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[Q] play 720p .mp4 video on MIUI 1.6.17 HTC Desire

Hi all,
I recently rooted my HTC Desire from stock HTC Sense with Froyo to 1.6.17-MIUI-XJ with android 2.3.4. Has been a great update and I am very happy with the result.
Just have one issue. My phone with HTC sense + Froyo played 720p .mp4 files downloaded from youtube without a hitch. Infact I used the stock video player to play the videos.
Ever since I have rooted the phone, I am unable to play any of the 720p videos with the stock MIUI player and even with "Summer Player" the videos stutter badly and there is a considerable lag between audio and video. How do i solve this issue...
Thanks,
Shilp

you can try the mobo player,and i think there may be some problems of video playback with Gingerbread,because i have the same issue of you.

Try rockplayer:
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html

Hi,
Thanks but none of these players seem to help...Is it because my phone does not have the latest codecs or some issue like that?...Can i get the complete list of codecs from somewhere...
Thanks...

As I know the players have their own codecs, But I might be wrong, have you tested the demo version of vPlayer ? It read almost every thing even .flv files

aah ok, I havent tried that player yet...Will try it soon...thanks

I am still unable to find a good video player for MIUI on My I9000....:-(

I use mobo player from the market ..it is the best player and it will play ur file.
But if it doesn't then enable soft decoding in the mobo players menu then it will play
The player can play avi. Mkv. Mp4 3gp and basically all other filettypes as it has the soft decoding option
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reaper7881 said:
I use mobo player from the market ..it is the best player and it will play ur file.
But if it doesn't then enable soft decoding in the mobo players menu then it will play
The player can play avi. Mkv. Mp4 3gp and basically all other filettypes as it has the soft decoding option
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try diceplayer v1.5.3
diceplayer can use HW video decoder at any containers and audio codecs.
it can play MKV(H.264+DTS,Flac) , MOV(H.264,AAC) , MTS(H.264,AC3) with Full HW video decoding.

[Q] [MKV] Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding?

Hey guys,
I was wondering if there was a way of making the Arc use Hardware decoding for MKV video.
I've tried every last tip google can give me and every single HW ACC supporting media player in the market but they ALL fail to either enable HW and default to SW or just crash all together when trying to play MKV files.
MP4 files (i.e. Youtube 1080p via WiFi) run perfectly fine with HW decoding on MX Player only if I try to watch a 720p/1080p MKV file, mostly TV shows and movies, it stutters like mad and the audio lags behind on whatever player I grab. Some players work better then others and MX player performs the best but still unwatchable.
I'm running a Xperia Arc with the CM 7.2.0 FXP052 ROM and Kernel OC'd @ 1612Mhz. On stock speed it's MUCH worse but the kernel doesn't go higher then 1.6Ghz nor do I think the phone can handle anything more then that without messing with the voltages.
So, is there any way to make it run HW ACC mode for MKV or am i and the rest of the Arc users just screwed?

Looks like I have to bump it up a bit...

Have you tried other players too?
I've never watched *.mkv files, because I always use *.avi files.
And I never had any issues with watching HD videos.
Btw, I'm using QQ player.

xperia hadware doens't support mkv but you can try another players like rockplayer and run software decoding.

Imprezzion said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if there was a way of making the Arc use Hardware decoding for MKV video.
I've tried every last tip google can give me and every single HW ACC supporting media player in the market but they ALL fail to either enable HW and default to SW or just crash all together when trying to play MKV files.
MP4 files (i.e. Youtube 1080p via WiFi) run perfectly fine with HW decoding on MX Player only if I try to watch a 720p/1080p MKV file, mostly TV shows and movies, it stutters like mad and the audio lags behind on whatever player I grab. Some players work better then others and MX player performs the best but still unwatchable.
I'm running a Xperia Arc with the CM 7.2.0 FXP052 ROM and Kernel OC'd @ 1612Mhz. On stock speed it's MUCH worse but the kernel doesn't go higher then 1.6Ghz nor do I think the phone can handle anything more then that without messing with the voltages.
So, is there any way to make it run HW ACC mode for MKV or am i and the rest of the Arc users just screwed?
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You can smoothly run H/W accelerated mkv 720p videos and other formats on your smartphone using Dice Player or BS player. These players support H/W ACC for mkv,avi,flv and others.

I use Dice player to play mkv videos but not all mkv videos can be played i H/W mode and I think I know why. Developer of DicePlayer wrote in description that Xperia arc can play "720p [email protected]/4.0(some Level 4.0 file have shutter problem)" videos. From what I know scene releases of tv shows and hd movies now need to be converted with 4.1 profile so our arc/arc s can't play it. There is no need to reconvert video to change Profile Level to 4.0 or 3.1 thanks to H264 Level Editor tool. It can change level within 1 second. Tested with justified.s03e04.720p.hdtv.x264-compulsion.mkv. Changed level from 4.1 to 4.0 and still couldn't play it via DicePlayer so I changed it to 3.1 and it worked like a charm.
Don't know why but video still can't be played in MX Video Player.
I just hope this can be usefull to somebody having touble with playing 720p mkv videos.

