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Hello there XDA users!
I have a problem with viewing subtitles for movies via my MHL cable (oryginal) on TV screen.
Stock movie player shows them (.srt) but it doesn't make subtitles dissapear when the dialogue finishes (it just leave them on when nobody is talking till the next dialogue). Other movie players from market (like mVideoPlayer or QQplayer) doesn't show subtitles on TV screen at all (just on the phone screen).
I would be very thankful of Your advice.
Cheers.
Am I the only one facing this problem?
Can't find solution myself.
You are not alone in this, but apparently there are very few people (or devices ;-) ) with this particular problem. I myself have this as well. I can't imagine why this is such an "exclusive" bug. The only player from the market (that I have tried) that displays subtitles over MHL is Rock Player Lite, and only if you select software decoding mode, but then you will also have a mildly annoying logo on the upper left corner of the screen... plus it crashes a lot in my case, no idea if it'll crash to you too.
May I ask what your firmware is? Mine is 2.3.3 (XWKF3).
Thanks for Your reply.
I have Lite'ning Rom v6.1 XXKH3 and speedmod kernel K1-T30.
I didn't try Rock Player Lite as I was aware of that annoying logo. I would be very happy if I only had fix for stock player (as I consider "not disappearing" subtitles to be easier to manage, but I'm not sure).
Same here. Apparently, the MHL interface is designed to send the video feed directly, without any interface "overlay" (in this case subtitles). No "mirroring" effect, like when in the Galaxy menus etc. Rock Player achieves that only when using software mode. In hardware mode you will get no subtitles (and no logo ). After having used mVideo Player, I searched their forums, and it was mentioned that Samsung has modified their stock player to take care of that.
As I have mentioned in another post, I have tried .srt & .sub files, as well as both ANSI & Unicode encoding for the charsets (english-only and non-english). I even changed the phone language to english, hopping that it would be something this trivial. As you can imagine, the subtitles are never removed from screen and change only when a new line is to be displayed. I can't imagine that all my subtitles are defective or that there is noone else with this kind of problem.
Come on people ! What are we doing differently? I want to belong to the rest of you fine problem-free movie-watching GalaxySII-owners ...
PS: BTW, I have this problem even when viewing on the phone's screen, not just via MHL. How about you? Also, how do you transfer files on the phone?
Yes, as I posted I also have problem with not removing subtiltes till the next line on the phone screen using stock player. Thats the main problem, because i will survive with no mVideoPlayer support for MHL cable if I will be able to watch movies with properly working subtitles using stock player.
Still mVideoPlayer support would be AWESOME!
I too have noticed the problem of subtitles appearing, but not disappearing until the next subtitle appears, with the stock media player.
Am I reading the comment from Alchemius above correctly, to say that this is only a problem for some of the Galaxy S2s?
I just assumed it was a bug that needs to be sorted out in the software for all the SGS2 units out there.
Actually, this is what I am trying to figure out myself. I have asked this question in other topics as well, but apart from a couple of owners (only 2 so far !!! 3 if I include you), I get no response. Most of the SGS2 users probably use another media player (e.g. mVideoPlayer) that has no such problem, and won't notice it.
It would be pretty weird to assume that this is a problem for only a few handsets, but then again, apart from us three, nobody else is complaining. I know that the MHL API from Samsung is indeed modified, in order to send the subtitles via MHL, and I would imagine it being responsible. But as I said, noone else is complaining. And that's what worries me...
I´ve got this problem. I´m facing some crashes when some video is playing too. I think this issues is all about softwares... Maybe I´ll try to change the firmware...
My fw now is UHKE2
Im facing the same issues as mentioned here.
Thats sad as most of my movies I tried to move to watch them with the device on a big screen are DTS...
So DicePlayer works great..on the phone, on the screen its another thing.
BsPlayer, Vplayer and any others are slow.
mvideoplayer = no sound
What we've got left? isnt there any kind of mod or change to make the default player support it?
I dont buying an app for a few bucks. I tried Dice and it wasnt well.
I just want it to work..
And the built-in player isnt that great either, as the encoding isnt right. Im using hebrew subtitles and it shows only some signs.
After many attempts and tries, I can write my results:
1080P is a waste of time, as..only DicePlayer plays it excellent, the others (mvideo, built-in) require DTS conversion.
Not to mention, the need to split it with MKV...
If you wish to show the movie with the MHL its a big problem as the subtitle isnt seen on the big screen, and only the built-in kindof working...but then you need to use an external subtitle which is a mess, becauase you just splitted the movie to two files...
Its an *huge* headache, and nothing seems to work...
If only dice player could show subtitles over MHL....
other players cant even show it smooth enough.
