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Important videos won't play back anywhere 720p

I recorded several very epic videos in 720p, they won't playback on my phone or pc! I used
Kingdom b1; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071547
and this camera app; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084195
I've tried vlc, windows media player, quicktime, and on my Evo I tried astro and the stock htc gallery app.
http://agentxfiles.ucoz.com/VIDEO0003.3gp

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Click the following link and if you have quicktime installed your browser will attempt to play the video.
http://agentxfiles.ucoz.com/VIDEO0003.3gp

Agentx002 said:
I recorded several very epic videos in 720p, they won't playback on my phone or pc! I used
Kingdom b1; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071547
and this camera app; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084195
This is to big to shrug off!
http://agentxfiles.ucoz.com/VIDEO0003.3gp
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not sure what your prob is. People running the same set up are having no probs. I did notice that the format looks like its 3gp. If it is 3gp that may be your prob and u need to either use a 3gp video playerthat can do 3gp like vlc or convert it to avi or mp4 format. The evo stock records in mp4 so maybe the camera app you are using can record in diferent formats.

flight01 said:
not sure what your prob is. People running the same set up are having no probs. I did notice that the format looks like its 3gp. If it is 3gp that may be your prob and u need to either use a 3gp video playerthat can do 3gp like vlc or convert it to avi or mp4 format. The evo stock records in mp4 so maybe the camera app you are using can record in diferent formats.
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Click the last link I included. The video does not playback. my question is, can I get it to work? And why isn't it working for me?
http://agentxfiles.ucoz.com/VIDEO0003.3gp
Try playing the video yourself.

Agentx002 said:
Click the last link I included. The video does not playback. my question is, can I get it to work? And why isn't it working for me?
http://agentxfiles.ucoz.com/VIDEO0003.3gp
Try playing the video yourself.
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Yeah tried playing it myself and does not work. Like i said b4 the video format that you have is 3gp and quicktime and most other players do not play that video format. If u want to play this with quicktime then u need to find a 3gp to mp4 video converter. I do not know why your video format is 3gp but that is your problem. Quicktime native compatible formats are AIFF, WAV, DV-DIF, MP3 and mp4, Also with addon components it can play ASF, DivX Media Format, Flash Video, Matroska, Ogg. So like i have said about three times already u need to convert the video from 3gp to mp4 or one of the native file formats quicktime supports. Here is a link to a pretty good converter http://download.cnet.com/AoA-iPod-PSP-3GP-MP4-Converter/3000-2194_4-10531870.html

flight01 said:
Yeah tried playing it myself and does not work. Like i said b4 the video format that you have is 3gp and quicktime and most other players do not play that video format. If u want to play this with quicktime then u need to find a 3gp to mp4 video converter. I do not know why your video format is 3gp but that is your problem. Quicktime native compatible formats are AIFF, WAV, DV-DIF, MP3 and mp4, Also with addon components it can play ASF, DivX Media Format, Flash Video, Matroska, Ogg. So like i have said about three times already u need to convert the video from 3gp to mp4 or one of the native file formats quicktime supports. Here is a link to a pretty good converter http://download.cnet.com/AoA-iPod-PSP-3GP-MP4-Converter/3000-2194_4-10531870.html
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My video's have always recorded in .3gp format. I can play back videos recorded in WVGA in .3gp but not 720p. Seems Kingdom b1 won't record 720p on my phone.
HW 004, if that helps.
And the video won't convert into anything else, renaming to .mp4 or .avi and so on doesn't help either.

[Q]How to play 720p MKV with AC3 on GN without converting?

Does anyone know how to do that without using Diceplayer ?
Edit: OK will this be moved to Q&A forum ?

what video codec?

Jaqb said:
Does anyone know how to do that without using Diceplayer ?
Edit: OK will this be moved to Q&A forum ?
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Use MX Player instead?

mmace said:
what video codec?
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H.264 codec

chandlerweb said:
Use MX Player instead?
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I have tried this one already....it does not support AC3 thus no sound

dice player?

predation said:
dice player?
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Thanks for your input, but have you read my 1st post....?
Diceplayer works but I can't use Google's Checkout so I'm looking for alternatives.
So far I've tried: QQPlayer, Moboplayer, Mx Video Player, RockPlayer, BSplayer and Vplayer.

