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Coreplayer 1.1 works fine!

Hi, just installed the new Coreplayer 1.1 on the new Sleuth ROM.
I did no adjustments in settings whatsoever (default ATImageON).
Played an avi video in portrait and landscape, skipped back and forward.
Works perfect!

Concur. Coreplayer 1.1 is a HUGE improvement. Finally worth the $20 I paid for it back in Oct. AVRCP works now as well. ImageON acceleration is just short of phenomenal. I worked with the Core folks a bit and told them about the hardware table file. Quite frankly, I argued against them modding it b/c that would put them into device specific mode. They found a way to do it, however and I'm glad they did!
edit: I'll look at their modified table when I get a chance and mod my patch accordingly if its different.

You're right, IT WORKS!!!! Finally!!!
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Just tried it on Schaps 3.30c, works GREAT !
As it now works with acceleration there is a huge speed improvement!

Does it play *.flv files?

From the Coreplayer website:
Audio:
CorePlayer Mobile allows you to take back your media! Enjoy your music with these supported formats: MP3, AAC, MKA, WMA, WAV, OGG, Speex, WAVPACK, FLAC, MPC, AMR, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, MIDI
Video:
"It simply works!' Is what we hear from the community and what sets CorePlayer apart from other mobile media players. It support these formats and containers:
Video: CoreAVC (H.264), MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV, MJPEG
Containers: Matroska, TS, PS, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEG-4
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Is there a trial version of Coreplayer? Not TCPMP, an actual trial version of the actual Coreplayer. I've tried TCPMP and it didn't work with the buttons on the Moto HT820 so I'm wondering if that is fixed in Coreplayer.

coreplayer 1.1 supports the wmp plugin approach for avrcp support so your ht820 should work with it.

I've been using TCPMP and it seems to work fine as well.
My biggest gripe with the Coreplayer was that it refuses to stream music over my wifi network at home.

Video
H.264 (AVC)*, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2**, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV, MJPEG
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I have bought the Coreplayer today, but it DOESNT support WMV and MJPEG.
Coreplayer is a BIG FAKE.

belinea said:
I have bought the Coreplayer today, but it DOESNT support WMV and MJPEG.
Coreplayer is a BIG FAKE.
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Did you make sure, these are checked under settings/file associations?

When I open a WMV or MJPEG file i get the SAME error messages as in TCPMP.
Player : Video codec (Windows Media Video 9) not supported by the player!
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MJPEG: Progressive JPEG format is not supportet yet.
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So Coreplayer is an exact copy of TCPMP. The only difference is a skinned interface. I paid 20$ for NOTHING.

Actually, the ATI ImageON is finally supported and AVRCP now works. Neither of these features were in TCPMP. Also, the CoreTech media library is lightyears ahead of TCPMP's rudimentary playlists...

Does core player with the OEM rom on a 8525 work when paused with no modifications? Or does it only work with the modified rom with drivers?

GldRush98 said:
I've been using TCPMP and it seems to work fine as well.
My biggest gripe with the Coreplayer was that it refuses to stream music over my wifi network at home.
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Does the new version play audio files over wifi? I need that; I know TCPMP does the trick, and I wonder which other apps can do it (seems like WMP can't)

When I open a WMV or MJPEG file i get the SAME error messages as in TCPMP.
Player : Video codec (Windows Media Video 9) not supported by the player!
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MJPEG: Progressive JPEG format is not supportet yet.
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I have warned the users in the Coreplayer forum. But the admin has deleted the whole thread.

belinea said:
I have warned the users in the Coreplayer forum. But the admin has deleted the whole thread.
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belina what the hell do you expect?? When you go into a developers forum and start bad mouthing the software......you will notice that WM6 uses WMV9 which is a different codec alltogether....wmvs from an earlier codec work fine as i am testing right now....as for MJPEG this may be an issue but not one that hasnt been commented on in many forums.
I suggest you read up before you begin spitting your dummy out about a piece of 'in development' software!!!!

Prerna said:
Does the new version play audio files over wifi? I need that; I know TCPMP does the trick, and I wonder which other apps can do it (seems like WMP can't)
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This is a bug. It appears that you can stream directly if you know the location but if you use internet explorer and launch Coreplayer through a file association then it will simply play the last selection you had going. There's a thread on this over at corecodec.com. Hopefully, they'll have a fix for this one soon...

