Hey guys, I don't know much about the stock video player on Samsung TabPro but I was wondering if the stock video player uses HW or SW decoding when playing videos? I mean, in MX player, you have the option but in the stock Samsung you don't get the option.
I have a SM-T325 (8.4 LTE) and I was wondering if the stock player drains more battery than MX Player or what? And what does the H/W+ option really do in MX player? Does the MX player play movies smoother?
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The stock player won't play a lot of formats, so I don't even consider it a feasible option. MX has been my go-to video player for Android for some time now. It works so well, plays anything I throw at it, and has some nice options. So why bother using anything else?
Can't say I've compared the two, but don't think there would be much difference in battery life. I get close to 10 hours playing video on MX anyway. Not often I would even need that kind of playtime, except for long airplane flights.
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The stock player won't play a lot of formats, so I don't even consider it a feasible option. MX has been my go-to video player for Android for some time now. It works so well, plays anything I throw at it, and has some nice options. So why bother using anything else?
Can't say I've compared the two, but don't think there would be much difference in battery life. I get close to 10 hours playing video on MX anyway. Not often I would even need that kind of playtime, except for long airplane flights.
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Thanks for replying really appreciate it, but sorry haven't replied nor have I seen the thread for a while, I would have thought to get an email when someone replies...
Yeah, since the time I made this thread till now, MX player is just better in every way. I tested battery life and it seems like they're both the same but what I dislike about MX player is that when viewing on a tablet, there's so much space to be used that isn't being used e.g when viewing the list of movies, on the right side of the screen is a big white space. But I guess I'll take that up with the developer of the player.
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I dont want to have to worry about decoding, or converting, or anything at all. I just want to click on a movie file, and play it. Is there any player out there(free) that can do that?
Vplayer is like that, and WAS free until about 3 days ago. you can give rockplayer a try, it isnt bad.
It really depends on the type of file you are trying to play (there are tons of video formats/containers out there). If you use some obscure format, you should search for it (try either directly in the market or on this site).
For the more commonly-used types though, popular choices on this forum include RockPlayer and VPlayer (not as popular now because it has become a paid app). Some people also like arcMedia. I believe there is also a ported version of mPlayer in the main app forum. Supposedly, VLC for Android will be coming out soon as well.
I've been using VPlayer without any issues, though I'm interested to try VLC once it comes out. RockPlayer also worked well for me before VPlayer came out.
okay well i found a 4 day old vplayer.apk online. we'll see what that does.
Edit: it flickers, a lot. Is it always like that?
I heard VLC is coming out soon for Android (sometime this month). If so and if it's anything like the PC version it should play pretty much anything.
Not sure about ISO (not sure if you need that), but for common formats like AVI, WMV, MP4, I find Rockplayer to be the best. It handles every video I've thrown at it. Although sometimes I need to pick either hardware decoding off/on depending on the video. With it off, some WMV videos lag. With it on, some AVI videos FC the program.
Vplayer lags into slow-motion on some WMV movies, and also has some pixelation for a few seconds while scanning through a few AVI videos. But otherwise a pretty decent player also.
ArcMedia was a very poor player, to me. It lagged on WMV videos. Interface needed lots of work (displayed file names too short, no landscape browsing). Inferior to both Rockplayer and vPlayer. Similarly, I tried mPlayer, file compatibility was not great, and the interface was really clunky. It takes too much time to navigate and find the desired video.
yeah when i said all formats, i really meant all the like, common ones. but more than just mpeg, and wmv. so divx and h264 is about as much as i need. I got vplayer installed now, the beta. the beta is pretty good, i wouldnt mind paying for it. I mean i would mind, because its just a damn video player, but i also wouldnt mind it. but it flickers a lot. is that normal?
I haven't noticed any flickering on vPlayer, that's odd. Is it evident just watching a video for a couple minutes (I mostly use Rockplayer)?
I have never had any flickering with vplayer. Try setting the lum at a level. Move your finger up on the left half of the screen while watching a video.
Video playback on android is a bit of a problem still. Problem is that the built-in player only recognizes a few containers, and these containers are very restricted in the content they can carry.
There are some other players that are more universal, but a design limitation of android makes it impossible for them to use the integrated video decoder to accelerate decode. As a result, these players will have a very low performance and drain your battery fast due to running the CPU hard.
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i am searching for a videoplayer that plays HD movies and AVI, xvid etc..i tried rockplayer but the video turned out laggy and out of sync. Anyone have an idea of an good player that plays this kind of codec?
The.Simpsons.S22E11.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
without lagg or out of sync problems
thanks
i use rockplayer...my phone is rooted and OC'd and i have no lag or sync issues.
