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YouTube 1080p Lag

Okay, so I have been watching videos from the full YouTube site and they work perfectly on 720p. When I play the videos on 1080p, the videos lags, giving me something like 1 FPS. Is there a solution to this problem? Is it something with the phone or is it YouTube's problem? If anyone has any sort of insight on this problem, please post. If you are having the same problem, also post.

aranurea said:
Okay, so I have been watching videos from the full YouTube site and they work perfectly on 720p. When I play the videos on 1080p, the videos lags, giving me something like 1 FPS. Is there a solution to this problem? Is it something with the phone or is it YouTube's problem? If anyone has any sort of insight on this problem, please post. If you are having the same problem, also post.
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Your internet speeds aren't high enough probably?
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?

I just checked it myself. I have the same problem. Maybe the device doesn't support 1080p playback. Which is odd, I thought it recorded in 1080p.

1920x1080 runs just fine on mine
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YouTube 1080p runs in flash..what's you expect..also..why in the world would you watch a 1080p video on a 480p screen?

Try a different browser
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Before we had root in the first days of the sgs2, i was able to watch 1080 videos wonderufully on YT also, epicmealtime fyi. I tried it today and the stock browser lags. =/

Why? Why do you need to see 1080P videos on a screen that only does 480P? And of course it'll lag it's running on flash on a website not optimized for mobile. Geez this is a phone not a desktop gaming rig.

It's not your phone it's youtube it's self. Youtube has always lagged on 1080p videos. My desktop has problems with it and I have 8 gig ram. Intel i7 sandy bridge with AMD Radeon HD 6990. Ever since youtube upgraded their interface it has been plagued with problems. My connection is 20 down 5 up.
The phone can run hi 10bit 1080p blue ray h.264 mkv videos with the lowest and highest encode possible with out losing frames. Which looks better than anything you can possibly stream. There is nothing on youtube worth watching in 1080p most videos are upscaled anyway. Which really isn't 1080p anyway.
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I watch 1080p videos because they look much clearer and less grainy than both 720p and 420p. I have tried different browsers but the same problem arises.
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I think you need a quad core processer in order to watch 1080p videos.., my tab 10.1 can`t play 1080p videos...... it has the screen for it which leads me to believe it`s the processer
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aranurea said:
I watch 1080p videos because they look much clearer and less grainy than both 720p and 420p. I have tried different browsers but the same problem arises.
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that's your brain talking.

I bet if I had 3 identical gsIIs one displaying 480 video, 720, and 1080 you wouldn't be able to pick which one is which.

jessejames111981 said:
I bet if I had 3 identical gsIIs one displaying 480 video, 720, and 1080 you wouldn't be able to pick which one is which.
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Haha agreed.
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ArcticWolf91 said:
Why? Why do you need to see 1080P videos on a screen that only does 480P? And of course it'll lag it's running on flash on a website not optimized for mobile. Geez this is a phone not a desktop gaming rig.
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I think many of us are spec whores because we want a mobile desktop experience/replacement/all-in-one mega device and I don't think you picked up your GS2 without thinking the same.

I bet i could jesse james. How bout you run a vid on all three options and take a screenie and post. Im not looking to start something, i just want to prove a point
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Never mind. My logic was wrong but I watch CoD vids mostly so I can only tell the difference in such videos. But i hope you get my point. I want to maximize my phone's use.
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[Q] Best audio codec considering limited space?

Hello,
I just switched from an HTC Raider to a Galaxy Nexus and so far, I love it, except that there's no MicroSD slot, therefore limiting a bit the space available for music.
I have about 13 GB of music, which barely fits on the phone. They're mostly all MP3 196 kbps. What I'd like to do is convert my library to a different format in order to have at least some space for my apps and other stuff on my phone.
Is there any better format I should use? I'd ideally like to reduce the size while not losing too much quality. I, honestly, am quite a noob in terms of audio codecs.
I've checked .ogg but it doesn't seem to do that much of a difference in terms of file size (went from 4.26 MB to 4.06 MB).
Thanks!