Jaqb said:
Thanks for your input, but have you read my 1st post....?
Diceplayer works but I can't use Google's Checkout so I'm looking for alternatives.
So far I've tried: QQPlayer, Moboplayer, Mx Video Player, RockPlayer and Vplayer.
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you can't purchase anything from the market place?????
dice player can be purchased on the market place.

Exactly...I can't purchase anything from the Market.
Do you use dice player ? If so, do you also find the volume of AC3 too low or is it just me.....(I used dice player trial to test it)

Jaqb said:
Exactly...I can't purchase anything from the Market.
Do you use dice player ? If so, do you also find the volume of AC3 too low or is it just me.....(I used dice player trial to test it)
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AC3 through 'stereo' is always quite. at least, 'quiter' then intended. reason being is that AC3 is a format in which the audio is split into multiple channels rather then just the standard 2 channel stereo.
when you attempt to play an AC3 via stereo it then compresses the channels down to 'stereo' and in the process it loses a bit(which is why it gets quiet).

I can play h.264 720p mkv's with ES Explorer's video player... I doubt it's the best player but was a bit impressed that it decoded them fine.

djmcnz said:
I can play h.264 720p mkv's with ES Explorer's video player... I doubt it's the best player but was a bit impressed that it decoded them fine.
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How do I choose ES Explorer's player ? It doesn't give me this option. (btw ICS player h.264 with no problem in default player, the whole problem is with AC3 sound....have you tried mkv with ac3 ? )

Jaqb said:
How do I choose ES Explorer's player ? It doesn't give me this option. (btw ICS player h.264 with no problem in default player, the whole problem is with AC3 sound....have you tried mkv with ac3 ? )
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I didn't realise h.264 was native and no, I not tried with AC3.
For ES I just select a video, long press, open-as, video, ES Player.

djmcnz said:
I didn't realise h.264 was native and no, I not tried with AC3.
For ES I just select a video, long press, open-as, video, ES Player.
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I have manage to open it with ES Player through the galery.....ES explorer didnt have the ES Player option (Weird) ....but as I thought it doesn't support AC3 codec thus still no sound

Have you already tried BSplayer Lite?

Pierre118 said:
Have you already tried BSplayer Lite?
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I wasn't sure anymore so I've tried it. It turns out I did test it before....same problem as with i.e. Vplayer no Hardware decoding and Software decoding is too slow for 720p playback. Although AC3 plays fine in software mode.

OK guys, I have found the answer on my own...
MX Video Player in SW Fast Mode plays MKV(h.264 in 720p) with AC3 with almost no fps loss.

mx vedio and chose sound s/w
not h/d

sm_rasmy said:
mx vedio and chose sound s/w
not h/d
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This works indeed but not on all my videos....
To sum up: MX Video Player = best free player.
So if you set Video on [HW] and Sound on [SW] it works on most MKV videos with x264 and AC3 but on some files the video and audio are out of sync then you need to change the Video to one of the two [SW] modes.

my Nexus' keeps freezing up whenever i try to play one of these 720P (ac3) .mkv files. once it's frozen i can't do anything with the phone and then have to pull the battery. even in that MX video player... it'll show that it's attempting to open the video and then BAM!.. frozen.
it's funny because the Rezound can handle these files no problem in multiple apps(Dice Player, Mobo Player, MX Video Player).. so why is it such a pain with the Nexus?

[Q] best 720p MKV player for tegra3?

Anyone found apps that play 720p mkv smoothly? (Type of stuff you get off the internet..)

