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Hi XDA community
In what format should I convert videos for the Asus Transformer Prime, for a good quality.............
I have a movie (1.25 GB avi.) -> (. 3.12 GB MP4) format.
Used program =
- Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate
- Profil Motorola Xoom / H.264 Video
- 1280x720
[Q]
- Is this normal (1.87 GB more)?
- Are there any conversion settings for the Prime (size, format, etc.)?
- Which program would you recommend?
Thank you for your help
You don't convert. The prime eat anything as long as you use a third party player like mxplayer.
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kokusho said:
You don't convert. The prime eat anything as long as you use a third party player like mxplayer.
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Yup. This is one of the things that makes me happiest about moving from my iPad to an Android tablet.
You don't need to convert anything. You can play avi, mkv, wmv with a third party app.
I heard that Dice player is good. In my phone I used Mobo player or Mxvideo player.
thanks all
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The conversion I'd like to understand is .wtv to playable on Android.
We've got quite a few computers in this household running Windows Media Center. They record OTA HD TV on a house server in .wtv (MSFT proprietary) format. But none of the players I've tried play .wtv out of box, yet.
And when the Win 8 slates appear, they WILL interoperate with .wtv and be harder to dislodge. So this would be a good time to source .wtv format files in a DLNA scheme.
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
I don't have a wmv or m4v file at hand but you could try dice player. It's my favorite so far.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial
in the specs it states that it can run wmv and m4v
TheKricket said:
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
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dude don't mess with that drm garbage. Even if it would work don't reward bad behavior (drm). My mom now hates drm because she mistakenly bought a couple movies on iTunes and now her reward for not bittorrenting it is they're now worthless to her in her tf101 (or any Android device). Just use tpb for what you need. Besides they can recommpress or remove drm in the time it takes you to poop. They're pros
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TheKricket said:
I'm having issues playing WMV or M4V from BluRay digital copies.
Is there something that will play these types of files? MX Player does not work.
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These are heavily DRMed. If you did not get a Digital Copy version that is compatible with Android then you are screwed. The WMV is a heavily DRMed Windows file, and the M4V is for iTunes. Only a few BluRays were released that had an Android version too.
Honestly, if you have a BluRay player in your PC is easier to rip it to another format. Otherwise, you have to breach the DRM and convert it to a non-DRM version.
I hate the digital copy stuff, but the Ultraviolet stuff is kinda neat. At least you can use the Flixster (Movies) app to view them streaming on Android. However, only a few use it and its still a DRM nightmare.
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dude don't mess with that drm garbage. Even if it would work don't reward bad behavior (drm). My mom now hates drm because she mistakenly bought a couple movies on iTunes and now her reward for not bittorrenting it is they're now worthless to her in her tf101 (or any Android device). Just use tpb for what you need. Besides they can recommpress or remove drm in the time it takes you to poop. They're pros
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Tell me about it! It's like I'm getting punished for "doing the right thing".
To be honest - I got the Back to the Future BR trilogy (I'm one of those huge nerdy fans) and thought: "Sweet, as a bonus - I'll get to play this back anywhere!" So I loaded up the M4V into iTunes (which works just fine with my Apple TV).
But I tried getting the movies on my tablet - where they really count (especially during travel) - and nothing.
It really is hard to "be good" when you pay for a product and then have to jump through hoops and over hurdles (wasting hours of your own time) to make use of something you OWN.
I can open up any BT client and get the full HD-BR rips in FAR less time than it'll take me to figure out how to get my rightfully purchased copies onto a media player (that I also own).
Thanks for the tips everyone!
How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
foboi1122 said:
How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
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The 4 GB limit is a FAT32 filesize limit. Only the SDCARD is FAT32 so this is should not true of the internal storage. If you download the file on your prime and store it on the internal storage it should work fine. If you need to put in on your SDCARD than you would need to split them or compress them to be under 4GB since it would be FAT32. Or you can store it some where else and stream it (if were are talking videos and on topic).
Try DVD Catalyst.
I use that to convert MY DVD's to work on my Nook Color. I have not looked if there is a preset for the Transformer Prime yet but I did copy some movies that I converted for the Nook to my TP and they look great.
Try EXTFAT
I formatted my external sdcard as extfat in Windows 7 and have a 7.50 gb blueray movie on it which plays flawlessly.
I know everyone keep giving high praise to MX Player but it has fail to HW decode all of my various MKV files. As for file size limitation, ATP can read NTFS just fine.
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How do you guys put files larger than 4GB on ur prime/SD card? Split the file?
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Prime have no problem with files larger than 4gb. Works good on the internal storage. And if you have a sdcard you format it to NTFS.
