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Best Music/Media Player App

mkristof said:
Try to search for zimme or use AppBrain (which is extremely useful after all to manage your apps) Zimly Media Player - Android app on AppBrain
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I've realized why I can't find Zimly on Marketplace. It because my X10 is on Android 1.6 and it seems it isn't compatible with it.

Nevermind the X10 is due to get updated to 2.1 at the end of the year :p

Has anyone tried the 'WithEQ' media player as it seems to be one of the only ones with an equalizer, albeit at a high price.

Does it actually provide a good sound with an equalizer that actually makes a difference (for the better)???
 
GringoNY said:
I purchased ACT 1 player. It has the simple features to getting your movies or videos playing just the way you want them to. Overall it does the job.
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Only seems to support wmv and 3gp files, so that's no good. I want just ONE player that supports avi, mpeg, wmv, 3gp and flv formats.
 
mkristof said:
I left feedback, and would urge everybody to review my suggestions and vote for them.
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Thanks for the feedback... and yes please keep it coming. The more we hear from you all... the better we can make Zimly.

kersey said:
I've realized why I can't find Zimly on Marketplace. It because my X10 is on Android 1.6 and it seems it isn't compatible with it.
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Yeah... sorry about that. I think by next early month we should have support for 1.6. Of course it really depends on a few things, but I'm pretty confident we can do this by then.
 
StuartTheFish said:
Only seems to support wmv and 3gp files, so that's no good. I want just ONE player that supports avi, mpeg, wmv, 3gp and flv formats.
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Unfortunately this is an Android limitation-ish. And although it's not impossible to support other formats... at this point it won't be easy for any developer to build this in because they have to build it from scratch using the NDK... same actually applies to the equalizer which is also probably why the WithEQ player costs so much.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for Froyo and see what new goodies Google brings all of us in regards to media.
 
drebabels said:
Unfortunately this is an Android limitation-ish. And although it's not impossible to support other formats... at this point it won't be easy for any developer to build this in because they have to build it from scratch using the NDK... same actually applies to the equalizer which is also probably why the WithEQ player costs so much.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for Froyo and see what new goodies Google brings all of us in regards to media.
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Ehh? I use yxflash for a while now and it plays AVi, MPEG/2/4/x.264/Flash/DivX/xvid/WMV, PSP and iPod codecs/formats.

It's not perfect but far the most advanced video player (for us, Mediascape users no need for audio stuff :P) on the market so far - try it:
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I have concerns about paying for an app outside of the Marketplace? How was the purchase handled for you?

kamm said:
Ehh? I use yxflash for a while now and it plays AVi, MPEG/2/4/x.264/Flash/DivX/xvid/WMV, PSP and iPod codecs/formats.

It's not perfect but far the most advanced video player (for us, Mediascape users no need for audio stuff :P) on the market so far - try it:
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I have a Samsung Moment with the official 2.1 update. Has anyone found a media player yet that will play the videos that used to work in 1.5 but no longer work in 2.1? It seems to be AVI videos. Not sure why they would work in one build but not the other. Unless they were "accidentally" supported in 1.5. I know yxplayer will play them but it is very unreliable for me. Video freezes after 5 minutes or less and has to restarted.
 
I liked to a file above that will play AVI, etc. I know the user below me said it froze up, but I have not experienced that problem unless I try to play a big movie (like over a GB) that is an AVI. All of the TV shows, etc I have tried have worked just fine (xvid)...
 
dmodert66 said:
I liked to a file above that will play AVI, etc. I know the user below me said it froze up, but I have not experienced that problem unless I try to play a big movie (like over a GB) that is an AVI. All of the TV shows, etc I have tried have worked just fine (xvid)...
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Are you talking about the Wuzenhua player? Because I've tried that one also, on 1.5 and 2.1 and on both the video freezes immediately, especially when I try to rotate the phone. If the video does play at all there is almost always no sound. Other issues I can't think of right now. But yea, it's pretty much crap for me for some reason. Too bad because it seems to be working for so many people.
 
