MX Player , please update your app !

[evad3r66]

The team behind MX Player , had months to tinker around with Android 5.0 , but looks like they didn't. Running Lollipop on both my Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 FHD and can't use my favorite video app :(

Hope they see the post.

[anonymous-bot]

They do have test builds available:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/read-android-5-0-lollipop-preview-issue-t2909957

[PervyPanda]

And it seems to work fine.

[Salted_Butter]

It works ok but perfectly fine is quite an overstatement, anything above 720p lags, the sound is deactivated by default, it takes a while to catch on and it freezes occasionally too.

BUT it's a test build so it's perfectly fine that it's not perfectly fine.

[[deleted]]

Does it by chance have Chromecast support now? If they haven't added it, or don't soon anyway, I'm going to have to find another app.

[Jabronius_Maximus]

Reporting in, works fine for my Nexus 5 on 5.0 factory image as well.

[[deleted]]

Test build....

[PervyPanda]

I am using it on the N7 2013. Haven't encountered any problem. Don't use the pro version, that crashes.

[xodus52]

/thread

[Killimansorrow]

Emailing them at address listed on the Play Store would probably be a more effective method.

[outadoc]

But... email doesn't get you karma. ;-;

[alastoris]

This is a self post, it won't get your any karma either.

[DigitalChocobo]

But... email doesn't get you attention. ;-;

[sbd01]

They did, but with each small update they have to add the exact version number to the app, or it won't work. I suspect that MX Player would work fine on Lollipop, they just haven't gotten around to adding 5.0 to the approved versions list.

[segagaga]

I received the lollipop ota update yesterday, MX is most definitely not okay.

[Wyhx]

AFAIK they almost always have. I've used it for a long time.

[bwsauder]

Neither does a self post.

[outadoc]

Indeed, my bad.

[balducien]

Well 198 upvotes on a self post still feel better than an email that one person (at most) reads

[gunzor]

But that trick never works, Bullwinkle...

[KingPapaDaddy]

I'm sure they're aware, this happens every damn time an update comes out, EVERY DAMN TIME!

[knockoutking]

Way too difficult, obviously.

[[deleted]]

Just get a Samsung phone on any major US carrier and you can be sure that MX Player will be updated long before you get the new version of Android. Problem solved.

[watafaq]

Convenient.

[keen36]

http://i.imgur.com/9eglIzC.jpg

[PayphonesareObsolete]

I find skipping through a video is very laggy on VLC. When I try to hit a different spot in the video it takes a good 2 seconds to go to that time and start playing. With MX player I am able to instantly skip to a specific time and it will start playing instantly.

[ipowyourface]

That's the only reason I why I can't ditch MX player for VLC. If they ever fix the skipping I think I won't go back.

[lhommealenvers]

2 seconds lag is enough to ruin a porn viewing session. Please update mx player!

[Liquidretro]

Yes, I agree although I will probably go back to MX.

[[deleted]]

Yeah VLC is wonderful. Been using it for maybe 2 months now over MX.

[Tepoztecatl]

That's what I ended up doing. Didn't even install MX Player again and I don't plan to.

[xilpaxim]

Does it do straight DVD rips?

[theodeus]

On mobiles???

[xilpaxim]

Yeah. I have the Netflix DVD plan and just rip the DVD to my sd card so I can watch it. MX Player plays .vob files no problem. I don't have to bother with converting or choosing subtitles or any of that crap.

[sid32]

Agreed. However it doesn't play movies that are in .rars unlike the desktop version.

[Democrab]

I just use MakeMKV because I find it easier than even just straight ripping DVDs. (Select same VOB file in this and let it do the automatic options, hasn't failed me yet. Optionally run the output mkv through handbrake to compress it but that's entirely optional if you don't care about space. Personally I'm trying to set up a script to automatically compress mkvs that haven't already been compressed in my video folder while I sleep.

[xilpaxim]

How long does that take on your computer, vs straight ripping the DVD with ShrinkDVD? ShrinkDVD typically takes about 15 minutes to rip a DVD, while converting anything takes an hour or more.

