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[Q] best 720p MKV player for tegra3?

Anyone found apps that play 720p mkv smoothly? (Type of stuff you get off the internet..)

TF101

I use my movie player, works quite nicely with 720p
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I use Mx player.
You can even choose between HW acceleration or SW acceleration.
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MX Player here. Uses HW acceleration, super smooth. Tried Dice Player and VPlayer, had lots of bugs on audio and video was not very smooth.

flakz0r said:
MX Player here. Uses HW acceleration, super smooth. Tried Dice Player and VPlayer, had lots of bugs on audio and video was not very smooth.
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I tried MxPlayer and DicePlayer and found that DicePlayer gives me better image quality and plays everything I feed it without any problems.
My tip is to try out both Mx and DicePlayer.

bsplayer

I tried MX Player it failed to play MOV format (1080p) it was a trailer later I tried Mobo Player it works like a charm.

I've noticed the same with those players, that they support different formats, so there is no single best player really.
Like someone mentioned, MOV plays nicely with one or two players, while MKV plays nicely with few others.
I simply use 2 players which support all file formats I use.
Coming from Galaxy Nexus, I find these two very good: DicePlayer and MX Player, also heard BS Player to be very good too.

derpious said:
I tried MxPlayer and DicePlayer and found that DicePlayer gives me better image quality and plays everything I feed it without any problems.
My tip is to try out both Mx and DicePlayer.
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+1 for diceplayer

BSplayer

Built in HTC Video player for both mkv (720p &1080p) as well as FLVs downloaded from YouTube. I have dice just in case, but had no reason to use it yet

shirreer said:
Built in HTC Video player for both mkv (720p &1080p) as well as FLVs downloaded from YouTube. I have dice just in case, but had no reason to use it yet
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I would rather use the stock player too, but unfortunately it plays my mkv files without sound.
Which would be the better option? Converting the file to fit the stock player, or use players like MX Player to play those files?
Thanks

MX Player. Can switch between SW and HW decoding on the fly, and you can choose for the audio to be SW or HW too, independant of video decoding.

Yeah been using MX for a while, just concern that whether there are any compromises in sound quality when playing mkv with SW acceleration instead of HW

kythor said:
Yeah been using MX for a while, just concern that whether there are any compromises in sound quality when playing mkv with SW acceleration instead of HW
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I've never needed to go SW sound before so I can't really say.

I've got a few 720p mkv videos and it doesn't play with sound if it's in HW mode.
The only way for me to play it with sound now is to set it to SW (fast mode or normal one).
So right now I'm just wondering if it's better to re-encode the audio so that the stock player can play it in HW, or just use MX Player and play it in SW.
Will do some experiments after I get back from work

kythor said:
I've got a few 720p mkv videos and it doesn't play with sound if it's in HW mode.
The only way for me to play it with sound now is to set it to SW (fast mode or normal one).
So right now I'm just wondering if it's better to re-encode the audio so that the stock player can play it in HW, or just use MX Player and play it in SW.
Will do some experiments after I get back from work
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MX can do separate encode modes for video and audio. You can run video on HW and audio on SW if you want.

Dice player plays it all but there is only one little problem with it. While playing videos there are 3 white dots (menu) remain on screen......i hope its updated soon.

ArmedandDangerous said:
MX can do separate encode modes for video and audio. You can run video on HW and audio on SW if you want.
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Yeah but I wanna try playing the audio on HW. MX can't do that. Dice can though.
nickporwal said:
Dice player plays it all but there is only one little problem with it. While playing videos there are 3 white dots (menu) remain on screen......i hope its updated soon.
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Yeah just noticed, that's annoying But there should be an update soon

[Q] What is the Best Video/Media Player?

Anyone know which Video/Media player has the most compatibility when it comes to video and audio?
My household has electronics (PCs, PVRs, Tablets, Phones, etc.) across various platforms/OS and I'm looking for a video/media player that I can
put on my SGS3, which will run anything I throw at it.
File types range from avi, divx, mp4, mov, wmv, etc. and codecs for the said vids range from xvid, divx, h264, vc-1, sorenson, etc. ;
audio codec follow accordingly, ranging from wma, mp3, acm, ogg, etc.
Thank you for the input

mx player

I have tried a few but Dice player has been the best IMO.