I also had problems with WM9 so I did a bit of investigation work.
Core player has been advertised to run WMV9, see for yourself here.
You can see corecodecs official suppliers page, which has now been back edited to remove all mention of wmv9.. also all posts, friendly ones too have been deleted by the forum admin regarding anything that is not pat on the back for the team, including how to enable wmv9 etc..
So I spoke to betaboy (one of the dev's) and his collegues.. they confirmed NO wmv9 support.. NO WMV support. NO plugins. When I showed them it was advertised to include this wmv9 codec, they explained it was because it maybe can in the future just not now.
Well, so setting aside the dubios business model. I searched xda devs and found a post relating to wmv9.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298126&highlight=wmv9+video
Some people are having issues getting WMV9 in TCPMP working with WM6, particularly those of us who are trying to use TCPMP with Orb and are getting a nasty WMV9/WMA9 not supported error. This is because WM6 includes newer versions of the WMV and WMA codecs, which are named differently than WM5's codecs. Orb does work with WMP Mobile 10 and Conduits Pocket Player, but the video is incredibly jerky for some reason
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So I tried this method and yes it's a dirty fix.. video is jerky. allthough slightly less jerky than playing wmv9's in the microsoft mediaplayer.
I then pursued the matter further and some kind people from xda devs had this solution, by copying these files into your tcpmp/coreplayer folder.
http://rapidshare.com/files/39953628/wmvplugins.zip.html
Performance is better, however videos are still pretty much unwatchable at 300kbps video due to massive frame rate drops etc..
I am wondering why wmv9 is cuasing us such a problem.. I have found it to be the most common wmv format used. I wonder if anyone knows if the decoder from wm6 is buggy or can be extracted/modified/renamed in some way to enable us better performance. Or if newer Rom releases have a newer updated versions included? I see wmv9decoder.dll in the windows folder but cannot copy it or anything.. maybe this isnt the file we need to look at, but it maybe..
To conclude the Core team have produced a great peice of software, there bussiness practices are pretty dodgey. There is no need for it, as they have a good product..

Thank you Ribdool
for your investigations on this issue - this is what I call good work.
I orderd it online and read their announcements carefully before and than
had the same problem and felt pretty tricked as the player did not support WMV.
Hopefully they find a solution soon.

Sleuth255 said:
This is a bug. It appears that you can stream directly if you know the location but if you use internet explorer and launch Coreplayer through a file association then it will simply play the last selection you had going. There's a thread on this over at corecodec.com. Hopefully, they'll have a fix for this one soon...
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Thanks for that. I actually meant I want to stream files from my computer, through my LAN, over wifi. Resco Explorer allows browsing on LAN, but can only play 2 file at a time.
Anyone knows whether Coreplayer (or other players) can do it?

Got my Desire! How on earth do I play video?

I had ordered my Desire from Mobiles.co.uk, but as I was driving past CPW in Chiswick on Saturady, I popped in and 15mins later I walked out with one!
I have had an HTC Diamond 2 (WM6.5) and an iPhone in the past, and I am totally delighted with it! Being new to Android, Im just feeling my way round things, but even now, I have to say it is the best phone Ive ever had!
I cannot work out how to play movies on the Desire! I moved a movie file over to the SD card (via USB) and I just cant find any app to play the movie - heck, I cant even find any built in utility to browse the SD card with! Does the Desire have an inbuilt video player, or do I need to install one from the market? Are any highly recommended?
This stupid newbie would really like some help!

If the video is formattet correctly it should be playable from the "Albums" app.
and no native file browser is installed, but I can recommend Estrong file explorer (will also let you browse windows shares on wifi and FTP)

Aaah.... Ill try that! I was looking for some dedicated movie app, but couldnt find one installed. Am I correct in thinking that MP4 format movies (as with the iPhone) are what the Desire plays? And any ideas what the `best` settings I use in my encoder (tmpgenc)?

biglunn said:
Aaah.... Ill try that! I was looking for some dedicated movie app, but couldnt find one installed. Am I correct in thinking that MP4 format movies (as with the iPhone) are wnat the Desire plays?
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AFAIK, but mine won't ship till tomorrow, so I'm still playing the waiting game...

biglunn said:
I just cant find any app to play the movie - heck, I cant even find any built in utility to browse the SD card with! Does the Desire have an inbuilt video player, or do I need to install one from the market? Are any highly recommended?
This stupid newbie would really like some help!
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Hey there. I really reccommend using doubleTwist on your PC - it's free and works really well with the Desire. It syncs your music and video files - and makes all your video files playable on the desire too as it does a conversion during the copy.
I've tested it by syncing a divx file on my pc with the desire - it plays great using the desire video player.

jonnyguitar said:
Hey there. I really reccommend using doubleTwist on your PC - it's free and works really well with the Desire. It syncs your music and video files - and makes all your video files playable on the desire too as it does a conversion during the copy.
I've tested it by syncing a divx file on my pc with the desire - it plays great using the desire video player.
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How long does it take to transcode, and what's the end quality & filesize like?

