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media player with slowmo ?

Coreplayer on Windows mobile was the best media player period, but it's not available on Android.
Which media players will do slowmo playback ?

What Im also interested in is, can the Galaxy S do high-fps recording?
The Wave does it and its nearly the same hardware. I wonder why Samsung didnt built this in. The Droid X has it too afaik.

Supports 30fps video!

drnajmu said:
Supports 30fps video!
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That's not what I meant...
Do you know those slow mo vids of exploding ballons filled with water etc.?
I want to record videos like that.
It's recording with like 200fps!
The Samsung Wave and Droid X are capable of doing so, but the Galaxy S isn't.

I wants to know, too.
The resolution would surely have to be downscaled, I suppose.

After much debate I finally got hold of the Galaxy S because I thought it would be the ultimate multi-media device (being able to play 720P mkv's and other media without conversion), so I put the iphone 3GS away.
Lo and behold, it has the same crappy media player controls as the iphone.
Play , Pause and scroll slider.
Come on!!!!
Even my 5 year old windows mobile smartphone (SPV C500) had the ability to play media at variable speeds .inc variable speed slow motion (coreplayer).
Please tell me that there's a fully loaded media player available for Android that does this device justice.

anyone seen anything new similar to Coreplayer?

RockPlayer on the market is for armv6...but I remember that one friend manage to install the v7 from market.
Regarding 720p mkv playing, some videos were running even with subtitles rendered, while others no. Others couldn't play at all, like the 1080p mkv. Anyone knows if there is a bitrate limit or why others 720p mkv don't work?

cristipurdel said:
RockPlayer on the market is for armv6...but I remember that one friend manage to install the v7 from market.
Regarding 720p mkv playing, some videos were running even with subtitles rendered, while others no. Others couldn't play at all, like the 1080p mkv. Anyone knows if there is a bitrate limit or why others 720p mkv don't work?
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What does this have to do with a slomo feature?

I am not aware of any media player for Android that can play slowmo, but I think there is one way you could do this indirectly using the "VLC stream and convert" app. Stream your movie from your desktop to your phone in slowmo via VLC media player which can play movies in slowmo.
I have not tried this myself but I guess it should work. I know this is not the ideal solution.

[Guide] How to encoding HD Video for Windows Phone 7

Encoding HD Video for Windows Phone 7
Zune offers by default an automatic conversion of videos for Windows Phone 7. However the quality is not always what you want, the encoding time is endless and often lacks many options such as subtitles.
This guide was produced for encoding high definition video 720p or 1080p to Windows Phone 7. You can use the same method to encode videos lower quality but the result won't be conclusive.
Software & Encoding Setup
Many programs exist to encode each with their advantages and disadvantages. Some are paying others do not.
VidCoder offers all the advantages: free, easy to use while providing many functionalities.
The encoding is configured with the following parameters:
Container
mp4 File
Video
800 x 480 resolution (default for Windows Phone 7) in order to have 1:1 pixel ratio
Codec : H264 2 Pass
Bitrate 1200 kbps
Audio
AAC Stereo 128 kbps
Experienced users can manually adjusted the settings.
Install & Configuration
Download VidCoder from official webpage : http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/
VidCoder-0.9.0-x86.exe or VidCoder-0.9.0-x64.exe
Install application with standard option
Download and unzip from this topic the xml configuration file : Windows Phone 7.xml
Start VidCoder
Click "Tools" and "Import Preset.."
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Select the "Windows Phone 7.xml" file and click OK
The new Preset "Windows Phone 7" is used by default
Encoding
Drag & Drop any video in VidCoder
After tools detect your file add subtitles if you want. click Edit on subtitles line
Select your subtitles or import srt file and click "Burned In" to add it on video
Check Preview if you want and click Encode
Send video to your mobile with Zune (zune won't convert it again)
Done
You can now see the Best Video Quality Ever on Windows Phone 7 !
Q&A
My video is not recognized after drag & drop
Before Drag & Drop try to remux your video with mkvmerge Gui : mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.8.0-setup.exe
My subtitles doesn't work
Try to convert them to ass and integer in video with mkvmerge Gui

Great guide, thanks.

Thanks so much

wow extremely good info!

where were you at a few months ago??? lol
time to encode some anime for my wp7 mwahaha - with subs!!!!

I used HDConvertToX before VidCoder.
This application is also very effective but much more complicated for an equivalent result. Drag & drop and direct dvd or bluray encode of vidcoder is very cool.
If you want to limite video size change the video bitrate settings....

