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Coreplayer 1.1 works fine!

Hi, just installed the new Coreplayer 1.1 on the new Sleuth ROM.
I did no adjustments in settings whatsoever (default ATImageON).
Played an avi video in portrait and landscape, skipped back and forward.
Works perfect!

Concur. Coreplayer 1.1 is a HUGE improvement. Finally worth the $20 I paid for it back in Oct. AVRCP works now as well. ImageON acceleration is just short of phenomenal. I worked with the Core folks a bit and told them about the hardware table file. Quite frankly, I argued against them modding it b/c that would put them into device specific mode. They found a way to do it, however and I'm glad they did!
edit: I'll look at their modified table when I get a chance and mod my patch accordingly if its different.

You're right, IT WORKS!!!! Finally!!!
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Just tried it on Schaps 3.30c, works GREAT !
As it now works with acceleration there is a huge speed improvement!

Does it play *.flv files?

From the Coreplayer website:
Audio:
CorePlayer Mobile allows you to take back your media! Enjoy your music with these supported formats: MP3, AAC, MKA, WMA, WAV, OGG, Speex, WAVPACK, FLAC, MPC, AMR, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, MIDI
Video:
"It simply works!' Is what we hear from the community and what sets CorePlayer apart from other mobile media players. It support these formats and containers:
Video: CoreAVC (H.264), MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV, MJPEG
Containers: Matroska, TS, PS, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEG-4
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Is there a trial version of Coreplayer? Not TCPMP, an actual trial version of the actual Coreplayer. I've tried TCPMP and it didn't work with the buttons on the Moto HT820 so I'm wondering if that is fixed in Coreplayer.

coreplayer 1.1 supports the wmp plugin approach for avrcp support so your ht820 should work with it.

I've been using TCPMP and it seems to work fine as well.
My biggest gripe with the Coreplayer was that it refuses to stream music over my wifi network at home.

Video
H.264 (AVC)*, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2**, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV, MJPEG
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I have bought the Coreplayer today, but it DOESNT support WMV and MJPEG.
Coreplayer is a BIG FAKE.

belinea said:
I have bought the Coreplayer today, but it DOESNT support WMV and MJPEG.
Coreplayer is a BIG FAKE.
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Did you make sure, these are checked under settings/file associations?

When I open a WMV or MJPEG file i get the SAME error messages as in TCPMP.
Player : Video codec (Windows Media Video 9) not supported by the player!
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MJPEG: Progressive JPEG format is not supportet yet.
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So Coreplayer is an exact copy of TCPMP. The only difference is a skinned interface. I paid 20$ for NOTHING.

Actually, the ATI ImageON is finally supported and AVRCP now works. Neither of these features were in TCPMP. Also, the CoreTech media library is lightyears ahead of TCPMP's rudimentary playlists...

Does core player with the OEM rom on a 8525 work when paused with no modifications? Or does it only work with the modified rom with drivers?

GldRush98 said:
I've been using TCPMP and it seems to work fine as well.
My biggest gripe with the Coreplayer was that it refuses to stream music over my wifi network at home.
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Does the new version play audio files over wifi? I need that; I know TCPMP does the trick, and I wonder which other apps can do it (seems like WMP can't)

When I open a WMV or MJPEG file i get the SAME error messages as in TCPMP.
Player : Video codec (Windows Media Video 9) not supported by the player!
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MJPEG: Progressive JPEG format is not supportet yet.
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I have warned the users in the Coreplayer forum. But the admin has deleted the whole thread.

belinea said:
I have warned the users in the Coreplayer forum. But the admin has deleted the whole thread.
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belina what the hell do you expect?? When you go into a developers forum and start bad mouthing the software......you will notice that WM6 uses WMV9 which is a different codec alltogether....wmvs from an earlier codec work fine as i am testing right now....as for MJPEG this may be an issue but not one that hasnt been commented on in many forums.
I suggest you read up before you begin spitting your dummy out about a piece of 'in development' software!!!!

Prerna said:
Does the new version play audio files over wifi? I need that; I know TCPMP does the trick, and I wonder which other apps can do it (seems like WMP can't)
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This is a bug. It appears that you can stream directly if you know the location but if you use internet explorer and launch Coreplayer through a file association then it will simply play the last selection you had going. There's a thread on this over at corecodec.com. Hopefully, they'll have a fix for this one soon...