TF101

I use my movie player, works quite nicely with 720p
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I use Mx player.
You can even choose between HW acceleration or SW acceleration.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

MX Player here. Uses HW acceleration, super smooth. Tried Dice Player and VPlayer, had lots of bugs on audio and video was not very smooth.

flakz0r said:
MX Player here. Uses HW acceleration, super smooth. Tried Dice Player and VPlayer, had lots of bugs on audio and video was not very smooth.
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I tried MxPlayer and DicePlayer and found that DicePlayer gives me better image quality and plays everything I feed it without any problems.
My tip is to try out both Mx and DicePlayer.

bsplayer

I tried MX Player it failed to play MOV format (1080p) it was a trailer later I tried Mobo Player it works like a charm.

I've noticed the same with those players, that they support different formats, so there is no single best player really.
Like someone mentioned, MOV plays nicely with one or two players, while MKV plays nicely with few others.
I simply use 2 players which support all file formats I use.
Coming from Galaxy Nexus, I find these two very good: DicePlayer and MX Player, also heard BS Player to be very good too.

derpious said:
I tried MxPlayer and DicePlayer and found that DicePlayer gives me better image quality and plays everything I feed it without any problems.
My tip is to try out both Mx and DicePlayer.
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+1 for diceplayer

BSplayer

Built in HTC Video player for both mkv (720p &1080p) as well as FLVs downloaded from YouTube. I have dice just in case, but had no reason to use it yet

shirreer said:
Built in HTC Video player for both mkv (720p &1080p) as well as FLVs downloaded from YouTube. I have dice just in case, but had no reason to use it yet
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I would rather use the stock player too, but unfortunately it plays my mkv files without sound.
Which would be the better option? Converting the file to fit the stock player, or use players like MX Player to play those files?
Thanks

MX Player. Can switch between SW and HW decoding on the fly, and you can choose for the audio to be SW or HW too, independant of video decoding.

Yeah been using MX for a while, just concern that whether there are any compromises in sound quality when playing mkv with SW acceleration instead of HW

kythor said:
Yeah been using MX for a while, just concern that whether there are any compromises in sound quality when playing mkv with SW acceleration instead of HW
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I've never needed to go SW sound before so I can't really say.

I've got a few 720p mkv videos and it doesn't play with sound if it's in HW mode.
The only way for me to play it with sound now is to set it to SW (fast mode or normal one).
So right now I'm just wondering if it's better to re-encode the audio so that the stock player can play it in HW, or just use MX Player and play it in SW.
Will do some experiments after I get back from work

kythor said:
I've got a few 720p mkv videos and it doesn't play with sound if it's in HW mode.
The only way for me to play it with sound now is to set it to SW (fast mode or normal one).
So right now I'm just wondering if it's better to re-encode the audio so that the stock player can play it in HW, or just use MX Player and play it in SW.
Will do some experiments after I get back from work
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MX can do separate encode modes for video and audio. You can run video on HW and audio on SW if you want.

Dice player plays it all but there is only one little problem with it. While playing videos there are 3 white dots (menu) remain on screen......i hope its updated soon.

ArmedandDangerous said:
MX can do separate encode modes for video and audio. You can run video on HW and audio on SW if you want.
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Yeah but I wanna try playing the audio on HW. MX can't do that. Dice can though.
nickporwal said:
Dice player plays it all but there is only one little problem with it. While playing videos there are 3 white dots (menu) remain on screen......i hope its updated soon.
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Yeah just noticed, that's annoying But there should be an update soon

[Q] 1080p MKV / MP4 freezing

Hi,
i have problems with 1080p MKV and MP4 playback.
When i playback a movie with 1080p and Hardware Decoding, I get terrible blocking and freezing (strainge colours, green Pixel and so on).
I tested with MX-Player (H/W+), VLC Player, Plex and XBMC. The result is always the same.
When i use the same file in ts oder m2ts - Format, then everything is ok.
So i tested to create the mkv and mp4 File with different Tools: mkvmerge, ffmpeg, makemkv, mp4box and so on..
Always Errors and terrible playback.
Is there a trick or can the device handle HD only in *.ts without Errors???

stehohrhase said:
Hi,
i have problems with 1080p MKV and MP4 playback.
When i playback a movie with 1080p and Hardware Decoding, I get terrible blocking and freezing (strainge colours, green Pixel and so on).
I tested with MX-Player (H/W+), VLC Player, Plex and XBMC. The result is always the same.
When i use the same file in ts oder m2ts - Format, then everything is ok.
So i tested to create the mkv and mp4 File with different Tools: mkvmerge, ffmpeg, makemkv, mp4box and so on..
Always Errors and terrible playback.
Is there a trick or can the device handle HD only in *.ts without Errors???
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I'm able to play 1080p mkv files and mp4 files without issue. I actually download a lot of 1080p movie trailer in mp4 format to my tablet. However, I normally use Archos Video player or BS player though as the hardware acceleration appears to be better on them than other video players I've tried.

