HI ,
I have installed most Custom roms available - and one thing that annoys me is how the videos play.
Now i am not being picky or choosy about this but did u notice without the hardware acceleration (SW , SW fast mode) the videos have a microsecond delay to load and then to move scrolling is slow.
In fact on MKV and FLV the video takes more time which is not there in ORiginal Firmware
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Same here
I have the same problem too! Especially because I mostly use my phone in watching anime, being able to play using hardware acceleration is a must-have feature to have longer battery life and avoid unwanted heating of my phone due to software encoding.
I hope this can be updated or fixed soon!
Try dice player from market
Dice Player mostly does the job, but the only thing that makes me use MX Player is support for advanced subtitle formatting. Thanks for the fast reply!
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Hello All
Please forgive me if I'm posting this question in the wrong forum. I'm sure this subject has been beat to death but I just cant seem to find the answers anywhere....well the answers i want to hear that is Just so you guys know I'm coming form a Samsung Moment so i'm pretty overwhelmed with the E3D..lol
So "most" of the video files these days on the net are encoded video x264 (720p) and AC-3/Ogg/mp3 in a MKV container (I personally backup in x264(720p) /FLAC/MKV). Well I'm having the worst time finding a program to play back these files. For example, I have an episode of Fringe (see MediaInfo1.jpg) that I've tried playing with 4 different programs using various settings and such but I just can't get smooth playback. And if i do get smooth playback the sound doesn't work!
RockPlayer --> in Hardware decoding mode looks AMAZING but no sound
RockPlayer --> in software decoding mode i have both but have low framerate, screen turds, and video/audio sync issues
Stock Player --> Video looks amazing!...no sound
Vplayer --> Video has some screen Turds, Sound does play..no sync issues
So it looks like Vplayer is the best so far...but still nothing perfect. NetFlix (NetFlix-1080p-HiDef-H264-Rotate-Blue-v1.2.2.X) looks amazing on this phone!..and i've no issues with it.
So..your thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Well just to post my findings just in case somebody else is having trouble with this...DicePlayer works!! I just started downloading every video player there was and DicePlayer is excellent .
Still would be nice if Android played it natively..well after the help of an installed codec
Try MoboPlayer, it is legit!
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diceplayer played 1080p mkv (dts sound), 720p mkv (ac3 sound), anime mkv files (with embedded subs) without any issues. perfect player so far!
moboplayer couldnt play all.
Try mobo player it work on almost anything.
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As the Razr Cannot play all formats like the Galaxy S which i previously Owned , Right now i am using the MX Video Player which plays all format but it sometimes cant play the bigger with ease , the fps seems to be low and not smooth.i.e there no smoothness in running video..I know a Dual Core Phone should handle big video files with ease.So is there problem in the App or are there any alternatives ?
For Examples If i am playing a 700mb AVI file it seems to be little laggy :|
I've played bigger files that are in the range of 1.7 GB each and they're smooth using Software Decoder (Fast mode).
I believe it's got something to do with the decoding and isn't an issue with the phone itself. Compatibility is a major pain for Android.
Edit: Used MX Player for the above. I've tested out others and MX Player seems to be the best for now. No codecs installed too.
I might be wrong but I believe that the galaxy s supports more formats natively than the razr (and transformer). I was testing some videos I had on my transformer tablets (on the razr) and discovered the stock player could not handle them (black screen with audio) so I gave mx a try and it was handling the decoding in software. These streams are relatively low resolution (dvds) with different encodings (mp4, mp2, ...) and different containers (avi, h.264, ...).
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I could see that with higher resolutions there might be issue with the software encoding. Also, you might check the bit-rate your sd card can handle (or try using internal storage) if there is stuttering (i.e, the issue might be read-rate as well as software decoding).
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Anyways the two players I have traditionally used (beyond stock) are mobo and mx. I generally favor mx (which you had issues).
Yez if not MX, then use mobo, software playback seems smoother in mobo player.
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I use MX and its great. Super smooth.
I like the finger swipe to fast forward/rewind and the zoom feature
Sim Kai Long said:
I've played bigger files that are in the range of 1.7 GB each and they're smooth using Software Decoder (Fast mode).