I also had problems with WM9 so I did a bit of investigation work.
Core player has been advertised to run WMV9, see for yourself here.
You can see corecodecs official suppliers page, which has now been back edited to remove all mention of wmv9.. also all posts, friendly ones too have been deleted by the forum admin regarding anything that is not pat on the back for the team, including how to enable wmv9 etc..
So I spoke to betaboy (one of the dev's) and his collegues.. they confirmed NO wmv9 support.. NO WMV support. NO plugins. When I showed them it was advertised to include this wmv9 codec, they explained it was because it maybe can in the future just not now.
Well, so setting aside the dubios business model. I searched xda devs and found a post relating to wmv9.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298126&highlight=wmv9+video
Some people are having issues getting WMV9 in TCPMP working with WM6, particularly those of us who are trying to use TCPMP with Orb and are getting a nasty WMV9/WMA9 not supported error. This is because WM6 includes newer versions of the WMV and WMA codecs, which are named differently than WM5's codecs. Orb does work with WMP Mobile 10 and Conduits Pocket Player, but the video is incredibly jerky for some reason
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So I tried this method and yes it's a dirty fix.. video is jerky. allthough slightly less jerky than playing wmv9's in the microsoft mediaplayer.
I then pursued the matter further and some kind people from xda devs had this solution, by copying these files into your tcpmp/coreplayer folder.
http://rapidshare.com/files/39953628/wmvplugins.zip.html
Performance is better, however videos are still pretty much unwatchable at 300kbps video due to massive frame rate drops etc..
I am wondering why wmv9 is cuasing us such a problem.. I have found it to be the most common wmv format used. I wonder if anyone knows if the decoder from wm6 is buggy or can be extracted/modified/renamed in some way to enable us better performance. Or if newer Rom releases have a newer updated versions included? I see wmv9decoder.dll in the windows folder but cannot copy it or anything.. maybe this isnt the file we need to look at, but it maybe..
To conclude the Core team have produced a great peice of software, there bussiness practices are pretty dodgey. There is no need for it, as they have a good product..

Thank you Ribdool
for your investigations on this issue - this is what I call good work.
I orderd it online and read their announcements carefully before and than
had the same problem and felt pretty tricked as the player did not support WMV.
Hopefully they find a solution soon.

Sleuth255 said:
This is a bug. It appears that you can stream directly if you know the location but if you use internet explorer and launch Coreplayer through a file association then it will simply play the last selection you had going. There's a thread on this over at corecodec.com. Hopefully, they'll have a fix for this one soon...
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Thanks for that. I actually meant I want to stream files from my computer, through my LAN, over wifi. Resco Explorer allows browsing on LAN, but can only play 2 file at a time.
Anyone knows whether Coreplayer (or other players) can do it?

[Q] h264/mkv limitations?

Hi guys,
I'm suffering trying to get some videos to play on my epic. They are MKV: h264 (848x480) and ogg. At first I thought the phone saying it wouldn't support the video was the audio codec, which I tried remuxed as mp3 and wav, neither helped. At this point I am wondering it the h264 resolution isn't supported?
However, another weird issue is my epic also won't play some videos I already reformatted for my ipad.These are MP4: h264 768x576 and AAC. I can't imagine the epic being more limited than the crippled ipad...
Am I missing something here? Everywhere I look, all of these formats are supposed to be supported (well, maybe not ogg). Also, every once in awhile one of these combinations will play, but with missing audio, no subs, can't seek, freezing video, etc. Always some error, and usually just outright says the system doesn't support the format.
Thanks for the help guys, this is stressing me out lol, so sick of trying conversions.

What software are you using? Handbrake with Normal profile works just fine on the Epic (but High Profile does not work).

Last time I tried to find a decent video transcoder for Windows it was a nightmare, maybe this will help you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_video_conversion_software).
If that doesn't workout you could try this: Find a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, burn it to cd, when its loaded click "Try Ubuntu", and once connected to the internet press Alt+F2 and copy in "(sudo apt-get install arista); arista-gtk". I tried another program called Transmaggedon, but although it gave more control over transcoding, it didn't appear to work.

Ya handbreak did work. Unfortunately I still have to demux both the original and post-hb file to transfer the subs over as handbreak isn't doing it.
Thx for the help. I would still like to know the resolution limitation tho so if anyone knows...
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So I have been fooling around with it some more and found that when I recode using handbreak I don't need to change the vid resolution, just have to force it to 24fps and everything, vid/audio/subs, sync fine (source is 30fps).
I don't think the epic supports ogg/vorbis audio, which explains why the source material didn't work, but then after remuxing with compatible audio why wouldn't it work? All I can think of is handbreak is compressing the bitrate even though I'm not changing any settings there...
I'll update with any new findings.

