Hi all,
I've been looking for this on many sites but i didn't find a solution so i hope someone here could help me because i'm reeally desperate.
I'm having a very choppy video playback on certain streamed videos. I dont think posting those sites is allowed here so ill just call them X an Y
Anyways, after googling there seem to be quite a lot of people having this issue.
Video buffers, sound plays ok but the image itself seems to be like 1fps and skip a few seconds..
Site X never works, some others always work..
Youtube works fine (maybe cuz its html5?) playstore movies are fine too.
No this is not a buffering issue because of my wifi, and no using 3g instead of wifi doesnt change anything. I've tried using different browsers and it didn't change a thing. Is it a decoding issue of certain fileformats?
Btw: running rootbox 4.2 and dorimanx kernel
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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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I got my ATT Note the other day and I've noticed that when playing any youtube video (either HQ or standard def on wifi or network) that the video plays normal then speeds up for a sec then back to normal. It's especially worse at the beginning of the video. The audio stays fine, its like the video lags behind the audio and the video speeds up for a sec to catch up.. The status bar shows the video is loading way faster than the video is playing and even pausing it until its downloaded completely doesnt resolve this.
Anyone else have this issue or?
Yeah I have the same problem with HD content on YouTube. Perfect example for me is the LMFAO video Sexy and I know it.
Don't judge I think the video is funny
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At least I know it's just not my phone. I haven't tried it with that particular video, but I will take your word for it. (The song is bad enough lol)
I have noticed the same problem. But when I watch YouTube on the full desktop site in the browser using Flash, it is butter smooth. Even in 720p HD.
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I noticed it as well. Quite annoying. I was starting to think it was just me nit picking.
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Have you tried clearing the data and cache under settings/apps? Works for many apps having similar "odd" issues with behavior.
I think ever since the update the YouTube app has just been so buggy...HQ videos barely want to load anymore
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JDrew said:
I got my ATT Note the other day and I've noticed that when playing any youtube video (either HQ or standard def on wifi or network) that the video plays normal then speeds up for a sec then back to normal. It's especially worse at the beginning of the video. The audio stays fine, its like the video lags behind the audio and the video speeds up for a sec to catch up.. The status bar shows the video is loading way faster than the video is playing and even pausing it until its downloaded completely doesnt resolve this.
Anyone else have this issue or?
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i personally have no problem with youtube though....just out of curiosity....what version of youtube are you guys running?
I have the same problem... hopefully someone has a fix.
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I have noticed the same problem. But when I watch YouTube on the full desktop site in the browser using Flash, it is butter smooth. Even in 720p HD.
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Same thing for me, I actually play youtube videos through dolphin HD browser and 720p and 1080p play perfectly. There is an issue with the youtube app and I am hoping it will be resolved with it's next update.
I hope so, it's kinda embarrassing to show someone this amazing device and to have the video act like it does..
It seems like there is a lot more buffering going on with the YouTube app after the update. Is anyone else experiencing these issues? Also does anyone have any troubleshooting suggestions for me? I did do a soft reset and also cleared the YouTube app data. Thanks
I have seen the same thing. Some people have tried Tubemate with success. Personally it really hasnt helped much for me.
I too would like to have some more info.
There is a thread in the Apps/Theme section about youtube lag and using Tube mate, maybe it will help ya.
If you dont mind report back and let us know if you find a solution.
I have an even better suggestion. forget the stock you tube app. it had buffering issues for people even before the update. its an android issue across several devices. get the app tubemate. its I'm the marketplace and its free. that will solve all your YouTube buffering issues. this app plus alot better than stock YouTube app. its not as pretty but plays the videos alot better. basically no buffering all. plus you can save any video you want and also save the video as a mp3 play in your Google music player as audio file.
Can tube mate play videos in HD or does it default to HQ?
^^ Yes you can play HD, where applicable it lets you pick your resolution.
But like I said earlier I still had issues with Tubemate while watching HD videos. It will even tell you this when you pick the highest resolution, and tells you that you maybe better off downloading the video with TubeMate.
Maybe it will work better for you guys.
Hmm, never heard of tubemate, going to try that out
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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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
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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
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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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Coffinfeeder said:
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 Have noticed a big flaw in my SGS3. Videos played straight on the browser stutter heavily. It doesn't matter which browser you use the stutter is always there. For example videos in gametrailers are unwatchable right now because of this. I didn't have any problems watching videos through browser with my SGS2 so this seem quite weird. I am using go launcher ex but switching to TW doens't help either.
Weirdest thing is that videos from youtube work just perfectly.
Does anyane else have issues like this?
Just tried some hd videos on gametrailers ( full site view) and its silky smooth no lagging or stuttering. Maybe try cleaning your browser cache. Also get the latest flashplayer on the playstore..
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same here, havent get any problem yet, sorey cant help...
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Tsapper said:
I Have noticed a big flaw in my SGS3. Videos played straight on the browser stutter heavily. It doesn't matter which browser you use the stutter is always there. For example videos in gametrailers are unwatchable right now because of this. I didn't have any problems watching videos through browser with my SGS2 so this seem quite weird. I am using go launcher ex but switching to TW doens't help either.
Weirdest thing is that videos from youtube work just perfectly.
Does anyane else have issues like this?
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720p video (Vindictus trailer or something from the front page) played just fine on my device.
Tsapper said:
I Have noticed a big flaw in my SGS3. Videos played straight on the browser stutter heavily. It doesn't matter which browser you use the stutter is always there. For example videos in gametrailers are unwatchable right now because of this. I didn't have any problems watching videos through browser with my SGS2 so this seem quite weird. I am using go launcher ex but switching to TW doens't help either.
Weirdest thing is that videos from youtube work just perfectly.
Does anyane else have issues like this?
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its same for me video playback is choppy on some sites not all though, youtube videos are butterly smooth but some sites playback is very choppy. I am on latest version of flashplayer too...
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xath23 said:
Just tried some hd videos on gametrailers ( full site view) and its silky smooth no lagging or stuttering. Maybe try cleaning your browser cache. Also get the latest flashplayer on the playstore..
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try diffrent flash sites it would lag for sure, dosent work smoothly on all sites, just played some hd videos on gametrailers they worked fine, but dosent work smoothly on all sites.......
I've noticed stuttering too.
At least in my case it appears ~30 minutes into watching a fullscreen Flash video and seems to be related to the phone overheating.
When removing the TPU case and grapsing the phone in my hands to cool it down, the stuttering seems to lessen but will only go away when resting the phone for a few minutes.
d4fseeker said:
I've noticed stuttering too.
At least in my case it appears ~30 minutes into watching a fullscreen Flash video and seems to be related to the phone overheating.
When removing the TPU case and grapsing the phone in my hands to cool it down, the stuttering seems to lessen but will only go away when resting the phone for a few minutes.
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It can't be that in my case. temps are only 43c when the stutter occurs. It starts almost immediatly when playing flash videos from any other site besides youtube. I noticed that when playing videos from youtube processor cloks only to 500Mhz but when playing from other sites it raises up to 800MHz. I don't know if that has anything to do with though. All benchmarks work perfectly and scores from those are what they should so I don't believe that this problem is HW related.
I think I'll try to reset to factory settings and see what happens.