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[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] 513fabe:
Amo-navi-x n Google play, and ice streams, which s an apk for

icefilms.info, in amo-navi-x you can access icefilms and

projectfree.tv. all of which include download but primarily are stream based.

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Get icestream isn't in playstore, find online or in aptoide
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jj92942000:
+1 best overall no issues and I used it directly over my lan, no transcoding either, right from server.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Vino22:
I also would like confirmation on this.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jj92942000:
Give a download link and I'll verify it.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Vino22:
minus.com/lMGsvNcZUMIMc
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] irishrally:
It's hard to tell what the white sperm looking things floating around are supposed to look like, but BSPlayer played it the best, then Dice Player. MX, VPlayer and VLC had significant artifacts on the clock.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
I post 2 bigger pictures of the 10 bit distortion on page 1.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] irishrally:
Are those from MX?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Vino22:
Those were glass fragments :/

I'm really interested in 720p though since it's far more common.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
Yes, the settings is on (HW+) MX Player which optimized for 10 bit video. There are no lag, just those minor distortions.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lellouchftw:
Regarding 10 bit, I've tried all the players and none of them can play it lag-free, and most don't even play it.

Testing was done with the OP of "[sage]_Lupin_III_-_Mine_Fujiko_to_Iu_Onna_-_01_[720p][10bit][53E61CD8].mkv".

- VLC player - Lags but works

- MX player (soft decoding) - Lags but works

- MX player (HW+) - Plays fine but with artefacts.

IIRC Mobo player, dice player and BS player all couldn't play back the video.

PS: I've even tried overclocking to 1.6ghz. It was watchable but still abit laggy.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] retsnom:
Supposedly MX Player is going to support 10bit, at least that's what I got out of this article + google translation:

http://www.goodbyte.gr/innovation/mx-player-will-support-10-bit-video-files-5597/

Can anyone who is proficient with the language shed some light on this?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] RomanosN:
Hi I am currently translating Mx Player in the Greek language and I am also the author of the artile in the url.

As you can see the article was written on 9 August, more than 2 months ago. After that MX Player developers rolled out the H/W+ decoder which supports 10bit archieves in h/w mode but its a little buggy, at least in my Nexus 7.

What else do you want to know?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] retsnom:
So from what I understand, "supporting 10bit" just meant that it would be playable on the HW/HW+ decoder but with the existing 10bit artifacts? I was hoping that article would be about the MX Player supporting 10bit 100% with it being able to play it flawlessly without artifacts.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] RomanosN:
I was hoping for the same too because I am a huge anime fan, but that's not the case. I believe the developers will supported it 100% soon, if I have any news I will try to let you know about it but until then instead of nothing at least we get the files playing but with some artifacts. :p
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] vantruongsinh:
MX player is the best. Free and fast and many options
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] RomanosN:
I couldn't agree more, despite some artifacts in 10bit videos, its by far the best with many options that other players does not offer. It also the most stable and fast when it comes to video files thats why it got a place in my heart.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] rsndetre:
I want to buy a N7, and I had some concerns about supported video codecs. Seems like my concerns are somewhat entitled. Disappointing.

My S3 plays everything like a champ not to mention my daughter's cheap chinese tablet, which I still have to find something it can not play.

Anyway, I find MX player to be the best option for me for reasons already told in this thread.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] edgeicator:
Hi. Hardware decoding does not and probably will never support 10bit decoding for H.264. You will always get artifacting if you use H/W decoding to playback 10bit files. If you want to playback 10bit files, you need to use S/W decoding. H/W decoding will only work properly with 8bit.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] afrojoc:
Then again, MX Player works flawlessly for every video I've tried. Even streaming Facebook videos and such online.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lellouchftw:
The Nexus 7 will also play back anything you throw at it if you use MX Player.

The only exception is 10 bit files, and 10 bit files are not playable 100% lag free on ANY android device, including S3, Note 10.1, etc.

