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HD videos on atrix

oK is it just me or we all have the same problem, downloaded HD videos from youtube and it wont play. Anyone??

??? anyone?

Try a different video player. If that doesnt work then there may bot be the correct codec available
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Try Mobo Player. Also, Atrix hasn't had 1080p update from Moto, so if your videos are 1080p they likely won't play if I am thinking correctly.
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I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?

Jev117 said:
I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?
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i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"

tuantuti said:
i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"
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wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??

junooni.1980 said:
wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??
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yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...

Jev117 said:
yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...
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thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.

junooni.1980 said:
thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.
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Yeah man, very desappointing news... Althought I still have hope that we will be able to do that. After all, we have "Atrix - The world's most powerful phone"

Try using arc media player, out is available on that market for free. Let me know if out works for you
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I have not come across a video, hd or otherwise, that I could not play on my Atrix. If one player doesn't work, I go to another one.

The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Niiiiiice =D

So it the software on that ain't capable or tue hardware?
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
So I tried mob with all it's codecs avail on the market, also tried arc both of them are lagging as if im playing HD video on some low end cheap phone. Man o man what a disappoinent e'h. So much hype for the qhd but really its crap.
Try it for ur self I downloaded and tried to play transforms 3 trailer and metallicas nothing else matters hd. And they both played like crap. Dunno about you fellas but I never expected these results from my attic they are calling this the most powerful phone.
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Please let me know if you know of something better. Thanks.
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Google Movies on Rooted Xoom

If you rent a movie though the market on your Rooted Moto Xoom and try to play it in the Google movies app you will get an error 49 (rooted device not allowed).
But if you go to www.youtube.com in the browser and login you can then play your movie.
I have done this process on my Rooted WIFI Xoom with 3.2. (Desktop UA string). Just thought I would share...
This will only work if you are connected to a network. So if you can tether or if you have a Verizon Xoom you should be good to go mobile. Or you can always use WIFI.

How many movies did you try it with?
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one so far I wanted to put it on here so others can try... I will try a few more movies this week.

Yeah nice tip.
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Wait- so after logging into you YouTube you jump back into your Google Movies app and it works or.......?
Do you watch the movies on YouTube using the browser?

Watch movies on YouTube though the browser. Could of been more clear.
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how smooth is the video? I kinda wish you could watch them offline but at least we can watch them
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I only rented a SD movie in my first test I will try an HD soon the SD was very smooth.
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Has anyone else tried this yet? What are your results?

just tried on my wifi xoom 3.1 with unlocked bootloader using the Bourne ultimatum (favorite movie) and it worked perfectly without a hitch.
this workaround will be useful until someone can figure out how to watch them in the movies app.
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jaker.the.skater said:
just tried on my wifi xoom 3.1 with unlocked bootloader using the Bourne ultimatum (favorite movie) and it worked perfectly without a hitch.
this workaround will be useful until someone can figure out how to watch them in the movies app.
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Good to hear! was that in HD?

well I thought I bought the HD rental lol. but I only had 360p and 480p options. either way it still looked fine.
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jaker.the.skater said:
well I thought I bought the HD rental lol. but I only had 360p and 480p options. either way it still looked fine.
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Then thats a SD video. HD will go to 720

yeah i thought for sure i spent the extra dollar for hd but it was definitely sd. oh well

jaker.the.skater said:
yeah i thought for sure i spent the extra dollar for hd but it was definitely sd. oh well
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hmm... maybe if you did you tube sees the screen size in the browser and limits to 480...

im a newbie, so I apologize for the hand holding but can you please explain exactly how to view a Google video through the YouTube browser? I ordered a movie on Google videos and signed into YouTube, but where do I go from there? Thanks

if you type in"about:debug" (without quotes) in the browsers address bar you will get more settings. go to settings>debug>uastring and change it to desktop. then reload youtube and on the homepage there should be something like "don't forget to watch your movie" and that's it.
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worked flawlessly, thank you

no problemo, glad to help
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great info thanks

[Q] market place movie rental

this is not about the blocking or anything like that , my question is , i really not into watching the movie on my device but would rather watch it on my pc or something, how would i rent it from the market place and be able to use my phone and transfer it or stream it to my pc,
im using acs srf 1.2 so i dont have allshare.
I really didnt know how to post the question and make sense at the same time.

+1 to this are they phone only rentals?
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this post may not get a lot of traffice, but sure would be nice if someone with some knowledge would chime in

Samsung needs to fix our tv out issue so we can utilize this to its full potential.
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Movies from the market must be watched on your device

flimsy888 said:
Movies from the market must be watched on your device
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Not if they enable our tv-out feature. We could stream it directly from the phone through the AUX port.
Also, I'm sure there's a way to stream your phones screen to the computer through the use of an application on the phone and on the pc. Could be wrong, but it seems remotely likely..
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You can rent from other places online for your PC like Amazon.

