Author Topic: Best media player for Android? (Read 6932 times)

Sakura90 · « **on:** July 21, 2012, 02:19:14 AM »

I have a trip tomorrow... well, in a few hours. I should had made this before <_<

I got a Galaxy Note the other day (it was really cheap for this crappy country, I couldn't refuse... and I love the S-Pen for drawing kanji

). I was thinking it would be pretty cool to watch stuff in the 1280x800 screen. So, considering that here we have many ppl that love encoding, h264 and spend endless posts discussing things of the encodes

... I think it was the best place to ask.

What's the best video player for Android? The stock player reads MKV and subtitles and it isn't bad from what I read (I still haven't transferred anime to the device, I just finished flashing firmware, rooting, installing apps and customizing). But I bet there's a better one out there.

It has to read MKV with h264, ac3 and the rest of the popular codecs and ass subs (I don't care much for styling, even if they display as plain text is fine). That and the battery. If any app makes a difference in battery efficiency, the only thing I'm not too happy about my Note, it'd be great.

I leave in some hours... if no one replies I'll get the first 2 or 3 apps the market shows and have fun trying. Ofc, leave the players you use, if I manage to get wifi where I go I'll get them

Thanks

Saras · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2012, 03:07:04 AM »

MXPlayer? That seems to the default go to third party player for Android.

FlyinPenguin · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2012, 03:26:46 AM »

I have been having really good luck with BSPlayer lately. It seems to handle 10bit the best for me.

halfelite · « **Reply #3 on:** July 21, 2012, 03:54:55 AM »

mx or bs both work great for me. Have not had much issue with either.

lapa321 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 21, 2012, 04:31:28 AM »

Probably MX player for on the go. I use DICE since i'm streaming my anime off my home network. You can probably do the same with an EStrong+MX combo but some of my animes stutter if i do that.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 21, 2012, 05:48:42 AM »

Definitely MX Player in my experience. Handles 10bit fine and can do ass subs with full typesetting as well (although it can't quite do the really complicated stuff perfectly).

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #6 on:** July 21, 2012, 05:55:47 AM »

I've been using MXPlayer after seeing Bob's recommendation on an older thread. It's quite nice. I'm impressed at how well it handled 1080p stuff that lagged my laptop with a Core 2 Duo P8400 and ATI graphics (don't remember the model but it wasn't a very powerful one). I'm using a cheap Android tablet that was made in China - has an Allwinner A10 CPU and has lagged before in other apps, but MX hasn't given me many problems, aside from occasional audio glitches that push the audio a second or so behind the video, which fix themselves after a few seconds.

Reesebiz · « **Reply #7 on:** July 21, 2012, 05:58:08 AM »

I've always been using MX Player and no problems with it. I would recommend it to anyone.

Sakura90 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 21, 2012, 06:08:06 AM »

Well, fuck it <_<

They could decode Super HiVision at 60 fps, but none of them can decode properly a simple 5.1 AC3 track. BsPlayer gives total gibberish as audio, and both MX Player and the default Android video player have sound go badly off sync, lags behind and skips. Unwatchable.

I did a very quick search and it seems the 5.1 channel is the reason. WHY?

Is it so hard to decode and mix the 5 channels into 2?

Well, I'm better off going to play Where's my Water? and crap like that. All anime I was planning to see are DVD rips, hence AC3 audio (I don't have the space for BD rips, I need to get a 32GB SD :p). Btw, it also seems DTS isn't supported in both BS Player and MX. I read they had in the past, but not in recent versions. Any ideas why? That's another deal breaker... I have lots of BD rips with DTS <_<

It all points at having to re-encode the audio. Funny. You can even watch 1080p and/or 10-bit (is 1080p 10-bit possible? haven't tried yet) but you can't have a simple multichannel AC3 track or DTS

Well, at least it's less painful to re-encode audio than video. I guess you can't have it all...

P.S.: In MX I tried both SW and HW for audio, it's all the same. Thanks for the responses, I'll do more audio research when I come back.

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #9 on:** July 21, 2012, 06:25:24 AM »

You could always try re-encoding your stuff into 2-channel sound before you drop it in your device. =P

I haven't tried 1080p 10-bit, but a movie that was 1080p 8-bit and around 8-9GB and 90-120 min long played fairly well. It contains 5-channel audio but I haven't actually watched it all the way through with sound; just played a few intense scenes to test it out.

