Let me first state that I AM NOT decrying the needs of Athena owners, nor am I suggesting they shouldn't own one. Everyone has different devices to fit different needs, HOWEVER in the course of heated debate on these forums people have frequently stated that their Athena is MORE THAN CAPABLE of playing video, without optimisation which neither skips, jumps or loses sync. I owned two and over the course of nearly nine months NEVER managed to get a high quality, non-optimised video to display solidly without losing sync.
What I ask is for people to describe a high quality (700mb+) Divx or Xvid file that their Athena can play fluidly and without losing sync, and for the sake of credibility upload a video of this in action. When I get chance later today I will upload a video of an N95 playing a full-size divx movie - I will demonstrate the video size and specifics, show the device playing it whilst multitasking and demonstrate fast-forwarding, pausing and playing and how this affects lip-sync and general playback quality.
Let me re-iterate that I understand that the N95 is not a competitor to the Athena and that for the most part it is unsuited to the needs of people on these forums; but if you're going to state that your video performance is good I'd appreciate if you could prove it! It is after all a powerful machine with loads more RAM and processing power than the humble N95.
Just a bit of fun.
EDIT: DISREGARD THE 'BUT DISAPPOINTING' ASPECT OF THE 3RD QUESTION WHEN VOTING AS I WILL ADMIT IT SOUNDS BIASED
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Here we go again and this time i didnt start it
Voted for second option, "can play most things well". I'll try and demonstrate that tonight, hopefully.
hey i think i've been very fair with my questions
Well... Didn't want to point it out, but in all fairness, the "but disappointing" should be removed or brought to the option below.
For one can find the Athena's video performance average and NOT be disappointed...
HeartOfDarkness said:
Well... Didn't want to point it out, but in all fairness, the "but disappointing" should be removed or brought to the option below.
For one can find the Athena's video performance average and NOT be disappointed...
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Fair point. If you can tell me how to remove the 'but disappointing' bit from the poll I will, otherwise we'll imagine the 'but disappointing' bit doesn't exist for the purposes of the poll...
Here's my video. If it's out of sync please report as I've had this problem before and didn't have chance to check the upload before I left the house. Cheers.
I can't say that I'm impressed by the video performance of the athena because it's my largest problem eversince I got it last week especially in 128 dpi settings. I'm neither in the position to say that I'm disappointed also because I really haven't had the chance to play with it that long. I would have to vote later. I appreciate though these types of threads because it forces people to look for ways to either extend their capabilities in trying to know and teach what they can do with their athena to prove that it's a really good machine or to simply shoot down the opinion of others. Suffice it to say that it may bring out the best of the athena or bring it down to te gutter. The best part is that people get to choose base on their best judgement who to believe and which opinion to discard.
Any performance videos yet?
I genuinely would like to know if the claims about video performance being good are true, I'm not trying to catch anyone out
Sorry, I did'nt see the word UNCONVERTED and picked A. I guess it should have been a B. But why would anybody play it unconverted? The files are just far too big unconverted, isn't it? Also, it would carry so much useless information designed for home theatre systems at least, that it would literally chock any small device movie player to dealth. What I do play include a 900MB movie which is crystal clear, does not skip at all, and never have any out of sync problem. But I'm not sure if it has gone through conversion, as I downloaded it from the net.
If I want a home theatre movie quality experience, I'd not use Athena to do it. I'll use my home theatre system.
Would you play movies unconverted on say a viewty or N95?
Midget, could you transfer my vote from A to B?
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If I want a home theatre movie quality experience, I'd not use Athena to do it. I'll use my home theatre system.
Would you play movies unconverted on say a viewty or N95?
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quite to the point ha?
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Sorry, I did'nt see the word UNCONVERTED and picked A. I guess it should have been a B. But why would anybody play it unconverted? The files are just far too big unconverted, isn't it? Also, it would carry so much useless information designed for home theatre systems at least, that it would literally chock any small device movie player to dealth. What I do play include a 900MB movie which is crystal clear, does not skip at all, and never have any out of sync problem. But I'm not sure if it has gone through conversion, as I downloaded it from the net.
If I want a home theatre movie quality experience, I'd not use Athena to do it. I'll use my home theatre system.
Would you play movies unconverted on say a viewty or N95?
Midget, could you transfer my vote from A to B?
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My wording is a little off-kilter. When I say 'unconverted' I mean 'not specifically optimised for the device' I.E. the sort of file you'd download/play on your desktop. Sorry for the equivocal wordage peeps!
