mp4 files

davyu · March 15th, 2010, 10:31 AM

hi,

My friend has this mp4 video file which he can play on his droid, and on my other friend's HTC magic. But for some reason, when I try to play it on my phone, I get the message "sorry, this video cannot be played". The file is about 140mb, would that be the issue?

Thanks!

Cougar · March 15th, 2010, 10:35 AM

Try Meridian media player?

davyu · March 15th, 2010, 10:36 AM

Yea, similar message. Was on cupcake, I'll try it on donut.
Anyhow, they got it playing on their default player though.

Update: Meridian player has this message saying "high bitrate may cause lag or crash", and then it gives the message "cannot be played". Actually I've tried like 6 different players, still same issue.

davyu · March 16th, 2010, 10:04 AM

Ok this is really bugging me.
The same video plays fine on the HTC magic, Droid, iphone and Nokia e72 (or e71, forgot), any phone but the galaxy. Cupcake or Donut.

I used adb logcat, it says something about "unsupported width, height or profile"... anyone have any insight?

atbeyi · March 16th, 2010, 05:46 PM

our phones are no multimedia phones

it would be really good to watch videos from that good screen.

smiley1960 · March 16th, 2010, 07:52 PM

I run MP4's without a problem. I've got Donut + Galaxo, but it also works in Donut virigin.
Btw, how are you running it? I had the same message when trying to run it originally, but somehow after installing OI File Manager and running it from there, all Video files then started running. Btw, I now run Root Explorer but both are pretty good File Managers.

davyu · March 16th, 2010, 09:38 PM

I've tried it using different players on stock donut, I'll try root explorer again, which player do you choose after using root explorer though?

BTW, I just transferred another smaller mp4 file, plays fine. Hm

smiley1960 · March 16th, 2010, 09:52 PM

1. try running a few different mp4 files of various lengths.
2. maybe the original file is corrupt so try converting it to an avi and then re-save it as an mp4.
3. i just use the stock video player for 1.6.

davyu · March 16th, 2010, 10:41 PM

Haha basically my friend was holding a contest, seeing whose phone lags the most. So we were all using the same file. Except I couldn't even take off. I'm doubting it's a problem with the original file...

The file is 140mb, length is about 25 minutes, is it just that the quality is too high for our poor phones to handle?

smiley1960 · March 16th, 2010, 11:47 PM

i'm running right now a 163mb mp4 file without an issue. it runs nicely and the quality is superb

davyu · March 17th, 2010, 12:09 AM

So let me get this straight. You're on galax0 donut, using root explorer/oi file manager to open it, and the media player is the stock one? Thanks.

Droid.eris · March 17th, 2010, 12:16 AM

It might be that it cant play the audio because it maybe in a different format but you should download andriod videoria and convert the file and it will work

davyu · March 17th, 2010, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Droid.eris

It might be that it cant play the audio because it maybe in a different format but you should download andriod videoria and convert the file and it will work

Thanks, I'll give that a shot, but the file works on the HTC magic and Motorola Droid...