SD cards are cheap these days. For example, I currently have this card in my tablet. I got a deal from a local retailer that has a price beat policy, too, so the price I paid was less than on the link.

Nyking754 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2012, 07:55:07 PM »

Any suggestions for a samsung galaxy s 3?

Nyking754 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2012, 05:41:20 AM »

Hi I recently bought a Samsung galaxy s 3 and I tried play a 720 p mkv vid (sword arts online episode 2 from utw) on it using the mx player but its slow
I have download the codec but its extremely slow and when i put the subs on it doesnt work
Any help plz

zzzYuyu · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2012, 10:27:34 AM »

uhm, their encode is 10bit so I doubt it will ever be able to play it. You should try to use their XviD version or look out for reencodes from other people.

mrdkreka · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2012, 10:48:34 AM »

Quote from: Nyking754 on July 26, 2012, 05:41:20 AM

Hi I recently bought a Samsung galaxy s 3 and I tried play a 720 p mkv vid (sword arts online episode 2 from utw) on it using the mx player but its slow
I have download the codec but its extremely slow and when i put the subs on it doesnt work
Any help plz

Are you using the S/W (fast), it might help to use that if you aren't already. It is 10-bit so you are going to have trouble playing it, but the Exynos 4412 should be able to handle it, so I take it that you have an American variant of S3?

mrdkreka · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2012, 10:56:18 AM »

Quote from: Sakura90 on July 21, 2012, 06:08:06 AM

Btw, it also seems DTS isn't supported in both BS Player and MX. I read they had in the past, but not in recent versions. Any ideas why? That's another deal breaker... I have lots of BD rips with DTS <_<

The creators of DTS gave them an option, either they remove the support or they will see them in court.

vuzedome · « **Reply #15 on:** July 26, 2012, 01:48:15 PM »

Quote from: mrdkreka on July 26, 2012, 10:56:18 AM

Quote from: Sakura90 on July 21, 2012, 06:08:06 AM
Btw, it also seems DTS isn't supported in both BS Player and MX. I read they had in the past, but not in recent versions. Any ideas why? That's another deal breaker... I have lots of BD rips with DTS <_<
The creators of DTS gave them an option, either they remove the support or they will see them in court.

If the players were entirely free and no ads then I doubt DTS would have any problems with them.

FlyinPenguin · « **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2012, 02:45:32 PM »

Quote from: Nyking754 on July 24, 2012, 07:55:07 PM

Any suggestions for a samsung galaxy s 3?

BSPlayer works best for me. MX Player's 10 bit playback is too slow for me on my S III.

Edit: I have the US S III btw.

Edit again: I just noticed you created another thread for your question. I replied there.

FlyinPenguin · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2012, 02:57:02 PM »

I just replied to your question in http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=35433.0

I didn't realize you had started a new thread.

Anyway, I am assuming you have the US S III?

I experienced slow 10 bit playback with MX Player. Try BSPlayer. It seems to work rather well on this device. Some 720p 10 bit videos play flawlessly for me while others are watchable but not perfect. I haven't tried 1080p 10 bit yet.

I am still running the stock rom but I imagine with a custom rom and overclock this device should be able to handle any 720p 10 bit video you throw at it. I just haven't got around to flashing mine yet.

mrdkreka · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2012, 04:12:43 PM »

Quote from: vuzedome on July 26, 2012, 01:48:15 PM

Quote from: mrdkreka on July 26, 2012, 10:56:18 AM
Quote from: Sakura90 on July 21, 2012, 06:08:06 AM
Btw, it also seems DTS isn't supported in both BS Player and MX. I read they had in the past, but not in recent versions. Any ideas why? That's another deal breaker... I have lots of BD rips with DTS <_<
The creators of DTS gave them an option, either they remove the support or they will see them in court.
If the players were entirely free and no ads then I doubt DTS would have any problems with them.

I'm pretty sure VLC on android can play DTS, so I think you hit the nail on the head.

Nyking754 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2012, 03:49:41 AM »

Is it possible to upgrade the cpu/ram on the s3
If so how?