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Running DOS on the DASH

Does anyone succed in getting PocketDOS running on the DASH ?
.exe launch said "not for this device".
help much appreciated !

So nobody have been able to run DOS on a Dash/S620 ??

This does work:
Download
http://www.pocketdos.com/PocketDOS/PocketDOS_111.exe
Unzip (do not execute!) PocketDOS_111.exe
Go into the Smartphone Directory of the unzipped PocketDOS_111.exe
copy DR-DOS_703.CAB and PocketDOS.arm_400sp.CAB on the phone.
Run and install both CAB files on the DASH.
Once done, get the Landscape mode update here:
http://www.pocketdos.com/PocketDOS/PocketDOS_111_SPL_Beta5.zip
Unzip & update the pocketdos.exe file to the DASH.
P.S: the Landscape mode beta seems a bit buggy with the keyboard.
In order to fix the issue you have to assign the numbers key to their corresponding letter using the CUSTOM menu.
List of apps that have been tested w/ PocketDOS v1.11 :
OS:
====
Working:
========
Windows 3.0 : VGA / 186 / EMS (0Mb) or EMM286.EXE (available from our website)
OpenGEM 5.0 : VGA
Games:
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Working:
========
Another World : VGA
Civilization 1 : VGA / Retrace enabled
Colonization : VGA / HD
Commander Keen 1 : VGA
Commander Keen 4 : VGA
Corruption : VGA
DeathTrack USA : VGA / EGA BIOS
Duke Nukum 1 : VGA
Dune : VGA
Elite : VGA
FlashBack : VGA
Flight Simulator 4.0 : VGA
HeroQuest : VGA
Hugo's House of Horrors : VGA
Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade : VGA
Jones in the Fast Lane : VGA / HD
Kings Quest 1 : VGA
Leisure Suit Larry 1 : VGA / EGA BIOS
Leisure Suit Larry 2 : VGA / HD
Leisure Suit Larry 3 : VGA / HD
Master of Magic : VGA / HD / EMS (3Mb)
Master of Orion : VGA / EMS (1Mb)
Paganitzu : VGA
Police Quest : VGA / EGA BIOS
Police Quest III : VGA
Prince of Persia : VGA
Railroad Tycoon : VGA
Secret of Monkey Island : VGA
Space Quest 1 : VGA / EGA BIOS
Space Quest 1 (VGA) : VGA / HD
Space Quest 2 : VGA / EGA BIOS
Stunt Driver : VGA
Stunts : VGA
Test Drive 2 : VGA / HD
Ultima VI : VGA
Wizardry - Crusaders of the Dark Savant : VGA / EMS (0Mb)
Wolfenstein 3D : VGA / 286 / Retrace disabled

Its working fine per the install instructions above, however the keyboard support is a problem. I'm unable to get it configured to work well enough to be useful, but I haven't spent too much time on it.

It does partially work if you switch between the CUSTOM mode & the others one.

There are two further test (beta) versions available from:
http://www.pocketdos.com/PocketDOS/PocketDOS_111_SPL_Beta7.zip
http://www.pocketdos.com/PocketDOS/PocketDOS_111_SPL_Beta8.zip
These versions specifically address the numeric/alpha key issue.

[Q] Anyone got the video decoder of salsa ROM? It's better than those in CM

I'v tryed many ROMs on espresso.
Hers's a video(parameters of the video will be list at the end of the thread), when I tryed to play it using Moboplayer, ArmV6-vfp decoder package installed, It works fine with salsa ROM, but a tragedy with CM ROM,no matter harddecoder or softdecoder.
I've also tryed some other ROM, 2.2, 2.3. None of them work better than the salsa ROM on this video.
what's more,the default video player in salsa ROM can play the video fluently.
Does that mean the display drivers in the salsa ROM better than any else?
video parameters:
General
Complete name : C:\[[email protected]] Super Junior-M_-_Super Girl(韩文版).1080P_baofeng.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 40.4 MiB
Duration : 3mn 45s
Overall bit rate : 1 506 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 3mn 42s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 393 Kbps
Width : 800 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.667
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.145
Stream size : 36.9 MiB (91%)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 6B
Duration : 3mn 45s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.43 MiB (8%)
Writing library : LAME3.98 (beta)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00

hey chinese guy too? but my cm7 rom works will in hardware decoding both mobo mx or system player.

[Q] HS video decoding problem... I'm about to give up.

