[Q] Play 720p Video using MX Player? - HTC Desire X

Hi,
I am a Classic Desire owner and also author of several roms for bravo. I was planning to upgrade to Desire X as it looks pretty good to me.
I know the compromises:
1. Camera video = 480p limit
2. No compass
3. No front camera
But the only thing which concerns me is, i have a collection of 720p videos, and i want to transfer it to desire x once i get it, so do i have to convert all of them to 480p via some convertor/? OR i can use MX Player or other market app to atleast RUN the 720p videos ???
Please i need feedback. I know playing 720p on 480p display is serving no additional purpose, but still i dont wanna convert all videos which i download on my pc.
Thanks
Yasir

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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Hi,
I am a Classic Desire owner and also author of several roms for bravo. I was planning to upgrade to Desire X as it looks pretty good to me.
I know the compromises:
1. Camera video = 480p limit
2. No compass
3. No front camera
But the only thing which concerns me is, i have a collection of 720p videos, and i want to transfer it to desire x once i get it, so do i have to convert all of them to 480p via some convertor/? OR i can use MX Player or other market app to atleast RUN the 720p videos ???
Please i need feedback. I know playing 720p on 480p display is serving no additional purpose, but still i dont wanna convert all videos which i download on my pc.
Thanks
Yasir
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Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*

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infernal77 said:
Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*
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Just what I needed to know. Hope to be on your forum soon. If proto device and vendor are properly created by some one, then I promise Aokp cm9/10 and PA etc.
Anyways.
Regards
Yasir
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I did try 720P mkv and those do tend to lag,but maybe with time when we get some custom rom aka optimization the performance will improve.

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CrysiZ said:
I did try 720P mkv and those do tend to lag,but maybe with time when we get some custom rom aka optimization the performance will improve.
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I think as far as the DX's hardware goes, it's perfectly capable of playing 720p and up. I tested 480x352, 480x360, 720p and 1080p clips in different formats and both streaming and from storage. Streaming, in Youtube app, I havent seen any problems like out of sync audio/video, lagging or hickups. From storage, a lot depends on the media player and on the clip format. MXPlayer will play a 720p (and higher res) clip in FLV format perfect.

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infernal77 said:
I think as far as the DX's hardware goes, it's perfectly capable of playing 720p and up. I tested 480x352, 480x360, 720p and 1080p clips in different formats and both streaming and from storage. Streaming, in Youtube app, I havent seen any problems like out of sync audio/video, lagging or hickups. From storage, a lot depends on the media player and on the clip format. MXPlayer will play a 720p (and higher res) clip in FLV format perfect.
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Classic desire wasn't able to record natively at 720p but some kernel Dev found a way to do it. I'm just surprised DX Dev hasn't kicked in properly as its a great device ( not flagship of course).
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
Reviews are generally very positive and I don't care about NFC and front camera. The s4 play dual core is among the lowest performer in its class, but if it beats a gnex, that's fine by me.
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Classic desire wasn't able to record natively at 720p but some kernel Dev found a way to do it. I'm just surprised DX Dev hasn't kicked in properly as its a great device ( not flagship of course).
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
Reviews are generally very positive and I don't care about NFC and front camera. The s4 play dual core is among the lowest performer in its class, but if it beats a gnex, that's fine by me.
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Yea, more so because you can pretty much count on the Desire X getting updates to JB and full sense. The NFC and front camera are no problem for me either, I don't see myself doing video conference calls on my phone lol. Some people have said their phone rebooted randomly, but I don't think it's a general problem when you get the rooting right from scratch, use the right apps and don't try to freeze essential system apps. If you root just unlocking the bootloader, flashing the CWM 6.1.0.5 that's available, then busybox and SuperUser 3.1.3, you're good. No reboots here.
As to the performance, I think these Quadrant tests I just did, say enough.
Without vsync, I/O stats and enhanced sysctl (pimpmyrom) :
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Stock :

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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
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I own Desire X for about two weeks, and I haven't had a single reboot. The device is unrooted with official ROM though...
Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
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Unfortunately, compass is a huge drawback for me. Yesterday for example, I had to use the GPS while I was driving, and it took me a couple of secs to understand my direction on the road...
Other than that, I have to say that I like this device, and as a Desire user (for the past two years), I have to say that it was an upgrade that worth every single Euro...
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app

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panos_ts said:
I own Desire X for about two weeks, and I haven't had a single reboot. The device is unrooted with official ROM though...
Unfortunately, compass is a huge drawback for me. Yesterday for example, I had to use the GPS while I was driving, and it took me a couple of secs to understand my direction on the road...
Other than that, I have to say that I like this device, and as a Desire user (for the past two years), I have to say that it was an upgrade that worth every single Euro...
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app
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There is no Google Nav yet in our country, so i can live with just having directions atm.
I read through the forums and SuperSU was suspected to cause random reboots. My decision is final. Buying this device :good::good::good:
Hope to have a good time with you guys here.
Regards
Yasir

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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
My decision is final. Buying this device :good::good::good:
Hope to have a good time with you guys here.
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Welcome to the club Yasir!
I hope you'll enjoy your new phone!
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app

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infernal77 said:
Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*
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hi i have treid all the video players mrom marketplace including mx player not able to play 720p videos(Imkv or otherwise) without stuttering or out of sync,,i liked this phone very much however not able to play videos is rendiering it useless as multimedia player..even my blackberry cud play these videos..wht seems to be problem dual core not sufficient enough ?
any sloultion

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dheerpat said:
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hi i have treid all the video players mrom marketplace including mx player not able to play 720p videos(Imkv or otherwise) without stuttering or out of sync,,i liked this phone very much however not able to play videos is rendiering it useless as multimedia player..even my blackberry cud play these videos..wht seems to be problem dual core not sufficient enough ?
any sloultion
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From my own tests, a lot depends on the format and the media player. I have to say I'm not very impressed by most of the media players for Android out there. Even the beta VLC for my old iPhone 3GS was better. Hardware wise the Desire X is good enough to play them, like you say.

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Tell me if you find a way to watch the 720p videos without any delays or slowdowns thank you all !

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nikolai4os said:
Tell me if you find a way to watch the 720p videos without any delays or slowdowns thank you all !
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Just watched 720p mp4 video of Superbad movie with mx player. Works perfect and no delays slowdowns whatsoever. I'm 99% sure other 720p videos will work too.
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720p videos lag in my dx too... How did u guys get it working..?

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The lag is due to a bad sdcard, if you buy a new one I think it'll work flawlessly.
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MaartenXDA said:
The lag is due to a bad sdcard, if you buy a new one I think it'll work flawlessly.
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I have a god sd card (Transcend 16bg class 10) and it lags, simply goes out of sync.

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Lag is definitely there..Even a simple Video song do not play properly.
I have to convert them to see it.

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nlooooo said:
I have a god sd card (Transcend 16bg class 10) and it lags, simply goes out of sync.
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That's weird, I can play LOTR full HD without any lag with MX Player. But I just got a new sdcard, something like SanDisk class something, I don't know.
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I think the Desire X is perfectly able to play 720p, it just depends on the clip, your own setup (background apps,..) and the media player apps out there. I just watched a 720p clip in mkv format without problem. I run V6 Supercharger which speeds up my phone a lot though