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Best Video Player/Converter/Format

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

Win Media Player and AVI?

Is there a driver or codec I need to play AVI on my ATT Tilt??

yes, its called: use_the_search.exe

What is that...
WHat is use_the_search.exe???

avi is not a real format it's a container of many many many codecs
like divX and .....
http://pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1080
this is the best general free player for pocketpc to play video

epauldc29 said:
WHat is use_the_search.exe???
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Sarcasm - they get that way with noobs sometimes

Fruitcake said:
yes, its called: use_the_search.exe
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Interesting, with such a helpful guy around, live is easy
As I could not find an addon for the media player to accept .avi I switched to Coreplayer. No regrets, but why use 2 programs where one could do the job?
So mr Fruitcake, please expose your sources.
Regards,

Player
The free playert is nice, but drags along - very low frames per minute it seems

best hd/ video player?

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!!!

atomb said:
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..

wase4711 said:
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
Sent from my Xoom using my Xoom
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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.

Various Video Format Playback (i.e. AVI)

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 .
Sent from my HTC Legend

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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[Q] [9003]Playing HD videos in mp4 format

Hi
Sorry if I posted in wrong place.
I just bought Samsung galaxy sl with super clear lcd. I am facing some major issues with playback of high definition videos in mp4 format. The default video player in my phone is not supporting the playback of high definition mp4 videos. I tried downloading at least 6-7 different video players from the android market but again facing problems. Some of the players like rockplayer and V player are able to play the same video but at a very very slow frame rate. The sound is alright but video playback is very poor with extremely slow frame rate. Its as if the video is being played in slow motion. The sound comes earlier whereas the video playback falls behind with slow framerate.
So any idea how I could play hi-definition videos is my galaxy s 4gb lcd version ?
Thanx

Stock player plays 720p easily
Ders also a Summer Player wic i like
Rock Player hs sound issues in mine...

Yes this sucks really. I have both galaxy s and sl
And s play unconverted mkv flawlessly where my sl have lag on it and also I need market play. I hope any developer modified sl player codec with original S model.
I know our sl have good gpu n cpu to run hd unconverted movie.
I hope some one will modify default play and ported S player to our phone. Like touchwiz 4.
Sent from my GT-I9003

The stock player is able to play 720p if I convert it to .avi
But mp4 is not running. I tried a lot of players from Market but to no avail.
Was not expecting this..

same problem here.. most of the videos i downloaded were 720p.. but most of the time when I try to watch the videos, frame rates were to slow... but the audio was fine,.. hmmmm?!?!

argel08 said:
same problem here.. most of the videos i downloaded were 720p.. but most of the time when I try to watch the videos, frame rates were to slow... but the audio was fine,.. hmmmm?!?!
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Thats d same problem that I face..

Smooth as silk here. Evn in stock player.
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ggclanlord said:
Smooth as silk here. Evn in stock player.
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The mp4s & mkv's too?? 720p??
Which firmware r u on??

Ws on ddkb2. Mkv. 720p.
Now i hv rooted and flashed xxxkb3. Nt tried on tis yet. Wait tel u in few
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Have you tried moboplayer ?

Download Handbrake and use it to convert your videos. Since it hasn't played on 6-7 players it's likely there is something wrong with the file format. Try converting to .mkv again with one of the presets.

thatha said:
Have you tried moboplayer ?
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That one is best of all the players.. But still lagged playback..

720P or 1080P? please try to use 手机QQ影音(Android)1.0 Beta3(168) it will be OK!

I recorded a video at highest quality and 720 using SGSL but when played they play like scatched cd or dvd, video and sound doesnt match and sometimes the video skips.
Can someone suggest. The videos are recorded on external sd card.

Its due to you ext sd quality.most probably its class 2.you need at least class 6 sd for optimum result.
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try vplayer, it suppors a lot of different files i tried mp4 and mkv as well
cheers!

rdr_m said:
Its due to you ext sd quality.most probably its class 2.you need at least class 6 sd for optimum result.
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I have a class 4 card. Thanks for the reply

whiteluomiou said:
720P or 1080P? please try to use 手机QQ影音(Android)1.0 Beta3(168) it will be OK!
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where can i find this?

I've researched a lot on this topic and found that its due to our omap 3630 chip set. Its not powerful as galaxy s hummingbird. It can play 720p mp4 but not handle 1280*720 mkv no matter what you do.
I have both galaxy s and sl.
And I recently flash both with best roms available with lagfix.
What I wonder to see that smartcine n quadrant score of both.
I. Cpu part they have little difference.
2. But in graphics u have seen nearly 60% more score of galaxy s over sl.
That is the reason sl sucks in this section means hd playback but.
But after flash xxdb3 n lagfix on my sl. I am able to score mkre than 1900 on quadrant where my galaxy s score 2700.
I dont think any player from market can play mkv in hd smoothly.
Sent from my GT-I9003

manrock111 said:
I've researched a lot on this topic and found that its due to our omap 3630 chip set. Its not powerful as galaxy s hummingbird. It can play 720p mp4 but not handle 1280*720 mkv no matter what you do.
I have both galaxy s and sl.
And I recently flash both with best roms available with lagfix.
What I wonder to see that smartcine n quadrant score of both.
I. Cpu part they have little difference.
2. But in graphics u have seen nearly 60% more score of galaxy s over sl.
That is the reason sl sucks in this section means hd playback but.
But after flash xxdb3 n lagfix on my sl. I am able to score mkre than 1900 on quadrant where my galaxy s score 2700.
I dont think any player from market can play mkv in hd smoothly.
Sent from my GT-I9003
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i9003 can't play mkv because it don't have drivers to understand this format in stock player. If you are using other player in not system mode this means that it don't use video aceleration at all.
IE we just need native drivers for mkv and other formats