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Hi, I have a problem with video playback. When I play a mp4 movie abuot 1 hour 13 minutes video pointer( shows what minute is playing) starts going from beginning and sound restarts from beggining too, but video doesn't restart and runs foward. I have tried 2 different converters and different players. I am using CM 7. What should I do to watch my movies normally again?
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kabeliukas said:
Hi, I have a problem with video playback. When I play a mp4 movie abuot 1 hour 13 minutes video pointer( shows what minute is playing) starts going from beginning and sound restarts from beggining too, but video doesn't restart and runs foward. I have tried 2 different converters and different players. I am using CM 7. What should I do to watch my movies normally again?
Sorry for bad english
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not sure if its the right place to discuss this, perhaps you should have raised this issue in the cm7 nightly thread. . but i had issues with video playback even while changing the volume in cm7. try older nightlies like 11 or 13 they were fine i believe. using ginger_yoshi rc7 now, works fine.
firstly try to resolve the issue whether it is of CM7 or not.
Donot stick to a single mp4 file. Try with many different mp4 files with different video converters. Then play those files with different video players on wildfire.
I've tried ginger_yoshi rc7, but i still have the same problem. I've tried multiple files too.
I have the same problem too. It seems no particular problem of CM roms. Had the problem with other roms installed too. I normally use a video splitter before converting. That works for me.
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I would definitely agree with you...
Just to add... i have been facing the same problem..
When i flash a sense based rom the mp4 playback is flawless... But...
Same is not the case with ASOP roms... whether it is CM 7 or the latest Ginger Yoshi...
Plz... Help!!!
I really want to move to ASOP based ROMS as they much more responsive and updated...
Thank you....
I'm not sure but i download a new music video of shakira (720p) and had WP7 Zplayer v1.997b installed and when i saw the video in list i played it and guess what it is running smoothly .
CM7 rc0 @1000 Mhz
I havent tested any other player with my video so not sure other than zplayer and realplayer(laggy)
anyone else please confirm that this actually works
Sorry
Sorry if this is already posted before..
i searched defy forum @xda couldnt find it so posted here
It stopped working ..now
Hi,
this is most probably about the encoding. Bandwitdh, compression profile, etc.
I dont have any problem to view 720p through uPnP on a stock 800MHz. Those videos are "selfmade" with a bandwidth of 2, maybe 3 MBit. I doubt it will play professional 720p videos like high quality TV recordings. Those might reach a bandwidth of 12 or more Mbit.
Didnt test it, since i am still watching SD television.
mague said:
Hi,
this is most probably about the encoding. Bandwitdh, compression profile, etc.
I dont have any problem to view 720p through uPnP on a stock 800MHz. Those videos are "selfmade" with a bandwidth of 2, maybe 3 MBit. I doubt it will play professional 720p videos like high quality TV recordings. Those might reach a bandwidth of 12 or more Mbit.
Didnt test it, since i am still watching SD television.
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Upnp?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upnp
Means the videos are stored on my NAS. I am connecting/browsing with uPnPlay and displaying with VPlayer.
mague said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upnp
Means the videos are stored on my NAS. I am connecting/browsing with uPnPlay and displaying with VPlayer.
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dint realize that oh thanks ..
i've never really watched videos on my phones (mostly due to screen size etc) but i figure now that I have the Galaxy Nexus i could watch a few things on it..
What would be the best video format to convert things to? I dropped an avi of a tv program onto it and it worked but it lagged a bit..
I just converted something to an HD mp4 using Permute for Mac, it bumped the filesize up about 100mb but tested it and it runs smooth in QuickPic or PlayerPro but when trying to use the built in video player (to get the true full screen) it plays for a second, stutters, then says it can't be played.. :S
has anyone managed to get moboplayer working ? says i need an arm7 neon codec - found that on their site ... followed instructions but it still wont work
Video playback may be a bit iffy until the apps are updated; one of the Diceplayer mob posted saying that it now supports HD playback for .mkv. They didn't mention .avi but that generally needs less resources than .avi so you could try your avi in Diceplayer.
