I understand due to the lack of driver source code that Hardware acceleration will not work on our tabs past 2.2(froyo). But I am currently running Calkulin+Clemsyn 1.5ghz Froyo Combo VERSION 6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024120 and I have tried at least 20 diff videos and diff formats using hardware codec and not one video played. I know you can use apps to play videos with software codecs but when you start going into 720p and 1080p videos the video slows way down. So is there something I'm missing? I thought the tegra 2 could handle 1080p decoding? If there is another ROM that can do HD decoding better please let me know cause video playback is what I use my tab the most for. Thanks for any help and sorry for the wall of txt lol.
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Edit: Ok after several trial and error's on trying pershoot's kernel I decided to go ahead and re-encode my videos using Freemake video converter. It works and the quality actually looks better! This program is free and it has Android presets for our tablets so that you get the best video quality at our resolution! Now I would still like to use pershoot's kernal but I can't find any froyo roms that has his/her's kernel already packed into the rom. If some one could please help me with finding one that would be super! Thanks soooo much!!!
stock rom works...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884103
works ... i test 1080p
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chacaldecg said:
stock rom works...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884103
works ... i test 1080p
browse internet low....
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Hmmm....well I guess I'm gonna have to choose between video acceleration or a stable ROM? :/ lol is there a custom rom with hardware acceleration? Thanks so much for the answer
I used Calkulin's ROM along with whatever current kernel Pershoot had and I never had any issues with and HD videos. You might want to give one of Pershoot's kernels a shot.
sumdumdude said:
I used Calkulin's ROM along with whatever current kernel Pershoot had and I never had any issues with and HD videos. You might want to give one of Pershoot's kernels a shot.
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Thanks I'll try that! also what player are you using? If its a stock player, could you post the apk? Thanks so much!
BLT24 said:
when you start going into 720p and 1080p videos the video slows way down.
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Why not re-encode to a lower resolution? The GTab can't even play 720p without resizing, which is what's killing you.
1024x600 - that's the screen size. Re-encode your HD video to be under that. It will play like butter. And be considerably smaller.
schettj said:
Why not re-encode to a lower resolution? The GTab can't even play 720p without resizing, which is what's killing you.
1024x600 - that's the screen size. Re-encode your HD video to be under that. It will play like butter. And be considerably smaller.
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Why would they say you can play up to 1080p video, if you really cant? lol Also does it matter if its 600x1024 or 1024x600? The reason I ask is because I see it different all the time lol And one more thing, What program would you suggest to re-encode? Thanks so much for everything!
Edit: Ok so I tried pershoot's newest kernel out and I love it! I get some video acceleration back and it also fixed some sound issues I was having. The only problem is that after I install the kernel it boot's up fine but if I reboot, it gets stuck in a boot loop. If I do a factory reset it will boot back up again. but if I reboot then it gets stuck in a boot loop again. So with that said I don't think this kernel is meant for this ROM. What is the best froyo ROM that includes pershoot's kernel? Thanks for everything!!!!
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).
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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 have been using Rafdroid v4.2 for the past 3 months. The main reason I am sticking to this ROM is because its video playback is perfect. I have found that video playback using all of the newer ROMs are all grainy and of poor quality. This is especially obvious in darker scenes.
This includes the CM7 and MIUI based ROMs. I have also tried all of the lastest HTC based ROM, including the latest “BoxmaX KS v8 DesireHD GB 2.3.5 +Sense3” thinking that being based on Desire HD might solve the problem but they all have the same problem. The poor video playback quality is persistent using either stock or third party app.
My question is what determine the video playback quality? The Kernel, base ROM? I would love to start using the latest GB based ROM but this one issue is holding me back.
Is there a way to solve this problem in the newer ROMs?
I think it might relates to the HW decoder files but I'm not sure..
I too have been using Rafdroid for a while now, hardly ever boot into WM anymore. Great ROM and everything works, and yes, the graphics are great as well.
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Hi there.
Anybody know if there is a way to enable/patch the rom so the hw acceleration would be possible.
i play the mkv files with mx video player and i see that there is only the sw possible.
anybody have any idea?
Such a thing does not yet exist for any AOSP based ROMs.
as a matter of fact it does exist in one GB rom ...
AdyScorpiusMIUI-GB[2.3.7][DARK][SMOOTH & CRISP][MIUI-GB]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488399
wini77 said:
as a matter of fact it does exist in one GB rom ...
AdyScorpiusMIUI-GB[2.3.7][DARK][SMOOTH & CRISP][MIUI-GB]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488399
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Whilst I see that it is listed as a feature of that ROM, I'd personally like to call bull<insert profanity> on any HW acceleration of video playback claims.
oinkylicious said:
Whilst I see that it is listed as a feature of that ROM, I'd personally like to call bull<insert profanity> on any HW acceleration of video playback claims.
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well i have tried the AdyScorpiusMIUI-GB yesterday and the videos with 1080p 30fps played smoothly with normal frame rate.
p.s. i have noticed that the new Miui Special Edition v7 has HW acceleration too.
I'll give it a try today...
Can any one tell me what is the problem with motorola photon 4g ?
its not playing 1080p and 720p videos not playing..
and even i want to know display problem its seams very poor
DJrocks1988 said:
Can any one tell me what is the problem with motorola photon 4g ?
its not playing 1080p and 720p videos not playing..
and even i want to know display problem its seams very poor
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Are you running stock firmware? The stock video player is very picky. Try downloading mxplayer and the arm7 codec for it. Should work fine..As another test, use your phones camcorder and record a video in 720(make like a 15 second video and slowly pan around the room) try and play it back and see if that works. If it does, often times a 720-1080 video wont stream properly or if not coded properly for your device it wont playback properly.
As far as your display problem, id need more information as to what exactly you mean by poor. (When it happens, what it looks like)
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