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HD Video app?

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TheChief

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Is there an app to watch HD or really high quality videos on? The stock youtube app, even on HQ is still low res. The HD vidoes I take look really good and better than anything else I have found.

There USED to be a app that would allow you to watch youtube videos in HD, but it's gone.
 
I personally love and use MoboPlayer. It is an excellent app for video playback and can play anything I throw at it. I too, have very high quality 1080 and 720p videos. While I normally would properly encode these for playback on a Smartphone without a loss in quality, I can say that even the original edit of the high res video before encoding plays with MoboPlayer. I just love this app and is all I use for video playback.

--mike
 
Not looking for a file player, looking for a app that streams hd content. I mean it's 2012, surely there is something that streams hd video!
 
Through plenty of experimenting over the years with a number of different tools and encoders. :)

I usually find the right settings for a particular phone I have based on specs and display or sometimes encode one in high quality that will play in any phone just fine and look great. As an example, I can sometimes turn an edited full 1080p capture that is 1.8GB into a 400MB file that plays flawlessly and looks amazing both on a phone and even on your computer as well. It just depends on what you are after and how much time you are willing to spend on it. However, once you know the settings, it is extremely easy to encode them and the only time spent is the encoding time itself.

I can't possibly go over everything here but there are a handful of software apps out there (most free) that are excellent and work well for this. I have actually been using some of them for many years now.

--mike
 
TheChief,

Not really sure what you are after then?? When you say stream, are you referring to a video you produced yourself and have it on the net somewhere or a video from another source like YouTube? If you are referring to YouTube for example, what you are asking is not possible for obvious reasons. Yes, YouTube app will support playback of HD content but there is some confusion with many as to the quality, just like you are questioning. In short, it plays back HD encoded content in "HQ", which is not the same and something most have commented about like you. I don't really stream YouTube or online vids much so I don't really care.

Anyways,

Perhaps maybe something like jetvd will be something you are after. The app is capable of streaming in HD...according to many. However, note that I have not tried this app, as I have no interest for it. You may want to check it out though.

--mike
 
pookieguy said:
Through plenty of experimenting over the years with a number of different tools and encoders. :)

I usually find the right settings for a particular phone I have based on specs and display or sometimes encode one in high quality that will play in any phone just fine and look great. As an example, I can sometimes turn an edited full 1080p capture that is 1.8GB into a 400MB file that plays flawlessly and looks amazing both on a phone and even on your computer as well. It just depends on what you are after and how much time you are willing to spend on it. However, once you know the settings, it is extremely easy to encode them and the only time spent is the encoding time itself.

I can't possibly go over everything here but there are a handful of software apps out there (most free) that are excellent and work well for this. I have actually been using some of them for many years now.

--mike
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If you don't mind, can you give me some quick useful info for doing this on an LG Optimus 2X?

Edit: Sorry to semi-hijack your thread btw, TheChief. This will be my last OT post.
 
Mekanikz,

I don't know much about that phone but if I'm not mistaken, I think that phone does feature a dual core processor and has the same screen resolution as my Skyrocket. I will take a look at the official specs to confirm though before providing any suggestions. I will then provide you with some basic information on this and help you best I can. Please PM me though, as this is getting off topic here. Also, please provide me with more details on the videos you have or capture. What are the settings? (resolution, bitrate, sound, size, length, etc).

--mike
 
The quality of the video streamed from an internet source as far as I know is only partially affected by the phone or an app as it is affected by the source. No matter how good the phone is, if the video is being compressed down from the server side, there is nothing you can do.
 
It has nothing to do with the phone's hardware. It plays back the hd videos i shoot fine. Youtube compresses it down to like 380p, non hq is 240p. The phone has a gig of memory and a 1.2ghz dual core. for petes sake it should play better res video. My old 1.8ghz single core pc with 512mb ram could play it fine!
 
Seems like you did not understand what I said earlier. Its the server itself. Your device is recognized as a mobile device, therefore YouTube is giving you videos optimized for mobile viewing REGARDLESS OF WETHER YOUR PHONE CAN HANDLE BETTER.

You can go to the desktop version of YouTube on your browser if you want desktop quality.
 
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