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Since I switched from 6.1 (official rom) to 6.5 (official rom upgrade) the coreplayer started to have a choppy playback. It does not make a difference if I install it on the sd card (class 6) or on the phone itself, same for the videos
I had no problems with videoplayback on the 6.1!
Switching to a custom ROM (6.5.5) but that didn't make the video playback any faster. What can I do?
PumpAction said:
Since I switched from 6.1 (official rom) to 6.5 (official rom upgrade) the coreplayer started to have a choppy playback. It does not make a difference if I install it on the sd card (class 6) or on the phone itself, same for the videos
I had no problems with videoplayback on the 6.1!
Switching to a custom ROM (6.5.5) but that didn't make the video playback any faster. What can I do?
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Make sure you compare performance using a video you have tried before, and you considered it to run faster in WM 6.1.
Then, first thing to try is Video Settings, look for these settings:
Video Output = QTv Display (Other settings produced poor quality for me)
Video Quality = Medium or High
Then go to QTv Display, and make sure this is checked:
"TyTN II" driver mode.
I hope I was able to help you...
As side comments:
- Sometimes videos that have been compressed a lot would loose frames during playback. Sometimes we are too demanding and want to play videos at 800x480, but the TP2 can't really do it well at that resolution. Try a smaller resolution instead when converting your videos.
- In some cases, if the GUI is not using the 3D Accelerator (as with SBP Mobile Shell), CorePlayer performs terrible or even doesn't show the video.
AmazingIceman said:
Make sure you compare performance using a video you have tried before, and you considered it to run faster in WM 6.1.
Then, first thing to try is Video Settings, look for these settings:
Video Output = QTv Display (Other settings produced poor quality for me)
Video Quality = Medium or High
Then go to QTv Display, and make sure this is checked:
"TyTN II" driver mode.
I hope I was able to help you...
As side comments:
- Sometimes videos that have been compressed a lot would loose frames during playback. Sometimes we are too demanding and want to play videos at 800x480, but the TP2 can't really do it well at that resolution. Try a smaller resolution instead when converting your videos.
- In some cases, if the GUI is not using the 3D Accelerator (as with SBP Mobile Shell), CorePlayer performs terrible or even doesn't show the video.
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Or you can turn off Manila 3D when playing your videos. This is a known bug with Coreplayer, WM6.5, and Manila on the TP2. Just the TP2. My Topaz doesn't have this problem with the same setup and same Energy rom. Turning off Manila is the easiest workaround. Search the Rhodium forums for a mortscript routine that will shut off Manila, execute Coreplayer, and resume Manila once you exit Coreplayer. A nicer workaround in the long run. But still a workaround.
people have complaining about playback and ive never had a problem. i both upgraded my rom to 2.07 and my coreplayer to the latest version and now im one with choppy playback. not sure what exactly is different i wish i didnt delete my old core player cab so i could test that.
AmazingIceman said:
Make sure you compare performance using a video you have tried before, and you considered it to run faster in WM 6.1.
Then, first thing to try is Video Settings, look for these settings:
Video Output = QTv Display (Other settings produced poor quality for me)
Video Quality = Medium or High
Then go to QTv Display, and make sure this is checked:
"TyTN II" driver mode.
I hope I was able to help you...
As side comments:
- Sometimes videos that have been compressed a lot would loose frames during playback. Sometimes we are too demanding and want to play videos at 800x480, but the TP2 can't really do it well at that resolution. Try a smaller resolution instead when converting your videos.
- In some cases, if the GUI is not using the 3D Accelerator (as with SBP Mobile Shell), CorePlayer performs terrible or even doesn't show the video.
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OK disabling Manila is a good idea, but what is the easiest way to shut it down? Everything else is set up correctly. And believe me, I tried each and every setting What I find surprising is that the official 6.5 gave me the same bug. Isn't it using any acceleration ?
EDIT: Windows Media Player does also have very very choppy playback. It does not matter if the files are placed on the SD Card or on the phone itself. Different file types, different file sizes. AVI, WMV, MP4 ... The moment the files have more than ~400kbit the video stutters. If I go into full screen it stutters even more
The Jack of Clubs said:
people have complaining about playback and ive never had a problem. i both upgraded my rom to 2.07 and my coreplayer to the latest version and now im one with choppy playback. not sure what exactly is different i wish i didnt delete my old core player cab so i could test that.