I believe it's got something to do with the decoding and isn't an issue with the phone itself. Compatibility is a major pain for Android.
Edit: Used MX Player for the above. I've tested out others and MX Player seems to be the best for now. No codecs installed too.
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Yea right The MX Video Player With S/W Decoding Enabled Everything runs smooth be it in fast mode or not .
Now i can play bigger files with ease. Damn i need to work hard to get acquainted with motorola. Used Galaxy S for 2 yrs
MxPlayer the best
720p on S/W (not fast) runs very smooth RAZR natively supports 1080p .mp4 files, mxplayer has much trouble with playing it in S/W mode. But in H/W runs great
So can RAZR play xVid/AVI format files natively? (like my Samsung Fascinate can). I am assuming if not the MX player mentioned above can????
MX certainly plays AVI fine on my Fascinate. I used to have Act 1 video player on my Droid (1).
Drooling over RAZR MAXX!
I'm using MX player ans so far everything i've tried running, runs without any problems including subtitles.
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I've been using buzzplayer, it seems to handle almost anything, and it can stream video from SMB shares.
I've always used MoboPlayer. Not come across much it couldn't play.
I didn't like MX.. I use mVideoPlayer. Works great. Can't explain why it's so much better. Just try it out and see. It's all preference though.
Mobo here. No complaints.
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I'm trying MX out right now and it's struggling to load my .avi files. Does it just take a long time to start? I know the files are good because I used them on my Droid 2.
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I didn't like MX.. I use mVideoPlayer. Works great. Can't explain why it's so much better. Just try it out and see. It's all preference though.
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went to market to try it and not there... for fascinate anyway (which I am still on)
Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
bumping thread.
or maybe others can suggest a player that is like MX that uses hardware acceleration to play clips.
Mobo Player does not and I can't find any other player out there that uses HW accel for playback.
Thanks
keplenk said:
Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
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Although I haven't watched any anime since I flashed ICS, my mx player has had no issues with any movies I've played. I'll download an anime movie and let you know.
Have you tried clearing the data/cache or even reinstalling?
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Coffinfeeder said:
Although I haven't watched any anime since I flashed ICS, my mx player has had no issues with any movies I've played. I'll download an anime movie and let you know.
Have you tried clearing the data/cache or even reinstalling?
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Thanks. That would be awesome. I'm actually looking for a 1080p mkv movie video (even trailers will do) so I could just test it without subs. Surprisingly I can't find one .. lol.
If you are going to download, try mkv animes + embedded subs. I did other test with some other animes and noticed that not are all the same. Although all of anime have audio/video/subs sync issues but some of them only has .5 seconds lag. Some 2 seconds, extremes are 4 seconds. I would assume that whatever is causing this, is how the anime was encoded but when I play it with Gingerbread, not a single sync issue happens. So its either the ICS leak or MX Player.
Thanks again. Looking forward for your test results
keplenk said:
Thanks. That would be awesome. I'm actually looking for a 1080p mkv movie video (even trailers will do) so I could just test it without subs. Surprisingly I can't find one .. lol.
If you are going to download, try mkv animes + embedded subs. I did other test with some other animes and noticed that not are all the same. Although all of anime have audio/video/subs sync issues but some of them only has .5 seconds lag. Some 2 seconds, extremes are 4 seconds. I would assume that whatever is causing this, is how the anime was encoded but when I play it with Gingerbread, not a single sync issue happens. So its either the ICS leak or MX Player.
Thanks again. Looking forward for your test results
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Just downloaded ninja scroll episodes to test. The files are mkv with English subs. Everything seemed to be in perfect sync, but hard to tell on a subtitled video.
Just so you know, these are 65mb files so they're not of the highest quality but everything runs fine in terms of audio sync.
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Thanks for the test. Yup, I failed to mention that if its 480p .. its fine. Whenever you raise the bar to 720p or 1080p videos then its a different story.
I still have few hours to test. Thanks for spending time and testing it
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Thanks for the test. Yup, I failed to mention that if its 480p .. its fine. Whenever you raise the bar to 720p or 1080p videos then its a different story.