If you're already at 196 any further compression would result in terrible sound quality. You'd have to select a smaller bit rate (no less than 128) and reencode from a high quality source like flac wave or best the original source.
Otherwise, you might just have to pick some to leave out, or create some rotating playlists so you can listen to something different every week or something.
Or look into Subsonic music streaming server and run that on your home machine. Then you have access to all no matter where you are.
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Why don't you load that music to the cloud (online) and stream it to the phone using the stock music player. The stock music player on 4.0 supports streaming music unlike the older versions so you can save space on your phone.
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+1
Getting Google music setup at first with all your music can take a while ..ESP if you are like me and have to have correct album art ..no duplicates ..etc . But once its there it actually sounds great when streamed with high quality turned on.
And saves all that space!
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I thought about streaming, but I recently changed wireless carriers and went from 6 GB of data per month to 500 MB, so I have to be extra careful (I activated 3 days ago and I'm already about to go over, so imagine with music).
I hate creating playlists or changing music every so often, I usually get random trips throughtout the day and want to listen to a specific song. I guess I'll have to make due with that, though.
Thanks for your help y'all!

Try to convert to eAAC+. This codec have the best quality/bitrate-ratio.
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blockbusta said:
Try to convert to eAAC+. This codec have the best quality/bitrate-ratio.
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I'll check this out, thank you!

I convert all my FLAC to 150k AAC (variable bitrate)
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blockbusta said:
Try to convert to eAAC+. This codec have the best quality/bitrate-ratio.
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I've just converted 1 063 songs from 11.3 GB down to 1.72 GB, and quality is still more than decent.
The compression rate is simply retarded, I now feel like my 16 GB phone turned into a 160 GB iPod, just because of that codec lol
Thanks again dude, really appreciated!

lucas.scott said:
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Getting Google music setup at first with all your music can take a while ..ESP if you are like me and have to have correct album art ..no duplicates ..etc . But once its there it actually sounds great when streamed with high quality turned on.
And saves all that space!
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Its great but pulling data all day with data caps and its a battery drainer doesnt add huge cons.

Actually...
Not THAT good, I hadn't tried any bass heavy songs, but just did and doesn't sound too well. I'll try to convert to eAAC+ again but at a higher rate.
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cedrikfd said:
I've just converted 1 063 songs from 11.3 GB down to 1.72 GB, and quality is still more than decent.
The compression rate is simply retarded, I now feel like my 16 GB phone turned into a 160 GB iPod, just because of that codec lol
Thanks again dude, really appreciated!
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Do all players support it?

cedrikfd said:
Actually...
Not THAT good, I hadn't tried any bass heavy songs, but just did and doesn't sound too well. I'll try to convert to eAAC+ again but at a higher rate.
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let us know how you make out i'm interested in the results ... I was pretty sure AAC was the only real alternative to mp3 in a lossy codec, it produces a smaller in size file with a higher quality ... you probably have to set the bit rate about the same or slightly less than 192kbs

adrynalyne said:
Do all players support it?
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I don't know if all players supports it, but the Music 4.0 from Google does. I would assume something like PowerAMP or WinAMP supports it as well (I converted them through WinAMP on my PC)
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cedrikfd said:
Actually...
Not THAT good, I hadn't tried any bass heavy songs, but just did and doesn't sound too well. I'll try to convert to eAAC+ again but at a higher rate.
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eAAC+ is ALWAYS going to sound like **** at any bitrate if you have ears.
Use something like 150K LC-AAC ("normal" AAC)

Matt08642 said:
eAAC+ is ALWAYS going to sound like **** at any bitrate if you have ears.
Use something like 150K LC-AAC ("normal" AAC)
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he probably has ears! lol
here is a good read to draw a conclusion from
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-...mats-mp3-ogg-m4a-etc-quality-comparisons.html

blowtorch said:
he probably has ears! lol
here is a good read to draw a conclusion from
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-...mats-mp3-ogg-m4a-etc-quality-comparisons.html
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tl;dr: Use a modern codec (Ogg Vorbis, AAC, LAME MP3) at a bitrate >128Kbps