Probably the next generation of quad CPUs such as Snapdragon S4 Pro will be able to play 10 bit.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
MX Player on HW+, Nexus7 runs 10bit 1080p smoothly but only artifacts. I think it's software. I have seen plenty of these on the early days of compatible codecs for PC. If it was hardware being too weak, you would see it lagging.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] awumpa:
The iPhone 5 and iPad 3/4 do 720p 10bit flawlessly, so I don't think it's a hardware problem.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Plastick:
MX Player have no support for JB 4.2? :(

And BS Player having problem with my .ogm files after i upgraded to 4.2.

edit: updated mx playerr for 4.2 support
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] knitler:
Does anyone how I can enable the subtitles in .MKv files on the nexus 7? I can't seem where to do it at.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] GldRush98:
I know this is an old post, but mounting a share is really unnecessary.

ES File Explorer can browse shares live. When you click a video file it automatically opens in MX Player and starts streaming. I have terabytes of media available and this has worked with out fail for me for a long time now.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] agmar:
MX player has been gr8 so far for me plus i like its ease of you and the features. Haven't found a solution yet to be able to play those ultraviolet DRMed m4v itunes downloads. Handbrake refuses to convert those. MXPlayer and all the other recommended ones have been unable to play those. Its sad to see that your legally bought content is still hostage to DRM eccentricities. Iam aware of the Flixter app route but i wanted an offline option...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] GldRush98:
Stop paying for DRM media.

Unless everyone refuses to pay for it, they're going to keep jamming it down out throats.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] agmar:
Didn't pay additionally for it, just came with my Prometheus BR. Lesson learned, will just rip the dvd ...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cognus:
Specific to Nexus 7 w/ 4.2.1, it seems the shortlist is very short indeed . Does MX Player even have a competitor at the moment?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ugrnm:
It could also mean that the hardware does not know how to handle the extra information and plays it anyway. The same happens on Linux and nvidia, software playback will work depending on the CPU power, vdpau playback will work most of the time but with artefacts.

I was hoping the nexus7 was powerful enough to handle Hi10p but looks like we're all in for transcoding fun...:(
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ShoryukenFADC:
Hi guys. got my hands on a Nexus 7.

Loaded it with MXPlayer and anime. I had problems with some .mkv files in H/W decoding

annoying stuttering on some 8-bit 720p's and such (and using S/W drains battery, i suppose)

I then loaded it with Dice Player

everything seems fine, even in H/W decoding mode. Huge letdown on not having subtitle styling though

(however if you convert to .m4v and burn in subtitles, that wouldn't be a problem)

I'm sticking with Dice Player, but i'm wondering if i'm missing out on some settings for MXPlayer. Most people say 720p 8-bit mkv's play flawlessly but im not so sure

I have the codecs for both players as well
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lum1neuz:
for mkv s i'm using BS Player

and for other there's MX player :D (giving me error about DTS audio thing liceense problem )
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] 9l3nn:
Vplayer. Best ons arround :)

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
Does it play 1080p 10bit without artifacts? If it can, then it's really beat the rest. Please give screenshots to prove it.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] punshkin:
Sorry, I know this is off topic, but I am really surprised how many anime fans are obsessed with watching the anime on highest quality.

Maybe you can enlighten me?

I watch most of the Cartoons and series in xvid and my favourite movies/series on 720. Only some eye candy movies like avatar on 1080.

Besides that I don't miss hd on cartoons, my hard drives would burst if I had all on highest quality - not to speak of mobile devices.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Capt.PP:
All I really want is to watch whatever I throw at it like on a computer using CCCP. The ideal is if it can handle a fansubs highest settings then you can watch any movie codecs out there. The newer audio formats such as DTS in movies still doesn't support by mobile codecs players. So there is still more work until it's perfect like CCCP or other PC codecs players.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lelouch24:
Most of the anime I downloaded is 10 bit. MX player is actually able to play it, but with a few problems:

on H/W, the picture quality is bad (and it has those blurry/pixelated spots), and it skips frames whenever there's a lot going on.

on S/W, the picture quality is perfect, but it lags whenever there's a lot going on the screen, and the lag causes audio/video sync issues.

