Hey guys. I will be getting my Magic next week And I was just wondering whether there is any APP that supports playback of .avi files on the magic?
Reading a few reviews all of them saying it does not support it.
Any help would be appreciated
I just use a mpeg4 converter, there are tons of free ones out there.
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What does everyone use for:
a. Video Format and Size?
b. Software to Convert?
c. Media Player on their Kaiser to play their videos?
I am trying to determine what the all around most efficient video format and player is. Also looking for a great video converter that is efficient and preferably free.
avi-DivX
SUPER converter\pocket divx encoder
TCPMP!!!!! With Raw or DirectDraw drivers, works great for me!
i am currently using Magic DVD ripper which converts my movies/tv shows into avi's suitable for pda. File size is pretty big but it's pretty much perfect quality and great sound. oh and play them in TCPMP of course. I think my transformers movie is about 1.7gig
briggs81 said:
i am currently using Magic DVD ripper which converts my movies/tv shows into avi's suitable for pda. File size is pretty big but it's pretty much perfect quality and great sound. oh and play them in TCPMP of course. I think my transformers movie is about 1.7gig
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HA!
I got transformers dvd down to 300m/o with 320x240 divx
Sorry for going out of the topic..
I would like to know, what i have read on this forum that on Kaiser you can't play videos? than how can avi files can be run smoothly? Can anyone please elaborate.
Regards,
of course you can play video on the kaiser. just use xilisoft dvd ripper to convert a dvd and then install tcpmp on your pda
Check out the first post on this thread. It's what I use and have never had a problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357330
Hello
Soon i am going on vacation and want to get some movies to have them while travelling etc... Where do you guys get movies for your mobile from, or should i rip them (prefer to download the right resolution ofc )
Is there some site with torrents or anything alike around?
I know mobilism has a movie gallery but most of them are uploaded on uploading sites which are far worse than torrent files...
Hope this post is not against the rules
tnx for the help
rip them off your own DVD collection
The only resolutions I have tried are 720p and 1080p. Both have worked fine.
Also the only container type I have attempted is mp4 with AAC audio and H.264 video. It worked fine.
y but cba to rip all the movies its easyer if some collection is online already
it seems ill just need to rip them, tnx anyways
is there a way to change the playable formats on the nook color? i mean i got the nook color over the Archos and being able to play only mp4 files is painful because most of my movies are in avi mkv or other. is there a way to make the nook play the same formats... i dont mean via rockplayer because on mine even a 480p video avi file runs crapily.
Try Vplayer. Not sure if it will work, but worth a try.
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Consensus seems to be that using the built in player is your best bet, as that seems to be the only one that can take advantage of hardware decoding. You can convert your video to H.264 Baseline. Some comments and instructions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894165
If you do a search of the Nook Color subforum for information on video, you can read a little bit more.
im aware that the default player can only take advantage of hardware decoding but i was wondering if i could possible add suppport for other file formats into the default player? is that possible or no? overall the nook is much better then the archos 70 in my opinion but its video support is abysmall
I tried rock player lite, but it doesn't play hd vids very smoothly; I transcoded Star Trek 2009 to mp4, and its very jerky and doesn't play smooth..
Any other video players that you guys might recommend?
thanks so much; lovin' this damn thing!!!
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The best I have used so far is MoboPlayer (http://moboplayer.com/moboplayer_en.html) You have to use the medium version since the Xoom doesn't support Neon. This is the only player I could get to play 720p video smoothly. Hope that helps and if you find something better let me know!
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I tried this and it works the best out of all i have tried. Make sure you get the medium version and not the Neon version.
unfortunately, mobo player does not recognize .m4v files, which is how I have saved my ripped Blu rays..
wase4711 said:
unfortunately, mobo player does not recognize .m4v files, which is how I have saved my ripped Blu rays..
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tried renaming them as mp4? usually does the trick for me if i recall. the two formats are almost identical.
I have had no trouble using the stock video player to play 720p videos encoded into a mp4 file. I would go that route and use the hardware decoding
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diaa08 said:
tried renaming them as mp4? usually does the trick for me if i recall. the two formats are almost identical.
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thanks; doing that, and encoding 720p instead of 1080p seemed to fix it!
Any news on the android version of VLC??
wase4711 said:
thanks; doing that, and encoding 720p instead of 1080p seemed to fix it!
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The Xoom can easily handle 720p videos. I haven't tested 1080. It all depends on how you encode the video.
