[Q] OmniROM black video playback - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.
I just installed OmniROM on my GS3 and everything is working fine. Except the fact that whenever the device tries to play a video, the video area is completely black (I can't see the video at all). Sound plays fine though. This is the same in all applications: Snapchat, VLC and YouTube for example.
Is this fixable?
Best regards,
Andreas.

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AndreasX12 said:
Hi.
I just installed OmniROM on my GS3 and everything is working fine. Except the fact that whenever the device tries to play a video, the video area is completely black (I can't see the video at all). Sound plays fine though. This is the same in all applications: Snapchat, VLC and YouTube for example.
Is this fixable?
Best regards,
Andreas.
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Yes it is, but by the developer dude. You'll have to wait until he get that fixed.

Ariano Ângelo said:
Yes it is, but by the developer dude. You'll have to wait until he get that fixed.
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Okay. When it eventually gets fixed, will it require me to flash the ROM again? And loose all my app cache data?
Thank you.
Andreas.

AndreasX12 said:
Okay. When it eventually gets fixed, will it require me to flash the ROM again? And loose all my app cache data?
Thank you.
Andreas.
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No you can update only

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Working Netflix?

Anyone got the new Netflix app to work on their TP2?
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so far i have working audio in the app however no video =(
nasapunk88 said:
so far i have working audio in the app however no video =(
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Same here, even with highlandsun's video codecs it seems we can't play the video.
rpierce99 said:
Same here, even with highlandsun's video codecs it seems we can't play the video.
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Probably due to same issue with HQ Youtube videos huh?
How can I bypass the "This device is not supported by Netflix" that I get when clicking on a title on my Instant Queue, so I can see if it is working or if it just audio only. Is there a way to spoof the app into thinking I am on a supported phone? If so, please tell me how to do it. Thanks.
There is an apk that will not check for device compatiblity but yeah no video. For me it plays audio and then it kicks out back to the queue. I wish it worked. Anything we can do?
Can't tell anything without knowing what codec / format Netflix is using in this app. I'm sure they're using H.264, but if it's not H.264 Baseline Profile then our phone hardware can't decode it. And if it's larger than 640x360 resolution, our current codec can't handle it.
I don't have a Netflix account so I haven't tried to see what formats they're using.
The current codec we have is written in C++ with threads. I'd say that's at least a 10% performance hit right there; if it was written well, in straight C, it would probably have achieved the 800x480 that Qualcomm's original spec claimed.
Netflix released an updated app today with support for more devices. I get the main screen, then loading, then the playback screen and nothing .... black screen. Nerts.
Carld256 said:
Netflix released an updated app today with support for more devices. I get the main screen, then loading, then the playback screen and nothing .... black screen. Nerts.
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I'm not sure what 'nerts' are, but the new video playback libs might be necessary... Anyone with those new libs given this new app a shot?
arrrghhh said:
I'm not sure what 'nerts' are, but the new video playback libs might be necessary... Anyone with those new libs given this new app a shot?
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nerts = nuts = really mild profanity
I actually have the new libs installed already. I'm running a RHOD500 with the latest kernel, overclocked to 710 Mhz, in case that matters.
Carld256 said:
nerts = nuts = really mild profanity
I actually have the new libs installed already. I'm running a RHOD500 with the latest kernel, overclocked to 710 Mhz, in case that matters.
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So HQ YouTube works?
Why not just say 'nuts'?
arrrghhh said:
So HQ YouTube works?
Why not just say 'nuts'?
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HQ YouTube works more or less. There's a little stutter sometimes, and some HQ videos start and then stop after 5 or 10 seconds, and some others play just fine. Oh, and the libs fixed video playback of the mp4 movies I already had on my device.
Weird thing is, YouTube under WinMo refuses to play HQ videos at all.
Nerts is funnier.
Carld256 said:
HQ YouTube works more or less. There's a little stutter sometimes, and some HQ videos start and then stop after 5 or 10 seconds, and some others play just fine. Oh, and the libs fixed video playback of the mp4 movies I already had on my device.
Weird thing is, YouTube under WinMo refuses to play HQ videos at all.
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IIRC, WinMo plays HQ YouToobs flawlessly.
Carld256 said:
Nerts is funnier.
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If you say so, lol.
arrrghhh said:
IIRC, WinMo plays HQ YouToobs flawlessly.
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It used to. Some time back YouTube changed something, and now HQ videos play without sound (I was thinking they didn't play at all). Supposedly you can fix this by changing your network to "media," but I don't have that option any more since I upgraded to 6.5.
Carld256 said:
It used to. Some time back YouTube changed something, and now HQ videos play without sound (I was thinking they didn't play at all). Supposedly you can fix this by changing your network to "media," but I don't have that option any more since I upgraded to 6.5.
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I just rebooted to see. Worked fine for me, I'm on 6.5 - but I used Opera... I don't know if there's some app that I should be using, perhaps it wasn't truly HQ.
Either way, if it used to then there shouldn't be anything limiting the hardware. Seems hyc went thru all that pretty thoroughly tho.
arrrghhh said:
I just rebooted to see. Worked fine for me, I'm on 6.5 - but I used Opera... I don't know if there's some app that I should be using, perhaps it wasn't truly HQ.
Either way, if it used to then there shouldn't be anything limiting the hardware. Seems hyc went thru all that pretty thoroughly tho.
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I'm using Dot's latest rom dated 04-23-11 and it does play HQ youtube flawlesly, unlike NRG's which for some reason have a little choppy sound while the video plays, or it could just be my old tilt2
arrrghhh said:
I just rebooted to see. Worked fine for me, I'm on 6.5 - but I used Opera... I don't know if there's some app that I should be using, perhaps it wasn't truly HQ.
Either way, if it used to then there shouldn't be anything limiting the hardware. Seems hyc went thru all that pretty thoroughly tho.
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I was using the HTC YouTube app. I tried it on two different 6.5 TP2s and they both do the same thing, HQ video plays, but no sound.
And your right. I know the hardware is capable, just somewhere along the way something in the software got screwed up on YouTube's end or mine.
Anybody try changing the build.prop to HTC vision or desire z or any of the phones that works with Netflix that's how we have it working already in my section
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
I don't think the new version checks to see what model you're running.
The new Netflix app has a LOT of compatibility issues.
They still can't get it working on most Huawei S7 ROMs, and that device can do 720p easily.

