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[Q] Movie Format Problems

im fairly new to the android world.
im trying to get a movie (star trek) on my phone. it's mpeg4 format. according to the samsung website that format should work. so i transfer it from the computer to my phone, and when i play it it says file type not supported.
i downloaded a converter (total video converter) and converted it to every possible thing i can convert it to, watched videos on how to get videos on it. i don't understand the issue.
it is an itunes file, but i figured it being an mp4 it wouldnt matter.
here's what i'm doing.
tvc>import>startrek>choose format>convert now
plug phone into computer>explore files>add star trek to movies folder>video player>fail.
anyone else having issues getting videos on their phone?

Hmm strange. Most of my movies are xvid or H.264 with mp3 audio in an mp4 container (avi didnt work) and they work fine. Even 720p videos.
What format are you using?
Also: You aren't trying to watch it by browsing with a file explorer on your phone are you? Use the gallery or video player app.

i added enemy at the gates (.mkv) to my external SD card via drag / drop and it works just fine... not sure why your mp4 isn't working, though

well it being an mp4, initially i just drag and dropped it, it showed up in gallery and it wont play. it pops an invalid format error.
so i've tried converting it from mp4-mp4 h.264,and mp4 AAC, and can't get it to play.
i really don't know what else to do.
does samsung have a certain mp4 format? because that seems unlikely.

mdsannihilation said:
i added enemy at the gates (.mkv) to my external SD card via drag / drop and it works just fine... not sure why your mp4 isn't working, though
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i just tried converting to .mkv, and it says unsupported file type.
btw my phone is stock, no hacking no rooting.

You say it's an iTunes movie. Did you buy it from the iTunes store? If so, one possibility is that the DRM implemented by Apple is restricting your playback. I don't know if Apple has started to play nice with other devices regarding movies and video content, but for the longest time I recall that songs purchased from the iTunes store could only be played by an iPod due to the DRM.

mesasone said:
You say it's an iTunes movie. Did you buy it from the iTunes store? If so, one possibility is that the DRM implemented by Apple is restricting your playback. I don't know if Apple has started to play nice with other devices regarding movies and video content, but for the longest time I recall that songs purchased from the iTunes store could only be played by an iPod due to the DRM.
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its not from the itunes store. i bought a blu-ray with a digital copy, and at the time i had a 3gs, so i registered the digital copy and sent it to itunes.
maybe i can convert it to something windows media player is compatible with...wmv? and sync it with my phone, ill see if that works i guess.

Generally, those digital copies have DRM and can only be transferred to devices in "sanctioned" ways.

yeah, sounds like a digital copy problem. mine was just a rip I got from phazed-dl... have you tried another movie yet?

zombiekernel said:
its not from the itunes store. i bought a blu-ray with a digital copy, and at the time i had a 3gs, so i registered the digital copy and sent it to itunes.
maybe i can convert it to something windows media player is compatible with...wmv? and sync it with my phone, ill see if that works i guess.
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and this is where your problem begins. What you can do is download a copy of the movie from the web since you already own the movie and legally obtained an original copy. This will avoid the drm issue.

All BD digital copies are DRMed. They are tied to either your iTunes or Windows Media Player on the PC (or in rare occasions PSP). These digital copies are not transferable to other devices that are not DRM compatibile.

I can not play 1080p mp4 files, is this a limitation of the phone. Is there a hack?

conversion settings
Cant for the life of me get smooth playback on my capti... I converted a movie with these settings
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.79 GiB
Duration : 1h 36mn
Overall bit rate : 2 657 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 496 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 672 Kbps
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.201
Stream size : 1.68 GiB (94%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 157 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 260 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 108 MiB (6%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12
I get occasional stutter while in playback. My HD2 plays videos MUUUCCCCHHHH smoother.. what am i doing wrong here?

cesierra said:
I can not play 1080p mp4 files, is this a limitation of the phone. Is there a hack?
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The phone records in 720P and has an 480 x 800 resolution. You should down convert your file - it is probably huge anyway.

steeldragonnyc said:
Cant for the life of me get smooth playback on my capti... I converted a movie with these settings
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.79 GiB
Duration : 1h 36mn
Overall bit rate : 2 657 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 496 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 672 Kbps
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.201
Stream size : 1.68 GiB (94%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 157 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 260 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 108 MiB (6%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12
I get occasional stutter while in playback. My HD2 plays videos MUUUCCCCHHHH smoother.. what am i doing wrong here?
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You have a resolution of 960 x 540 on a screen that is 800 x 480 - so that could be part of the problem, unless the phone just lops off all 4 sides.