I took another look around and it looks like SUPER would work quite well. It can use FFmpeg which has support for pretty much every known format and gives you a lot of control over the output. I really didn't expect to find anything this good on Windows, but FFmpeg was originally used under GNU/Linux, so it isn't as surprising.
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
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Strange, I run mkv with no problem at all. I use Double Twist as my player. Not sure whether this has built in codecs for mkv. I never checked because I can play everything on my phone. Except damn Netflix of course.

Thx for the recommendation chinoto.
The mkv capablity should be built into the phone independent of the software playing it (at least that's my understanding). All of my reencoded mkv's are working fine which I'm attrbuting to the lower bit rate.
The original bitrate was 1,534Kbps (video), handbreak compresses it to 681Kbps at the same resolution (24fps from 30fps original for sync though).
What's the highest bitrate you guys have had work correctly (no syncing issues even after seeking)?
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I really like vplayer. I've gone thru every player for the most part and find vplayer very consistant in playing every type of video I can think of. Imo its the poweramp of videos
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Yeah thy switched something from 2.1 to 2.2
I just tried to play my frst 720p .mkv in a while on my phone and it wouldn't play in the stock player (it would before...with subtitles.) So I dl'ed rockplayer lite and it says hardware acceleration not available but it plays...with distorted sound and the image is all jumpy.
QQ player flat out says "audio codec not supported"
All of this worked perfectly wth stock player on di18/dk28
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Hrm interesting. Havnt tried moving back down to 2.1...
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nexus 7 video players and codecs****

I like to be able to watch anime on my N7 and torrent movies. What's the best video player for our N7 tablet? Here are the compatible codecs of Tegra 3. What other problems you've got with these codecs and players, list them below.
Tips: I read this site talking about tricks and tips for Nexus 7. The browser app they recommended really work for my animate site. Puffin Web Browser, give it a shot guys. 14 days trial, I went ahead and bought it too. Flash working perfectly in full screen. If you need flash to stream online movies, give this browser a shot. Front camera now can record 720p by buying camera ICS+ on Play Store or install am update zip from hillbeast.
Update2: As of 6/3/2013 1080p 10bit video color is still a bit distorted on (HW+) MX Player but as far as i know, no player can handle 10bit perfectly yet. Good job to the guys at MX Player.
DTS audio codec problem solved: go to MX's settings>decoder>download custom codec. Once you got it downloaded use any unzip app to copy that folder out. Go back to MX's settings>decoder>custom codec to pick that unzipped folder.
Thanks to: Mohan_168, many others for DTS reports.
Video (1080p)
Decode H.264 (HP @ 40Mbps)
VC-1 AP
MPEG2
MPEG-4
DivX 4/5
XviD HT
H.263
Theora
VP8
WMV
Sorenson Spark
Real Video
VP6
Encode H.264
MPEG4
H.263
VP8
Video Teleconference (VTC) H.264
MPEG4
H.263
VP8
Audio
Decode AAC-LC
AAC+
eAAC+
MP3
MP3 VBR
WAV/PCM
AMR-NB
AMR-WB
BSAC
MPEG-2 Audio
Vorbis
WMA 9
WMA Lossless
WMA Pro
G.729a *
G.711 *
QCELP *
EVRC *
* Through third party
Encode AAC LC
AAC+
eAAC+
PCM/WAV
AMR-NB
AMR-WB

As of 9/25/2012 This are the distorted i was mentioning from 10 bit 1080p mkv video. You can still watch the video without lag, but you have to use HW+ for 10 bit video.
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Mobo Player is a great free video player in the Play Store.
Why did you reserve a second post?

As you have already listed, Tegra 3 supports the majority of codecs in use today, with the exception of H.264 10-bit (Hi10P) profile. Many anime groups release stuff in both 8-bit and 10-bit. Since most people are still waiting for their Nexus 7 to arrive, including myself, you are better off sticking to 8-bit releases for now until people can confirm if 10-bit playback is possible.

Brigaid said:
Mobo Player is a great free video player in the Play Store.
Why did you reserve a second post?
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For space incase later I need to add more info on players+codecs. I used Mobo Players a year ago, still waiting for the N7 to test out all the stuffs that can be play and the one having problems. No players was perfect a year ago on GB and ICS. Hopefully everything got iron out.

I emailed Dice Player Devs & asked them if they can update for JB but I guess they are probably waiting to get their hands on one, since I never got a reply.