HELP!!! Flash Player doesn't work

Hi everybody.
After installing the Omega ROM 5.2, my SGS III is not able to play videos with flash!!!! It´s so terrible for me because I always watch tv on streaming, which need flash player app. I've installed/unistalled the app lot of times from market and using my Titanium B. backup and I don't know what more can I do. Please anybody has experimented something similar???? I'd be so glad if anybody could tell me any solution for this enormous problem . Thanks a lot!!!! Sorry for my English : P
Even on stock Rom flash player is buggy on the S3. Videos will freeze midway through while sound continues to play. But it seems nobody here is bothered by this problem.
nativestranger said:
Even on stock Rom flash player is buggy on the S3. Videos will freeze midway through while sound continues to play. But it seems nobody here is bothered by this problem.
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Ohhh nooo my SGS III is becoming a Iphone!!!! jaja
nativestranger said:
Even on stock Rom flash player is buggy on the S3. Videos will freeze midway through while sound continues to play. But it seems nobody here is bothered by this problem.
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Yh i was wondering what was up with that. Also double tapping the video doesnt format the video to the correct size. I remember the gs2 running 2.3 and flash was almost flawless.
rocketpaul said:
Yh i was wondering what was up with that. Also double tapping the video doesnt format the video to the correct size. I remember the gs2 running 2.3 and flash was almost flawless.
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Yeah the gs2 and note run flash flawless on 2.3.
Any help? I have the same problem
takato23 said:
Any help? I have the same problem
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What are you doing that needs flash?
After installing the Omega ROM 5.2, my SGS III is not able to play videos with flash
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Might sound obvious, but have you actually installed Adobe Flash Player from the market?
In the SG3 Known Faults thread, Baldilocks tells us that the very latest ROM, XXLAF6, appears to fix the flash problem (at least, he tested it and couldn't find any fault). So there is hope!
fasty said:
In the SG3 Known Faults thread, Baldilocks tells us that the very latest ROM, XXLAF6, appears to fix the flash problem (at least, he tested it and couldn't find any fault). So there is hope!
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No. I am on XXALE8 and I can get videos to play as well but it will freeze after 1-4 minutes.
i'm with wanamlite 1.3 XXALF6, and don't work.. now i'll try stock version.
I want flash to see.. videos that need flash in browser

[Q] Jellybean roms - bugs?