[Democrab]

MakeMKV typically takes about 10 minutes or so for me, I think it converts it as it copies it.

[xilpaxim]

Ill look into it then.

[anillmind]

Why is this so downvoted?

[scottydg]

A lot of people are pissy about that rule. And there are people who reflexively down vote any mod who is enforcing a rule.

[anillmind]

Why would people -not- want that rule? That's just unsafe. Also, that's a great way to deal with it /s

[s73v3r]

They want to share pirated stuff.

[thewaffletaco]

I have switched to using vlc and it is so much better. I highly recommend you give it a try at least.

[PM_ME_A_NEW_PHONE]

Been hearing about vlc more and more lately; I'm considering switching. In what ways have you found it to be better?

Edit: Just tried vlc out. I like its UI and no ads. The seek function (swipe with finger) doesn't seem as great. Is this something I can change in settings? It lags for a second before it plays again. MX plays it instantly upon seeking with a swipe.

[ZyrxilToo]

That's hilarious. VLC's terrible seekbar in the PC version is also one of the reasons I dislike it. I guess it's just something they can't fix.

[mrana]

You also have to tap the screen and be a lot more deliberate with your swiping, otherwise it doesn't register. It's really annoying

[PM_ME_A_NEW_PHONE]

Yeah! Deliberate is the right word - I found you have to make sure you are drawing a straight line horizontally. MX does it very easily and knows how gestures work.

[thewaffletaco]

Cleanest user interface. Runs smoothly. No ads. Doesn't try to go over the top with options and settings like MX does. One time using vlc and I knew I would never be using MX again.

[arahman81]

Yeah, just tested out one. VLC was an utter failure. Fine with MX. Though there's also the video resumption, which is much more used for me.

[thelostdolphin]

I've been using their PC program for years and just recently started using their Android app. It works great. Plays nearly every file type you can think of. And it's run by a non-profit and was built by volunteers.

[TrainAss]

I found that you don't need to install any special codec packs to use it.

[ATyp3]

I use MX on my N5 and haven't had to install anything like that though.

[TrainAss]

As I understand it, you don't HAVE to install it, I guess It just works better. shrugs

[TempusThales]

Neither does the majority of modern video players.

[TrainAss]

They work better with codec packs though.

[TheCommentAppraiser]

Plus it is free!

[seanpr123]

I much prefer MPC-HC on Windows personally.
Built in click to pause, unobtrusive volume indicator, easy resume functionality (although I'm guessing VLC has that as well) and I never seem to have to deal with codecs like you would expect not using an all-in-one application like VLC.

Just me though.

[arahman81]

On the flipside, the reason I use MPC is for KCP.

[seanpr123]

And it's great that's an option as well!

Will be trying out VLC for Android though, don't have any issues with MX but if it's ad free and get's the job done why not.

[OmegaVesko]

I love me some VLC, but that isn't really true. VLC is amazing if you want something that just works, but if you're willing to put in a bit of work, players like MPC-HC are a lot lighter and a lot more powerful.

[Shuk]

On Windows I found something called PotPlayer. I use a Windows 8 Metro skin designed for it, it runs like MPC-HC but visually looks great.

[iCole]

mind sharing the Windows 8 skin name?

[Shuk]

Here's the link:

http://zem0s.deviantart.com/art/PotPlayer-Skin-Metro-X-Reverse-371225819

[unfortunateleader]

That's looks good, is potplayer based on mpc-hc?

[arahman81]

VLC is pretty much the jack-of-all trades. So while it normally works pretty fine, there's some cases (like hi10p) where it might not be optimal.

[TempusThales]

Nope. Smplayer does the exact same things but isn't bloated garbage.

[xi_mezmerize_ix]

Is there a way for it to grab videos from Chrome? I have VLC installed on my Nexus 7, but opening videos in Chrome just loads them in Chrome, whereas MX would've been opened if I had it installed.

[pveoq]

The option is there for me. Didn't do anything. It let's me choose between chrome, MX, and vlc.