Bulldog said:
I have concerns about paying for an app outside of the Marketplace? How was the purchase handled for you?
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TBH haven't bought yet... there are few xvids that are a bit choppy even though they played fine on my old WinMo phone (half the CPU, quarter of the memory), as soon as he fixes it I'll buy it.
Until then it's going back to file list and restarting the same video after X minutes - though it continues from where it quit, thankfully. ;)
 
What's so special about audio books? Mine are all just mp3 files. I don't have an Android yet - waiting for the T-Mo summer announcements. I listen to them on my Nokia phone just fine. It even has the "go back or forward" functions by just holding down the back or forward button.
 
drebabels said:
Just FYI, we just began development on an equalizer for Zimly but at this point its not looking like an easy project because there doesn't seem to be any APIs to adjust the levels so we are building something from scratch. Will keep you posted on the progress if you are interested.
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Its a well laid out player, with good features. It really needs that EQ option for listening through headphones etc.
Look forward to an update soon :p

DT:D
 
Hi,

I have a music video uploaded to my phone. The resolution is quite high but can't quite find out the size on my PC. I believe it's 720P. I tried using my default player on my phone. No luck playing the video! It tells me "can't play video". Then I tried Meridian and YXflash players and still no luck! What could potentially be the problem here? Any ideas would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks
 
ghooloo said:
Hi,

I have a music video uploaded to my phone. The resolution is quite high but can't quite find out the size on my PC. I believe it's 720P. I tried using my default player on my phone. No luck playing the video! It tells me "can't play video". Then I tried Meridian and YXflash players and still no luck! What could potentially be the problem here? Any ideas would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks
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If it is an AVI file you may be out of luck as i don't think there is a player that can handle that at the moment. Need to convert it to MP4 using handbrake or another encoder
 
Anyone know how to get a 3g2 video file to play on the droid? I have video, but the sound is not playing (yes, I've checked to make sure audio levels are not at zero).

It's a video from my old phone, and the files play through Quicktime on my home PC's.

Thanks!
 
Trying to play a video on my Droid. Its an mp4 and the audio is clear but I am no getting any video. I've tried a variety of media players but I'm thinking its not their fault, any and all help would be appreciated.
 
kamm said:
Ehh? I use yxflash for a while now and it plays AVi, MPEG/2/4/x.264/Flash/DivX/xvid/WMV, PSP and iPod codecs/formats.

It's not perfect but far the most advanced video player (for us, Mediascape users no need for audio stuff :P) on the market so far - try it:
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Just tried yxplayer on the EVO with a 720p MP4 file. Will not play with either ac3 or aac audio. Just says cannot play file. So far, it works no better than the built in video player on the EVO.

I would PAY for a proper working video player for the EVO that actually works for 720p video. Preferrably in mp4 format.
 
Heya,

I also had problems playing 720p movies on the EVO...love the phone btw. After some research I discovered that it does not play files that are over 2 Gig. I use tmpgenc so I used that to convert a 7 gig movie in mkv format to mp4 format and decreased the bitrate to 1500. That yielded a 1.83 gig file that played and looked flawless. The quality and smoothness of the playback was butter. Of course I've used Tmpgenc for years and actually paid for it then. If anyone else uses tmpgenc and is having a problem I saved the a template just for that purpose and can upload if wanted. Hope this helps...

Dajackal
EVOlution 4Good
 
Dajackal said:
Heya,

I also had problems playing 720p movies on the EVO...love the phone btw. After some research I discovered that it does not play files that are over 2 Gig. I use tmpgenc so I used that to convert a 7 gig movie in mkv format to mp4 format and decreased the bitrate to 1500. That yielded a 1.83 gig file that played and looked flawless. The quality and smoothness of the playback was butter. Of course I've used Tmpgenc for years and actually paid for it then. If anyone else uses tmpgenc and is having a problem I saved the a template just for that purpose and can upload if wanted. Hope this helps...

Dajackal
EVOlution 4Good
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That would be great if you could post the template. I have bunch of videos that are Bluray rips that i need to convert for my EVO as well....Appreciate the community support
 
Dajackal said:
Heya,

I also had problems playing 720p movies on the EVO...love the phone btw. After some research I discovered that it does not play files that are over 2 Gig. I use tmpgenc so I used that to convert a 7 gig movie in mkv format to mp4 format and decreased the bitrate to 1500. That yielded a 1.83 gig file that played and looked flawless. The quality and smoothness of the playback was butter. Of course I've used Tmpgenc for years and actually paid for it then. If anyone else uses tmpgenc and is having a problem I saved the a template just for that purpose and can upload if wanted. Hope this helps...

Dajackal
EVOlution 4Good
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What audio format are you using and which media player on the EVO?

THANKS! you are the first I have found that has made this work.
 
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