If you watch videos encoded in high quality resolutions above 854x480, H.264 or MPEG4 and a pretty high bitrate, you might notice that video playback is laggy and not fluid with custom ROMs. This flashable zip package is supposed to fix that.
Tested
Stable - Any ROM based on stock 2.3.3 (Wolfs TW Gingerbread, Blue Sparks, Ultima GB etc.)
Stable - Most xRecovery-based CM7 ROMs (ZMOD, SpaarcMOD, FreeXperia Sony UI Achotjan etc.)
Stuck on boot - MIUI ROMs
Untested
FXP CM7 (won't work anyways since it uses CWM)
Special thanks to
zdzihu
EDIT: I've uploaded a test video to check whether video decoder lag is present or not.
http://puu.sh/5j8h/SmoothnessTest.mp4 (854x480, H.264, 5 mbit/s)
If it stutters during playback, that's an indication that the video is lagging.
This fix will not eliminate the problem but will reduce the lag by a huge margin.
I noticed this while watching videos with camera panning, they looked very juddery.
Anyone tried this? Just wondering what the original problem was.
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So, this should enable me (us) to play 720p Youtube vids?
never notist a problem and if there whas a problem, Z would have notist and came with the solution.
I think i would not flash this before making a back up.
Puck24 said:
So, this should enable me (us) to play 720p Youtube vids?
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You already play hd youtube.
Guys, please play the video in the OP on your phone and see whether it lags or not.
blacklistedcard said:
Anyone tried this? Just wondering what the original problem was.
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The original problem was playback of high quality videos were very laggy.
robertberma said:
never notist a problem and if there whas a problem, Z would have notist and came with the solution.
I think i would not flash this before making a back up.
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Why do you feel like discouraging people who try to offer something to the community?
On the one hand, there are tons of threads in General section
whining about people moving on from the X10 and development stalling,
and then there are post like yours... It's just not right.
Anyway, @OP, I played the test video and noticed no lags.
Could you explain what is it that you changed in the .so libraries please?
And why some people have the issue and others don't?
Thank you very much!
Okay. Downloaded the files. Tested the video. It does stutter a little.
Tested with scary gov. Running video twice... 22sec at 128mhz. And none over 500mhz! So its not decoding over cpu
P.s. Yes, also did with performance. Same problem.
Now gonna make backup. And then flash file.
Noticed the lag myself. So maybe it's missing a video codec, so it's not using hardware rendering.
I'll flash the fix and see if it works.
Dwaine
My_Immortal said:
Anyway, @OP, I played the test video and noticed no lags.
Could you explain what is it that you changed in the .so libraries please?
And why some people have the issue and others don't?
Thank you very much!
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It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
doomed151 said:
It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
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So, it will give us back the audio lag while listening to music then?
doomed151 said:
It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
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You could have also said this in first Post, right?
flashed it and saw no big difference. I'm on WB4.0.4
Maybe he already included it.
P.s. Your test video is not realy high res ^^ does 1080p work on our phone? Depens on bitrate i guess.
My_Immortal said:
So, it will give us back the audio lag while listening to music then?
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Technically, yes. Personally, I rarely get any audio lags while listening to music except when there's CPU heavy stuff going on like installing a large app from the Market.
doomed151 said:
If you watch videos encoded in high quality resolutions above 854x480, H.264 or MPEG4 and a pretty high bitrate, you might notice that video playback is laggy and not fluid with custom ROMs. This flashable zip package is supposed to fix that.
Tested on
Any ROM based on stock 2.3.3 (Wolfs TW Gingerbread, Blue Sparks, Ultima GB etc.)
Most xRecovery-based CM7 ROMs (ZMOD, SpaarcMOD, FreeXperia Sony UI Achotjan etc.)
Untested
FXP CM7 (won't work anyways since it uses CWM)
MIUI ROMs
Special thanks to
zdzihu
EDIT: I've uploaded a test video to check whether video decoder lag is present or not.
http://puu.sh/5j8h/SmoothnessTest.mp4 (854x480, H.264, 5 mbit/s)
If it stutters during playback, that's an indication that the video is lagging.
This fix will not eliminate the problem but will reduce the lag by a huge margin.
I noticed this while watching videos with camera panning, they looked very juddery.
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Doesnt work on MIUI Rom got stuck on bootlogo ,
doomed151 said:
Technically, yes. Personally, I rarely get any audio lags while listening to music except when there's CPU heavy stuff going on like installing a large app from the Market.
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I see...
But I got terrible audiolag before Z's fix when listening to music, even when this was the only thing I did (no other tasks running, screen off).
Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
My_Immortal said:
I see...
But I got terrible audiolag before Z's fix when listening to music, even when this was the only thing I did (no other tasks running, screen off).
Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
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It may be because I'm running a custom kernel. Barely any audio lag.
Is it possible to play the pps.tv with h.264?
robertberma said:
You already play hd youtube.
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Not really. We play HQ YT vids aka 480p
Try DL-ing a 720p or even a 1080p vid and play it... see what happens. Not to mention HD divx/xvid content
P.S. regarding audio lag. I still experience it while underclocking to 128MHz. It's doesn't happen while the sleep FQ is at 245, though
I installed the Vanilla Gingerbread V8.1 ROM from jt1134. I go to Mx Video Player, and I cannot play MPEG-4 avi files with hardware decoding.