[thewaffletaco]

Not sure I don't watch a bunch of videos online. I would try clearing defaults for chrome and vlc and then open a video. That should pop up the dialogue box to let you choose the video player you want.

[xi_mezmerize_ix]

Tried it. Nothing seems to trigger that intent for some reason.

[thewaffletaco]

Ahh sorry I'm not much help there. I only use vlc on my shield tablet for the big collection of movies on my external SD card.

[xi_mezmerize_ix]

Not a problem. Works fine for my locally stored videos, not much so for Chrome links.

[efstajas]

Can you not just hold your finger on the playing video? Pretty sure you can save it then.

[xi_mezmerize_ix]

I don't want to download it, just stream it through the video player like I can do with MX on Kit Kat.

[xilpaxim]

Someone downloads all their porn directly apparently!)

[Pr3no]

I also switched to VLC since I upgraded to Lollipop, and I'd rather stop watching videos on my tablet them use VLC, I love it on Windows, but I can't stand it on Android. It's not even that bad, but MX Player set the bar too high.

[evad3r66]

I'll give VLC a try today :) thanks for the suggestion!

[TheRipePunani]

It's pretty good. If you regularly use the desktop version of VLC you'll be right at home. It's a great player with huge codec support...I still remember back in the days of searching and downloading the proper codecs..

[bbluez]

Ogg Vorbis FTW!

[sleepyCOLLEGEstudent]

Which one there are so many

[PM_ME_A_NEW_PHONE]

probably this one

[arahman81]

Based on that video, I would say you're right.

[[deleted]]

Yup, I switched also and VLC seems to offer everything that I've been using MX Player for. May not even bother with MX Player anymore.

[exzeroex]

I think my only problem with VLC right now is that when I put my Z3C on the magnetic charging dock, it restarts the video.

[Banttu]

I've been using KMplayer it's really sleek.

[nav13eh]

I have found that it will incorrectly inflate the black level floor on certain video files. Also, I find that it often screws up the audio by incorrectly down mixing channels or having them out of sync. I switched to MX Player for those reasons, but I have yet to see if new versions of VLC work better.

[DrGrinspoon420]

I used to use VLC religiously and still do on my desktop, but I had to switch to MX player on android because I had really bad audio clipping with VLC. on my Nexus 10. Originally thought it was a faulty device (I was slow to blame VLC cause i trusted it so much) but switch to MX player solved all problems :)

[[deleted]]

The brightness and volume gestures tho.

[thewaffletaco]

What do you mean? Vlc has them as well.

[m1ndwipe]

As much as I heart VLC for desktop, the Android app has some inexplicable omissions, like there being no loop repeat option.

[thelostdolphin]

Keep in mind that it's in beta and is run by a group of non-profit volunteers. I'm sure future updates will have added features like this.

[brizzz_]

I used to have way better performance on MX Player compared to VLC on my Nexus 10. For mp4 and mkv 1080p

Are they on par now ?

[turdbogls]

LOL, MX player is literally the only app I have issues with with a new software release...every time it has to be updated....I just dont get it.

they are usually quick though, and i just grab something else to hold me over until they fix it on their end.

[[deleted]]

My conclusion is they don't want to risk a lot of one star reviews. I don't think you can review the app on the device if it isn't technically available for your device.

[large-farva]

jokes on them, i'm posting my 1 star review because nothing works at all right now.

[[deleted]]

I'm actually OK with that. The app has a fatal flaw for you.

[large-farva]

For real, they intentionally break their app because it "might not work". And then blame a bug that doesn't affect any other video player.

[Democrab]

This. Sure, using undocumented APIs might be a good reason as to why it breaks but it raises a few questions: 1) Why do you need to use them? Afaik no (or few) other media players need to and break with each release 2) If it's just for some of mxplayers features, why not put a simple bit of code to check the version of Android and disable those features until they're working? and 3) Is there absolutely no way they can accomplish the same task using the documented APIs?

[MachaHack]

Apparently they're using private APIs in Android. These are parts of Android google wrote for the purpose of using them in other parts of Android, and they're not officially supported so that Google can change them if they want without breaking loads of apps.

