Hello all!
I'm facing a really weird issue here. I spent the last hour googling for it but no one really had a solution for it... here's the problem:
I record a video with my phone (running stock rom by the way). I can watch the video on the phone, it plays smoothly and everything.
So now I want to watch the video on the computer but it just doesn't work. Whenever I open the videos (WMP, VLC, etc) the video just freezes and I only hear the sound. It doesn't matter if I open up the video from the SD card, Internal Memory or if I copy it locally to my computer harddisc.
I tried playing around with the resolution settings on the phone (1920x1080, etc) but even on the lowest setting the video keeps freezing when I want to watch it on my computer.
Believe me, it's not the computer it has more than enough ressources and power to be able to play a Full HD video.
Does anyone have a solution or a workaround for this problem? It would be highly appreciated...
Greetings from Switzerland.
heafy99
Your PC needs the correct codecs to output the video files. Google for codecs.
Nyssa1104 said:
Your PC needs the correct codecs to output the video files. Google for codecs.
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Dude VLC Player is totally able to play MP4 files... it played ANY video file so far. Like I said, I really don't think it's a computer issue, I can play MP4 files on that machine... just not the ones from the phone...
Search XDA SGS2 somebody asked the exact same question . From memory the answer was the format used to record .
jje
JJEgan said:
Search XDA SGS2 somebody asked the exact same question . From memory the answer was the format used to record .
jje
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Already tried but I'll try again. Thanks!
EDIT: Just searched again but I didn't find the mentioned thread... anyone got hints?
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So I am having some issues with my atrix. I am trying to watch movies off my hdmi and video and audio are both working. The only problem is that the sound is not in sync with the video. Do i need to convert the videos files in order to correct this issue or am i doing something wrong. Sorry if this question has already been posted but i couldn't find any info on it.
its not the phone. The problem is from the way you are converting it. Try a different program and see if that helps.
dozal1984 said:
So I am having some issues with my atrix. I am trying to watch movies off my hdmi and video and audio are both working. The only problem is that the sound is not in sync with the video. Do i need to convert the videos files in order to correct this issue or am i doing something wrong. Sorry if this question has already been posted but i couldn't find any info on it.
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Have you played them on a PC to see what they look like?
What software are you using to create the videos?
What source are you using? (avi, wma, etc.)
Where is the source material coming from?
If they are out of sync on another device/computer, then it rules out the phone.
yeah I have, the play fine on my windows media player. I downloaded them via torrent and they play fine on my laptop. They are .AVI files and I already trouble shooted them all on my phone. They all seem to do the same thing. windows media player plays them just fine. My atrix plays them too but the sound doesnt go in sync with the actors voices.
I really dont think its the phone, I just think its the software in the phone that is causing it. I have tried other players on android market and they do the same thing.
I did not convert the files to mp4 or mkv files. Im thinking that this is the issue. Its just a drag to convert them since it takes so long to do the conversion.
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
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bala_gamer said:
hmm, here you go
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
guide
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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....
setspeed said:
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
I have stock everything. Sometimes videos and music stop playing after few sec and i got error: Sorry, this video cannot be played
OS: Android 4.0.3
More details. What video player? What kind of video files? What resolution, bitrate, codec? Does a reboot help? Have you tried another sd card?
sitlet said:
More details. What video player? What kind of video files? What resolution, bitrate, codec? Does a reboot help? Have you tried another sd card?
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Video player? Default (idk name)
What kind of video files? .avi, .mp3, . mp4 (even videos convertet to "android" version)
Resolution? Highest that can be played for evo 3d (i think 1280x760)
Bitrate, codec? I really dont know, ussualy clips from youtube and music (.mp3)
Does a reboot help? No
Have you tried another sd card? No, i dont have another sd card.
ps: I return all to factory setting and it seems ok now, i google it and most of ppl saying its because of adobe flash player update so i still didnt update adobe from factory settings. And to be more worse, adobe stopped updating flash player.
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Resolution? Highest that can be played for evo 3d (i think 1280x760)
Bitrate, codec? I really dont know, ussualy clips from youtube and music (.mp3)
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Nope. Our devices can play glorious 1080p.