I've converted my mp3 files to HE-AAC (eaac+) 64kbps with great results!

cedrikfd said:
I've just converted 1 063 songs from 11.3 GB down to 1.72 GB, and quality is still more than decent.
The compression rate is simply retarded, I now feel like my 16 GB phone turned into a 160 GB iPod, just because of that codec lol
Thanks again dude, really appreciated!
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Which bitrate are you using? 48 kbps?

Planning on getting a GNexus, question about 10bit video?

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/

gTen said:
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.

akira02rex said:
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.
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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.
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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.

Snowknight26 said:
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).

Snowknight26 said:
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?

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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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.

1080p Video playback?

Can anyone please test a 1080p MKV file on the Galaxy Note 2? The specs seem like it could handle it, but I've been waiting for years for a smartphone that could handle 1080p playback and it looks like the Note 2 could finally be the answer.
If the default video player doesn't support mkv, you can try BSplayer on the Android Market (free, here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free&hl=en
I really appreciate it. My idea is that this + smartdock, XBMC for Android & large portable drive could make my phone double as an HTPC.

I am not going to load a 1080p movie onto my phone to test this for you but I will tell you that it records 1080p video and plays those videos back perfectly.

dtugg said:
I am not going to load a 1080p movie onto my phone to test this for you but I will tell you that it records 1080p video and plays those videos back perfectly.
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So does my Droid Razr MAXX, but it cannot play back 1080p MKV, and sometimes it even struggles with 720p.
Would anyone please test this?

Haloman800 said:
So does my Droid Razr MAXX, but it cannot play back 1080p MKV, and sometimes it even struggles with 720p.
Would anyone please test this?
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I will go through my mkvs and try and test tomorrow
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Haloman800 said:
Can anyone please test a 1080p MKV file on the Galaxy Note 2? The specs seem like it could handle it, but I've been waiting for years for a smartphone that could handle 1080p playback and it looks like the Note 2 could finally be the answer.
If the default video player doesn't support mkv, you can try BSplayer on the Android Market (free, here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free&hl=en
I really appreciate it. My idea is that this + smartdock, XBMC for Android & large portable drive could make my phone double as an HTPC.
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I used the HD DVD demo from this post: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=4993&pid=41972#pid41972
It wouldn't play in the stock player, but it did play in BS Player. At first the whole clip was choppy, but I went into Playback Preferences > Codecs Played in HW Mode > and enabled WM/VC1 and it played smoothly with no artifacts or lagging. I'm sure any video player that can decode whatever your video file is in and use hardware rendering should be able to play 1080p media on the Note II.
Also, I'm not sure which particular hard drive you plan on using, but the Note II does not supply enough power through the USB port to power a portable hard drive (nor does any other smartphone I know of). You would have to use a lower power device (such as a large flash drive) or use a hard drive with a power adaptor. I've tested a few portable hard drives with my Note II and Nexus 7, and it just doesn't work unless the drive is powered externally.

