Help Video wont play

[pm_phone]

I can't seem to get video to play with the Stock player or with mvideo.

These are basic avi, mp4 videos that play on my Samsung phone running Froyo. Shouldn't they run on the SGT 10.1?

I am able to get them to play on the tab using mobo player (but only when using the soft decode function)

any idea what might be wrong?

 

[woodsb123]

I have the Galaxy 10.1 tab also. You would think that since both your phone and the tablet are made by the same company, they would support the same file types, but, that is not the case. I don't know exactly which file formats the tablet supports off-hand, you can check the specs anywhere online. In order to view file types such as .avi, .mp4, etc, you will need to use a third party app such as MoboPlayer, RockPlayer, etc. These are two that I currently use and they play just about any video types. There are a few more that you can check out, just go to the market app and make sure you check the reviews on any app before installing. Also, don't forget that even though some files have the same file extension, some devices still won't play them based on how they were saved/converted. Hope this helps.

 

[pm_phone]

thanks for the reply.

If I change the file extension of the file they will play in the stock video player.

Just a pain in the neck. These are pod casts i've been download for a couple years.

But still have issues with some avi videos. I guess mobo player is my basic player now.

 

[pm_phone]

Somehow, all the videos now play. Don't know what I did, but everything works like a dream now!