What do you guys use to play movies on the blade?

[Guest JohnDevol]

Thanks! Will have a good look later. Is this a converter and player or do I still need a player???

It's a converter. You can use the standard Android player to play movies converted using this method or any preferred player from the Market.

[Guest Shug_06]

I was trying to use rockplayer to play avi's on Flb-froyo-blade-r6, this worked reasonably on some files but was jumpy and out of sync on others. Im now running jap_jellyfish_RLS6 with cpu overclocked to 710 and HW enabled and everything is nice and smooth with no sync issues so far. Gobbles up the battery though :D

[Guest rufree2talk]

RockPlayer with ads (dismissible) and a not so annoying red coloured letter R at the top-left of the screen is available for free on the Market, and is undoubtedly the best player. It can play almost all formats possible, without the need for conversion. The paid version is as better and even removes the ads and the red letter R. I am a very satisfied user and would recommend it to everybody.

[Guest 6kle]

I like mVideoPlayer best. Pretty good options for subtitles, loads them automatically if they are named same as the movie (might have required .srt format for auto-load) or you can load them manually. It has all the zoom options I need to show the movies on full screen so no cropping required in encoding process, can lock playback on landscape even if you rotate the phone (unlike the stock player) and it has pretty much everything I have needed so far.

For encoding I used http://www.mattsbits.co.uk/item-73.html but later noticed that it's better to download the latest nightly build of handbrake instead of the rather outdated "official" 0.9.4 version. Use the options recommended at mattsbits but I would recommend using constant quality instead of 2-pass encoding. (I have used RF:24 setting, but someone said that even 32 is good enough quality and creates small files). Constant quality gave much faster encoding, smaller file size and the quality of the video was no worse (and you can always tweak the quality with the RF setting, bigger number is smaller file but might be worse quality and vice versa).

Subtitles can easily be changed from one format to another (and you can also change sync if you need) with VobSub. If you want to burn subtitles in the video file I would recommend AviDemux.

Edited January 13, 2011 by 6kle

[Guest wiffeltje]

Hm... I'm quite unimpressed with the video performance of the blade.

It seems it isn't even able to playback 480p videos properly.

What kind of video is it actually able to play? Codec and container-wise?

The coprocessor supports (best):

MP4 container with H.264 video and AAC audio.

For more info see: http://developer.qualcomm.com/dev/chips/ms...-chipset-family

[Guest ninjagordy]

Im just wondering if theres a decent converter out there, I havent tried any videos yet, But i bet a hdrip will look great on it. thanks

win avi all in one converter is simple to use, quick and hassle free.

[Guest basik_cze]

Well, actually MoBoplayer is best there is. It has ARMv6 specific codes. I can play any subHD videos without prior conversion. It can also handle subtitles very well, there is even very simple way of changing display brightness during playback (very handy).

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

I use YXPlayer

But i'll try moboplayer ty for the info :)

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

Hm... I'm quite unimpressed with the video performance of the blade.

It seems it isn't even able to playback 480p videos properly.

What kind of video is it actually able to play? Codec and container-wise?

It's a simple issue of software vs hardware. what the blade cannot play in hardware gets played in software, and software decoding doesn't cut it. If it doesn't play in the default player, it probably needs software decoding. don't bother with xvid, just re encode them to mp4/h264 baseline/aac

Encode videos for your phone with handbrake (free, fast, and generally excellent). Use the following settings:

Container: mp4

Video: h.264 baseline profile (The Universal apple preset should work), no point setting resolution higher than 800x480 in either direction since that is the resolution of the screen.

Audio: AAC

I have made some good handbrake presets which I use for my blade at different quality settings. Paste the following into user_presets.xml (It's in %appdata%\handbrake\ on windows).

<Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 800</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 800 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 24 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 160 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 640</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 640 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 24 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 128 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 400</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 400 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 23 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 112 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 288</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 288 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 22 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 96 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

Here is a list of codecs supported by android: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html. Keep to those. mp4/h264 baseline/aac is the best combination of them.

[Guest jesuita]

Do we need to encode the videos to make them working without lag on the blade?

I tried to run some mp4 videos i encoded before to play on my psp and the dont work with default played.. so i installed MoboPlayer, i can run the mp4 files but only with software decoding mode..

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

Do we need to encode the videos to make them working without lag on the blade?

I tried to run some mp4 videos i encoded before to play on my psp and the dont work with default played.. so i installed MoboPlayer, i can run the mp4 files but only with software decoding mode..

Depends hwo they are encoded in the first place. check out that link I posted - If it fitst in those criteria then it works. If not, itll needs software decoding. most mp4 videos for computers or more powerful devices are encoded in h.264 main profile (higher compression ratio at the expense of power), whereas the blade needs baseline profile. Those videos you need to re-encode to play in hardware

[Guest jesuita]

Will try the handbreak software with the settings you pasted then :)

[Guest jesuita]

How to add your presets correctly? Pasted them on the file you mentioned but when starting the program it says they preset file is corrupted..

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

How to add your presets correctly? Pasted them on the file you mentioned but when starting the program it says they preset file is corrupted..

Have you put them above </ArrayOfPreset>? maybe if you put them right at the bottom outside of that then it wouldn't work. check that you're using handbrake 0.9.5

Hereis my entire presets file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ArrayOfPreset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

  <Preset>

    <Category>Movies</Category>

    <Name>1280w, AAC Stereo, RF20</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 1280 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 20 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 160 -D 0.0 -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>0.9.4</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Movies</Category>

    <Name>1280w, AAC Stereo, RF22</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 1280 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 22 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 128 -D 0.0 -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>0.9.4</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Movies</Category>

    <Name>720w, RF20, AAC160</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 720 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 20 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 160 -D 0.0 -m -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Movies</Category>

    <Name>720w, RF23, AAC96</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="medium" --markers -X 720 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 23 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 96 -D 0.0 -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 800</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 800 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 24 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 160 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 640</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 640 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 24 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 128 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 400</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 400 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 23 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 112 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

  <Preset>

    <Category>Phone</Category>

    <Name>San Francisco - 288</Name>

    <Query> -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" --markers -X 288 --loose-anamorphic  -e x264 -q 22 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 96 -D 0.0 -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subq=6 --verbose=1</Query>

    <CropSettings>false</CropSettings>

    <Version>svn3711</Version>

  </Preset>

</ArrayOfPreset>

[Guest jesuita]

Yeha i was, solved it using some spaces before the 1st preset.

Thanks anyway for the file.

Testing the encodes.

[Guest mcfly666]

I use Moboplayer for all my vids, with the arm6 codec pack I dont think I've found anything that it does not play, even software playback is very good. For encoding I use "A's video converter" a good piece of software that will encode videos using some of the power in your video card (ati) You can rip a 1.4gb file in a few mins (hardware dependent ofc)

Edited July 13, 2011 by mcfly666

[Guest Monfro]

ROCKPLAYER is the best video player for Blade: it plays FLV and AVI without the need to convert the files (and of course MP4).

The files play very smooth, without lag at all.

I am using the paid version, but there is also a free version.

QQplayer is also a good player that can play FLV and AVI without the need to convert the files, but depending on rom version, the files can lag (little or a lot...i had different results with different roms).

It is free.

Edited July 14, 2011 by Monfro