I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, or instead the MX Player forums, but I keep reading persistent claims that people are successfully bitstreaming lossless (TrueHD and DTS-HD-MA) audio to their AVR via the MX Player app on NVidia Shield.
My library consists of uncompressed Blu Ray rips made using MakeMKV. I take the lossless audio codec whenever available.
For the life of me, I can't seem to get proper playback. If I enable HW+, video plays with no audio. If I disable HW+ in favor of "HW", I get neither audio or video.
I haven't downloaded or installed any extra codecs specifically for MX Player yet... currently, within settings, it says I have "Use ARMv7 type custom codec".
Anybody having success with this care to expound on what settings are making this work?
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What video/audio settings should be used to encode movies/videos for the Vibrant, before I get mine tomorrow I want to encode a few with avidemux
Once someone provides the settings i'll update the OP for future reference
I haven't used any compression settings yet. lol. I downloaded a 720p mkv and it played PERFECTLY in RockPlayer and Video Player. Only issue was no way to change subs or secondary audio (in mkv's).
thats funny cause one some of the mkvs i've loaded i only get sound and a black screen.. is there codecs for android i don't know about? still a n00b >_<
Both Rock Player and Video player have the mkv container and h.264 codecs built in, shouldn't be a problem. Does the file give you issues in a desktop player? Specifically, VLC?
Oh yeah, Video Player will give you 5.1 sound also!!!!
so... will I be able to download xvid movies/videos that are non-hd and play them? lol that would be siiiick
I'm finding that many of the movies I have downloaded contain audio that does not play back on my Elocity A7 tablet (movie plays fine but there is no sound). I haven't taken a specific look at which audio codecs they are but I'm guessing some of you have some suggestions. Is there a specific media player I need to download or is there a way to download and install a codec pack like K-Lite?
Probably an issue with the type of sound encoding.... Apparaently, Tegra 2 devices cannot decode DTS sound, or even Dolby Digital sound. At least that's what I remember reading somewhere.... So, I don't think that there is a way to hear the audio on those files without re-encoding the movie...
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.
junghm69 said:
I'm finding that many of the movies I have downloaded contain audio that does not play back on my Elocity A7 tablet (movie plays fine but there is no sound). I haven't taken a specific look at which audio codecs they are but I'm guessing some of you have some suggestions. Is there a specific media player I need to download or is there a way to download and install a codec pack like K-Lite?
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Go to market place and download MX videoplayer and its code pack made specially for tegra, it will play all video files...
I threw some MKV files on my N7, but the MX (v 1.7.8) wont support DTS audio, hence there is no sound.
I tried to do this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769799 but no go. still doesnt work.
downloaded this MX Player Codec (ARMv7 NEON) still nohing
what should i do to make it work?
BS Player still supports DTS.
BS player wont show the movie on the wide screen when i rotate the tablet and i didnt see any option to change that
MX player supports DTS when you give it a custom codec. I've used the neon.zip from this post and it works perfectly.
DicePlayer with "libffmpeg.so" as "Custom plugin".
Having the same issue, I downloaded BS Player and the sound works fine with it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free&hl=en
Hi,
anyone else having trouble with mkv files with AC3 audio?
Tried MX player, BSplayer and vlc.
MX player has no sound and smoth in HW and sound in SW (audio only) but really choppy.
BSplayer won't play in hw at all and vlc has horrible quality (artifacts).
Is that working for anyone or is that a general problem? (codec?)
Anything that i can try?
thanks
Try sending the MX Player dev a message mentioning the problem, it's likely something to do with the cutting edge hardware in there not being 100% supported just yet. MX Player is a great app, and I'm sure the N10 will be supported in no time at all.
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nilknarf said:
Try sending the MX Player dev a message mentioning the problem, it's likely something to do with the cutting edge hardware in there not being 100% supported just yet. MX Player is a great app, and I'm sure the N10 will be supported in no time at all.
