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Hi all,
been having trouble viewing video on my touch HD. initially had tried viewing them in WMP but they wouldn’t play most of the videos (avi’s + Mpgs) .
installed MP4forHD v2.5 and converted the videos, at this point they then caused phone to crash when opening the video's in WMP.
Then installed core player and this will play the converted MP4's, well to an extent, it plays the audio but no picture.
Any thoughts, or ideas of other applications to try?
Cheers in advance
htc album may help
thanks for that. also just downloaded HTC touch HD video convertor too.
Sorry all, should have read all the stickies first.
BarntonBurly said:
Hi all,
been having trouble viewing video on my touch HD. initially had tried viewing them in WMP but they wouldn’t play most of the videos (avi’s + Mpgs) .
installed MP4forHD v2.5 and converted the videos, at this point they then caused phone to crash when opening the video's in WMP.
Then installed core player and this will play the converted MP4's, well to an extent, it plays the audio but no picture.
Any thoughts, or ideas of other applications to try?
Cheers in advance
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To play in CorePlayer, encode AVC MP4 and size to 320 X 240, 500 kbps to 700 kbps
To play in WMP or HTC player, encode AVC MP4 800 x 400 size, 500 kbps to 700 kbps
Greets - I am looking for a decent MP3 and Video player in 1 app. Currently I am using Meridian, but the authors refusal to fix the bug where if you update ID3 or Album art, it not only refuses to note the changes, but then starts showing different MP3's album covers.
I have no requirements other than it needs to play Video and MP3's and NOT suffer from this bug.
Any thoughts?
I used double twist all the time.
Any other suggestions
Thanks but the VERY FIRST review on the list says it suffers from the same problem I am trying to escape. Meridian would be VERY GOOD if the author bothered to fix the same bug.
Any other suggestions are appreciated.
DoubleTwist!!!! You need no other.
Well, that and Slacker radio for internet tunes. Now f only I could use my Zune Pass on the Android...
jdmba said:
Thanks but the VERY FIRST review on the list says it suffers from the same problem I am trying to escape. Meridian would be VERY GOOD if the author bothered to fix the same bug.
Any other suggestions are appreciated.
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Well then try Mix Zing, it's in the marketplace. I would compare it to core player on WinMo... Have to pay to properly edit ID3 tags but it has some great features if you do.
I have not used it for video and don't even know if it is able.... but the basic player on the HTC is fine for videos that I play.
If doubletwist could read the internal storage,I'd use it. I have 6gbs of tunes and it finds the 2 i have on my sd card...lame
I use cubed because it has a cool interface and a variety of widgets. The real name in the market is ³.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.abrantix.rockon.rockonnggl
For some reason Double twist doesnt read all of my music. it maybe reads 2 out of 14gb
Ugh
Doubletwist seems like a really bad idea, but it seems the answer to my question is THERE IS NONE. Let's home some developer can step up, make a player that can process updated ID3 and Album art, without getting all confused.
If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them
Use Rock Divx Player - best one around for snapdragon devices...
you might be interested in this
http://android.modaco.com/content/forum/311257/view-topic/
RockPlayerBase: The Android AVI, MKV, DIVX y RMVB player
It's something a lot of us avid Android fans have missed and now at last we have a multiu format media player!!! RockPlayerBase
At the moment it's in private beta testing phaseand so far the reports are fantastic. It requires > Android 2.1 and a decent processor
If you want to give it a try you can download it from the original SoyAndroide article here
The link is at the bottom of the article, marked Pruébalo (Spanish for try it out)
More details:
movie:
MKV
H264 High profile, 720×304 @ 405Kbps @ 24FPS
AAC, 44.1KHz
perfect quality
14 to 20 FPS
tv show:
AVI
DivX 5, 704×384 @ 1,097Kbps @ 24 FPS
MP3, 48KHz @ 128Kbps
perfect quality
22 – 24 FPS
anime:
MKV
H264 High profile, 848×480 @ 302Kbps @ 24FPS
AAC, 48KHz
lots of artifacts
no subs (ASS, Advanced Sub Station)
8 to 15 FPS
handbrake:
MP4
H264 Baseline profile, 800×448 @ 3,120Kbps @ 30 FPS
AAC, 44.1KHz @ 151 Kbps
perfect quality
13 to 16 FPS
Artbeats 720p HD Demo:
MP4
H264 Main profile, 1280×720 @ 5,994Kbps @ 30 FPS
AAC, 44.1KHz @ 66Kbps
perfect quality
3 to 6 FPS
Artbeats 1080p HD Demo:
MP4
H264 Main profile, 1920×1080 @ 10Mbps @ 30FPS
AAC, 44.1KHz @ 192Kbps
perfect quality
1 to 3 FPS
If you like iTunes then getting an Nano would be a good option since you don't seem too worried about extra features like a radio etc. If you can get the education discount then it will drop down to ~$320 which is great value.