Hello. My saga starts in this thread. I'm trying to run my 720p mkv video files smoothly in my Arc S (arconium 7.2, .64 baseband). Firstly I installed many video players from market (I even bought DicePlayer, which is great) but no one of them could run all mkv ok. A xda fellow told me about H264leveleditor, that I should use it to down my mkv file levels to 3.1, and it would resolve my problems. Well, in part, it worked. 30% of my video files began to run like a dream (in HW decoding mode) When the H264 level was in 4.1, the players worked only in SW mode, which was awful. The developer of DicePlayer told me that Qualcomm processors have a weak point in decoding mkv videos, but if it's true, why some videos run ok and some of only run laggy and out of sync?! Example: I run The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E05.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION perfectly (hw decode), but The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E17.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION run only in SW decoding mode. Isn't these mkv videos "identical"? Why one of them can run and the other one can't, if both of them is 720p mkv (3.1 H264 level)?
Sorry for the bad english but please, help =(
EDIT: Type mistake on the thread's title... it's HW video decoding problem...

I instaled MediaInfo and compared two videos... One of them run in HW mode (runs like a dream, even without overclock) and the other only in SW (runs awful).
The properties of the one that works:
General
Complete name : C:\Users\Israel\Desktop\The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E05.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 455 MiB
Duration : 21mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 3 026 Kbps
Writing application : x264.exe
Writing library : mkv2rls x264-tv version built on 2011. febr. 17
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 21mn 1s
Bit rate : 2 838 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.128
Stream size : 427 MiB (94%)
Writing library : x264 core 118 r2085 8a62835
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 21mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 19.2 MiB (4%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
The one that doesn't run fine:
General
Unique ID : 187155380279623684204582013841221980954 (0x8CCCD0AB4515F47C91628E7A2295931A)
Complete name : C:\Users\Israel\Desktop\The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E17.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 542 MiB
Duration : 21mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 3 526 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-02-16 14:26:19
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 21mn 28s
Bit rate : 3 072 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.139
Stream size : 472 MiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164 da19765
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 21mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 59.0 MiB (11%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Tried Rockplayer? I just watched an episode of Himym, and it ran great. Fps and quality all fine.
E: oh HW decoding? My mistake.

Yeah... HW decoding. Is it possible to edit the title of the thread?!
Anyway, the developer of DicePlayer answered my email and said:
"Hi,
I don't know exactly the difference. I guess that the main reason is the count of reference frames (5 vs 8), but I'm not sure. The HW codec of tegra2 sometimes takes some more time to decode some frames (may be b-frames) as expected.
Thanks."
I'll try to check it later...
And yes, I tried rockplayer. It can't run some mkv's in HW decoding mode

Like I said in the other thread, for me also any difference between videoas that works and do not works were re-frames. And you cant change it without re-encode whole video and this takes time. For me with amd phenom II 4x3.4ghz it takes about 15 min for 20 min video. Shame that re-frames cant be changed like profile level I think that newer releases o mkv videos are encoded with newer rules that scene must follow (like with profile level, that's required to be 4.1 at least for what I know) so less and less videos are gonna work on our arcs

I discovered a new method to resolve this problem... Later on I'll make a tutorial

[Q] Video Playback on Note 2 (GT-N7100)

