I'm sorry if this has been beaten into the ground already. But I've been tweaking one of these pretty snappy little S905 boxes and I have everything dialed into my liking. With the exception of Youtube.
Video's only want to play in 720P. I installed the latest Youtube TV APK and it's really strange.. Some video's only have 480P available, while other have 720 and even 1080!!
I flashed the ROM with one linked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-stick--console-computers/amlogic/t95n-mini-m8s-pro-t3415103
I finally downloaded an old, old, OLD Mobile APK of Youtube, and it seems to give me a more consistent 1080P option. But man, I really like the interface for the Youtube TV APK. Any suggestions on fixing/tweaking my device up to better allow 1080P playback from that application?
I appreciate the help, everyone!
Voultar said:
I'm sorry if this has been beaten into the ground already. But I've been tweaking one of these pretty snappy little S905 boxes and I have everything dialed into my liking. With the exception of Youtube.
Video's only want to play in 720P. I installed the latest Youtube TV APK and it's really strange.. Some video's only have 480P available, while other have 720 and even 1080!!
I flashed the ROM with one linked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-stick--console-computers/amlogic/t95n-mini-m8s-pro-t3415103
I finally downloaded an old, old, OLD Mobile APK of Youtube, and it seems to give me a more consistent 1080P option. But man, I really like the interface for the Youtube TV APK. Any suggestions on fixing/tweaking my device up to better allow 1080P playback from that application?
I appreciate the help, everyone!
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Firstly just check you are viewing the box in 1080p by going to settings then display settings and select 1080p as these boxes select 720p by default
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hi
i'm trying to run 720P movies on my device, and unfortunatly their not running smooth at all...
at first i had no sound, so i downloaded a codec pack. it helped and now i can hear but it's still very laggy.
I don't want to start d/ling every codec pack on the market until it'll run smooth...
anyone knows what's the proper codecs for this device?
thanks
guru_shastri said:
hi
i'm trying to run 720P movies on my device, and unfortunatly their not running smooth at all...
at first i had no sound, so i downloaded a codec pack. it helped and now i can hear but it's still very laggy.
I don't want to start d/ling every codec pack on the market until it'll run smooth...
anyone knows what's the proper codecs for this device?
thanks
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What type of 720P video is it? Perhaps it's your SD card not reading fast enough. The Quallcomm SOC is capable of playing back 1080P videos with no issues, so I'm not sure why 720P video is choppy.
Are you playing back in Software or hardware mode? Have you tried moboplayer on it?
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i was playing from the devices memory, not an external SD. so its not that.
i dont know what software/hardware modes are
but i tried V player and it works ok for now. thanks
720 and 1080 both record and play back beautifully for me.
Loading movies to Jetstram
Can someone tell me how to get MY dvd's onto the jetstream?
Tracym said:
Can someone tell me how to get MY dvd's onto the jetstream?
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Use your PC to Rip em and convert them to mp4, then copy the mp4's to your Jetstream. It's not the most straight forward thing so you may have to google whenever you get stuck.
This ought to get you started though... http://lifehacker.com/230349/rip-dvds-with-vlc
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What type of 720P video is it? Perhaps it's your SD card not reading fast enough. The Quallcomm SOC is capable of playing back 1080P videos with no issues, so I'm not sure why 720P video is choppy.
Are you playing back in Software or hardware mode? Have you tried moboplayer on it?
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Adreno 220 is capable of playing 1080 hd mkv HIGH PROFILE 4.1?
I don't think so....
guru_shastri said:
hi
i'm trying to run 720P movies on my device, and unfortunatly their not running smooth at all...
at first i had no sound, so i downloaded a codec pack. it helped and now i can hear but it's still very laggy.
I don't want to start d/ling every codec pack on the market until it'll run smooth...
anyone knows what's the proper codecs for this device?
thanks
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DL the MX Movie player app and then use SW decoding.
EDIT - recently installed vlc and when I select a movie it gives the option of playing with the native gallery movie player even though they don't show up when you open the gallery. Great picture and allowed for SRS AND 5.1 sound.
Mobo player does the job for me
What is the performance of watching videos via webtop? I'm not looking at hd just 480p?
Also could I just full screen an android video player? Does that work on webtop?
thanks and sorry if this has been answered before
Handbrake
sebbo90 said:
What is the performance of watching videos via webtop? I'm not looking at hd just 480p?
