Viewing Video from Cloud Storage

[Anonymous]

I am using Galaxy S4 with Android 4.4.2

I have a video file in .mpg format stored online in Onedrive.  I want to play it on my S4 but when I try to open the file only 4 possibilities are offered as shown in the image-

The apps mentioned, Photos, Quickpic and Video Player say they cannot play the video - and the same thing happens if I try to open any mpg video file stored locally on my phone. 

I have another app called "Video Player for Android" (strangely enough) and that does play mpg files satisfactorily but as it doesn't appear in the "Complete Action Using" window I cannot use it to open files in Onedrive.

Is there any (easy) way I can get "Video Player for Android" to be included in the "Complete Action Using" menu?

[viridis]

Try mx player, that seems to be recognised as a streamer fine.

[viridis · Accepted solution]

Basically Gerry, you don't need a player that plays mp4 etc, you need a player that supports url streaming.
Imo mx player is the best player and streamer with support for a large selection of file types.

[Anonymous]

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@viridis wrote:
Basically Gerry, you don't need a player that plays mp4 etc, you need a player that supports url streaming.
Imo mx player is the best player and streamer with support for a large selection of file types.

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Many thanks for the suggestion @viridis .  I downloaded and installed the mx player and whilst like the others it will play a video that is stored on the phone it will not stream.  Also says that some H/W + decoder is not supported!

No doubt I am doing something wrong.

[viridis]

Go in app settings and change decoders to software

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@viridis wrote:
Basically Gerry, you don't need a player that plays mp4 etc, you need a player that supports url streaming.
Imo mx player is the best player and streamer with support for a large selection of file types.

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Many thanks for the suggestion @viridis .  I downloaded and installed the mx player and whilst like the others it will play a video that is stored on the phone it will not stream.  Also says that some H/W + decoder is not supported!

No doubt I am doing something wrong.

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UPDATE  - Not quite sure what I did but it is now working.  Something to do with the decoder I think - but it is working and that is all I want.  Very many thanks again for pointing me in the right direction @viridis 

[viridis]

No problem Gerry.

[Anonymous]

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@viridis wrote:
No problem Gerry.

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That's a great wee app @viridis  - Works a treat and allows zoom, rotation etc.   If I were into Kudos I'd send you a bucket load!!   

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@viridis wrote:
No problem Gerry.

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That's a great wee app @viridis  - Works a treat and allows zoom, rotation etc.   If I were into Kudos I'd send you a bucket load!!   

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Well I did it instead @Anonymous  as I found the whole thread interesting...and it taught me something new...:smileywink:

[anticpated]

You may have to download the codec for some video playback and the author of MX Player obviously aren't contractially allowed to include it in the program by itself for some reason. Also Android has some constraints about what formats it can support.