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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0x00000001:
As per thread title and the google source code guide directions, everything goes swimingly until 'fastboot -w flashall', upon which my Xoom complains of a lack of 'android-info.txt'. Any help in circumventing this or otherwise installing this recent build would be a great help, either here or pointing me in the right place where Google cannot.

Thanks!

Edit: Forgot the proprietary drivers. Thanks, Freenode - #Android IRC!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
I like to be able to watch anime on my N7 and torrent movies. What's the best video player for our N7 tablet? Here are the compatible codecs of Tegra 3. What other problems you've got with these codecs and players, list them below.

Tips: I read this site talking about tricks and tips for Nexus 7. The browser app they recommended really work for my animate site. Puffin Web Browser, give it a shot guys. 14 days trial, I went ahead and bought it too. Flash working perfectly in full screen. If you need flash to stream online movies, give this browser a shot. Front camera now can record 720p by buying camera ICS+ on Play Store or install am update zip from hillbeast.

Update2: As of 6/3/2013 1080p 10bit video color is still a bit distorted on (HW+) MX Player but as far as i know, no player can handle 10bit perfectly yet. Good job to the guys at MX Player.

DTS audio codec problem solved: go to MX's settings>decoder>download custom codec. Once you got it downloaded use any unzip app to copy that folder out. Go back to MX's settings>decoder>custom codec to pick that unzipped folder.

Thanks to: Mohan_168, many others for DTS reports.

Video (1080p)

Decode H.264 (HP @ 40Mbps)

VC-1 AP

MPEG2

MPEG-4

DivX 4/5

XviD HT

H.263

Theora

VP8

WMV

Sorenson Spark

Real Video

VP6

Encode H.264

MPEG4

H.263

VP8

Video Teleconference (VTC) H.264

MPEG4

H.263

VP8

Audio

Decode AAC-LC

AAC+

eAAC+

MP3

MP3 VBR

WAV/PCM

AMR-NB

AMR-WB

BSAC

MPEG-2 Audio

Vorbis

WMA 9

WMA Lossless

WMA Pro

G.729a *

G.711 *

QCELP *

EVRC *

* Through third party

Encode AAC LC

AAC+

eAAC+

PCM/WAV

AMR-NB

AMR-WB
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
As of 9/25/2012 This are the distorted i was mentioning from 10 bit 1080p mkv video. You can still watch the video without lag, but you have to use HW+ for 10 bit video.

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[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Brigaid:
Mobo Player is a great free video player in the Play Store.

Why did you reserve a second post?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Makaijin:
As you have already listed, Tegra 3 supports the majority of codecs in use today, with the exception of H.264 10-bit (Hi10P) profile. Many anime groups release stuff in both 8-bit and 10-bit. Since most people are still waiting for their Nexus 7 to arrive, including myself, you are better off sticking to 8-bit releases for now until people can confirm if 10-bit playback is possible.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
For space incase later I need to add more info on players+codecs. I used Mobo Players a year ago, still waiting for the N7 to test out all the stuffs that can be play and the one having problems. No players was perfect a year ago on GB and ICS. Hopefully everything got iron out.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] RMXO:
I emailed Dice Player Devs & asked them if they can update for JB but I guess they are probably waiting to get their hands on one, since I never got a reply.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Eagle1337:
There's Mx Player and Vplayer.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] juami:
diceplayer support JB from ver 2.0.8
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cobracat03:
BS Player

I'm just hoping bs player will be along soon. It's worked perfectly on my EVO View 4G and my photon 4G even allows me to play files off of my server with no transcoding required.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cybrey:
Seems the default player doesn't support the mkv container.

Dice does work and does support hardware playback of mkv.

My favourite player is still mVideoPlayer, still the only that I've come across that remembers what I've watched. So I'm back to converting all my content across to mp4.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
Damn, I was hoping they got mkv file iron out. Most HD anime subbed using mkv container.

