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best way to watch videos?

i cant find a good way to convert my avi files to play on windows media or find a program that will play my avi's is there like a codec for windows media?
sry for the noobieness

TCPMP is probably the best player and includes the DIVX codec.
It's also free!!
You can download it at:-
http://tcpmp.en.softonic.com/pocket

Tcpmp Is The Solution
The only video player I ever use is tcpmp. It has all of the features of a desktop player including full screen, equalizer with preamp, and I havent found a video file yet that there wasn't a codec for.
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/0.71/

well it plays the file but the video lags horibly the audios all right though when ever i try to lower the video quality on the program it crashes

fb.knight said:
well it plays the file but the video lags horibly the audios all right though when ever i try to lower the video quality on the program it crashes
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Download PocketDivxEncoder and reencode.

why are the videos i transfer so damn choppy?!?

I have tried transfering a few .avi files over to the tilt and when i try to play them back through TCPMP, the sound works fine, but the video only works for maybe 5-10 seconds, then it freezes on one frame for the rest of the time...WTF!! is the Tilt not capable of playing .avi videos??? does this have to do with the video driver issue?? if anyone knows how i could play avi files on the tilt, please let me know thanks

jfame617 said:
I have tried transfering a few .avi files over to the tilt and when i try to play them back through TCPMP, the sound works fine, but the video only works for maybe 5-10 seconds, then it freezes on one frame for the rest of the time...WTF!! is the Tilt not capable of playing .avi videos??? does this have to do with the video driver issue?? if anyone knows how i could play avi files on the tilt, please let me know thanks
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I have plenty of videos that play just fine. Make sure you encode them in proper screen size. I have all my videos encoded in 320x240.

how big are the files? i tried to copy huge .avi, mpeg, etc. file in around 500mb range and same thing would happen. If i compress the files it would play especially in another format. usually converting to windows media player works fine. i normally convert mines to .3gp. takes up way less space and looks fine on the cell phone.

See here for lots of info on getting your videos playing perfectly.

use super c,make sure you got the right resolution,format,codec,bitrate and use tcpmp or coreplayer instead of wmp

Is there any way to get large videos to play @ full speed?

I'm using TCPMP and I can't get bigger files to play smooth for the life of me...any suggestions?

Cawley said:
I'm using TCPMP and I can't get bigger files to play smooth for the life of me...any suggestions?
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Get a Zune.

JimmyMcGee said:
Get a Zune.
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I second that Especially the new Zune is really nice. You can connect via your router to sync your music. I just hate the zune syncing software it's such a pain in the ass. I wish we could sync with WMP. I mean come on seriously.

Pocket Divx encoder
I had the same problem with my touch. TCPMP would not play large video's .avi even though it supports it. I used Pocket Divx Encoder to reduce the .avi according to my screen size and now I can watch any .avi without any problems and the audio and picture is still incredibly clear. I max out video and audio quality still with no problems during playback.
Pocket Divx Encoder is free
Hope this works for you and enjoy your video's

I use CorePlayer (based on TCPMP ) to play my Divx files (700 to 900 Mo each resolution 660*360, datarate 1010kbps) without any specific Mobile transcoding and it plays quite well with the right settings, with some rare glitches (but i guess it will never work flawlessly until we have the real Kaiser drivers).
TCPMP is good, but Coreplayer is faster on the Kaiser from my own experience.
The only down side about Coreplayer (aside from the fact its not freeware) is that it cannot play AC3 sound unlike TCPMP (due to open source licence)

why i dont understand it...when i had my standard att WM 6.0 rom that came with my tilt...i watched avis and mpeg4//divx movies CRYSTAL CLEAR....and thatt was with no htc ca driver or none of that ****. And now ive upgraded to WM 6.1..first duttys hybrid then L26 and now garmins...and each rom has the same problem...old tcpmps crash and when i use the repack tcpmp app and it works....i have SLUGGISH and chopppy fps when i watch avi movies and mpeg stufff. How is this possible with all the new drivers and such....it was crystal clear to watch movies with WM 6.0..but with 6.1 its choppy and ****ty playback? has anybody found a better fix for this other then converting the movies to sccreen resolution?

have lookedeverywhere for pocket divx encoder but unable to d/l it can anyone post please?