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I use doubletwist and all my songs have correct ID3 tags and album art.
I use separate programs to grab all the album art and ID3 tags.. but doubletwist doesn't scramble them or mix them up.
POQbum said:
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I use doubletwist and all my songs have correct ID3 tags and album art.
I use separate programs to grab all the album art and ID3 tags.. but doubletwist doesn't scramble them or mix them up.
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Since this topic was started almost 18 months ago, I'm assuming the issue has been fixed in the apps by now.
Hello everyone, recently I bought a Samsung Galaxy S because I needed a phone to play any video (up to 720p) without the need of conversion. Galaxy S does that well but there are some problems I found:
Some 720p video with high bitrate lag a little bit. Can I make them run smooth (is this possible with overclocking?)?
Some h264 mkv video, e.g. The episode 3 of Pokemon Best wishes from BWS (SD version), have sync problems with mvideo player. It works on rockplayer without sync problems but it has a lot of glitches (and it's only 480p!). I am not an android expert but I think this happens because the codecs being loaded from an app and this needs time and more cpu power. If the system have the codecs build in, I think the lag will disappear.
Some flash video (flv with vp6f video codec) don't play at all with the mvideo player. They work if I play them with rockplayer but, again, there are many glitches....
I understand that I can't do much to fix the first issue, but I know it's possible to fix the problem with the codecs. So, were are the codecs of a phone located and how can I edit them? Could you guys please help me out?
You might find them in the source code Samsung has released but I don't think editing them will be that easy. Rockplayer supports more formats because they use their own codecs but they lack hardware acceleration, that's why it's so slow.
if i were you id convert the video's to 480p they play alot smoother. the galaxy s screen cannot display 720p.
Hey, I'm not sure if I had already posted this before but it didn't show up under similar threads.
What is the best setting to convert videos so that my arc S can play it flawlessly?
So far the settings that I've tried always makes the video a little choppy here and there. Any help would be appreciated since I really want to use my arc S to watch movies on my travels.
The settings that I need would be
1) Resolution Size
2) Frame Rate
3) Bitrate
4) What file type and etc.
Thanks
P.S. If you can share what program you use and put a download link that would be great.
i used to convert videos using these settings
resolution: 854x480, must fit arc's screen
frame rate: 30fps
bitrate: >1.5Mbps is fine to me
encoded in H.264, mp4 format
audio: AAC 128Kbps
i was using cyberlink media espresso
for freeware try http://www.hamstersoft.com/free-video-converter which supports hardware acceleration
how was the quality when it played on the arc?
heihei_ivan said:
i used to convert videos using these settings
resolution: 854x480, must fit arc's screen
frame rate: 30fps
bitrate: >1.5Mbps is fine to me
encoded in H.264, mp4 format
audio: AAC 128Kbps
i was using cyberlink media espresso
for freeware try http://www.hamstersoft.com/free-video-converter which supports hardware acceleration
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Yes, you will have the best quailty playback if you set the resolution as 854x480.