I tried Vidcoder with your wp7 presets and with Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 and It was terrible, the sound slowly goes out of sync and the framerate lags.
Using Zune to convert the film and everything was ok so I'm still sticking to Zune for the moment. Thanks for the information though.

evoga said:
I tried Vidcoder with your wp7 presets and with Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 and It was terrible, the sound slowly goes out of sync and the framerate lags.
Using Zune to convert the film and everything was ok so I'm still sticking to Zune for the moment. Thanks for the information though.
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I watch all my series and some movies.
2 hours action movies without lag on samsung omnia 7. Check your source video.
WP7 can play 2500 kbps video. We are far under this number.

I use Daniusoft Video Converter Ultimate, and my blu-ray movies are perfect on WP 7.
FPM

Handbrake
I started using Handbrake to shrink my movie file. Unfortunately, it still takes forever for Zune to transfer. What are the transfer times you guys are getting using this program?

If I select external .srt subtitle, there is no option to select "burn in subtitle". So subtitles are not visible.

Nice tutorial there... I'm running some random vids through to check out the quality...
I normally use AVS video converter and I usually encode to 1500 or 3000 bitrate depending on the source and what the vid is... I did some tests on the battle scenes of avatar and I'm sure the 3000 bitrate was noticeably better... When I play people the avatar clip peoples jaws always drop...
Either way it seems an easy to use app... Nice one...

bennyj71 said:
I started using Handbrake to shrink my movie file. Unfortunately, it still takes forever for Zune to transfer. What are the transfer times you guys are getting using this program?
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In Zune you must see "Syncing" if you see converting it's because your custom encoding preset are not compatible with device. What settings are you using ?
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If I select external .srt subtitle, there is no option to select "burn in subtitle". So subtitles are not visible.
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In this case merge the sub (ASS) with video before with mkvmerge. It's 5 min more to go.
Converte srt to ass : http://atelier.u-sub.net/converter/
argentocruz said:
Nice tutorial there... I'm running some random vids through to check out the quality...
I normally use AVS video converter and I usually encode to 1500 or 3000 bitrate depending on the source and what the vid is... I did some tests on the battle scenes of avatar and I'm sure the 3000 bitrate was noticeably better... When I play people the avatar clip peoples jaws always drop...
Either way it seems an easy to use app... Nice one...
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1500 or 3000 will always give better results. However on a 4" screen, difference is really minimal above 1000 kbps.
Everything is a question of quality / size as well. Personally my action movies in 1200 kbps are very good and have 1 GB to 2 hours of footage
And for series between 150 and 600 MB.

To be honest, I only encode 'show off' videos @ 3000... I can see the difference even on my LG...
All the rest are 1500...

rvmax said:
In Zune you must see "Syncing" if you see converting it's because your custom encoding preset are not compatible with device. What settings are you using ?
I use the Iphone Preset. And it does say Syncing and not converting. I've had it take over an hour to sync a movie, I spent three hours in Handbrake converting
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Great tutorial , have shared it via 1800pocketpc : http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2011/06/05/encoding-hd-videos-with-subtitles-for-windows-phone-tutorial.html

What a waste of time WP7 is
What a waste of time Zune is....
I don't want to be obliged to encode or convert my movies, etc.
I just want to drag & drop my AVI movie files to my phone and watch them immediately, like I always did before with WinMo.
Why WP7 is still not supporting DivX|avi file format?
And let me avoid Zune. It wastes my time and does a bad job.

arturobandini said:
What a waste of time WP7 is
What a waste of time Zune is....
I don't want to be obliged to encode or convert my movies, etc.
I just want to drag & drop my AVI movie files to my phone and watch them immediately, like I always did before with WinMo.
Why WP7 is still not supporting DivX|avi file format?
And let me avoid Zune. It wastes my time and does a bad job.
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Then use an OS that meets your need to drag and drop files directly to the device. Far from a waste of time because it doesnt work for you.

Thank You Buddy................

arturobandini said:
What a waste of time WP7 is
What a waste of time Zune is....
I don't want to be obliged to encode or convert my movies, etc.
I just want to drag & drop my AVI movie files to my phone and watch them immediately, like I always did before with WinMo.
Why WP7 is still not supporting DivX|avi file format?
And let me avoid Zune. It wastes my time and does a bad job.
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"I just want to drag & drop" Rofl? Get off your lazy ass. You are the kind of people that just leech off others and don't appreciate what other people contributed to this community. Maybe you should've done some research before you got the phone. The reason why Microsoft wants us to use Zune is that they can make more profit, thats how the business world works. If it wastes your time then just watch it on your Pc then, no one is stopping you from doing that.
Back to the point the converter is very nice however it takes around 50-60mins to convert the HD video(40mins duration) which does seem to be quite a large amount of time but overall quality is good

[Q]XviD playback choppy on SGH-T989?