I use iPOdME to convert videos to mp4. It's free and does a great job. I actually have used it to put videos on my Zune 80gb (non HD Zune).

slim6596 said:
I use iPOdME to convert videos to mp4. It's free and does a great job. I actually have used it to put videos on my Zune 80gb (non HD Zune).
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alphadog00 said:
You have a resolution of 960 x 540 on a screen that is 800 x 480 - so that could be part of the problem, unless the phone just lops off all 4 sides.
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I have also done conversions at 800 x 480 with the same outcome.. In fact, I converted a movie for my hd2 and it played fantastic on my hd2. I then copied that same conversion on to the capti but it showed that stutter.

steeldragonnyc said:
I have also done conversions at 800 x 480 with the same outcome.. In fact, I converted a movie for my hd2 and it played fantastic on my hd2. I then copied that same conversion on to the capti but it showed that stutter.
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I know the movies i have converted for iPhone and AppleTV formats using DVDFab work fine. I would have to check settings when i get home. Going to try making an MKV with 800 x xxx resolution on the next converstion for kicks.

720p mkv's (x264 w/ ac3 audio) play flawlessly, as do 480p xvids (xvid mp4 w/ mp3 audio), downloaded from the "usual" places. The only problem I have found is the 4g file size limit on the fat32 internal sd.

Im using handbrake with anydvd still fine tuning but it was watchable out of the gate

[APP] DicePlayer 1.1.0

We update DicePlayer to 1.1.0
Dice Player is HW Accelerated Media player.
Desire HD/Nexus S/Galaxy S2/Galaxy S can play 720p MKV/AVI ( H.264 High Profile+AC3/DTS/FLAC Audio ) files.
Spec.
* Supported file format : AVI , MP4 , AVI
* Supported Video Codec : MPEG-4 ASP / H.264
* Supported Audio Codec : MP3/AAC/AC3/DTS/FLAC/VORBIS
* Supported Subtitle format : SMI / SRT
smoother playback for AVI(XVID+MP3) files
DesireHD can play 720p.(with 2.3 update)
Nexus S plays 720p clip well. ( flac / dts / ac3 codec )
i'll work for mkv embedded sutitles.(currently not supported)

My favorite app.
Thanks.

juami said:
i'll work for mkv embedded sutitles.(currently not supported)
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can't wait!! the majority of the stuff i watch is anime are you also going to add support to change the font size for the subs?

My most favourite apps for watching movie!

lifeflayer said:
can't wait!! the majority of the stuff i watch is anime are you also going to add support to change the font size for the subs?
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ok. we'll add font size option to next update.

I've got a concern, when playing a couple .avi files DICE player is stuttering, while moboplayer isn't, this is using software decoding in the latter, why is this? Shouldn't HW decoding be faster?

treUse said:
I've got a concern, when playing a couple .avi files DICE player is stuttering, while moboplayer isn't, this is using software decoding in the latter, why is this? Shouldn't HW decoding be faster?
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1.1.0 update solve that AVI Shutter problem.

Just installed and tried 1.1.0, still not as smooth as mobo, for example: when the camera is moved in any direction, there will be stutter.

could you give me information about that avi files?

I sure could:
1325 kbps
704x400
If you want any other information, just say so.

Hey, the player still can't handle the FLAC audio quite too well yet and one of my AAC audio files causes the player to crash. Here's some information:
-Video File 1-
Width: 1280
Height: 720
FPS: 23.97
Video Codec: h.264
Audio Codec: FLAC, 5.1 (L R C LFE Ls Rs)
Audio Bitrate: 48000
Audio Channel Count: 6
Data Size: 2.49 gb
-Video File 2-
Width: 1280
Height: 720
FPS: 23.98
Video Codec: h.264
Audio Codec: AAC, 5.1 (C L R Ls Rs LFE)
Audio Bitrate: 48000
Audio Channel Count: Not sure
Data Size: 2.16 gb
Also, when I tried playing a file with an AAC codec it caused an error stating "W/AACDecoder( 856): AAC decoder returned error 30, substituting silence". I attached a logcat if you want to look at it.

