it does it quite well so maybe there's just something a little screwed up in your system..
thnaks
it worked for me
I have lots of movies in .mkv format with .srt subtitles.
Can you recommend a free Windows program that can convert these into one package that my S3 can play?
setspeed said:
I have lots of movies in .mkv format with .srt subtitles.
Can you recommend a free Windows program that can convert these into one package that my S3 can play?
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instead of converting you can try using mx video player from market, it has support for all types of subtitles
That's a good idea, and I will probably go with that - however at the moment I'm wanting to show off the features of my new phone to work colleagues, and popup play (although it's a gimmick) seems to impress! So I want to use the standard built in video player for that reason
Any suggestions? Is it even possible to combins .mkv & .srt into one file? I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to audiovisual stuff :-D
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That's a good idea, and I will probably go with that - however at the moment I'm wanting to show off the features of my new phone to work colleagues, and popup play (although it's a gimmick) seems to impress! So I want to use the standard built in video player for that reason
Any suggestions? Is it even possible to combins .mkv & .srt into one file? I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to audiovisual stuff :-D
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hmm, here you go
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
guide
bala_gamer said:
hmm, here you go
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
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I tried using that and it seemed to be doing the job ok - (using the associated program MKVExtractGUI) it allows you to select the elements of video/sound/subs you want.
However the H264 file it spat out at the end won't play properly in VLC on my computer - it's jerky, jumping up and down from about 8 frames per second to 25fps and back again, lots of artifacts, and no sound or subtitles (despite me selecting those elements to be included).
If it barely plays in VLC on my laptop I doubt it's going to play on my phone...
Any more ideas?
Have you tried using the stock video player? It plays MKVs and subtitles out the box.
I tried that, that would be ideal - but it didn't play the mkv files i gave it. I'll try a couple of others and report back...
Ok well I've just found the first chink in this phone's armour:
It's very fussy about the .mkv files it will play.
It outright refuses some. Others it will play the video but no audio. Some it will play perfectly, unless you try and activate subtitles under the settings menu, in which case it craps out, freezes, and gives me a "this video cannot be played message." Even if I do manage to get it to play subtitles along with the video and audio, it's well out of sync - like minutes out of sync....
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Ok well I've just found the first chink in this phone's armour:
It's very fussy about the .mkv files it will play.
It outright refuses some. Others it will play the video but no audio. Some it will play perfectly, unless you try and activate subtitles under the settings menu, in which case it craps out, freezes, and gives me a "this video cannot be played message." Even if I do manage to get it to play subtitles along with the video and audio, it's well out of sync - like minutes out of sync....
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Well if you do have to end up re-encoding your videos, try out Format Factory. It's free and has a ton of options.
I would suggest using MP4 and 'burning in' the subtitles. If you can't understand the the language you might as well have them a part of the video.
Thanks, I'll give that a try