Because the full resolution of arc is 854x480. If you have a video which the resolution is 1280x720, it will only play as 854x480 on the arc's screen.
mp4 is a good format of video to play on arc, too. because it can decode mp4 video using the hardware but not the software, so you can play mp4 smoother than other formats.
If you aim at best quality, then set higher bitrate say >3Mbps, but not too much because it will cause lag
I tried 1280*720 with 10Mbps @ mp4. Worked fine.
I've been using MoboPlayer and it works well. It's been playing all files that I've thrown at it without hiccups.
Today I tried to play Game of Thrones 720p.mkv video on my arc S, and it was't really smooth. It lagged a lot. I tried vPlayer and MoboPlayer, and neither of them worked.
So, what can I do, exept thah I convent video?
Sorry for my bad English.
EDIT:Nevermind, just tried DicePlayer, and it plays very well.
my xperia arc s doesnt support h264 video. is there any mod for that
my xperia arc s doesnt support h264 video. is there any mod for that.
i tested it on official ics and ultimate hd both rom.
many thanks
Hi,
I've noticed that since android 4.3 something changed in terms of hardware video acceleration.
I used to watch movies on my Galaxy Nexus and the same movies that played nicely with 4.2.2, now stutter or lag with 4.3
I've tried with the latest MX Player and BS Player and even the internal stock video player. All do the same.
I used to play HD 720p videos and some 1080p videos without a single glitch, as long as HW or HW+ (MX Player) were enabled.
Now, after a few reencodes and tests I've come to the conclusion that the reference frames can't be higher than 5. An AVC video with ref frames of 6 and higher play with stuttering, but when in SW mode, they play OK.
You may download the samples to test:
H.264 HD 720p [email protected] ref frames 5
H.264 HD 720p [email protected] ref frames 6
Ref frames= 5 plays like it should, no problems with HW acceleration
Ref frames= 6 stutters, lags. Only plays nice with SW mode.
I've tried with a Galaxy Nexus of a friend, also with 4.3 and it happens as described.
Anyone would know why would Google break the acceleration, or how can I report this?
Thanks
Nuno
Hi, I just registered because I have the same problem. I even searched and tried a lot of apps and it doesn't matter, the result is always the same. My GNex plays some files very choppy.
I downloaded both videos you linked and tested with MX Player (with custom codec ARMv7 NEON)
Ref. frames 5 = Plays fine with HW+ and SW.
Ref. frames 6 = Plays choppy with HW+ and plays fine with SW.
I have a lot of playback problems with most video files, specially TV series rip from the scene (for example HDTV 720p rips from DIMENSION and other scenes group) and some other 720p BluRay releases and it stutters like hell in HW+. Some times HW it doesn't even work and with SW plays fine 10 or 20 seconds and then starts to stutter a lot to the point it is unwatchable.
Then if I test some 1080p movies (even 15gb files and over LAN) they play excellent. Some don't.
I tried everything, even forcing min. CPU freq. for MX Player with Franco Kernel and it's always the same.
I have Android 4.3 (clean install) and I tried with and without Franco Kernel and it doesn't matter.
You have to understand 4.3 API is not easy. It's been almost a month since the release of 4.3 and there hasn't been a stable ROM, kernel yet. If that doesn't drop some enlightenment then you have to realize 4.2.2 took 8 months to perfect and reach where it is. Rather than blaming 4.3 how about you understand the coding that goes on behind it. The app developers never meant to focus solely on 4.3 they need to make sure that it doesn't cause instability for 4.2 and below, as there are tons of devices from different oem that react differently to small changes. Just be patient and the dev will sort it out. Quit making like little girls 'daddy I want it NOW NOW'. Be patient and eventually it will be fixed.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
Misledz, nobody's whining.
Both me and AgusL just pointed something that I haven't found discussed anywhere else.
The purpose of this thread is just to share one's experiences with this subject. I perfectly understand this is either a bug or a intended feature of 4.3. I just hope it's a bug because I'm used to watch a lot of movies on my GN and now they are unwatchable (battery-wise)
Would you be so kind to share your experience with your Nexus 4? Does it affect it also? I am just trying to figure out if this is PowerVR SGX540 related or if the Adreno 320 is also affected.