I use Dice player to play mkv videos but not all mkv videos can be played i H/W mode and I think I know why. Developer of DicePlayer wrote in description that Xperia arc can play "720p [email protected]/4.0(some Level 4.0 file have shutter problem)" videos. From what I know scene releases of tv shows and hd movies now need to be converted with 4.1 profile so our arc/arc s can't play it. There is no need to reconvert video to change Profile Level to 4.0 or 3.1 thanks to H264 Level Editor tool. It can change level within 1 second. Tested with justified.s03e04.720p.hdtv.x264-compulsion.mkv. Changed level from 4.1 to 4.0 and still couldn't play it via DicePlayer so I changed it to 3.1 and it worked like a charm.
Don't know why but video still can't be played in MX Video Player.
I just hope this can be usefull to somebody having touble with playing 720p mkv videos.
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THIS! THIS IS IT! I spent a couple hours poking around for the answer and found thread after thread of people suggesting 'hey have you tried this player yet?', but THIS IS THE ANSWER!
Thank you so much!

Hi all, I wanted to ask if anyone found a way to play 720p .mkv files (mainly TV Scene Releases) on our Xperia Arc and with what settings (ROM, Kernel, CPU Frequency, etc) and which Video Player.
I've read that you can do it with changing Profile Level of the .mkv but I am a Mac user and can't run H264 Level Editor. Can we do it perhaps with another mac-compatible application?
Thank you for your time.

Babis_ECE said:
Hi all, I wanted to ask if anyone found a way to play 720p .mkv files (mainly TV Scene Releases) on our Xperia Arc and with what settings (ROM, Kernel, CPU Frequency, etc) and which Video Player.
I've read that you can do it with changing Profile Level of the .mkv but I am a Mac user and can't run H264 Level Editor. Can we do it perhaps with another mac-compatible application?
Thank you for your time.
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I just tried, with an 720p episode of fringe, encoded in level 4.1 and 8 r.f. I'm on stock 2.3.4 (firmware. 62) and used dice player. The episode plays but not smoothly. As for a suitable program to change level editor is
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chandoliasnikos said:
I just tried, with an 720p episode of fringe, encoded in level 4.1 and 8 r.f. I'm on stock 2.3.4 (firmware. 62) and used dice player. The episode plays but not smoothly. As for a suitable program to change level editor is
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Hi Nikos, could you mention again the "suitable program", because you must have deleted it by accident.
Thank you.

Babis_ECE said:
Hi Nikos, could you mention again the "suitable program", because you must have deleted it by accident.
Thank you.
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I forgot to write it but I see now you are using Mac, so it wont be any help, the program is for windows, it's called Ripbot264.
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720p videos not working...

Hi! I have problems playing some videos, particularly 720p movies that I downloaded via torrent. The video format is .avi and i'm using a class 10, 8gb micro sd card. It says unable to play video when i try it on my GW. The video plays fine on my pc through VLC media player, but when I try playing the video using DivX player, an error pops out about audio codec... (forgot the exact error type name) So I assume that the problem is the audio format. Is there any app that can solve this problem? Thanks in advance!

superganey said:
Hi! I have problems playing some videos, particularly 720p movies that I downloaded via torrent. The video format is .avi and i'm using a class 10, 8gb micro sd card. It says unable to play video when i try it on my GW. The video plays fine on my pc through VLC media player, but when I try playing the video using DivX player, an error pops out about audio codec... (forgot the exact error type name) So I assume that the problem is the audio format. Is there any app that can solve this problem? Thanks in advance!
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Try MX Video Player. An AVI-File is just a container, so it can contain different video and audio-codecs which the Video player (whether PC or Smartphone) has to support.
greets
THE-E

I will try it as soon as I get home. Thanks! One more question about this app; what are the other codecs for? should I download and install them all for my GW? Sorry but i'm really clueless about video formats and stuff.

May I..??
No need to download any codecs...in my exp,..it's support any vid format.but in particular case,if u want using h/w(hardware) accelerator playing some vid playback and it says doesn't support,just download mx armv7 neon codec...but if u still in stock rom,no need to download that codecs..
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Or try Mobo Player. I have positive experience with it.