Hi. I got a SGH-I727 (AT&T Galaxy S2 Skyrocket), which has the same 1.5ghz dual core Snapdragon processor as SGH-T989, and I'm curious if the SGH-T989 has the same issues with XviD encoded with the XviD 1.2.1 codec (aka bitstream XviD0050).
To verify that I wasn't going out of my mind, I fired up my old Galaxy S(I9000), and the same XviD videos played buttery smooth on it. But my SGH-I727 plays videos at about 2/3 of the fps. So for example, the XviD that should be 23.97 fps play at about 16fps. And 29.97 fps videos play at 20fps. Can someone try firing up a XviD on the SGH-T989?
On a side note, XviD encoded with DivX503b* play just fine (mainly because they are just DivX files in disguise). None of the other video codecs seem to have any problems. The problem is that 99% of my videos I want to watch are are encoded with XviD 1.2.1, so it is a real drag.
I've tried every player in the market. And even though software decoding delivers perfect fps, the resolution is pixelated. On Hardware Acceleration, they all seem to play back with the same level of choppiness. The only one showing any promise is the BS Player lite, but it is incredibly buggy, although the framerate is there.
Players that I've tried:
Dice Player
MX Player
BS Player lite
Mobo
VPlayer
Rock Player
None of these players play XviD files as smooth as my I9000 (Samsung Galaxy S). If the XviD plays fine on the SGH-T989, can someone use something like SystemApp Remover and make a backup of VideoPlayer.apk? I would seriously appreciate it. I've been trying to find a solution since the day I got my GSII Skyrocket. Thanks in advance!

i use MoboPlayer and it works fine on my AVI and MKV files
i'll need to find some DviX files to try and see if i can reproduce the problem you are describing
might simply be an encoding issue, DivX has always been a flaky encoder wrapper of choice to use

Samsung Demo HD Videos
hey you can try these
HD Samsung BoA - I Did It For Love.divx http://www.multiupload.com/SOLIRYEP5E
HD Samsung 2NE1 - Fire (Space Version).divx http://www.multiupload.com/L5ZGGPOH0U
HD Samsung Wonder Girls - Nobody.divx http://www.multiupload.com/MBAQMQS20A
they play smooth and nsync with audio
set your Mobo Player to play with Hardware Decoding
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Thanks for your inputs. The problem is that DivX is not choppy. But XviD is choppy. Specifically XviD 1.2.1 encoded XviDs, which is the majority of all video files I have and it is the format that I wish to download in the future. (Mainly TV Shows)
What I mean by choppy is, the movements are not smooth if you can tell the difference between 24fps vs 16fps. You can see the affect by doing a software decode, and noticing the smoothness of movement in comparison to the HW decode mode. As far as I can tell, every other Samsung Galaxy S and S2's can do HW decode, and have the motion as smooth as you see with the SW decode. Mobo on HW decode only produces the same choppiness that the standard Video player is capable of.
Can someone test this with XviD's? I would like some solid confirmation that it is either the Snapdragon processor (so SGH-T989 would have the same issue), or just my phone (SGH-i727 Skyrocket).

i do watch a lot of TV shows (Warehouse 13, Eureka, Terra Nova, Animes, etc, etc) from my phone as well, but they are all H.264 encoded
i'll need to dig through my old archives to find old Xvid encoded files.
unless you have some samples readily available

I also play alot of xvid and have noticed the weird lag that xvid gives too, on almost all the players out there, even with mobo on hardware (mobo still lets the phones software to use the hardware to decode, so mobo still isn't doing the heavy lifting so u still get xvid choppyness). So I bought Dice Player (true hardware decoding control) and it works 100 percent fine now and i love that player also, i love the scrubbing feature of the seek bar!

pychobj2001 said:
I also play alot of xvid and have noticed the weird lag that xvid gives too, on almost all the players out there, even with mobo on hardware (mobo still lets the phones software to use the hardware to decode, so mobo still isn't doing the heavy lifting so u still get xvid choppyness). So I bought Dice Player (true hardware decoding control) and it works 100 percent fine now and i love that player also, i love the scrubbing feature of the seek bar!
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Hi pychobj2001, thank you for your reply. You're not the first one to point out Dice Player. Someone pointed this out on the SGH-I727 forum as well, but I tried the trial, then I ended up buying the full version for ~$5, and it still is choppy. Not getting the smooth 23.97 and 29.97fps I can get on much older Galaxy S devices... I've tested it with 5 XviD files of different shows, but all encoded with XviD0050 (1.2.1). Dice player seems to be maybe marginally better, if it is any better at all. If you really want to see what smooth fps looks like try BS Player lite. Unfortunately, it is really buggy, but you can see moments of smooth playback that even Dice Player can't seem to do. I'm looking for that level of smoothness without the messed up picture. SW decoding delivers the same amount of smoothness, but at the cost of having to see pixelation.