I never convert any movies that I download, so that qualifies as unconverted then?
I hav to jump in here. The resolution or aspect ratio of your movie file along with the audio coding was low. If I had those settings on a movie and played on the Athena, it would be no problem. I convert almost all my movies using DVD Catalyst and I ensure it is at 30 fps, audio is at 192, the max I can get it and the picture adjustment is at 1100. I have very few problems when I play those on my athena. If I could get the file you have I would love to cross compare, because that video shouldn't choke the Athena at all. At least in my experience using core player.
Then again, this is just my two cents.
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I never convert any movies that I download, so that qualifies as unconverted then?
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yes it does! when you get chance to upload a video showing the quality please do. I'm suprised if your Athena can handle them without either displaying linear patterns during fast scenes, losing sync or stopping and starting. If it can then I will capitulate and say you are a lucky so-and-so!
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I hav to jump in here. The resolution or aspect ratio of your movie file along with the audio coding was low. If I had those settings on a movie and played on the Athena, it would be no problem. I convert almost all my movies using DVD Catalyst and I ensure it is at 30 fps, audio is at 192, the max I can get it and the picture adjustment is at 1100. I have very few problems when I play those on my athena. If I could get the file you have I would love to cross compare, because that video shouldn't choke the Athena at all. At least in my experience using core player.
Then again, this is just my two cents.
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i chose that video because it is one i had problems with on my athena.
EVERYONE TRY THIS SHORT VIDEO AND REPORT BACK ON THE PLAYBACK QUALITY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE A STANDARD FILE TO TEST OUT THAT'S SMALL ENOUGH TO UPLOAD. It's just a video of my dog recorded on my N95 at tv quality. It is a 640 by 480 resolution video which should be a good ratio for the Athena. I haven't modified it in any way. Let me know what results you all get.
Cheers
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yes it does! when you get chance to upload a video showing the quality please do. I'm suprised if your Athena can handle them without either displaying linear patterns during fast scenes, losing sync or stopping and starting. If it can then I will capitulate and say you are a lucky so-and-so!
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In that case, I'd keep my A rating for the time being because until now I still don't understnad the issue.
I'd test your sample file and provide feedback. There must be something that I've missed I guess. Yes, perhaps I have been real lucky.
I've downloaded it to my desktop runing Vista and want to try it here first. But could'nt play it media player. Do you need to convert it before it can play there too? What program do you use to play it on desktop?
On my device, it says "MPEC4 AAC Audio Decoder not included! It was removed from the official install package because of intellectual property considerations." (strange. I never had this error before)
Is this the kind of problem you're referring to Leoni?
Oh wait, although it has the above error message, the video plays perfectly! I get very sharp image. The camera itself jerks a bit I think during shooting but the playback is smooth.
No sound though. Is there supposed to be sound?
Cute little doggy! Is that your dog?
So, to sum up, for me. It works without conversion on my Athena but not on my Vista desktop.
The issue is that Video playback is an issue with the Athena (and other devices) yet some people insist theirs work fine. If there is no problem then I wonder why threads like this this this this and this among many others exist? (oh, and this!)
Many moons ago I thought I'd solved the problem bu it must've been a lucky video file as a couple of days later I tried a different downloaded movie and back I was to the 'flickery' pictures and loss of sync.
I just wish there was an answer that worked for everyone.
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I've downloaded it to my desktop runing Vista and want to try it here first. But could'nt play it media player. Do you need to convert it before it can play there too? What program do you use to play it on desktop?
On my device, it says "MPEC4 AAC Audio Decoder not included! It was removed from the official install package because of intellectual property considerations."
Is this the kind of problem you're referring to Leoni?
Oh wait, although it has the above error message, the video plays perfectly! I get very sharp image. The camera itself jerks a bit I think during shooting but the playout is smooth.
No sound though. Is there supposed to be sound?
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Yes it's my doggywoggy. I use VLC. It's freeware - try it on that to give you an idea of how it should look. The TCPMP extras you need for playback of that file are in PK's extras package just in case you want to get em.
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I know it's a bad idea to put those blu ray or dvd ripping stuff up here, but i also wanna you guys who wanna do this but don't know how can get a clear understanding and learn some tips for blu ray ripping thing. So my point is, whenever you do this blu ray ripping thing, you do it for private use, you only watch them on your viewpad and will never spread it to others or upload them on to the internet! God bless
Actually i learnt this by watching a youtube video accidently. mp4 is the best video format for viewpad since it has good picture quality and not that big video size. the video is about rip blu ray disc to multiple video formats like mkv, mp4 and other things. Then i google it and download a free version to take a look, it's really easy in use if you follow the youtube video, i mean this guy who made the video is a genius. Being honest, i will never be able to do it without watching the video.