I was on CM7.1, and with that, I could not even play h.264 mp4's with hardware decoding.
How come I can't decode h264 with hardware decoder?
mvmacd said:
I installed the Vanilla Gingerbread V8.1 ROM from jt1134. I go to Mx Video Player, and I cannot play MPEG-4 avi files with hardware decoding.
I was on CM7.1, and with that, I could not even play h.264 mp4's with hardware decoding.
How come I can't decode h264 with hardware decoder?
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Maybe because your device doesn't support it (NB.: Hardware)
Theonew said:
Maybe because your device doesn't support it (NB.: Hardware)
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No, the whole point is, on the stock ROM [EH03], video decoding works fine [last I tried while on that firmware]. But with the 3rd party roms [CM7, SuperClean3, etc.. I am going to give tsm pool party next I think], HW decoding is flaky/broken.
mvmacd said:
No, the whole point is, on the stock ROM [EH03], video decoding works fine [last I tried while on that firmware]. But with the 3rd party roms [CM7, SuperClean3, etc.. I am going to give tsm pool party next I think], HW decoding is flaky/broken.
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This is due to the AOSP drivers not supporting it and due to that the codex have been removed. It is one of the things you give up running AOSP roms. Think of it like running Linux on a windows PC. Yes it will work but there will be compatibility issues and some things just won't work.
zelendel said:
This is due to the AOSP drivers not supporting it and due to that the codex have been removed. It is one of the things you give up running AOSP roms. Think of it like running Linux on a windows PC. Yes it will work but there will be compatibility issues and some things just won't work.
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Argh..!! So are there any other roms that do support it and have the codec? Or is stock rom the only one?
mvmacd said:
Argh..!! So are there any other roms that do support it and have the codec? Or is stock rom the only one?
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Any rom built off of the stock rom will be able to do it. As they have all the Device built drivers and supporting codecs
zelendel said:
Any rom built off of the stock rom will be able to do it. As they have all the Device built drivers and supporting codecs
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Right, I meant what are the most well known stock-based fascinate roms?
where the most well know non-stock roms being Cyanogenmod, JT's vanilla GB, TSM Pool Party, SuperClean3..
hi guys im new in this forum.......its possible fix the HW video decoder on minicm9???
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Maybe, maybe not.. all ICS roms are alpha or beta at the moment and the devs are working hard on the issues that remain, I guess they will succeed at some point, but there's no telling when.
i hope next cm9 vers video recorder
Izzy_Exe said:
hi guys im new in this forum.......its possible fix the HW video decoder on minicm9???
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I use the mxplayer miniCM9
in settings I leave it enabled the option decoder fast SW
well I see all my videos, while the HW decoder is not fixed
ReversBrasil said:
I use the mxplayer miniCM9
in settings I leave it enabled the option decoder fast SW
well I see all my videos, while the HW decoder is not fixed
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thanx....... yeahh me too but youtube app uses HW :C..........
sir im curently using sony ericson x10 mini and im recently update cm9-3.0.3 and flash ics 3 kernal also all are workng propery bt only I hve video play issue that means when I play the video sound goes fast rather than video sametime video lagging also and anthr issue some application when I using its says 'sory unfortunatly operamini stoped' so pls help to me. welcm any post and thx
If these videos are HQ videos, then the problem is caused by the lack of OMX codecs for your device (armV6 on ICS lacks these codecs).
dushy
Theonew said:
If these videos are HQ videos, then the problem is caused by the lack of OMX codecs for your device (armV6 on ICS lacks these codecs).
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Thx for your earlier reply. So how can i upgrade that code or any solution for that?
the lag is because hq videos use divx codecs which is found on higher end phones........no way of upgrading it....google search for supported codecs for your device.it will be in spec list...then convert it the res supported by your device(also found in spec list) it will 320x240 like this....and choose your device's codecs using format factory or any other video converters...copy it to your device and enjoy
Sundar Dushy said:
Thx for your earlier reply. So how can i upgrade that code or any solution for that?
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Qualcomm has not released the codecs for armV6 instruction set devices running ICS (because of incompatibility), so there is no way to update them.
I understand there is a lack of certain drivers for ICS and JB......but does this mean graphics hardware too? I understand the camcorder driver issue will never be fixed.
i tried playing back 1080p video shot from stock 2.3.5 Sunfire. On stock 2.3.5, playback of 1080p shot video is flawless.
But the same video cannot be played back properly on any CM10 or MIUI JB roms I have tried. ....even if cpu speed is set high
I even tried Camera Illusion as suggested and the capture and playback 720P way too jittery and laggy.
Or is there a way to get video playback /graphics performance to its full capabilities in JB or ICS? or it simply another lack of driver issue?
Thanks in advance.
poog said:
I understand there is a lack of certain drivers for ICS and JB......but does this mean graphics hardware too? I understand the camcorder driver issue will never be fixed.
i tried playing back 1080p video shot from stock 2.3.5 Sunfire. On stock 2.3.5, playback of 1080p shot video is flawless.
But the same video cannot be played back properly on any CM10 or MIUI JB roms I have tried. ....even if cpu speed is set high
I even tried Camera Illusion as suggested and the capture and playback 720P way too jittery and laggy.
Or is there a way to get video playback /graphics performance to its full capabilities in JB or ICS? or it simply another lack of driver issue?
Thanks in advance.
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Lack of driver issue
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Try MX Player?
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