starjack

i just got an android phone that is samsung galaxy
while when i tried to transfer and play avi, mov files on my phone
i find my android phone can not support it
so is there any solution to solve it?

starjack

looking forward to your reply, thanks in advance

Last edited by starjack; April 13th, 2011 at 02:00 AM.

nicejane

Android phone only supports relatively few video formats (only supports H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP video format).

So if you want to play AVI, Xvid, DivX, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, SWF, ASF, MPG, MOV, MPEG, HD, MTS, M2TS, and TS on your Android phone like Samsung i7500, Samsung Galaxy, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Desire HD, HTC Wildfire, Motorola Droid, Motorola Flipout, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, LG Ally and etc, you need to convert them to android phone compatible video format like mpeg-4

the following is a step by step guide on how to do that
http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/how-to-convert-video-to-android-phone-format.html

hope it helps more or less

RazzMaTazz

NiceJane is wrong. Using the MoboPlayer, I can play AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, MOV, & MP4 files on my Android 2.2-based LG Optimus S, which only has a 600MHz ARM6 CPU and is far less powerful than the Galaxy. Android only natively supports these video file formats, but software developers are free to write software to decode whatever file format they like. You really just need good media player software. Try MoboPlayer or RockPlayer.

However, just because a particular format is supported by a media player, that doesn't mean that your phone has the horsepower to smoothly decode and display higher definition video files. For example, my lowly LG Optimus can play relatively low-resolution AVI files smoothly, but it can't smoothly play high-resolution AVI files.

skunkonkrunk

Rock Player - Redirect Intelligence Corp

Dont convert, just use this. Download Rockplayer lite from the marketplace first. But I'm yet to find anything it wont play.

sp3llv3xit

Use VITAL PLAYER. It will play almost anything.

Usta

The rule is that simple - only convert a video if your phone can't play it.

RMM

+1 Rockplayer works great!
Plays everything I've thrown at it so far on my Droid X

Tiger333

Mobo Player

Brucew0617

Well, I should to say I love freeware or the shareware when it's in giveaway.

starjack

thanks for all the above method, and i will have a try

Z3US

If u want to play any video use this player:

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jawzz

Hi,
Use Mobo Player. It can play all videos without conversion. I hav tried many players. Mobo Player is the best one I think. It's working fine in my phone. It is a free application.
Mobo Player – Best Multi media player for Android
Download Mobo Player

Usta

Yes, but in case it doesn't play (for example HD videos), you will need to convert it to a format natively supported by Android.

Brucew0617

Although I also use Mobo Player, I love the hardware decode more. So I still like to convert video.

lochaos

This is puzzling me, i have put AVI'S, and XVID'S on my galaxy s2 and they play perfect, no other app needed ??????

Usta

Samsung has improved the standard Android player with their own version in SGS2. This one is able to play Divx/Xvid encoded files.

So, basically you can use the default player, and if you come across a video file that you can't play, try another one from Market.

Nunnzia

Thanks for the good post!)

achdee

I am having a veryhigh success rate with a program called ARC Media. It can be found in the android market.

khalil20089

hi everyone...

i'm considering buying the SGS2 soon...

Right now i'm using the Nokia N900, which as you know, is incredible and superb. as well as, it can play any video extension in the whole universe (seriously) without shattering or lag!!!

question is: Does the SGS2 (particularly) play the HDTV (for watching TV series) videos with XviD or DIVX and the x264 formats?... and can i download the highest quality of HDTV videos (such as 720p x264) and without shattering (since it has a powerful process!) using the built-in media player ?


Guys I REALLY REALLY REALLY need the answer as fast as possible

So PLEASE give me a hand... so i can enter the Android world

Usta

You question is SGS2 specific, so it would be best to discuss it in SGS2 forum section: Samsung Galaxy S2 - Android Forums

As far as I know, you should have no trouble to play most of the video formats with the SGS2 video player (Divx/Xvid/x264 720p up to MP should not be a problem). In case you have an issue, you can always try other video players from Market that are specifically optimized for dual-core phones.

khalil20089

thanks so much for the fast replying...

i almost forgot one more question !l ...

Does the built-in media player of SGS2 enables you to resize the video to fit the screen? and if not, is there 3rd party apps for playing avi vids. in fullscreen ?

I'm sorry for not putting my posts in the right forum, cuz i'm a new member and i'm on a rush.

Spartoi

I play 720p vids all the time on my GS2 (and via MHL) and the video usually fits perfectly on the phone or TV.

khalil20089

but is there n option to resize the video to fit the screen?