Try xvid4psp. It's free, fast and has enough options. I use MP4 iPod 5.0G settings for Kaiser.

thanks will give it a shot

antihrist said:
Try xvid4psp. It's free, fast and has enough options. I use MP4 iPod 5.0G settings for Kaiser.
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on a site showing format support, i dont see where mp4ipod is supported..
how well do vids play on your setup..does it keep up w/bigger vids?
thanx

amkaos said:
on a site showing format support, i dont see where mp4ipod is supported..
how well do vids play on your setup..does it keep up w/bigger vids?
thanx
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Sorry, my previous post was meant to be reply to felixthecat.
So, to make things clear:
- XviD4PSP is not media player for PPC.
- XviD4PSP is software for converting videos. You can find it here.
- MP4 iPod 5.0G is just one of the format settings in Xvid4PSP.

antihrist said:
Sorry, my previous post was meant to be reply to felixthecat.
So, to make things clear:
- XviD4PSP is not media player for PPC.
- XviD4PSP is software for converting videos. You can find it here.
- MP4 iPod 5.0G is just one of the format settings in Xvid4PSP.
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i do know that it isnt a player, what do you use?
how well do vids play on your setup..does it keep up w/bigger vids?
i tried core--sucks for me... but i did not convert formats before trying..

amkaos said:
i do know that it isnt a player, what do you use?
how well do vids play on your setup..does it keep up w/bigger vids?
i tried core--sucks for me... but i did not convert formats before trying..
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I use Core Player for videos. Videos converted with XviD4PSP using my settings does not play well in WM player. You can try it with some other settings.
Here are my current settings:
- Format: MP4 iPod 5.0G
- Denoise/Sharpen: Disabled
- Brightness/Contrast: Disabled
- Video encoding: XviD HQ Ultra
- Audio encoding: AAC-LC ABR 128
I don't know what you mean with "bigger vids", but I use it for converting my divx/xvid movies and shows to MP4 and it works well. I think it supports even DVD files, but i didn't try that.
Last time i checked it took 6 minutes to convert some 30 minutes divx show to MP4 (Athlon X2 4000+, 2GB RAM, GeForce 8800GT).

One more thing about Core Player
Core Player with default setup gives me audio out of sync. But you can adjust that in options.

i tried those settings and didn't get a good result

works now i have upgraded coreplayer ... thanks alot

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have lookedeverywhere for pocket divx encoder but unable to d/l it can anyone post please?
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this was the first result when I googled it. Follow this link
http://files.filefront.com/PocketDivX+Encoder+0360exe/;9172092;/fileinfo.html
Take care
Rod

hotrod101 said:
Pocket Divx encoder
I had the same problem with my touch. TCPMP would not play large video's .avi even though it supports it. I used Pocket Divx Encoder to reduce the .avi according to my screen size and now I can watch any .avi without any problems and the audio and picture is still incredibly clear. I max out video and audio quality still with no problems during playback.
Pocket Divx Encoder is free
Hope this works for you and enjoy your video's
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I use it also. I watch moives on my phone and it works fine playing full screen and BT stereo.

try the new win 6.1 that att put out for the tilt... it might be more stable since it is the new shipping rom

what do i have to do to get smooth video?

This is a great place!
I have been reading all the threads that might have anything to do with video playback.
I've installed those 3D drivers and graphics were improved on that hologram thing and "light 3d"
Still, video playback is choppy and im grinding my teeth seeing it!
I have converted videos in all kinds of formats in all kids of FPS and KBPS and kept VGA resolution and still no use.
Have i missed something?
thanks!!

what media player are you using dude? ive been using TCMP for the longest time and i have no problems on playing my videos/movies...

i tried using the built in windows media player, coreplayer, and i have used tcpmp once but the bottom taskbar was black so i didnt know what problem that program had.
anyways, the tcpmp didnt play smooth. maybe i had a bad version?

Have you tried viewing some other content other than your own converted files? try using the attached sample avi with all 3 players and see how that goes.

ive tried the videos that came with the phone.
windows media player handles videos much better than coreplayer but still no smooth video.
this is weird, on other ppc's that ive had (a few) coreplayer/tcpmp played videos much better than wmp.
over here its the exact opposite.
how come?

what ROM are you using?

original ROM that came with the diamond.
in my case its 2.o3
israel orange

help? anyone?