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How long does it take to transcode, and what's the end quality & filesize like?
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Well I tried a 42minute divx file. It took about 5-10mins to copy (transcoding as it copied I guess) and the quality was perfect. No lip sync issues or anything that you might find in a dodgy conversion.
I took a look at the new file on the SD Card - it was the same size but now intead of the divx file (avi container) it was a .mp4

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Well I tried a 42minute divx file. It took about 5-10mins to copy (transcoding as it copied I guess) and the quality was perfect. No lip sync issues or anything that you might find in a dodgy conversion.
I took a look at the new file on the SD Card - it was the same size but now intead of the divx file (avi container) it was a .mp4
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Cheers!
Ill give it a go when I get in from work

I used super last night to convert an xvid avi, output quality was awful.
Installed double twist which has a striking resemblance of iTunes..lol I thought these android phones were meant to be iphone competition? however they are becoming similar in many ways.. Pinch to zoom, app store, navigation menu sliding.. Itunes/double twist.
Anyway Doubletwist done a great job of converting an xvid avi, although first attempt the converted video was nowhere to be found on my phone after the sync..
So I did it again and watched some 24 on the train this morning.. Quality was great..
Although I did have my touch HD as backup encase the conversion wasn't good.
For any one struggling to find the videos on your phone, open the Photo's app.
Not sure why its called Photos as it opens pictures and videos..
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I played with the Video playback functionality on Desire yesterday.
It accepts MP4 container with H.264 video encoding (up to L5.1, but only BASELINE profiles) + AAC for audio.
MP4 - 1000 kbits H.264 + 128 kbits (stereo), 800x480, 25fps MP4 is very fluent.
AVI - isn't supported
XVID may be supported too, but probably only in a MP4 container.

Xperia ion H.264 support

So I have been considering the Ion as an upgrade from my ATRIX 4g but I have one criteria than the next phone I get cannot fail, or else there is no point in upgrading my phone because overall, I am happy with my current phone. I was wondering if the ion has the ability to natively decode hi-profile H.264 encoded video in an .mkv file. I have literally thousands of files on my PC and I don't want to re-encode them, especially because most of them have subtitles and that makes them extra hard to re-encode.
So if someone could find and test out some h.264 hi-profile encoded mkv video in 720p or 1080p, and report back the results of how it played, I would be super grateful! (Just FYI most .mkv files are h264 and most videos encoded in h.264 are encoded in hi-profile, so the files aren't that rare in case it seemed daunting to find a file like that) Thanks so much!

acidtreat101 said:
So I have been considering the Ion as an upgrade from my ATRIX 4g but I have one criteria than the next phone I get cannot fail, or else there is no point in upgrading my phone because overall, I am happy with my current phone. I was wondering if the ion has the ability to natively decode hi-profile H.264 encoded video in an .mkv file. I have literally thousands of files on my PC and I don't want to re-encode them, especially because most of them have subtitles and that makes them extra hard to re-encode.
So if someone could find and test out some h.264 hi-profile encoded mkv video in 720p or 1080p, and report back the results of how it played, I would be super grateful! (Just FYI most .mkv files are h264 and most videos encoded in h.264 are encoded in hi-profile, so the files aren't that rare in case it seemed daunting to find a file like that) Thanks so much!
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I have tried a few like that and they seem to work just fine using MX player on the Ion. The files I tried were at least 720p mkv files and h.264 encoded.

popfan said:
I have tried a few like that and they seem to work just fine using MX player on the Ion. The files I tried were at least 720p mkv files and h.264 encoded.
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+1 Confirmed. MX Player is the jam! I have yet to try 1080p personally, so I can't report on that. But all of my movies that are MKV H.264 720p, play just fine.