Hi guys.
Just wondering what the state of JB is since I haven't upgraded my ROM in a while. I've been running CounterShrike 3.0.1 for months and it's been good, but I'd like to try Google Now and whatnot. Some specific questions about the "unofficial CM build" -- I don't really want all the tweaks and whatnot on other roms:
-Does Google Music work properly?
-Is there still artifacting when watching videos?
-Does video chat work?
-Does chrome work well?
-Less/more laggy than CM9?
Thanks
Bensky91 said:
Hi guys.
Just wondering what the state of JB is since I haven't upgraded my ROM in a while. I've been running CounterShrike 3.0.1 for months and it's been good, but I'd like to try Google Now and whatnot. Some specific questions about the "unofficial CM build" -- I don't really want all the tweaks and whatnot on other roms:
-Does Google Music work properly?
-Is there still artifacting when watching videos?
-Does video chat work?
-Does chrome work well?
-Less/more laggy than CM9?
Thanks
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-Music players work but when you start Google music or Apollo they crash on the first try of playing a song, than it works normally when trying again (after the last update Google music seemed to have been fixed for some people)
-yes there's video tearing
-i haven't tried video chat, so wait for someone to answer that
-havent tried chrome but the default one works amazing. I tried Firefox on other ROMs and I think default is best but I'm sure it will work fine
-I find it smoother all around except for gaming. Cm 10.1 is not completely done so gaming isnt the best, it depends on what game your playing though. Some of my games are smooth as butter and some others are choppy
If you do choose a cm 10.1 ROM the unofficial one is good and its updated every 4th night
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda app-developers app
bunchies said:
-Music players work but when you start Google music or Apollo they crash on the first try of playing a song, than it works normally when trying again (after the last update Google music seemed to have been fixed for some people)
-yes there's video tearing
-i haven't tried video chat, so wait for someone to answer that
-havent tried chrome but the default one works amazing. I tried Firefox on other ROMs and I think default is best but I'm sure it will work fine
-I find it smoother all around except for gaming. Cm 10.1 is not completely done so gaming isnt the best, it depends on what game your playing though. Some of my games are smooth as butter and some others are choppy
If you do choose a cm 10.1 ROM the unofficial one is good and its updated every 4th night
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda app-developers app
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Yep planning on going with unofficial. I hardly watch videos on my phone so that doesn't really matter. Don't game either. Google Music is pretty crucial but if it works after closing and reopening that's fine.
Thanks for answering!
Bensky91 said:
Yep planning on going with unofficial. I hardly watch videos on my phone so that doesn't really matter. Don't game either. Google Music is pretty crucial but if it works after closing and reopening that's fine.
Thanks for answering!
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The video camera is hit or miss also, something to think about if you use it regularly.
mjones73 said:
The video camera is hit or miss also, something to think about if you use it regularly.
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Yeah I've heard it sometimes produces corrupted files. I've never recorded a video on my phone so that's cool
Video chat works also.
Video cam can be fixed with a few things. Right now my builds are just randomly rebooting but so far cam looks good.
Apollo(default music) gives me problems every now and then. But Google Play works great.

Google Play Music doesn't stream songs at all

Hey there,
So I recently flashed my XT1095 to stock+rooted 5.0, and I'm having an issue with GPM. Every time I try to stream a song from my personal backup, it tells me it's unavailable. Downloading music for offline listening works fine, but streaming doesn't. I tried uninstalling updates and deleting data, but nothing. Anyone have a clue as to what could be the issue?
Thank you.
UPDATE: logcat
alvareo said:
Hey there,
So I recently flashed my XT1095 to stock+rooted 5.0, and I'm having an issue with GPM. Every time I try to stream a song from my personal backup, it tells me it's unavailable. Downloading music for offline listening works fine, but streaming doesn't. I tried uninstalling updates and deleting data, but nothing. Anyone have a clue as to what could be the issue?
Thank you.
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Try downloading a different app (ie, Spotify) to check to see if streaming works on there.
SimpleTool said:
Try downloading a different app (ie, Spotify) to check to see if streaming works on there.
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oh it sure is, I use both all the time and now I can only use one.
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SimpleTool said:
Try downloading a different app (ie, Spotify) to check to see if streaming works on there.
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Here's a logcat of me openng the app and trying to play a track. (P.S.: it works in safe mode!)
edit: it appears to be V4A, which is odd since it worked before I flashed my phone. Let's see.
edit2: yup. Setting it as compatible causes that error.
alvareo said:
Here's a logcat of me openng the app and trying to play a track. (P.S.: it works in safe mode!)
edit: it appears to be V4A, which is odd since it worked before I flashed my phone. Let's see.
edit2: yup. Setting it as compatible causes that error.
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I'm glad it started working. Android is a unpredictable system and you have to guess and check to see a application is working or not.