AllGamer said:
i do watch a lot of TV shows (Warehouse 13, Eureka, Terra Nova, Animes, etc, etc) from my phone as well, but they are all H.264 encoded
i'll need to dig through my old archives to find old Xvid encoded files.
unless you have some samples readily available
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Yeah, H.264 is perfect on these devices. It would be nice if everyone on the Internet forgot about XviD and used H.264 and DivX for my sake. Unfortunately, I have 2 terabytes of XviD video that I would rather not re-encode.
The whole point of getting the Galaxy S2 was that I would never have to re-encode anything. I owned an iPhone for 2 years and what I ended up doing was encoding about 16GB of videos to H.264, but I never bothered to re-encode anything after that, so I was watching the same dang videos for 2 years. That is why I would never buy an iPhone again. Anyway, sorry for the rant.

so i found a recent XviD
Assassin's.Creed.Embers.2011. in .XviD.

AllGamer said:
so i found a recent XviD
Assassin's.Creed.Embers.2011. in .XviD.
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I got a hold of the Assassin's Creed XviD file. Verified it was XviD0050 (1.2.1). This video plays at about 20fps, when you should be seeing 24fps. For example, at the 3:10 mark, during the zoom in, the zoom in should be totally smooth, not like someone is flipping through stop motion animation. If you want to see how smooth it should be, you can enable software decoding to get the smooth playback. The downside of software decoding is that the images look pixelated.
All the other Galaxy phones are able to produce the smooth playback at 24fps, but with the upscaled image quality hardware encoding provides. Just not on the on the Snapdragon processors.
If you have a friend with a Exynos processor, play the same video side by side with your Snapdragon device. But prepare to be disappointed knowing although your should be able to do it, it isn't doing it. And there are no current player in the android market that can play xvid files as smooth as an out of the box Exynos-based Galaxy S/S2.

I've finally found a solution. CineXPlayer. The features and interface is very basic and slight amateurish that music is acceptable during load up (luckily it disables), but all I care about is the video quality because choppy frame rates is noticeable during the entire duration. Better than DicePlayer when playing XviD files because DicePlayer still does choppy XviD playback on the Snapdragon devices. CineXPlayer is $2. Well worth the money. Haven't tested any other media formats because I can just use the Videos app for every other format because the phone does it well without the need for a 3rd party app. It will be nice if I can open streams with CineXPlayer using a DLNA device, but that is not top priority. It will be a nice addon to CineXPlayer whenever they get around to it. Case closed as far as I'm concerned.

Lucidmike said:
I've finally found a solution. CineXPlayer. The features and interface is very basic and slight amateurish that music is acceptable during load up (luckily it disables), but all I care about is the video quality because choppy frame rates is noticeable during the entire duration. Better than DicePlayer when playing XviD files because DicePlayer still does choppy XviD playback on the Snapdragon devices. CineXPlayer is $2. Well worth the money. Haven't tested any other media formats because I can just use the Videos app for every other format because the phone does it well without the need for a 3rd party app. It will be nice if I can open streams with CineXPlayer using a DLNA device, but that is not top priority. It will be a nice addon to CineXPlayer whenever they get around to it. Case closed as far as I'm concerned.
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Agreed and downloaded.

Lucidmike said:
I've finally found a solution. CineXPlayer. The features and interface is very basic and slight amateurish that music is acceptable during load up (luckily it disables), but all I care about is the video quality because choppy frame rates is noticeable during the entire duration. Better than DicePlayer when playing XviD files because DicePlayer still does choppy XviD playback on the Snapdragon devices. CineXPlayer is $2. Well worth the money. Haven't tested any other media formats because I can just use the Videos app for every other format because the phone does it well without the need for a 3rd party app. It will be nice if I can open streams with CineXPlayer using a DLNA device, but that is not top priority. It will be a nice addon to CineXPlayer whenever they get around to it. Case closed as far as I'm concerned.
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pativets said:
Agreed and downloaded.
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Try playing a DD5.1 file, doesnt work. But the video is good...

dboy75 said:
Try playing a DD5.1 file, doesnt work. But the video is good...
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What kind of videos use that file type? Never heard it before so don't think it'll be a problem for me.

pativets said:
What kind of videos use that file type? Never heard it before so don't think it'll be a problem for me.
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Its not the video part, an xvid with dolby digital 5.1 audio encoded. In case you were going to watch on a big screen through hdmi the player doesnt support 5.1 audio.

