i just bought a Note2 but I use the phone to make 3-5h phonecall a day with clients since im self-employed and I feel that the phone is not comfortable for such long period of time for me.
Im about to return it and exchange for a Galaxy S3, but it saddens me to lose the quad core.
I bought the samsung microUSB-HDMI adapter and was wondering will the S3 be able to handle 1080p mkv with soft-encode on MX player with codecs (hard encode doesnt seems to work even on my note 2, the audio is delayed).
I just want to make sure before I do the exchange.
I have never used 1080p video but 720p video work fine in sw hw and hw+ mode for me in MX player. While traveling last week I watched 10 hours of Dexter through mlp and it was flawless.
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Well last year i excitedly got my samsung galaxy S because it can play flash videos natively but it sometimes stutters and struggles when streaming online flash video. I remember i even got it working on some sites that stream movies, if it uses flash.
I never tried the Galaxy S II or Nexus S, so i'm just wondering if this phone, which the specs are like twice as good, would be able to play those streams completely smooth?
It has a dedicated decoder chip. Should be fine.
I voided my warranty and your nexus.
I am planning on getting a Sprint Galaxy Nexus (have too many unused upgrade lines lol). And I was wondering how it performs on 720p 10bit video. From what I read it is able to play on MX Player, BS Player, Dice Player but I am more worried about performance. Some devices I hear have issues playing 10bit high action scenes so I want to know how it does. And if anyone has any experience with this?
I don't know but the nexus decodes 1080p video at the hardware level due to its chipset, not software like many phones. So it handles video playback like a champ.
RogerPodacter said:
I don't know but the nexus decodes 1080p video at the hardware level due to its chipset, not software like many phones. So it handles video playback like a champ.
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I don't think any phone can do hardware decoding of 10bit video. 8bit video even a 1ghz single core hummingbird can play back 1080p with hardware decoding. But I am more particularly interested in 10bit which is more then likely decoded via software.
gTen said:
I don't think any phone can do hardware decoding of 10bit video. 8bit video even a 1ghz single core hummingbird can play back 1080p with hardware decoding. But I am more particularly interested in 10bit which is more then likely decoded via software.
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Can you point someone to where they can download a 10bit video and test it for you? (Maybe just a short clip?)
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infazzdar said:
Can you point someone to where they can download a 10bit video and test it for you? (Maybe just a short clip?)
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OK I found some samples online:
There are 2 10bit 720p samples here:
http://www.cccp-project.net/beta/test_files/
And there are some hi10 1080p samples here:
http://android.tnonline.net/Software/Video/Hi10P Software/
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OK I found some samples online:
There are 2 10bit 720p samples here:
http://www.cccp-project.net/beta/test_files/
And there are some hi10 1080p samples here:
http://android.tnonline.net/Software/Video/Hi10P Software/
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Downloading one now I'll let u know.
OK, those are mkvs and the stock video player can't play them.
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try vlc beta or mx player. H/W decoding might not work with these files but software playback could be fine in theory.
MX Player can decode 720p 10-bit (Hi10P) files using its software decoder but it's very slow. You'd better off reencoding them using Handbrake.
PS: Even without action scenes, 10-bit files lag on the GNex.
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Downloading one now I'll let u know.
OK, those are mkvs and the stock video player can't play them.
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Yes, stock won't play them. It would need MXplayer, BS Player, Dice Player or etc.
Hannes The Hun said:
try vlc beta or mx player. H/W decoding might not work with these files but software playback could be fine in theory.
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Well I am able to play back 10bit 720p on my Droid Charge so as far as playback it should be able to do it, the problem is performance. the droid charge isn't powerful enough unfortunately.
doomed151 said:
MX Player can decode 720p 10-bit (Hi10P) files using its software decoder but it's very slow. You'd better off reencoding them using Handbrake.
PS: Even without action scenes, 10-bit files lag on the GNex.
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Well if I am going to transcode then it kind of eliminates some of the purpose. Have you tried in MX Player to set it to use both cores? fast mode? 16 bit color depth? overclocking the phone? None of the above would help?
10-bit H.264 is pointless. The screen (most likely 6-bits per channel with dithering) can't even display that many colors.
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10-bit H.264 is pointless. The screen (most likely 6-bits per channel with dithering) can't even display that many colors.
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There are other benefits to 10-bit. The compression gives higher quality and smaller file sizes. Also the screens last I checked are not crappy TN panels. Super AMOLED is more then capable of displaying all colors. Even the IPS screens on phone these days are Super IPS (not to be confused with eIPS) and should be capable of displaying 10bit color.
That the format of the video is what it is and transcoding is not an option. Hence why I am interested in performance.
Don't expect anything but horrible performance. 10-bit H.264 streams can't be hardware decoded by anything on the market and probably never will.
Most S-IPS panels are also 6-bit per channel with dithering. Very few are actually 8-bit. Now, as far as monitors go, unless you're willing to spend 10 times the price for a non-consumer model, you will not find anything that supports 10-bits per channel natively. The story holds true for phones, too. I don't believe there are any 10-bit screens and I'm sure there won't be any for years to come (again, unless you're spending thousands for a phone).
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Don't expect anything but horrible performance. 10-bit H.264 streams can't be hardware decoded by anything on the market and probably never will.
Most S-IPS panels are also 6-bit per channel with dithering. Very few are actually 8-bit. Now, as far as monitors go, unless you're willing to spend 10 times the price for a non-consumer model, you will not find anything that supports 10-bits per channel natively. The story holds true for phones, too. I don't believe there are any 10-bit screens and I'm sure there won't be any for years to come (again, unless you're spending thousands for a phone).