Edit: they did mxplayer and bsplayer play mkv. nicely with mxplayer you have to set decoder and subtitles manually (one time) in settings.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Salty Wagyu:
I'll be using CifsManager to mount a windows network share containing all my movies/tv series, then use MX Player. From there you can easily add everything from the Windows share to MX Player's Folder Scan. I've tested this on my phone and it works very impressively. My soon-to-come tablet should replace my netbook very easily now :D
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Mrcojocaru:
Has anyone found a player that makes rhe soft buttons temporarily disappear?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Jaybuz:
VPlayer. I've found it to be the best media player on 4.1 right now but that's sure t change soon.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] mastarifla:
I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned VLC, its my goto desktop video player, it's still in beta but it seems to be working fine if you manually install the apk.

Link to post with VLC apk
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Croak:
MX Player with the V7 codec pack works pretty good on the N7, just be sure to set it to software render if you want audio on some of the more obscure codecs.

I also recommend Skifta from Qualcomm as a pretty solid and low-frills DNLA app for LAN streaming that works fine with 4.1/4.1.1
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Mrcojocaru:
Sweet... Took your thankginity
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] atlman28:
What is the best player for .mkv videos with DTS audio? Does VLC support this? I have over 100 blurays in .mkv format with DTS audio and would like to play them without converting.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] orson1282:
Hi guys, so can anyone verify if the VLC plays 1080p MKVs fine on the Nexus 7...?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
That's better speed than what I have, especially upstairs.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
That is weird. And you are able to stream 1080p mkvs with dts? I am stumped.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
Yeah, but only when I'm in the same level of the house as the router. I haven't tried upstairs yet, for 1080P, but 720 works fine. I don't have much 1080P material, plus I find it a waste, it's not like the tablet is 1080 anyway
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
That's true about the tablet not being 1080. I'm at the point now where I may just convert the ones that I want to have accessible to stream, to 720p and if that works just let it go. I tend to be ocd though when it comes to issues and trying to figure them out. :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] muxaba:
Hello, guys. My N7 3G plays WMV 1080p only in SW mode. I tried a lot of players - MX, Vplayer, Dice, VLC, Archos - and all of them play WMV 1080p only in SW with low framerate. My Optimus 2X with Tegra 2 plays these videos in HW without any problems. Is it possible that old CPU have better WMV support rhan new one?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
For downloaded BDRip or BRRip movies usually in 720p or 1080p video with either AC3 or DTS audio stream, if you are lazy to convert or re-encode, your best bet is BSPlayer. MX Player can't decode DTS audio (till now). Another feature I like about BSPlayer is its build-in ability to boast volume by 500% (paid version only).

Sorry, I don't watch anime so my opinion may not apply to anime videos.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] joinsaketonly:
Most of the videos and movies.. That i have is of 720p... Only some of videos that i have is of 1080p... And mx player run smoothly 1089p videos in my phone as well as in my tab...

No problm like lagging or something else..
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
No problem with DTS audio?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
You'll need a plugin for DTS. Google is your friend. I got it done on my DICE player no problem
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] zaclimon:
Don't know if this have a link but have you tried H/W+ mode?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] karungiri:
Best player I have ever come across for Nexus 7 is MX player. It plays 1080p videos without lag with the HW+ enabled. VLC is the worst player till now. But it is in a beta phase so hopefully it will improve later. But till now MX Player is my choice.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] muxaba:
Yes, of course, I tried everything. Found same problem on XDA and in the MXPlayer official group.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
I personally like DICE best, and it's free, no ads, supports HW, has pop-up player, volume boost, and can access your home network. Maybe not the prettiest interface, but it's a beast of a player
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
Sorry, I cannot fully agreed after downloading it and tested it out. Today DICE can't playback a H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoded video in MKV file container (one of the commonly rip format from Blu-ray), which I have no problem playing using MX Player and BSPlayer out of the box. MX Player informed me it couldn't decode DTS audio which is understandable.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Aylarth:
I'd love to try out MXplayer, but it always says to me, I should install the ARMv7 Neon codec, and when I try to install that, it is not possible, I get an error message. I am using Paranoid Android v3 ROM, but I tried it on SmoothROM too, no luck either. Any hints what can I do to resolve this?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
Have you tried it on stock ROM/kernel and/or use HW decoding? As far as our Nexus 7 is concerned, it should not have asked you to install any additional codec out of the box. I have used MX Player to playback at least 3 dozen MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 encoded videos without even installing additional stuff.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Aylarth:
nope I did not try it yet on a stock rom

so it seems this is a ROM-related issue then, right?