I'm a big fan of the VLC player for Android

Act1 is one of the first apps I always reinstall after a ROM FLASH.

Dice Player. And it's not close.

Thank you for all the suggestions.
I'll try out each one and see which one fits my needs
Death&co said:
I'm a big fan of the VLC player for Android
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I couldn't find a VLC player in the market. Only a bunch of remotes with the VLC icons

+1 for MX Player

dLo GSR said:
mx player
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Ive had great success with this. I really like how you can swipe up/down on the left side of the screen to change brightness and swipe up/down on the right side to adjust volume. Not to mention all native file types supported.

Mx player
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AER0 said:
Anyone know which Video/Media player has the most compatibility when it comes to video and audio?
My household has electronics (PCs, PVRs, Tablets, Phones, etc.) across various platforms/OS and I'm looking for a video/media player that I can
put on my SGS3, which will run anything I throw at it.
File types range from avi, divx, mp4, mov, wmv, etc. and codecs for the said vids range from xvid, divx, h264, vc-1, sorenson, etc. ;
audio codec follow accordingly, ranging from wma, mp3, acm, ogg, etc.
Thank you for the input
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XBMC...
Im a betatester/themer for it so I do have it IDK if its been posted anywhere but heres a release description of it.. and a youtbe video
http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/
its still in beta, but err if you cant find it ill dropbox and post a link..

Does anyone know if anyone of these players will play m4v files?
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kobos311 said:
XBMC...
Im a betatester/themer for it so I do have it IDK if its been posted anywhere but heres a release description of it.. and a youtbe video
http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/
its still in beta, but err if you cant find it ill dropbox and post a link..
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Exciting news to someone who has been using xbmc for over 10 years. Are you saying you have already compiled a version for the S3?

+1 for MX Player. It has always worked well on all my Android devices.

justice26 said:
Does anyone know if anyone of these players will play m4v files?
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MX Player plays them, and everything else I've thrown at it, just fine.
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I've been a HUGE fan of Dice Player on my old Captivate, mostly because it's the only good player with samba/cifs (windows) network share support built-in. But, on my SGS3, it freezes up after the first second on a LOT of videos that MX Player handles just fine, so, MX Player wins until Dice gets fixed.
(honorable mention: MoboPlayer (... back in the day ... ))
edit: Dice might behave differently under stock Touchwiz than CM9/CM10, as I've only ever used DicePlayer on CM7 and CM9 (and diff hw, but is fine on my Nexux7 too).

tgom222 said:
+1 for MX Player. It has always worked well on all my Android devices.
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So does Act!

Mx player
+1. I usually leave the files on the home server and use esfile explorer and just stream it that way

Tried the following till now:
Mobo
Vplayer
dice
easy
And it seems like as people have suggested, MX has to most wide arrange of compatibility.

AER0 said:
Tried the following till now:
Mobo
Vplayer
dice
easy
And it seems like as people have suggested, MX has to most wide arrange of compatibility.
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Apparently, Dice Player had a licensing issue and they released an update that constricted file compatibility. Good thing I read changelogs, as the pre-update version has proven to be an excellent option (have yet to be unable to play a file). I guess I slept on MX Player; after looking at its capabilities, I need to add it to my list .
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How to play MKV movies with DTS audio on Note II?

The stock movie player doesn't seem to support DTS audio. Is there another player in the market that does? Without that, I will have to re-encode my movies that has DTS audio. Thanks for any help!

try Dice Player

RMXO said:
try Dice Player
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Thanks! I installed it and tested it with a MKV movie with DTS, and it says it cannot play it.