AAC codec is not our code. it is google's codec.
we can fix it to change system aac decoder to ffmpeg's aac decoder.

treUse said:
I sure could:
1325 kbps
704x400
If you want any other information, just say so.
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We finally fix avi XVID problem.
check update.

Doesn't work on the Nexus Sense ROM, may not be something big at the moments, but when all the quirks are figured out a lot more are going to use it.
Anyway, when you say you've fixed the problem do you imply you're going to update the player in the near future, or was that included in 1.1.0? If that's the case, it isn't fixed, since the presence of the stuttering became clear as soon as the camera was moved in any angle.
To give you more information to go on:
Width: 704
Height: 400
Data rate: 1206kbps
Audio bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame rate: 23 frames/second
Total bit-rate: 1334kbps
If you want anything else, just tell me, would love for this issue to be fixed

Very nice work, can anyone tell me is there a way to get media sharing over a network to work with this I have tons of HD videos thing is the nexus only has a few gig space
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tonyt3rry said:
Very nice work, can anyone tell me is there a way to get media sharing over a network to work with this I have tons of HD videos thing is the nexus only has a few gig space
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Some user use astro file manager + astro cifs plug-in + windows sharing ( in pc )
or
install apache or something in your pc
share your movie folder to web. you can play them through browser.
open internet browser -> go to your pc -> click the mkv/mp4 link.

treUse said:
Doesn't work on the Nexus Sense ROM, may not be something big at the moments, but when all the quirks are figured out a lot more are going to use it.
Anyway, when you say you've fixed the problem do you imply you're going to update the player in the near future, or was that included in 1.1.0? If that's the case, it isn't fixed, since the presence of the stuttering became clear as soon as the camera was moved in any angle.
To give you more information to go on:
Width: 704
Height: 400
Data rate: 1206kbps
Audio bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame rate: 23 frames/second
Total bit-rate: 1334kbps
If you want anything else, just tell me, would love for this issue to be fixed
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the problem is mpeg-4 hw codec in nexus s don't support AVI sytle B-frame.
so some tricks are needed.
our 2.3.4 stock rom works well. (with DicePlayer 1.1.0 Version code 14 May 26 release )
if you use moded rom. tell me exact version of your rom.

treUse said:
Doesn't work on the Nexus Sense ROM, may not be something big at the moments, but when all the quirks are figured out a lot more are going to use it.
Anyway, when you say you've fixed the problem do you imply you're going to update the player in the near future, or was that included in 1.1.0? If that's the case, it isn't fixed, since the presence of the stuttering became clear as soon as the camera was moved in any angle.
To give you more information to go on:
Width: 704
Height: 400
Data rate: 1206kbps
Audio bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame rate: 23 frames/second
Total bit-rate: 1334kbps
If you want anything else, just tell me, would love for this issue to be fixed
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i think you have 5/25 1.1.0 version(version code 13)
we release 1.1.0(version code 14) at 5/26.

I'm currently using Nexus Sense 0.3 (the version that breaks the imei, sadly..) and it won't work.
Edit,
Thann you, the avi problem is gone!
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

hi
thank you for the great app
i just tried to open a movie and it didnt work its mp4 and can you make this app work with tablets with tegra 2 ? like transformer or galaxy tab ?
Width: 1280
Height: 532
Data rate: 2406kbps
Audio bitrate: 2856 kbps
Frame rate: 23 frames/second

[Q] MKV playback on optimus 2x freezing

Hey forum!
As of recently the standard video player on android can play .mkv format and I have been using it a lot. But suddenly yesterday when I was playing an episode of "Death Note" it froze on 5 minutes.
What happened is:
-the video and audio froze
-the trackbar kept "playing" the seconds as they continued
-if I dragged the pointer to another position in the video, even the trackbar got stuck
-then after waiting it would say: "Active Video Helper is not responding"
*force close*
-it would return to the list of videos
-there I wouldn't be able to do anything as well
-giving me the same message and a force close option again.
*force close*
-the image where the video froze just flashed in the background out of nowhere (althoug it was already gone)
-then returned to home screen, which also froze and required it to be closed and started again.
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The way i got "around" this issue:
-reboot phone
-open video again, it would work fine and freeze on another part of the video
(had to reboot multiple times for some videos and not at all in others - it seems to occur randomly)
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Now I'm asking you, has anyone had similar problems to this?
And can someone tell me if this is sw or hw related?
Or is it just possible my SD card copied some bits of the videos in the wrong place (giving faulty .mkv files?)
small edit, the specs:
stock ROM, latest update for unbranded devices: LGP990-V10c
Baseband: 1035.21_20110622
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: FRG83G
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Thanks.