Thanks
Nuno
Using the Android Video Player and MX Player, I have no stuttering or lag on either of these 2 videos.
I have used MX Player and switched between HW and SW decoding and cannot see any issues.
on CM10.2 (unofficial) playing HQ/HD videos though MX by using HW or HW+ decoder.. makes videos laggy..
SW works perfectly..
I wish that people who discuss possible bugs and problems would firstly install Google stock Nexus image and test there, before flashing incomplete nightly ROM's and judge how the new system is.
FFS.
No problem playing videos with latest MX player pro on stock 4.3 here, I think the problem is probably rom related if using a custom 4.3 rom.
Factory resetted Galaxy Nexus with OTA updated 4.3 firmware, and then reflashed to stock 4.3 firmware, and another GN OTA updated to stock 4.3, both displays severe glitches in hardware video decoding mode. Tested in the Dice Player and VLC Player with HW decoding enabled.
Video track info from the problem files:
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
On the Nexus 10 and the Nexus 7 (1st gen) both with stock OTA updated 4.3 firmware exactly the same files played well in HW decoding mode.
Only Galaxy Nexus seems to be affected.
On the stock 4.2.2 firmware and CM 10.1.2 problem does not exist.
Nuno_PT said:
Misledz, nobody's whining.
Both me and AgusL just pointed something that I haven't found discussed anywhere else.
The purpose of this thread is just to share one's experiences with this subject. I perfectly understand this is either a bug or a intended feature of 4.3. I just hope it's a bug because I'm used to watch a lot of movies on my GN and now they are unwatchable (battery-wise)
Would you be so kind to share your experience with your Nexus 4? Does it affect it also? I am just trying to figure out if this is PowerVR SGX540 related or if the Adreno 320 is also affected.
Thanks
Nuno
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My apologies I didn't mean to make it sound like it's whining. I just see so many posts saying 4.3 is bad in the general section that they just get shut down. Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot, what I meant from experience was the 4.3 API just has a few restrictions unlike the open breeze the previous builds had. People and paranoia just request so many things that what's not broken ends up being broken due to changes. I felt it was unfair if I had not shared the experience.
On the GNexus and N4 I don't have that issue. I assume this was supposed to be kernel related since we are playing with builds that weren't supposed to be released for us. I've tried downloading a 1080p MKV file (I am Legend) and streamed it off an SMB server, and it played flawlessly on DicePlayer (GNexus) I had no stutter, subtitles loaded perfectly and I still got to see Will Smith fire some rounds in the air.
Have you given DicePlayer a go? I promise it's something not to look back upon
Misledz said:
On the GNexus and N4 I don't have that issue. [...] Have you given DicePlayer a go?
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You see, not all files have this glitches. There is a problem only with specific video coding, I.e. ref.frames=6 or 8.
Do you tried examples from Nuno_PT post?
Just tried examples from top post and "ref frames 6" definitely have problems with Dice Player v.2.0.35, but "ref frames 5" playing well.
Latest MX Player Free not playing "ref frames 6" in HW mode, but does fall-back to software decoding (and displays HW mode icon simultaneously - that is bug, obviously) and playng in software, with corresponding CPU load and battery drain.
Galaxy Nexus with stock 4.3 firmware.
Youtube videos playing perfectly.
Video files with ref frames = 1, or 2, or 3 - all playing well.
Trailer "Prince of Persia - Sands of Time" in 1080p for example, have video track:
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
And, of course, playing well.
But video files with ReFrames = 6 or 8 definitely not playing well in HW mode on stock GN 4.3.
SW playback does too much battery drain, so it is a problem.
First I would like to say that I am glad this is not a problem with only my phone. It pleases me to know that affects all Galaxy Nexus with stock 4.3, and it looks like CM 10.2 is also affected.
I came to the conclusion, along with Vinni Sanders, that this only affects HD encodes with ref frames higher than 6.
Most scene movies you find over the internet where encoded with 12 ref frames, or at least higher than 6.