I still have few hours to test. Thanks for spending time and testing it
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I'll download a 720p hd anime movie and report back a little later. It is easter after all
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Ok so I downloaded ghost in the shell 2.0 and it's 720p mkv format. The mx player would not use hardware encoding to play it, but it played via "sw encoding (fast)".
I loaded up the subtitles and let it run. I skipped several places every 20 minutes or so to test. It played with no issues, audio and video were in sync with the subtitles.
You may want to try software encoding (fast) on your mkv files, maybe that'll work for you as well. You can adjust the encoder in the settings.
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Ok so I downloaded ghost in the shell 2.0 and it's 720p mkv format. The mx player would not use hardware encoding to play it, but it played via "sw encoding (fast)".
I loaded up the subtitles and let it run. I skipped several places every 20 minutes or so to test. It played with no issues, audio and video were in sync with the subtitles.
You may want to try software encoding (fast) on your mkv files, maybe that'll work for you as well. You can adjust the encoder in the settings.
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Ok I will try to do it. Maybe tomorrow since I already flashed back to GB. I only used software decode (not the fast one). But its weird that you don't have HW playback. hmmm. All my videos played in HW acceleration fine, of course except the audio/video sync.
Hmm ..
I actually found something interesting. MX player has issues with some subtitles with our leak ICS.
I tried Dice Player which also uses HW acceleration and I don't have any issue with the same video.
I also tried other ICS video players that use HW and there are no issues.
So, i think its just MX player.
keplenk said:
Hi all,
I recently jumped the bandwagon and installed ICS leak on it. Tried Dagr8 Alpha 1 and 2. I also tried Collective. I really love those leaked roms (except maybe Alpha 2, so much lag in my case).
I need help with MX player. One of the biggest reason I bought the note was to watch a lot of my anime series when in the bus going to work/from work. I download animes in MKV format and the subtitles there are embedded. The anime I download are usually 1080p and 720p. I download this video size because sometimes I watch it on my computer too. So I just download it at large sizes so I can watch it anywhere with good quality.
Anyway, when I installed ICS and installed MX player, I'm having horrible out of sync with audio/video. It also gets worse when you watch the video longer. Sometimes out of sync takes a 4-second difference.
If I change from Hardware acceleration to Software, out of sync goes away but the playback is sooo laggy that you can't watch it too. ** Oh maybe not totally go away, as I just experienced right now (while typing this) that I had an out of sync issue even in software decoder. **
I never had any issue with GingerBread. All my anime video plays fine even in 1080p. I have not tried converting to Mp4 but I don't think it will make sense because it was working before with GB. I have a lot of anime and converting it would be a pain for me. Maybe there is a trick that I can do in ICS to fix this issue.
Are you guys also having out of sync issues with some videos in MX player? If not, please try playing videos in MKV with embedded subs and let me know.
I really want to stick with ICS. This is the only reason I'm going to go back to GB before I get to work on monday Please help, I really don't want to go back to GB anymore.
Thanks
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I have a Captivate and use MX Player to watch Game of Thrones. 720p with H/W Acceleration...click on the music note next to the H/W tanlb and you should find more audio options. Try some of those.
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I used the latest VEGAn-ge-7.1.0 for the 1.2 bootloader on my gTab with CWM the other day. First time ever flashing a rom and everything went great! The problem I'm having is that the built-in video player in VEGAn will no longer play my mpeg4 movies/TV shows. With the stock ROM on the gTab I never had any problems with the built-in videoplayer OR mVideoplayer. They both worked just fine. Once I flashed VEGAn my movies wont work.
I can only assume it has something to do with hardware acceleration.?.?.?.? I have over 5tb worth of movies and tv shows already ripped from my collection, I will NOT re-encode anything at this point!
99% of what I use my gTablet for is watching movies while I'm at work(I'm on call with lots of down time) I would love to use a better ROM then the crappy TnT stuff Viewsonic shipped this thing with. But I cant NOT be able to play my mpeg4 movie files.
Is there a good ROM that will let my mpeg4's work like the stock ROM does? I dont care about any fancy features or anything in the ROM, I only watch movies on this thing and play the occasional game. But if I had a better ROM I'm sure I'd use this thing for more then what I do now.