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i use rockplayer...my phone is rooted and OC'd and i have no lag or sync issues.
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that is very weird mate can u plz link the version of rockplayer u are using? i am running 2.2.1 froyo stock
Wow you're able to play 720p movies? I get lag with each video player out there. Rockerplayer, vplayer, arc.. but dvd quality runs perfect.
CM7 nightly 20 oc'd to 1.4ghz.
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no like i said i cannot run 720p movies so there is no solution for this ?
The.Simpsons.S22E11.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
^Did you get that from the pirate bay? Shame on you.
Try an overclock it should help some. I stream 720p flash movies and they actually perform quite well at 1.516Mhz performance, but it does overheat after a while. If you are not rooted and OC is not an option, You might have to convert the file to 480X800 to get it to play smooth. Be warned though that this can take from 20 minutes to 6 hours depending on the speed of your computer, and results in image quality loss.
If you ever get out of sync issues, just jump back a few seconds and it will resync itself. For flash movies I usually resync it every 15 minutes or so.
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The.Simpsons.S22E11.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
^Did you get that from the pirate bay? Shame on you.
Try an overclock it should help some. I stream 720p flash movies and they actually perform quite well at 1.516Mhz performance, but it does overheat after a while. If you are not rooted and OC is not an option, You might have to convert the file to 480X800 to get it to play smooth. Be warned though that this can take from 20 minutes to 6 hours depending on the speed of your computer, and results in image quality loss.
If you ever get out of sync issues, just jump back a few seconds and it will resync itself. For flash movies I usually resync it every 15 minutes or so.
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/careface?
anyway its to bad it cannot play 720p properly and i have no plans on rooting and oc
You can try Act 1, I have had it play a few formats the others wouldnt...I like Rockplayer, Vplayer not so much. Meridian is another good video player.
Try arcMedia
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ya arc media is pretty good
If anyone is still looking for more video player choices, Vital Player seems pretty good. Either pretty new, or I just haven't found it before. Good interface, seems compatible with lots of my videos, and automatically selects software or hardware decoding based on the video (without having to select or toggle like Rock Player). I've seen some complaints in the Market reviews about the free version showing ads during video playback. But I haven't seen this. I have AdFree running, so it seems to be doing its job. Also, Vital Player is not yet compatible with Gingerbread, so it doesn't work on CM7.
Since I've switched to CM7, its Rock Player for me. It plays almost everything I've thrown at it, without lag. vPlayer lagged like crazy for me on some videos. ArcMedia has lots of things I didn't like about the interface, and lagged on some WMV files.
I've been using the stock video player since day one when I got my G2. I play all my videos at 720P after converting to .mp4 using handbrake. No lag issues at all.
Guys, sorry I am newbie with my HOAX,
First, just sharing mine is SH23LW, is it the best or less issue? so far i can't find the problem (or maybe i miss something)
second, my original video player can't play HD res., especially when i play my video file which is downloaded from youtube.. Thanks for the answer
No idea if your version is going to be immune from the gamut of issues people have reported. Guess time will tell.
Regarding your video playback issue though, try out MX Player. Has been able to able to play anything I've chucked at it so far!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Agreed. MX Player is decent.
Although i've just seen this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725469 VLC for Android
Looking for best media player especially for playing videos over wifi and which can offer best battery life, none of them seems to have a fast forward button
I am using MX and wont change to anything else. In my opinion, it is the best video player ever and I think it has the best battery of any other player but dunno if that's just placebo effect. But I do like subtitle manual syncing in dice player so hopefully MX implements something similar in future updates.
Also, someone tested BS player against MX and those are results:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48042104&postcount=408
MX lasted longer.
Definitely MX Player.
Try them for yourself, you will likely agree.
mx PLAYER pro WITH custom DTS audio codecs! plays everything now!
also BSplayer pro is good too, played anything as well no problems, didn't need to add any codecs
I was using mx player but it stopped working after upgrading to kitkat 4.4.2 I attempted to uninstall and re-install but still can't seem to get it to work again... I switched over to bs player but sure miss using mx.
Mx works fine. Just install update from google play
bsplayer can natively mount your samba/windows shared network filesystems and play media, hands down winning feature for me.
I have always used MX Player on all of my Samsung phones and tablets for at leas the last 3 years.
I've never used the stock Samsung video player to play anything until today. I noticed the stock video player
produced a MUCH sharper picture than MX Player. I tried this comparison on my phones as well and got
the same results.... the Samsung stock video player always had the sharper pictures. (Note 3, Note 2 and
S4)
I tried to adjust everything setting in MX Player that I can think of, including codec, and changing from HW to
HW+ to SW decoding.... made no difference. The picture was always softer than the stock video players.
