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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
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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.
Hi,
What is the best movie player for the Galaxy Nexus to play WMV, MKV etc...?
I have tried DicePlayer Trial version, and it works very good. But it expired now, and I cant buy the full version because the sellers account is suspended.
What would you recommend?
I've tried Dice Player, VPlayer and MX Video Player.
I didnt like Dice Player as the soft buttons always stayed on the screen, regardless of how big you made the video. The Hardware playback was jerky and software seemed to be nice and smooth. When I was watching a video, I'd have to pause the video first (which wouldnt work straight away). But when I clicked the home button and opened the video back up, it wouldnt remember where it was last paused.
On the other hand, MX Video Player is fantastic. It's on V1.5 at the moment and I've already watched 2 BluRay rips (4-6gb each!) and it's performed flawlessly. The screen expands to remove the soft buttons, you can increase the size of the video with pinch-to-zoom. If you slide your finger along the top of the screen, it fast forwards/rewinds the video in small increments. Along the left controls the brightness, along the right controls the volume.
When I pause, it remembers where I left off, and it's not crashed on me once.
All in all, for my purposes, MX Video is the best....
Interested as well.
I'm using MX player to play my AVI's, it goes full screen, seems fine (some play better under software mode rather than hardware mode).
I used to use rockplayer on my desire, but that didnt go full screen on the Nexus.
@ arun1uk
I just gave it a try. Its amazing
I got 1 question
What are these Decoders? And which one should I choose?
H / W Decoder
S / W Decoder
S / W Decoder (Fast)
Wishing VLC had an app!
don't get your hopes up...they've been "developing" one on and off since Android launched.
The decoder settings seem not work for me.
If have 2 xvid avi files and an 720p mkv (h.264 video codec) lokally on my GNexus.
Independent from what i choose in decoder settings (SW, SW Fast, Hardware is not selectable, i hope this is normal) the avi file is ALWAYS played in HW Mode and the mkv file is always played in SW Fast mode.
Even if i select SW, or SW fast, the avi is played in HW mode.
The mkv is always played in SW Fast mode, even if i unselect the Fast mode option. (HW mode can't be selected, but even if i disable SW mode completly it is played in SW Fast, so it seems not to be able to play it in HW mode).
I used mx player to play an avi it worked perfectly!
Diceplayer is the only one I've found that could play all of my video reliably, in terms of audio and whatnot, as well as handle playing 1080p videos with zero lag or any other issues. MX would be able to play the 1080p, but it would be playing so slow that the audio would get out of sync immediately.
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I didnt like Dice Player as the soft buttons always stayed on the screen, regardless of how big you made the video.
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If you just give it a second once the video is fullscreen the buttons will go away
VPLAYER
VPLAYER is a good one
anyone ever tried mobo player?
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anyone ever tried mobo player?
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Yeah, use it on my Xoom tablet. It's awesome and definitely one of the best (if not the best). But it's not optimized for ICS yet I believe. So for now, MX player and Diceplayer are very good alternatives.
I loved mobo player on my Xoom. I use MX Video Player on my Galaxy Nexus...however the "decoder" options are just for show for me....hardware never seems to work as well as software....bit mad.
Dice Player. Seems to work for about everything for me.
MX Player is a great free player optimized for ICS and the GNex, but make sure you use Software Decoding for best results. HW Decoding slows it down and SW FAST just destroys picture quality. I tested a 720p MKV file with a generous bitrate, should be fine.
Dice Player is better than MX Player by options only, giving you brightness control and other tweaks. Unfortunately, it's a 3 day trail and the full version has been pulled because they are having problems with setting up their payment account.
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Dice Player is better than MX Player by options only, giving you brightness control and other tweaks. Unfortunately, it's a 3 day trail and the full version has been pulled because they are having problems with setting up their payment account.
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MX Player has also brightness control.... you need to swipe your finders on the left side of the screen (up or down)
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MX Player is a great free player optimized for ICS and the GNex, but make sure you use Software Decoding for best results. HW Decoding slows it down and SW FAST just destroys picture quality. I tested a 720p MKV file with a generous bitrate, should be fine.