I still think this is odd, but hey, every gadget has its own personality! :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
I'm not sure what's going on with your table, and/or player, but I have no issues with those video formats (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) They work fine for me using DICE player. And I can even decode DTS, using the DTS plugin for DICE
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
Hmm.... are you on stock ROM 4.2.1? At first I also suspected my tablet but I couldn't explain why I have no problem playing it with MX and BSPlayer. May be I will reinstall and give it a spin again.

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[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
Yes I was, just updated right now to 4.2.2 :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] FLASHnox:
http://www.ggkthx.org/2012/07/e7ao-11-and-an-update-about-new-shows/

Can anyone try watching this? Using MXplayer sw it would lag really bad, and trying hw or hw+ would not play the video at all. I had , my hopes up when I heard the n7 could handle 720p and 1080p (probably depends on the coding), somewhat disappointed, but 480p works well and looks good in other series.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] xdanoober:
It says "can't play this video" no matter sw or hw decoder I used.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] FLASHnox:
That's weird.... It's a .mkv file and the name sounds something like [gg]E7_AO_EPISODE_10.mkv? Because I can run it in sw, but the lag is horrible.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] iXanza:
Have you tried vlc ? It works great on my n7 and on my i9100g. Just turn on hardware decoding.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
Never had any problems using DICE player, especially since installing the DTS plugin. mkv, mp4, avi, M2TS, DivX, etc in 720 or 1080 they all play no problem
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] FLASHnox:
Figured out it was just the fan subs type of subtitle encoding or something messing mxplayer up. Tried the same episode from another fansub in 1080p and with hw+ it played flawlessly, no artifacts to be seen the entire episode perfectly vibrant. Still I find that artifacts appear depending on which fan sub I use, so I'm still trying to find what these fansubbers are using to make a perfect file.

So far I find these fan subs work perfectly

Hadena

Taka
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] monespeso:
im using archos video player, handles 720p videos well and im streaming it. takes a few seconds to load when started and also download codes to handle dts and 5.1 audio.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] mohan_168:
I am using Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. I have installed MX Player + arm7 neon codec and I could play 720p/1080p MP4, MKV, Divx and Xvid. I could also play audio codecs AC3 and AAC. I had problems in playing DTS and I went to this link which solved my problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2156254

Hope this helps.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cL0uD`:
MX Player streaming on Nexus 7 works really strange. It can't open a lot of files in HW mode, even though these videos easily play when downloaded to the device and if set to SW works as a slideshow. Has anyone faced it?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
Update:

DTS audio problem solved. The only current problem left is 1080p 10bit still have artifacts.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] nafeesahmad:
from where can i get codecs for it, i mean Mx Player i.e avi (xvid and divx).
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bray424:
Is there a definitive list of what codecs are hardware accelerated on our N7, such as h.264, and which are stuck with software decoding, such as wmv? I ask because I'm in the process of converting a lot of my wmv files to mp4, and I figured while I was at it I'd convert the audio to a hardware accelerated format (using Freemake, which outputs to mp3, aac, and ac3 audio).

Or even better would be an app you could install that just told you which formats your device would hw decode, then you could know right away any time you got a new device.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lalith10:
I am unable to play an .mkv 1080p movie. Here is the file's info

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : High@L4.1

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Duration : 2h 32mn

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 5 970 Kbps

Maximum bit rate : 40.0 Mbps

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 816 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.159

Stream size : 6.19 GiB (78%)

Title : Gabbar Singh - 1080P - DDR

Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164 da19765

Language : Telugu

Default : Yes

Forced : No

Audio

ID : 2

Format : DTS

Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems

Mode : 16

Format settings, Endianness : Big

Codec ID : A_DTS

Duration : 2h 32mn

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps

Channel count : 6 channels

Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Bit depth : 24 bits

Compression mode : Lossy

Stream size : 1.60 GiB (20%)