Also could I just full screen an android video player? Does that work on webtop?
thanks and sorry if this has been answered before
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Sorry for the long post.
Video playback greatly depends on the encoding/ filesize of the video in question. I had a hard time (initially) getting my video collection to play via the Entertainment Center in the both the MM dock/ Lapdock. My workaround before I found the appropriate Handbrake settings (attached) was to fullscreen the phone window within the webtop and use MoboPlayer. Playback was choppy, but bearable. I also tried the mobile version of Netflix this way, and I found that if I didn't maximize the phone window, the video would play acceptably. If I tried to maximize, frames were dropped quite often.
I found some great settings for Handbrake that are able to bring movies to both a reasonable filesize and quality for playback. Playback is smooth for the native Android player Videos and the Entertainment Center in Webtop mode. I've attempted to attach my Hand brake settings, but seeing as exporting is still experimental within Handbrake, let me know if things don't work quite right. I find a ~4.3GB DVD will drop to about ~1.4GB mv4 file and output resolution is 720p.
thanks for the reply, I shall look into when I get my lapdock. I am pleasantly surprised that it should be able to play 720p if encoded correctly
I'm new to android and android hardware. My question is that when I play YouTube app I never get hd quality (not crystal clear) videos. The screen is kinda of snowy. I did a test on multiple videos 360p, 720p, 1080p all the same. Also when I tested a mkv file on the system sd it plays back kind of skippy and not crystal clear 1080p. Is my note defective ? Or what ? It's stock rom I don't know how to root. Thank you
Take it back and get a new one, you're well in the 30 day return window.
also do a speed test to see what your net speed is because it will scale your video back if your streaming over 3g at low speeds. 1080 requires atleast 6mbps connection. otherwise it will lower it for you.
I did a speed test and I'm getting 35down 8up wifi. also Netflix doing the same. Everything else works but I'm just not getting hd quality video
Have you tried to have the screen on the upper right corner and tap on the hd button?
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I'm new to android and android hardware. My question is that when I play YouTube app I never get hd quality (not crystal clear) videos. The screen is kinda of snowy. I did a test on multiple videos 360p, 720p, 1080p all the same. Also when I tested a mkv file on the system sd it plays back kind of skippy and not crystal clear 1080p. Is my note defective ? Or what ? It's stock rom I don't know how to root. Thank you
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On my device hd youtube videos look pretty good, its flash movie videos on certain websites that look a little weird...like panning flashes slightly happening on blacks, not so much macroblocking.
The Note display isn't 1080p, it's actually WXGA, just a little taller than 720p.
Also there is the well-known issue of dark scenes being blotchy with videos. This has been documented in the Int'l version too.
And +1 to the suggestion to press the "HQ" button. Also be sure the video is offered in HD. Try this video and don't forget the HQ button which you can only see if you tap the screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWXRybZS4A&feature=youtube_gdata_player
also make sure u turn up the brightness. if you have it set low that will cause some of this
Does Netflix show hd content on the android?
That video is super choppy and pixelated for me over wifi.
Wonder what the Deal is?
hausman said:
The Note display isn't 1080p, it's actually WXGA, just a little taller than 720p.
Also there is the well-known issue of dark scenes being blotchy with videos. This has been documented in the Int'l version too.
And +1 to the suggestion to press the "HQ" button. Also be sure the video is offered in HD. Try this video and don't forget the HQ button which you can only see if you tap the screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWXRybZS4A&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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No HD videos on YouTube look good on mine either, HQ is on.
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Yea its a little choppy for me Also.???? Over wifi wonder if it'll be fixed in an update?
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This video looks just amazing on my Note!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP90fQab86Q
What you described happens in YouTube and Netflix. The hq is on as always
I never saw any kind of problems streaming with the Galaxy s, Galaxy S2 and with my recent one the Galaxy Note. It looks even better on the note crystal clear (Youtube, Vevo and Netflix), try to compare it with another Note to see if your device is defective. And regarding the .mkv playback, it was a little choppy on all devices so i think is more hardware performances don't forget those still smartphones not computers.
I've also noticed that the "HD" option isn't so HD. Even at home over wifi with 20/20Mbit, it's still quite blocky. I'm convinced that the youtube app is the problem and does not actually pull the 720p or 1080p versions even if they are available and you select "HD" with a connection that can support it. I don't know what resolution it does pull -- some kind of hybrid maybe, where it's 720p but at a much lower bitrate? It looks 'decent'/better than without "HD", but movement scenes are horribly blocky compared to what they could be.