The thing is that with stock 4.2.2 this didn't happen and I could play videos with 12 ref frames with HW acceleration, as far as I can remember.
At first I didn't know what was the trigger, but after messing around with re-encodings of movies I came to the conclusion that it were the ref frames.
I haven't made tests with 1080p, so I can't state how many ref. frames would trigger the stuttering with HW acceleration. But I do remember watching high bit rate 1080p movies with HW acceleration when I had stock 4.2.2
My question is, what's the next step? It surely looks like a regression. How can we correctly report this to Google?
Nuno
and ianncer
Well, I come with some updates. I tested a movie on my Nexus 7 (2012) and my Galaxy Nexus, both Android 4.3 stock. This is the media info:
Format: MPEG-4 - Base Media / Version 2
File size: 1.40 GiB - Duration: 1h 20mn - Overall bit rate: 2 497 Kbps
Video
Format: AVC / [email protected]
CABAC: Yes - ReFrames 5 frames
Bit rate mode: Variable - 2 100 Kbps
Width: 1 280 pixels - Height: 720 pixels - Frame rate: 23.976 fps - Color space: YUV
Audio
Format: AC-3
Bit rate mode: Constant - Bit rate: 384 Kbps
Channel count: 2 channels - Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz - Bit depth: 16 bits
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Nexus 7 -> MX Player on H/W+ plays perfect, no frame drops at all.
Galaxy Nexus -> MX Player on H/W+ very laggy. H/W is the same. S/W plays perfect.
Also, some 1080p movies play fine on my Nexus 7, but on my Galaxy Nexus will only play (laggy) on S/W mode only. H/W and H/W+ gives me an decoding error.
So, the problem is Android on this particular device, and not an Android global bug across all devices.
Is there a way to test at what percent the GPU is used when playing a file on Android? I tried through Developer options, but some of you can do more serious tests.
Please forgive about my english writing
Got the exact same issue with my Galaxy Nexus stock 4.3. Alle players have major stutter when using differnt mkv files. Same codes as described below. Alle scene stuff from the interwebs.
There is the official issue tracker for Android: code.google.com/p/android/issues/list
Same issue for me with cm-10.2-20130815-NIGHTLY-maguro.
Technical Support from MX Player says:
You are all right. Hardware video playback is broken on Galaxy Nexus 4.3.
Unfortunately it cannot be fixed with HW+ decoder because it is a kernel side issue.
I'm not sure who made this issue but may be one of these: Google, Samsung or TI.
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mx-videoplayer/-sKEPENyAj8
Issue 59020 - Android Open Source Project Issue Tracker
Hi,
I've opened Issue 59020 at the Android Open Source Project Issue Tracker.
Feel free to comment there in hope that Google can do anything about it and hopefully release a 4.3.1 update with this issue fixed.
Nuno
To the OP why don't you email the Dev of MX player about your problem next time.
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To the OP why don't you email the Dev of MX player about your problem next time.
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I did.
They've acknowledge that the problem is in the kernel of Android 4.3, like m1m1 said above, post #16.
Nuno
Hi guys,
I am having the same problem with my Galaxy Nexus and 4.3. Videos with HW Accelaration stutter like hell, unfortunately the Software Decoder is not completely smooth, so that is not an option for me. In addition to the video issue, my phone felt much slower than before.
I downgraded to 4.2.2 yesterday and I am very happy with the fact, that the phone runs so much smoother now and I can watch videos again. I don't see any reason right now why I should upgrade to 4.3 soon. Maybe to 4.3.1 when Google fixed these problems.
I can recommend anyone to go back to 4.2.2 again. The phone is wiped, that is true. But it also runs much better than before. It will cost you some hours fixing everything back up, but I don't regret it.
Cheers,
DS
I was able to reproduce OP's issue on stock 4.3 with MX Player.
Very odd. Fortunately I use my Nexus 7 to watch tv/dvd/br rips so I hopefully won't really run in to this issue during my regular use, but it is definitely there.