Help Playing videos on LG Optimus V

[cylonman]

Hi, I'm new to the Android universe; just got my LG Optimus V yesterday. From what I understand, we can play videos on that phone. So I just put an XVID file on the SD card to try to play it (Wikipedia says it supports XVID, not sure if that's true). But I can't seem to find it or find the right player to look for it. So how exactly do I play videos on this phone?

 

[sitlet]

You can play xvid files with Rock Player. Otherwise, if you want to use the stock player, you would need to convert videos to h264 baseline codec in a mp4 container.

 

[Brucew0617]

Wikipedia means maybe your mobile phone can playback MP4 video with XVID code...

 

[cylonman]

You can play xvid files with Rock Player. Otherwise, if you want to use the stock player, you would need to convert videos to h264 baseline codec in a mp4 container.

Thanks, that worked! By the way, does anyone know if this phone can be upgraded with Android 2.3?

 

[sitlet]

If it does, your phone would pop up with an update. As of now, I dont think that has it yet.

 

[ElasticNinja]

Thanks, that worked! By the way, does anyone know if this phone can be upgraded with Android 2.3?

I think there may be CM7 for your device
Check XDA

 

[NightAngel79]

Thanks, that worked! By the way, does anyone know if this phone can be upgraded with Android 2.3?

Optimus V - All Things Root - Android Forums

 

[MyNamesTooLong]

If it does, your phone would pop up with an update. As of now, I dont think that has it yet.

Not neccessarily...these diy PC based updates seem to be getting kinda common