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How to play mpeg 2 .ts and/or .m2ts files on SGS2

five

five

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Hi,
I'm an Android beginner so please be patient.
How can I play (or is it even possible to play) mpeg 2 .ts files on the SGS2? The default player can't play them but it must be possible to install codecs to allow mpeg 2 to play.

Similarly is it possible to play .m2ts files?

Thanks
 
NZtechfreak said:
but .m2ts cannot play (on this or any other mobile that I'm aware of).
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Why is that or why are you so certain? (excluding any encryption- I'm not talking about .m2ts taken from blu-rays or any other encrypted .m2ts)

Many .m2ts files are simply streams of h.264 video. The phone can easily handle h.264 no problem, why not in .m2ts form?
 
I tried a few and none of them worked, but perhaps some can if encoded right. I didn't try them after getting Dice Player either, which is much better than the stock player...

If you have any small samples you want to upload for me I can try them out.
 
NZtechfreak said:
I tried a few and none of them worked
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Thanks for clarifying that. So its not a case of there being some fundamental incompatibility between Android and .m2ts.

NZtechfreak said:
Dice Player either, which is much better than the stock player
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I must take a look at Dice Player.

NZtechfreak said:
If you have any small samples you want to upload for me I can try them out.
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My upload speed ain't great. I'll see what I can do, but don't hold your breath!!. Thanks for the offer, though. :)
 
Seems Diceplayer has some support for this - they have a demo video showing it. I just tried a 720p m2ts file recorded on my FZ-100 and there is sound but no picture.
 
Interesting. I had a rummage around Market and couldn't see anything that suited my needs. (#1 Free, #2 no "Read phone state and identity" permission)

I think I will have to wait for VLC to come to Android :(
 
.mts is some new format that is all the rage now but I don't think any phone supports it.
I know VLC player (for PC) added support for it in the last year or so, and they are working on a version of VLC for Android, not sure when it will be out though, but I hope it supports all the same file types, keep your eyes peeled here for updates, although it seems multiple people are working it, or multiple components of it, it's a mess, so there's no particular thread to follow:
The VideoLAN Forums • View forum - VLC media player for Linux and friends Troubleshooting
 
Damn! It has that stupid Phone ID permission :mad:.




I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and try to learn how to root my phone, install Droidwall and get some privacy back.
 
Gearu said:
.mts is some new format that is all the rage now but I don't think any phone supports it.
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AFAIK .m2ts is a transport stream with h.264 as the codec used. Its usually used for HD content. Seeing as The SGSII has hardware support for h.264 it shouldn't be an issue for it.
 
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