VPlayer had good quality, but a little lag, and audio/video sync problems

BSplayer had delayed subtitles, which really bothered me; the video played just like Vplayer

I ended up just converting everything to 8 bit using XMedia Recode. MXplayer plays 8 bit just fine with S/W, (though I get an error when playing H/W). And am I supposed to download a codec? I "installed" ARMv7, but I have no idea if it's working or not. It said the ARMv7 was for the Tegra 2, but doesn't the Nexus have a Tegra 3?

Why are people trying to play 1080p? The Nexus 7's screen is only 1280x800. Does the player re-size the video?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] sbello81:
my guess is Dice comes with the codecs built in
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cognus:
mx player has the common codecs. I sure will be happy when VLC player is updated/finished/working - its my go-to in PC land...

if the vid is not playing right in mx player why not just convert it?

1080p - right on. ain't going to play at 1080p with this hardware, but the player will convert the framerate assuming the file is compatible.

I have a question for everyone - The issues with lousy DSP/Audio output on Nex 7 are well-known. I currently use "Freemake" for converting dvd's to mp4's [mostly]. I usually just accept the default settings, but I have found that the audio signal in the resulting mp4 exacerbates the N7's already lousy audio throughput. Isn't there a set of options that would, in the conversion process, make for a higher-output audio track/s ?

Noozoxide helps immensely with the overall n7 audio ability but on vids that are weak already, even that at full max is only a little help
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] MrCapcom:
Its not that we want to its just most release groups out there are using 10bit so you have to do a little digging to find the 8bit version or a 480p release. But no adays most places will have a 720p 10bit and 8 bit or a xvid or 480p copy which looks just as good on tablets imo
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
I use Dice, and never had an issue with so many different formats that I've used. The best part, I like how easy it can access my networked HDD and how smooth it plays back from it
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] grandluck:
Mxplayer absolutely work..
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
I've been attempting to stream videos from my computer to my Nexus 7. I have Mx player, dice, and bs player. Every file I have thrown at the nexus (mkvs, avis) have all played back choppy. The audio is staticy and choppy as well and the video is slow. Even sitting right next to my router this is occuring with whatever video player I'm using. Any thoughts or advice?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cognus:
obviously you need to do some debugging.

first, I would make a known-good filetype that you're sure can display full frame rate 720p, mk4 filetype is my suggestion.

transfer/copy the file to your movies folder on the n7 - thus to eliminate the variable of network stream for the moment.

play that with the leader: MX Player [with no other players running of course]

see if that is smooth. if so, we work on the networking apps/devices/issues
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
Thanks for the response. I transferred one of the files that was choppy when streaming to my nexus 7. An avi of a DVD rip. It loaded quickly and played without any choppiness, stutter or delay. If I load a file to stream it starts fine but if I advance at all in the movie it takes a while to load and is very choppy. My main router is an actiontec b/g and I have an net gear b/g/n access point with n turned off because it causes my WiFi to disconnect when the wmm option is on.

As a test a disabled the wireless on my actiontec and enabled the wmm back onto my net gear to get n speeds and it was still choppy when streaming.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cognus:
avi itself, while not the optimal for streaming, is used for such.

somebody else here will have a better suggestion, but I would grab speed test app or do one online - better to do it several runs with app and with browser to get info.

have you tried it with xbmc ? supposedly optimized for streaming

and how about youtube 720p files? OK?

if speed testing shows acceptable throughput, youtube looks fine, other online content looks fine, then I'd hazard a guess that your serving system has either non-optimal NIC settings or is thrashing... could be as simple as excessive disk-paging. if its a windows machine, you could try turning off antivirus live/realtime shields, and definitely turn off the windows firewall. see if it makes any diff

If it was me, personally, and fresh-rip something to *.mp4 filetype, but I suspect you have other issues going on.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] R3dbeaver:
if you play the files locally and has no issues, but streaming it has issues, then it's most likely a network issue. could be application-side, PC-side, or router-side.

application-side:

how are you streaming this? do you boot up MX player and enter the fileshare name? do you use root explorer (like Solid or ES) to browse to your computer and play it from there?

