Media player app for KF - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can anyone recommend a good media player like app for thr KF?
Thanks in advance.
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bbc0 said:
Can anyone recommend a good media player like app for thr KF?
Thanks in advance.
bbc0
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Are you running a custom ROM/installed Google Play onto your Kindle Fire? I'd recommend MX Player.

bbc0 said:
Can anyone recommend a good media player like app for thr KF?
Thanks in advance.
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Mx Player or Mobo video player.
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I've tried Mobo and like it but will check out MX - have heard several mentions of that one from many here. These will contain relevant codecs or will we need to get these as needed?

i was using dice (which was recommended on another thread), but moved to bs player a few days ago and really liking it so far
hw accel works great on both, and bs has a nice feature to auto download subtitles if you're into that

dadeo1111 said:
I've tried Mobo and like it but will check out MX - have heard several mentions of that one from many here. These will contain relevant codecs or will we need to get these as needed?
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No need to download any.
I use MX Video Player and BS Player (haven't decided on one to stick with, yet).

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[Q] MKV player

sorry i know there is a lot of players out there as in A LOT...
but none seems to works as fluid as the stock player of galaxy s in playing MKV...
can you guys suggest one please?
plipness said:
sorry i know there is a lot of players out there as in A LOT...
but none seems to works as fluid as the stock player of galaxy s in playing MKV...
can you guys suggest one please?
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Mobo Player
even plays 720p MKVs
I just watched a Top Gear UK show in 720p losing 19% battery charge and it was as smooth as silk with Diceplayer.
This is probably the only player you'll ever need if you are into downloading stuff from the internet, copying it to your SDcard and watching on the phone.
Mobo player for sure, even support subtitles
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setup player
Moboplayer for the nice UI and usability, Diceplayer for HD mkv etc.
After reading the post, i too have installed mobo player and by far it is the best player. Two thumbs up !!!
rpandaw said:
After reading the post, i too have installed mobo player and by far it is the best player. Two thumbs up !!!
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Mobo FTW, I do think it lag to play 1080...but I believe that is just hardware limitation.

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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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
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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.

MKV files

I notice that my new HTC One won't play my mkv files properly with the stock video player (plays the video but not the audio). Surprisingly, DicePlayer won't play them properly either.
However, MX Player works absolutely fine (I have it set to use S/W for the audio in Settings).
Just a heads up.
delboy98 said:
I notice that my new HTC One won't play my mkv files properly with the stock video player (plays the video but not the audio). Surprisingly, DicePlayer won't play them properly either.
However, MX Player works absolutely fine (I have it set to use S/W for the audio in Settings).
Just a heads up.
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That HTC includes the Matroska media container is already a good sign, I am sure they can fix the small bug ...
MX Player is awesome, it can do everything just perfect!
Use BS Player, it is the best video player on Google Play Store
protomanp1 said:
Use BS Player, it is the best video player on Google Play Store
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Have you tried MX Player? I just looked at BS and to me it is very ugly. MX Player works perfect. Maybe BS does too, but it could not possibly be better, and to me it is ugly.
MX Player does the job for me here.
delboy98 said:
I notice that my new HTC One won't play my mkv files properly with the stock video player (plays the video but not the audio). Surprisingly, DicePlayer won't play them properly either.
However, MX Player works absolutely fine (I have it set to use S/W for the audio in Settings).
Just a heads up.
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MX Player is the best. You can use HD+ for the video in Settings too.
rpmccormick said:
Have you tried MX Player? I just looked at BS and to me it is very ugly. MX Player works perfect. Maybe BS does too, but it could not possibly be better, and to me it is ugly.
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I have used and extensively tested both. BS Player is the better one.
Few things that make BS Player stand out over the rest are:
Easily stream files from other device from your network.
Auto subtitle downloader. This particular one is amazing.
For instance you download a movie or tv show on your pc/laptop, you use BS Player to stream it and it will find the correct subtitle for that video and apply it.
Use BS Player, it is the best video player on Google Play Store.
I use BS player for me the best player..
I use Mobo Player ALOT, it's great, it plays almost everything, has some great settings, plus you can go back to your homescreens and it'll window the video for you so you can still watch whatever it is that you're viewing.
I've also been using VLC Player too, it's still in 'beta' but it's stable as hell and plays everything!
I had to use it as Mobo Player was messing up some of my anime subs.
<3 them both!
VLC
VLC media player does its best
Personally, I've found the Archos player to be leagues ahead of anything else.
Scottland said:
Personally, I've found the Archos player to be leagues ahead of anything else.
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Same here... Ive used MX, VLC and VPlayer.... Archos much better and also pulls in your shared network library of movies.
Defo worth trying out.
Ive had disappointing results with MX Player on the ARHD 7.0 - for some reason I cannot enable HW playback so my 720p videos stutter along in SW mode. They run fine on my Galaxy S2
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Personally, I've found the Archos player to be leagues ahead of anything else.
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Wow... Archos looks awesome... like XBMC (which is also an option for Android from xbmc.org, but not in the play store)
EDIT: Archos won't play my DTS encoded MKV without buying the codecs. Lame. EDIT: I stand corrected, I guess there is a free codec too.
rpmccormick said:
Wow... Archos looks awesome... like XBMC (which is also an option for Android from xbmc.org, but not in the play store)
EDIT: Archos won't play my DTS encoded MKV without buying the codecs. Lame.
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TOTALLY forgot about XBMC for android!!! I'm an XBMC junkie but haven't modified my HT setup for a while. thanks for the reminder! I just installed it and it looks just like the desktop app. I'll have to do some testing fir sure. if anyone else is interested, here's the link:
http://xbmc.org/download/
Easy to maintain settings as well according to their website. It saves it in user data so updates don't wipe them out.
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rpmccormick said:
Wow... Archos looks awesome... like XBMC (which is also an option for Android from xbmc.org, but not in the play store)
EDIT: Archos won't play my DTS encoded MKV without buying the codecs. Lame.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.m4rk3t.libcopy2

