New to Android - Why can't I play MPG videos?

sterlinron · Jun 16, 2010

So I love the EVO, and so far I love Android, except I can't seem to figure out how to play videos on it. Sure I can view Youtube, youporn etc

, but I can't seem to find a player that will play simple MPEGs. I have downloaded and tried at least 5 different video/media players from the Market, and none of them will play MPEGs correctly. Some of them will give me sound, but none will give me video. I have tried a couple of different video files that I know work on my desktop.

Am I doing something wrong? I am coming from Windows Mobile with Windows Media Player that played just about anything I threw at it. I can't imagine such a wonderful piece of hardware coupled with what seems to be an awesome OS can't do MPG/AVI.

Note: I am currently rooted+nand+bugless beast 0.3 Although I was having this trouble before I had the custom rom or NAND unlocked.

Kcarpenter · Jun 16, 2010

sterlinron said:
So I love the EVO, and so far I love Android, except I can't seem to figure out how to play videos on it. Sure I can view Youtube, youporn etc , but I can't seem to find a player that will play simple MPEGs. I have downloaded and tried at least 5 different video/media players from the Market, and none of them will play MPEGs correctly. Some of them will give me sound, but none will give me video. I have tried a couple of different video files that I know work on my desktop.

Am I doing something wrong? I am coming from Windows Mobile with Windows Media Player that played just about anything I threw at it. I can't imagine such a wonderful piece of hardware coupled with what seems to be an awesome OS can't do MPG/AVI.

Note: I am currently rooted+nand+bugless beast 0.3 Although I was having this trouble before I had the custom rom or NAND unlocked.

Curious, have you tried Meridian? I don't really play a lot of videos on my phone, but Meridian has come through on everything so far for me. YMMV

danknee · Jun 16, 2010

Rock player is the best video player I have ever used on Android. I can play all my divx format movies without conversion and always get 25-30 fps.

The player is in private beta now and should be released soon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=698451

sterlinron · Jun 16, 2010

KCarpenter - yes, I downloaded Meridian last night. Just tried it again, and still no luck. Thanks for the reply.

Danknee - Thanks!

gbm85 · Jun 16, 2010

Considering that the Evo has hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding, why bother playing other formats that will destroy your CPU and battery?

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sterlinron · Jun 16, 2010

gbm85 said:
Considering that the Evo has hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding, why bother playing other formats that will destroy your CPU and battery?

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It's just that I received an e-mail MPG of my nephew riding his bike without training wheels and would like to see it that's all. Not sure what H.264 decoding is or if it has my nephew riding his bike without training wheels or not. I should go search for that thanks.

I just figure I should be able to view most any file attachment that comes into me these days.

superlinkx · Jun 16, 2010

H.264 is the video encoder for MP4's. Basically, if you used a program to convert your videos to MP4 videos, you would be able to play them without a problem. The phone has hardware acceleration for H.264, so it doesn't use as much processor/battery to play vs. other formats that have to be software decoded. Handbrake works good for me, though I can't remember what file types you can put into it.

acrh2 · Jun 17, 2010

sterlinron said:
It's just that I received an e-mail MPG of my nephew riding his bike without training wheels and would like to see it that's all. Not sure what H.264 decoding is or if it has my nephew riding his bike without training wheels or not. I should go search for that thanks.

I just figure I should be able to view most any file attachment that comes into me these days.

The reason why you cannot play those mpg files is simple. Android doesn't support them out of the box. You need to turn to third-party video players which can do it.

Rock Demo Player is one (only one?) such video player.

Brucew0617 · Dec 13, 2011

You can try to use the third-party video player, I read an article is about the top 5 video player apps in Android Market. Maybe it is helpful to you.

AZ1412 · Dec 13, 2011

Brucew0617 said:
You can try to use the third-party video player, I read an article is about the top 5 video player apps in Android Market. Maybe it is helpful to you.

This thread is over a year old. I think the OP figured it out.

Brucew0617 · Dec 21, 2011

Thanks for your remind, I hope it can also be useful to other guys.

MakeMeFibonacci · Dec 21, 2011

I use MX Player. I've only had a problem with AVI files that encode the audio with AAC.

Sent from my carrier pigeon.

baknblack · Dec 21, 2011

Mobo player so far for me has played anything I asked it to.

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Brucew0617 · Dec 30, 2011

MakeMeFibonacci said:
I use MX Player. I've only had a problem with AVI files that encode the audio with AAC.

Sent from my carrier pigeon.

I used Moboplayer most of time, it seems that MX Player also have so much supporter. Maybe I should try it later.

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