HD streaming video - Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. New to the tab z2.
Videos played locally look crisp but YouTube doesn't look as good as I expected YouTube HD to look on this device. Upon reading it seems that it also affects Google play vids
Is there a workaround ? Would love to enjoy this screen fr media consumption. Thanks in advance

sephstyler said:
Hi. New to the tab z2.
Videos played locally look crisp but YouTube doesn't look as good as I expected YouTube HD to look on this device. Upon reading it seems that it also affects Google play vids
Is there a workaround ? Would love to enjoy this screen fr media consumption. Thanks in advance
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Youtube HD looks perfect on my device.

hasenbein1966 said:
Youtube HD looks perfect on my device.
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Hey man, thanks for the response.
I agree that youtube HD looks decent enough, but maybe I was expecting it to be even better. It doesn't quite as pin sharp as I expected it to be (Coming from a 2013 Nexus 7).
thanks for your input!

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How powerful is the GS 2? Must see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP6qW5oWxfI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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This is impressive no mather how you look at it!
Not really a must see, the thread title pretty much sums it up. Did you really have to make the video over 6 minutes long?
Made me motion sick in 15 sec flat....you need to learn how to hold the camera still
Why does it sometimes say that the videos I try to play "are not optimized for mobile"? These videos stutter like hell. Is that caused by flash player on my phone or is it just the video or site?
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Haha that is great. I now wonder about 4 x 1080p.
d3l1 said:
Why does it sometimes say that the videos I try to play "are not optimized for mobile"? These videos stutter like hell. Is that caused by flash player on my phone or is it just the video or site?
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I think that means YouTube hasn't converted them to the right format to play fluidly on mobile devices. This would imply that what you're seeing on your SGS2 is a different video file to what Mr Average Joe would get on his laptop - YouTube still has to help the mobile players more than the desktop players!
i love watching 4 videos at the same time
The limit is about playing GoldenEye 007 on N64oid... that really stresses the device
Doopliss said:
Not really a must see, the thread title pretty much sums it up. Did you really have to make the video over 6 minutes long?
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Cause I am a retard.
rikc said:
The limit is about playing GoldenEye 007 on N64oid... that really stresses the device
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I seriously hope that is sarcasm......
nice but i will never watch four video's at the same time
The best money i ever spend on a device was SII!
Awesome. Thanks Pachi.
I'm proud because I'm own this phone. I think is powerfull phone at the moment. Also I did some picture today with phone and with sony 12 mp camera. Just to compare, very nice picture took with phone. Before this phone I had htc desire hd and optimus 2x, both 8mp camera. But picture on sgs2 is much better. This is my opinion.

no hope for 1080p?

hi guys
since I see the videos uploaded on youtube, unfortunately the quality of video in 720p is very poor, it is the fault of youtube?, I see more in this sensation, we have no hope in the future for video on this device to 1080 p?
For me to have a good quality video is very important.
I do not know what to say. Depends on the video, although it is 720p, there are many factors that matter in sharpness.
I say it's youtube, I have some videos and I can say the video looks far superior on my device..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPEgxwi3hs
I talked in a british accent lol
sharkuu said:
I do not know what to say. Depends on the video, although it is 720p, there are many factors that matter in sharpness.
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Ok,but why alle the videos registered by sensation are so nice?
UhQ said:
I say it's youtube, I have some videos and I can say the video looks far superior on my device..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPEgxwi3hs
I talked in a british accent lol
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your video is really terrbile, the hand that never stops and shakes too much, then, so dark I have several files on my computer in 720p and 1080p but if I do not read the file properties, I can not figure out which is 720p but here I see everything else: (
babak said:
Ok,but why alle the videos registered by sensation are
your video is really terrbile, the hand that never stops and shakes too much, then, so dark I have several files on my computer in 720p and 1080p but if I do not read the file properties, I can not figure out which is 720p but here I see everything else: (
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My camera hand isn't exactly good unless I'm using 2 hands, but It was meant to be a test for the average user so I did
The difference between 1080p and 720p is irrelevant on anything under 50"
The video either sucks because you are not good at recording and correcting your settings appropriately or YouTube compressed your video,
Ima say YouTube compressed your video...
P.s. or the phones camera could suck..
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
ktrotter11 said:
P.s. or the phones camera could suck..
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We already know that.
ktrotter11 said:
The difference between 1080p and 720p is irrelevant on anything under 50"
The video either sucks because you are not good at recording and correcting your settings appropriately or YouTube compressed your video,
Ima say YouTube compressed your video...
P.s. or the phones camera could suck..
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
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ok,but have you seen all video registered by sensation on youtube? you mean all of sensation users knows the best setting on their device? i,m waiting evo 3d europian but don,t like this limit of camera evo i only hope in the future with some patch will be possible to get 1080p videos
babak said:
hi guys
since I see the videos uploaded on youtube, unfortunately the quality of video in 720p is very poor, it is the fault of youtube?, I see more in this sensation, we have no hope in the future for video on this device to 1080 p?
For me to have a good quality video is very important.
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HTC is just not known for video or a very good camera.. I mean check out the guys video that he posted that he thought was good and look at this video for the samsung galaxy s II.. If video is something that you need the latest and greatest its time for a nokia or get the samsung.. Check out the low light video from the galaxy S II..
http://youtu.be/5045Qo2R6Ws
Most videos turn out to be crap because ppl forget to wipe crap off camera lenses before using
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chrisgto4 said:
Most videos turn out to be crap because ppl forget to wipe crap off camera lenses before using
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Can you share some video please ?
youngzayiles said:
HTC is just not known for video or a very good camera.. I mean check out the guys video that he posted that he thought was good and look at this video for the samsung galaxy s II.. If video is something that you need the latest and greatest its time for a nokia or get the samsung.. Check out the low light video from the galaxy S II..
http://youtu.be/5045Qo2R6Ws
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Damn, that's impressive. The 3D doesn't come close....