Title : DTS 5.1 - DDR

Language : Telugu

Default : Yes

Forced : No

Which codec should I download to play above file without any lags? I use Mx Player.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CasseTrop:
Dice is awesome for the network capabilities IMO.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] barrmulio:
bs player works great with mkv and m4v , i stream from a local nas using smb as well with it

i always had better luck with bs player than mx, but since i haven't tried mx in months it may have gotten better - it was always my second choice
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] TreyDaPrince:
I'm using MX Player however I can't find the correct output settings for Hand brake. Tried iPad settings and it sped up the video.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] arvinderb:
It's really too bad Tegra 3 doesn't support AC3 audio. All my TV shows are in AC3 and I'm sure hardware decoding would've helped save some battery.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] t3ch7:
Since you want to watch anime, go with MX Player as it's the only video player on Google Play that supports full ASS subtitle styling. Things might be a little slow, but at least it'll display signs, typesetting and fonts properly unlike other players. I've had no problems playing 8-bit 1080p files with FLAC audio on my Transformer Prime which also runs the Tegra 3 (clockspeed shouldn't really matter since the video acceleration is a separate piece of hardware on the chip).

The nice thing about MX Player is it can also soft-decode audio while hardware decode video. The player also supports hi10p encoded videos via software decoding (use fast and set the thing to use all four cores), but depending on how the video was encoded (bitrate, ref frames, etc) you're not going to see the smoothest playback for hi10p encoded videos, especially shows with lots of action, but most should be at least watchable (720p as 1080p will not work).

Hope that helps.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] juami:
read

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769799

diceplayer can support MKV with custom plug-in.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Serift:
Doesn't play fine for me with MX Player. 8 bit 720p files lag with HW decode. SW decode seems to play them fine, but MX Player doesn't seem to buffer on SW decode so I get buffering issues instead since I'm playing from a Windows share.

Edit: Hm... seems like it depends on the video file (or maybe audio format?). I got an 8 bit 1080p file with FLAC to play fine on hw decode. The 720p one has AAC audio. Both had an overall bitrate of ~4.3 Mbps.

Edit 2: Yep, seems like all 8 bit files with FLAC play perfectly fine with HW decode, but if it has AAC instead (even if audio is software decoded), it'll lag with HW decode.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] slimdizzy:
My Plex setup works fine on my N7.

App is $5 in play but server is free and spits out dlna so any dlna player can work. Great plugins.

plexapp.com
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] sgthartman:
This worked perfectly for me thanks! The market version of dice player can now play 1080p DTS Blu Ray rips from my network without a dropped frame!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ToyTank:
If you want to be able to watch and listen to almost any codec, there is a VLC beta for android.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] s0ulreaver:
DicePlayer!!!

+1 for DicePlayer

Can play 1080p MKV/MP4 X264 over wireless with DTS and subs.

The free version from the market does the job. For DTS support get the lib from a previous post or install the Tegra2 plugin v1.1. It can access samba/network shares easily.

I tested vPlayer but it's not as good as Dice. 1080p videos stutter and the color rendering is pretty bad.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Rafase282:
HOw can I install it on my N7?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] MYSTICUSA:
I started to hate silly nvidia for not including codecs for these obvious formats! even a damn £40 cheap a$$ tablet plays high bitrate profiles etc codecs, but first it was my £200 tegra 2 tablet, and now £200 tegra 3 tablet, wth is going on with these nvidia idiots? lately they talk a lot and loud, but deliver crap...

I m done with nvidia tablets...

Dont get me wrong, tablet is ok in other areas but video is just exempt from that entertainment area despite silly marketing of what nots...

I tried the free transformers video stream, and it s crap as hell, they probably used lowest and worst quality settings to stream it fine, a lot of pixelation in an action movie isnt a good idea... probably the resolution is crap as well despite HQ settings...