Mx player. Best
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Haven't tried MKVs yet, but Moboplayer has never let me down yet.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=moboplayer&c=apps

kevinallen4325 said:
Mx player. Best
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I second that, MX player is one of the best players and its free plus there are many codecs that support many different types of files.

x2h said:
Thanks! I installed it and tested it with a MKV movie with DTS, and it says it cannot play it.
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Weird Dice Player should be able to play everything. Check it's settings. I'll check when I get home tomorrow with my MKV's.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831111
Here is a good thread, albeit from the S3 forum, on DTS audio

there is a plugin for dts on dice

it seems like none of those plugins are for the Samsung processor in the Note II? They are either for Tegra or Cortex?

i got a file mxlibs-176-neon.zip following a link above, and now dts audio is working with mx player.

Never mind I found it under accessibility.

vlc should play them also

If you only want to play the MKV files on your Note 2, I think MX player can do this, but if you want to play DTS audio,I am not sure this player can meet your demands.

x2h said:
The stock movie player doesn't seem to support DTS audio. Is there another player in the market that does? Without that, I will have to re-encode my movies that has DTS audio. Thanks for any help!
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Old post, but check out vlc.

[Q] Best Video Player - MKV

Hello
I recently bought Note 2 and came from HTC HD2 with windows phone 7.5
I´m newbie with android but at this moment i love it.
I have a samsung micro-sd Pro 64Gb Classe 10 with 2 mkv films installed, but just only have image with sound with:
BSPlayer Free and VLC
No sound with: Daroon player, Mx player, Mobo Video Player, QQ Player, Dice Player, VPlayer, Double Twist... : Choro:
Do i need to install a sound codec or what!?
Many Thanks and Kind Regards

Perhaps the videos/movies are DTS audio, which is removed due to copyrights. You can find a codec plugin to re-enable it. I forgot which site, try to google it.

In MXPlayer, try switching the audio track, or disabling Use H/W audio Decoder. Found that switching the audio tracked worked in MXPlayer for MKV Videos.

Ue mx player, no need for codecs. Tinker with the settings you might have to enable/disable something

I Sir
I made all audio option with MxPlayer and no good results
I suppose MXPlayer does not support DTS audio..

Try vlc player, works for me
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Or get MX Player and use this codec http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831111&page=7
Ive also used this and it works fine

use Dice player...
it is capable of playing dual audio mkv also...

OT.... you come from the htc hd2 ..used wp7.5 on it. ..... but never used Android on it ?... lol
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)

What's wrong with the stock player?
I've found that it displays crisper quality videos and also does not have the DTS copyright removal.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II

Crushader said:
Perhaps the videos/movies are DTS audio, which is removed due to copyrights. You can find a codec plugin to re-enable it. I forgot which site, try to google it.
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I ended up doing this in conjunction with MX player. I believe it was a pack of codecs called NEON.

DTS enabled ffmpeg for MX Player for Note II:
https://anonfiles.com/file/fb8aea0c84102169eb8632d4db0a6c34
Use H/W for video and S/W for audio.
Tested with MX Player Pro 1.7.7.
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Hi, how about you try BS Player. The Player Have codex built-in.

I tried a bunch of players, including Mobo, BS, VPlayer, VLC and the built-in one. I've had the best results with MX Player. Runs the smoothest and also uses the least battery (with HW acceleration), and also can stream from network shares instantly.
If I want to watch a video at accelerated speed, then VLC.

Mx player is the best. Close this thread
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Mx player is the best as it has those gestures n codecs available
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[Q] Is it possible to use H/W decoding to watch *.mkv in nexus 7(2013)

Have any one tried it.
Or will it be done by flashing a custom rom(may be cm10)

mahoihei said:
Have any one tried it.
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Yes. My sat-box records in .mkv and it is viewable (streamed from sat-box) without changing anything. I use vplayer.

I use diceplayer, works great.
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MX Player with custom codec.
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sidthegreatest said:
MX Player with custom codec.
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+1. You can even boost the volume level to upto 30 if you use HW+ decoding, works amazing on AC3/DTS audio

serviio and diceplayer. Makes a great DNLC network that can stream any file to your Nexus. As for playing it on the nexus, I personally dont like putting movie files on mine since the memory gets used up rather quickly.

