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amit_majumder 2010-06-28 08:40
Media player for N900
 
Hi

I have just purchased my N900 a few days back. I just wanted to know if there was any possiblity to play all sorts of media files on the default player or is there any app that I can download that plays all formats of videos.

I'm reffering to something like the VLC player that is available for PC.

atilla 2010-06-28 09:07
Re: Media player for N900
 
download extra decoders support it may help.

leetut 2010-06-28 09:50
Re: Media player for N900
 
extra decoders support made no difference to me, still only plays avi and mp4

antezz 2010-06-28 09:56
Re: Media player for N900
 
What about mplayer or VLC?

Metalfox 2010-06-28 09:58
Re: Media player for N900
 
Keep in mind that currently anything bigger than the phone's resolution 800x480 wont play, even if filetype is supported. AFAIK

tenkom 2010-06-28 11:03
Re: Media player for N900
 
Try mplayer and kmplayer(kmplayer is a gui for mplayer so you need both). It supports a fairly wide selection of codecs.

Tomaszd 2010-06-28 11:24
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by amit_majumder (Post 732310)
Hi

I have just purchased my N900 a few days back. I just wanted to know if there was any possiblity to play all sorts of media files on the default player or is there any app that I can download that plays all formats of videos.

I'm reffering to something like the VLC player that is available for PC.
Which formats exactly are you trying with the Media Player? "all sorts" is rather vague.

amit_majumder 2010-06-28 11:51
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomaszd (Post 732498)
Which formats exactly are you trying with the Media Player? "all sorts" is rather vague.
Its basically .mkv divx and avi is jus bad. does not do the job. Tried with the decoder but does not work.

Error Message:Unable to play file format.

Venemo 2010-06-28 11:53
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by amit_majumder (Post 732513)
Its basically .mkv divx and avi is jus bad. does not do the job. Tried with the decoder but does not work.

Error Message:Unable to play file format.
For me, the default media player plays DivX effortlessly.

D4rKlar 2010-06-28 11:54
Re: Media player for N900
 
KMPlayer works for me, mp4 and mkv smooth as silk.

Tomaszd 2010-06-28 12:03
Re: Media player for N900
 
Yeah, then I suggest using KMPlayer or VLC.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 12:04
Re: Media player for N900
 
My N900 does not play ANY files anymore :(
I'm getting "Unable to play Media" for every file, even mp3 or xvid :(
Tried to reinstall codes and kernel, but nothing solved this issue :(

atilla 2010-06-28 12:20
Re: Media player for N900
 
dont know why but my phone even plays hd rip divx files with really sexy resolution.and very smooth.i download with transmission videos like avatar blu ray rip 4 gb and its playn smooth....

hotzigetty 2010-06-28 12:26
Re: Media player for N900
 
wierd.. coz now my N900 doesnt play 3gp!! it plays videos of most other resolutions.. thanks to extra decoders support.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 14:24
Re: Media player for N900
 
I would be happy if I could play any audio or video file xD

atilla 2010-06-28 14:29
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NokiaRocks (Post 732698)
I would be happy if I could play any audio or video file xD
did you try to flashing the fiasco and the emmc?for such issues its the best.in the wiki is how to just try it its really easy...

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 14:32
Re: Media player for N900
 
Nah, I don't want to flash everything :p
There must be a way around it, where are the Maemo pros ? xD

real_per 2010-06-28 14:41
Re: Media player for N900
 
I'm having this problem too NokiaRocks.
PR 1.1 brokes this for me, and I won't go through all te trouble of reflashing..

atilla 2010-06-28 14:46
Re: Media player for N900
 
flashing is no problem if you got the right pc.and trust me its recognized to know how to flash if you want download apps from extras devel/testing or if you want to overclock.its cost you 15 minutes time and is really easy.just think about it

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 14:49
Re: Media player for N900
 
I know how to reflash dude ;)
But I simly don't want to reflash and download 3GB of apps, backup savegames and icons etc...
There must be a solution for this issue.

fh37 2010-06-28 14:51
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NokiaRocks (Post 732707)
Nah, I don't want to flash everything :p
There must be a way around it, where are the Maemo pros ? xD
I'm a Maemo n00b, so I have no idea if this will work for you but it's worth a shot: I was getting the same error message with .mkv and.avi files. I opened them through the file manager and they worked fine -- I can now open them directly through the default media player.