And now i'm gonna post the here, hope it may help
http://www.leawo.com/knowledge/bluray-to-viewpad.html
i thought so too.
since i've tried to play .mkv in mobo player, and its too laggy to watch.
alternatively, you can use any converter you like.
as for me, i use Allok video to mp4 converter, set the resolution you want (best at 800x600) for viewpad7 and dont forget to setup the audio quality (which is best at 128 kbps or smaller) and you can set the audio volume too up to 200 % from the original file
HD video is useless on our device, 800x480 best resolution for our screen, and higher res. doesnt mean quality. Device can't give you more dpi, than it have.
Use CUDA converters, if your videocard compatible. It's faster, than others.
There was a time that us Galaxy Ace owners could gloat having an inferior phone to the iPhone users and still be able to watch iplayer through apps such as beebplayer. Well the table has turned and now iphone users gloat that they have iplayer and we don't even have a functional non official one. I know that we can install a modified Flash Player and a BBC iplayer.apk file but in all honesty, it lags so much that it is in reality non functioning. I mean who are we to kidd? BeebPlayer no longer works and there seems to be no other alternative. iphone now not only has iplayer, but also ITV player, 4oD etc. and it's not exactly the most powerful phone around.
I know this sounds like a rant but I think this just lets the s5830 big time. A phone perfectly capable of playing iplayer videos but cannot because of BBC's selfishness. I would like to know if any one else has been successfully with iplayer on the Ace (with no lag) on other roms.
.....let's just say there's more iPhone devs .
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
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There was a time that us Galaxy Ace owners could gloat having an inferior phone to the iPhone users and still be able to watch iplayer through apps such as beebplayer. Well the table has turned and now iphone users gloat that they have iplayer and we don't even have a functional non official one. I know that we can install a modified Flash Player and a BBC iplayer.apk file but in all honesty, it lags so much that it is in reality non functioning. I mean who are we to kidd? BeebPlayer no longer works and there seems to be no other alternative. iphone now not only has iplayer, but also ITV player, 4oD etc. and it's not exactly the most powerful phone around.
I know this sounds like a rant but I think this just lets the s5830 big time. A phone perfectly capable of playing iplayer videos but cannot because of BBC's selfishness. I would like to know if any one else has been successfully with iplayer on the Ace (with no lag) on other roms.
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The biggest issue running the iplayer on a low end phone comes from the BBC recently removing low quality streams that made it useable. Want to use the iplayer? You need a better phone.
They removed low quality streaming because there were a lot of complaints over quality of service. Things may improve when 3G streaming is enabled, but the best option is always going to be to buy a decent phone the Beeb support.
I also miss the option of Beebplayer and MyPlayer. Blame the BBC for issuing C&D's.
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Apologies if it bothers anyone resurrecting this thread (I can never understand why), but BBC on their blog claim that they can't provide a similar app to that of Apple because Gingerbread devices do no have HLS support. The Solbox HLS Player claims to provide that it can integrate that feature to the native browser. If that was the case then that would mean that we should then be able to go to the BBC Iplayer website and stream video as it should then support HTML5. Now I wanted to try this but cannot access the full desktop site to do so. Can anyone give there thoughts on this.?
Hello xda-devs! I have been researching this subject for some time and am now at the point where I can't find proper answers by myself and need to ask someone with more experience. Here's the deal:
I've bought a panasonic hc-x900 HD camcorder and am going to travel quite a bit, aiming to shoot video with my camcorder and hoping to do atleast basic video editing on the go. I dislike laptops however, as they are often not so mobile devices in the end after all, not to mention often being rather expensive. Because of iPads restrictions (bad connectivity, no sd slots) my eyes have turned towards upcoming android devices, especially the transformer TF700 infinity.
From my research I know that CyberLink is developing mobile video editing software optimized for tegra 3 on android (powerdirector mobile) but the problem is, there's not much info about this upcoming software except the fact that it should be released somewhere near this fall, but the thing is, I'm going to be traveling this summer so I need to be editing video before this software is released.
In short:
Question 1: Does there exist atleast basic video editing software for android capable of editing and rendering 1080p quality video in the AVCHD format?
Question 2: Could the upcoming transformer TF700 infinity possibly handle this kind of job or should I just suck it up and buy a laptop (really, really not preferred)?