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Best Video player?

I have VPlayer Advanced and when I play an .avi video that is 624x352 it lags pretty bad...
I can't imagine watching a 720p or a 1080p video on this thing...
Anyone know a video player that is worth having? ???
(It must be able to play all formats like .mkv .mp4 and so on...)

Try moboplayer. I'm using it and happy so far.
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saotua said:
Try moboplayer. I'm using it and happy so far.
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Yeah I just found this. About to try it out!
Is it really free?
EDIT: AMAZING! Runs great! Thanks alot!

KillerBunnys122 said:
Yeah I just found this. About to try it out!
Is it really free?
EDIT: AMAZING! Runs great! Thanks alot!
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u want the best go for mvideo player..its super cool and nice ui

lalitsehgal21 said:
u want the best go for mvideo player..its super cool and nice ui
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Have you compared it to Modo player?
One of the comments says it can't play .mkv or .mov If not its not what I'm looking for.

KillerBunnys122 said:
Have you compared it to Modo player?
One of the comments says it can't play .mkv or .mov If not its not what I'm looking for.
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playing .mkv simply is done if supported by device... i tried many but none could play mkv on desire hd flawlessly coz of hardware limitations...

lalitsehgal21 said:
playing .mkv simply is done if supported by device... i tried many but none could play mkv on desire hd flawlessly coz of hardware limitations...
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modo player can play a 720p .mkv on my DHD mostly good. Not perfect but close!
The phone by default doesn't support .mkv if this video player doesn't support more formats than the phones default player then I'm not interested.

Greetings, I use and recommend "Best Video Player PRO (Summer Player)" is very good and lso read almost all video formats, only the interface is not very appealing but the rest works perfect.

Mobo player plays 480p mkvs perfectly without lag at all. Haven't tried 720p though
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I Use RockPlayer. Plays everything pretty well, assuming you select the correct option for the file (hardware or software decoding).
I think you have to pay for it, but honestly I've had it that long I cant remember doing it.
Hardware wise, the DHD doesnt support much in the way of videos (or its awkward). Obviously, 720p 3gp, MP4, and mine is picky about WMV (it will play and then decide it can't play this file about halfway lol). it apparently supports AVI and XVID but I never come across any AVI encoded with MP4 ASP and MP3, hence RockPlayer.

MoboPlayer seems to struggle a little with MKV files I've noticed ... kind of lags. If the video has subtitles there's epic desyncing as well.
There's DicePlayer I guess, which could very well be the best video player on the market right now, but it doesn't support embedded MKV subtitles as far as I know so I haven't gone about buying it yet. Then again, I'm also a bit hesitant to buy it even with the subtitles working because I expect VLC to release their player in the coming month ...

there is nothing beter rockplayer. plays anything/

Rockplayer is the best

KrodukCZ said:
Rockplayer is the best
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Yes I agree!!
Ive been watching 720p movies using it and not had any problem. Not a single lag either!! Rockplayer works flawlessly!! Its the best you can find!
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Yeah Rockplayer here to.
Been using it for a while now and it hasnt not played a file yet.
Not big on HD on the DHD so i dont really know about that.
Rockplayer for your videos and Poweramp for the music and your set.

Wish VLC would make a player for android. Worked great on my iPhone, but the iphone sucks.

old VIDEO PLAYER (not advanced) works best for me , better than rockplayer, at least on my phone

Gtj94 said:
Mobo player plays 480p mkvs perfectly without lag at all. Haven't tried 720p though
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Mobo plays 720p videos really well.
I've got a couple of vids that are 1280x720 and they play flawlessly

Boomey said:
MoboPlayer seems to struggle a little with MKV files I've noticed ... kind of lags. If the video has subtitles there's epic desyncing as well.
There's DicePlayer I guess, which could very well be the best video player on the market right now, but it doesn't support embedded MKV subtitles as far as I know so I haven't gone about buying it yet. Then again, I'm also a bit hesitant to buy it even with the subtitles working because I expect VLC to release their player in the coming month ...
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DicePlayer 1.1.1 support mkv embeded subs.( beta )

sromer said:
Mobo plays 720p videos really well.
I've got a couple of vids that are 1280x720 and they play flawlessly
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if the videos is supported format by system. mono plays well. but the videos have flac or some unsupported format. mono can not play well.

Video Player

Hey guys, just wondering what everyone is using for a video player? I tried vital player and v player and they both fc :/ any ideas for playing .avi on ics?
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I use MX player

Ive had quite good results with both the ones you've listed definitely faster frame rate with 1080p avi's with vplayer..

MX Player has been really good for me, for videos that play without sound in the Gallery you can enable audio software decoding and software decoding works well for video too.
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All these players dont fully stretch video image in the sides like the default player. You got full screen only in default player. In the other hand default player does not support str subtitles and also opes all videos with H/W decoder and as a result most videos lag....for example in MX Player you can choose S/W decoder and the video plays smooth like butter.

If you're willing to spend some money Dice Player works perfectly. It plays 720p mkvs fluidly and even supports embedded subtitles. It even hides the main buttons when it's in fullscreen for that 4.65 HD screen goodness : )
Theres a thread somewhere in here about it. There's also a demo version on the market:
https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5pbmlzb2Z0Lm1lZGlhcGxheWVyLnRyaWFsIl0.

tsunami1609 said:
If you're willing to spend some money Dice Player works perfectly. It plays 720p mkvs fluidly and even supports embedded subtitles. It even hides the main buttons when it's in fullscreen for that 4.65 HD screen goodness : )
Theres a thread somewhere in here about it. There's also a demo version on the market:
https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5pbmlzb2Z0Lm1lZGlhcGxheWVyLnRyaWFsIl0.
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Full version has been removed...where to find it?