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It started with wm6.5 and Manila 2.x. I noticed even with Manila 2.1 this problem occurred. Only on the Tilt2 - maybe HD2 - I just know this because I own a Fuze and Diamond2 and never saw this problem. It doesn't matter what version of Coreplayer you use - even the one going back to the initial Qtv support. This has more to do with Manila hijacking the video drivers.
I say this because I noticed on a clean reboot the first execution of Coreplayer results in clean video results. But after you close it or load another video the poor performance kicks in. HTC Sense or Manila, running on wm6.5 or higher mind you, does not want other programs taking over the video driver. Not a very scientific explanation I know but this is my observation.
dario69 said:
It started with wm6.5 and Manila 2.x. I noticed even with Manila 2.1 this problem occurred. Only on the Tilt2 - maybe HD2 - I just know this because I own a Fuze and Diamond2 and never saw this problem. It doesn't matter what version of Coreplayer you use - even the one going back to the initial Qtv support. This has more to do with Manila hijacking the video drivers.
I say this because I noticed on a clean reboot the first execution of Coreplayer results in clean video results. But after you close it or load another video the poor performance kicks in. HTC Sense or Manila, running on wm6.5 or higher mind you, does not want other programs taking over the video driver. Not a very scientific explanation I know but this is my observation.
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OK I formatted the SD Card. And I even used Task 29 to format the main os! I reinstalled another ROM (6.5 but with Sense 2.1) and the problem remains.
Windows Media Player AND Coreplayer, both have a VERY VERY choppy playback.
PumpAction said:
OK I formatted the SD Card. And I even used Task 29 to format the main os! I reinstalled another ROM (6.5 but with Sense 2.1) and the problem remains.
Windows Media Player AND Coreplayer, both have a VERY VERY choppy playback.
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HI,
for Me the only ROM wich plays MP4 videos at 30fps with HTCPLAYER.exe at VGA resolution is the Valkirie ROM, and I have tried every main ROM for Rhodium many times each, maybe like 60 flashes or more.
This is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569507
Wont be dissapointed, and dont need coreplayer for MP4, only for other formats like mpeg.
I hope this helps.
So I love my HD because of it's big screen (I love watching movies). I download these high quality 3d anime movies and sink them down to 800x480, play them on my coreplayer 1.3.6 or smth and it lags like hell. I try it on Windows media player and it runs perfectly. Am I doing something wrong or does coreplayer really suck ?
i think it might be you.
on my HD, i pick any 1hr30min+ video encoded for playback on pcs (file size 700mb) and it plays fine in CP
Maybe its a ROM issue? try disabling manila or a softreset and see if that helps.
Would have to agree with ASK
Yeah, coreplayer is brilliant, plays pretty much everything i throw at it. Though at first i'd have agreed with you, but for differing reasons.
I think it's more A ROM issue, because I flash ROMs every week or two and on some ROMs coreplayer lags like hell. With stock ROM is the best I think
840x480 is too much for our HD try a bit lower something in the range of 624x352 it looks and runs smooth 98.22% average speed with a good ROM I run hdtv rips downloaded and not compressed or anything... tweaks are important also try different drivers and speed improving programs .
I loaded a standard definition american dad episode (approx 135mb) and coreplayer plays it flawlessly on my HD.
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So I love my HD because of it's big screen (I love watching movies). I download these high quality 3d anime movies and sink them down to 800x480, play them on my coreplayer 1.3.6 or smth and it lags like hell. I try it on Windows media player and it runs perfectly. Am I doing something wrong or does coreplayer really suck ?
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Maybe it is you. LOL, just kidding. I never sunk anything to a special format for it to be played by CP: I have DivX, XViD, MP4, AVI movies, I just put them on my storage card and open them "as is" in Coreplayer 1.36. Either your manipulation to "sink" the anime to 800*480 was wrong, because you don't need to actually. Or it could be ROM related.
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Never knew it could be ROM related.. 0.o I'll test that. What about other normal movies, like not anime? Are they watchable ?
where it could be ROM related it it probably more likely to be a long standing issue with the HD and drivers, this has been covered a zillion times already. The HD will have trouble most video files in coreplayer as there is no hardware acceleration and the CPU alone just doesnt have the low down grunt.Your best bet is to upgrade to the HD2 or to covert your files using the touch HD video converter, (there are a few versions about) and then play them in HTC video player which has acceleration.