Had the same problem with some MKV files. You should just download another version of the video or convert it

weebeast said:
Had the same problem with some MKV files. You should just download another version of the video or convert it
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Thanks, gonna try it right away.

I've tried only 1 mkv file at the moment.. though the video and subtitle are running fine, the audio is really bad (scratches n hisses)
I actually have quite a library of mkvs but haven't got the time to test the others
I'll update when I've tested the video player with other mkvs
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

amateru said:
I've tried only 1 mkv file at the moment.. though the video and subtitle are running fine, the audio is really bad (scratches n hisses)
I actually have quite a library of mkvs but haven't got the time to test the others
I'll update when I've tested the video player with other mkvs
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
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I guess it depends, I have played Far Cry movie with srt subtitles, it ran smooth and fine (even sound) and I played Rambo 1 with srt (kept hogging the video, got blurry). so I removed the subtitles and it ran smooth again.

Got really bad sound with some other player, think it was MoboPlayer. With stock player it ran nice and smooth, but tried only one mkv 720p movie with ac3 5.1 sound and subtitles.
With microHDMI-HDMI cable sound goes to TV (stereo downmix) with unexpectedly good picture quality. Unfortunately my AV receiver doesn't have HDMI so I don't know will the phone give real ac3 stream out.
Latest 622 stock.

Tried other videos yesterday, played another mkv full length movie just fine.
Only the episodes of Death Note I have seem to have the "random freeze" to them.
Any idea what's causing this?
Bad download? (they play fine on pc)
Or something with the MKV decoder on the phone?

Well that isn't phones fault, it's just badly compressed or damaged file.
Download again, or try some mkv fixing/scanning tools. Like this one: http://www.fanhow.com/knowhow:Fix_MKV_Video_Files_27725469

Problems with playback of "mkv" files are caused by the encoding profiles used when encoding the video inside the mkv file.
mkv are just a container - usually containing a video and an audio track
the container itself doesnt make any difference regarding the playback, but the way the video track inside was encoded does make a difference.
the video inside are often compressed using so called h264/mpeg-4 compression format, when encoding this there are several different encoding options which are organised into something called profiles and levels.
read more about these here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC
The nvidia tegra chip in our mobiles only support up to a certain profile level, namely up to profile level called baseline L4.0 - so any video that is encoded with options that result in a higher profile level will have problems with playback on the phone.
use the software "media info" to check what kind of video and audio track are inside your mkv file and at which encoding settings they were encoded
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
If a video is encoded with settings not supported by the tegra chip, then your only option is to either reencode the video using supported settings, or try another version.
Stuttering, skipping, break ups in video with colored macroblocks, slowmotion playback etc. are all signs of a video compressed with non supported settings. Not an error of the phone.

make sure the profile if you want to play mkv on the phone, because many mkvs have high [email protected](it's only for pc) and you have to downgrade to baseline [email protected] / baseline @4.0
and make sure to see the video bitrate don't get too high
also the audio has to downgrade from dts 6.1 to stereo 2.0(but make sure to test first because it can be wrong )

Last 2 posts helped great!
The indiana jones movie stats:
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Death note video:
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
is it that Format profile [email protected] ### I should be watching for?
although obviously 3.1 vs 5.1 should explain why.

Yes, the profile "High" is not supported, neither at level 3.1 or higher (allthough with the latest firmware some [email protected] videos may play of other encoding settings are relaxed)
some of the encoding settings here causing the videos to be profile [email protected] or [email protected] - are these:
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
The baseline profile do not allow the use of CABAC encoding, and only 1 ReFrame - in these cases video are compressed using both CABAC and 5-6 ReFrame settings, causing them to be part of the higher profile levels.
if you look at mediainfo for video files you record with the videocamera in the phone you get a pretty good picture of how it should look - for instance like this for 720p video
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 30s 623ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 109 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.912 fps
Minimum frame rate : 17.123 fps
Maximum frame rate : 32.573 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.149
Stream size : 15.0 MiB (98%)
Language : English
For a 1080p video it would instead say
Format profile : [email protected]

I see, I've always checked videos for resolution / bitrate / audio bitrate / etc... But never had to go in-depth like this before
Guess it's time to learn a bit about it.

glad that i can help

Thanks for this information. Sorry to resurrect this thread, but does the latest firmware v10e support [email protected]? How would we know?