There's Mx Player and Vplayer.

diceplayer support JB from ver 2.0.8

BS Player
I'm just hoping bs player will be along soon. It's worked perfectly on my EVO View 4G and my photon 4G even allows me to play files off of my server with no transcoding required.

Seems the default player doesn't support the mkv container.
Dice does work and does support hardware playback of mkv.
My favourite player is still mVideoPlayer, still the only that I've come across that remembers what I've watched. So I'm back to converting all my content across to mp4.

cybrey said:
Seems the default player doesn't support the mkv container.
Dice does work and does support hardware playback of mkv.
My favourite player is still mVideoPlayer, still the only that I've come across that remembers what I've watched. So I'm back to converting all my content across to mp4.
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Damn, I was hoping they got mkv file iron out. Most HD anime subbed using mkv container.
Edit: they did mxplayer and bsplayer play mkv. nicely with mxplayer you have to set decoder and subtitles manually (one time) in settings.

I'll be using CifsManager to mount a windows network share containing all my movies/tv series, then use MX Player. From there you can easily add everything from the Windows share to MX Player's Folder Scan. I've tested this on my phone and it works very impressively. My soon-to-come tablet should replace my netbook very easily now

Has anyone found a player that makes rhe soft buttons temporarily disappear?

Mrcojocaru said:
Has anyone found a player that makes rhe soft buttons temporarily disappear?
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VPlayer. I've found it to be the best media player on 4.1 right now but that's sure t change soon.

I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned VLC, its my goto desktop video player, it's still in beta but it seems to be working fine if you manually install the apk.
Link to post with VLC apk

MX Player with the V7 codec pack works pretty good on the N7, just be sure to set it to software render if you want audio on some of the more obscure codecs.
I also recommend Skifta from Qualcomm as a pretty solid and low-frills DNLA app for LAN streaming that works fine with 4.1/4.1.1

Jaybuz said:
VPlayer. I've found it to be the best media player on 4.1 right now but that's sure t change soon.
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Sweet... Took your thankginity

Best movie player for 1080p and 720p .mkv files? I've already got some movies ready to test the screen when it arrives at the start of August.

What is the best player for .mkv videos with DTS audio? Does VLC support this? I have over 100 blurays in .mkv format with DTS audio and would like to play them without converting.

Hi guys, so can anyone verify if the VLC plays 1080p MKVs fine on the Nexus 7...?

Xperia ion H.264 support

So I have been considering the Ion as an upgrade from my ATRIX 4g but I have one criteria than the next phone I get cannot fail, or else there is no point in upgrading my phone because overall, I am happy with my current phone. I was wondering if the ion has the ability to natively decode hi-profile H.264 encoded video in an .mkv file. I have literally thousands of files on my PC and I don't want to re-encode them, especially because most of them have subtitles and that makes them extra hard to re-encode.
So if someone could find and test out some h.264 hi-profile encoded mkv video in 720p or 1080p, and report back the results of how it played, I would be super grateful! (Just FYI most .mkv files are h264 and most videos encoded in h.264 are encoded in hi-profile, so the files aren't that rare in case it seemed daunting to find a file like that) Thanks so much!

acidtreat101 said:
So I have been considering the Ion as an upgrade from my ATRIX 4g but I have one criteria than the next phone I get cannot fail, or else there is no point in upgrading my phone because overall, I am happy with my current phone. I was wondering if the ion has the ability to natively decode hi-profile H.264 encoded video in an .mkv file. I have literally thousands of files on my PC and I don't want to re-encode them, especially because most of them have subtitles and that makes them extra hard to re-encode.
So if someone could find and test out some h.264 hi-profile encoded mkv video in 720p or 1080p, and report back the results of how it played, I would be super grateful! (Just FYI most .mkv files are h264 and most videos encoded in h.264 are encoded in hi-profile, so the files aren't that rare in case it seemed daunting to find a file like that) Thanks so much!
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I have tried a few like that and they seem to work just fine using MX player on the Ion. The files I tried were at least 720p mkv files and h.264 encoded.

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I have tried a few like that and they seem to work just fine using MX player on the Ion. The files I tried were at least 720p mkv files and h.264 encoded.
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+1 Confirmed. MX Player is the jam! I have yet to try 1080p personally, so I can't report on that. But all of my movies that are MKV H.264 720p, play just fine.