And also, you cant run backward-forward as the sound-video isnt synced if you do.
The easiest thing you'd think of doing is adding the subtitles on the video file itself, but it would take....hours over hours..
eranyanay said:
After many attempts and tries, I can write my results:
1080P is a waste of time, as..only DicePlayer plays it excellent, the others (mvideo, built-in) require DTS conversion.
Not to mention, the need to split it with MKV...
If you wish to show the movie with the MHL its a big problem as the subtitle isnt seen on the big screen, and only the built-in kindof working...but then you need to use an external subtitle which is a mess, becauase you just splitted the movie to two files...
Its an *huge* headache, and nothing seems to work...
If only dice player could show subtitles over MHL....
other players cant even show it smooth enough.
And also, you cant run backward-forward as the sound-video isnt synced if you do.
The easiest thing you'd think of doing is adding the subtitles on the video file itself, but it would take....hours over hours..
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There is an official discussion group for DicePlayer (linked from developer's page) here:
http://groups.google.com/group/diceplayer/topics
I suggest you start a discussion regarding subtitles over HDMI/MHL to make the developer aware of this.
Thanks, I'll give it a try, even though it seems to be pretty abondan
i've had this issue as well, but i've managed to find a pretty good substitute in Mobaplayer. it also has the option to view videos with software decode, and i don't believe it has any watermarks either. not buggy at all and hasn't crashed on me yet. also, the fonts are better than in stock player, since they use a different border color so the white text won't blend in with a white background.
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i've had this issue as well, but i've managed to find a pretty good substitute in Mobaplayer. it also has the option to view videos with software decode, and i don't believe it has any watermarks either. not buggy at all and hasn't crashed on me yet. also, the fonts are better than in stock player, since they use a different border color so the white text won't blend in with a white background.
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Well, while the stock player runs it smooth enough, MoboPlayer wont :\
I have the same problem here
Alchemius said:
You are not alone in this, but apparently there are very few people (or devices ;-) ) with this particular problem. I myself have this as well. I can't imagine why this is such an "exclusive" bug. The only player from the market (that I have tried) that displays subtitles over MHL is Rock Player Lite, and only if you select software decoding mode, but then you will also have a mildly annoying logo on the upper left corner of the screen... plus it crashes a lot in my case, no idea if it'll crash to you too.
May I ask what your firmware is? Mine is 2.3.3 (XWKF3).
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Alchemius did you find any solution to this problem? And could you please tell me which app do you use to see movies with greek subtitles in srt format on your galaxy S2?
Hi all,
after some tests I found out that the best player is MX player. It's very similar to mvideoplayer, but has the ability to process based on software. So the subtitle problems are solved.
blue99_ said:
Hi all,
after some tests I found out that the best player is MX player. It's very similar to mvideoplayer, but has the ability to process based on software. So the subtitle problems are solved.
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I've just tried it and the only way the subtitles will show at the TV is when you choose the software decoder. sadly, the movie is not running smoothly at all (i checked an HD 720p file).
so, still no perfect solution...
For me, I can play 720p with the built in player just fine. Its smooth enough and supports subs over mhl.
1080p is a real trouble maker as its not smooth on the builtin player.
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Can anyone help me on this, my GS2 loses it's default video file association on most reboots, and on a couple of occaisions without rebooting, I use the android video player for videos, which I check to use as default everytime I get the popup, also have quickpic and poweramp installed, poweramp is only in the choice box if it's an mp4, for all other video types it's a choice of video player or quickpic.
I've tried changing the video player apk for a newer version, an updated version of quickpic, and a 101 other things in the past week, and now have no hair left to pull out, this really does have me puzzled.
Obviously Android is losing the setting for some reason, does anyone know of a soloution ? seems completely ridiculous to me that the os can't even remember something as simple as which app to use to open a video file.
So why I can't play youtube in background nor in browser (Not even in tabs wtf?) nor in app? Same with other music sites in browser. Also if I lock the screen music goes...
I got felling I don't have multitasking phone. But music can be played in background. I believe there is some mod or app that can do this? Dude we are in 2011 and s2 is one of most powerful phones. So what are guys at google thinking?
So what I need to do in order to play youtube music in background?
Feel free to voice your concerns eloquently to Google, http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list
You cannot play youtube videos in the background, your alternatives would be to listen to music from music sources (isn't that what people normally do?) or download the music from the videos manually.
Your post is slightly confusing but am i right in thinking that the main issue here is that YouTube will for some reason not play on your phone yeah, it may sound very obvious but are you sure you have an Internet connection, have you tried with
WiFi?
I can think of absolutely no reason as to why YouTube will not work on your phone unless somehow your phone has become corrupted, i have the YouTube app and also YouTube in my browser and both play fine.
