I just bought a micro hdmi cable for my arc, I connected the two things together and I almost shot myself in the head -> there are no subtitles shown on the TV but you can see them on the phone's display!
Anyone tried any other player which does show them on TV, or will I have to hard-burn subtitles into the movie?
I tried this with moboplayer.
Thanks
Why do you want to read the movie?
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Sorry to hijack your thread as this has nothing to do with your question but did you get it showing full screen on your TV?
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I just bought a micro hdmi cable for my arc, I connected the two things together and I almost shot myself in the head -> there are no subtitles shown on the TV but you can see them on the phone's display!
Anyone tried any other player which does show them on TV, or will I have to hard-burn subtitles into the movie?
I tried this with moboplayer.
Thanks
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erm im using vplayer, but its a paid apps n havent tried it yet on hdmi..
If my native language was english, then I wouldnt mind about subtitles.
The movie was showing full screen, yes.
have you try another player? which movie format you'r trying to play?
I tried Moboplayer, Rockplayer, Vitalplayer, all of them display subtitles on the phone, but not on the TV.
I only tried an mp4 file so far. Will try out further with different files.
I tried xvid avi file with external subtitles (in moboplayer) and the phone was showing them on the TV screen!
It seems it is not showing them (external subtitles) if the video is mp4.
Vote for bugfix.
Same issue across all players on Asus TF700T / ICS and H/W decoding.
Vote(star) here to get OHAP's attention: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32564
I use a TF700T, and I went into developer's options and disabled hardware overlays, then my screen basically mirrored to my tv, it works that way but I've been told to not keep it disabled, so once you are done watching, enable it again. Hope this helps.
Dice player, I just tried it with a .mkv file and subtitles appear on the TV.
Even though in the settings it says it'll only work for some Samsung devices.
Hi All,
Just wanted to let you know that since its quite dull and rainy here in the UK right now, I decided to make a video to show bluetooth mouse and keyboard connection, USB-OTG connection, and MHL connection to my TV. Hopefully it helps those that are still deciding or questioning features of the SGS2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXveu7ZHAcY
Enjoy!
Hi,
Nice vid.
I am waiting for my Rii mini keyboard (24.44 Euro http://www.dealextreme.com/p/handhe...ss-keyboard-with-trackpad-and-red-laser-35354).
Already got myself an MHL adapter + HDMI cable (19,95 Euro incl. HDMI cable @ http://www.gsmpunt.nl/accessoires/s...to-hdmi-adapter--zwart-gratis-hdmi-kabel.html)
What I was looking for to do is watch HD video's from the phone. Unfortunately it doesn't like the WMV files I've got. Does anyone know what the file format/codec should be for HD videos on the SGSII?
I did search the forum but found nothing on this subject.
- David
I use .mkv, it works great with stock video player.
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Thanks!
And do you have or know of a good tool to convert to mkv's?
Cheers,
David
Divx plus converter has mkv creation and it is free (mkv profile).
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Thanks!
And do you have or know of a good tool to convert to mkv's?
Cheers,
David
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What are you converting from? The stock player seems to support lots of formats.
MKV is just a container, MKVToolnix can package your video into MKV, instead of re-encoding it with DivX or similar.
Is there any adapter which would allow MHL and USB OTG to work at the same time?
All the reviews I have seen so far completely ignore media playback on the GN, or give it only a passing mention.
I'm really interested to know how well it handles media playback - AVI, MKV etc both on it's own screen, and over MHL to an HDMI connected screen - along with which specific MHL adaptor was used.
The SGS2 and HTC Sensation for example seem similar in spec, but when detailed reviews started coming in, it was clear the SGS2 was far superior in terms of media playback - both formats supported and fluidity of playback.
I'd love to get a GN, but I really need to know if the media playback is 'great' - and by great I mean 100% fluid on any reasonable file (up to 720p movies for example) - no skips, no out of sync etc... I'd also really like to know how well the MHL works in playing movies back on an HDMI connected screen - is it the same in terms of fluidity? What audio is sent over the cable?
