Issue with mp4 videos working on Note 4!

[Justin Taylor]

Hey there,

I just recently made the move to the Note 4 after having the iPhone models for along as I can remember! I much prefer the Note 4 and so far have been happy in the short weeks I have had it.

However I am come across an issue that I have spent a huge amount of time trying to resolve without an resolution! Therefore thought would ask here! I bought a 128gb memory card just after I purchased this phone and big point of me doing that was so I could put a lot of movies and tv shows on it. I have downloaded a huge collection of movies (all in small sizes of just under 700mb each). Now I thought it would just simply be the case of loading them all onto the memory card and job done! Boy was a wrong as its been nothing but a headache since....apparently for whatever silly reason android phones don't seem to like mp4 files after doing some research online.

Now I have been to countless articles and suggestions, most state you basically have to covert them (which would be fun when I have 110 files ready to put on). Now if it REALLY had to come to that then I would do that over a huge period of time that it would take me but 1) surely there should be a much more logically solution to this? BUT worst if the converting is the only option, I still can't seem to get it to work as already gave a test video a go! I have used handbrake, fassoft, anymp4 test trial software and it still doesn't work!!! In most cases the video even when converted would just not play at all but in some instances with the different software I would atleast get it to work briefly. The best I get is the video appears to work initially after converted fine but then shortly in (about 2 mins) the video starts going fuzzy and then starts freezing/generally playing up.
I have done everything it says and selected android, even tried the option for standard android settings and another one for note but still it doesn't work when its put on my memory card. T

So naturally I am at my wits end of having no clue why something that really should be so simply is giving me so grief. If anyone with the note 4 or similar type of phone that has had this issue could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Justin

 

[mikedt]

Android devices usually don't have any problems with MP4 videos. However, were your videos purchased from the iTunes Store? Because Android won't play Apple DRM'd videos at all.

 

[Justin Taylor]

I have now discovered that they seem to play exactly 11 videos in mp4 without any problem at all but where the problem seems to start is when anymore is loaded on there. I assumed this must be a memory card issue but have purchased another one and even thou this one is better, it does a similar thing.....lets me put on exactly 24 videos before letting anymore play. If I load more videos that I said (24) the other don't show any imagine and show the time as 0. Any suggestions on what is going on here? Does videos somehow get restricted on settings or anything like that as this is just getting bizarre. Thanks

Justin

 

[EarlyMon]

Cross-posting is rarely the best way to get more info -

http://androidforums.com/threads/having-issues-with-putting-movies-such-as-mp4-on-phone.927295/