PC-side:

do you have firewall at all? do you have antivirus? try turning them off to see if it makes any difference. what kind of PC you have? Win7/8 might need you to enable "File Streaming" through Media Player to work with WMM.

router-side:

try wired connection on your desktop to the router/try to eliminate wifi as much as possible so u know its not a performance issue. next is latest firmware on your router, temporarily disable any NAT routing, virtual servers, port forwarding, all those stuff (u can back up the config, right? never heard of actiontec before...) but im pretty sure it's between your AP and the actiontec if there's any issues. they may just not play well together.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
I use ES File explorer to browse the computer and then choose MX player. I also have BS player and open BS player and then connect to the computer through there and play the file.

I do have Zone Alarm firewall and Ad Aware antivirus. I tried disabling them and still had issues unfortunately. I am running Windows XP (I know..old school :)).

I have a media player that I use with my TV downstairs and that is hardwired into the access point downstairs, which is then hardwired into the router upstairs and never have issues streaming that way. The actiontec is a Verizon Fios router. Its only b/g, so I disabled WMM on my Netgear WNDR3700 because it was causing the Nexus to drop wifi connections whenever I would move between the two signals.

I have tried disabling the wireless on my action tec to see if that was the problem but it still stuttered. I don't have any NAT routing or virtual servers or anything like that either. Its a pretty basic network setup.

Youtube seems to stream fine. It can take a bit of time to buffer. But there is no stuttering or choppy video playback. HBO go streams fine as well.

I ran speed test on the nexus 7 two times downstairs by that access point and two times upstairs by the actiontec router. It stutters wherever I am in the house.

Downstairs by the Netgear I got 23414kbps d/l and 18697 u/l, 23260kbps d/l and 18904 u/l.

Upstairs with the action tec I got 16854kbps d/l and 20844 u/l, 16961 kbps d/l and 21169 u/l.

Maybe its time to replace the actiontec as well. I need it though to use my verizon settop boxes for the TV. But that's not hard to mess around with. I would think though that if I disabled the wireless in the actiontec and if that was the problem the netgear would stream fine and it doesn't.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
Update: I converted the avi that I was having issues with in streaming to an mp4 and lo and behold it played fine! So did a few of the other mkvs and mp4s I watched. Not sure what changed. :)

When I stream from my media player (which has a samba server built in) it is choppy but from what I read last night the samba server in my media player isn't that great so I'm not too concerned.

Thanks all for helping me out with this.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Larry94:
Archos Video Player has a fantastic interface and streams video over Windows Share very well. Get that and the free codec pack in the market and it plays videos with AC3 audio and other stuff just fine. I personally just like how it automatically downloads the meta data for my movies and displays cover art and info.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] godashram:
I second the Archos player...it even plays videos that MX and dice players had issues with locally and streaming
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
Thank you both for the Archos player advice. I downloaded that and the codecs from the play store and it works wonderfully. I love the interface. It still has difficulty streaming some of my high bit rate movies but overall I'm loving it. its worth the 5 bucks just for the interface alone. I love having images of the movie and the info.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] privy:
Soo I have on nexus 7 in route and was looking at the best way to stream video from my pc to the n7 over my 4g that I will tether. Was looking at plex, Archos, vlc s&c, etc. Been connecting through vpn and streaming with vlc s&c on my gnex.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] SuperBoUDS:
Does anyone try xbmc?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Pokarisuetto:
seriously? the suggestion to download Archos player solved my problem. Earlier, I was watching an episode of an anime on my tablet. I by no means attempt to push this thing more than I have to, and even opt for 480p sometimes. It's just not enough.

MXplayer bummed on me, it switched S/W+ to H/W+ which ****ed it up (a little), and now recently, after downloading MXplayer again today (I had to reboot my tablet from fresh, it was freezing up all the time :C), completely destroyed my hopes of using it, it was so laggy that it was unbearable. I was watching a 720p MKV with subtitles, of course, and i know from group to group encoding jobs will +/- the ability to play on a piece of hardware. Understandable.

