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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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!
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I know a lot of you are thinking this has been addressed before but my problem isn't getting the video to play in entertainment center mode but the audio.....
But the thing is that it will only play sound in video's i recorded with my camera.
What im trying to do is play videos that i have taken from my computer and put them onto my ext sd card.
So like i say the video is just fine but it will not play back with audio.
Oh and they are avi and mpeg formats
Any ideas guys and gals?
The Tegra 2 seems to have crappy video/audio codec support. The samsung processor in the captivate I had previously played everything I could throw at it.
Thankfully, the T2 is powerful enough to do some software decoding. Try using various video players. I find that MoboPlayer can run all my HD videos so far.
Also, just because a file is .Divx, .AVI, .mkv.... doesn't mean that it will play. As far as I know, there are different encoding formats and levels for each codec. The T2 seems to be okay with any basic file, but none of the highly processed files such as movie mkv's.
If you try download another programe in market you would can see
But we can't do the dane for media center....so the better you can do for now is convert your vídeo tio an old codec
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Hmmm what codex is recommended? 3gp or something?
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what if i was to flash back to a stock sbf seeing as i'm running gingerblur right now.
would that straighten things out?
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I know a lot of you are thinking this has been addressed before but my problem isn't getting the video to play in entertainment center mode but the audio.....
But the thing is that it will only play sound in video's i recorded with my camera.
What im trying to do is play videos that i have taken from my computer and put them onto my ext sd card.
So like i say the video is just fine but it will not play back with audio.
Oh and they are avi and mpeg formats
Any ideas guys and gals?
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did you get any feedback??
I've been using Handbrake and the settings from here:
http://www.knowyourcell.com/motorol...d_transfer_them_to_the_motorola_atrix_4g.html
The only difference is that I like to click the "keep aspect ratio" button in handbrake for the resolution. Tweak as you like, but I've found that if you use the constant quality setting, A/V gets out of sync. Biggest bummer is that I have to encode specifically for the Atrix...can't seem to use my "advanced encoded" videos from my media server. I have taken previously encoded 1080p HD movies back though handbrake with the referenced settings to the Atrix and they play beautifully both in MoboPlayer and the Entertainment Center.
Hello, I have recently encountered issues with regards to 1080p video playback.
Being aware that the TF201 has 4 cores, I had expected smooth playback with no lag.
When playing media files from my Plex media server, the 1080p video files play flawlessly. Though when playing the exact same files locally from the Transformer's directory, the video plays with extreme lag and jittery.
Video Players Tested with (Results in Lag) : MX Video Player, MoboPlayer
Anyone know a possible solution?
Thanks In Advance.
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Hello, I have recently encountered issues with regards to 1080p video playback.
Being aware that the TF201 has 4 cores, I had expected smooth playback with no lag.
When playing media files from my Plex media server, the 1080p video files play flawlessly. Though when playing the exact same files locally from the Transformer's directory, the video plays with extreme lag and jittery.
Video Players Tested with (Results in Lag) : MX Video Player, MoboPlayer
Anyone know a possible solution?
Thanks In Advance.
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Try different decoding type...
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Try different decoding type...
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Could you recommend any alternatives?
I've tried both software and hardware, still no solution.
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I'd use bsplayer. I found it better handling large files, particularly mkv files or hi res video.
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I'd use bsplayer. I found it better handling large files, particularly mkv files or hi res video.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try
Are you using an SD card to play your video files? using a class 6 or lower card may cause studdering in HD video files. You'll want a class 10 card.
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Are you using an SD card to play your video files? using a class 6 or lower card may cause studdering in HD video files. You'll want a class 10 card.
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I'm playing directly from the transformer's internal storage.
My Class 10 microSD still needs a week to come in. @[email protected]
Would playing from the internal storage result in playback lag?
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Could you recommend any alternatives?
I've tried both software and hardware, still no solution.
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Is Plex transcoding for you? Perhaps check the settings there and try to match for local playback.
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Is Plex transcoding for you? Perhaps check the settings there and try to match for local playback.
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Plex's playback is via DirectPlay
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I'd use bsplayer. I found it better handling large files, particularly mkv files or hi res video.
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The playback is much more smooth, but the video and audio always end up out of sync
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I'm playing directly from the transformer's internal storage.
My Class 10 microSD still needs a week to come in. @[email protected]
Would playing from the internal storage result in playback lag?
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It shouldn't. Usually internal flash storage is a lot faster than removable flash storage. I doubt ASUS would go cheap and use cheap flash storage on their device.
Do you know what type of video format you are playing? mkv is a video container, which usually hold h.264 video files and 5.1 digital sound format, but can be different.
Ask Andyx over in his thread, "what would you like to know about the prime" . He might can help you. It should be able to play 1080p files flawlessly as it's been tested as so by a few members here that have it and major reviewers. It might be your encoding. It should play with no lag or issues from internal storage or SD card. Actually been tested by major reviewer, I think Anadtech or technobuffalo, to play just as flawlessly from SD card than from internal storage.