I have format my microsd to NTFS and played a 8gb mkv movie without problems
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Sweet, I wasn't sure if the transformer support NTSF since its a windows format. so what's the difference between exfat and NTSF?
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I know everyone keep giving high praise to MX Player but it has fail to HW decode all of my various MKV files. As for file size limitation, ATP can read NTFS just fine.
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I agree, mx sucks, use bs player, everything is hardware accelerated.
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I havent had any problems with MX.
It plays every MKV I throw at it, even those with heavily animated subtitles.
Full disclosure: They were all 720p, perhaps the HW v. SW decoding doesn't become seriously relevant until 1080?
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.
Hi All
I was trying to load videos on to my XS, but for some reason whatever format i try and put on it doesn't play it.
I've tried mp4, avi, mov but none have worked.
is there a specific loaction I need to put it in? a specific format? please help
Try using Mobo Player?
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Abandoned-Trolley said:
Try using Mobo Player?
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Try an alternative player. I personally use dice player. It plays most files perfectly fine.
rajmistry said:
Hi All
I was trying to load videos on to my XS, but for some reason whatever format i try and put on it doesn't play it.
I've tried mp4, avi, mov but none have worked.
is there a specific loaction I need to put it in? a specific format? please help
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I put mp4 in video folder and they play fine with stock player.
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I put mp4 in video folder and they play fine with stock player.
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I've installed mobo player.
i've just put on avatar, transformers 3 and warrior. as i dragged them across the pc started converting them. each of them looked ok in the folder. when i unplugged the phone and tried playing them they were just about 5 minutes long with just a bit of music.
i'm completely stuck and baffled...
just tried again, and again, only 4 minutes 51 secs of video played. i don't understand why. is it because i'm uploading using my pc?
why is the pc trying to convert my file format as i'm trying to transfer it? confused!!!
I play 720p mp4 flawlessly with Mvideoplayer. I wasn't promted to convert my MP4 files when I copied them from my PC to my phone, but it did come up when I did it with some AVI files. I clicked no to conversion and they play fine on my phone.
OK, so i've now tried loading another type of file, avi, to the phone. it was a 6.2GB movie. It didn't load, said it was too big!!! WTF!
this is some FAT32 issue right?
But this still doesn't solve my original problem.
I've loaded many different files, many types, different sizes.... But it seems like all the stock video player (and now MOBO Player) wants to do is play only 4 minutes 51 seconds........
but when you look at the file through astro or the pc, it shows the true length of the file.... thnk i'm missing something here, it may be basic, but please help someone. been at this all day with no luck!!
wmv
anybody knows about a player for wmv files? I tried using the Mx Video Player but it says it doesn't support it.
I don't whether you guys looking for the free or paid apps
but
I personally using rockplayer lite and it does work with almost every thing especially if you use "play with hardware acceleration" then every thinh up to 3.5 gb film is work pefectly
I got also a PowerDVD mobile (violation of the xda ...) hacked one so it work well.
so i cannnot post a apk.
Try diceplayer
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I transferred movies onto mine, six files ranging from about 700mb to 1.6gb in avi format and they play without any problems on mobo player,I also have power dvd mobile legit version and that plays them as well, the only thing I find with power dvd is it stops playing now and again and I have to press play for it to continue.
I'm on windows 7 and that asks me do I want to convert it,I don't generally but with the planet of the apes I did but it played ok just a smaller file size.
The only thing I can suggest if you haven't already done so is instead of drag and drop, try right clicking on the file and copy/paste and see if that makes a difference??
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i tried like mx video player. mobo player etc almost anything with neon codec support. it can barely play a 720p wmv properly, audio just out of sync and video is laggy. something is not right here. however i try some other resolution like 480p and it works fine.
my ex optimus 3d can even play almost all video format with hardware acceleration support.
some media players does not use hardware acceleration!! thats is way is not work fluently
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I transferred movies onto mine, six files ranging from about 700mb to 1.6gb in avi format and they play without any problems on mobo player,I also have power dvd mobile legit version and that plays them as well, the only thing I find with power dvd is it stops playing now and again and I have to press play for it to continue.
I'm on windows 7 and that asks me do I want to convert it,I don't generally but with the planet of the apes I did but it played ok just a smaller file size.
The only thing I can suggest if you haven't already done so is instead of drag and drop, try right clicking on the file and copy/paste and see if that makes a difference??
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Thanks.
This was the kind of answer I was looking for.
I've spent al most 2 days trying to figure it out.
I've used mp4 files, other formats, normal transfer and transfer using pc companion.
I will try avi files, and no to convert.
hoping this works. stay tuned...
what kind of video can the galley-app play?