I've verified that it's the youtube app itself (and the mobile version of their website too btw) by opening the stock browser, navigating to www.youtube.com, scrolling down and opening the Desktop version of the site, searching/selecting the same video, hitting the cog when it starts playing to change resolution to 720p/1080p (just as you would on a desktop), and then going full screen. It plays fine, and the video quality is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the youtube app (and mobile site as well I believe) when doing this. Much less blockiness, especially on scenes with a lot of motion or blacks. It's really annoying, because it is inconvenient to open videos in the browser this way, yet the quality is worth it. I wish there was an app available that allowed for better quality. I want to choose the "desktop version" of 720p without going to the desktop website.
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I've also noticed that the "HD" option isn't so HD. Even at home over wifi with 20/20Mbit, it's still quite blocky. I'm convinced that the youtube app is the problem and does not actually pull the 720p or 1080p versions even if they are available and you select "HD" with a connection that can support it. I don't know what resolution it does pull -- some kind of hybrid maybe, where it's 720p but at a much lower bitrate? It looks 'decent'/better than without "HD", but movement scenes are horribly blocky compared to what they could be.
I've verified that it's the youtube app itself (and the mobile version of their website too btw) by opening the stock browser, navigating to www.youtube.com, scrolling down and opening the Desktop version of the site, searching/selecting the same video, hitting the cog when it starts playing to change resolution to 720p/1080p (just as you would on a desktop), and then going full screen. It plays fine, and the video quality is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the youtube app (and mobile site as well I believe) when doing this. Much less blockiness, especially on scenes with a lot of motion or blacks. It's really annoying, because it is inconvenient to open videos in the browser this way, yet the quality is worth it. I wish there was an app available that allowed for better quality. I want to choose the "desktop version" of 720p without going to the desktop website.
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Try Tubemate in the Amazon App Store. Let's you download or watch the video. Plus you can select which version to watch/download.
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You hit it right on the money! !!!!
Thank you
I did a test with alot of videos and Some mkv files. It seams to me also that the apps for galaxy note are not streaming in hd.the mkv files on my sd card play stunning hd video. Netflix is the same way and many others like vevo etc... I get to say the least vhs quality video streaming on 4g lte or 50/8 speed 5ghz N Wifi. Why is this happening? does it occur in the international version? Also in some YouTube playbacks with a dark scene I see lines going across the screen? Does it happen to any of you guys also?
Hello, first time posting.
Problem: when I attach my xperia P to my TV (Vistron 32in DB32) via the Sony included HDMI cable the picture quality for movies or streaming is terrible. In fact it is Windows 95 terrible.
When the phone is attached via the HDMI cable the TV resolution defaults to 720 HD, it is capable of full HD.
I spent along time reading this forum and established that my TV is not CEC HDMI capable, so I cannot use my remote to navigate. Also, I found the Service Menu thanks to this site. I found the TV Out settings and.changed them to 1080p, selected SET but the settings would not hold. Everytime I navigated away from the settings they reverted back to 720i. On a separate note, I noticed HDCP was enabled when the phone was attached.
That is as far as I have got. Can anyone else help? I did buy the phone as it had an HDMI port, but I cannot use it. I just want the P to display movies, streaming movies with some basic quality.
How you gonna get 1080p on a panel that has only 1366x768 pixels that is what I want to know.
ChikeD said:
How you gonna get 1080p on a panel that has only 1366x768 pixels that is what I want to know.
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I see! Surely the picture should be watchable at 720?
onebody said:
I see! Surely the picture should be watchable at 720?
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With my poor sight probably LOL
I'll try on my Dell screen see whats the difference.
I have no way telling what resolution I'm at but display settings report optimal resolution 1920x1200.
Wasn't impressed with YT HQ videos but a 720p file I played looked good even if not as when played on PC.
pc3refarfrom
ChikeD said:
I have no way telling what resolution I'm at but display settings report optimal resolution 1920x1200.
Wasn't impressed with YT HQ videos but a 720p file I played looked good even if not as when played on PC.