[Q] How is playing on Tablet S?

I wanted to know how playing is on the Sony Tablet S1. Please answer quick
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SondreVAIO said:
I wanted to know how playing is on the Sony Tablet S1. Please answer quick
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As far as what? Playstation games? Its fine the controls Crash and Pinball work real well. If you mean regular android games they work great too
Performance is acceptable.
Gaming is decent. Comparable to other android tablets, however I feel as if gaming in general is slower compared to comparative models.
In my experience Ipad2 is better at gaming, tab 10.1 is better and Jetstream is better (which is surprising).
But overall... gaming is acceptable.
Can I connect a gaming controller to the Tablet S?
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Okay. Im buying one when Ive had my Birthday
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I connected my USB Adapter + Logitech Gamepad, works in the PS Games, Market games seem hit or miss.
To me this is a Tablet first, a simple device for browsing the web, reading emails and running simple small programs. Gaming is just a bonus, I find it fine for simple games but if it's a real concern you should be looking at a dedicated platform or a gaming PC.
soultics said:
I connected my USB Adapter + Logitech Gamepad, works in the PS Games, Market games seem hit or miss.
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That is cool
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Hi,
Posted a video on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4-4an7be-Q
wickwire said:
Hi,
Posted a video on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4-4an7be-Q
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ugh so laggy
Maedhros said:
ugh so laggy
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Uhm guys... just noticed something weird - Maedhros, please let me know if this is the lag you mention:
Playing my youtube link on the sony tablet gets really laggy / skipping whole video sections if I play it in a Browser tab!
But then it works just fine if I choose to play it directly in the youtube app!
I haven't chosen a default app to play youtube videos yet, so there's a prompt for me choose...!
Can anyone else on 3.2 confirm this, please?
wickwire said:
Uhm guys... just noticed something weird - Maedhros, please let me know if this is the lag you mention:
Playing my youtube link on the sony tablet gets really laggy / skipping whole video sections if I play it in a Browser tab!
But then it works just fine if I choose to play it directly in the youtube app!
I haven't chosen a default app to play youtube videos yet, so there's a prompt for me choose...!
Can anyone else on 3.2 confirm this, please?
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Hmm... yea ur right this is what happens to me. I hadn't realized that the youtube player app was fine.
In the browser it isn't as good as the app.
wickwire said:
Uhm guys... just noticed something weird - Maedhros, please let me know if this is the lag you mention:
Playing my youtube link on the sony tablet gets really laggy / skipping whole video sections if I play it in a Browser tab!
But then it works just fine if I choose to play it directly in the youtube app!
I haven't chosen a default app to play youtube videos yet, so there's a prompt for me choose...!
Can anyone else on 3.2 confirm this, please?
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I can confirm this on both Tablet S and Galaxy Tab 10.1, did a research and found out that it's Tegra 2 processor issue
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Man... there is litterally no reason to keep this tablet
Have had nothing but trouble with it.
Honestly, no reason at all to pick up this tablet over the Jetstream
I was disappointed by the Xperia phones and now by this tablet. Last time I purchase any Sony mobile devices.
Maedhros said:
Man... there is litterally no reason to keep this tablet
Have had nothing but trouble with it.
Honestly, no reason at all to pick up this tablet over the Jetstream
I was disappointed by the Xperia phones and now by this tablet. Last time I purchase any Sony mobile devices.
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This thread seems to indicate otherwise, as it is likely to have its fair share of issues as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281420
Regardless, the issue noted with youtube here derives from not using the proper tool, when available.
Either way, good luck with it, hope it works better than the Sony for you on all counts!
Maedhros said:
Man... there is litterally no reason to keep this tablet
Have had nothing but trouble with it.
Honestly, no reason at all to pick up this tablet over the Jetstream
I was disappointed by the Xperia phones and now by this tablet. Last time I purchase any Sony mobile devices.
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Dude you are literally staring to spam this board and thus starting to get annoying. If you got rid of your tablet S then great, bye bye. To say "Man... there is litterally no reason to keep this tablet " is beyond idiotic. It is general consensus that the Tablet is is easily one of the best Android tablets out right now. It is also arguably more functional, useful and robust that an iPad with its severely outdated OS. To mention the Jetstream is just an insult. Battery life is fine. The video playback issues you had are EASILY fixed by downloading a proper video player with a codec off the market. I was skeptical when purchasing this tablet but have had no "issues" at all with it that are not related to the bugginess of honeycomb. None.