The general trend in open source video development is towards .mkv, I'm trying that first.
I'd be surprised if much works well right out of the gate. The true beta is when the masses begin tinkering
vplayer seems to play avi nicely
Ill have to try it out.. downloading now
I've got the same question. And I don't mean what other player can I download to play movies. I mean what format can I encode videos in to get them to play in the native player. I did find the article below. I have tried each of these formats with no luck. Anyone know why Android can't play a movie out of the box?
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html
And I also tired MoboPlayer with no luck.
pretty much if you use a baseline .mp4 format you will be fine
basically:
h.264 video
LC-AAC audio
no CABAC
and you should be fine up to 1080p these settings work on all my android devices
just set mpeg 4 level 4 and it should take care of it by itself
noobdeagle said:
pretty much if you use a baseline .mp4 format you will be fine
basically:
h.264 video
LC-AAC audio
no CABAC
and you should be fine up to 1080p these settings work on all my android devices
just set mpeg 4 level 4 and it should take care of it by itself
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Thanks noobdeagle,
I have tired those settings on several encoders (handbrake, Adobe Media Encoder, Magic DVD ripper) and still no success. What software are you using to encode? and have you tried the movies on the galaxy nexus? Because I have never had a problem on any other Android devices. Just this one.
cj
gave up re-encoding videos.
vplayer has played everything ive thrown at it so far. the built in movie player seems very limited.
wilbur-force said:
gave up re-encoding videos.
vplayer has played everything ive thrown at it so far. the built in movie player seems very limited.
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I appreciate the feedback but I have two problems with this particular advice.
1 - Have you seen the permissions for that player? Why would a video player need access to my "Phone calls - Read phone status and identity" and "Your personal information - Read sensitive log data"? Really?
2 - Why the hell can't this phone play videos out of the box. <rant>I have, as I suspect a lot of us here do, a fair few friends that I would call iPhone fanboys. One of the biggest gripes I always hear about android is that every time you run into a problem on Android is the best answer is to root your phone and install cyanogen, or go get xxxx app and that will take care of it, or you should have bought this phone instead. So I get this phone and think that finally Android is going to hit the main stream and I can't even play a movie. WTF!</rant>
Like I said, I appreciate the feedback but I am still looking for a way to play a video in the default video player.
cj
chrisjaffe said:
Thanks noobdeagle,
I have tired those settings on several encoders (handbrake, Adobe Media Encoder, Magic DVD ripper) and still no success. What software are you using to encode? and have you tried the movies on the galaxy nexus? Because I have never had a problem on any other Android devices. Just this one.
cj
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no i have not tried on a galaxy nexus yet as that one week delay sim free means i wont be able to have mine in my hands untill at least next week :\,
i use mediacoder to encode videos, cant speak for the GN but ive used it for my xoom, nexus S, desire hd, htc legend and SGS 2 in the past (however SGS2 supported all codecs quite nicely anyway)
according to the android dev site the supported video list hasnt changed so this is quite strange.
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no i have not tried on a galaxy nexus yet as that one week delay sim free means i wont be able to have mine in my hands untill at least next week :\,
i use mediacoder to encode videos, cant speak for the GN but ive used it for my xoom, nexus S, desire hd, htc legend and SGS 2 in the past (however SGS2 supported all codecs quite nicely anyway)
according to the android dev site the supported video list hasnt changed so this is quite strange.
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Thanks for the info. I will seek out and try mediacoder.
FYI...I got my GN SIM free from Phones 4U. It was not easy though. I went in to a few stores before finding one that would sell it to me SIM free. And I think that I happened upon the manager at the store that did sell it to me. What makes it even better is that I am in the UK on business for a few months and so I can get the VAT back on my way out. Which makes it nearly 90 quid cheaper.
Thanks again,
cj
seems as if media coder works. Though that is one complicated program. You could get lost in those settings for days.
Thanks again.