No sound for mkv files

Any recommendations for which player to use when playing back mkv movies files?
The built in video player doesn't have sound, and the few others I tried had either the same result or gave me an error about wrong version of android.
oilfighter said:
Any recommendations for which player to use when playing back mkv movies files?
The built in video player doesn't have sound, and the few others I tried had either the same result or gave me an error about wrong version of android.
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Try VLC or MX Player, both got ton of codex.
Mx player is what I use for my yify mp4 and mkv files, works like a champ. If you install adaway mx player is ad free.
oilfighter said:
Any recommendations for which player to use when playing back mkv movies files?
The built in video player doesn't have sound, and the few others I tried had either the same result or gave me an error about wrong version of android.
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That's odd... Isn't Android supposed to support them natively as of Honeycomb or ICS?
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Try VLC or MX Player, both got ton of codex.
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MX player is telling me that is not a supported version of Android.
BS player. There was an issue with dolby sound recently
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oilfighter said:
Any recommendations for which player to use when playing back mkv movies files?
The built in video player doesn't have sound, and the few others I tried had either the same result or gave me an error about wrong version of android.
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I tried about 4 different players, and kept the first one i found working.. it's called vplayer.
timrock said:
BS player. The was an issue with dolby sound recently
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BSPlayer is my go-to player on both Nexus 7 (1st gen) and GNex, so I would assume you'll get good results with it.
oilfighter said:
Any recommendations for which player to use when playing back mkv movies files?
The built in video player doesn't have sound, and the few others I tried had either the same result or gave me an error about wrong version of android.
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VLC nightlies can be downloaded here: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/armv7-android/ .
cmstlist said:
BSPlayer is my go-to player on both Nexus 7 (1st gen) and GNex, so I would assume you'll get good results with it.
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Free version has no sound too. It's one of my favorite players as well.
t_007_v2 said:
Mx player is what I use for my yify mp4 and mkv files, works like a champ. If you install adaway mx player is ad free.
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I tried MX Player first, while it lets me install, it tells me I have the wrong version of android when I launch it.
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VLC nightlies can be downloaded here: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/armv7-android/ .
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That worked. Thanks!
Achos video for MKV and others
BS player no sound too, and not acces to local network so ...... with Achos Video player (free) and the codecs (free to), no more issue : sound with MKV and acces to my local network. If other problem of codec buy the MPEG codecs package
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Try VLC or MX Player, both got ton of codex.
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Both seem to work about equally well on my N7,
Dice Player has played any file I've given it, including mkv with dts.
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