Unfortunately here in New Zealand the device isn't released so I can't go try one myself, or else I would have already!
I'm not afraid of buying a good app if that's what it takes to have perfectly fluid playback - love to hear experiences with both the native and 3rd party payers on the GN.
Cheers - Neil G
I would also like to know about this.
Thanks
Theres a Diceplayer thread that says MKV work well, ive tried the trial version of it with 1 720p tv episode and it looked great.
not got any hdmi cables so cant test that but looked great on the phone.
AVI wasnt as good tho with what looked like a low fps problem.
do a forum search for Diceplayer for a bit more info.
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Theres a Diceplayer thread that says MKV work well, ive tried the trial version of it with 1 720p tv episode and it looked great.
not got any hdmi cables so cant test that but looked great on the phone.
AVI wasnt as good tho with what looked like a low fps problem.
do a forum search for Diceplayer for a bit more info.
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Yea and the developer posted something about fixes for AVI, so that bug should be gone soon. Diceplayer might be the best choice for GN as of now.
EDIT: Actually MX Player seems to be updated and people are reporting better playback than Diceplayer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362375
It works fine over MHL and on Diceplayer, i've recorded a video of it.
Uploading atm, I have poor upload speed so it'll be a while till I can link you.
Help please
I really want to buy this phone but i'm waiting to see how the volume issue resolves. But one of my major considerations is video playback. I have a huge collection of blu ray rips(1080p and 720p) and most of them are .mkv; does the galaxy nexus natively support .mkv files? Is there any file size limit on videos i put in the device?(the rips range from 3gb to 10gb). I know that the galaxy nexus doesn't support USB mass storage... does that stop me from transferring natively unsupported file types to the phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I believe Nexus does have USB storage.
For the MKV, it does play them natively, can you post a short sample? We could then give it a try. Two players are supposed to be able to play with hardware acceleration: Diceplayer and MX Player.
From what I know, 720p is not a problem at all. 1080p, might depend on bitrate and other things.
Finally got the video uploaded.
Includes play of 720p + 1080p files.
Good value imo, works well and doesn't look or feel too cheap.
Thanks for the video samples!
Thankyou sir, that's _exactly_ what I was looking for. I think I see some jumpiness in the playback, but I suspect that's actually youtube's fault. Certainly seems to handle 720 and 1080 fine.
Could you link to the exact MHL adaptor your purchased please?
Cheers - Neil G
talkiet said:
Thankyou sir, that's _exactly_ what I was looking for. I think I see some jumpiness in the playback, but I suspect that's actually youtube's fault. Certainly seems to handle 720 and 1080 fine.
Could you link to the exact MHL adaptor your purchased please?
Cheers - Neil G
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It was checking out my friend's Galaxy Nexus and we noticed he had to install the codec pack on Android Market for MX Player before it allowed HW-accelerated playback of the specific clip he used, even though it played back fine in the stock player (though no sound). With the codec pack he could set it to HW for the video and SW for the sound. In the end it worked out great and I was surprised, considering the table of supported formats on developer.android.com didn't list MKV + h.264 as a supported format.
I've been using Dice Player and MX Video Player for 720P .mkv files on both my Thunderbolt and Rezound. The Thunderbolt had sync issues(even overclocked). With the Rezound, most of the time playback is fine, but occasionally will have a slight sync issue here & there.
Considering the specs of both the Nexus and the Rezound though, even with a possible 'stock' issue, it'd just be a matter of eventually loading a custom ROM & some minor modifications/tweaks here & there.
Another video demo (though not specifically of the Nexus). MHL is just mirroring so there's no difference in playback. If it works on the phone, it's exactly the same mirrored.
I can also confirm that it natively plays back AVIs (Xvid), sample: http://www.multiupload.com/GML7HC3HHM
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I believe Nexus does have USB storage.