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chrisjaffe said:
seems as if media coder works. Though that is one complicated program. You could get lost in those settings for days.
Thanks again.
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Format factory works and it's easy as to use.
Format factory does seem to work and is a little easier to use. Thanks. And just in time too because Mediacoder was having some trouble iwth a few of the vids I had.
cj
Hi everyone,
I first got to say that I have not yet purchased GalaxyNexus. However I have a big concern in regards to 720p HD video files from the net. I realized this on my Galaxy Tab10.1 after I bought it that most HD files need to be re-encoded in order to run without lag or being choppy. I was very disappointed with that.
Would someone tell me how is the performance of mkv files on GalaxyNexus.
Thanks.
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Yes, use MX Player from the market, it can run just about anything smoothly
Or try dice player, only problem is its not allowing me to buy full version after 3 days trial has ran out, anyone know a way around that?
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heck it plays 1080p mkvs flawlessly. I have a 11gb mkv of Drive that sits on my phone just to show off. Now to get that MHL adapter.
biggiestuff said:
heck it plays 1080p mkvs flawlessly. I have a 11gb mkv of Drive that sits on my phone just to show off. Now to get that MHL adapter.
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I tried a sample of 1080p mkv on mxplayer and it was choking on SW only (no HW available). What player did you use?
CrazyDelta said:
Hi everyone,
I first got to say that I have not yet purchased GalaxyNexus. However I have a big concern in regards to 720p HD video files from the net. I realized this on my Galaxy Tab10.1 after I bought it that most HD files need to be re-encoded in order to run without lag or being choppy. I was very disappointed with that.
Would someone tell me how is the performance of mkv files on GalaxyNexus.
Thanks.
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Whether it plays depends on a lot of things. The video format, (MKV is just a container), the audio format and most importantly the bitrate. A lot of desktop PCs will chunder along if the bitrate is too high for it's hardware to handle, so a phone will struggle even more.
The bottleneck seems to be the speed of the internal storage, for me. It plays stuff flawlessly, but if I play a 1080p file with a super high bitrate, it's all choppy.
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You a usenet user? Mkv files are all over that. (I hope you are, I wanna talk to somebody about how amazing it is!!!)
I watched a 3 gig mkv file of a 1 hour season finale of flashpoint (anybody watch it BTW?) and it was flawless. Jules was as amazing as ever, and Ed was as bald as ever.
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what do you mean usernet user? whats that? and my mkv files play fine 720p and 1080p
Thanks for the reply guys. Appreciate it.
However, I found this video review on YouTube and it kinda made me pessimistic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDnY_nZ2SiE
*I hope it is ok posting a link to a video here.
CrazyDelta said:
Thanks for the reply guys. Appreciate it.
However, I found this video review on YouTube and it kinda made me pessimistic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDnY_nZ2SiE
*I hope it is ok posting a link to a video here.
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Not sure what player or videos are being used in this video but my 720 en 1080p MKV's are all working smooth on dice player.
cvbcbcmv said:
You a usenet user? Mkv files are all over that. (I hope you are, I wanna talk to somebody about how amazing it is!!!)
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The first rule of Usenet is, you don't talk about Usenet.
Is there a trick to getting these super large files on your phone? Everytime I've tried to drag an 8GB file over it complains it only takes files under 4GB. Are you splitting them?
lettcco said:
I tried a sample of 1080p mkv on mxplayer and it was choking on SW only (no HW available). What player did you use?
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I used diceplayer trial. That app is great. hopefully they get it working soon so I can get the full version.
not sure what your guys issue with dice player is. I have it on mine and it plays mkvs, wmvs, avis flawlessly
Dice Player plays high bitrate 1080p flawless for me. The only problem is the trial is only available so you have to uninstall and reinstall every 3 days.
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neok44 said:
not sure what your guys issue with dice player is. I have it on mine and it plays mkvs, wmvs, avis flawlessly
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The problem is the dev's actually. The account he was using to receive payment for the full version got suspended (for whatever reason), and due to that he isn't able to continue selling the full version anymore. If you were an early adopter (like I was, due to having a Asus Transformer), it's a non-issue because you already bought it. I'm not sure why the dev is taking forever to fix the issue.