My mpeg4 encode settings used in DVDFab are as follows:
848x480 resolution
3000kbps fixed bitrate(less then this movies can get pixelated)
128bit DolbyPrologic2 audio
FastEncoding 1 pass
These are the best settings for mpeg4's that I have found while testing out various settings when I bought the gTab. From the looks of the settings could it be that I need HW accel video playback instead of SW?
Any of the Froyo based roms such as Beastly-Clemsyn (my favorite, very fast and stable), Frankentab, BC, etc all have working hardware acceleration, as does the new ICS beta. You are probably right about the hardware accel. being the problem, this is the same reason I always end up back on a Froyo rom. I have encoded a lot of video that I stream from my main PC, and there is almost always skips, freezes or audio sync problems on roms w/o hardware acceleration.
You can also try on your current rom, MXPlayer and Mobo Player have versions that are optimized for ARM v7 (Gtablet). In the players settings, change from hardware to software video and audio decoding. Most of my videos play alright with MXPlayer on software decoding using CM7, which doesn't have hardware acceleration.
Last, you could try Qloud Media, if you have a pretty fast PC. Qloud will re-encode and stream your video from the PC, optimized for the target device. It works very well on every device I have tried it on, and can even work beyond your network, but it consumes my entire 4 CPU cores in bursts of a few seconds while it is re-encoding, so no intense PC usage while it is running.
Thank you! I'll try and stick with the Froyo based ROM's. I've DL'd quite a few different ROM's but I have yet to install any of them other then the latest VEGAn one.
I have HTC Wildfire S (marvel) and have recently installed CyanogenMod 9.0.0-RC2 marvel ALPHA7.
Since I cant post to that topic, for whatever reason, here it goes.
First of all, huge thanks to dude who developed it. My phone is faster, more responsive, lots more features, etc. For me it was equivavalent from moving from windows ME to win 7.
Second, a big thanks to all of you who posted tutorials on how to root and install custom roms, backups, etc. I never laid eyes on Android OS up to few weeks ago and due to these tutorial (after some trail and error and long hours) managed to solo update and setup everything.
Now I would like to ask a few questions in relation to Cyanogen mode that arose in this brief use time.
1) Video is recording, but cant be played, also when I open it on my computer video is running but is garbled green. Is this a currently unresolved bug, and is there a workaround in a form of app that would be used to record instead?
2) When using 2g/3g internet with apps, the apps (e.g. facebook app) very quickly report there is no connection and I have to retap to try again. On wifi, there is no such problem (probably due to fact I have signal strength of 95%). Is there a way to change the time that apps wait for internet data before reporting no internet connection or time outing?
3) What apps can be safely deleted from the system part of the internal memory (apk and odex?) ?
1. If you record videos with your phone really often, go back to CM7. Qualcomm OpenMax drivers are needed for hardware video encoding/decoding to work on ICS+, but Qualcomm isn't releasing them for ARMv6. If you want to play videos on your phone, download some video player from Play Store that has it's own SW decoder (for example install MX player, go to settings and change decoder to SW).
3. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones
tnx but still problem
Thank you for replay.
I allready use the mx player. The video recorded, when I play it even with mx player is garbled, picture jumping, green overlay etc., same as on the computer.
Is there a way around this by some app which I would use to record instead?
angelico_payne said:
Thank you for replay.
I allready use the mx player. The video recorded, when I play it even with mx player is garbled, picture jumping, green overlay etc., same as on the computer.
Is there a way around this by some app which I would use to record instead?
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Did you change the settings to SW? When you're watching the video is usually says HW, which means hardware decoding. SW is software decoding
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Did you change the settings to SW? When you're watching the video is usually says HW, which means hardware decoding. SW is software decoding
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No, I didnt, tried with both, on HW craches, on software garbbled.
Installed VideoREC video recorder and it records, and those recordings I can play fine via mx player on sw, while I still cant play it via gallery (which is not a biggy).
Also video is recorded as if it has low fps (maybe phone or driver limitation), but now at least I can record and view recordings.
Does my phone has hw chip for recording and playback? (cant seem to find this info, and cant understand different codec versions of mx player 5,6,7 - I have 6 installed but I am not sure wheather I should install 7 as well)