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I am using MX for MKV with AC3 - in the Decoder tab in settings, set the decoder to HW+ and in the Software decoder section, tick the box 'S/W audio' to force software decoding for Audio - then you should get smooth HW accelerated video playback with soft-decoded audio.
I also use MX with EZ Usenet to stream these types of files directly from Easynews, and it works perfectly with HW+ setting, software for audio
tried using a vlc nightly? What version did you use?
VLC: used the armv7-android-neon nightly from 2 or 3 days ago
MX: with hw+ its stutters even worse than with hw when i have software audio
i stream directly from files on my computer, can that be the cause?
VLC works intermittently for me and MX Player works pretty good, the only issue I've had is what seems like missing frames or slow playing video but then the audio is ok. To me VLC seems smoother but it's very tempremental.
ninjasamo said:
VLC works intermittently for me and MX Player works pretty good, the only issue I've had is what seems like missing frames or slow playing video but then the audio is ok. To me VLC seems smoother but it's very tempremental.
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is that a general assessment or specifically to AC3?
kavey said:
I am using MX for MKV with AC3 - in the Decoder tab in settings, set the decoder to HW+ and in the Software decoder section, tick the box 'S/W audio' to force software decoding for Audio - then you should get smooth HW accelerated video playback with soft-decoded audio.
I also use MX with EZ Usenet to stream these types of files directly from Easynews, and it works perfectly with HW+ setting, software for audio
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THANK YOU!!!!
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec
Changelog for MX player says the following:
1.7.33
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec due to license issue.
Added RTL subtitle disposition option under Settings > Subtitle for Android 4.2 and later.
Added http user-agent overriding option under Settings > General.
Thratchen said:
Changelog for MX player says the following:
1.7.33
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec due to license issue.
Added RTL subtitle disposition option under Settings > Subtitle for Android 4.2 and later.
Added http user-agent overriding option under Settings > General.
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No problem use a custom code:
"Custom Codec v1.7.32 is fully compatible with MXPlayer 1.7.33
As Usual supports all codecs incl DTS & DOLBY (AC3)
(Old Custom Codecs are not compatible with the latest MXPlayer v1.7.33...!!)"
P.S. the version of MX Player that has AC3 support removed is v1.7.33 so you need to at least refresh the codec you have installed or install the latest ones.
Here is the post with all the various devices compatible custom codecs and installation instructions. I just did a successful before and after test. After installing this AC3 audio is a non-issue.
Too bad both the owners of DTS and AC3 need to such dicks about their decoding software. I have no issue when they charge for encoding.
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Has anyone found what the supported media formats are for the Nexus Player?
I found the following information below when I search for ChromeCast, but could not find the equivalent for the Nexus Player.
From developers (dot) google (dot) com / cast / docs / media
Supported Media for Google Cast:
Streaming protocols
MP4
WebM
Video codecs
H.264 High Profile Level 4.1, 4.2 and 5
VP8
Audio decoding
HE-AAC
LC-AAC
CELT/Opus
MP3
Vorbis
Wav (audio/wav)
Audio passthrough
AC-3
Good question. I couldn't find any information on this either. One thing I'm going to try tonight is the Antutu Video Tester app. It downloads a video pack of dozens of different codecs and tests playback ability as well as the quality of playback. Should be interesting.
I can say from experience that when running XBMC I've been able to play video_ts folders (DVD rips) and MKV.. The only issue I ran into with video_ts folders was that it took upwards of 10 seconds to start play, and sometimes up to 30-40 seconds to return to the movie list when hitting stop.. MKV play without a hitch and are very snappy.
Hope this helps.
You can add VP9 and H265 to this as per asus site:
https://www.asus.com/ca-en/News/hSqRBkE3JWcSw1zC
Very good news as I use WebM extensively with my current Chromecast and Vorbis audio. Will be nice to use VP9!
I'm really getting tired of seeing so many articles claim that the Nexus Player can use VP9. Maybe it technically can, but it effectively never does, especially not on YouTube where it's needed most and makes the most sense. Anyone know how to force vp9 in the YouTube app?