Soulj4h said:
Thanks for this information. Sorry to resurrect this thread, but does the latest firmware v10e support [email protected]? How would we know?
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try find a play a high profile movie and you will know

smokeweedevery said:
try find a play a high profile movie and you will know
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Yeah I did. I tried to play it (on v10D) and only sound played. No video.

search mxplayer in android market it plays all codecs and allows you to switch from software to hardware decoding if your hardware support it and will use that automatically if it does, its free and is optimized for dualcore and tegra devices.
Playback with mkv on software decoding using this player is very smooth no lag or sinc issues so far.

Record as MP4 rather then 3gp

Whats the deal why would hTC use 3gp for its videos anyway to change this to MP4?
MP4 is very standard i know 3gp in mobile phones but come on. I like to store my home movies on my NAS and stream to my TV and more streaming devices play MP4 rather then 3gp. MP4 is just easier to share as well.
I know there are other hTC devices that got a different apk to change the extension. Can anyone hack the stock Vivid apk and allow MP4?
3gp is so 1998

3 things:
1. Don't bump. It's not like this is a fast-moving board.
2. Search. If it's an APK, it's most likely compatible with multiple devices.
3.
Personally, I just use Handbrake on the PC when I get home. Downconvert the 3GPP and its higher bitrate to H.264 and AC3 audio from the 3GPP feed.
It's pretty much the same thing that I've been doing with my camcorder, which uses the AVCHD MTS file format: Dump in Handbrake, convert to H.264 AC3 MKV, then store.
MP4 is so mid-2000s; MKV is where it's at now.

yeah but i don't want to convert. MP4 is fine for home movies, sure i would love a mod that coded to mkv but that's asking to much. I bought streaming devices so i never have to convert a file again if i wanted to now it'd just be a waste of money.
MP4 is nice and simple and most devices out there support it natively which is why i wanted a mod. Sure MKV is the new HD standard but for home movies MP4 is more then enough better then 3gp.
Sure there are different camera apk files out there but they are not for this devices and don't want to flash random apk files and mess up my camera/gallery.

Have you loaded the 3gp in VLC to get the Media/Codec information? I haven't done it on the Vivid, but I once had a phone that actually saved in MP4 with a 3gp filename extension -- I'd rename the files and they'd play just fine on my TV (which can handle mp4 on USB devices but not 3gp).

worked on the pc after change the extension will have to check on my TV.

while editing some files, i came across an xml that states the camcorder app DOES record in MP4, so i am curious as to where you are seeing 3gp files. i just tested myself and indeed, when i record in QHD or HD, it records as mp4 (although, this is all in the Telstra base mind you...i dont mess around with AT&T base)

Pirateghost said:
while editing some files, i came across an xml that states the camcorder app DOES record in MP4, so i am curious as to where you are seeing 3gp files. i just tested myself and indeed, when i record in QHD or HD, it records as mp4 (although, this is all in the Telstra base mind you...i dont mess around with AT&T base)
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Thanks for pointing that out! Whole time, I thought I was still recording in 3gp and have just learned to deal with it. Now i checked on some christmas videos I took with the phone and they are in fact mp4! ^_^

Just checked some videos I did a couple weeks ago and it does give them a 3gp extension. This is on AT&T base.
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Jirv311 said:
Just checked some videos I did a couple weeks ago and it does give them a 3gp extension. This is on AT&T base.
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Could just be an at&t thing then. I will look at it tonight and see if that can easily be changed.
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Pirateghost said:
Could just be an at&t thing then. I will look at it tonight and see if that can easily be changed.
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That's my thought too. Can't imagine why though unless 3gp uses higher compression than straight mp4 to save bandwidth? Who knows. I was going to try and look at it as well if I could ever get time away from these damn dying servers.

Im on stock Bell Canada ROM and yes they are in fact 3gp. So maybe they changed in with sense 3.5?
PG if you can find a simple patch that would be much appreciated, since ICS is not that far away i'm going to stick with stock until ICS is released then flash a good custom firmware.

jebise101 said:
Im on stock Bell Canada ROM and yes they are in fact 3gp. So maybe they changed in with sense 3.5?
PG if you can find a simple patch that would be much appreciated, since ICS is not that far away i'm going to stick with stock until ICS is released then flash a good custom firmware.
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digging through the stock AT&T and it appears the same.
curious, what setting do you have your camcorder set to? which resolution?