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As i already posted here it's not always spossible to use software decoding. At least for me. my xvid avi files were always decoded in HW mode and are not played smoothly.
mx player seems to be the best option for now (only use sw decoding tho).
mobo player requires me to download some codec that doesn't work. can't get it past that installation screen.
tried on galaxy nexus with modaco custom rom.
I found MX Player, and I love it. But when I recieved 1.5 update, I can't reach setting menu (no SW button, no button on screen).
Hi,
When will there be an update that gives back DivX playback capability ?
thanks,
Seedar.
I don't know about DivX specifically, but typical XViD (.avi container) files play very well in both QQPlayer and RockPlayer. So if the video you want to watch won't work in the stock player, try something else
MX video player also seems to work well. I threw 720p .mkv at it, and it crashed requiring a battery pull. But then I changed the settings to allow software audio decoding with hardware video decoding. That did the trick, and the video played back super smooth.
Hi,
I was just curious as to why the Full HD 1080p videos (for e.g. H.264 trailers from Apple) refuse to play smoothly on any CM9 and CM10 custom ROMs (with Moboplayer, Acer Media), while the same videos play buttery smooth with the same players on the official stock ROM? Do I need to tweak any settings or install any add ons in the custom ROMs to enable such playback. I am assuming that it is a hardware-acceleration issue because the setting for software decoding in Moboplayer has been turned off. However, 720p videos play fine.
Thanks.
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Hi,
I was just curious as to why the Full HD 1080p videos (for e.g. H.264 trailers from Apple) refuse to play smoothly on any CM9 and CM10 custom ROMs (with Moboplayer, Acer Media), while the same videos play buttery smooth with the same players on the official stock ROM? Do I need to tweak any settings or install any add ons in the custom ROMs to enable such playback. I am assuming that it is a hardware-acceleration issue because the setting for software decoding in Moboplayer has been turned off. However, 720p videos play fine.
Thanks.
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Never had this issue, 1080 plays fine for me. Is this over HDMI or doesn't matter, just always? I use dice player and occasionally mx player, both play OK for me.
Some are encoded differently then others so some may need a bump up in CPU frequency but most generally play fine at 1ghz with deadline. Of course this is my device with my movies on my build, any number of things vary between the files and roms and players used.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
Thanks..
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Never had this issue, 1080 plays fine for me. Is this over HDMI or doesn't matter, just always? I use dice player and occasionally mx player, both play OK for me.
Some are encoded differently then others so some may need a bump up in CPU frequency but most generally play fine at 1ghz with deadline. Of course this is my device with my movies on my build, any number of things vary between the files and roms and players used.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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OMG Thanks.. DicePlayer works like a charm. :good: :good: :laugh: The files I use for standard video play testing are Apple Movie Trailers 1080p H.264 / AAC 6 channel MOV files.
Now I am observing a very interesting development in the latest CM10 preview. Acer Media and Acer Video Player won't even detect the MOV video files. MoboPlayer and MxPlayer detects the videos but shows laggy playback on the device screen as well as over HDMI.
Only DicePlayer plays them like a charm, without hiccups or lags and going to be the only player I will ever use from now on. I think the issue is probably some proprietary codec related because when I am on the official ICS ROM, all these players detect and play those same MOV files smoothly both on-screen as well as over HDMI ..
Glad it works for you, it seems to "force" hw decode more reliably then other players so far and seems almost infinite in what it will play. MX in fast software fills in where dice fails for me, which is rare. MX seems to handle web streams better though.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
Have any one tried it.
Or will it be done by flashing a custom rom(may be cm10)
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Have any one tried it.
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Yes. My sat-box records in .mkv and it is viewable (streamed from sat-box) without changing anything. I use vplayer.
I use diceplayer, works great.
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MX Player with custom codec.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 4
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MX Player with custom codec.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 4
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+1. You can even boost the volume level to upto 30 if you use HW+ decoding, works amazing on AC3/DTS audio
serviio and diceplayer. Makes a great DNLC network that can stream any file to your Nexus. As for playing it on the nexus, I personally dont like putting movie files on mine since the memory gets used up rather quickly.
