Videos on Kindle Fire

joshualintag · 11-30-2011, 02:51 AM

I downloaded a video from youtube.
I place it on my kindle fire (using the USB (sold separately)
then when I went to my videos and tapped on library, nothing is displayed.
The extension of the file was a .mp4
I'd also like to know more video file extensions Kindle Fire supports.

Xeddicus · 11-30-2011, 03:33 AM

Sideloaded videos are played using the Gallery.

As for the supported formats:

Video: H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm)

joshualintag · 11-30-2011, 03:56 AM

Thanks alot!
How about if the video I downloaded are .avi and its green lantern.
How will I convert that to .mp4 or other formats?

Xeddicus · 11-30-2011, 04:31 AM

Through a converter program such as Handbrake or Any Video Converter. Or a billion other converters. Here's a post with some settings for Handbrake, but you can ignore the streaming option unless you plan to do that.

obsessed2 · 11-30-2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshualintag

Thanks alot!
How about if the video I downloaded are .avi and its green lantern.
How will I convert that to .mp4 or other formats?

I have used RealPlayer to convert video for many years. Handbrake is also pretty good. RealPlayer can convert video to many different formats. Click on Tools and RealPlayer Converter. Drag whatever file you want converted into the conversion box, choose the conversion format, and click Start. RealPlayer takes care of the rest.

Namekuseijin · 11-30-2011, 11:20 AM

Not possible to use some app to play other type of content? For instance, the player which came with my smartphone used an mp3 codec which was buggy (the internal codec). I downloaded an app that uses the ffmpeg codec, which plays pretty much anything under the sun.

Who's gonna convert all videos to mp4 just to play it on Fire?

kbarnsda · 11-30-2011, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshualintag

I downloaded a video from youtube.
I place it on my kindle fire (using the USB (sold separately)
then when I went to my videos and tapped on library, nothing is displayed.

Hello,
What folder did you put the Utube video in? Are you allowed to make your own at the root?? Also, what does "played using the Gallery" mean?

I have tried to put on a small file and cannot find it or play it except using WiFI File Explorer 4. Thanks

jswinden · 11-30-2011, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Namekuseijin

Not possible to use some app to play other type of content? For instance, the player which came with my smartphone used an mp3 codec which was buggy (the internal codec). I downloaded an app that uses the ffmpeg codec, which plays pretty much anything under the sun.

Who's gonna convert all videos to mp4 just to play it on Fire?

Sure. I just sideloaded MoboPlayer 1.2.176. It plays a lot of different formats including Quicktime. It uses the FFmpeg decoder. You can download from the Moboplayer website.

pagansoul · 11-30-2011, 02:16 PM

If you do a lot of YOUTUBE downloading you can use an app called YOUTUBE Free and it download right into the fire. You simply do a search of the clip you want, hold down on picture and you get a list of things you can do like view or download. Great for getting movie clips and music videos.

weatherman · 11-30-2011, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jswinden

Sure. I just sideloaded MoboPlayer 1.2.176. It plays a lot of different formats including Quicktime. It uses the FFmpeg decoder. You can download from the Moboplayer website.

This.

It's much easier to just get a player that plays multiple formats than trying to convert everything you have in to the format that plays natively on the Fire.

I've used VLC on the iPad and it's great. I believe an Android version is just around the corner - there is already a beta release of it, though I haven't tried it on the Fire.

jswinden · 11-30-2011, 04:11 PM

I just downloaded Moboplayer today so I haven't had a lot of experience with it yet, but it seems really good. I like the easy controls for adjusting the backlight and volume without having to pause. Most of my videos are in Quicktime format and relatively short as I like to create time lapse movies from series of photos taken with my Canon dSLR. I did read a review that said Moboplayer doesn't remember where you left off on a paused movie if you close the app, so that would be problematic if you are watching a 2 hour movie. But maybe they can fix that before long.

11-30-2011, 02:51 AM	#1
joshualintag Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 24 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Earth Device: Kindle Fire	Videos on Kindle Fire I downloaded a video from youtube. I place it on my kindle fire (using the USB (sold separately) then when I went to my videos and tapped on library, nothing is displayed. The extension of the file was a .mp4 I'd also like to know more video file extensions Kindle Fire supports.

11-30-2011, 02:16 PM	#9
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	If you do a lot of YOUTUBE downloading you can use an app called YOUTUBE Free and it download right into the fire. You simply do a search of the clip you want, hold down on picture and you get a list of things you can do like view or download. Great for getting movie clips and music videos. Last edited by pagansoul; 11-30-2011 at 02:18 PM.

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11-30-2011, 03:33 AM	#2
Xeddicus Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: none	Sideloaded videos are played using the Gallery. As for the supported formats: Video: H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm)

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joshualintag Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 24 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Earth Device: Kindle Fire	Thanks alot! How about if the video I downloaded are .avi and its green lantern. How will I convert that to .mp4 or other formats?

11-30-2011, 04:31 AM	#4
Xeddicus Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: none	Through a converter program such as Handbrake or Any Video Converter. Or a billion other converters. Here's a post with some settings for Handbrake, but you can ignore the streaming option unless you plan to do that.

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Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	Not possible to use some app to play other type of content? For instance, the player which came with my smartphone used an mp3 codec which was buggy (the internal codec). I downloaded an app that uses the ffmpeg codec, which plays pretty much anything under the sun. Who's gonna convert all videos to mp4 just to play it on Fire?

11-30-2011, 04:11 PM	#11
jswinden Nameless Being	I just downloaded Moboplayer today so I haven't had a lot of experience with it yet, but it seems really good. I like the easy controls for adjusting the backlight and volume without having to pause. Most of my videos are in Quicktime format and relatively short as I like to create time lapse movies from series of photos taken with my Canon dSLR. I did read a review that said Moboplayer doesn't remember where you left off on a paused movie if you close the app, so that would be problematic if you are watching a 2 hour movie. But maybe they can fix that before long.

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