For the MKV, it does play them natively, can you post a short sample? We could then give it a try. Two players are supposed to be able to play with hardware acceleration: Diceplayer and MX Player.
From what I know, 720p is not a problem at all. 1080p, might depend on bitrate and other things.
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Sure i'll upload a sample or two in a bit. I know for sure it supports googles own mkv container(vp8 or something) but does it support mkv + h.264?
talkiet said:
Thankyou sir, that's _exactly_ what I was looking for. I think I see some jumpiness in the playback, but I suspect that's actually youtube's fault. Certainly seems to handle 720 and 1080 fine.
Could you link to the exact MHL adaptor your purchased please?
Cheers - Neil G
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It's off ebay, item no 220897013161.
Can get the same thing a bit cheaper from HK if you're prepared to wait a few weeks.
The jumpiness might have been because I had a lot of apps open at the same time, I just tried playing back the same files and they were perfectly smooth with only the browser open.
Again, thanks OP - really great info and I've just ordered and paid for a Galaxy Nexus from Clove
Cheers - Neil G
Just an update to the 'clipping' on the home screen, you need to switch OFF 'overscan' in the TV menu settings, it should look like this:
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5277/img0427wt.jpg
whyamihere said:
Finally got the video uploaded.
Includes play of 720p + 1080p files.
Good value imo, works well and doesn't look or feel too cheap.
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nice video mate
blunden said:
It was checking out my friend's Galaxy Nexus and we noticed he had to install the codec pack on Android Market for MX Player before it allowed HW-accelerated playback of the specific clip he used, even though it played back fine in the stock player (though no sound). With the codec pack he could set it to HW for the video and SW for the sound. In the end it worked out great and I was surprised, considering the table of supported formats on developer.android.com didn't list MKV + h.264 as a supported format.
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witch codec plz ?
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witch codec plz ?
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The ARMv7 ones. It never complained about needing them but it worked after installing them.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_vfpv3d16
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Sure i'll upload a sample or two in a bit. I know for sure it supports googles own mkv container(vp8 or something) but does it support mkv + h.264?
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Most of my files are MKV x264. 720p plays in hardware perfectly. I don't have many 1080p to try. also, 1080 move plays almost perfectly.
The only 1080p mkv x264 I have doesn't play in hardware for some reason.
Edit: MX Player seems best for me.
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I'm using NHL adapter to play HD movies via HDMI on my TV from my galaxy nexus. The thing is that when the movie requires hardware decoding the subtitles show on the phone but not on the TV.
When i switch to software decoding they do show on the TV but it doesn't play smooth.
So seems like the hardware decoding forgets the subtitles. Are there any drivers that can fix that? Or maybe it's from the player? (mx video)
I guess nobody has stuck on that yet
same thing is happening to me when i play HQ movies over MHL/HDMI all players show only subtitles on the nexus screen and none on my LED TV . . .
i guess the problem is with the hardware decoding that is used for the subtitles . . .
there is a custom made player for the Galaxy SII but i dont know if it works for the nexus also + dont know if its ICS compatible . . .
here is the link :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335549
Hello All,
My HTC One X seems to only record video in the 3gp or MP4 file format. This posses problems when I try and stream them to my
TV via DLNA, in other words they don't work
Can anyone tell me how to change the format my HTC One X records in or suggest another camcorder program that lets me record in a different file format or any other way to streaming my videos without having to convert them first?
Thanks for any and all your helps
EN4
Unfortunately MP4 is the default and only supported video format. What problems are you having with DLNA and MP4?
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Unfortunately MP4 is the default and only supported video format. What problems are you having with DLNA and MP4?
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My Sammy doesn't recognise that file format
EN4CER69 said:
My Sammy doesn't recognise that file format
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Isn't DLNA just streaming to a display, and as long as your HoX can play it the video will be shown? I didn't know the rendering happens on the TV side @[email protected]
Unfortunately it does. Although if you use windows media server to stream it, the rendering happens on the computer, if I'm not wrong. Though don't think that works with the phone.
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