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Diceplayer supports Galaxy nexus - plays MKV/AVI with Full HW acceleration

Diceplayer v 1.7.4 supports Galaxy Nexus.
It take advantage of OMAP4's video decoder.
720p H.264 High profile + DTS/AC3/Flac audio MKV with embedded subtitles works perfectly.
I'll post some test video on next Monday.

YES. YES. YES. That is awesome. My only reservation about the phone was codec support. Thanks for sharing Juami!

Awesome try some 1080p stuff. Also try mxplayer if you have the time

veli69 said:
Awesome try some 1080p stuff. Also try mxplayer if you have the time
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mx : not supported version popup
bs and mobo : couldn't play at all
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I think devs could not get Galaxy Nexus yet.
I got unreleased Galaxy Nexus for testing. so I could release diceplayer update for Galaxy Nexus.

Thanks for the update, been using Diceplayer on my tab 10.1 for a while now and it's been awesome. On the nexus however it seems it's missing some frame rates. Will try it with a few more vids and see how it goes.
Edit: Tried a 720p mkv and it was flawless. Avi's of TV shows are playing back at a low frame rate, and are noticeably choppy.

I can play 10gb 1080p rips without problem, Can't try anything larger as Diceplayer crashes when I try to play over my network so have only been able to play local files.

Plays local files fine but doesn't go fullscreen - leaves the onscreen buttons.

VPlayer seems to work nicely

The UI for Vplayer is defo not perfect.. the folders glitch, and the soft buttons stay lit, however the playback is smooth and in sync, so very usable for now.

wilbur-force said:
VPlayer seems to work nicely
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vPlayer have a good sw video decoder(ffmpeg) but
vPlayer can't use HW video decoder except native supported format(mp4).
SW video decoder use higher CPU power than HW decoder and drains battery too fast. and loose a color detail.

Great news. Loved the Dice player on my Asus Transformer. Sold my tablet though so I'm looking forward to using it on the GN

mingoid said:
Plays local files fine but doesn't go fullscreen - leaves the onscreen buttons.
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we update diceplayer to support full screen on Galaxy Nexus.
changelog of diceplayer v.1.7.5
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What's in this version:
Support full screen for Galaxy Nexus
Fix bug that sometimes continuation does not work properly for Galaxy Nexus
Fix bug that some AVI files are not played properly
Fix bug that aspect ratio is abnormal when orientation is changed
Add option that shows audio only files (default off)
Add option that saves the subtitle (default on, can move by touching subtitle while playing)
Fix minor bugs

Has anyone tried playing MKV's on the native ICS media player? I can play aac-audio h.264-video MKVs without installing any additional player

SilentMobius said:
Has anyone tried playing MKV's on the native ICS media player? I can play aac-audio h.264-video MKVs without installing any additional player
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after Honeycomb, Android supports MKV format ( not perfectly) but audio codec limited to AAC/MP3.
if you want to play AC3/DTS/Flac audio and embedded subtitles, you should install 3rd party player.

Just though id add my findings.
Ive tried dice player but as with Vplayer i have had mixed results.
Some of my Mp4 files play just fine whilst others fail to open. The player just goes back to the andriod home screen. The ones that fail have ac3 audio.
Im guessing its down to the audio codecs required to play the files.
I do like the look and feel of the app though.
Its a shame im having these issues as the galaxy s2 played them all natively.

Haven't bought Dice Player but I can confirm the trial will playback high profile MKVs in 1080p:

I tried Diceplayer on few local 720p MKV and these play nice.
But two things:
1. My TXT subtitles did not load.
2. When I tried to play the same file from network share, Diceplayer crashes.

I was just able to mount my network share drive via CIFS, so that it appears under /mnt/cifs/share
Then I tried Diceplayer and it did play my 720p MKV in HW with no delay on start.
If it only supported TXT subtitles... (it would probably need to handle different formats, as I have noticed sometimes different formats used in TXT file)

Will run my usual batch of test video files through the Nexus and Dice Player in next couple of days as I just got my Nexus. Expect it won't measure up to the Note/SGSII that I'm accustomed to, but if it can handle 720p I'll be happy enough...

Not sure If I posted this already, but Dice player was able to play 1080p mov trailer in hardware other players either could not play at all or used software and were skipping.

[Q] video playback?

Hey, i'm getting a note 2, should be here tomorrow (yay!) I have a question about playback that maybe someone who has one could answer, i did some googling but sadly found nothing. How is the playback when your playing 720p and 1080p .mkv? Can the stock player do it? and if it can't how is it on 3rd party players? Does it jump or stutter at all? Thanks

I use MXPlayer for almost everything

MXplayer is the way to go!

The Note II is the first Android device I've owned where I've felt no need to use anything other than the stock player (and I've had many, going back to the G1).
Regards,
Dave
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For the most part the stock player will play well, but some 1080p videos it will play choppy a bit. MXPlayer plays them ssmmmoottthhhh!

Can't play 4k video from Note3...

hello all,
I just filmed a 4k video with my Note 3 (snapdragon version), and was trying to play it on my Note 10.1, thinking maybe it'd look better on the higher-res screen... Turned out Note 10.1 couldn't play it with native video player, nor could dice player or mx player play it with hw mode, and in sw mode it is very laggy.
So maybe Exynos 5420 cannot handle the 4k video (encoding and decoding) after all? Can someone with the snapdragon version of Note 10.1 try and see if they can play 4k video natively?

I dont have any 4k videos of my own, but all the ones i've played thru BS player (HW Mode) and Youtube worked fine.
And this is on the Exynos 5420 version...
In fact here's me updating this post running a 4k video on half the screen, unstoppable.