That being said, coreplayer if by far the best player on the market with regards to formats and codec suppport, if you dont mind reducing the resolution a little on your movies they should reasonable well.
The software I like, the company I do not however as they are mislead their customers, make huge exegerations about future update release dates and generally pissed off their customer base when failed to release V2 on time and moved their dev to android.
If you are going to upgrade to the HD2 I would try the free version TCMP first as it has AC3 suppport.
Hey what class cards are you guys playing stuff off or are ya's playing stuff off the internal memory?
I'm asking because even though mine could play a cartoon flawlessly, I tried watching a normal tv episode on my HD and it failed miserably, dropped frames, video got stuck every few minutes, it was totally poo
I'm wondering if its my card or my TCPMP release, I have read some have hardware acceleration and most other versions don't, I'm using a Class 4 8GB card at the moment and am wondering if Ill get a lot of benefit for Video/Music going to a Class 6 8GB Micro SDHC card.
PaKo0o said:
Never knew it could be ROM related.. 0.o I'll test that. What about other normal movies, like not anime? Are they watchable ?
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I have watched many 700mb DVD-rip's using coreplayer, i use the smartphone edition on my blackstone
why not use HTC encoder to transcode the files? that way the files can be played by HTC Album/WMP and take advantage of the h.264 hardware decoder in the blackstone.
Can anyone tell me which ROM out there has working h.264 playback other than the original AT&T Tilt 2 ROM? Depending on the encoding program I use, I either get no audio or no video.
I've posted on this a dozen times, but no one has a fix. I've tried the latest Energy ROMs (start menu up top) and the new AT&T ROM, but no go. I've even put a trouble ticket in with HTC (they say it's not a known issue, but are looking into it).
Before you blame my phone or my videos, I've got a Tilt 2 and a T-Mobile Touch Pro 2. Both show the same problem. If I take the very same videos, that don't work on my Tilt 2 with Energy or the latest AT&T ROM, and downgrade to the original ROM, they work! Also, the videos play with
I'm hoping someone knows of a ROM based on a working ROM that I can load on both my AT&T Tilt 2 and T-Mobile Touch Pro 2.
You need 3 .dll files from the original Tilt2 ROM to make it work.
qccmquery.dll
QTV.dll
qtv_mp4_decoder.dll
I don't know for sure that you have to have all 3 of the files, but I do know it works if you do have all 3.
rgb-rgb said:
You need 3 .dll files from the original Tilt2 ROM to make it work.
qccmquery.dll
QTV.dll
qtv_mp4_decoder.dll
I don't know for sure that you have to have all 3 of the files, but I do know it works if you do have all 3.
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Where should they be placed (in what folder)?
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I tried placing them in the \Windows folder. I rebooted and now I have audio, but no video. So close, but yet so far. Any other suggestions?
Nautme said:
Where should they be placed (in what folder)?
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I tried placing them in the \Windows folder. I rebooted and now I have audio, but no video. So close, but yet so far. Any other suggestions?
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Yes, they go in the Windows folder. You may have to use Total Comander or something like that in order to actually overwite the ROM files and you will probably have to do a soft reset after placing the files on the device.
Also, I just use the Full screen player to view the videos. I don't use WPM or anything like that, but the other players should work also.
Yup. I used Total Commander and did a Soft Rest. I'm just using the HTC player, and now no video on any of the h.264 videos, but sound. Before I had some with video and no sound and some with sound and no video.
I've looked around and found a few different versions of those files, also some references to htcmdp.dll, so I'll try swapping a couple of them in.
Also, what ROM are you using. I like the Energy ROMs, but I'm not married to them, so if yours works...
It's my own home brew.
All the ROMs that I have used so far, from the original Telstra stock ROM to the my current Energy 21907 ROM all played mp4 (H.264 and AAC) video files correctly. Frame rate may not be ideal depending on the bitrate and file sizes. But at least they play without me having to do anything.
bchau said:
All the ROMs that I have used so far, from the original Telstra stock ROM to the my current Energy 21907 ROM all played mp4 (H.264 and AAC) video files correctly. Frame rate may not be ideal depending on the bitrate and file sizes. But at least they play without me having to do anything.