Code:
i tried 1080, 720 they where both 3gp.
EDIT
Confirmed again, full 1080P and the output was was a file with extension of 3gp, changing the extention to mp4 does not seem to break anything. Here is the log from media info.
Code:
General
CompleteName : C:\Users\gs\Desktop\VIDEO0010.3gp
Format : MPEG-4
Format_Profile : 3GPP Media Release 4
CodecID : 3gp4
FileSize/String : 21.4 MiB
Duration/String : 18s 500ms
OverallBitRate/String : 9 687 Kbps
Video
ID/String : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile : [email protected]
Format_Settings_CABAC/String : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 1 frame
Format_Settings_GOP : M=1, N=31
CodecID : avc1
CodecID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration/String : 18s 500ms
BitRate/String : 9 209 Kbps
Width/String : 1 920 pixels
Height/String : 1 088 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String : Variable
FrameRate/String : 27.568 fps
FrameRate_Minimum/String : 11.955 fps
FrameRate_Maximum/String : 30.171 fps
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.160
StreamSize/String : 20.3 MiB (95%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language/String : English
Audio
ID/String : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format_Profile : LC
CodecID : 40
Duration/String : 18s 483ms
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 128 Kbps
BitRate_Nominal/String : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
ChannelPositions : Front: L R
SamplingRate/String : 44.1 KHz
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 289 KiB (1%)

on my rom, i made 3 different videos, QHD, 720, 1080
i will try again on stock as soon as i get a chance. it would be better if we got a couple of others to try this also, to make sure we are getting solid results
Code:
Complete name : C:\temp\VIDEO0001.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 4.46 MiB
Duration : 10s 79ms
Overall bit rate : 3 712 Kbps
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=31
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 10s 79ms
Bit rate : 2 975 Kbps
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.665 fps
Minimum frame rate : 14.950 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.405 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.192
Stream size : 3.57 MiB (80%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language : English
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 9s 892ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 116 KiB (3%)
Title : SoundHandle
Language : English
Code:
CompleteName : C:\temp\VIDEO0002.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format_Profile : Base Media
CodecID : isom
FileSize/String : 5.57 MiB
Duration/String : 7s 903ms
OverallBitRate/String : 5 916 Kbps
Video
ID/String : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile : [email protected]
Format_Settings_CABAC/String : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 1 frame
Format_Settings_GOP : M=1, N=31
CodecID : avc1
CodecID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration/String : 7s 903ms
BitRate/String : 4 973 Kbps
Width/String : 1 280 pixels
Height/String : 720 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String : Variable
FrameRate/String : 29.734 fps
FrameRate_Minimum/String : 14.950 fps
FrameRate_Maximum/String : 65.934 fps
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
StreamSize/String : 4.69 MiB (84%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language/String : English
Audio
ID/String : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format_Profile : LC
CodecID : 40
Duration/String : 7s 570ms
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 128 Kbps
BitRate_Nominal/String : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
ChannelPositions : Front: L R
SamplingRate/String : 44.1 KHz
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 118 KiB (2%)
Title : SoundHandle
Language/String : English
Code:
Complete name : C:\temp\VIDEO0003.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 10.9 MiB
Duration : 8s 491ms
Overall bit rate : 10.8 Mbps
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=31
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 8s 491ms
Bit rate : 9 902 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 088 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.559 fps
Minimum frame rate : 14.955 fps
Maximum frame rate : 34.351 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.160
Stream size : 10.0 MiB (92%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language : English
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 8s 150ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 128 KiB (1%)
Title : SoundHandle
Language : English

More than likely it's because media messages are compatible with more devices using 3gp than mp4 or m4v.
A simple rename from file.3gp to file.mp4 should work.
They are recorded with mp4 encoding but given the 3gp extension.
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Good Video Player for MKV

Is there a video player for our device that can play 720p mkv files without a hitch. Playing 720p mkv videos often have "patches" or "blotch" Here is an example. I'm using MX Player with Neon codec.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here is the video info :
Code:
General
Unique ID : 216974303495020924287683643424852726292 (0xA33BBB176FBDF1118884F9CDC1FCD214)
Complete name : C:\Users\u2\Downloads\[yibis]_One_Piece_585_[720p][45FD428D].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 357 MiB
Duration : 23mn 35s
Overall bit rate : 2 117 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-02-25 21:00:05
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.4.0 ('Piper') built on Mar 10 2012 13:34:39
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 23mn 35s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : h.264
Writing library : x264 core 129 r2245 bc13772
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=9 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x13 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=9 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=70 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 23mn 35s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Title : aac 2ch
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : subtitles & notes
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:eek:pening
00:03:13.902 : en:Recap
00:03:54.234 : en:Part 1
00:13:47.894 : en:Part 2
00:23:04.884 : en:Preview

ONE PIECE? i like!!