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Your post is slightly confusing but am i right in thinking that the main issue here is that YouTube will for some reason not play on your phone yeah, it may sound very obvious but are you sure you have an Internet connection, have you tried with
WiFi?
I can think of absolutely no reason as to why YouTube will not work on your phone unless somehow your phone has become corrupted, i have the YouTube app and also YouTube in my browser and both play fine.
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no, he means he can play youtube but as soon as doing anything else on the phone youtube will stop playback. Its the same with all our GS2s, even if you open youtube in a browser tab as soon as you navigate away from that tab to do something else, (even staying in the browser with a new tab), then youtube stops playback.
I agree it is quite annoying that its not capable of running in the background.
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no, he means he can play youtube but as soon as doing anything else on the phone youtube will stop playback. Its the same with all our GS2s, even if you open youtube in a browser tab as soon as you navigate away from that tab to do something else, (even staying in the browser with a new tab), then youtube stops playback.
I agree it is quite annoying that its not capable of running in the background.
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ah right, cant say it really bothers me that much..
You're better using the TubeMate app.
It'll allow you to download the music/videos and play them as mp3 files on the stock music player. You can then place your samsung galaxy s2 into sleep mode and play music in the background.
Myztikal said:
You're better using the TubeMate app.
It'll allow you to download the music/videos and play them as mp3 files on the stock music player. You can then place your samsung galaxy s2 into sleep mode and play music in the background.
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That is an answer but do not a solution because do not give us a choice..
Even in my N900 Maemo5 (it is a 2009 Os) I can listen in background all the videos i want plus all the music i want.... All simultaneously.
hgroove said:
That is an answer but do not a solution because do not give us a choice..
Even in my N900 Maemo5 (it is a 2009 Os) I can listen in background all the videos i want plus all the music i want.... All simultaneously.
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Agree. This can be an useful app (If I would need to download something on android from youtube) but I still have no solution to the problem.
I want to listen music in background not download it. Or Imagine using s2 as a mp3 player connected to speakers. I would need to download all videos I want to listen. (not practical, time and space consuming...)
Now I still don't get it: Are android engineers so stupid at all, or what is the problem that the thing is still not implemented?
Anyone know if ICS will maybe bring it?
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Now I still don't get it: Are android engineers so stupid at all, or what is the problem that the thing is still not implemented?
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Videos are meant to be watched. Do you not understand this? I've already given you the correct place to report any issues/feature requests you may have. Also, just so you know, calling the devs stupid is idiotic. If you're so smart, write your own software to play videos in the background.
Maybe when you think about it for a few minutes, you'll realise the very idea does not make sense.
When i had the stock rom, i was watching a long video in youtube, then i started shaving, and i put the phone to sleep by pressing the power button, and the video kept playing, i was perplexed because i always wanted this from youtube, to be able to play with your screen off.
Videos are meant to be watched, but reviews and other stuff, or music with just a picture in stead of a video is not meant to be watched, so this would be an usefull app.
Btw: i was on 2.3.4 stock .
personally id like it as i often listen to music via youtube, would be nice to be able to leave it playing while i surfed the web at the same time.
Hey do any of you have the youtube apk for the version before this latest update? I dont like this update it pauses my videos if i lock the screen.. Plz help.. Thanks.
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This is such a oversight for the youTube app on my GS2...
Watching a video and lets say I get an email, get a text message (Handcent pop up)...
Video stops playing completely and I have to restart it.... wtf??
Lets say I need to check or write an email / text - App minimizes but closes the video feed and audio with it, forced to restart.
Its annoying and un-needed.
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Videos are meant to be watched. Do you not understand this? I've already given you the correct place to report any issues/feature requests you may have. Also, just so you know, calling the devs stupid is idiotic. If you're so smart, write your own software to play videos in the background.
Maybe when you think about it for a few minutes, you'll realise the very idea does not make sense.
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I see videos, not only Youtube, then i want search something in my browser(maybe open several tabs), then open Market to update some app..., then open waze(GPS app) to go somewhere and video or Youtube app STOPS, why?
I want hear that videos while driving with GPS app. Because I want to have the choice.
So, where is the multitasking features?
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So, where is the multitasking features?
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It IS multitasking and to suggest otherwise is just being a troll.
The YouTube app pauses video because IT'S VIDEO!!!
Alternative solutions have already been posted, but people keep harping on about the YouTube app specifically. It is not intended to play videos in the background. It is intended to play videos and then, quite correctly, pause them when you go to do something else, so that when you come back you can continue watching. Videos are for watching.