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Which ROM specifically? I'll load it today. I'm currently using the August 25th, 21914 Sense 2.5 ROM. I'm not a big fan of the Cookie Home Tab, but if it works, I'll give it a shot.
Also, what player are you using? TCPMP works for the h.264 videos, but really jerky. Windows Mobile and the HTC player used to be perfectly smooth on the h.264 videos, but now no video at all, or at least not in any newer ROM I've tried.
bchau said:
All the ROMs that I have used so far, from the original Telstra stock ROM to the my current Energy 21907 ROM all played mp4 (H.264 and AAC) video files correctly. Frame rate may not be ideal depending on the bitrate and file sizes. But at least they play without me having to do anything.
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Assuming your signature means Energy Cookie Home Tab 21907, I just did a Task 29 and loaded the latest Energy CHT 21914 from August 28th. I opened Total Commander and clicked on a MP4 file that was h.264 and AAC encoded (which launches HTC Player). Videos from MP4forHD and the Video Encoding GUI have no audio (video plays smooth). Videos from AVS, Nero, and Xilisoft have audio, but no video.
So the search continues...
Why don't you try a mediaplayer alternative like TCPMP ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5685536&postcount=1
PNut said:
Why don't you try a mediaplayer alternative like TCPMP ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5685536&postcount=1
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I do and have. TCPMP cannot keep up with the frame rates of h.264 files unless you severely reduce the bit rate. I've tested frame rates of 23.97 and 29.97 at bit rates of 500k to 2000k and they don't play smoothly in TCPMP, or CorePlayer (which I've purchased). If you take a look at the Video Encoding GUI http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112 it will tell you not to use CorePlayer as it does not support hardware acceleration.
The fun thing is I have a bunch of videos that I converted to h.264 so that my 2 1/2 year old son can watch videos upon request. On my Fuze, everything worked fine. He dropped my Fuze, so AT&T replaced it with a Tilt2. I didn't like the ROM, so I upgraded to an Energy ROM (which are great). Unfortunately, I have not found a ROM other than the original AT&T TilT2 ROM to play h.264 videos. Having to re-encode them is a ridiculous solution.
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Assuming your signature means Energy Cookie Home Tab 21907, I just did a Task 29 and loaded the latest Energy CHT 21914 from August 28th. I opened Total Commander and clicked on a MP4 file that was h.264 and AAC encoded (which launches HTC Player). Videos from MP4forHD and the Video Encoding GUI have no audio (video plays smooth). Videos from AVS, Nero, and Xilisoft have audio, but no video.
So the search continues...
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I simply have the mp4 video at my SD card. The HTC Album recognises that and I can play from there. Again, it depends on the file size and bitrate. I have a 640x480 video with a data bitrate of 1 Mbps and it plays well on TP2. I have other that are 1280x720 and bitrate of 9 Mbps and it would be a few sec per frame. But then you really need a laptop to play that kind of video.
Now I think you need to make sure the video is encoded properly. I use Adobe Media Encoder to encode my videos. The 1280x720 video I refer to above, however was straight from my Sanyo Xacti camcorder as it captures H.264 AAC video directly.
Just one more thing you can try. The TP2 camera can captue H.264 video. (You would need to set the format at the advanced video camera settings there.) Then try playback the capture video. If it doesn't play back that video, then there definitely is something wrong with the ROM you have.
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Just one more thing you can try. The TP2 camera can captue H.264 video. (You would need to set the format at the advanced video camera settings there.) Then try playback the capture video. If it doesn't play back that video, then there definitely is something wrong with the ROM you have.
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How could there be something wrong with just about every ROM I've tried, on two different phones. Also, I've put in a support incident with HTC and they've verified it's an issue. Below is a list of ROMs I've tried.