EDIT:And on that note, I also must say that all MKV files I have downloaded work perfectly fine on my nexus using diceplayer. Both 720P and 1080P (only tried 1, just to see if it worked, since it is rather pointless unless you're outputting to a TV) work just fine and without any issues for me. I haven't tried any strangely encoded files yet, but so far all normal HDTV encoded files worked just fine.
cvbcbcmv said:
You a usenet user? Mkv files are all over that. (I hope you are, I wanna talk to somebody about how amazing it is!!!)
I watched a 3 gig mkv file of a 1 hour season finale of flashpoint (anybody watch it BTW?) and it was flawless. Jules was as amazing as ever, and Ed was as bald as ever.
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man I wish usenet was free
CrazyDelta said:
Thanks for the reply guys. Appreciate it.
However, I found this video review on YouTube and it kinda made me pessimistic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDnY_nZ2SiE
*I hope it is ok posting a link to a video here.
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It's smooth once it get's hardware decoded.
No smartphone processor can decode 1080p without lag, which is exactly why OMAP put an IVA-HD chip inside to do all the work.
Much like the rest of the members I use dice player and it plays everything i throw at it. I use to have an issue with 12mbps MP4 files but they seem to have corrected that and now it is smooth for everything i throw at it.
is there a place to buy the full version or obtain one by other cough cough means?
Anyone got flash player working on KitKat? I am using[ROM ] 4.4. kitkat [11-4] -STABLE/ROOT/FAST deb/flo ROM.
Peter
It should work, but I'm still wondering why anyone still uses/needs Adobe Flash.
nitrous² said:
It should work, but I'm still wondering why anyone still uses/needs Adobe Flash.
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are you serious? lol
joeyddr said:
are you serious? lol
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Apparantly. Almost every web page has a mobile version. All web players have an optimized mobile version based on HTML5. There's a proper reason why Adobe Flash support has been dropped after Android 4.0.x. Adobe Flash is (imho) just a big, heavy and ugly pile of code.
If I wanted a mobile version of the site I would use my phone not tablet.
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If I wanted a mobile version of the site I would use my phone not tablet.
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Ok. Your tablet will also show an optimized page/web player, so it acutally doesn't matter. The page will know what kind of device is accessing it, what type of tools it needs to get shown properly and eventually show as a device specific page. Since 4.2 I never used Adobe Flash again and haven't had any proplems displaying pages no matter which user agent I choose. Just explain me in which cases you'd need Adobe Flash. I'm seriously asking, because, well, I don't know. My post was never meant to offend anyone and so I'm not quite sure how to take your posts.
I usually use project free tv and it still needs adobe flash lol but you are right there are a lot of sites that will open with your video player idk any good ones yet though
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It should work, but I'm still wondering why anyone still uses/needs Adobe Flash.
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The BBC iPlayer site requires Flash. They're still in the last century.
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All browser tested in my Nexus 4 with Android 4.4 (KRT16O) and Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.115.81).apk
Habit Browser.....not working
Exsoul web browser.....not working
Browser Omega....not working
Browser Free Easy....not working
Baidu browser......not working
Next Browser.....not working
FlashFox....not working
Firefox....not working
Falcon Browser.....not working
Puffin Browser....not working
Dolphin....not working
Opera.....not working
Boat.....not working
Photon Flash Player & Browser.........YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (need not have flash player installed)
Sorry for my english.Regards
Use Puffin browser, flash works with no issue
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Only one working for me is Puffin but it tends to be skippy at times.