Use software decoder
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Okay, I downloaded mx vid player and the 720p video now plays with a sound but there's a problem; fps was quite low! the video doesn't play as smooth as the other videos that i have.
jahlee said:
May I..??
No need to download any codecs...in my exp,..it's support any vid format.but in particular case,if u want using h/w(hardware) accelerator playing some vid playback and it says doesn't support,just download mx armv7 neon codec...but if u still in stock rom,no need to download that codecs..
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My phone's rooted but i'm using stock rom (waiting for ICS..hihi). If I download and try those codecs, do u think the fps of the video will improve?
_jis_ said:
Or try Mobo Player. I have positive experience with it.
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Can you tell me about your experience? Have you tried playing a 720p video with it?
andynroid said:
Use software decoder
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I searched at the market but there's no software decoder app. can you tell me whats this decoder for? thanks
EDIT: sorry if i have to ask for help rather than trying them myself. right now, i'm stuck here in my wifi-less office. -_-

superganey said:
Can you tell me about your experience? Have you tried playing a 720p video with it?
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Yes I did. Without problems.

Nahh..no need to download that mx codecs if any 720p vid run...its just wasting ur space...
Buy a fullhd phone if u want a super-smooth fps..!xP..(kidding bro)
Try to switch between h/w decoding or s/w decoding when playback ur vid..tap on screen,u can see on right side there is small decoder option..tap it and choose between s/w or h/w....feel wich one suite u well..there's a small diff in fps on each decoder.
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jahlee said:
Nahh..no need to download that mx codecs if any 720p vid run...its just wasting ur space...
Buy a fullhd phone if u want a super-smooth fps..!xP..(kidding bro)
Try to switch between h/w decoding or s/w decoding when playback ur vid..tap on screen,u can see on right side there is small decoder option..tap it and choose between s/w or h/w....feel wich one suite u well..there's a small diff in fps on each decoder.
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ahh so that's it then.. i've nothing against the video support of this phone, i still love it. just wanna try and find out how far our phone can go in terms of video playback. xD.. thanks for the tip!

[q] video player

Hi guys, I am currently in CM11 latest build. The 1080p and many diff format videos are not running. i tried many players. MX player is not even opening, says UNSUPOORTED ANDROID VERSION. Please suggest me a good video player that will play all resolution and format videos on CM11. thanks in advance.

atikrasul said:
Hi guys, I am currently in CM11 latest build. The 1080p and many diff format videos are not running. i tried many players. MX player is not even opening, says UNSUPOORTED ANDROID VERSION. Please suggest me a good video player that will play all resolution and format videos on CM11. thanks in advance.
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Try VLC Player

I use VPlayer and its good enough.
Hit Thanks if you liked my post.

Try DicePlayer

Try mobo
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atikrasul said:
Hi guys, I am currently in CM11 latest build. The 1080p and many diff format videos are not running. i tried many players. MX player is not even opening, says UNSUPOORTED ANDROID VERSION. Please suggest me a good video player that will play all resolution and format videos on CM11. thanks in advance.
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Dude..this is because u installing old apk of MX player it seems...install latest update....working flawlessly on my grand...I wud share a piece of my mind...MX player is best one out there...its s/w mode actually rocks when other players are unable to play few videos..my most of videos are mkvs and I have realized that stock player lags/don't play such....most of players lags..its a must app...saying after experience of all freaking player out there .....hope I helped.
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Video Player for S5830i

hello, is there any video player for S5830i ?? i tried installing MX Player Free but it won't install .. now i cant play my videos

xlSKYFiRElx said:
hello, is there any video player for S5830i ?? i tried installing MX Player Free but it won't install .. now i cant play my videos
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MX Player is easily the best free player there is. Can you tell me what error you are getting? Do you have enough space left to install it?

im having total lag with MX Player, i don't know why .. i can only use HW (i think) because when it press SW it says "not supported" or alike .. i have 60mb free space and 50% free ram .. so i don't know why this is happening, oh btw im @ TouchWiz Res v9.5 ROM

xlSKYFiRElx said:
im having total lag with MX Player, i don't know why .. i can only use HW (i think) because when it press SW it says "not supported" or alike .. i have 60mb free space and 50% free ram .. so i don't know why this is happening, oh btw im @ TouchWiz Res v9.5 ROM
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Due to our phone's hardware limitation, you can't watch HD videos as in 480p or greater without terrible lag. Sometime such HD videos will not even run on our device. This has nothing to do with free memory space or free ram space. Your only option is to convert it to 240p or 320p to watch in our phone. Hope I Helped

xlSKYFiRElx said:
hello, is there any video player for S5830i ?? i tried installing MX Player Free but it won't install .. now i cant play my videos
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there is lots of video players in play store..just search in play store..or go to this link and try it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2662781
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amolgosavi said:
there is lots of video players in play store..just search in play store..or go to this link and try it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2662781
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No matter what type of Video Player you install into Ace i, you will not be able to watch HD videos not atleast without lag