From what I've seen on the threads and in personal experience, there are really only two viable players: the Android native video player, and RockPlayer. Between these two, you should be able to enjoy all your video, provided you have encoded them correctly.
I hate converting videos, thats why i use mobo. Its played all my videos great. Much better than Rock played, vplayer advance same spot.
found one!
Vital player will play everything for me, including 1080p videos that I have encoded with Handbrake..
Loving this thing!!
rockplayer and the stock video player handles blu rays i convert with handbrake very well
I tried different players and playback quality is mostly the same. Perhaps minor, but I like the interface in mVideoPlayer - posters, IMDB links etc.
I have said it before and Ill say it again. Your best bet for video is to get PLEX. As of this writing it is still not Honeycomb ready. As a beta tester working with the devs, I can tell you that its playing video like a champ on my Xoom and a release to public should be coming very soon.
what good is telling us that here if WE can't download it yet?
you should wait until its released before you keep posting that here..
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what good is telling us that here if WE can't download it yet?
you should wait until its released before you keep posting that here..
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Two reasons really.
Lets face facts that the majority of us here own a Xoom because we are Android nerds and already own a Android phone. So purchasing Plex on your phone will give you access to it on your Xoom when its available. In truth you can install it on your Xoom already, the video just does not work in the current release.
Two there is no quicker way to know about its updated release for Honeycomb compatibility then to have it already installed and letting the market inform you.
Lastly this is a community page and a community OS, so keeping others informed is kind of the way things work. If you have a problem with someone telling you that there will soon be an app released that will do X, but you cant have it yet, mumble quietly to yourself, but keep it to yourself.
ritalin said:
I have said it before and Ill say it again. Your best bet for video is to get PLEX. As of this writing it is still not Honeycomb ready. As a beta tester working with the devs, I can tell you that its playing video like a champ on my Xoom and a release to public should be coming very soon.
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Does it play local files yet or all still streamed from server? Also, any clue of an ETA?
dch921 said:
I have had no trouble using the stock video player to play 720p videos encoded into a mp4 file. I would go that route and use the hardware decoding
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Do you mean using stock player in hardware decoding mode?
How do you do this? I can't find the options for the stock player.
Thanks
QQPlayer is free and doesnt want any special permissions
Hi,
I use QQPlayer. It plays everything I have thrown at it and it does not need any special permissions to install.
-TheHoovie
I'm still using Mobo. I just played a 1080p Meet the Fockers avi I got from a torrent site over HDMI on my big TV and everything was perfect.
patass said:
I'm still using Mobo. I just played a 1080p Meet the Fockers avi I got from a torrent site over HDMI on my big TV and everything was perfect.
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Obviously wasn't high profile or it would have stuttered without sound.
Hey everyone,
I thought this was an appropriate place to discuss the viability of multiple video format playback on the legend. I've been trying out all the different apps that claim to be able to play an impressive array of video formats, but none of them can play a simple avi video file (even though it says avi support/playback in the app descriptions). Most just crash, or the video just doesn't play.
So, my question for you is, have any of you discovered a way to watch avi files, or any other video formats on the legend without flat out converting it to a playable format? (ex wmv, 3gp, mpeg are the ones supported i believe). Post your comments/thoughts/experiences! Not so much a question as it is me creating a thread for the discussion of app development for this problem (not technically a problem), or even integration of this added functionality to our fantastic bunch of ROMs cooked up by our friendly neighborhood devs.
Thanks,
Michael
I think there is nothing we can do about the inferior hardware on Legend. Compared to the N8 and C7 that Nokia gave me, the same ARM11 cpu but the Nokia came with Broadcom GPU that does include hardware video acceleration. It plays 720P with ease.
With rock player I did watch avi files.. (the normal 700mb files)
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Vplayer is very good .
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you can try 'yxplayer' too. it plays large avi files smoothly..
just a note here...this is a dev section
dgupta said:
you can try 'yxplayer' too. it plays large avi files smoothly..
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no its doesn't.
It will play .avi files but not 100% smoothly like on pc... but it is playable.
and note: yxplayer is not working for well on android 2.2 and it doesnt work at all on higher > 2.2
yxplayer sucks. Rock player is really the only decent multi format player. Unfortunately doesn't work very well in CM7
I have been using summer player on cm7 and it plays avi files.
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Seaman player is the only one that worked smooth for me on cm7 nightlies playing the 700mb files
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Moboplayer ... It is free, and with a bit of fiddling plays avi and most other video formats I throw at it.
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