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Can anyone advise me on some of the best music & video player app one can use instead of the stock versions? If you consider design of the player apps and it's functions. Thank you. BTW, the stock player does not have a STOP button. Now that is lame.
I go for --> http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.tbig.playerpro
MagicOnline said:
I go for --> http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.tbig.playerpro
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+infinity. That is the best music player ever!!!!!!
aditya_t90 said:
+infinity. That is the best music player ever!!!!!!
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Thanks but where did you find it. I did a search in the Market and AppBrain but did not find it. BTW, is this a video player or a music player?
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I go for --> http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.tbig.playerpro
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Thanks, btw, how come it doesn't say Pro? when I did a search Music player only came up. Though it sais that I can get the pro version if I donated in thier info on the site but I did not see any option to donate.
Im using mvideoplayer while its able to play subbed .mkv files
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Best video player I've used by far is Act 1 - my review here: http://www.theandroidappreviewer.com/app-reviews/act-1-video-player-app-review/
It's only recent, but Lithium is by far the best player I've used.
The interface is very professional with great gestural control, 4 widget sizes, automatic album art downloader, custom playlists, replacement lockscreen when music is playing, etc.
But I like it best for the interface. =)
ebue said:
Thanks, btw, how come it doesn't say Pro? when I did a search Music player only came up. Though it sais that I can get the pro version if I donated in thier info on the site but I did not see any option to donate.
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Yeah I had a word with the dev and he said that he may come up with a paypal version but he does not want to right now 'coz of licensing issues.
He said and I quote.
Regarding Paypal, I didn't yet create an account. But then you need to manage the release of updates (need a license key etc). Which might require quite some DEV.
But will think about it in the long term.
Thks again for the support.
Rgds,
Tristan
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mVideoPlayer for movies/videos
Music Player Pro for Music
Music Mod for Music widget
There is no player that does PROPER gapless playback for mp3...
Even .ogg and .flac files all produce a statick click when the next track begins. Is this a 'feature' of the Galaxy in general?
AXIS of Reality said:
It's only recent, but Lithium is by far the best player I've used.
The interface is very professional with great gestural control, 4 widget sizes, automatic album art downloader, custom playlists, replacement lockscreen when music is playing, etc.
But I like it best for the interface. =)
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I totally agree!! I love Lithium. I'm trying this new one now called "ttpod" which downloads lyrics and lets you display them over top of all apps. Get a copy and turn off karoke mode if the lyrics over top annoy you . Best movie player I would say is mVideoplayer . I just havn't found anything else like it (paid or otherwise)
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There is no player that does PROPER gapless playback for mp3...
Even .ogg and .flac files all produce a statick click when the next track begins. Is this a 'feature' of the Galaxy in general?
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Have you tried Lithium ? settings for it but I really couldn't care about gapless play
I've just tried mvideoplayer without success, but I still can't seem to find a (free) video player that will play (or even acknowledge) my .mpg videos!
I'm not interested in subtitles or any other format apart from .mpg
Any suggestions?
Maybe winamp or realplayer?
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For audio either winamp or power amp for video its either the stock player from SGS or mVideo player, I didnt include rockplayer on the list as it has issues with a lo of my HD anime files.
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For audio either winamp or power amp for video its either the stock player from SGS or mVideo player, I didnt include rockplayer on the list as it has issues with a lo of my HD anime files.
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Did you actually read my question EarlZ ?
The best music player has to be powerAMP. And the best video player is in my opinion the stock player, it's slick and clean and plays many kind of videofiles flawlessly like MKV.
Personally I think the stock music player is great. Equaliser, effects, and the disc view is pretty cool. As well as controls on the lockscreen (only when using glass lock) and app drawer.
Have yet to see a 3rd party one that makes me want to switch.
For video mVideoPlayer is my favourite. It lacks the 5.1 sound option from the stock player though.
I have yet to find a music player that can sort by album artist (not artist) and provides an output selection of bluetooth or phone.
Really frustrating that such basic features don't exist.
Hey guys,
as you may know, there is no Video Player in the Ultimate ROM (Samsungs stock one). I tried copying the VideoPlayer.apk to system/app, it opens but then FC's when i try to play anything. Does it depend on other apks? Cause i'm stuck here
Would be great if someone could point me in the right direction, or if you have flashable zip of it would be better for everyone Cheers.
I think the Videoplayer is based of the Rock Player app in the market maybe give it a try and see if its the same?
I am looking for this too! Or at least a nice video player with the option to stretch the picture to fullscreen or keep the original aspect ratio.
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I am looking for this too! Or at least a nice video player with the option to stretch the picture to fullscreen or keep the original aspect ratio.
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Hi, maybe you can try "Soul Movie" (if you don't know this soft already), it's a really good video player and it's free.
Link
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-soludens-movieview-pxwD.aspx
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Hey guys,
as you may know, there is no Video Player in the Ultimate ROM (Samsungs stock one). I tried copying the VideoPlayer.apk to system/app, it opens but then FC's when i try to play anything. Does it depend on other apks? Cause i'm stuck here
Would be great if someone could point me in the right direction, or if you have flashable zip of it would be better for everyone Cheers.
