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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
I thought ICS was suppose to support MKV by default. I am able to play video but get no sound.
Dice player works fine as it did on 3.2 but was expecting the built in player to work.
Can anyone confirm?
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I think it is a software issue.
Prior to ICS, and I couldn't play a mkv file.. Now I get video but no sound just like you. A step in the right direction. Hopefully will be fixed with an update.
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You can use MX video player and chose an alternate music stream and that plays the sound. You can choose the alternate stream from the music icon at the top when you are playing the Video file.
Hope that helps.
Give QQplayer from the market a try.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tencent.research.drop
Try BSPlayer Lite from the market for your mkv files. It's free and seems to work well.
I also got no sound from my TFP with ICS with other players.
You don't get sound because the Prime doesn't support the audio codec of whatever video you are trying to play.
i use v player. Always works smoothly with mkv. And if its one of those movies that doesn't like to play right, it will work on mobo player. Mobo player is choppy on mkv for me so I use it as back up
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ogar1978 said:
I thought ICS was suppose to support MKV by default. I am able to play video but get no sound.
Dice player works fine as it did on 3.2 but was expecting the built in player to work.
Can anyone confirm?
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It can support native MKV decoding but you need to take a look at the audio codec as the stock player probably does not support it.
Why would you want to use it anyways? Dice is amazing
I use Mobo Player for all my android devices.
I use Dice and this works smooth as well..
This is so frustrating. I installed every player imaginable and the only one that plays the mkv perfectly is Dice. The sound with the Dice Player is horrible and unlistenable though. All the other players play the sound perfectly, but the video is choppy on all of them. The mkv is a 1080p if that matters. I'm ready to blow a gasket over here !
lennie paz said:
This is so frustrating. I installed every player imaginable and the only one that plays the mkv perfectly is Dice. The sound with the Dice Player is horrible and unlistenable though. All the other players play the sound perfectly, but the video is choppy on all of them. The mkv is a 1080p if that matters. I'm ready to blow a gasket over here !
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you sure that its Dice? since i have no issue with it at all, sound is great and quality of the movie outstanding.
to bad i can't get the paid version since this is one of the rare apps i would def. buy.
Hawkysoft said:
you sure that its Dice? since i have no issue with it at all, sound is great and quality of the movie outstanding.
to bad i can't get the paid version since this is one of the rare apps i would def. buy.
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100% sure it's Dice. Did you try a 1080p mkv with Dice?
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100% sure it's Dice. Did you try a 1080p mkv with Dice?
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hmm 720p so far, just checked it, will give u feedback when i checked a 1080p ^^
also thought it wouldn't accept the size of an 1080p full movie because of the fat?
Hawkysoft said:
hmm 720p so far, just checked it, will give u feedback when i checked a 1080p ^^
also thought it wouldn't accept the size of an 1080p full movie because of the fat?
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That's why I formatted the card to NTFS.
Try MX Video Player. It play MKV from my USB HD too...
downloaded full movie 1080p 9gb, audio perfect same as 720p, which should be the same as well i think?
but still i did format it to ntfs pushed it over played it with dice, no issue at all
sorry mate can't help u further
Any video players with tegra 3 support?
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BIG EARS!!
Bsplayer in hw(Bsplayer engine), mode works great.
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I have found, at least with my media collection, that Diceplayer works better across all types of codec configurations.
I normally use BsPlayer, since it has built in samba client and therefore no need to use ex file explorer to start dice player. If BsPlayer does not cut it, then I switch to Diceplayer.
Mx video player does not currently decode all formats i hardware on the prime, so wait a little while with that.
I am finding the default video player after the ICS update to be quite capable. Haven't had to download any codecs, or anything.
tedr108 said:
I am finding the default video player after the ICS update to be quite capable. Haven't had to download any codecs, or anything.
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Yes, I also have been impressed by the built in player but it has had problems with playing audio on many of my files.
