I've read all of hte dock threads, but can't find anyone that may have the same issue as I do.
Here's the history. I was running Calk/Clem, and could watch movies on my TV via the dock's HDMI connection. Everything looked brilliant, nice and crisp.
I decided to try out a HC rom, and went with Gtabcomb. I docked it and tried to watch a video, but the quality was pretty poor. it was pixelated extremely bad. The image on the tablet, though, was beautiful, comparitively.
Figuring that it might have something to do with the rom, and lack of acceleration, I decided to go back to a Froyo rom again. This time, I chose BC, which I had been on before, but didn't have the dock at the time. I, once again, docked it, and attempted to watch a movie, but it too was pixelated.
I flashed Clem's Kernel, thinking that it may have something to do with Pershoots Kernels (which are run on both BC and Gtabcomb) No go, still pixelated.
Wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wipe data/factory reset, reset permissions, repartitioned, flashed Calk/clem again, thinking it will be all right now, but nope, my videos still look perfectly fine on the gtablet, but are pixelated on the TV. They looked absolutely beautiful before, but not anymore. Even the home screens are pixelated, now.
I've tried Rockplayer (the original player when all was fine, software encoding, I get no sound when using hardware encoding) Moboplayer, stock movie player, "video player" that was in the Calk/Clem removed apps folder. Not one of them will play the videos properly on the TV, yet they look wonderful on the tablet itself.
Anyone have any ideas why my dock has started to transfer in a lower resolution than it had previously? I've changed no settings on my TV, and everything else plays fine through it (PC, WII, DVDs, Fios)
A few questions come to mind! Are you sure it's not the movies? Are you using anything different to encode the movies? At what resolution are you encoding the them?
I thought of that too. I don't actually encode any of them. I just ehem, <find> them online. Most are AVI movies. I still had one that I watched prior to the resolution messing up. It looked fine before, and doesn't now. Additionally, it's not just the videos, it's the home screen, the lock screen...everything is pixelated.
I was planning on editing the OP as well. I tried starting simple, and switched out the HDMI cable...It's not that, both cables lead to same results.
Could something have gone wacky with the dock itself, perhaps?
Does the TV detect the input (output from the dock) as 1080p? Have you tried manualy checking/switching display modes on the TV to see if any make a difference or maybe connecting to another TV.
Also. it is the Tegra2 that does the hardware upconvert from the native 1024x600 resolution to the 1080p (1920x1080) output. There are a couple of entries in build.prop that shouldn't change but you can take a look just to make sure...they are persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.width=1920 & persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.height=1080.
This happens to me using the HDMI cable for the gTablet. The homescreen is pixelated, movies are also but they are stil watchable. I've tried 2 tvs and same results on both.
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Does the TV detect the input (output from the dock) as 1080p? Have you tried manualy checking/switching display modes on the TV to see if any make a difference or maybe connecting to another TV.
Also. it is the Tegra2 that does the hardware upconvert from the native 1024x600 resolution to the 1080p (1920x1080) output. There are a couple of entries in build.prop that shouldn't change but you can take a look just to make sure...they are persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.width=1920 & persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.height=1080.
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just checked build.prop, and both of those lines exist...
edit: oh yeah, and I'm poor...only 1 TV available...I have tried changing TV settings with the same results, pixellation...I'm so confused. I wouldn't be surprised if it had been happening all along, but this is a new development, it's weird.
Try this, TJ:
Edit /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg to have these lines:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
rajeevvp said:
Try this, TJ:
Edit /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg to have these lines:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
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they already exist...hmmm
TJEvans said:
they already exist...hmmm
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Use Android's software renderer then:
Code:
0 1 android
0 0 tegra
Then, try switching between the Tegra renderer and Android rendered for display 1 (display 0, I believe, is the tablet screen--display 1 might be the HDMI output):
Code:
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
and
Code:
1 1 android
1 0 tegra
Code:
0 1 android
0 0 tegra
didn't change anything
Code:
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
Lost visual at 3rd splash screen when rebooting...had to reflash rom to get it back
Code:
1 1 android
1 0 tegra
didn't attempt becuase of what happened above, lol
edit: Is there a chance that something is wrong within the dock itself? Just curious, as it seems that the tablet is functioning properly,as is the TV, and the HDMI cable...the only variable not questioned so far has been the dock itself...