I don't know anyone here who is on the same ROM. you could try upgrading the ROM??

what ROM should i use?
can i extract the hebrew that comes with the ROM currently on my diamond?
i kinda need it

well of course that the built in WMP will play the video smoother than the core player. It`s because only WMP can use the hardware accelerator in the phone.
still the core player don`t have the proper drivers to access to the GPU.

ya it plays smoother, but still not smooth.
and theres all this tearing.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-481714.html
make sure you use qtv

With TCPMP set Video to GDI.

i installed tcpmp and when i ran it it came up with a message "crashed"
and it won't run.
i used Qtv with the coreplayer and it was still slugish

Be sure you use the version on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519543&highlight=TCPMP
It works great on my Diamond.

Ive installed a tcpmp from another thread from this forum.
It works and plays videos but its still slugish.
Is there a patch or a fix i was supposed to install?

Smooth video playback
Hi all,
I was having problems with jerky video playback.
I did some searching and found this link-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
It works a treat really smooth and in 640 480
WELL DONE

I saw this too...
It doesn't play smooth on my device.
still, this is the program i use to convert video if i wanna play something on my diamond
even tho it stinks (the diamond not the program!)

Hi idandavid,
PM me your email and I will send you a mov video of my Diamond playing a smooth video.
Or send me a video, I will conver it and try playing it on my Diamond. I can then send you the converted file to compare on your Diamond.
Hope this helps
Grez

[Q] video player question

hi all,
first let me say thanks to all the devs for all of your hard work on the nook color.
I just picked up to nook colors for my kids graduation presents. I am trying out cm9 on 1 and cm7 on the other to see which I like best. I am having trouble finding a video player that does what I want it to do. all of my tv shows are stored on my media server running unraid from limetech. all of the files are in MKV format.
currently I use my hp touchpad running cm9 to watch anything I want. I use es file explorer to browse the server and dice player to watch them. this works great and I would like to do the same thing on my nook colors.
I can browse the server just fine but I have yet to find a video player that will play the movies or tv shows. nothing works in cm9 or cm7. I've tried it with both hardware and software decoding and at stock speed and overclocked.
can someone help me out or offer any suggestions?
thanks again...

try mx player.

thanks. tried it (and mobo & rock player). no luck...

Have you tried using software decoding on mobo?
Sent from space

I have 2 NC, 2 Droid X, all using es file explorer + mx video player to play mkv files stored on network drive just fine.
Please describe what happened when you select the mkv file in es file explorer?

koopakid08 said:
Have you tried using software decoding on mobo?
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+1 Burn about 10% battery per hour viewed using software decoder and have not run across a format I can't play.

deboyz1014 said:
I have 2 NC, 2 Droid X, all using es file explorer + mx video player to play mkv files stored on network drive just fine.
Please describe what happened when you select the mkv file in es file explorer?
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when I select a file and choose:
mx video player - mx starts. if I have SW decoding on, the video framerate is agonizingly slow and lags way behind the audio. if I have HW decoding on, I get no audio or video and eventually get a message "cannot play this video with H/W decoder".
dice player - immediately comes up with "sorry, this video cannot be played"
mobo player - SW decoding: same as mx. choppy video and lags way behind audio. HW decoding: quits responding and asks if I want to force close, wait, report
rockplayer: SW - video is choppy and pixelated, no audio.HW. - blank screen, no audio.

I did a bit more digging and found Plex for android.
plexapp.com. (sorry,can't post links yet)
it uses media server software on the pc side, transcodes it on the fly and sends it to an app on the mobile device. nice thing about this is that it presents the files in a jukebox sort of fashion, not just a list of files. and I can watch (or listen) to anything on the server via my wifi at home, wifi away from home or via 3g anywhere. plus it comes as a plugin for my unraid software.
I'm still in the research phase right now, but will let you know how it goes...

I'd lower my clock speed to 1100 mHz and try mx player with s/w decoding again there's been reports (although I have not confirmed) that above 1200 may cause some playback issues.

DizzyDen said:
I'd lower my clock speed to 1100 mHz and try mx player with s/w decoding again there's been reports (although I have not confirmed) that above 1200 may cause some playback issues.
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really? thanks for the tip. I will have to try that when I get home from work in the morning. I am running at 1200 MHz right now...

Are you trying Moboplayer as opposed to Mobo Video Player? Video Player doesn't work for me at all.