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First of all Super AMOLED has full color support because its not an LCD. The only thing you need to do is calibrate the screen so its not saturated. If you take OLED decay asside OLED can give you perfect color reproduction batter then the best IPS screens. Of course overall 10bit ends up being converted to 8bit because the hardware needs to support it like ATI Firepro
Now for SIPS, name me one monitor that is 6bit. The low end monitors that are 6bit are eIPS which use FRC. S-IPS is at minimum 8bit.
But we are getting off topic here..all I want to do is playback 10bit content. I am well aware of the limitations and that the decoding will be software which goes back to my question. Is the nexus powerful enough for the job.
Just tried one of the sample vids with MX and VLC. VLC was stuck on the first frame and MX played it but what seemed like 1FPS. I overclocked my phone to 1812MHz and have FrancoKernel with 512MHz GPU. Set my governor to performance and still no go. Tweaked settings on MX and still no go.
Sorry OP but I'm pretty sure the GNex can't play it.
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danielsaenz said:
Just tried one of the sample vids with MX and VLC. VLC was stuck on the first frame and MX played it but what seemed like 1FPS. I overclocked my phone to 1812MHz and have FrancoKernel with 512MHz GPU. Set my governor to performance and still no go. Tweaked settings on MX and still no go.
Sorry OP but I'm pretty sure the GNex can't play it.
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Which samples did you try, the 720p or the 1080p?
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Just tried one of the sample vids with MX and VLC. VLC was stuck on the first frame and MX played it but what seemed like 1FPS. I overclocked my phone to 1812MHz and have FrancoKernel with 512MHz GPU. Set my governor to performance and still no go. Tweaked settings on MX and still no go.
Sorry OP but I'm pretty sure the GNex can't play it.
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With those Specs sounds like you're trying to cook your phone lol. Higher isn't always better. Example, I installed Batman to my Transformer which was overclocked to 1400mhz and it lagged like crazy. Once I put it down to 1100 it ran a lot better. Maybe you might have to find the sweet spot for your phone.
Hi,
I'm willing to buy Galaxy Nexus and I'm wondering if it can play 1080p mkv video smooth.
One of the main reasons I plan on purchasing this is because of the the so called video playback. I plan on mainly watching movies and anime on this tablet and I was wondering how is the playback for 10 bit/10p mkv files?
I'm also curious to see whether it's safe to watch high resolution mkv files without overheating the tablet since I'll be watching it a lot during the night.
Thanks in advanced.
Yes to everything. All new tablets are capable of playing this format with no issue. You just need an app like BS Player. I play and stream 8gb mkv files all the time
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timrock said:
Yes to everything. All new tablets are capable of playing this format with no issue. You just need an app like BS Player. I play and stream 8gb mkv files all the time
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I also heard that MXPlayer is the best right now? Also does your tablet overheat after watching/streaming all day?
I use Mxplayer all the time. No problems at all. Full screen and yes mxplayer is awesome.
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commuterbox said:
I use Mxplayer all the time. No problems at all. Full screen and yes mxplayer is awesome.
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I've heard that that Nexus 7 is prone to heatup when watching HD quality videos? So is it prone to heat if I watch for hours on end? I'll be playing mainly 720p 8 bit stuff.
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I also heard that MXPlayer is the best right now? Also does your tablet overheat after watching/streaming all day?
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I recommend MX Player, I watch 1080p movies all the time with it, however when it comes to big(over 5gb) 1080p mkv files I recommend BS Player.
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I recommend MX Player, I watch 1080p movies all the time with it, however when it comes to big(over 5gb) 1080p mkv files I recommend BS Player.
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Good to know. So when you watch for 5+ hours the tablet doesn't overheat?
+1 to mx player. I haven't found a video file it cannot play. Install the DTS plugin here off of XDA to play files with that sound format. I use it in conjunction with ES file explorer to stream video's over my network and even through wireless 1080p mkv's play flawlessly.
dice player is worth a try.
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I haven't noticed any issue with getting warm playing videos but it sure gets warm when recording 1080p or doing multiple 360° photos.
I'm running a kernel with better thermal throttling. And its not gotten warm like it used to just takes a bit longer if it needs to just to keep cool.
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Good to know. So when you watch for 5+ hours the tablet doesn't overheat?
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No, the only time I've noticed a little warm is when playing high graphics games and when it's charging while using it, the common stuff that usually get it warm. no problems with over heat here on mine.
i have never watched movies for 5+ hours straight on my tablet. i watch a two hour movie or one hour show, and never had heat problems.
Thanks for all your responses everyone. I'm probably going to buy this today.
Good friends, I wanted to know that such see the exynos 5420 processor, 3GB of ram the gpu mali T628 MP6? I mean for the future and so on? about games and stuff? it does not fall short on power, I just bought the tablet and love but I like to have years ... as you see?
One thing i miss is no hardware accelerated support for the new H.265 video codec over the H.264 codec we use now which makes the video file up to 50% smaller they can be played, but only using the cpu to do software decoding, and not gpu hardware decoding which use more power to decode them.
Also no native ac3 audio decoding for the stock video player without rooting the tablet, older tablets have ac3 support but it seems Samsung cheapen out on the royalty's to use the Dolby ac3 codec.
John.
first of all, there is no such thing as future proof gadget. As technology have become advanced day by day so present will become old in the future. BUT, as to date, tab S have the highest spec among all tablet from all manufacture and because of its lightweight, it's portable enough to be brought anywhere