How do I watch Video Files in Droid

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    11-09-2009 10:25 AM
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    How do I watch Video Files in Droid

    I uploaded a couple of movies to my droid but cannot find how I would play them using the phone. I'm sure they probably have to be in a certain format or something like that but there seems to be no support for video files.

    Anyone know how to do this?
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    11-09-2009 10:26 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by benhebert View Post
    I uploaded a couple of movies to my droid but cannot find how I would play them using the phone. I'm sure they probably have to be in a certain format or something like that but there seems to be no support for video files.

    Anyone know how to do this?
    Ideal Video Format?

    download Video Player in the Market. works well with the formats listed in that link
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    11-09-2009 10:32 AM
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    You can play videos through the gallery.
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    11-09-2009 11:25 AM
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    Through the gallery? My video files aren't showing up on there.

    @wuyanks Thanks will definitely check it out
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    11-10-2009 06:50 PM
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    They should show up in the Gallery under All Videos if it's in the right format. The ones successful for me so far are .mp4 extension and were converted using an iPhone profile for specs. There's freebie converters like:
    QuickMediaConverter - cocoonsoftware.com
    I'm still learning the ideal settings as well, but the iPhone settings using h.264 should work (might have to tweak the width/height to fit best).
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    11-10-2009 08:22 PM
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    This is the most frustrating thing about this phone so far... all that processing power and it can't play common video formats like AVI and DIVX. My Palm Treo 700 could play full resolution AVI files with TCPMP player. I'm hoping a developer comes up with something similar.

    Actually, that's what's so exciting. Who knows what will come out in the next few weeks.
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    11-10-2009 09:43 PM
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    The thing is that I don't thing that a DIVX deconder can be done as a java based app. It has to be done at a lower hardware level with the processor and that would need to be built into the OS by Google and/or Motorola.
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    11-10-2009 10:17 PM
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    Crap. Do you think there might be any kind of OS hack that might allow that?
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    11-10-2009 10:47 PM
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    it's no biggie to convert the files... just put a few in a queue overnight and voila
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    11-10-2009 11:12 PM
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    so what format is best to convert the files to? It's sad that it doesn't come with a divx decoder....
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