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Also, I'm not sure which particular hard drive you plan on using, but the Note II does not supply enough power through the USB port to power a portable hard drive (nor does any other smartphone I know of). You would have to use a lower power device (such as a large flash drive) or use a hard drive with a power adaptor. I've tested a few portable hard drives with my Note II and Nexus 7, and it just doesn't work unless the drive is powered externally.
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The smartdock will power the drives
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TWO515TY said:
I used the HD DVD demo from this post: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=4993&pid=41972#pid41972
It wouldn't play in the stock player, but it did play in BS Player. At first the whole clip was choppy, but I went into Playback Preferences > Codecs Played in HW Mode > and enabled WM/VC1 and it played smoothly with no artifacts or lagging. I'm sure any video player that can decode whatever your video file is in and use hardware rendering should be able to play 1080p media on the Note II.
Also, I'm not sure which particular hard drive you plan on using, but the Note II does not supply enough power through the USB port to power a portable hard drive (nor does any other smartphone I know of). You would have to use a lower power device (such as a large flash drive) or use a hard drive with a power adaptor. I've tested a few portable hard drives with my Note II and Nexus 7, and it just doesn't work unless the drive is powered externally.
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speaking of...best buy has the 32 gb pny flash drives for 12.99....64 gb for 27.99
picked up a couple 32gb this morning
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TWO515TY said:
I used the HD DVD demo from this post: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=4993&pid=41972#pid41972
It wouldn't play in the stock player, but it did play in BS Player. At first the whole clip was choppy, but I went into Playback Preferences > Codecs Played in HW Mode > and enabled WM/VC1 and it played smoothly with no artifacts or lagging. I'm sure any video player that can decode whatever your video file is in and use hardware rendering should be able to play 1080p media on the Note II.
Also, I'm not sure which particular hard drive you plan on using, but the Note II does not supply enough power through the USB port to power a portable hard drive (nor does any other smartphone I know of). You would have to use a lower power device (such as a large flash drive) or use a hard drive with a power adaptor. I've tested a few portable hard drives with my Note II and Nexus 7, and it just doesn't work unless the drive is powered externally.
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I have a 2TB drive with external power, but as someone else said the smartdock powers the drives, I saw a YouTube video of someone using a keyboard, mouse, and portable drive (using a usb splitter), and it all worked.
I am going to buy the Note 2 off contract (I'm on Verizon) so I can keep unlimited data. If I wasn't on my father's family plan I'd probably switch to Sprint. Thanks guys!

I watched the new batman movie in 1080p with BS player and it was perfect beautiful quality and flawless playback so yes it can but for some files use bs player the stock player is very nice as well and I've had a 1080p movie streamed from my phone to my blue ray player and it was very nice as well and the file was a 12gb blue ray rip of the batman movie mkv if you wanted to know
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00mred00 said:
speaking of...best buy has the 32 gb pny flash drives for 12.99....64 gb for 27.99
picked up a couple 32gb this morning
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For the price you should of just got the 64 for future use.
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TWO515TY said:
I used the HD DVD demo from this post: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=4993&pid=41972#pid41972
It wouldn't play in the stock player, but it did play in BS Player. At first the whole clip was choppy, but I went into Playback Preferences > Codecs Played in HW Mode > and enabled WM/VC1 and it played smoothly with no artifacts or lagging. I'm sure any video player that can decode whatever your video file is in and use hardware rendering should be able to play 1080p media on the Note II.
Also, I'm not sure which particular hard drive you plan on using, but the Note II does not supply enough power through the USB port to power a portable hard drive (nor does any other smartphone I know of). You would have to use a lower power device (such as a large flash drive) or use a hard drive with a power adaptor. I've tested a few portable hard drives with my Note II and Nexus 7, and it just doesn't work unless the drive is powered externally.
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Not true at all http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE&desktop_uri=/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE
1:04 on the video he shows you the that you can power a 250 Gb drive with otg cable with note 2 by itself through its power supply. Anything higher requires an external power supply.
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For the price you should of just got the 64 for future use.
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Not true at all http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE&desktop_uri=/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE
1:04 on the video he shows you the that you can power a 250 Gb drive with otg cable with note 2 by itself through its power supply. Anything higher requires an external power supply.
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well..one was for me and one for the wife
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00mred00 said:
well..one was for me and one for the wife
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Ahh
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The screen doesn't have 1080p res so it cant play back in 1080p. Look at the spec sheets it says it right on it. The screen is very good, the quality of the playback is awesome, but its not 1080.
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deerkiller11 said:
The screen doesn't have 1080p res so it cant play back in 1080p. Look at the spec sheets it says it right on it. The screen is very good, the quality of the playback is awesome, but its not 1080.
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I think it's funny how they make the screen itself on the phone 720p but the camera on the phone can record 1080p but yet it won't be able to play it back in 1080p. stupid just stupid
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Ya, dont get me wrong the screen is awsome, but again its not advertised as a 1080p screen. watching hd video with this quad core and the dpi of the screen is impressive for a phone.
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the recording capability is for playing on external devices because it will play 1080 on an external device with the appropriate MHL cable.
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Can you even tell the difference between a 1080p & 720p movie on a screen this small?

