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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 Audio/Video => Topic started by: normanhart on October 09, 2012, 06:25:14 PM

Title: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: normanhart on October 09, 2012, 06:25:14 PM: Can the N7 play MKV files and avi files?
Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: loociddreemr on October 09, 2012, 10:31:19 PM: The stock video player can play *.avi format files, but it depends on what codec is used. I don't think that the stock player can play the mkv. There has been a strong recommendation to use MX player for watching videos and to add compatibility for most formats and codecs.
Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: CBers on October 10, 2012, 04:33:46 AM: VPlayer, or VLC Beta should play most video files.
Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: S.Prime on October 10, 2012, 05:28:38 AM: I have found that you have to change the settings in most players from hardware decoding to software decoding to play avi and mkv video files.
Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: MrFound on January 11, 2013, 12:34:01 PM: it plays them but i can't hear anything cause the movie i've just put in has a dts audio format :(

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: loociddreemr on January 11, 2013, 01:29:31 PM: Bs player can decode DTS.

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: bjs229 on January 11, 2013, 02:51:40 PM: Good call Loocid. I use BS and love it.

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: ivan on January 11, 2013, 03:57:58 PM: I use MX Player and it's great, can play anything I've thrown at it (I don't have cable, satellite, or netflix... so I throw a lot of video files at it...)

Just grab some custom codecs for DTS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34649108#post34649108 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34649108#post34649108)
Title: Re: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: MrFound on January 11, 2013, 03:59:13 PM: Quote from: loociddreemr on January 11, 2013, 01:29:31 PM
Bs player can decode DTS.

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true that, but beside the dts i don't like it very much. there is a wqy to add dts codecs to mx player, il do it tomorrow and if it works ill write a tutorial :D mx player is my fav

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: ivan on January 11, 2013, 03:59:36 PM: MrFound check my post right above.
Title: Re: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: MrFound on January 11, 2013, 04:00:07 PM: Quote from: ivan on January 11, 2013, 03:57:58 PM
I use MX Player and it's great, can play anything I've thrown at it (I don't have cable, satellite, or netflix... so I throw a lot of video files at it...)

Just grab some custom codecs for DTS:
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34649108#post34649108[/url] ([url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34649108#post34649108[/url])

tnk u man :D

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: bjs229 on January 11, 2013, 07:49:22 PM: Just out of curiosity , what don't you like about BSPlayer?

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: ramordep on January 11, 2013, 08:14:50 PM: I am using bsplayer and mxpro. Bsplayer is much smoother when you play high res vids while mxplayer displays them much clearer imo.

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Title: Re: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: MrFound on January 12, 2013, 07:43:38 AM: Quote from: bjs229 on January 11, 2013, 07:49:22 PM
Just out of curiosity , what don't you like about BSPlayer?

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i like mxplayer a lil better, i don't really like bsplayer menù, and the command area.

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Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: christing on March 18, 2013, 06:51:40 PM: Quote from: normanhart on October 09, 2012, 06:25:14 PM
Can the N7 play MKV files and avi files?

Accoring to my 3+ month's using experience on my N7, the MKV files cannot be supported natively, and .avi files mainly denpend on the codecs contained, like the divx is not the compatible codec for N7. At the begining, I tried the MX player, but sometimes, the MKV files still can't be played well, like no audio just pictures. I googled the solution and find a relevent post shows us the solution to play mkv, avi, flv, and some other files on Nexus 7 without any issues. I've tried and made it.
Source from Put 1080p MKV/FLV to Nexus 7 keeping HD quality (http://tablet-video-tips.com/put-1080p-mkv-flv-to-nexus-7/)
Title: Re: Can the N7 play mkv's and avi's?
Post by: stablebetter on April 21, 2015, 01:06:41 AM: You may also try iDealshare VideoGo which can assist you to batch convert MKV, AVI files, WMV, FLV, MPG, VOB, TiVo, AVCHD(*.mts, *.m2ts),etc to Nexus 7, Nexus 9 and Nexus 10.

Below describe the step by step guide at http://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/play-avi-on-nexus.html (http://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/play-avi-on-nexus.html)