Haki88 said:
Video player? Default (idk name)
What kind of video files? .avi, .mp3, . mp4 (even videos convertet to "android" version)
Resolution? Highest that can be played for evo 3d (i think 1280x760)
Bitrate, codec? I really dont know, ussualy clips from youtube and music (.mp3)
Does a reboot help? No
Have you tried another sd card? No, i dont have another sd card.
ps: I return all to factory setting and it seems ok now, i google it and most of ppl saying its because of adobe flash player update so i still didnt update adobe from factory settings. And to be more worse, adobe stopped updating flash player.
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It's not Adobe Flash. Flash player has nothing to do with the music player cutting out.
Usually when it cuts out, it means the file is not accessible. So, it could be an SD card issue..
Try borrowing an SD card from a buddy and see what happens. Also, don't be scared to update flash player.
oohaylima said:
Nope. Our devices can play glorious 1080p.
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Yup. Or higher.
Haki88 said:
I have stock everything. Sometimes videos and music stop playing after few sec and i got error: Sorry, this video cannot be played
OS: Android 4.0.3
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If you have problems playing videos it might be a codec problem.
Rockplayer is a pretty big app (get the ARM7 version for the Evo 3D) but it plays most videos that other players don't.
ramjet73
i will try play videos and listen music without sd card. Sometimes when i open something, it freezes for 1-2 sec i dont know why. Am really unhappy, i bought very good smarttphone and i have problems like this....
Haki88 said:
i will try play videos and listen music without sd card. Sometimes when i open something, it freezes for 1-2 sec i dont know why. Am really unhappy, i bought very good smarttphone and i have problems like this....
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Hey, it happens. That's why there's warranties.
DjDom said:
Yup. Or higher.
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What's the highest resolution you've been able to play?
Hi everyone,
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305 and running 4.1.1. I am having problem in watching AVI videos on phone. S3 plays some AVI videos and some don’t play and for some just play audio but not video. I have tried YXPlayer2, VPlayer video player, MX Player, MOBO Video Player and few more but its same.
Now I know what u r thinking. Change the video format to play on your phone. Yes I have used Total video converter and Bigasoft total video coverter on my laptop to change video format to play on S3 but the AVI file that phone does not play, it will never play whatever file format I change like mp4 or somefing.
Looks like this is another drawback of Android.
Any suggestion or help please?
Your files may be faulty as SGS3 play many video formats .
jje
JJEgan said:
Your files may be faulty as SGS3 play many video formats .
jje
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Ok. I have even changed the AVI files into mp4 format and iphone does play them. If they are corrupt files then iphone would not play them.
Finally I have found the solution to play all AVI files in Samsung Galaxy S3 phone. I am posting here so it might help others too.
If you copy the AVI files direct into yr phone or memory card then phone will not play, no matter whatever video player you use.
Solution:
Install Samsung Kies and connect yr phone. Make sure you install My FREE CODEC too when it ask to install.
click your phone in Left menu in Kies and you will see full info in main window.
Click Import/Export tab on top.
In main window u will see two options (Import from PC) and (Export to PC)
Click on Import from PC and select Video and select import files or folder.
After successfuly import click video in left menu and play the video in kies.
When you play video in kies, it add the codec and you will be able to play video in S3 too.
I hope this info will help those who might get problem in playing any video in s3.
I did not have this issue before. I recorded many videos with my z5 compact, the phone was not able to play the videos that I recorded but I can hear the sound. I decided to wipe the phone, before that I copied videos to my pc and even the pc is not able to play them! I have to find a way to recover those videos please help me. I have searched every site on the internet, it is as if no one has encountered that before. What must I do?
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I did not have this issue before. I recorded many videos with my z5 compact, the phone was not able to play the videos that I recorded but I can hear the sound. I decided to wipe the phone, before that I copied videos to my pc and even the pc is not able to play them! I have to find a way to recover those videos please help me. I have searched every site on the internet, it is as if no one has encountered that before. What must I do?
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They are likely corrupted. Try playing them with VLC and MPC-HC.
QWERTYsystems said:
They are likely corrupted. Try playing them with VLC and MPC-HC.
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It did not work, I realised that it happened because of the greyleshy's kernel. I need those videos