DJTaurus said:
Full version has been removed...where to find it?
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Hmm. It just disappeared. I don't know

Mx Player FTW :-D

DJTaurus said:
All these players dont fully stretch video image in the sides like the default player. You got full screen only in default player. In the other hand default player does not support str subtitles and also opes all videos with H/W decoder and as a result most videos lag....for example in MX Player you can choose S/W decoder and the video plays smooth like butter.
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I use mx video player and it stretches to full screen, even when skipping through the video it shows no bars or anything just pure video
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How did you get it to stretch full screen?
The buttons are still there on full screen...

When I get home I'll find out my setting and what works
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They are for me too. Diceplayer got rid of them but I cant get the full version now. Hopefully it will turn up somewhere.

Diceplayer is the only one that goes true full screen as of now.
MX Player still shows buttons in full screen.
I think these two are currently the best. Both are worth trying out as each has it's own strengths, find out which works better for your files/subtitles.

The full version of Diceplayer is back up
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tsunami1609 said:
The full version of Diceplayer is back up
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Pops up an error when trying to purchase.
'Your Order could not be processed. Please try again.' And the description also says it cannot currently be purchased :/

What app for mkv videos?

I just copied a few videos that I had on my old fascinate sdcard that would play them perfectly using HW decoder mode with MX player.
I tried it on Nexus, and very choppy, and these videos are not 720P, they are just standard SD
I tried the default video player and I guess does not support mkv files.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

That is strange, I play 720p MKV files in MX without any issues.
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling and making sure the app is fully updated?

I use DICE Player but I don't think anyone new can purchase their app because their payment is suspended.
MX Video Player is a good alternative and it's free. But if you've purchased DICE Player in the past, I'd use that.
Edit: https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5pbmlzb2Z0Lm1lZGlhcGxheWVyLnRyaWFsIl0. Looks like their trial version is now "Ad" supported?

Dice Player is the absolute best for MKVs. But as zephik said, you can't purchase right now.

neok44 said:
Dice Player is the absolute best for MKVs. But as zephik said, you can't purchase right now.
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Yeah looks like their "trial" version is a ad-supported version. So I think DICE Player Ad (trial) is now the full-version of the app but supported with ads as a workaround. I bought the app when it was still available and they still do update it, so I can't confirm but I believe that's how their Ad version is working.

mutelight said:
That is strange, I play 720p MKV files in MX without any issues.
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling and making sure the app is fully updated?
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I did not even install it myself I guess when I registered my device with my email it pulled everything down and saw MX player there already.
Let me try another video and see what happens.
I will try the DICE as well even though it has ads just to see if it even works.

OK I tested with the Dice ads player..and it works great!
So now I have to hope they get full version soon.
Anyone know how much full version was?

tannor said:
OK I tested with the Dice ads player..and it works great!
So now I have to hope they get full version soon.
Anyone know how much full version was?
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According to the receipt in my email it was $3.95. The ad version is better than the trial version they originally had.

the original trial lasted 3 days and then you had to buy it. so it's very nice that they've added this ads trial since their payment situation is all screwed up.
one thing though, i've had a lot of issues with AVI's in diceplayer, so i use MoboPlayer for them.

there is no hardware support yet. i've had to settle with using MX video player and set it to "software decoder" / "fast mode".

voxigenboy said:
there is no hardware support yet. i've had to settle with using MX video player and set it to "software decoder" / "fast mode".
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Dice Player has full MKV hardware support and fully supports 720p and 1080p MKV files.
it actually uses hardware for everything, which unfortunately fails with AVI files on my device.

neok44 said:
Dice Player has full MKV hardware support and fully supports 720p and 1080p MKV files.
it actually uses hardware for everything, which unfortunately fails with AVI files on my device.
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well, it cant play my .mkv's(720p ac3). upon trying the phone locks up and wont respond at all. i end up having to do a battery pull.

VPlayer works very well for mkv videos. Playback is smooth with HW Decoder and a high quality setting.
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voxigenboy said:
well, it cant play my .mkv's(720p ac3). upon trying the phone locks up and wont respond at all. i end up having to do a battery pull.
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IDk what to tell you other than to message the developer. he's very helpful. i talked to him about issues before.
i've tested 6 MKVs from 720p to 1080p and all of them have worked perfectly without any issues with hardware decoding in diceplayer.

voxigenboy said:
well, it cant play my .mkv's(720p ac3). upon trying the phone locks up and wont respond at all. i end up having to do a battery pull.
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Doesn't seem to be the Apps problem if your phone is locking up. Are you using s custom rom or kernel?
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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?
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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. -_-

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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!

Hardware acceleration for videos

i used:
stock video player
mx video player
dice video player
all of them show some very ****ty videos.
Now, the question, there is hw acceleration for videos on the galaxy nexus? -_-
OR
what's the video player that run smooth every (or most) kind of videos?
EDIT: try some of these: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/

Abufinzio said:
i used:
stock video player
mx video player
dice video player
all of them show some very ****ty videos.
Now, the question, there is hw acceleration for videos on the galaxy nexus? -_-
OR
what's the video player that run smooth every (or most) kind of videos?
EDIT: try some of these: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/
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I use dice and it's awesome quality. You sure the problem is not with your videos?

Try VPlayer !
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dice player works fine for me. i think its just your video

Dice Player does not use hardware acceleration for xvid files since it was removed in android 4.0.2. That's what make it suck. But it's the best for everything else.

petsasj said:
Dice Player does not use hardware acceleration for xvid files since it was removed in android 4.0.2. That's what make it suck. But it's the best for everything else.
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you mean 4.0.1, is from it that i can't see a decent video ç_ç
rafi300 said:
Try VPlayer !
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nothing, videos are laggy anyway
on the galaxy s2 they were awesome, why did i buy the nexus!!