Divx Support?

[dmshocker]

First off, like the majority of the people on this site, I am an Evo-Fanatic. I am counting down the hours and minutes I was wondering. I have a lot of movies and tv shows in divx format from torrents and ninjavideo.net... Would there be any way to play a divx video on my EVO []

Thanks

 

[DxTcmix]

First off, like the majority of the people on this site, I am an Evo-Fanatic. I am counting down the hours and minutes I was wondering. I have a lot of movies and tv shows in divx format from torrents and ninjavideo.net... Would there be any way to play a divx video on my EVO []

Thanks

as far as i know it is not possible, you could easily trans-code them with mediacoder to h264 though which is by far better IMO

 

[NVNJ]

Wonder if this could be added with a firmware update. hmmmm

 

[xorg]

Even the Treo was able to do Divx. Why are there not media players with multiple codecs for Android? TCMPC media player on PalmOS supported all kinds of codec modules.

 

[DxTcmix]

i want me some VLC for my EVO!

 

[Sh3ngLong]

Even the Treo was able to do Divx. Why are there not media players with multiple codecs for Android? TCMPC media player on PalmOS supported all kinds of codec modules.

Aah, I remember that app. Definitely one of the must-have apps for the Treo.

 

[Saepak]

So there is no Media player on Android that has multiple codecs? I have to reconvert all of my movies to a completly different format. What Formats does Android play? I have to get busy starting to convert movies. I have tons of them.

 

[dmshocker]

as far as i know it is not possible, you could easily trans-code them with mediacoder to h264 though which is by far better IMO

How would one go about trans-coding a divx file to h264?

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Handbrake... Awesome free cross-platform software.

BTW, Samsung Moment and the soon to be release Galaxy S both support .avi files.

 

[Saepak]

Handbrake... Awesome free cross-platform software.

BTW, Samsung Moment and the soon to be release Galaxy S both support .avi files.

then what is needed for the EVO to support them?

 

[BrianFX]

There is an app, but you'll be pretty much forced to transcode unfortunately...

Thread

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Someone to add codecs for it. As far as I know, Samsung is the only manufacturer that has added it. Seriously, though, Handbrake is worth it for the meantime. Here is the tutorial:
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-and-videos-how-get-started

DoubleTwist works fine, but the quality of Handbrake is second to none. I actually watch videos on my Hero and the quality is the best. With the screen being TFT on the Evo, the picture should be superb... no washout.

 

[dmshocker]

BTW, Samsung Moment and the soon to be release Galaxy S both support .avi files.

Really? I had the Moment before I took it back to get an EVO and I couldnt get .avi files to play.

 

[droidnoid]

Heres a video conversion guide for the EVO. I havent tried it yet but it looks to be the same procedure Ive used for other phones in the past with just new settings for the EVOs screen size.

HTC EVO 4G User Guides, FAQs, Tips and Tricks - HTC EVO 4G - Know Your Cell

 

[McPlot]

There has to be a player. Even my Touch Pro 2 with Windows Mobile 6.5 has a program that can play Divx (not Windows Media Player)/.

 

[posguy99]

Really? I had the Moment before I took it back to get an EVO and I couldnt get .avi files to play.

<sigh> Your average pirate doesn't seem to realize this, but AVI is a *container* format. Whether you can play it or not is a function of what's inside it, not what the file extension is.

So "couldn't get AVI files to play" is nonsense. What were they encoded with? That's what matters.

 

[Mustachio]

Super has always served me well, at least in the past....

SUPER &copy

 

[optimus]

Bumpedy bump bump..

 

[cl191]

Divx isn't listed, but it will play Xvid which if I remember right is related to Divx? Too bad it's not free and the video playback is not 100% smooth.

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