Yeah, I'm not sure why would want to do that... the Android movies are $1 more expensive on average, and probably would be lower quality. Go on Amazon or something.
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NawtyB78 said:
Yeah, I'm not sure why would want to do that... the Android movies are $1 more expensive on average, and probably would be lower quality. Go on Amazon or something.
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VUDU has a great service (vudu.com) and they have their own format/codec, hdx, its pretty slick...
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ok I have netflix, and I have amazon along with a few others , and yes I can rent a movie from those places.
My main thing is , i would not want to rent a $4 movie on my phone only to be able to watch on my phone and thats it, I could care less what other services there are. I was just curious if there was a way to stream to our pc once we rented it.

boominz28 said:
ok I have netflix, and I have amazon along with a few others , and yes I can rent a movie from those places.
My main thing is , i would not want to rent a $4 movie on my phone only to be able to watch on my phone and thats it, I could care less what other services there are. I was just curious if there was a way to stream to our pc once we rented it.
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Does Kies Air have this functionality?
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Being able to stream it to another viewing device or not Google movies gets a big YOU SUCK for blocking viewing on rooted phones.

Has anyone watched a movie from the marketplace yet? Maybe it is possible to use the dlna feature. I have my pc connected to my tv and my phone Wireless networked to my pc. Not sure if it would work for rentals.
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boominz28 said:
ok I have netflix, and I have amazon along with a few others , and yes I can rent a movie from those places.
My main thing is , i would not want to rent a $4 movie on my phone only to be able to watch on my phone and thats it, I could care less what other services there are. I was just curious if there was a way to stream to our pc once we rented it.
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No...the real question is why would you spend $4 to stream a movie? We are just trying to save you $$.
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kennyglass123 said:
No...the real question is why would you spend $4 to stream a movie? We are just trying to save you $$.
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not trying to be rude , but I dont remember asking you to save me money lol.
I do however think that it should be possible to stream the movie from my phone to a pc.
I think would be kind of nifty you rent a movie on your phone , you watch it , go over a friends house and say hey I got a movie want to watch it?, and be able to stream it to their pc or something.

boominz28 said:
not trying to be rude , but I dont remember asking you to save me money lol.
I do however think that it should be possible to stream the movie from my phone to a pc.
I think would be kind of nifty you rent a movie on your phone , you watch it , go over a friends house and say hey I got a movie want to watch it?, and be able to stream it to their pc or something.
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I understand the premise but I think that is what Google is trying to prevent because once on a PC it can be recorded easily. There are too many apps for computers to do this. This is also supposedly why the root block is there (not much of a lock though).
All's Google needs is a lawsuit from a movie company stating they are the reason it was bootlegged (too many lawyers in this world).

I'm sure at some point you will be able to access the rented google movie from your google account on your pc. And I am betting you will be able to with a google enabled tv as well. I'm not sure if it works that way now but it might in the future.
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Good media converter for galaxy tab 10.1

Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone can recommend a free video converter to convert media (wmv, mov etc) to play on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Thanks

convert
I use Format Factory
converts to anything... you may want to ask which file format is best for the Tab... as I don't know.
I convert to 720x480 MP4... and it works well on mine... somebody on here may know a better size/setup
-shawn

You can also use vplayer. Plays everything without the need to convert anything.
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EncodeHD is good if you want something simple. Just choose the XBox or PS3 profiles.
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I like DVD Catalyst 4. It encodes according to the profile you select so you can choose the Tab 10.1 or the Nexus S or whatever other device you have.
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cayal3 said:
Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone can recommend a free video converter to convert media (wmv, mov etc) to play on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Thanks
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For Free go handbrake for $10 go DVD Catalyst
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Thanks for the suggestions. I did try Handbrake but it completely screwed up on the conversion.
I am trying Kies now (I didn't know Samsung had such a program available until last night) but if not, I might just use a player that plays everything. It makes the most sense.
Thanks again

I use plex. altho I have an htpc that is on all day so...
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madmanepic said:
I use plex. altho I have an htpc that is on all day so...
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I really enjoy using Plex as well running on my WHS. They have made some really great improvements in the last couple updates.
I use a DVD Catalyst if I need the files to be stored on my Tab and Plex to stream.

Transformers movie

I decided to watch some if my free Transformers movie today but it didn't play. Does it stream the movie or is it on my device?
Darald
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you have to download it

Mine streams ok from play movies app. Don't need to download unless you want to watch offline.
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daraldf said:
I decided to watch some if my free Transformers movie today but it didn't play. Does it stream the movie or is it on my device?
Darald
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Are you rooted? Rooting breaks Google Movies AFAIK.

You can either stream it or download it to your device (for offline viewing).

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Are you rooted? Rooting breaks Google Movies AFAIK.
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Not here. Unlocked/rooted from day one of purchase and Google Movies working fine. I've streamed the free Transformer movie several times.

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Are you rooted? Rooting breaks Google Movies AFAIK.
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Not anymore... Use it all the time on my Rooted Nexus 7.
I streamed the Transformer movie, didn't download it. Having it running right now just to make sure nothing has changed... works great.