Dice player is usable but crashes on couple of videos, so dunno what the issue is... Shouldnt need to use a 3rd party player to play videos in the first place but better than nothing... silly damn nvidia...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] t3ch7:
I noticed the same thing today when playing an 8-bit 720p file with AAC on my Transformer Prime - video playing choppy, especially when panning occurs (SW decode played smoothly). I need to double-check the encoding information or it could just be something strange going on with the hardware decoder on the Tegra 3 and multimedia framework on ICS (I presume Google hasn't changed it much between ICS and JB).

I should play the same file back on Diceplayer since it uses its own hardware acceleration framework. I also forget if I have MX Player set to hardware or software decode the video.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
Update:for those whom wants to stream videos using flash.

Finally got my tablet yesterday. I read this site talking about tricks and tips for Nexus 7. The browser app they recommended really work for my animate site. Puffin Web Browser, give it a shot guys. 14 days trial, I went ahead and bought it too. Flash working perfectly in full screen. If you need flash to stream online movies, give this browser a shot. I'll will investigate other video players soon.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] androidgranny241:
Little help..?

Edited: Got the libffmpeg.so file installed and it's helped with playback of some of our .mkv files. Now if only Skifta would actually stream our content consistently....
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] noileum:
VLC just closes on my nexus, have tried loading it from googleplay and also sideloading

anyone know what's up with that?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jerrymanderine:
Video setup

I have been using BubbleUPnP on my SGSII for ages and it works really well on the Nexus7.

In conjunction with Dice Player - haven't found anything that it won't play in my extensive collection.

(I'm running Serviio on my PC to stream everything).

I've also been playing with XBMC for Android and I think it could be (or become) the best all in one video option out there!

http://xdaforums.com/show...3C/p><p>
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] R3dbeaver:
thank you, it works on my RAZR LOL

Flash has always worked for me with sideloading Flash and using Firefox BETA.

but no matter what i do on my RAZR, it just won't stream video (ads and menus work though), until i install Puffin. then it streams. very awesome.

back on topic, i swear by MX Player. it plays everything, even streaming movies from ES File explorer and another server/dropbox :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] androidgranny241:
I tried to make it where my pc could stream to my Nexus 7 using Serviio Server + it's app, and BubbleUPnP + BubbleUPnP Server...sheesh: this is not for an "average" "everyday" user. Confusing as hell and still couldn't get it to work at all.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] nabbed:
You want to set audio to sw. Video should be on hw, or you'll be losing lots of battery (1% every 2 min).
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] japzone:
MXPlayer is rocking on my Nexus. Zero problems with any format I've tried. Shows external and internal subs like a champ, and easily switched between storage audio tracks. Perfect for Anime watching.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] maped:
for those interested I did a test of some players with different types of files mkv/mp4

+ Transformers (mkv 1080p h264, video bitrate 40mbps, audio ac3)

The player that I have examined:

Video Player (stock)

BS Player

Dice Player

MX Player

QQPlayer

RockPlayer Lite

VLC

VPlayer

This is a video with best player/hard file (in this moment BS Player open mkv files more complex without any problems)

[YOUTUBE]jlR2IXVNscU[/YOUTUBE]

The details of my test (sorry for the language...I'm Italian :D) HERE

The file video are HERE
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] sane?:
Just to say, if you want to fit the maximum possible in the small space available on the device (rather than streaming) I've found the following Handbrake settings to be at the lower border of filesize.

Picture : 1280 wide, keep aspect ratio, anamorphic none, auto crop (which sets the height to the minimum possible.

Video Filters : default (all off)

Video : H.264, Same as source, Ave Bitrate 600kbps, 2-pass, turbo first pass

Audio : AAC(faac) > Stereo, Auto, 128kbps

Subtitles : None

Chapters : Inherit any chapters you have

Advanced : as default

Save as Large file size MP4​

These are in the attached (rar'ed) Preset file. I've also attempted to attach an example screen capture from a test screen with lots of action and detail; video quality is usually better.

I'm not saying these are perfect, or to everyone's tastes, but they should help some, give them a go, even if you think 600kbps is too low a rate. The resulting filesize is 600-900 KB for a typical movie.

Hope that's of use.