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Did you try to install VideoPlayer.apk with "App Installer" ? (search on the market, it's free)
Regards.
Vplayer
Try Vplayer it plays all formats and is very good and most of all free
Please try this:
http://www.mirzasays.com/2011/03/download-all-stock-apk-files-for-samsung-galaxy-s/
neither vplayer nor soul movie play back h264 mkv's very good. nor do most of the other so called "best" media players on the market. the samsung one is still the best one i've found. unfortunately i use a miui rom so i cant use the sammy one.
but i found 2 players that are quite good and can playback the files i want them to.
diceplayer (around 4 bucks)
and bsplayer (free but adsupported)
Try moboplayer.
i had no issuse with rock player, it playd any video format i tried with...i recomand it
Hi everyone
I'm a new DHD user and not a native English speaker, so i really want to know how i can watch my favorite movies (most in English) with my mother language subtitles and still has Dolby enhancement effect? If i am not wrong, the stock video player comes with the DHD has the effect, but it cannot read subtitle files, and in opposite other 3rd video player apps has the power to show subtitles but sound quality is worse without Dolby.
Any help would be appreciated
Is that the problem of your video? Because i using the dhd player to watch it got subtitle, it is ok and without any problems~
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Is that the problem of your video? Because i using the dhd player to watch it got subtitle, it is ok and without any problems~
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Really? Which type (extension) of subtitle did you have? I have .srt files and the stock player does not show anything =.=
jilee said:
Really? Which type (extension) of subtitle did you have? I have .srt files and the stock player does not show anything =.=
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I'm pretty sure the stock video player doesn't support subtitles. Try MoboPlayer from the market
Try RockPlayer .
sromer said:
I'm pretty sure the stock video player doesn't support subtitles. Try MoboPlayer from the market
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+1 totally agreed
I tried Moboplayer, it's one of the best video player out there with intuitive UI and flexible option. But it does not support sound effect like the stock, such a pain
So how on earth can i get both those amazing effect and subtitles for films?
I think the only way out your dilemma is to encode your video and use bitmap subtitles that are blended iinto video file.
jilee said:
+1 totally agreed
I tried Moboplayer, it's one of the best video player out there with intuitive UI and flexible option. But it does not support sound effect like the stock, such a pain
So how on earth can i get both those amazing effect and subtitles for films?
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like the post before this said, the only way would be to hardcode the subs into the movie files and then watch them with the stock player
Ok then btw, dont know why the htc video player is that s__u__c___k! Not even had a setting menu, and does not show video's name neither. Kind of useless!
Hey guys!
I've had my Galaxy Nexus for a couple days now, and I was thinking of loading it up with some movies I have at home. The problem is, I've ripped the movies in 720p .mp4 format on my Mac - but it won't play with the stock ICS player.. Rock Player works sort of, it shows video but it doesn't hide the on-screen buttons.
Rip details is: 720p h.264, AAC audio
Any ideas?
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Hey guys!
I've had my Galaxy Nexus for a couple days now, and I was thinking of loading it up with some movies I have at home. The problem is, I've ripped the movies in 720p .mp4 format on my Mac - but it won't play with the stock ICS player.. Rock Player works sort of, it shows video but it doesn't hide the on-screen buttons.
Rip details is: 720p h.264, AAC audio
Any ideas?
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Yeah, stock gallery doesnt play wide range of codecs yet so I rely on MX player instead. But having the same problem tho about the on screen buttons :/
I find that the "dice" player from android market plays more stuff than any thing i can get straight .mkv files running perfect on my GN it is a paid app for the full version but im happy with it.
spiralz said:
I find that the "dice" player from android market plays more stuff than any thing i can get straight .mkv files running perfect on my GN it is a paid app for the full version but im happy with it.
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Do you have the stay-on-screen-buttons problem on Dice Player?
The only player that plays movies in full screen is Dice Player....but it has been removed from the market.
Have you tried Mobo Player? Works great on my Nexus S with mkv/mp4/whatever.
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Have you tried Mobo Player? Works great on my Nexus S with mkv/mp4/whatever.
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It needs some codec (which cannot find in market) to download first in order to use it...
Make sure you use the right mp4 level I think level 4 is the Max android will recognize all my encodes work so far
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I'm using MX video player and MX Video Player CODEC.
Doubletwist is also very good.
All available from the market and have had no issues playing anything so far.
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I'm using MX video player and MX Video Player CODEC.
Doubletwist is also very good.
All available from the market and have had no issues playing anything so far.
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Cool, I forgot about Doubletwist, thanks.
I currently use QQPlayer, Diceplayer premium and Rockplayer. They all seem to play some files and not others.
I tried Moboplayer but ran into trouble installing the codec during the install process (even when installing 'offline')
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Cool, I forgot about Doubletwist, thanks.