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Lost visual at 3rd splash screen when rebooting...had to reflash rom to get it back
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Yeah, that was my screw-up. I was in a hurry yesterday and I didn't check. Try these settings:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
It enables the tegra HW renderer (which is the only one available going by the libs in /system/lib/egl) for both the LCD and the dock.
And, you don't need to reflash the ROM, just create a file with "0 0 tegra" in it (the GtabComb default egl.cfg file) and adb push the file into /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg. That will stop the boot loop.
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And, you don't need to reflash the ROM, just create a file with "0 0 tegra" in it (the GtabComb default egl.cfg file) and adb push the file into /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg. That will stop the boot loop.
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yeah, I've never done the ADB thing before, and I've honestly NEVER had any experience with anything Linux...so, trust me, reflashing was probably the easiest thing that I could do, lol
Edit:
so, in your previous post, should all 4 lines be in the file?
TJEvans said:
Edit:
so, in your previous post, should all 4 lines be in the file?
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Yeah, give it a try. And, if that doesn't work, I give up and you'll have to seek a higher power.
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Yeah, give it a try. And, if that doesn't work, I give up and you'll have to seek a higher power.
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I am an Elder at my church, you'd think that would give me some "pull," right?
edit: nope, it's a no go, and the big guy wasn't any help either....
thanks for trying, man. one of these days, I'l probably just end up seeing it work...
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I've read all of hte dock threads, but can't find anyone that may have the same issue as I do.
Here's the history. I was running Calk/Clem, and could watch movies on my TV via the dock's HDMI connection. Everything looked brilliant, nice and crisp.
I decided to try out a HC rom, and went with Gtabcomb. I docked it and tried to watch a video, but the quality was pretty poor. it was pixelated extremely bad. The image on the tablet, though, was beautiful, comparitively.
Figuring that it might have something to do with the rom, and lack of acceleration, I decided to go back to a Froyo rom again. This time, I chose BC, which I had been on before, but didn't have the dock at the time. I, once again, docked it, and attempted to watch a movie, but it too was pixelated.
I flashed Clem's Kernel, thinking that it may have something to do with Pershoots Kernels (which are run on both BC and Gtabcomb) No go, still pixelated.
Wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wipe data/factory reset, reset permissions, repartitioned, flashed Calk/clem again, thinking it will be all right now, but nope, my videos still look perfectly fine on the gtablet, but are pixelated on the TV. They looked absolutely beautiful before, but not anymore. Even the home screens are pixelated, now.
I've tried Rockplayer (the original player when all was fine, software encoding, I get no sound when using hardware encoding) Moboplayer, stock movie player, "video player" that was in the Calk/Clem removed apps folder. Not one of them will play the videos properly on the TV, yet they look wonderful on the tablet itself.
Anyone have any ideas why my dock has started to transfer in a lower resolution than it had previously? I've changed no settings on my TV, and everything else plays fine through it (PC, WII, DVDs, Fios)
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Also running Calk+Celmv6. Just got my dock in today. I believe that is just the way it is. Home screen & all non hardware accelerated video are very grainy. Viewed mine on a 42". May look better on a smaller TV but probably not a whole lot better. Colors are very overdriven compared to what shows on the gTab.
Watching Netflix was kind of like watching an old VHS that you had recorded from the TV.
Played a converted DVD through Rockplayer in both soft decode & hardware decode. Soft decode was grainy as well. Hardware decode looks MUCH better.
No problem with sound.
Didn't try Moboplayer since on my gTab doesn't play well with it...automatically reduces the volume to 50% and won't go any higher (even though it says it at 100%). I can verify this by exiting Moboplayer & turning up the volume which is at the 50% levelo
Al
I get the same thing with mobo player and sound. With rockplayer, if I choose hardware decoding, I get no sound whatsoever, not just through the dock, but when run undocked, I don't get any sound at all.
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I get the same thing with mobo player and sound. With rockplayer, if I choose hardware decoding, I get no sound whatsoever, not just through the dock, but when run undocked, I don't get any sound at all.
