Help Playing videos on the Thrive

[egas]

One of the reasons I got a tablet was to watch videos when on the road and it ability to play 720p content. That was the first thing I tried to do when I got my Thrive last night, but for some reason it is unable to play my MKVs.

Is there something I am not getting? Please help.

 

[quickett]

I believe videos have to be in MP4 to play with any android device.

 

[egas]

Thanks quicktt! Any recommendations on whati can use to convert my mkv to mp4?

 

[Darbley77]

Handbrake. Takes a little time but does the job!

 

[Zenstrive]

Archos 70 can playe MKV. I read somewhere else that you can use mvideo player app to play heavy MKVs.

 

[egas]

Zenstrive, thanks for the info.
I found some info if any one is interested.

20 essential Android Honeycomb tips and tricks
Tip 20

I haven.t tried it yet, but hope we get native mkv support soon!

 

[Bethshaya]

One of the reasons I got a tablet was to watch videos when on the road and it ability to play 720p content. That was the first thing I tried to do when I got my Thrive last night, but for some reason it is unable to play my MKVs.

Is there something I am not getting? Please help.

i once met such problem, i downloaded a moboplayer for my thrive, but it only can play some mkv videos and with poor quality. finally, i take some money to buy a video tool, which is named Fox Real video converter, with it, i convert mkvs to h.264 mp4, this format can be played well

 

[Zenstrive]

Try QQplayer. Able to play some insanely encoded videos.

 

[Janet55]

Thanks quicktt! Any recommendations on whati can use to convert my mkv to mp4?

Have you tired BuzzPlayer/VitalPlayer? Which can play MKV video format well.
besides, I have aneesoft to be a complement.

 

[Tremmy]

Rockplay seems to be meeting all of my video needs. Though I just picked it up yesterday. Haven't had time to try it with every format in my collection, but so far it's played what the stock apps wouldn't

 

[Zenstrive]

I have problems with Rockplayer last year unable to play videos normally able to be played by my Archos 70 default video player. I dunno if they have improved it or not.

 

[bsweetness]

An upcoming update should increase playback support natively with the tablet's included player (DIVX and XVID for sure). I'm doubtful about MKV, at least with this upcoming update.

 

[Zenstrive]

luckyAlyssa, that link shows mostly the conversion process. I hate doing that