Itchiee said:
I dont have any 4k videos of my own, but all the ones i've played thru BS player (HW Mode) and Youtube worked fine.
And this is on the Exynos 5420 version...
In fact here's me updating this post running a 4k video on half the screen, unstoppable.
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strange... I just took a 4k video with Note 3 again, and again Note 10.1 can't play it.
Can I ask what firmware you are on with your Note 10.1?

The latest MK1... Maybe there is a problem with how its encoded?
Have you tried BS Player? Thats my new go to player and there is a free version i believe.
And it works with multi manager as well! No hacking!!!

Itchiee said:
The latest MK1... Maybe there is a problem with how its encoded?
Have you tried BS Player? Thats my new go to player and there is a free version i believe.
And it works with multi manager as well! No hacking!!!
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I just flashed MK1, still no dice... and I also downloaded bs player, can only play it in sw mode, not too laggy but it is there...
I didn't change anything in my Note3 camera setting, so the codec should be stock, which is h264 MPEG4 AVC1. The 4k video's got a crazy high bitrate that's for sure.

alexcarterkarsus said:
I just flashed MK1, still no dice... and I also downloaded bs player, can only play it in sw mode, not too laggy but it is there...
I didn't change anything in my Note3 camera setting, so the codec should be stock, which is h264 MPEG4 AVC1. The 4k video's got a crazy high bitrate that's for sure.
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I haven't had a chance to play much 4K video but the one I tried played fine on both BS player (using hardware mode) and Archos Video player (with the free codec pack) on my note 2014

Same here I cant play my 4k videos from my note 3. I hear audio but it says video codec not supported so I assume 3rd party video player might be able to.
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aznmode said:
Same here I cant play my 4k videos from my note 3. I hear audio but it says video codec not supported so I assume 3rd party video player might be able to.
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Well, I have tried dice player, mx player and bs player, but none of them can play the note 3 4k video in hw mode, and sw mode playback is laggy to various degrees.
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Try vlc player
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Just got home with my 2nd note and tried playing any YouTube videos and none of them will play correctly.
I also noticed that the tracking on the spen is bad as well on this one.
Everything play's fine on my g2, my son's iPad air and my wife's note 3.
Think it might be time to give up on Samsung products for awhile.
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[Q] Video reproduction question

Hi everyone.
Last year I bought a Galaxy Note 10.1 (the first one, not the 2014 edition) and I had a lot of issues playing some videos, they didn't show video or de audio was desync, but if I played the same videos on a HTC One X (Tegra 3) there was no problem.
So, I would like to know if the architecture of the 2014 edition solved these problems or you have to "convert" the videos before watching on the tablet.
Regards.

I us BSplayer and it works perfectly
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ricarroyo88 said:
Hi everyone.
Last year I bought a Galaxy Note 10.1 (the first one, not the 2014 edition) and I had a lot of issues playing some videos, they didn't show video or de audio was desync, but if I played the same videos on a HTC One X (Tegra 3) there was no problem.
So, I would like to know if the architecture of the 2014 edition solved these problems or you have to "convert" the videos before watching on the tablet.
Regards.
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issues playing videos can mean different things, for example:
container support, higher settings for compression, unsupported resolution, etc...
in my case, note 10.1 2014 can play almost any video with stock video player but not those with ac3 audio or 10bits profile (x264)...
i'm not BSPlayer user because i don like the way it "works"... i'm using mx player... and no problem until now....

I second MX Player. It allows for additional codecs that the stock player does not and I have not had any issues with it whatsoever. I'm OK with it since the stock app isn't my cup of tea anyway.

compumasta said:
I second MX Player. It allows for additional codecs that the stock player does not and I have not had any issues with it whatsoever. I'm OK with it since the stock app isn't my cup of tea anyway.
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Including the ac3 audio or 10bits profile (x264) ??

ac3 audio works, not sure about 10-bit encodes

Never had any problem with MX Player or DicePlayer since forever even on my first tab Galaxy Tab 10.1 (1st ever).
But i never had a 4GB video on it...
The only complain i had was youtube lagged a lot on 720p!
Now, with our beloved 2014 note i have at least 4 windows streaming/playing video simultaneously!!! All Sync and making a lot of noise!! yeah

ricarroyo88 said:
Including the ac3 audio or 10bits profile (x264) ??
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ac3 works and 10bits keeps making "noise"... it's not fully supported...

MediaPad M2 10: FHD video is laggy

Hi guys,
so I uploaded on my tablet's memory FHD movie, about 3GB with some cartoons, for my kid and it is terribly laggy while watching.
I am using VLC video player, but I tried about top10 from Google Play - everywhere same issues:
- video is laggy
- audio/video is slightly out of sync
Is it performance issue, which means that 2015 tablet is not capable of playing FHD movie or is it something else?
Cheers,
Tom

I have m2 8.0 but I have no issues with videos.
Even with movies with dolby digital 5.1 sound I have no issues. Did you try the movie on a different device ?
I use mx player pro for video playback, you can try the free version maybe.

I just bought a Huawei Mediapad M2 and 2 have been returned with Google Play Movies playback issue. Same problem - sound dropouts and video freezing. As a customer I would expect a Android device to play movies natively from Google Movies.
So far I'm disappointed....

unster, davidtamagotchi : Did you make sure that your power saving features are turned off? If you've got power saving turned on, that might be what is causing your lag. I've not experienced any issues so far with movie playback using vlc from the Play Store.