I use dice player and 1080p .mkv's are smooth as butter and even send to my bravia TV flawlessly
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Cool thanks for letting me know. The Ion is a definite possibility. It's either the Ion or the Samsung Galaxy S3.

the ion is free right now

killerskincanoe said:
the ion is free right now
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$0.00 or $199.99 ..... hmmm

Well, if you don't mind answering, for you, what are the things you find to be a negative aspect of the Ion? What about the phone arent you happy with?

i uploaded this to my phone,......and it runs pretty smooth on Hardware mode and Software mode,..... via MX Player
if you want me to test one of your own video / movie...... send me the file or link
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acidtreat101 said:
Well, if you don't mind answering, for you, what are the things you find to be a negative aspect of the Ion? What about the phone arent you happy with?
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The only thing that I don't like, is while on a head set call, the phone screen turns off at call end, even if you're using it during the call. Other than that, I love this phone.
Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.

cHoLoCoY said:
i uploaded this to my phone,......and it runs pretty smooth on Hardware mode and Software mode,..... via MX Player
if you want me to test one of your own video / movie...... send me the file or link
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Could you go to http://www.h264info.com/clips.html and download the clip titled Serenity – 720p “On HD DVD” Trailer and tell me how it runs on the phone. On my Atrix, it lags a lot and the audio gets totally out of sync. Other videos, even in 1080p, I can play fine- so long as they aren't encoded in high-profile. Thanks.

acidtreat101 said:
Could you go to http://www.h264info.com/clips.html and download the clip titled Serenity – 720p “On HD DVD” Trailer and tell me how it runs on the phone. On my Atrix, it lags a lot and the audio gets totally out of sync. Other videos, even in 1080p, I can play fine- so long as they aren't encoded in high-profile. Thanks.
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I just tried this file, first video I play on my phone, and it played very smoothly, no lags or out of sync. Later I'll try it at home to the TV with the HDMI cable.
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It played perfectly to the TV through HDMI. Surprisingly, I was able to control the phone using my Samsung TV remote control.

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I just tried this file, first video I play on my phone, and it played very smoothly, no lags or out of sync. Later I'll try it at home to the TV with the HDMI cable.
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Cool thanks!

Best movie player

I usually use the Mxplayer on my Nexus 10 & Note 2. It plays pretty much everything I throw at it.
I noticed that the Mxplayer was either not compatible or having issues playing some .mkv files (no audio)
Has it been updated since 2 weeks ago? That's the last time I ran it.
Also, which version and plug in is the right one for our device? Thanks.

FormeriPhoney said:
I usually use the Mxplayer on my Nexus 10 & Note 2. It plays pretty much everything I throw at it.
I noticed that the Mxplayer was either not compatible or having issues playing some .mkv files (no audio)
Has it been updated since 2 weeks ago? That's the last time I ran it.
Also, which version and plug in is the right one for our device? Thanks.
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Check out bsplayer. It plays everything perfectly fine on my end.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free&hl=en

FormeriPhoney said:
I usually use the Mxplayer on my Nexus 10 & Note 2. It plays pretty much everything I throw at it.
I noticed that the Mxplayer was either not compatible or having issues playing some .mkv files (no audio)
Has it been updated since 2 weeks ago? That's the last time I ran it.
Also, which version and plug in is the right one for our device? Thanks.
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if your video has DTS audio, native support was removed for licensing reasons. use this one instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254

I have been using vplayer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.abitno.vplayer.t
I was impressed with it because its the only one that would play streamed media with Remote Media Center (remote potato).
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Awww man...I just got my N7 and I was excited to use MXPlayer to play some DTS MKVs. It worked great on the N10.
OP, are you saying this mod doesn't work? (haven't had a chance to try it yet).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254

sean222 said:
Awww man...I just got my N7 and I was excited to use MXPlayer to play some DTS MKVs. It worked great on the N10.
OP, are you saying this mod doesn't work? (haven't had a chance to try it yet).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254
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I guess you didn't read my post? That version works great.

Figured out that MX Player works great with DTS MKVs just as it did before S/W for audio decoder
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Before reading your post, lol sorry.
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Thanks to all the responders.
I will try try out BS player.
Which version of MX player & decoder have you been using from the play store

DicePlayer
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One more option if you are streaming local content, try the latest xbmc nightly. It streams all mkv's ive tried beautifully for me, plus the ui is nice!
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I've been using MX Player to play recorded TV shows from my linux box. Just simple links in a web page served by apache, and MX Player works great on my local network. I even whipped out a cgi script to play the next show I haven't watched yet when I click it, so I don't have to scroll down the list to find where I left off.
Next week my NFC tags should come in, so I'll see if I can stick a tag on my treadmill I can tap to start playing the next show each time I get on the treadmill (nothing like saving as much energy as possible during exercise .

MXplayer is a great player without a doubt, but recently I am using VLC player more and more. Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon
The quality is awesome support almost anything, so I would recommended the VLC.