All of the videos were either 720p or 1080p MKV/MP4s.(recorded from 1080i output from my HD DVR
or converted from Blu-ray discs)
Is there something else that I can do to make pictures sharper? (or at least as sharp as stock video player?)
Thanks!
stock video player is optimized for the display. may be thats y
Yeah stock is optimized for your device which is why while MX player is compatible for most versions of android of devices which is a lot to optimize for each device.
Codec for thr stock vider player
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Yeah stock is optimized for your device which is why while MX player is compatible for most versions of android of devices which is a lot to optimize for each device.
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When I use the stock video player I get the message that audio is not possible as I do not have the right audio codec for this film.
Can someone please let me know where I can get the right audio codec for the stock video player.
Thank you.
bridion said:
When I use the stock video player I get the message that audio is not possible as I do not have the right audio codec for this film.
Can someone please let me know where I can get the right audio codec for the stock video player.
Thank you.
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I guess it's the AC3 codec you have problem with, it's been mentioned before if you take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/codecs-samsung-video-player-t2812549
but it's a easy fix, if you read the post I made in the thread it will let you play AC3 audio too, so now I'm using the stock video player instead of MX Player.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56023857&postcount=15
you must be rooted though
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I guess it's the AC3 codec you have problem with, it's been mentioned before if you take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/codecs-samsung-video-player-t2812549
but it's a easy fix, if you read the post I made in the thread it will let you play AC3 audio too, so now I'm using the stock video player instead of MX Player.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56023857&postcount=15
you must be rooted though
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My tab S is not rooted, as I am a new comer to Android ( this is my first tablet ).
Is there no other way of using the stock Video player with AC3 sound without rooting my Tab S?
thank you.
bridion said:
My tab S is not rooted, as I am a new comer to Android ( this is my first tablet ).
Is there no other way of using the stock Video player with AC3 sound without rooting my Tab S?
thank you.
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no, not what I heard of as they removed support for AC3, you can use MX Player if you don't want to root it, but it's really simple to root. what version of Tab S do you have?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/cf-auto-root-chainfire-t2881826
Is it psychological or is it possible there is no difference playing a 2560x1600 video between MX player and stock player? I mean, I don't see this difference you speak of, but I want to make sure.
Any way to stream to the samsung video app from my pc via smb. Right now I'm going through es explorer and it's ok on 720p but on 1080p m2ts or mkv I get loading circle every few seconds.
I get the same from mx player too. Bsplayer can stream from smb directly but I think picture quality isn't as good or may be just my imagination.
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stock video player is optimized for the display. may be thats y
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Yeah stock is optimized for your device which is why while MX player is compatible for most versions of android of devices which is a lot to optimize for each device.
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You can guys articulate what exactly "optimized" means with regards to that?
Also wanted to point out about the audio with the stock player Is that it has 7.1 surround sound which makes it incredibly better than the MX Player decoded with a double volume amp
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Can anyone else verify that the stock player looks better than mx or bsplayer. I tried playing the nature video that comes on the tab S and a few others and they look about the same to me. Hard to tell. Maybe it's a little better, but that could be placebo effect.
On the other hand, there are lots of video the stock player just can't play.
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Can anyone else verify that the stock player looks better than mx or bsplayer. I tried playing the nature video that comes on the tab S and a few others and they look about the same to me. Hard to tell. Maybe it's a little better, but that could be placebo effect.
On the other hand, there are lots of video the stock player just can't play.
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The crap about stock being "optimized" is pure bull****. The standard and decoding algorithms are well defined and the only possibility is if stock adds artificial sharpening which would actually reduce quality compared to the intended picture. This is pure placebo and a lively imagination talking. Just use mx and enjoy a much better codec support.
Zamboney said:
The crap about stock being "optimized" is pure bull****. The standard and decoding algorithms are well defined and the only possibility is if stock adds artificial sharpening which would actually reduce quality compared to the intended picture. This is pure placebo and a lively imagination talking. Just use mx and enjoy a much better codec support.
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Hey there!
My question is not exactly about the stock and mx player video player but about videos. The question is I know that the resolution of the tab's display is very very high and with this high resolution watching movies with their lower resolution the movies on this tablet won't be as sharp as the display itself, so the question is which resolution is ok for watching on this tablet? I mean if I download a 720p movie or series and try to watch it on the tab s 8.4 will it be sharp enough not to realize the pixels during the film or for example a DVD quality film is also ok with this tablet to watch on? Hope you could understand me, i'm hungarian and hard to describe my problem. )