I use dice player and 1080p .mkv's are smooth as butter and even send to my bravia TV flawlessly
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Cool thanks for letting me know. The Ion is a definite possibility. It's either the Ion or the Samsung Galaxy S3.

the ion is free right now

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$0.00 or $199.99 ..... hmmm

Well, if you don't mind answering, for you, what are the things you find to be a negative aspect of the Ion? What about the phone arent you happy with?

i uploaded this to my phone,......and it runs pretty smooth on Hardware mode and Software mode,..... via MX Player
if you want me to test one of your own video / movie...... send me the file or link
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Well, if you don't mind answering, for you, what are the things you find to be a negative aspect of the Ion? What about the phone arent you happy with?
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The only thing that I don't like, is while on a head set call, the phone screen turns off at call end, even if you're using it during the call. Other than that, I love this phone.
Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.

cHoLoCoY said:
i uploaded this to my phone,......and it runs pretty smooth on Hardware mode and Software mode,..... via MX Player
if you want me to test one of your own video / movie...... send me the file or link
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Could you go to http://www.h264info.com/clips.html and download the clip titled Serenity – 720p “On HD DVD” Trailer and tell me how it runs on the phone. On my Atrix, it lags a lot and the audio gets totally out of sync. Other videos, even in 1080p, I can play fine- so long as they aren't encoded in high-profile. Thanks.

acidtreat101 said:
Could you go to http://www.h264info.com/clips.html and download the clip titled Serenity – 720p “On HD DVD” Trailer and tell me how it runs on the phone. On my Atrix, it lags a lot and the audio gets totally out of sync. Other videos, even in 1080p, I can play fine- so long as they aren't encoded in high-profile. Thanks.
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I just tried this file, first video I play on my phone, and it played very smoothly, no lags or out of sync. Later I'll try it at home to the TV with the HDMI cable.
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It played perfectly to the TV through HDMI. Surprisingly, I was able to control the phone using my Samsung TV remote control.

josemald said:
I just tried this file, first video I play on my phone, and it played very smoothly, no lags or out of sync. Later I'll try it at home to the TV with the HDMI cable.
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Cool thanks!

[Q] Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210) + MX Player + DTS Codec

Hey Guys
Just got a Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210) and I'm struggling to get MX Player to play MKVs with DTS audio.
I've been to the "MX Player Custom Codec with DTS Support" thread and followed the instructions, but still no audio when playing back MKVs with DTS audio.
The codec I downloaded for my device was "x86-SSE3 [MD5:3dea0d71e4db915aab777316c697ef23]"
But, one thing I noted was that in step 6 it states:
"Navigate into the folder you put on your device. It will list all five library files. Press OK"
The zip I downloaded only had one file within it (libffmpeg.mx.so), so am I doing something wrong?
When I try play a movie with DTS audio, I get this message:
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When I select the downloaded 'Custom Codec', the player restarts and then displays the following:
Any ideas what I'm missing guys?

Does anyone know?

guides outdated, you only need the one file.
did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?

Mussels84 said:
did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?
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The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?

Ripperoo said:
The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?
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wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.

Mussels84 said:
wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.
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Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.

Ripperoo said:
Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.
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the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
i use MX player for all my network playback needs, trouble free.

Just an update to say WOW!
This app has made my tablet what I have been crying out for since getting my 'ASUS TF101' back in November 2011.
This is it!
For anyone who hasn't seen it, here some screen captures of the 'Archos Video Player' widget (which can be re-sized to fill the whole screen as I have).
One screen for movies, one screen for TV shows etc.
MooVees & TeeVee
The widget even lets you scroll through the contents of you SMB folder (once it's been indexed) and quickly populates the screen with thumbnails as you scroll up/down.
Clicking the thumbnail then lauches the movie.
Awesome!
Maybe not for everyone, but this is just what I've been looking for.

Mussels84 said:
the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
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Maybe it's something else with my configuration then as I did this earlier with a movie containing DTS audio and I just got the same error messages as I did originally.
I even tried downloading and installing the x86 codec again, but got the 'Unsupported device' message once more.
Anyhow, no looking back now.
For me personally, 'Archos Video Player' is what I've been looking for.
Primarily, I want my tablets to be PMPs and this is what 'Archos Video Player'.
Thanks for your help.

wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.

Mussels84 said:
wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.
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It could be!
What device are you using?
I know when I check my 'Decoder' settings, there is an option to 'Download custom codec' and it says underneath 'Please download x86 type cusom codec' and even when I follow this route to obtain the codec, I still get the same errors.
Just been having a mess around with the 'Archos Video Player' and discovered that everything seems to play fine on the 'Samsung Galaxy Tab 3' in 720p MKV format over the network (don't have 1080p the experiment with).
However and probably due to it's age, some movies seem a bit choppy on the 'ASUS TF101'.
More than happy now tho'.