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MXplayer is a great player without a doubt, but recently I am using VLC player more and more. Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon
The quality is awesome support almost anything, so I would recommended the VLC.
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I was wondering about vlc. I hope they will include a chrome cast add on.
Thanks for the link but it seems it's not available in the US for some reason

You can side-load VLC from their nightly builds directory:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/android-armv7/
I've been using it mostly for music since it can play all my .wma files. MX Player works better for streamed movies since it can pick up where it left off, but VLC seems to get disconnected from the server if you pause too long.

I noticed that my mkv files would keep dropping frames with MXplayer until I enabled the H/W+ decoder in the settings. You may want to try enabling this if you haven't done so already.

mxplayer can hardware decode mkv mp4 1080p although bsplayer can also decode perfectly but only software decode

Slightly off topic but im running CM10.2 on my N7 right now and there is a beta test Chromecast app called Aircast that allows you to stream content/video files directly from thw tablet storage. Im currently streaming a downloaded ep of Top Gear to my TV via my Chromecast while I typw out this post.
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Slightly off topic but im running CM10.2 on my N7 right now and there is a beta test Chromecast app called Aircast that allows you to stream content/video files directly from thw tablet storage. Im currently streaming a downloaded ep of Top Gear to my TV via my Chromecast while I typw out this post.
Download link can be found on Androidcentral.com
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Off topic, yes.. Awesome... More yes. :thumbup:
Koush is amazing man.

hwddj20 said:
mxplayer can hardware decode mkv mp4 1080p although bsplayer can also decode perfectly but only software decode
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Which version & plug in are you using from the play store

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Which version & plug in are you using from the play store
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Latest vision can do it and don't forget setup the decoding package (arm v7 neon and arm v7 perhaps the former is enough) at the same time diceplayer can hardware decode 1080p flv amd mp4 vplayer shows it can hardware decode rmvb but I don't know wether it's true

[Q] Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210) + MX Player + DTS Codec

Hey Guys
Just got a Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210) and I'm struggling to get MX Player to play MKVs with DTS audio.
I've been to the "MX Player Custom Codec with DTS Support" thread and followed the instructions, but still no audio when playing back MKVs with DTS audio.
The codec I downloaded for my device was "x86-SSE3 [MD5:3dea0d71e4db915aab777316c697ef23]"
But, one thing I noted was that in step 6 it states:
"Navigate into the folder you put on your device. It will list all five library files. Press OK"
The zip I downloaded only had one file within it (libffmpeg.mx.so), so am I doing something wrong?
When I try play a movie with DTS audio, I get this message:
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When I select the downloaded 'Custom Codec', the player restarts and then displays the following:
Any ideas what I'm missing guys?

Does anyone know?

guides outdated, you only need the one file.
did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?

Mussels84 said:
did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?
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The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?

Ripperoo said:
The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?
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wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.

Mussels84 said:
wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.
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Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.

Ripperoo said:
Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.
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the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
i use MX player for all my network playback needs, trouble free.

Just an update to say WOW!
This app has made my tablet what I have been crying out for since getting my 'ASUS TF101' back in November 2011.
This is it!
For anyone who hasn't seen it, here some screen captures of the 'Archos Video Player' widget (which can be re-sized to fill the whole screen as I have).
One screen for movies, one screen for TV shows etc.
MooVees & TeeVee
The widget even lets you scroll through the contents of you SMB folder (once it's been indexed) and quickly populates the screen with thumbnails as you scroll up/down.
Clicking the thumbnail then lauches the movie.
Awesome!
Maybe not for everyone, but this is just what I've been looking for.

Mussels84 said:
the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
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Maybe it's something else with my configuration then as I did this earlier with a movie containing DTS audio and I just got the same error messages as I did originally.
I even tried downloading and installing the x86 codec again, but got the 'Unsupported device' message once more.
Anyhow, no looking back now.
For me personally, 'Archos Video Player' is what I've been looking for.
Primarily, I want my tablets to be PMPs and this is what 'Archos Video Player'.
Thanks for your help.

wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.

Mussels84 said:
wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.
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It could be!
What device are you using?
I know when I check my 'Decoder' settings, there is an option to 'Download custom codec' and it says underneath 'Please download x86 type cusom codec' and even when I follow this route to obtain the codec, I still get the same errors.
Just been having a mess around with the 'Archos Video Player' and discovered that everything seems to play fine on the 'Samsung Galaxy Tab 3' in 720p MKV format over the network (don't have 1080p the experiment with).
However and probably due to it's age, some movies seem a bit choppy on the 'ASUS TF101'.
More than happy now tho'.