I use mx player and never have an issue, have you tried the software codec for mx?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Try archos and the achos free codec pack.

MX player
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda premium

so, i tested more:
Archos has the best Performance. you only see sometimes litte stuttering. But the PGS-Subtitles are not shown -((
BS-Player has Picture -Errors
MX-Player in S/W and H/W Looks ok, but not enough Performance for full framerate Decoding.H/W+ Decoder has enogh Performance, but the same Errors in the Picture like BS-Player, Plex, XBMC abd so on.
I don't understand why... the Problem ist not all movies... and this are not the movies withe the highets Bitrate. convert to ts looks good.
I put a short sample online.. mail me, if you are interessed to verify and help... I can not post the link here.. (new user board-rule)

I just streamed a 1080p mkv from my WD Live network drive with no stuttering or sound issues. I use Archos player and the free codec pack.
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i have the P605 with quadcore. has this other gpu than the P600 octagon ?

stehohrhase said:
Hi,
i have problems with 1080p MKV and MP4 playback.
When i playback a movie with 1080p and Hardware Decoding, I get terrible blocking and freezing (strainge colours, green Pixel and so on).
I tested with MX-Player (H/W+), VLC Player, Plex and XBMC. The result is always the same.
When i use the same file in ts oder m2ts - Format, then everything is ok.
So i tested to create the mkv and mp4 File with different Tools: mkvmerge, ffmpeg, makemkv, mp4box and so on..
Always Errors and terrible playback.
Is there a trick or can the device handle HD only in *.ts without Errors???
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maybe is not the resolution but profile... 10bits encoding or 8bits encoding?

stehohrhase said:
i have the P605 with quadcore. has this other gpu than the P600 octagon ?
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hey, stehohrhase, has this resolved with different player? I am tempted to buy p605, but I don't want to buy one that has issue with video playback.

angilinmago said:
hey, stehohrhase, has this resolved with different player? I am tempted to buy p605, but I don't want to buy one that has issue with video playback.
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i guess is not the player... TS is just the container... this device can handle 1080p

no issues
I use MK player with no issues even in FULL HD movies!
Maybe your files (muvies) are stored in ExtStorage (microSD).
Have you check your microSD card speed?

Try Dice Player its one of the best players out there, but for DTS audio you need "libffmpeg.so" from the attachment below.
Other than that try a test sample with video stream only and see if it plays fine, if it does then mux in the other streams one at a time until the problem returns.

10 bits encoding maybe?

Playing Hi-res (4K, 10bit, HEVC) video on HTC 10

Hello!
According to Snapdragon 820 specifications, this SoC can play 4K video with 10 bit HEVC encoding. Just for interest, i upload sample video (www.demo-uhd3d.com) and use MX and VLC players. But both of them plays videos very slow, looks like slideshow.
So not clear, why our device can not play such files? There are lack of needed codecs (that must be instaled by device manufacturer), or I need specific player?
Thank you.

Did you try different codecs in mx player app while playing?

ali nz said:
Did you try different codecs in mx player app while playing?
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Yes, of course. HW, HW+ - no one working. May there is error in fiel coding, but not celar what exactly causes this problem. Some users says that some 4K files can be played.

heavy-razzer said:
Some users says that some 4K files can be played..
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Easily.. I mean mostly 4K files can be played..
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..

Downloaded the Transformers_extinction_Trailer_4K UHD, 10bit, from your site you provided and it played without any issues using mx player pro with the 1. 8.6 audio codec to play AC3.
VLC and Power DVD couldn't play it.