The problem here is that some people are taking 1 aspect of the YouTube app (namely audio output) and then expecting it to act like apps that are specifically made for audio output. That's stupid, incorrect and unfair.
What the YouTube app does is correct. If you don't like it then complain to Google and let them laugh at you instead.
All that said, I do understand why people are asking for this. It's just wrong to blame the YouTube app for functioning perfectly 100% correct when it simply doesn't do something that you want. It's like complaining that your car doesn't fly.
Anyone that's really bothered by this would probably be better doing some googling on Java, the Android SDK and the YouTube API and then combining that knowledge into a solution that other members of XDA could use.
QueueTube appears to accomplish what you want.
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QueueTube appears to accomplish what you want.
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Thats excactly what i was looking for, only problem is that it doesnt stream in HQ, so the audio quality isnt very good.. Even though youtube is for videos, we should be able to lock the screen without it stopping, like the standard video app, if watching a longer video or listening to music at work and want easy changing of songs
try NextVid... it lets you minimize youtube videos while you use other apps
Sorry if im abit late on this, but this is how i solve this issue, the trick is to use flash instead of html5 (correct me if i am wrong).
1. download Maxthon Browser. (I found this browser allows you to have multiple tabs and flash will play in the background tabs unlike dolphin browser)
2. navigate to youtube (if it direct you to the mobile page, click on the desktop link below)
3. Pressing home button / or changing tabs / or switch to standby will not stop the audio playback (terminating or closing the browser will of course stop the playback)
down side is that if u mess up u could have overlapping audios from various running flash videos or youtube videos.
Using atrix thou.. donnoe if it works for sgs2..
I have HTC Wildfire S (marvel) and have recently installed CyanogenMod 9.0.0-RC2 marvel ALPHA7.
Since I cant post to that topic, for whatever reason, here it goes.
First of all, huge thanks to dude who developed it. My phone is faster, more responsive, lots more features, etc. For me it was equivavalent from moving from windows ME to win 7.
Second, a big thanks to all of you who posted tutorials on how to root and install custom roms, backups, etc. I never laid eyes on Android OS up to few weeks ago and due to these tutorial (after some trail and error and long hours) managed to solo update and setup everything.
Now I would like to ask a few questions in relation to Cyanogen mode that arose in this brief use time.
1) Video is recording, but cant be played, also when I open it on my computer video is running but is garbled green. Is this a currently unresolved bug, and is there a workaround in a form of app that would be used to record instead?
2) When using 2g/3g internet with apps, the apps (e.g. facebook app) very quickly report there is no connection and I have to retap to try again. On wifi, there is no such problem (probably due to fact I have signal strength of 95%). Is there a way to change the time that apps wait for internet data before reporting no internet connection or time outing?
3) What apps can be safely deleted from the system part of the internal memory (apk and odex?) ?
1. If you record videos with your phone really often, go back to CM7. Qualcomm OpenMax drivers are needed for hardware video encoding/decoding to work on ICS+, but Qualcomm isn't releasing them for ARMv6. If you want to play videos on your phone, download some video player from Play Store that has it's own SW decoder (for example install MX player, go to settings and change decoder to SW).
3. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones
tnx but still problem
Thank you for replay.
I allready use the mx player. The video recorded, when I play it even with mx player is garbled, picture jumping, green overlay etc., same as on the computer.
Is there a way around this by some app which I would use to record instead?
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Thank you for replay.
I allready use the mx player. The video recorded, when I play it even with mx player is garbled, picture jumping, green overlay etc., same as on the computer.
Is there a way around this by some app which I would use to record instead?
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Did you change the settings to SW? When you're watching the video is usually says HW, which means hardware decoding. SW is software decoding
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Did you change the settings to SW? When you're watching the video is usually says HW, which means hardware decoding. SW is software decoding
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No, I didnt, tried with both, on HW craches, on software garbbled.
Installed VideoREC video recorder and it records, and those recordings I can play fine via mx player on sw, while I still cant play it via gallery (which is not a biggy).
Also video is recorded as if it has low fps (maybe phone or driver limitation), but now at least I can record and view recordings.
Does my phone has hw chip for recording and playback? (cant seem to find this info, and cant understand different codec versions of mx player 5,6,7 - I have 6 installed but I am not sure wheather I should install 7 as well)
I have a Cubot One mobile phone. The phone plays videos from every company but Netflix. I don't know how to make netflix video play. The audio will play but the screen is black while the video plays, unless you advance the the video by hand then you can see the video play while it is buffering, but of course you can not hear anything when you advance the video by hand. How can you help?. Is it netflix programming or is it the Android 4.2.1 or what? Is there are work around. Please help me resolve this matter.
Hi. I have the same problem, same phone. Might be worth trying a different ROM.