MX Player and the VLC Beta both work fine with .mkvs for me. I've even played some pretty hefty 1080p files with no issues.
you don't need to do anything. just open the file with MX player, be player or similar. sorry I'm not understanding why this is an issue for you
You can use HW decoding for video in players such as MX Player but you can't do audio HW decoding for some codecs since Dolby is suing everybody for supporting their formats without permission and is also refusing to license them.
MX Player works great in HW+ mode. I have had no problem with normal HD mkv files or 10 bit anime mkv
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You can use HW decoding for video in players such as MX Player but you can't do audio HW decoding for some codecs since Dolby is suing everybody for supporting their formats without permission and is also refusing to license them.
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Actually you can, custom codec option in mx player Worked wonders for me, there's threads about this. Stock rom, locked.
Yes, it can for both 8-bits 720p and 1080p, but 10-bits sorry, can't....
Can anyone point me to the right codec to download? All videos I try are using S/W instead of H/W in MxPlayer (except MP4). WMV and MKV are playing in S/W. Thanks a bunch
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Can anyone point me to the right codec to download? All videos I try are using S/W instead of H/W in MxPlayer (except MP4). WMV and MKV are playing in S/W. Thanks a bunch
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ya, where do i download the latest HW codecs? my s/w works fine but HW mode doesnt work too well in mxplayer pro/ lags and stutters
Some education is needed
MKV is not a codec, it's a container format much like DVD .... The problem is not the MKV container but what it contains. Generally the biggest problems are MKV's made from US OTA (Over the air) and cable TV recordings which all have the audio in AC3 format and usually in Dolby encoding. (And as someone mentioned Dolby doesn't like it when they don't get their Cut, even if the software is free and no one is actually profiting from it except the Consumer)
I've recorded and archived several TV series since 2006 and some of my first MKV's kept the AC3 audio format (but converted the video to h.264) because I was having sound sync problems (Not sure if it was an x264 or the cable company's fault but the issue eventually went away) and for those I have to use software decoding for the audio but the video is still hardware accel .... The ones I've made in the last 3-4 years have the audio converted to AAC format and those have full hardware accel video and audio and play flawlessly and effortlessly even on my lowly Rockchip dual core TV Stick (720p and in the process of being embedded in a Motorola Lapdock)
Point being it's not the MKV container that is the problem, what counts is the formats it contains .... And in the case of us North Americans we need to convert the audio (AAC is the best bet IMO) so you may as well convert the video (Much of it is interlaced and that's another issue conversion fixes, Handbrakes default Decomb filter does it well) .... For that I would recommend x264 and Handbrake (x264 is included in Handbrake) which should not only take care of compatibility issues it also makes for a smaller file (Better transfer/streaming over wifi) without any loss of playback quality .... Also I would recommend stripping off any extra audio feeds (Languages) if you aren't going to use them, ditto for subtitles ... In other words keep it simple and convert to formats with known/best compatibility
SPAM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254
MX player > settings > decoder > download custom codec
what about the mpeg2 decode ,not h/w decode?
no hardware acceleration for 1080i dvb-s2 recordings or streams
My nexus 7 with stock Rom plays 1080p h264 content in MKV containers flawlessly with h/w acceleration with various players. Except for either streams or recordings from my tvheadend server. If they are 1080i (no German station broadcasts in 1080p) none of the players gets h/w working. SD and 720p do work though. The only difference I can see between my recorded files and the ones that do play is that the recordings have 25 fps whereas the other mkvs have about 24.
In the attachments there are two screenshots of two mkvs' properties. The 25 fps one is the one that won't work.
Anyone's got an idea? Thanks
from what i know,snapdragon still don't support 10bit decoding perfectly,thats why u can't use hw+ mode for 10bit video.
When I tried with my HTC One X,it can play 10bit video in hw+ mode though.Its likely for now Tegra and Exynos only support 10bit decoding in hw+ mode,even not perfectly.
u can refer to this thread ->
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mx-videoplayer/WKv1LNeUTSI