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I had some problems with the intial version of Rockplayer that was on v6, especially after I installed Remote Media Center (RMC). RMC said it only works with Mobo & Rock Lite so I downloaded Rockplayer Lite & it worked. The version of Lite was newer so I looked for newer version. Downloaded v1.7.2 and now no problems with rockplayer, even with RMC so uninstalled Lite.
hello to all, greetings from Spain, I open this issue because since last Friday I am the new owner of lg v30, but I have a problem that I do not like at all, and I would like to know if the same thing happens to you too
on YouTube, I've put some videos of these shows to see the screen and others, and I noticed that the videos in 1080p60 are pretty lag, and quite annoying frame losses, like stoppages, (in one of Youtube videos, a demo of LG, a red car comes out, and happens to be next to the camera and the next frame is already 2 meters, I do not know if I explain) and I'm quite fussy about this issue, what I put the same video to 1080p also in a leeco le pro 3, and it looks fluidisimo, perfect .... why can this be? Someone else happens?
I do not know if you can put links, if you can please tell me and I'll post the video so you can try it if you can see it well
Another question, does your phone heat up? is that I notice it hotter than the leeco, as soon as I put some video like this 1080p60 gets tempered by the area of the camera, I do not know if that is normal or not
Thank you very much and hopefully answer
Happens to me too. I also tested this on a Galaxy S8 and it has identically bad performance. It probably also happens on the Note 8. 1080p30 HDR runs fine though. I didn't notice any heating - maybe just slightly warm but could as well be from my hands. Was the other phone you tested HDR capable?
I don't know if I can help you at all, but perhaps if you fill in some blanks, others might.
1) What model phone do you own and what firmware are you on (stock, stock rooted, custom ROM, etc)? You can check your firmware under Settings.
2) Can you link us to a video that's giving you problems?
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I don't know if I can help you at all, but perhaps if you fill in some blanks, others might.
1) What model phone do you own and what firmware are you on (stock, stock rooted, custom ROM, etc)? You can check your firmware under Settings.
2) Can you link us to a video that's giving you problems?
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hello, thank you very much for answering
1) my phone is lg v30 h930, stock, just removed from the box without touching anything, and the software version is V21w-EUR-XX
2) this problem happens to me in all the videos that I play on YouTube 1080p60 HDR (if I put the same video in 720p60 HDR the problem improves a lot, it becomes almost imperceptible) but the problem is that youtube does not give the option to deactivate the hdr, so if the video has that option, it activates it
I give you some examples of the videos that I have tried and they are very annoying ( It does not let me put links because I have less than 10 messages, I put the description of the youtube thumbnail, the first videos come out )
on youtube put "lg oled demo ", and play the first video, which shows a teapot in the thumbnail, and the video that shows a butterfly in the thumbnail, both are 4k Hdr 60fps
the phone I have it all activated, the HDR, I have not activated any energy savings, this all to the maximum ... I do not know what can happen, I do not know if it is the snapdragon 835 problem that can not with so much demand .... Do you think that could be why?
I have a pocophone f1 my brother, and the same video runs smoothly, very very fluid, but does not allow HDR, but I do not want hdr only make it look fluid
I've also noticed a bit of lag in chrome, in firefox it's better to scroll
Do you think it will be solved in any way? is that if I'm not return it and buy another phone thinking, something like pocophone because they do not have that kind of budget : llorando:
thank you very much and I hope response
I just tested that first video you suggested (the one with the teapot thumbnail) and I had absolutely no issues with playback. No stutter or lag with either the video or audio.
It's perfectly smooth, and really a lovely video.
I'm not an expert on HDR (since I don't use this device to watch movies or TV shows via Netflix or any other service), but as far as I can tell, the HDR triggered properly.
I have HDR turned on Settings, of course, and it's my understanding that you can tell when HDR turns on (when you rotate to Landscape) because the white Youtube pause/play buttons (amongst others) get very bright compared to Portrait view (which is supposed to disable HDR).
I also have never had any issues with Chrome. But I don't use FireFox, so I can't really compare the two.
I'm using an American open market US998 LG V30 on stock 20D (an old firmware from around June/July 2018), rooted.
I plan on updating my phone to the newest stock firmware one of these days, but haven't gotten around to it.
I have no idea what's going on with your phone. I understand it's new.