I've been using MXPlayer to play video files on my phone and while it usually doesn't have a problem playing most of the files, there have been a few where it would only play the sound and not the video. I never had problems of the video not playing at all, though. And also, there are some files which play both sound and video but the video is quite laggy.
I'm not familiar with how phones and codecs and whatnot work (when I still had a desktop, I would watch my videos there and when the videos didn't play right, all I had to do was download and install codec packs but I'm not sure if you could do that with a phone...). Anyway, to make things a bit simpler (I think), I've posted below the media info of the video files that only played sound and no video, and the laggy one.
NO VIDEO, JUST SOUND (Also, these won't show subs)
Code:
General
Unique ID : 182338066429087365776864735620848566423 (0x892D08C23B632384A297E5F4018E4097)
Complete name : H:\# Unsorted Downloads\[Anime-Koi] Karneval - 01 [h264-720p][E619A01C].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 373 MiB
Duration : 23mn 39s
Overall bit rate : 2 202 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-05 02:25:56
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.0.0 ('Coming Up For Air') built on Jan 20 2013 09:52:00
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : H.264 720p HDTV [10bit]
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2200+677M 3a754e7
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=9 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=1.00 / psy_rd=0.70:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=70 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=17.0000 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=3:0.70
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 23mn 39s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Title : AAC LC 2.0 192Kbps
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
Text
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : Main Track [Softsub Karaoke]
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Prologue
00:00:37.787 : en:Part A
00:02:49.043 : en:Part B
00:11:13.839 : en:Part C
00:19:46.852 : en:Part D
00:21:54.604 : en:Ending Song
00:23:24.569 : en:Preview
00:23:39.376 : en:End
Code:
General
Unique ID : 195443306720641913050768616422467911184 (0x930902FDBE99D920B101FA2128E33E10)
Complete name : H:\# Unsorted Downloads\Persona 4 The Animation [Dual Audio] [Blu Ray]\Persona 4 The Animation Ep.01 - You're myself, I'm yourself.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 386 MiB
Duration : 29mn 56s
Overall bit rate : 1 803 Kbps
Movie name : You're myself, I'm yourself
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-10 08:40:38
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.5.0 ('Healer') built on Apr 6 2012 21:43:24
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 29mn 56s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Episode 1 - You're myself, I'm yourself
Writing library : x264 core 124 r2197 69a0443
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=9 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=9 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 29mn 56s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Title : English 2.0 AAC
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 29mn 56s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 945ms
Title : Japanese 2.0 AAC
Language : Japanese
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 4
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : English Lyrics/Signs
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text #2
ID : 5
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : English Subtitles
Language : Japanese
Default : No
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Prologue
00:01:27.963 : en:eek:pening
00:02:58.136 : en:Part 1
00:18:34.113 : en:Part 2
00:26:53.695 : en:Ending
00:28:08.687 : en:Preview
00:28:24.703 : en:Ending Credits
Code:
General
Unique ID : 238416833271108914671198131772825344211 (0xB35D696EA074F0DF82BF62388C5518D3)
Complete name : H:\Anime\Brave 10\[Final8]Brave 10 - 01 (BD 10-bit 1280x720 x264 AAC)[114F9F2D].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 365 MiB
Duration : 23mn 41s
Overall bit rate : 2 154 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-09-20 16:22:54
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.9.1 ('Ich will') built on Jul 11 2011 23:53:15
Writing library : libebml v1.2.1 + libmatroska v1.1.1
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 23mn 41s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 122 r2184 5c85e0a
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=12 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 23mn 41s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : :Intro
00:00:23.000 : :eek:P
00:01:52.500 : :Part A
00:10:24.000 : :Part B
00:21:42.000 : :ED
00:23:11.000 : :Preview
PLAYS VIDEO AND SOUND, BUT VIDEO IS LAGGY
Code:
General
Unique ID : 226338877801338539278156801268788804665 (0xAA47484077141735ACDFD3C191F4BC39)
Complete name : H:\Anime\Durarara!!\[Coalgirls]_Durarara!!_01_(1280x720_Blu-ray_FLAC)_[537A4BA3] [8bit].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 440 MiB
Duration : 24mn 30s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 510 Kbps
Movie name : Durarara!! 01
Encoded date : UTC 2012-10-21 15:36:55
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.8.0 ('No Sleep / Pillow') built on Sep 2 2012 15:37:04
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Video
ID : 5
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24mn 30s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 128 r2216 198a7ea
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Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #1
ID : 1
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Codec ID : A_FLAC
Duration : 24mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Title : [FLAC 2.0]
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Codec ID : A_FLAC
Duration : 24mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Title : [FLAC 2.0]
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 3
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Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : [ASS]
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text #2
ID : 4
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : [ASS] [FOR DUB]
Language : English
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Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:eek:pening
00:01:30.048 : en:Part A
00:11:58.551 : en:Part B
00:22:46.532 : en:Ending
00:24:15.476 : en:Preview
I wanna know if there's something I can do so that I can watch these files on my phone (coz my media player can't play most of these files, either). Can I download codecs or may be a specific player off the market or do I have to do some video conversions?

External Player On XBMC

I am trying to Use MXplayer as the default player in XBMC. I have created a playercorefactory.xml and set it up. I have Also side loaded MXPlayer. I am trying to play a video over my network and When I click on it XBMC says external player active press OK after playback has ended. The Problem is that the video doesn't start. here are my XML settings
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MXPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="MXPlayerPro" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="TPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.tiantian.android.player.app</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="DicePlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="VLCPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="DicePlayerPaid" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="RockPlayerLite" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="RockPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.rockplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="BSPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="MoboplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.clov4r.android.nilz</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="mVideoplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>afzkl.development.mVideoPlayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="Vplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>me.abitno.vplayer.t</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="WondersharePlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.wondershare.player</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="ArchosVideo" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.archos.mediacenter.video</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="SopCast" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>org.sopcast.android</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
<player name="DaroonPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false"
video="true">
<filename>com.daroonplayer.dsplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule protocols="smb" player="MXPlayerFree" />
<rule dvdimage="true" player="MXPlayerFree"/>
<rule protocols="rtmp" player="MXPlayerFree"/>
<rule protocols="rtsp" player="MXPlayerFree" />
<rule protocols="sop" player="MXPlayerFree" />
<rule internetstream="true" player="MXPlayerFree" />
<rule video="true" player="MXPlayerFree"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
Any help on this would be appreciated.