I downloaded extra decoders support and am running PR 1.2.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 14:59
Re: Media player for N900
 
Already tried with the file manager too . No success :(

amit_majumder 2010-06-28 16:41
Re: Media player for N900
 
well iv tried playing it via KM player, but its just does not play. It says buffering and then just exits.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-28 18:00
Re: Media player for N900
 
Seems I'm not the only one with problems.
Really noone of the linux/maemo geeks can help ?

amit_majumder 2010-06-29 04:12
Re: Media player for N900
 
any updates on this..??

Bijiont 2010-06-29 04:57
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by amit_majumder (Post 733507)
any updates on this..??
Mplayer and KMplayer will play just about any format you place into it. If it's still not playing then your source video has an issue. Commonly if your source video it to large in size ( 1200 x 900 ) it won't play because the player is trying to compress and crop with is a lot of work.

Best to reencode your source videos with something like Handbrake to what the N900 needs.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-29 08:28
Re: Media player for N900
 
But it doesn't even plays mp3s or mp4s.

NokiaRocks 2010-06-30 19:02
Re: Media player for N900
 
Reflashed now and everything's working fine again.


Is there a way to zoom a movie ?
The black bars at top and bottom are really annoying and I would like to remove them by zooming in the entire picture.
Is there a way to do that with the built in or any other player ?

azy141 2010-06-30 19:16
Re: Media player for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NokiaRocks (Post 735937)
Reflashed now and everything's working fine again.


Is there a way to zoom a movie ?
The black bars at top and bottom are really annoying and I would like to remove them by zooming in the entire picture.
Is there a way to do that with the built in or any other player ?
aww i just read this and i used to get this problem when i tried to play files that have a higher resolution than the supported one and a restart always fixed it

MiK546 2010-06-30 19:32
Re: Media player for N900
 
Well, you could just use VLC-player. Its pretty fast and easy to install, just add the following repository:
Address: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/maemo/
Distripution: fremantle
Components: free

NokiaRocks 2010-06-30 20:00
Re: Media player for N900
 
VLC is not starting for me. :(

MiK546 2010-06-30 20:27
Re: Media player for N900
 
You have to run these commands and restart your N900:

rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/hildon/vlc.png
rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/vlc.png
rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/hildon/vlc.png

NokiaRocks 2010-06-30 20:29
Re: Media player for N900
 
Ok, gonna try that.

Big Thx dude !
It's working like a charm, 1080p movie (converted to 800x360px) is working smooth.
And finally without the annoying black bars ! :)

oweng 2010-06-30 21:48
Re: Media player for N900
 
Catalogue name: VLC
Web address: http://downloads.videolan.org/videolan/maemo/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

Quote:
Originally Posted by MiK546 (Post 735981)
Well, you could just use VLC-player. Its pretty fast and easy to install, just add the following repository:
Address: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/maemo/
Distripution: fremantle
Components: free

NokiaRocks 2010-06-30 21:51
Re: Media player for N900
 
What's the difference between the 2 repos ?

oweng 2010-06-30 21:55
Re: Media player for N900
 
I can say that the one I just posted actually works, lol

Quote:
Originally Posted by NokiaRocks (Post 736198)
What's the difference between the 2 repos ?

woodman-46 2010-08-21 22:56
Re: Media player for N900
 
I am a bit of a newbie in computer terms but have managed to get vlc onto my n900 and can access it from x terminal by typing vlc.
As far as getting the icon to appear on the desktop so that I can start it up from there I read your advice on how to do that but not sure how to carry it out.
When I type sudo gainroot into x terminal the command line appears a /home/user # .I hope this is what I should have up before entering your above commands to remove unwanted files. When it comes to actually typing in the the lines of commands do I press enter after each line or not? If I do the message afterwards is that " it is not found". Could you lead me through it in laymans terms please.

Also picture is great on the n900 using vlc but no sound at all . The files I have been trying are all mp3 soundtrack, any advice there.
Thanks in advance James

ed00 2010-08-22 02:32
Re: Media player for N900
 
@ woodman-46

With sudo gainroot (root access) you just type what is on post # 32 by MiK456 and push enter after each line.
That's for the icon on your screen. And if you getting "it is not found" X Terminal is case sensitive. If it still not working try this:
Code:
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/hildon/vlc.png
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/vlc.png
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/hildon/vlc.png
And reboot after. You can type reboot and it will do it Instead of using power button.

woodman-46 2010-08-22 08:49
Re: Media player for N900
 
Many thanks for your useful reply. I just wasn't looking hard enough, I did not notice the gap between rm and the / .That makes all the difference. Any ideas about no audio when I am playing xvid with mp3 soundtrack. The audio setting shows that it is set to channel 1 (the only other is disable) James


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