Then I tried mplayer. Not even remotely reasonable, super choppy, unbearably laggy, no subtitles even though I asked for them, etc. Just wasn't possible. Again, same file.

Last but not least, until I downloaded Archos player, I tried Vplayer. It worked, the subtitles were there and the lag was still there in parts, but it was bearable...until a few minutes in when the subtitles just fell off and stopped playing. After a certain point I stopped being able to understand them, so it was just unreasonable to continue watching moving pictures with no understanding of the language.

Now, upon reading, I downloaded Archos player, and all the codecs, and it worked...good enough. I don't quite understand why, but I can't seem to get perfect colors and no artifacting. It's just a 720p file, 1280x720 with a subtitle track. TV rip, but when I play it on my computer, it's crystal clear, a little bit of artifacting cause it's low quality video, but nothing much. No color problems.

Either way, maybe it's the fact it's got styled subs, but regardless, the file I'm using is Commie's release of Kotoura-san episode 1, and the md5 of my file is

732CDC1B657CF82B076C5DEB864ACB24

You know my situation..we're all running a nexus 7 here so it's no different. I'm also running Jellybean 4.1.1 JRO03D Rooted 16gb model. I never stream or intend to stream, as I largely only view files on my tablet on the go, so suggestions to do so will largely be met with, well, discontent, cause they're not helpful :C

Edit: Okay, I remembered that you had to turn H/W+ on in MXplayer, and that performs the same as Archos player. The color issues are still there. I supplied 3 screenies in my attachments.

Attachment 1: Screenshot 1: obviously on my PC, this is the intended look.

Attachment 2: Screenshot 2: This is the problem look, on my tablet now.

Attachment 3: Screenshot 3: After a few seconds it shifts to this. Of course, having used 480p video for awhile, I'm not concerned in the least with artifacting, nor do I really care too much about these color problems to be honest. I'm more or less just seeing if it CAN be fixed, not if it will. Thanks guys.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
For those who are streaming to their nexus 7 with no issues...what router are you using? Is it g or n? For your files are they 1080p? What type? h264 mkvs? I'm streaming 1080p mkvs with DTS and its hit and miss.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Pokarisuetto:
this suggestion did not fix my problem...I installed it, followed by all potential codecs, and it solved nothing..
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
Once again, to anyone having issues playing certain videos, I suggest DICE player. No codecs needed for the Nexus 7, the only plugin I have it's for DTS. I think it has great PQ, supports subtitles, and even has audio boost, among other features. Perhaps not the prettiest interface, but this thing is a monster, automatically goes back and forward between HW and SW as needed, and can access any Windows computer in your home network with ease and great speed. I have 2 external HDDs connected to my Win7 PC via USB, and I can stream 1080P mkv with DTS audio over my home network with no problems. I use a Netgear WNR3500L, single band 2.4 GHz N router

It's free, and has no ads
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
I'd love to know how you're able to do it. I've tried everything, including dice, and all I get is choppy, stuttering video and audio. I have two net gear wndr 3700 routers, one upstairs and one downstairs. They act as wireless access points and are the only wireless routers active in my house. On the same said same password and everything. 2.4 ghz n routers. A media player downstairs hardwired into the LAN with an external USB driver attached. Upstairs I have my computer sharing a folder. Anything I play from any of these drives are choppy and stuttery. Its frustrating.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] CFRTim:
As I get further away from the router, I do experience frame drops and choppiness, but not on lowered bit rate encoded movies with 2ch sound. Might wanna check the quality of your wireless network.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bturner75:
I should clarify a little- I seem to be able to stream 720p mkvs fine. I did a fest tests and there wasn't any choppiness. I'm able to watch hd youtube as well.

When I did speedtests for my wifi connection on the nexus 7 it was 16Mbps upstairs but after switching the router so that I now have two Netgear WNDR3700s, I get around 28-30 Mbps in both my upstairs and downstairs location. I'm running 2.5 ghz N.

Is that not fast enough? My fios internet is 25/25.