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hardrockk said:
All browser tested in my Nexus 4 with Android 4.4 (KRT16O) and Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.115.81).apk
Habit Browser.....not working
Exsoul web browser.....not working
Browser Omega....not working
Browser Free Easy....not working
Baidu browser......not working
Next Browser.....not working
FlashFox....not working
Firefox....not working
Falcon Browser.....not working
Puffin Browser....not working
Dolphin....not working
Opera.....not working
Boat.....not working
Photon Flash Player & Browser.........YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (need not have flash player installed)
Sorry for my english.Regards
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Photon, Puffin, and Skyfire process flash video on the server-side then stream to the client, so theoretically they should/can work in 4.4 independent of the flash plugin used by the other browsers.
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Photon, Puffin, and Skyfire process flash video on the server-side then stream to the client, so theoretically they should/can work in 4.4 independent of the flash plugin used by the other browsers.
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Correct. You will also get compressed audio & video. No true HD from any of those server-side rendering browsers, which totally sucks. Oh well... I guess it is time that the rest catch up with Netflix, who at least gives you the option of using HTML5.
On my N5, I tried watching a Flash video with Puffin and Photon but its way too choppy for my comfort. How is it on your N7's. Try playing the video on this page in desktop mode with pPuffin/Photon. I plays smoothly in HD on my 4.3 N7 with flash plugin.
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On my N5, I tried watching a Flash video with Puffin and Photon but its way too choppy for my comfort. How is it on your N7's. Try playing the video on this page in desktop mode with pPuffin/Photon. I plays smoothly in HD on my 4.3 N7 with flash plugin.
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It looks and sounds ok on Puffin on 4.3 N7. Uses around 350-700kbps.
garryknight said:
The BBC iPlayer site requires Flash. They're still in the last century.
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the bbc does not use flash any more
bexwhitt said:
the bbc does not use flash any more
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That's not strictly true. The iPlayer site now uses the BBC's Media Player for video. But if I go to the BBC News website on my 2012 Nexus 7 which doesn't have flash installed, and I try to play any video there, I get a message saying "Cannot play media. You do not have the correct version of the flash player." It may be that one day they'll actually have the correct version of HTML 5 but right now they're still using flash.
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On my N5, I tried watching a Flash video with Puffin and Photon but its way too choppy for my comfort. How is it on your N7's. Try playing the video on this page in desktop mode with pPuffin/Photon. I plays smoothly in HD on my 4.3 N7 with flash plugin.
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You may THINK it plays HD content "smooth" but take a look at your DL rate. You will average less than 2mbps (more likely 300kbps to 700kbps). I can garuntee you that you are not rendering HD content on your device at that rate. HD content will consume 2 to 5 GIGABYTES for an hour of video at 720p.
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You may THINK it plays HD content "smooth" but take a look at your DL rate. You will average less than 2mbps (more likely 300kbps to 700kbps). I can garuntee you that you are not rendering HD content on your device at that rate. HD content will consume 2 to 5 GIGABYTES for an hour of video at 720p.
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With the flash apk I was able to get firefox to load.
I was testing something out.
I went to show someone the youtube video for I believe in a thing called love. all it showed was covers and live crap.
I check on my pc, first hit is the legit music video.
Odd, I check again in youtube app, nothing.
I check in chrome, nothing. but if I google search, it comes up. if i go to that link, it says not available in my area.
I put in flash, firefox, and video loaded fine.
So there may be some valid reasons to do this madness.
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You may THINK it plays HD content "smooth" but take a look at your DL rate. You will average less than 2mbps (more likely 300kbps to 700kbps). I can garuntee you that you are not rendering HD content on your device at that rate. HD content will consume 2 to 5 GIGABYTES for an hour of video at 720p.
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First, I know the difference between Mb and MB. According to my N7's speedtest app my DL speed is 45Mbps (Comcast). While the video is playing, the "network speed" app constantly reports readings with lows of 200 KBps and up to 1.5 MBps (sometimes even higher on other trials). The app provides a graph and i see it averaging about 400 KBps to 700 KBps. 400 KBps = 3.125 Mbps. I'm using Boat Browser
Also I play PC games at a minimum of 60 fps. I can easily tell if there are frame drop spikes / choppiness. I know the video is HD because it is also posted on Youtube at 720p. The quality is the same on my 25" monitor.