Jonny
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Update - I just tried Doubleplayer, and while it plays everything it stuggles at times. More jerky (lower frame rate?) than QQPlayer.
I'd be happy with QQPlayer but the seek doesn't play nice. So if I miss something I have to start the video from scratch. And like I say, Dice, Mobo, Rockplayer and Realplayer (yes I was desperate) all appear to have various problems of their own.
I do recall VLC being released a year or so ago. But I guess it was pulled too?
I'd love to know if anyone has found a decent video app... (*I have a 4.5 hour daily commute into London!*)
Dice Player ftw!
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Dice Player ftw!
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Many people reported that it crashes on ICS, is that happened to you too?
I have a pretty big collection of HD movies with DTS soundtrack and none of the common media players like MX player or QQ player and even the stock samsung player could decode DTS. I looked around in the interwebs and came across VLC player beta which gets the job done. Also it is pretty good at playing back high bitrate videos where others players stutter a lot or wont even open the file. For example this 40 mbps sample
http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/h264_1080p_hp_4.1_40mbps_birds.mkv
Just install as a regular app from any file manager.
TIP: Enable HW acceleration in settings for smooth 1080p playback
VLC is not yet available in play store for US and Canada. Hope a stable version is released soon.
Your the man, been wanting this forever! I have a ton of high bit rate videos in mkv format.
Does it get updated constantly? Last time I tried vlc beta I was on the g2 and it honestly ducked. Coming from using vlc on all my computers it just Sucks on the phone.
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Does it get updated constantly? Last time I tried vlc beta I was on the g2 and it honestly ducked. Coming from using vlc on all my computers it just Sucks on the phone.
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Without a market link I have no way to tell if this is regularly updated. But the way it is now it comes handy for me due to the unique capabilities I mentioned in the OP, and I havent had any issues using it.
giving it a try, seems pretty good so far. I also tried it back on my GSII (tmobile) and it was buggy and unreliable
Really no need for this...V Player has been getting the job done for the past few years now
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Really no need for this...V Player has been getting the job done for the past few years now
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V player is a paid app, and it has some issues like audio out of sync especially if you play over network from a Windows share.
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Well, this player wont play my mkv's. Choppy, pixelated. The built in video player, believe it or not, is the ONLY player I can find that works. Not that that is an issue or anything, only sucks if I want to run CM10. Thanks for the post anyways!
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rashad1 said:
Really no need for this...V Player has been getting the job done for the past few years now
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V Player doesn't work for me either. Maybe my videos are to high def, IDK, but nothing will play them. They are all 720 and 1080.
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Well, this player wont play my mkv's. Choppy, pixelated. The built in video player, believe it or not, is the ONLY player I can find that works. Not that that is an issue or anything, only sucks if I want to run CM10. Thanks for the post anyways!
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Did you enable hw acceleration in the preferences? I tried several formats including mkv, m2ts, mp4 etc and everything has worked well so far, 720p and 1080p. But anyways mkv is just a container and its possible your videos are encoded in some strange format.
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Found out today this player can even decode lossless multichannel formats like DTS master HD and Dolby tru HD. That's very impressive! Nothing it couldn't handle so far.
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How come VLC Player's official website didn't annouce it yet? Even if it's just beta..
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How come VLC Player's official website didn't annouce it yet? Even if it's just beta..
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Did you enable hw acceleration in the preferences? I tried several formats including mkv, m2ts, mp4 etc and everything has worked well so far, 720p and 1080p. But anyways mkv is just a container and its possible your videos are encoded in some strange format.
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Thanks, HW acceleration fixed it. My vids are h.264 MKV. Sometimes 720, sometimes 1080. App is working great now, thanks again!
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Works real nice for me with one exception on .3gp files. The sound is horrible with those files and I tried all three options for audio in Preferences. The only other thing that annoys is that box that opens every single time you open or back out. Any way to disable that, I can't find one? There was someone in France who was working on his own hack that I used on my Vibrant. I'll have to see if those will work for my S3. Anyway, I've got to keep an eye on this, it is really awesome although not finished.
I have found it doesn't work on S3 with hardware acceleration for certain codecs like wmv3.
Also, just FYI, if you have Settings > Sounds > Auto Haptic ON
VLC will vibrate entire time audio is playing (not movies), but this is also
true with winamp on S3.
Also note that you should get the VLC beta for Neon nightly builds and
that the Play Store is disabled for download from US and Canada until full
release, so you have to get .apk from the nightly builds.
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I have found it doesn't work on S3 with hardware acceleration for certain codecs like wmv3.
Also, just FYI, if you have Settings > Sounds > Auto Haptic ON
VLC will vibrate entire time audio is playing (not movies), but this is also
true with winamp on S3.
Also note that you should get the VLC beta for Neon nightly builds and
that the Play Store is disabled for download from US and Canada until full
release, so you have to get .apk from the nightly builds.
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I actually found two other non-official versions (one is the nightly) and one of those is running really well although I'd really like to disable the Toast Frame that says it's a Beta. I may try Andridu's version that I used to have on my Vibrant. It didn't have that.