Trying to play MKV movie file on VLC player android HELP

Space Lynx · Dec 30, 2017

so I can get a mkv movie to play for like 3 minutes, then it starts freezing up... I am running stock android 7.1.1 on my zte axon 7 phone... and vlc player and nothing else tinkered with...

why won't it work? is there another video player that will work? vlc player seems to be fine on desktop windows 10 for the same files so its odd...

jboydgolfer · Dec 30, 2017

ive always had a bunch of issues with .mkv, they are balls. can you convert it, or acquire it in a different format? that may be your best bet. if no to both options, maybe if you can change the method of rendering used by vlc? maybe it isnt utilizing your GPU, or CPU properly

also, maybe this?

commission3r · Dec 30, 2017

try mx player by j2 interactive
you'll have to put up with ads but not during playback

FYFI13 · Dec 30, 2017

commission3r said:
try mx player by j2 interactive
you'll have to put up with ads but not during playback

I'll double that. MX Player works really well.

newtekie1 · Dec 31, 2017

You can also try Kodi, it plays almost anything.

jboydgolfer said:
ive always had a bunch of issues with .mkv, they are balls

Mkv is just the wrapper, the codec is what is usually the issue. X265 video almost exclusively comes in mkv, and a lot of stuff struggles with x265. But a lot of mkv files are also h264, which is a lot easier to play.

Space Lynx · Jan 1, 2018

Thanks everyone. I will try Kodi and MX2

Happy new year as well ^^

IceScreamer · Jan 1, 2018

In VLC, go to Settings-Advanced-Enable frame skip. I had issues with some files, and those that lagged were fixed, others stayed the same quality.

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Trying to play MKV movie file on VLC player android HELP

Space Lynx

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