Act 1 Icon Act 1 Video Player

The best Android video player available!

News

December 1, 2009 - There is a new version of the app called "Act 1 Video Player for And 1.5" which is intended for the Motorola Cliq and HTC Hero because they are currently stuck at Android 1.5. This version is equivalent to the old 1.13 version of the app and will receive no future upgrades, HOWEVER, you can feel confident purchasing this app because we will be issuing discounts to the latest version of the app when your phone's Android OS ugrades. When this happens, go ahead and purchase Act 1 Video Player then contact us with your Google Checkout order numbers for both "Act 1 Video Player" and "Act 1 Video Player for And 1.5". We will manually refund the difference in price between them.

November 7, 2009 - Today's app update features support for any size screen. This will be important for Droid users who have those super fancy WVGA screen, for which we are lusting. Also comes with the much-requested zoom feature. You can now zoom a video to the full size of the screen (as much as Android lets you, there seem to be some small limitations). Look for the new option in the application preferences menu option (Menu → Preferences → Video Display).

About this Video Player

Act 1 Video Player is the most full-featured video player available for devices running Google's Android platform. Some might go so far as to say it's the best video player available! It's currently available on the Android market for download. The trial version is free and the full paid version is only $1.49.

Here's a list of features you can find in Act 1:

Some people point out that since Android 1.5 (cupcake) has a built-in video player now, you don't need other video players. I find this to be thoroughly false! The built-in player is really lousy if you want to watch TV shows or movies or anything more than a few minutes long. Act 1 was built to make it easy to watch longer videos on your phone, and it does that very well. If you're wondering how to get your longer videos from your computer to your phone, check out my FAQ and encoding howto.

Are you just looking for videos to play on your phone?

Since Android supports the same video format as iPod, just try searching for ipod mp4 videos. You'll find plenty of videos to download. You should probably download them to your desktop/laptop first, uncompress if necessary, and copy to the sdcard of your phone.

Thanks

Thanks to Markleford Friedman for the app icon. Toast rules!

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If you have any questions or helpful hints about encoding and playing videos on Android platforms, please let me know. You can email me at: android at hyperaware dot com