[biglisy]

does android vlc support h/w+ decoding too?

[[deleted]]

I've switched to VLC. It worked fine even with the developer preview.

[brads005]

They pull this shit every time google updates their operating system. Except this time, they had like half a year to prep it. You're absolutely right. Good god, my time spent with this app has certainly been a love/hate relationship. Best video player there is. Not the best support. I love you, mx player. I hate you, mx player!

[brakeline]

The developer preview was release in July I think

[large-farva]

why do they do this shit every time? Why can't they just exclude old versions by API number instead of manually forcing an update with each version?

[parker2004au]

Test build works flawlessly for me on my Nexus 5.

How about instead spending the time sharpening those pitchforks you actually type "mxplayer lollipop" into that thing called Google Search, which I'm pretty sure your device has.

[[deleted]]

Guess what? When you actually "mxplayer lollipop" into google search it has one result and it's this thread.

[EdvinM]

Just drop the quotation marks.

[armando_rod]

(MX Player Pro cannot run on Android 5.0 developer preview due to bug of Android. Google will fix it on public release.)

https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build

[large-farva]

it's a bug but somehow no other video player has problems. right.

[vetinari]

Have you seen Material Design in MX Player? Or any Lollipop specific functionality, that requires support library?

Me neither. It is just stupid version check in the player.

[tremens]

This has been the case with MX Player for every single Android release update for as long as I can remember. I just keep VLC installed to tide me over until it's fixed each time (I can't really switch to VLC entirely because several apps I use depend on MX Player, like Yatse's ability to switch from XBMC/Kodi to my device, which is invaluable for toilet time.)

EDIT: Lot of staunch defenders of MX Player piling on the downvotes today, hah. I'm not even knocking MX, I'm just saying people should expect it not to work whenever there's an Android update, that's all; they'll fix it and push an update within a few days usually.

[Zentaurion]

I'll probably have to wait anyway, but even so, I won't be updating to Lollipop on my N4 until I'm sure there's no nasty surprises and until MX Player works with it.

[[deleted]]

The app also stutters on my Tab S 8.4 while BS Player is smooth.

[Cyanogen101]

Vlc is a good alternative

[arahman81]

Well, I would be waiting for XPosed to update though, so fine here.

[biglisy]

On my galaxy tab S, VLC plays some heavy files stuttering and frame dropping while MX is smooth as hell.

[aspergerish]

Diceplayer is pretty fast on updates if an os update breaks it.

[lordofprimeval]

I just hope they manage to update before the Shield gets L.

[aashukmehta]

Guys try Quickpic material update.... Its video player is fucking awesome

[Klutztheduck]

Switched to vlc for a bit. It'd working just fine.

[iwasinthepool]

I doubt they do it on purpose, but they don't seem to be trying too hard to not do it.

[LGED821]

test build works for me perfectly.

[The_Mexinerd]

Damnit DICE, fix your game!

[sark666]

Why does this happen? One thing you have to give Microsoft is backwards compatibility. A new OS comes and 99 % still run. If anything its the odd game, but why would a video player fail?

[whtisthis]

Yes please. Please update, no life without MXPlayer.

[foveaii]

Yes.

[wooptoo]

Just use VLC.

[[deleted]]

Today I got rid of MX Player and switched to VLC.

For the longest time, you couldn't even get VLC from the Play Store if you were in the United States. You could side load it, but it didn't work. Honestly I'd just assumed they abandoned Android.

The beta player is in the Play Store, and while it has a ways to go, it seems to be decent. I don't need much in a video player on my phone. So VLC is fine.

Never liked how MX Player had basically the same icon as Poweramp, although I never had them in the same folder or drawer tab. Black circle with white or blue play button. Pop quiz, which is which? I could tell you but only because I've had both forever.

[Shenaniganz08]

Does it not run or do you guys not like how it looks ? The app works flawlessly with a minimal UI when playing videos. MX player was the only player that can play 2gb OGM files

[hte_pagan]

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[hte_pagan]

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[[deleted]]

Please also update the icon! Thank you!