Root Droid X Videos Won't Play on Phone

[droid_freak]

Video I shoot on my Droid X won't play back on the phone, "Error File cannot be displayed or played".

I am running 2.2 rooted and deodexed ver 2.3.9

Anyone else had this problem??

 

[aldo]

buildprop file has the edits that made your phone look faster in that testing program. Change it back and it'll work.

 

[Mojorisen]

Edit your "build.prop" file, and change the Stagefright values to false. That should re-enable your video playback ability

 

[droid_freak]

Got it all modified and included all the other mods at the same time. Running sweet now.

 

[onesicktexan]

I'm having the same problem with the exact same setup. I understand you had to modify the build prop file, but how do you change the Stagefright values to false? what exactly did you type/move??? Srry... And thanks in advance for the help.

 

[sund0wn]

I'm having the same problem with the exact same setup. I understand you had to modify the build prop file, but how do you change the Stagefright values to false? what exactly did you type/move??? Srry... And thanks in advance for the help.

use root explorer. if you dont have it, get it. it's a rooted phone must-have.

go to the /system folder, and find build.prop. long press it, and select open with text editor.
scroll about 3/4 down the page, and look for 4 lines that have stagefright in them. the all probably say =true. change them all to =false. save it and reboot the phone. that should do the trick.

 

[Darkfreak232]

the above post is the method i used but here is exactly how i did it

1. Download RootExplorer
2. go into your /system folder and find build.prop
3. copy build.prop to your SD card (you might have mount r/w this is located on the top right in root helper)
4. long press the build.prop on your SD card and select text edit
5. scroll down until you find
media.starfright.enable----=true and change it to
media.starfright.enable----=false (there are 4 lines that need to be false)
6. Copy the edited build.prop to your /system it will say something like youd you like to replace this file say yes.
7. Reboot your Droid X
8.Enjoy your Video Playback!

 

[onesicktexan]

Hey thanks guys, late response on my end. But tyvm for your help, phone is rebooting now. Have a great day.

 

[Darkfreak232]

Hey thanks guys, late response on my end. But tyvm for your help, phone is rebooting now. Have a great day.

any time =) if you have any other problems you know were to go

 

[j_ryan]

My phone has this same issue playing video (.avi). I knew about changing the media.stagefright values, but mine were already set to false. I also can't play any type of music due to "Sorry, the player does not support this type of audio file." I'm running the very first 2.2 leak and have root. I plan to keep searching for a solution, so I'll update my post if I can solve it.

 

[OchoDirko]

Hey. I downloaded Root Explorer. Did just as you said, but when i got down to the stagefright values, they were already "false".


AVIs still wont play...

 

[karripo]

the above post is the method i used but here is exactly how i did it

1. Download RootExplorer
2. go into your /system folder and find build.prop
3. copy build.prop to your SD card (you might have mount r/w this is located on the top right in root helper)
4. long press the build.prop on your SD card and select text edit
5. scroll down until you find
media.starfright.enable----=true and change it to
media.starfright.enable----=false (there are 4 lines that need to be false)
6. Copy the edited build.prop to your /system it will say something like youd you like to replace this file say yes.
7. Reboot your Droid X
8.Enjoy your Video Playback!

Did all that, was already =false. Videos still will not play on Droid X. I've already returned one to Verizon Wireless who couldn't figure it out either. Only videos that will play are ones I record on the droid. All other .avi, mwv .wav divx or any mp4 files will not play. HELP! Anyone?

 

[Delkomatic]

I am having the same issue as the guy above me. Nothing I do fixes this. It makes no sense what soever does any one know of anything that can help. I tried the above suggestions to no avail. Please help! I miss playing music and youtube on my phone!