I would much like to stream to my Sony TV without HDMI-cabel, same way it works with pictures
Hi,
What is the best program to play movies and subtitles for XPS?
If you try to copy videos or audio it will sometimes ask you to format the file, simply don't allow this when the window pops up.
This will be different for every computer depending on what codecs you have installed.
Also sounds like your possibly not waiting long enough for the files to copy over? Might not be showing the progress bar for what ever reason, slow pc?
Replace the miniUSB cable perhaps with another.
Try a different computer to drag and drop the files across.
There's a 2gb file size limit with the fat file system, a 720p or lower avi movie that's about 700mb is plenty quality for a screen this small, you don't need large blueray 1080p clips taking up memory for a very minor difference in quality.
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Also you can put files anywhere on the memory, player will pick up the files automatically.
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If you use a combination of bubbleupnp and dice player you can play almost all movie formats just fine. It is perfectly possible to play videos from other dlna servers as well as play videos from the phone on other dlna renderers.
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Hello
Sorry if this has been covered before. I have searched and couldn't find anything.
I have ordered the SGSIII and a 64GB Micro SD. I would like to get it loaded with content before the phone arrives next week and wondered what the best software / settings would be?
Most of the content will be 720 / 1080P and because of the size of the Micro SD I would like the best quality possible.
Do I even need to convert videos or does the SGSIII support .MKV's?
Thanks for your Help.
The phone supports most of the formats including MKVs so you don't have to convert anything.
If you want the highest quality, use a 1080 file which is something like 7-8 GB and it will play smoothly on the S3.
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It'll play MKVs fine, if you have ones with subs and so forth then Dice Player or MX Player from the Play Store may be better (I prefer Dice myself, does DTS audio and previously the Samsung player has not).
For reference, my video test shoot out for the Galaxy Note:
I use handbrake or Tools4movies, or iVi Pro.
These have presets, but if not S3 plays lots of formats, pick something else what you own, eg Apple TV, WD media player and use that format then can play on both devices
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It'll play MKVs fine, if you have ones with subs and so forth then Dice Player or MX Player from the Play Store may be better (I prefer Dice myself, does DTS audio and previously the Samsung player has not).
For reference, my video test shoot out for the Galaxy Note:
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The stock player supports subs and everything. The subs don't even need to be the same exact name as the video file, the player will give you an option to choose the subtitle file.
I think this is the first stock video player that I'll be sticking with because it's got everything..
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Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.
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Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.
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Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?
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Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.
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You need to reformat the card! Just do a quick google search and there ery easy instructons on how to do it! You will be able to load files onto it that are larger than 4GB!
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Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.
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Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?
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You need to reformat the card! Just do a quick google search and there ery easy instructons on how to do it! You will be able to load files onto it that are larger than 4GB!
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GS3 supports exFAT format out of the box, which means that it doesn't have the 4 GB file size limitation.
You might have to format your card to exFAT in the computer though.
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Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?
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GS3 supports exFAT format out of the box, which means that it doesn't have the 4 GB file size limitation.
You might have to format your card to exFAT in the computer though.
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Okay, thought exFAT also had a cap of 4Gigs. Will format it later tonight. Thanks for the heads up ;]
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Okay, thought exFAT also had a cap of 4Gigs. Will format it later tonight. Thanks for the heads up ;]
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Sony Tablet S: Can't accept exFAT or Micro SD -> SD adapter, so idk on NTFS.
Samsung Galaxy S: Can't accept either exFAT nor NTFS.
So.... Hoping ICS DOES support either of those..
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Sony Tablet S: Can't accept exFAT or Micro SD -> SD adapter, so idk on NTFS.
Samsung Galaxy S: Can't accept either exFAT nor NTFS.
So.... Hoping ICS DOES support either of those..
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ICS may or may not, but the S3 does, it's confirmed. Check the link below:
http://www.androidnz.net/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-s3-user-manual-causes.html?m=1
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g4rvd4 said:
The stock player supports subs and everything. The subs don't even need to be the same exact name as the video file, the player will give you an option to choose the subtitle file.
I think this is the first stock video player that I'll be sticking with because it's got everything..
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Unless they've dramatically improved the subtitles support the stock players subtitle support will be very average and not well suited to people who watch a lot of subtitled things.
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Unless they've dramatically improved the subtitles support the stock players subtitle support will be very average and not well suited to people who watch a lot of subtitled things.
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Yes, that could be..
But I did see a video of the stock player using subtitles and everything.. Maybe won't give the level of control some people need though.
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Thanks for all your help with this.
Looks like I don't have to bother converting and can put 1080P files over 4GB on to my Micro SD ready for the SGSIII.
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...
kornface13 said:
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!
kornface13 said:
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
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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!