Review on the HTC media link hd

WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
fsuwade said:
WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
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How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
detcup4evr said:
How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
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PM me and I'll buy it from you.
Psanchis said:
PM me and I'll buy it from you.
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I might take you up on that, Depending on what HTC support says.
so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
PLESTIUC said:
so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
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Most tasks, if you want them to stay on the tv, you have to three finger swipe up when on that screen, like the music app.
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
I love the media link, I have downloaded tv shows and it streams great, I use it with all kinds of players.
The only bug is that to get 3g and media link to work you have to edit ur build.prop to enable tether
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I wish these weren't so pricey. $60 is my price point...
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I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
StormMcCloud said:
I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
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Im sure someone will create a MOD for this.
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Video reviews for nexus 10 ( including performance tests) + New Videos ( VS Prime)

So whats up guys! i just got my nexus 10 and damn its awesome, so good, that i made an unboxing video , but stay tuned, ill be doing lots more including comparisons with my T-prime..
http://youtu.be/1mQI6Z-wo0Y - Unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56tlPa_QL8 - Initial impressions and hands on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IvHifal98 - boot up test vs Transformer Prime
http://youtu.be/rlUXjto2VAw - Profile switching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M12ineGx1BA - gaming performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzEtd3vtnA - Video performance
http://youtu.be/iKuYoyo-pH8 - Browser Performance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jgy5M41IdM - Full review
http://youtu.be/kYdqPRw1-vc ( may still be uploading) - Transformer Prime tf201 vs Nexus 10
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edi...id=-W0FmNKHEQw - HDMI OUT- gaming
anything specific you wanna see? ill try and get round to it tomorrow if there is
Check the black level, light bleed, how vivid are the colours too?
I can do all these test, but iv kinda lost the light for today.. so ill do more videos tomorrow
i'd really like to know the weight (in grams) of the entire package..so including the box Google shipped it in. Do you have a scale by any chance
plaktoets said:
i'd really like to know the weight (in grams) of the entire package..so including the box Google shipped it in. Do you have a scale by any chance
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674 grams according to the TNT label
on the delivery note it says "total weight :0.674kg"
Thank you both!
Done more videos today! lots more coming. check out the OP for info
Cheers for the videos, how to playback 1080p video files would be a good start for me
Yea im going to be doing Video playback performance soon
italia0101 said:
Yea im going to be doing Video playback performance soon
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I'm struggling to get anything mkv / mp4 to play
Can you show us a HD movie on the N.10..I for one would love to see something..thanks
Regarding that boot up clip of the Transformer TF200 vs N10, not really a fair comparison unless both are fresh factory resets (or brand new, you get my point). Can you confirm?
Nice videos, thx for your work!
I'm sure you'll do one on video playback, here are some samples for testing (most pushing the boundaries):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989223
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995176
As far as regular video playback goes, would you mind testing some HD MKVs, AVIs and MP4s how does the stock player and MX/BS perform and if you can play them from an external storage?
Piss off.... I have to wait until Monday night to play with mine.
Screenshot of Settings--->Display Settings
italia0101 said:
anything specific you wanna see? ill try and get round to it tomorrow if there is
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It would be great if you could post the following two screenshots:
1.) A screenshot showing the version (as proof that the tablet has recieved the latest udpate)
2.) A screenshot showing the Display Settings menu. I would like to see if it has an entry for wireless display. If the entry is not there, we can conclude that it does not currently support Miracast as there is alot of speculation regarding this.
Thanks - and enjoy your new device!
Nucking Futs! said:
Regarding that boot up clip of the Transformer TF200 vs N10, not really a fair comparison unless both are fresh factory resets (or brand new, you get my point). Can you confirm?
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neither of them are factor resets, they both have all the benchmark apps on them and a few games, but they are basically very similar in terms of apps
Gaming Performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M12ineGx1BA
Scriptabit said:
It would be great if you could post the following two screenshots:
1.) A screenshot showing the version (as proof that the tablet has received the latest update)
2.) A screenshot showing the Display Settings menu. I would like to see if it has an entry for wireless display. If the entry is not there, we can conclude that it does not currently support Miracast as there is alot of speculation regarding this.
Thanks - and enjoy your new device!
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In terms of number 2, it doesn't have any mirror cast settings, i too , was really hoping it supported this..
here are the screen shots you requested... ( attached)
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Nice videos, thx for your work!
I'm sure you'll do one on video playback, here are some samples for testing (most pushing the boundaries):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989223
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995176
As far as regular video playback goes, would you mind testing some HD MKVs, AVIs and MP4s how does the stock player and MX/BS perform and if you can play them from an external storage?
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Thanks for the links, ill include these in my video

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