[Q] Videos randomly pause [ANDROID][YOUTUBE]

Hi,
Whenever i try to stream ANY video (doesn't matter if it's YouTube or not), it randomly pauses every 10-20 seconds.
This is very frustrating.
Lenovo IdeaTab S6000-F
Please help!
David
ViolentRockstar said:
Whenever i try to stream ANY video (doesn't matter if it's YouTube or not), it randomly pauses every 10-20 seconds.
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This is normal behaviour when your internet speed is not sufficient to load all data in the required time, it's called buffering.
orville87 said:
This is normal behaviour when your internet speed is not sufficient to load all data in the required time, it's called buffering.
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Hi,
I'm sure that that is not the problem.
I know what buffering is etc. (i'm not a noob with this stuff ).
The thing is that, even though the video is buffered completely, it just pauses. It doesn't matter how long i let it buffer.
Thanks for responding tho
PS: My internet speed is sufficient (35-40 mbps).
ViolentRockstar said:
Hi,
I'm sure that that is not the problem.
I know what buffering is etc. (i'm not a noob with this stuff ).
The thing is that, even though the video is buffered completely, it just pauses. It doesn't matter how long i let it buffer.
Thanks for responding tho
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Hmm, maybe you could install the MX Player codecs, which solve some strange video decoding bugs. Otherwise you can try to upload a log file, so others can help you with this issue.
orville87 said:
Hmm, maybe you could install the MX Player codecs, which solve some strange video decoding bugs. Otherwise you can try to upload a log file, so others can help you with this issue.
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The codex didn't fix it (i'm afraid it only worsened).
I'll try to upload the logs, but you'll need to refresh my memory .
Thanks for responding!
ViolentRockstar said:
The codex didn't fix it (i'm afraid it only worsened).
I'll try to upload the logs, but you'll need to refresh my memory .
Thanks for responding!
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Here you go
How to logcat
orville87 said:
Here you go
How to logcat
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Thanks,
alogcat only creates empty logs however...
Any tips?
ViolentRockstar said:
Thanks,
alogcat only creates empty logs however...
Any tips?
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Hmm, no, sorry
orville87 said:
Hmm, no, sorry
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I guess i'm stuck then
ViolentRockstar said:
I guess i'm stuck then
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I personally use CatLog instead of aLogcat. Maybe it will help.
orville87 said:
I personally use CatLog instead of aLogcat. Maybe it will help.
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That worked!
Thanks!
Here's the log
ViolentRockstar said:
That worked!
Thanks!
Here's the log
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Hmm, there is a strange line in your log:
04-15 14:54:43.698 E/MtkOmxVdec(142): MtkOmxVdec::GetConfig Unknown config index: 0x0700000F
I searched the web for it and one solution seems to be installing the latest VLC Player for Android as the problem seems to be a broken/missing video codec. But I am wondering how this could be the problem as you have been able to play the video file (although with random pauses).
orville87 said:
Hmm, there is a strange line in your log:
04-15 14:54:43.698 E/MtkOmxVdec(142): MtkOmxVdec::GetConfig Unknown config index: 0x0700000F
I searched the web for it and one solution seems to be installing the latest VLC Player for Android as the problem seems to be a broken/missing video codec. But I am wondering how this could be the problem as you have been able to play the video file (although with random pauses).
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Yeah,
Installing the 'VLC for android' app didn't work unfortunately.
Thanks for spending so much time on this problem
ViolentRockstar said:
Yeah,
Installing the 'VLC for android' app didn't work unfortunately.
Thanks for spending so much time on this problem
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Hmm, VLC was my best bet I hope, somebody else with more experience in Android is able to help you :good:
Hi I have the same problem with pausing youtube and this is not the internet, I made a log from catlog and there is an hwcomposer v1.0 timed out. Anybody knows how can I solve this problem?
Video randomly pause issue
I am using LG G3 Cat 6 F460-L having marshmallow, while playing any video on facebook ,youtube, dailymotion it randomly pauses either i use LTE or WIFI.
Also tried:
VLC
MX player
MX Player codecs
Clear Cache
Enable/Disable Airplane Mode.
All Apps are up to date.
But not fixed yet.
I appreciate if any one suggest some solution.Thanks.

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