These ROMs will play h.264 videos made with Video encoding GUI or Mp4ForHD apps here on XDA:
AT&T Stock Tilt2 ROM
Josh's Black 1.8b_Sense_2.5_2012_Norm
These ROMs don't correctly play h.264 videos. When playing video encoded with Video Encoding GUI or Mp4ForHD, there's video, but no sound. When playing videos from AVS, Nero, or Xilisoft, there's audio, but no video:
Jackos_S2_ROM_ManilaRUSH1.6
TP2 WM6.5 ROM (COM2) V45 (Core 21908) OS 2.07 SENSE 2.5_2016 (UPDATE 07-07)
[11Aug10]CORE CELL EVO V3.1 & PRO V31 [23127 & 21911] [Sense 2016]
Energy.RHODIUM.23569.Sense2.1.Jun.02
Energy.RHODIUM.21905.Sense2.1.Jun.02
Energy.RHODIUM.21911.Sense2.1.Jul.14
Energy.RHODIUM.23569.Sense2.1.Jul.14
Energy.RHODIUM.23673.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.04
Energy.RHODIUM.21911.Sense2.5.Aug.04
Energy.RHODIUM.21914.Sense2.5.Aug.25
Energy.RHODIUM.21914.Sense2.1.Aug.18
Energy.RHODIUM.21914.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.28
Energy.RHODIUM.23127.Sense2.5.Aug.28
Energy.RHODIUM.21914.Sense2.5.Aug.28
I've downloaded a couple videos from the web that do play with video and sound, but there's no rhyme or reason. I can't determine what is different about the one or two that work out of 50 that don't.
Hi,
This is something I too am actually searching for...
I have discovered that agent47's Valkyrie Roms do play, with sound and video, the mp4s that I had encoded for my Touch HD. Link is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569507
Now why they do, and what makes them different, are some extra drivers present, that I would love to know...
Do try them ou and let me know your experience.
And, for those that suggest always to try TCPMP or Core player, these two great softwares do not, however, take advantage of the machine's hardware, unlike Album or Media Player. By using the two latter ones to play the mp4 files, the experience is much more fluid and with correct fps...
Regards,
P.
pdc4 said:
Hi,
This is something I too am actually searching for...
I have discovered that agent47's Valkyrie Roms do play, with sound and video, the mp4s that I had encoded for my Touch HD. Link is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569507
Now why they do, and what makes them different, are some extra drivers present, that I would love to know...
Do try them ou and let me know your experience.
And, for those that suggest always to try TCPMP or Core player, these two great softwares do not, however, take advantage of the machine's hardware, unlike Album or Media Player. By using the two latter ones to play the mp4 files, the experience is much more fluid and with correct fps...
Regards,
P.
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Sorry to say, that after doing Task 29 and loading tp2_firestorm_v7.3.21914-FX that it's actually worse than all the others I've tried. Using the HTC Player, it freezes upon loading the video. Using Media Player, the program loads and as soon as it stops loading, it closes. I'll add it to my list of the non-workings.
Now that is strange...
I have not yet tried the new version 7.3 of the rom, as my previous tryout was with version 7.0.23123-xt, link here http://valkyrie.htc-files.com/downl...restormLEO/v7.0/tp2_firestorm_v7.0.23123XT.7z
With this one, after task 29, I had perfect results, both sound and video, of mp4s encoded with projection's video encoding gui (link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112 )...
I wonder if the new rom version has somehow broken the previous mp4 compatibility... and this would not be pleasant at all.
I will have to try the new version, after I finish with the energy rom (so far also not compatible, sound wise...)
In the meantime, do try the previous version mentioned, and let me know if it works for you.
Regards,
P
Just one more thing you may want to try. The way your phone is connected to PC (USB to PC setting):
1. ActiveSync
2. Disk Drive
Try the disk drive option. It won't modify the file as it get copied onto the phone.
pdc4 said:
Now that is strange...
I have not yet tried the new version 7.3 of the rom, as my previous tryout was with version 7.0.23123-xt, link here http://valkyrie.htc-files.com/downl...restormLEO/v7.0/tp2_firestorm_v7.0.23123XT.7z
With this one, after task 29, I had perfect results, both sound and video, of mp4s encoded with projection's video encoding gui (link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112 )...
I wonder if the new rom version has somehow broken the previous mp4 compatibility... and this would not be pleasant at all.
I will have to try the new version, after I finish with the energy rom (so far also not compatible, sound wise...)
In the meantime, do try the previous version mentioned, and let me know if it works for you.