MX Player and the VLC Beta both work fine with .mkvs for me. I've even played some pretty hefty 1080p files with no issues.

you don't need to do anything. just open the file with MX player, be player or similar. sorry I'm not understanding why this is an issue for you

You can use HW decoding for video in players such as MX Player but you can't do audio HW decoding for some codecs since Dolby is suing everybody for supporting their formats without permission and is also refusing to license them.

MX Player works great in HW+ mode. I have had no problem with normal HD mkv files or 10 bit anime mkv

Tony_YYZ said:
You can use HW decoding for video in players such as MX Player but you can't do audio HW decoding for some codecs since Dolby is suing everybody for supporting their formats without permission and is also refusing to license them.
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Actually you can, custom codec option in mx player Worked wonders for me, there's threads about this. Stock rom, locked.

Yes, it can for both 8-bits 720p and 1080p, but 10-bits sorry, can't....

Can anyone point me to the right codec to download? All videos I try are using S/W instead of H/W in MxPlayer (except MP4). WMV and MKV are playing in S/W. Thanks a bunch

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Can anyone point me to the right codec to download? All videos I try are using S/W instead of H/W in MxPlayer (except MP4). WMV and MKV are playing in S/W. Thanks a bunch
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ya, where do i download the latest HW codecs? my s/w works fine but HW mode doesnt work too well in mxplayer pro/ lags and stutters

Some education is needed
MKV is not a codec, it's a container format much like DVD .... The problem is not the MKV container but what it contains. Generally the biggest problems are MKV's made from US OTA (Over the air) and cable TV recordings which all have the audio in AC3 format and usually in Dolby encoding. (And as someone mentioned Dolby doesn't like it when they don't get their Cut, even if the software is free and no one is actually profiting from it except the Consumer)
I've recorded and archived several TV series since 2006 and some of my first MKV's kept the AC3 audio format (but converted the video to h.264) because I was having sound sync problems (Not sure if it was an x264 or the cable company's fault but the issue eventually went away) and for those I have to use software decoding for the audio but the video is still hardware accel .... The ones I've made in the last 3-4 years have the audio converted to AAC format and those have full hardware accel video and audio and play flawlessly and effortlessly even on my lowly Rockchip dual core TV Stick (720p and in the process of being embedded in a Motorola Lapdock)
Point being it's not the MKV container that is the problem, what counts is the formats it contains .... And in the case of us North Americans we need to convert the audio (AAC is the best bet IMO) so you may as well convert the video (Much of it is interlaced and that's another issue conversion fixes, Handbrakes default Decomb filter does it well) .... For that I would recommend x264 and Handbrake (x264 is included in Handbrake) which should not only take care of compatibility issues it also makes for a smaller file (Better transfer/streaming over wifi) without any loss of playback quality .... Also I would recommend stripping off any extra audio feeds (Languages) if you aren't going to use them, ditto for subtitles ... In other words keep it simple and convert to formats with known/best compatibility

SPAM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254
MX player > settings > decoder > download custom codec

what about the mpeg2 decode ,not h/w decode?

no hardware acceleration for 1080i dvb-s2 recordings or streams
My nexus 7 with stock Rom plays 1080p h264 content in MKV containers flawlessly with h/w acceleration with various players. Except for either streams or recordings from my tvheadend server. If they are 1080i (no German station broadcasts in 1080p) none of the players gets h/w working. SD and 720p do work though. The only difference I can see between my recorded files and the ones that do play is that the recordings have 25 fps whereas the other mkvs have about 24.
In the attachments there are two screenshots of two mkvs' properties. The 25 fps one is the one that won't work.
Anyone's got an idea? Thanks

from what i know,snapdragon still don't support 10bit decoding perfectly,thats why u can't use hw+ mode for 10bit video.
When I tried with my HTC One X,it can play 10bit video in hw+ mode though.Its likely for now Tegra and Exynos only support 10bit decoding in hw+ mode,even not perfectly.
u can refer to this thread ->
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mx-videoplayer/WKv1LNeUTSI