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Hi, thanks for helping. I will try and download a 720i file ans playback and see how it goes. /B
A lot of claims have been made that the new Chromecast cannot do 60fps for YouTube videos and whilst from experience that was the case with the original Chromecast and will continue to be with the YouTube app, it is possible (kind of) to get videos to display at 60fps on the new Chromecast via screen mirroring. I say "kind of" because I have noticed frame drops and some sound sync issues every so often because the video output is not optimised. If Google wanted to, I would theorise that it would not be an issue for the YouTube app on Chromecast to run at [email protected] or even [email protected]
If you wish to verify (or rubbish) my claims, the method on how to do it is below:
You will need
- 1x Chromecast 2015;
- 1x Laptop or PC with a resolution at 1920x1080 with Google Chrome and the Google Cast (Beta) extension installed. As a junior member, I can't post a link but it's easily found on your favourite search engine using the phrase "Google Cast (Beta);
- 1x video which works at [email protected] (Sonic ones are good to give the video encoders a good test);
- (optional) video capture device which records at 60fps if you wish to show the world that it works.
Ensure your Chromecast is working, on YouTube, select a video which has a quality option of [email protected] Select the Google Cast extension (the button in the top right of the Chrome window which looks like a Chromecast button) and select options in the menu. Ensure that it is outputting at 1920x1080. Also feel free to test with the bitrate options (I set it to 10000Kbps although from experience [email protected] work between 2000-6000Kbps), ensure the "Maximum capture frame rate" is set at 60 and also ensure the "Enable frame size/rate auto-throttling" option is turned on or you'll get sound sync issues.
Now using the Google Cast extension, select the drop down arrow (don't get it to cast youtube.com otherwise you'll be stuck at [email protected]) and select the "cast this tab" option before selecting your preferred Chromecast. Now play that video and put it in full screen mode (right click and select the "Stats for Nerds" option to verify that the YouTube video is running at [email protected]).
All being well, with the aforementioned issues, it should be outputting at 60fps as opposed to the standard 30fps. Something very welcome for video game footage. Seems to work better if the tab your video is playing in on Chrome doesn't lose focus. If it does, I did find frame skipping occurred more often.
I uploaded a video to YouTube to verify the claim I made.
Hopefully Google will take note and at some point in the not too distant future, 60fps will be available on Chromecast - at least for the new ones.
So, what about the new Chromecast Ultra? Does the new Chromecast Ultra play YouTube videos at 60fps?
@tkdsl :
Saw your video review of the Chromecast Ultra:
https://youtu.be/IeuNO3K97mQ
But unfortunately you did not mention if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps.
Can you please tell us if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps?
And @MikeChannon :
Can you please create a proper forum for Chromecast (i.e. separate from Android TV) and create a proper sub forum for the Chromecast Ultra?
Regards
wq0913562 said:
So, what about the new Chromecast Ultra? Does the new Chromecast Ultra play YouTube videos at 60fps?
@tkdsl :
Saw your video review of the Chromecast Ultra:
But unfortunately you did not mention if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps.
Can you please tell us if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps?
And @MikeChannon :
Can you please create a proper forum for Chromecast (i.e. separate from Android TV) and create a proper sub forum for the Chromecast Ultra?
Regards
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Hey, I tested it with this 1080p 60fps video and it looks great.
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=razDmmVyCpM
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Hey, I tested it with this 1080p 60fps video and it looks great.
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=razDmmVyCpM
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Thanks, but "looking great" = actually playing back at 60 fps?
Can you confirm that?
And would you also be able to confirm if the Chromecast Ultra plays 2160p60 YouTube videos at 60fps?
I saw in your video that your monitor apparently only supports [email protected] via HDMI. Do you happen to also possess a UHDTV that can do [email protected] so that you could test if 2160p60 YouTube videos are being played back at 60 fps?
There are lots of users on the Internet who would like to know that.
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tkdsl said:
Hey, I tested it with this 1080p 60fps video and it looks great.
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=razDmmVyCpM
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I'm curious if the new Chromecast can "for sure" do 60Hz as well.
@tkdsl @MTMTE Google has confirmed it now, see:
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/chromecast/O5lrzBkGBFs/nD50w1EaBQAJ
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This is the Chromecast that we needed last year really.
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@tkdsl @MTMTE Google has confirmed it now, see:
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/chromecast/O5lrzBkGBFs/nD50w1EaBQAJ
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tkdsl said:
This is the Chromecast that we needed last year really.
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And we need this year's Chromecast at the price of last year's Chromecast .
Charging twice as much is quite a lot...