Maybe try checking to see if there's an OTA firmware update ready for you to install? (You might be running system software even older than mine, with a flawed HDR implementation).
Maybe there are some bloatware apps that came with your phone that are impacting performance.
Perhaps a factory reset could help?
I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
Que tengas buena suerte.
When i Am on STOCK ROM there is stutter and lag..
Install A CUSTOM ROM (tested on dot os) The colors still look vivid and plays smooth!! Absolutely no lag
I have had this issue since I first took my V30 out the box. Have the latest update for stock ROM/ VS996/Verizon. I gave up trying to troubleshoot this issue.
im using vanced as default YouTube app. it has an option to enable VP9 codec, that'll make your playback smoother even at 1440p60fps. But it kill HDR (but the color still the same tho). Shame, that V30 couldn't play HDR, because this phone is one of YouTube Signature Devices https://devicereport.youtube.com/phones/lg_v30.
Update: When I play that "lg oled demo" video, it doesn't stutter, I don't notice any of them. But when play "peru hdr" it stutter a lot. I'm using H932 latest stock. Try to activate that VP9 codec if you don't want HDR after all. Also, I don't use Chrome anymore, I disable it and using others. try Kiwi or Brave both are chromium based if you prefer chrome-like interface. If Firefox feels better so stick with it.
Just turn off hdr in display settings, every lg v30 has this problem. I think it's because hw decoder cannot keep up so this problem applies to every snapdragon 835 phone. Hw is capable of 1080p30fps HDR in vp9, 1080p60fps HDR is on the limit and can drop frames. HDR is gimmick for me, it is not well implemented. The quality is much worse than normal videos. For me bigger problem is that oled screen cannot reproduce dark colors because of low uniformity when pixels are barerly turned on and very slow response time in that matter too but that's for another topic.
Ho guys, i'm going Crazy with this issue, please help me....
Idk why, but Yesterday(After have bene using my mate 20 pro since August without any issue) the streaming apps won't show images but only sound. I've tried everyting like clean cache of these apps, unistalling and reinstalling them, i've tried to disable the colour correction(as i've found on internet), no everyting Is update... It seams to me like some protection issue, like if the streaming apps blocks on purpose the video playback for a lack of security(? Idk, but YouTube and now tv works fine).
As you know, the mate 20 pro Is certified wilevine L1 the maximum level of protection.
Please help me, i'm getting really annoyed.
Ps: i've Also checked if some app update have been done in the previous day, and the only one was "Google services for AR" or something similar, but disabling hit haven't solved anything.
Have you tried running the app in battery save mode? i read someone else had this issue and it worked for them. Hope this helps
Do you mean the mode you can change in smartphone settings? If so, yes and nothing changed, i've tried everyting less an hard reset that i want ti avoid as much as possible. It seams to me like prime video, Netflix and infinity turn the screen black becouse they think you are recording the screen, there Is a way tu run an app and kill all other process?
Thank you
Hi i have the Same Problem but only with Netflix. Prime is okay. Only Sound with black Screen.
I have solved the problem. Idk why, but switching from"intelligent mode" in the display resolution panel, in settings, to HD fixed the problem. Try to set HD, open Netflix and see if It works, than change again to full HD or quadHD. At Moment i'm using quad HD settings, and i'm no more facing the black screen problem. I've not tried the intelligent mode again.
Hope It can help you aswell.
Ps: try Also to disable color correction in settings accessibilities. For someone It worked, not in my case.
Thanks, the solution was Like you Said, Switch to FHD+ .now all Work. :fingers-crossed:
Hello the Problem is back. After testing a while i found an other solution. I added the 2 apps which only shows black Screen and Sound (Netflix and Amazon Prime) in the settings of Fluid ng .
cybermaniac2000 said:
Hello the Problem is back. After testing a while i found an other solution. I added the 2 apps which only shows black Screen and Sound (Netflix and Amazon Prime) in the settings of Fluid ng .
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I also have the black video problem on YouTube or Prime Video. I think it's related to some overlaying apps on top of the video. When I use a speedcam overlay on top of other windows I noticed that the video goes black. I also often use split windows, so I need to clear the split windows and restarts the video for the orientation to go away. The resolution of the phone does not make a difference.