Movie player made right for s3. Mobo player - must have

[funkylogik]

watched Promethius on MX today and it was a pleasure to use. the way volume and navigation works, the lock that disables all buttons so u can wipe the screen or let a kid use it....

took me a while to realise its native brightness level over rides system brightness though lol

 

[MOTH477]

The Stock player works just fine and it plays everything including .MKV's did you guys even try it before downloading those third party players.

I was just thinking the same thing! What's wrong with stock?

 

[Dezolis]

I have and believe me, I tried using it because the last thing I want to have is a crap load of apps on my phone. For some reason, the stock player sometimes didn't play certain Xvid or even AVI or x264 files. Sometimes the audio would be wonky but I think that pertains to the audio being encoded for 5, 6, or 7 channel. I guess that affects the audio. But with MX, that same file that the stock player can't handle, it plays flawlessly. This is why I stick with MX....no hassle or nonsense player! It just plays everything!

Guess I've been lucky it plays everything I throw at it including .WMV's. It's the first stock app I've seen that seems to play everything. With that said MX is the best 3rd party it's the one I was using before I got the S3, and I do have it installed on my S3 just in case the stock went wonky but it hasn't maybe it's using the MX encoding in some way?

 

[Rev2010]

Guess I've been lucky it plays everything I throw at it including .WMV's.

You've either been lucky or simply don't throw too many variable formats at it. I agree though, it does play a ton more than most other stock players - my Droid 2 stock player wouldn't play .mkv but the S3 one does. But I have lots of movies/videos in MP4, MKV, AVI with different codecs (xVid, DivX, etc), and some videos just have some issues with the stock player. The two main things are audio not playing (mostly with MP4's) and audio out of sync issues. None of these problems using MX Player. Plus, if I recall correctly the stock player doesn't have the cool slide up/down on the left/right to control volume and brightness like a lot of other third party vendors do.

Even a single file format like MP4 can has so many variables to the codecs and settings to make things not work across all fronts. For example, with MP4 you can use AAC for the audio or MP3 etc. Avi's can be xVid, DivX, H.264, etc.


Rev.

 

[Dezolis]

You've either been lucky or simply don't throw too many variable formats at it. I agree though, it does play a ton more than most other stock players - my Droid 2 stock player wouldn't play .mkv but the S3 one does. But I have lots of movies/videos in MP4, MKV, AVI with different codecs (xVid, DivX, etc), and some videos just have some issues with the stock player. The two main things are audio not playing (mostly with MP4's) and audio out of sync issues. None of these problems using MX Player. Plus, if I recall correctly the stock player doesn't have the cool slide up/down on the left/right to control volume and brightness like a lot of other third party vendors do.

Even a single file format like MP4 can has so many variables to the codecs and settings to make things not work across all fronts. For example, with MP4 you can use AAC for the audio or MP3 etc. Avi's can be xVid, DivX, H.264, etc.


Rev.

Eh I'm a cord cutter I get all my tv and movies from the internet so I've thrown plenty of codecs at it, and as I've said I haven't had any issues. Maybe it's the quality of where I get my stuff from perhaps. Are you running your stuff from the SD card or from the on board memory the stock player might have issues reading off an external SD who knows. As long as MX works for you I suppose it doesn't matter.

 

[BossMann76]

I play around with it but just waiting for the moment where it actually comes in handy. lol

Geaux SAINTS!

 

[toastynuggets]

From my experience VPlayer is the best one. MX is definitely better than mbo; i have not tried act 1. I watch a lot of movies on my phone and have tried lots of the different apps. The thing separating VPlayer from MX is that VPlayer just does it smoother with less battery drain. Honestly if you have not tried it and your loving hard on MX give the free 7 day demo a try. I think you may be pleasantly surprised.

"What player do you use" topics always pop up and it seems the majority always recommend MX. For good reason too, as it is a good player. It certainly appears to be the most popular choice; it is also the most rated one in the Play Store by far if i remember correctly. Though most popular certainly does not mean that it is the best.

 

[Jaimeg123prmt]

I have been using Vital Player since I had my evo, and it's my favorite one. It plays everything.

 

[beachswt21]

Thank you so much for this post. I had a video that was driving me crazy because there wasn't any sound. Downloaded MX Player and I'm good to go!!!

 

[GrooveRite]

Thank you so much for this post. I had a video that was driving me crazy because there wasn't any sound. Downloaded MX Player and I'm good to go!!!

You see!! This is PROOF right here!!! I don't freakin lie!!! lol!