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Ask Andyx over in his thread, "what would you like to know about the prime" . He might can help you. It should be able to play 1080p files flawlessly as it's been tested as so by a few members here that have it and major reviewers. It might be your encoding. It should play with no lag or issues from internal storage or SD card. Actually been tested by major reviewer, I think Anadtech or technobuffalo, to play just as flawlessly from SD card than from internal storage.
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Not sure
The video is an MKV file
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 29.97fps [Video]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo [Audio]
Size: 1.5 - 2.1GB each?
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Not sure
The video is an MKV file
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 29.97fps [Video]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo [Audio]
Size: 1.5 - 2.1GB each?
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The file AndyX played on his YouTube vid was 1080P MKV file also. Which played with no issues. I'd say run these same stats by him to compare to what he ran in his video. There's another guy here to that ran a high quality video test. His thread is called something like you got questions, I got questions. Those 2 and candy are the only ones it's seems that have a prime also already that might can help.
The only thing I can think is that the file is encoded using some odd parameters that do not jive with the Prime and the reason it works with Plex is because it's doing some kind of decoding, even if on a lower level.
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The only thing I can think is that the file is encoded using some odd parameters that do not jive with the Prime and the reason it works with Plex is because it's doing some kind of decoding, even if on a lower level.
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I'd go with that. I've seen some nutty as a fruit cake parameters on mkv's I've shared from friends. one of them just will not convert in handbrake, it looks like crap and yet played natively as an mkv file it looks fine. when I delved into the frame encoding etc it was bizarre.
I'd go with a grotty mkv file over the prime having an issue here.
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Hello, I have recently encountered issues with regards to 1080p video playback.
Being aware that the TF201 has 4 cores, I had expected smooth playback with no lag.
When playing media files from my Plex media server, the 1080p video files play flawlessly. Though when playing the exact same files locally from the Transformer's directory, the video plays with extreme lag and jittery.
Video Players Tested with (Results in Lag) : MX Video Player, MoboPlayer
Anyone know a possible solution?
Thanks In Advance.
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On MX player, did you try all 3 coding options ( HW, SW, SW fast)? If so, try dice player trial. Almost like mx, but they have their own codecs to download.
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On MX player, did you try all 3 coding options ( HW, SW, SW fast)? If so, try dice player trial. Almost like mx, but they have their own codecs to download.
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Dice Player on the Market should do the trick. Works really well and plays everything I throw at it, but the "Paid" version seems to be missing from the Market at the moment due to Google Checkout issues with the developer.
Anand did a really good review testing all kinds of video codecs. He was able to play 1080p H.264 high profile streams at up to 40Mbps just fine using DicePlayer.
Video Playback: Blu-ray Quality in a Tablet
wtf, same old problems? The only reason I sold my old one and upgraded was because I thought the thing was a beast and could crunch through any video format without re encoding.
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Needless to say, I'm pretty pissed at ASUS right now.
I need this tablet before I go on my trip on Jan 2.
They pretty much said they would deliver on time and have learned from the original release. NOPE.
They originally promised that the keyboard would work with newer generations. NOPE.
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wtf, same old problems? The only reason I sold my old one and upgraded was because I thought the thing was a beast and could crunch through any video format without re encoding.
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Technically speaking, it can, the only reason why I am currently unable to do so is perhaps due to software issues. Playback is perfectly fine via media servers, but I encounter issues when playing back the same videos in local storage.
how are you doing it?
I use mx.player
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
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I've used one called rock player and another called moboplayer. Both are free and look great but I'm having audio issues on some files. Can't figure out how to select streams or anything.
Audio is great in software render mode but obviously looks like CRAP ... lol
how big are the files your playing i was trying to put a 7 gig movie on the note and it keeps crashing
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how big are the files your playing i was trying to put a 7 gig movie on the note and it keeps crashing
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The file system that android uses does not support files over 4gigs. If you want something larger, you have to split the file
i thought all 720p videos were over 4gigs?
I have bleach 720p mkv files thats are 280mb and there 30min long. i use to use vital player but Mx video player is my daily use now. it plays everything
With some hackery to the Kernel and ROM the sdcard can be made to run ext4 or NTFS instead of FAT32, allowing files up to the full size of the sdcard. But then you run into issues swapping the sdcard to other devices as not everything supports those filesystems, so might not read it.
I haven't yet bothered to do this with the note.. maybe on my to-do list if I get a bigger SD card
In my experience, only files up to 2gb will play.
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how are you doing it?
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Dice Player is playing all my MKVs regardless of size. I've played files up to 4GB perfectly fine, no audio or lag issues.
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.
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.
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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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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.
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Nope. Our devices can play glorious 1080p.
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Yup. Or higher.
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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....
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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.
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Yup. Or higher.
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What's the highest resolution you've been able to play?