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I don't believe there are any of yet. I currently use Dice Player which has played 99% of my videos on HW. For the other 1%, MX Player seems to have the fastest SW decoder. I know Dice has a Tegra 2 plugin (tried it on my Prime to no avail). I wouldn't be surprised if we see Tegra 3 optimized decoding before long. I can't imagine it would be too difficult to do, but since Tegra 3 is so new, there just haven't been any attempts yet.
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Yes, I also have been impressed by the built in player but it has had problems with playing audio on many of my files.
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I agree. The video playback is much better but do not have sound on many MKV 720p high profile. DICE Player is the best for me so far with BS Player second.
tedr108 said:
I am finding the default video player after the ICS update to be quite capable. Haven't had to download any codecs, or anything.
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I find that the default ICS player is bugged out. Instead of a menu for play,pause and stuff it just shows colored squares (looks like my screen is melting form the inside out) and is obviously bugged out, it doesn't play half the stuff dice player does.
mx player has been treating me the best since I can select hardware or software for the video and the audio separately, allowing me to play 1080p videos and for those that the audio isn't working I can select software decoding of audio. Also MX player is so far the only player that has been handling multiple audio tracks and multiple subtitle tracks well.
@all
OK, sorry, I stand corrected. Just tried out an .mkv on the built-in player which gave no sound at all! Ugghh...
i no this is a bit random
does any one how i can open the default layer app without going through gallery, because am having problem finding my video files through the numerous files on the gallery, thanks
Use the videos app and select the option for personal videos on the top left tab
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No players are perfect, I keep four players and usually one of them will work.
I thought there wouldn't be a problem playing any video with this device. Disappointed it's such a pain in the ass.
wifesabitch said:
No players are perfect, I keep four players and usually one of them will work.
I thought there wouldn't be a problem playing any video with this device. Disappointed it's such a pain in the ass.
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Same thong here. These are like browsers. You have to keep an arsenal of them just in case one isn't cutting it. I have MX player, dice player, n mobo player
dee32181 said:
Use the videos app and select the option for personal videos on the top left tab
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in the applist their is no video app, i can only open video app by clicking on a video in gallery, and while using it this way he video app dont appear in recent app???
wifesabitch said:
I thought there wouldn't be a problem playing any video with this device. Disappointed it's such a pain in the ass.
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Which videos are not playing with Dice or BSPlayer?
sontin said:
Which videos are not playing with Dice or BSPlayer?
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Everything is playing, but not everything is playing well. I still get some lag and audio problems with 1080p mkvs.
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Everything is playing, but not everything is playing well. I still get some lag and audio problems with 1080p mkvs.
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Can you upload a sample? I have different kind of mkvs and i have no problem.
There are a few encoding settings with make problems (like 10bit) but overall i didn't found many h.264 mkv videos which are not playing.
what video support is there with the latest version (3.5 alpha)?
What video player app should I install or should I use stock video app?
What video codecs/wrappers are supported? I have tried playing h264 mp4, mkv, and normal xvid (not 720p), and none of them worked.
Dice player, it's the best video player of Android, but on TP it works very randomly
Try MX player.
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saurabh159 said:
Try MX player.
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using what plugin and for what codec?
I have been using vcl player it's a bata but it will play anything
You throw at it and it's very user friendly it's easy to find just google it
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using what plugin and for what codec?
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+1 for mx player. the list of file types that it can play is mind boggling. it will play every file type that you listed and then some.
haxin said:
+1 for mx player. the list of file types that it can play is mind boggling. it will play every file type that you listed and then some.
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What plugin if any do you install with mx player?
I am getting video stutter on every video
ARMv7 NEON. Even with the codec pack, the APQ8060 could still have trouble with anything more than 720p HiP h264.
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ARMv7 NEON. Even with the codec pack, the APQ8060 could still have trouble with anything more than 720p HiP h264.
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I have nothing higher than 720p high profile h264, but everything is stuttering especially with pan scan scenes
I've been using mobo player without any problems. Haven't tried anything higher than 720p h264.
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I've been using mobo player without any problems. Haven't tried anything higher than 720p h264.
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Moboplayer or Mobo Video Player?