Why use MX player? Xbmc internal player works great is you disable mediacodec and enable libstagefright. The reason its not working for you is the external player cant see your network share as the fireos does not have native smb support.

mastafunk said:
Why use MX player? Xbmc internal player works great is you disable mediacodec and enable libstagefright. The reason its not working for you is the external player cant see your network share as the fireos does not have native smb support.
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Thank you for your reply. I thought that my be the reason. I have tried just using the Default player in XBMC with just libstagefright enabled, but my MKV playback is still jittery. It says that it isn't dropping or skipping frames, but playback isn't smooth. It does it will all MKV's (that is all I have) it doesn't matter if its a 500MB or a 10GB file. I can't seem to get it to play smooth.

jdawg0024 said:
Thank you for your reply. I thought that my be the reason. I have tried just using the Default player in XBMC with just libstagefright enabled, but my MKV playback is still jittery. It says that it isn't dropping or skipping frames, but playback isn't smooth. It does it will all MKV's (that is all I have) it doesn't matter if its a 500MB or a 10GB file. I can't seem to get it to play smooth.
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What version of xbmc are you on? Have you tried the latest release 13.2b2?

mastafunk said:
What version of xbmc are you on? Have you tried the latest release 13.2b2?
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I am 13.0 and I have tried 13.2b2 as well

jdawg0024 said:
I am 13.0 and I have tried 13.2b2 as well
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Just asking cause I'm on 13.2b2 and have no issues with the mkv's I have.

mastafunk said:
Just asking cause I'm on 13.2b2 and have no issues with the mkv's I have.
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How Big are they?
Are you doing Audio Pass through?
Mine all have AC-3 or DTS Audio

Most are less then 2 gigs none with ac3.

mastafunk said:
Most are less then 2 gigs none with ac3.
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That is the difference I think. I have 5+GB files they all play however they are not smooth.

Did you try both stagefright and mediacodec separately?

mastafunk said:
Did you try both stagefright and mediacodec separately?
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I have and the Software Option. I am at a loss. Coming from the WD Live TV I notice the jitteryness a lot on the AFTV. The WD Box plays so smooth and has way less power that is why I wanted to upgrade, but this is not going to work for me
Here are some test videos I made with my Nexus 5 so you can see
XBMC Test Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eo2PdrfyG8&feature=youtu.be
WD TV Test Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEPRs8vY0U&list=UUgmonRVLT9iEY0sGR1u20Ig
Both Boxes are on the Same Network playing the same file.

What codec is the video?

mastafunk said:
What codec is the video?
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This is what mediainfo tells me
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 4.00 GiB
Duration : 1h 1mn
Overall bit rate : 9 295 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-05-30 06:20:19
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.6.0 ('Kelly watch the Stars') built on Mar 24 2009 15:23:17
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 1mn
Bit rate : 8 648 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.174
Stream size : 3.65 GiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164 da19765
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8648 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 1mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 282 MiB (7%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Avc is not supported by the hardware at this time as far as I know.. This is pointed out in the wiki..

mastafunk said:
Avc is not supported by the hardware at this time as far as I know.. This is pointed out in the wiki..
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So in short All Blu-Ray Rips x264 will be jittery? I haven't run into a an MKV that wasn't AVC
Also on the Amazon FireTV XBMC wiki under known issues it only says
VC-1 and MPEG2 are not hardware decoded in XBMC on the Fire TV.

Unfortunately for now that is correct. However its not supposed to support mpg2 either but recently that has been fixed.. The hardware itself supports it but I'm guessing amazon didn't license it for their firmware. My mkv's are lower quality h264.

mastafunk said:
Unfortunately for now that is correct. However its not supposed to support mpg2 either but recently that has been fixed.. The hardware itself supports it but I'm guessing amazon didn't license it for their firmware. My mkv's are lower quality h264.
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Well I thank you for trying to help me.

No prob.. Have you tried playing one from a thumbdrive with mxplayer? You might want to check over at xbmc.org there may be developments I am unaware of.

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Avc is not supported by the hardware at this time as far as I know.. This is pointed out in the wiki..
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what?
can you please double check stuff before posting it...
AVC and VC1 are totally different things..
AVC files play fine, your issues must have something to do with your hardware acceleration settings.. i have no issues with 100's of full quality (30GB) blu ray rips and they all play fine. Theres thousands of others with no issues playing the same files your are talking about.. so its got to be something on your end.. and nothing to do with the FireTV

nhumber said:
what?
can you please double check stuff before posting it...
AVC and VC1 are totally different things..
AVC files play fine, your issues must have something to do with your hardware acceleration settings.. i have no issues with 100's of full quality (30GB) blu ray rips and they all play fine. Theres thousands of others with no issues playing the same files your are talking about.. so its got to be something on your end.. and nothing to do with the FireTV
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Your right .. My bad got the two confused for a sec.. However this is copied from the Dev sticky right here at xda and may help the op..
AVC, 1080p, High @ 4.1, DTSHD-MA, 5.1 - Video and audio plays fine as long as you disabled DTS-HD passthrough and run as stereo
As I recall you can still get surround by setting 2 channels, in check DTS capable on pass though settings and checking ac3 transcode..