Playing h.264 videos

[dvdcatalyst]

I attached my settings I'm using to export video from QuickTime Pro.

Using these settings, it still doesn't work for me. Am I missing something?

I noticed your files in the trailer thread were all .mp4, but I didn't see any option to export as .mp4.

Renaming the exported .mov did not fix the issue.

I personally do not use Quicktime Pro for exporting video.
I send you a PM with a link to a different utility that you can use to enable fast start on mp4 files.
The trailers were converted using the tool mentioned in the first post of the trailer thread, but basically it will work with every conversion tool that can create Droid or iPod compatible H264 MP4 video files. Once you have those files, run the fast start tool on it, and upload it to a web server. Not all web servers work though.

If you send me an email/pm with a link to one of your test files (zip, so that I can download it) I will have a look and give you some ideas.

[aminaked]

Droid is in alpha version when it comes to playing video. It is surprising and it should be high on the list of things to fix.

[dvdcatalyst]

Droid is in alpha version when it comes to playing video. It is surprising and it should be high on the list of things to fix.

It's picky in what video formats it accepts, but it is fully capable of playing high quality video files. H264 is even accelerated using the build-in hardware.

On a side-note, this particular thread was initially started in regards of "playing video files through the web browser".

I tried viewing h.264 videos through the browser on a site and it didn't work. How can I do this?

Thanks.

There is a dedicated video section on this forum that contains numerous threads on video files, formats, conversion tools and issues people run into.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-audio-video/

If you have any questions in regards of video playback in general, or want to know why a certain file does not work, why files stutter, why there is no video but audio, or why there is no audio but it shows video, I suggest to have a look there first, or use the forum search to find more information.

[aminaked]

Right, I agree, but I think people are surprised (as I was) that droid doesn't yet handle all types of video that an iphone can.