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mVideoPlayer Pro - The Video Playback Expert
Tested version: 2.9.1
Latest version: 2.9.1
Requires Android: from 2.0
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Summary
Watching movies on the big screen is a thing of the past. Just take a quick look around on public transit and you’ll notice people watching their favorite TV shows and Hollywood blockbusters on their smartphones. To make watching videos on a small screen enjoyable it’s important to have a video player that is both effective and user-friendly. Let’s face it: the default Android app just doesn’t cut it. In terms of streaming video content, the YouTube app is a clear frontrunner. But what about watching videos, clips and films offline?
mVideoPlayer Pro allows users to continue watching downloaded video content on their Android devices.
Features & Use
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mVideo Player Pro is a no-frills video player. Basic playback functions, playlists, smart settings and a couple of extra features – that’s all the app has to offer. Personally, I’m a fan of apps that get the job done without falling back on flashy graphics and fancy gimmicks.
When the app opens, it automatically searches for videos and films located on your SD card. The playback of videos works without any problems or glitches. Even HD videos run very smoothly. With this app, videos downloaded from YouTube played better that on my old netbook.
mVideoPlayer Pro also includes a number of useful settings. Among many things, you can adjust the screen orientation, turn off the ringtone or set specific screen brightness. All of these are key settings that are missing in the stock video app.
Another highlight of this video player are the three search options:
First off, there is the IMDb search which gives you access to the internet’s largest movie database. There you can find useful information about actors and the film crew for downloaded movies on your phone or tablet.
The second and third search options are actually cool and can make your movie watching experience more pleasant. This way you can search for movie posters and subtitles. Finding pictures for your films is a cute gimmick to make your movie selection look good. The subtitle search, however, is extremely useful and a real life-saver for foreign film nuts like myself. Even if you forgot to download a subtitled version of the film, you can download the correct subtitles instantly directly from within the app.
Bottom Line:
All in all, I can only highly recommend mVideoPlayer as the best solution for your video watching needs. The number of settings and search options gives you everything you could wish for from video player. It’s the small things that matter and that’s where the app excels. Not only can you always double-check the time and battery life during playback, but you can also create bookmarks in videos to keep track of where you left off.
Despite all the kudos and applause, mVideoPlayer has one overwhelming downside: the app only plays video formats that your device already supports. According to the developers, it’s the user’s responsibility to download the correct codecs, but I think the video player itself should take care of this problem.
Screen & Controls
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mVideoPlayer Pro does a heck of a job in this section. The interface is slick and easy to use. Everything is designed with simplicity and care. You rewind and fast-forward any video with a simple swipe motion. Everything is within one-click reach.
Virtually every aspect of the video player is fully customizable. Feel free to adjust the skins and appearance of the app. There are also a couple of cool hidden gimmicks. Shaking your phone, for example, opens the last played video.
Speed & Stability
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mVideoPlayer Pro does a great job in terms video playback. Everything is stable and smooth. Having tried out several different video players, mVideoPlayer Pro deserves the best possible rating in terms of speed and stability.
Please keep in mind that the performance of mVideoPlayer Pro depends on your specific Android device and OS version.
Price/Performance Ratio
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mVideoPlayer Pro is available at half the price for just €1.79 (~$2.55) as our App of the Week special and can be downloaded directly from our AndroidPIT App Center.
I also recommend trying out the free version with ads before committing to the full thing. Unless you purchase the app during our promotion week, the regular full price is way to steep as I see it.
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Jun 28, 2011 10:20:40 AM
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Jun 28, 2011 5:27:46 PM
This is the player with the best interface. All the others that I have tried(and I have tried nearly all of them) have crappy user interface. They are just not user friendly. I don't want to have to browse through my sd card just to select a video. If your phone does not support divx or formats which your videos are encoded in, use rock player, BUT use mvideo player as the interface. It will remember your selection if you select the option.
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Market Comments
Rui, Apr 20, 2012
Most or all app are obsoleted Most or all apps are dropped by developers and then revamped under different UI name with new contact info, leaving you for a Chump! Tried it again, still crap!!!
Slowbiex, Apr 20, 2012
Good...but! Since going across to ice cream sandwich I get intermittent stuttering playing video. Tried everything try to fix it on my SGS2
Helga, Apr 1, 2012
Excellent. Been using this player for a year. I'm pretty happy with it but it seems from other users complaints that it doesn't support enough file types, something dev should look at for his supporters.
jajodo, Mar 17, 2012
CANNOT PLAY MY MKVS Bought this by mistake. MXvideo player plays my MKVS perfectly. Mvideo player pro plays them for a few minutes then I get the "this file cannot be played" error. My fault for not paying better attention to these strangely similar names.
ck._., Mar 17, 2012
Works great My default player doesn't work, so I was looking for a similar one with beautiful interface with playliast fiction so that I don't have to browse by folder and I just discovered this app and it works great for me! But I wish I could set to show playlists on home instead of folders coz I only use playlists unless I can hide some of the folders coz some game file videos show up and I don't want to see them!
Tony, Feb 21, 2012
Fantastic A beautiful video player, does what it said, absolutely no issue! Thanks!
MT, Feb 9, 2012
Best but.. Thanks for making mVideo Player, though I wish it was actively developed, not that it needs fixing, just even more features would be great ~SGS2
Peter, Jan 31, 2012
Great player interface but no codec support Would be perfect except they don't have additional codecs to download for people running rooted phones with roms.
Giancarlo, Jan 1, 2012
Excellent My 5 year old son has a vtab and I was looking for a video player easy and that displayed the video artwork so would be easier for him to choose the movie to watch this app is perfect, I bought the pro version gladly
Jones, Dec 19, 2011
Great player! I love & appreciate the lock screen option so my kids can watch a Vid w/no issues.
James, Dec 17, 2011
DroidX I have had the free version for about 1 year and loved it. The Pro version is well worth the money. Its a great player, 5 stars.
Erich, Dec 12, 2011
Seamless integration with Smartphone's video player and features a built-in subtitle search option.
, Nov 1, 2011
The best for x10a 2.3.3 it will play 720p HD Great I have used this for about 6 months now with no problems at all. Playing 720p videos in full wide screen is great, and is easy on the battery (for playing HD videos that is) all the time. And with that, That is all I download any more and with 6 gigs of 720p Movies an videos I can watch a 1.5 hour movie an still use the phone for some sms/email an calls on stock battery and it's still under 34c. Not bad for an old phone. Can't what to get my new bigger battery with 2.5 times the battery life. LIG :-)
cgb, Sep 12, 2011
busted use to be great now only plays what it wants when its wants or requires reboot to fix, 2 weeks and no response to bug feedback and email help request
kaid, Sep 3, 2011
Love it! Very simple, book marking, touch screen compatible like crazy... Love it!
Mohammed Khodair
Looks like a great app. I'd like to get it but I can't buy from the market atm. Thanks for the review.