klbjr said:
Can you even tell the difference between a 1080p & 720p movie on a screen this small?
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I wonder the same thing is it really that big of a difference between the two. I love the display on this baby it look so So good with everything You do with it
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Can you even tell the difference between a 1080p & 720p movie on a screen this small?
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No. I can barely tell a difference on anything under 80" unless I'm like 1' away from the screen. At normal viewing distance your eyes can't discern the difference, they aren't designed to see pixels since pixels don't exist naturally
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Is there HD playback?

Hey guys,
Just wanted to let everyone know that after purchasing the GN 10.1 2014, I have been absolutely loving the device. Yes there is a little lag here and there but this is a fantastic device. The one thing that I was very excited about was to watch HD movies on this gorgeous screen. Well come to find out when I entered into the Google play store to purchase a movie, the option for HD version had a note attached saying this device does not support HD playback. I wanted everyone to know this as I was unaware this high resolution screen was incapable of HD playback before I spent the $600.00.

Dedline said:
Hey guys,
Just wanted to let everyone know that after purchasing the GN 10.1 2014, I have been absolutely loving the device. Yes there is a little lag here and there but this is a fantastic device. The one thing that I was very excited about was to watch HD movies on this gorgeous screen. Well come to find out when I entered into the Google play store to purchase a movie, the option for HD version had a note attached saying this device does not support HD playback. I wanted everyone to know this as I was unaware this high resolution screen was incapable of HD playback before I spent the $600.00.
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The title of your post is deceiving, The tablet definitely Supports HD Playback, you can load your own videos in there and it will look amazing. Maybe play store just hasn't approved of HD for this tablet yet, You can try to get videos from Samsung Hub with the free $50 gift card
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ChrisNee1988 said:
The title of your post is deceiving, The tablet finitely Supports HD Playback, you can load your own videos in there and it will look amazing. Maybe play store just hasn't approved of HD for this tablet yet, You can try to get videos from Samsung Hub with the free $50 gift card
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Thanks for the input and I have corrected the title. Where is the spec sheet or Some other info showing HD play back support?

Dedline said:
Thanks for the input and I have corrected the title. Where is the spec sheet or Some other info showing HD play back support?
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The screen resolution is 2560x1600 which is much higher than HD (1920x1080). I don't think it'll say HD play back support explicitly on the spec sheet, but the CPU is more than capable of playing 1080p videos. I've been able to do it since I had my Galaxy S3. Also if you watch a video on youtube, it'll play HD videos. You can verify that it is HD by clicking on the action overflow button (3 dots) on a YouTube video and it'll say HD rather than just HQ.

ChrisNee1988 said:
The screen resolution is 2560x1600 which is much higher than HD (1920x1080). I don't think it'll say HD play back support explicitly on the spec sheet, but the CPU is more than capable of playing 1080p videos. I've been able to do it since I had my Galaxy S3. Also if you watch a video on youtube, it'll play HD videos. You can verify that it is HD by clicking on the action overflow button (3 dots) on a YouTube video and it'll say HD rather than just HQ.
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It does say HD play back and record http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-tab/SM-P6000ZWYXAR-specs.
You can also go to Media hub and watch free HD Tv content.

just install a player like MX Player or BS Player and load your own movies on it. The device is easily capable of 1080p content.

So given all of that, does anybody know what specifically the issue is with the Play Store? Is it a restrictive policy issue due to licensing agreements or something similar, or have they just not entered the model number into some database that tells the system that this is a HD capable device?