Also, which codec plugin did you installed?
The irony is that all the movies that these struggle with play beautifully on WebOS with Kalemsoft Media Player. Will they ever be able to port this over to Android?
For now, I guess i can reboot to webOS to watch a movie, but it is a pain since WebOS takes forever to boot up.
Ok, I finally found one player that plays most files pretty well. It is VLC player beta:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517415
The trick is to change the aspect ratio to "Center" so that it doesn't have to resize. Works great with 720p but will make anything less like 480 smaller.
Otherwise, you will get pixelation.
Still don't understand how you guys get MX player to work great. I get video stutter like crazy with high profile 720p videos.
I dont get why you are having so many issues.
I just downloaded mx player, nothing else and it plays my 1080 and 720 mkvs flawlessly..
I've been using rock player since my nook color days. It opens everything I can throw at it.
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I dont get why you are having so many issues.
I just downloaded mx player, nothing else and it plays my 1080 and 720 mkvs flawlessly..
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is gooddd
mx player, where is i get to download
I use MX Player because it can play all my HD weeaboo *.mkv files with proper subtitle support.
I've had no problems with it to date.
regnewbie said:
is gooddd
mx player, where is i get to download
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Search for it on the Market/Play Store.
if someone has the s3 already or is getting it tomorrow ( mine coming on Wednesday ) can you download or put a 1080p .mkv movie (7-12GB) on your phone or sd card and play it using stock player and dice player. can you see if it will play smoothly? any lags, audio issues.
i would love to see that test aswell,+ if it would be possible over MHL to TV.to see how much frames sg3 is doing while streaming 1080p to TV
Gpu vs gpu
Hi guys,
can sg3 play high profile 1080p h264 videos @ 40 mbs like tegra 3 does?sg2 does not....
Here http://www.dvdloc8.com/clip.php?movieid=13599&clipid=4 and http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/ (video 'birds') you can download and play stress videos with hardware accelerated video player like dice player, bs player , mx video player etc.
Furthermore , can you play a 1080p youtube flash video ( in browser, not using youtube app), does it stutter???
Let me know...
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Toss3 said:
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Toss3 said:
10076757 said:
can you download or put a 1080p .mkv movie (7-12GB) on your phone or sd card and play it using the stock video player and "dice player". can you see if it will play smoothly? any lags, audio issues.
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Sure thing! Gonna take a while to back eveything up first. I'll report back soon!
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thanks man. remember it has to be a 1080p .mkv file. cant wait. as im getting my white one tomorrow. play with stock video player and dice player.
also can you install sopcast on the device and run a HD stream for me to see if the video is not laggy and is in sync with the audio and the video is not slow.
i have a galaxy tab 10.1 wifi and when i play a HD stream the video is slow and is out of sync with the audio.
sopcast download link: ( copy and paste into browser)
download.easetuner.com/download/SopCast.apk
open this stream using your S3:
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/116205
Thanks!!
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Download link is really slow, but I'll definitely check it out once I've gotten it installed. Movie should be ready in 5minutes.
Seriosuly, can't get over how amazing this phone is.
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sorry for the slow link. its from the official site. but please try it out and the stream. thank you for taking your time out and answering or in process of answering my questions
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1080p file playing very smoothly with some ever so slight stutters(not irritating by any means) here and there, which I guess could be due to my awfully slow external sd-card). Didn't get any sound due to it containing only the trueHD soundtrack, so I'll try another file on the internal SD-card soon! Still 20% on the download to go. I also had a lot of apps open in the background which could affect the smoothness of the video(stock video player). Gonna try dice player now!
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Toss3 said:
1080p playing perfectly fine on DicePlayer(full version). No stuttering! Getting sound as well(guess there was dts hidden in there somewhere). Guess it's hardware accelerated by that little blue HW in the top left corner. This phone is amazing!
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i hope this helps all thanks and every thanks to Toss3
I wanted to know if the s3 could play flv files. I didn't see it in the spec sheet but the previous galaxy phones did play flv files. Thanks
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