Regards,
P
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Okay... I've tried the following Valkyrie ROMS-
tp2_firestorm_v7.0.23123XT
tp2_firestorm_v7.3.21914-FX
tp2_firestorm_v7.3.23134-FX
The 7.0.23123XT version plays h.264 videos that were encoded with MP4ForHD or the Video Encoding GUI just fine. It only plays audio from h.264 videos encoded with AVS, Nero, or Xilisoft.
The two 7.3 versions don't work at all. They crash when trying to load any h.264 video.
At least I've got a few ROMs now that work. I'll try and take a look at the files to see what's different.
bchau said:
Just one more thing you may want to try. The way your phone is connected to PC (USB to PC setting):
1. ActiveSync
2. Disk Drive
Try the disk drive option. It won't modify the file as it get copied onto the phone.
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I either use the Disk Drive mode to transfer videos, or I pop the MicroSD car into an SD adapter and put it right in my laptop. I don't believe there's a setting issue at play as that wouldn't explain why different ROMs work and don't work.
Before I start, let me clarify that this is about playback of stored videos files (avi, mp4, wmv, mov, etc), not recording frame rate or the playback of recorded videos from the phone. Searching yielded hundreds of results, but none of them fit the scope of my question as far as I could tell. If there is something out there, please link and excuse this question.
So, my question and issue is pretty straight forward: whenever I try to play video files I have (IE: downloaded mp4 files), I get really really poor frame rates. Poor meaning 7-13 frames per second.
So the video sucks, and plays in a fairly smooth slow motion. The sound is fine, causing the video to go out of sync, and once the audio timeline ends the video file closes. The built-in player won't even load them, but RockPlayer does. I think I tried xyplayer as well. I figure this is just a codec / software issue, but all lower resolution video files (same format) play fine, so it seems to be unrelated to the applications I'm using. 800x640 video files, no problem; 1280x720 video files, not gonna happen. The videos play fine on a computer, obviously, and my buddy's Windows Phone 7 plays them fine as well (Zune software).
Any ideas?
what bitrate are the videos that skip?
I don't have many on my phone right now, but one of them is 741Kbps, about one third larger than another video that plays perfectly fine, albeit at a lower resolution. Admittedly I know very little about video encoding and all of that.
What rom are you using?
Currently Burnt Droid (1.4), but I've had the same problem on other roms (sense). I recall having this issue on an AOSP rom once, but I can't say that with complete confidence.
Bump; is this really not an issue for people? I can try and grab a sample video if that helps? I figured this would be a more global thing, not just me. The main reason I need (or want) this to work is because all of my online class lectures are recorded in this format and being able to watch the lectures on the go would be extremely beneficial.
I can play a 4gb hd rip of avatar on my phone in rockplayer (hardware mode) with no skipping
please post a link to a vid your having problems with
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I can play a 4gb hd rip of avatar on my phone in rockplayer (hardware mode) with no skipping.
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Hmm, ok, so it took that sentence for me to realize I'm an idiot. I've tried hardware mode with every video file I have put on my phone (avi, mp4, wmv), but wasn't surprised when they didn't play-- if they did, couldn't I just use the stock video player?-- but my school files for example are .mp4, which should play, but I guess the system player doesn't support whatever encoding/bitrate these videos are made with? Does this mean I won't get this to work unless I re-encode / convert the files I have into a new mp4 the phone will support natively?
Excuse my ignorance on the issue; I guess my understanding of the application and android system is more limited than I initially thought.
I've been experiencing some choppy video problems on my myTouch Slide. I know phones are somewhat notorious for this, but the weird thing in my case is that it used to work just fine and now it won't. Same video file (a movie in WMV format), same media player (arcMedia), now it won't work.
So I thought "it's probably a problem with arcMedia." So I tried RockPlayer. Same problem. Then I tried streaming flash video on Dolphin HD (which also used to work provided the video was buffered). Same problem.
So I grabbed an MP4 off of NASA's website and tried it on the native player. I don't get any video, just sound. From what I can tell this video should play just fine: H264 video codec and everything.
I'm new to Android but not new to computers and tech.
Any ideas?
Well what changed? Did you install any new apps that may be running in the background? Did you flash another rom or something since the last time you played this wmv file?
What was the resolution of the MP4 off the NASA site? If it was HD that is probably the reason why you get no video.