AW: Good Video Player for MKV
Delete the space in "en: Part 1" and there is a smiley
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vlc?
I play my mkv's (yes, i'm into anime, too ^^) with the VLC player...
you perhaps have tried that one already, because everyone knows it, but just in case you didnt i wanted to mention it
and for Trafalgar Law:
that was a hell of a episode last week
:laugh:

i play anime mkv 720 p too but there nothing wrong..no batches
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MX player with HW+ setting enabled for local files plays them without a problem you don't need a neon codec also just enable that.

LamerDuck said:
I play my mkv's (yes, i'm into anime, too ^^) with the VLC player...
you perhaps have tried that one already, because everyone knows it, but just in case you didnt i wanted to mention it
and for Trafalgar Law:
that was a hell of a episode last week
:laugh:
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Tried VLC, it plays other
videos well but freezes when I play the 720p mkv vid...
dfreake said:
i play anime mkv 720 p too but there nothing wrong..no batches
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What player do you use? 720p or 1080p mp4 plays well on my phone though. Its just 720p mkv just doesn't do good.
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you are right, vlc hangs on this file.
i dled it myself to confirm that.
the built-in player plays it without lags, if you install an app like AnTuTu CPU Master (free) and change the governor to "performance", but there are small color bugs whenever the subtitles change.
i guess this results from the video file not being encoded correctly for our devices.
the corresponding message on the pc when playing with mplayer is:"Could not find matching colorspace"
so the file is encoded with the wrong colorspace.
i guess your best choice would be to download correctly encoded files, since the converting of the color space eats up some cpu time, even when the color sorrection works as expected. there are plenty of mkv encodings of "one piece", so that shouldnt really be a problem

anGel_pLayer said:
Tried VLC, it plays other
videos well but freezes when I play the 720p mkv vid...
What player do you use? 720p or 1080p mp4 plays well on my phone though. Its just 720p mkv just doesn't do good.
i have 1080p high school of the dead still no problem man i use the hw+ i hear they improve hw+ on the new update
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LamerDuck said:
you are right, vlc hangs on this file.
i dled it myself to confirm that.
the built-in player plays it without lags, if you install an app like AnTuTu CPU Master (free) and change the governor to "performance", but there are small color bugs whenever the subtitles change.
i guess this results from the video file not being encoded correctly for our devices.
the corresponding message on the pc when playing with mplayer is:"Could not find matching colorspace"
so the file is encoded with the wrong colorspace.
i guess your best choice would be to download correctly encoded files, since the converting of the color space eats up some cpu time, even when the color sorrection works as expected. there are plenty of mkv encodings of "one piece", so that shouldnt really be a problem
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MX plays without lags but the discoloration and "patches" still is present . I don't have the stock player since I'm using CustoNexus. This is evident on all 720p anime downloaded directly from subbers... I think this is a limitation on all android phones...
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How about the preinstalled video-player?

Try Dice Player.......i van play 1080p without lags...for me it is the best tried...

im using MXPLAY.it s good.
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diceplayer or mxplayer
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this problem is not about the resolution of the file nor the container... it's because of the bits of the video... it happens because your episode is encoded in 10bits... the one that works best for me is MXPlayer... there's no video player (that I know of) for android that can perfectly decode 10bit videos :/ but if the encode isn't in 10 bits, all the mkv files play smoothly...

tozzz said:
this problem is not about the resolution of the file nor the container... it's because of the bits of the video... it happens because your episode is encoded in 10bits... the one that works best for me is MXPlayer... there's no video player (that I know of) for android that can perfectly decode 10bit videos :/ but if the encode isn't in 10 bits, all the mkv files play smoothly...
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I'm already using MX Player as said on first line of the post... HW/HW+/SW modes were tested...