Usta

I'm almost certain that the default media player in SGS2 should be able to allow you to play video in full screen. In any case, other video players like MoboPlayer can fit video to full screen.

khalil20089

thanks a lot, appreciate your help

happyemily

great topic, i like this post so much, like this forum so much, from here, i can learch so much

John Redcorn

I like QQplayer a lot it plays everything I've ever given it, (I've not tried anything HD, max was high bitrate SD the 2x700mb avi xvid movies) and it's free with no internet permissions or ads.

The update to it in the market made it stop working for my inspire for a few months, so I had to use an old version. I just installed new from market today and it works again. Still keeping that old apk just in case. I really like the new screen brightness swipe gesture.

Last edited by John Redcorn; September 5th, 2011 at 12:03 PM.

Shocky

Galaxy S played most formats I through at it, I never felt the need to install another player.

The only issue I can remember was the inability to handle 5.1 encoded MKV files, thankfully the SGS2 video player does not have this problem.

But the best 3rd party players available are Moboplayer, Diceplayer and Rockplayer which are very much required on my Asus Transformer.

vishaljain

Hey i tried all the players, but was not able to install any player on my hone. i have 72 mb free memory on phone....wht may be the reason.

Usta

Which phone do you have, and how exactly you are trying to install these apps?

BIGDROIDFAN

I have a glaxy s phone my self.. I only load .avi files onto my phone. Memory card. And i play it with no problems you dont need to convert..

Anfans

I think the poster just want to find an video player app to hold all kind of video formats.

Janet55

Or else could use the converters, such as Handbrake and aneesoft, both works fine for me on videos conversions.

basar

Is there a WMV plug in for Android tablets to play video files directly from web sites? I am not neccesarily looking for a Video Player, but rather a way to play a WMV file directly from a website that uses WMV file format?

StoneBoyTony

If you need already converted movies you can fallow my profile here
Is for Android phones like Samsung Galaxy Mini 320x240 pixels and up.

Last edited by alostpacket; January 12th, 2012 at 05:50 AM. Reason: no torrent links please

internalaudit

Any android player that can play RMVB files? Thanks in advance.

internalaudit

Lots of complains about requiring access to location and other sensitive areas though StoneBoyTony. I checked out MX Player and so far so good.

Last edited by El Presidente; January 30th, 2012 at 04:12 AM. Reason: Removed link to pirated software

immobile

You would be suprised what can happen by simply changing the extention to mp4.
That Will do it for you on a number of the players...

smileemily

i try you method, and change my mkv file extention to mp4, but it still fail to play it on my android phone, is there some special setting?

Wisenos

i know .m4v works fine with default google player on iconia a500/501

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mlg2919

I must admit to be confused!! I have an HTC Rezound and would like to add and play the MTS video files created on my Sony HX1000 camera. Should I uase a converter (handbrack, aneesoft) or application on Rezound (qqplayer, moboplayer,diceplayer, mxplayer, rock player)?

dro420jr

i havent read all the way through so im just putting this out there, try MX video player, it plays a large variety of video files, subtitled videos, even along with flash vids

mlg2919

Tried MX Video. It will play the MTS files with no problem on Video, however audio stops part way through. Will have to play with settings, butthis is by far the best video player and easiest to use.

dro420jr

Yeah Mx Video Player does the trick, it seems just recently it got popular but i've been using it for almost two years now and havent switched to any other player since.

ShaMagus

I want to watch hd movies on my sgs2 and wonder how i can do it. Is it possible to drag and drop lets say a 1080p .mkv file directly to the phone using doubletwist and avoid the transcoding to keep the original format? If so, how? Thanks in advance

VibrantGalaxyS

I agree with all the people who recommend MoboPlayer. This works great on my Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S.

akshayika

mobo player not installed my phone...some errors occured....will displyed..

chinmoy das

you can use MX video player which is beast till now.

ColtsWalker

I just finished reading this entire thread. Here is a summary of the video apps people have suggested above:

* MoboPlayer
* RockPlayer
* Vital Player
* VPlayer Pro
* ARC Media
* QQplayer
* Diceplayer
* MXPlayer

It is a nice list. From the posts in tread I have gleaned that QQPlayer is free, doesn’t have ads, and doesn’t require intrusive permissions.

How about the others?

People that use the others if you could please share if they are (A) Free, (B) Have Ads (especially note those with push ads) and (C) require internet permission?

Thanks.