Guys, I've stumbled onto a strange workaround. You don't need CineXPlayer but you may need to be rooted.
Basically, there is a bug in the skyrocket OS. When a hardware video overlay is enabled, the video becomes choppy. CineXPlayer does not use the hardware overlay the same way, that is why the video is not choppy. A workaround was that I downloaded gamecih2 (not gamecih available from Android Market). Gamecih2 is availablehere http://www.cih.com.tw/download.
Why have gamecih2 toolbar running in the foreground? I have no idea but it solves the xvid choppiness issue! Strange yes, but effective. You will notice the diff immediately. Try killing the toolbar and the choppiness returns. Just have it running before you start the vid. You can even make the gamecih2 toolbar transparent.
Now...if you a real stickler like myself about video quality you will notice the stock hardware decoding, while it has improved to near perfection, is still not perfect. It drops a frame or two every now and then. There is a solution. You need to use the gamecih2 toolbar with DicePlayer. Try the DicePlayer Trial with the gamecih2 toolbar. This combo will make your Skyrocket play your XviD as good as the original Galaxy S. I'm not sure if it does DD5.1 audio, but definitely try it out.
Why not just use CineXPlayer? You can, but I've realized although the player plays as smooth as using the gamecih2 floating toolbar work-around with DicePlayer, the features on the CineXPlayer is lacking (UI, streaming support, DD5.1 support), and the quality of the images is off by just a hair on the CineXPlayer.
Solution 1:
CineXPlayer* $2
*limitations: no streaming support, no DD5.1, outdated UI
Solution 2:
gamecih2* (run this app, make it transparent before you start your video in any player)
DicePlayer (optional $5.38, not absolutely necessary unless you are looking for absolute perfect playback.)
*this toolbar requires your device to be rooted.

regarding the Xvid choppiness
i actually found the same bug in my home theatre PC quad core with 4 GB RAM when running XMBC
however if i use another Video Player, then the Xvid bug goes away.
seems like anything encoded in Xvid is just bad over all, and you need good paid software to compensate for its problems
playing any other media files format / encoders, have no problem even when they are 720p or 1080p files
why Xvid is so crap?

Disappointed with One X video playback

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All videos lag while playing. Many supported formats also doesnt play nicely on One X. I had lots of trouble with HD avi files. Flv also doesnt work. moreover it gives error video cannot be played many times. One X sucks at video playback. Though MX player makes up for that but stock samsung devices support all videos directly why is this feauture missing on our one x
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

your title suggest bad performance but its not the case, in fact it runs the heaviest 1080p videos without any effort!
there are bugs in the stock gallery and im with you its disappointing, its good we have MX player
NV confirmed the stock gallery playback runs on the saver core, so i guess its related?
lets hope this problem is fixed with the next update

I would also recommend MX Player, best ever bought the pro for support.
Try it.
Cheers

VPlayer plays everything like a charm and does not eat up your battery!

Playback
The issue which i found was if I keep any flv file in the device all videos stop playing as gives the error msg "Sorry this video cannot be played" Moment i delete all flv files all videos play smoothly even HD ones.

I watch videos on my HOX EVERYDAY and so far the only video it didn´t play was an old codec that it ended up playing when I selected software decode.

neversayoceans said:
The issue which i found was if I keep any flv file in the device all videos stop playing as gives the error msg "Sorry this video cannot be played" Moment i delete all flv files all videos play smoothly even HD ones.
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this seems like a cool tip, can anyone confirm?

I was having problems even playing back videos I had recorded and SD videos I had downloaded. It turned out all my problems had to do with HTCMediaCacheService. Going into task manager and killing this process stopped that problem.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

neversayoceans said:
The issue which i found was if I keep any flv file in the device all videos stop playing as gives the error msg "Sorry this video cannot be played" Moment i delete all flv files all videos play smoothly even HD ones.
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this is a cool tip guys
i went to all videos in the gallery n looked for flvs and deleted those
the problem seems gone
can anyone confirm?
if confirmed we can report it to HTC

I often play vidoes with MoBo Player 1080p files is running smooth as butter. With all the options available why would someone want to use stock player

hapticc said:
All videos lag while playing. Many supported formats also doesnt play nicely on One X. I had lots of trouble with HD avi files. Flv also doesnt work. moreover it gives error video cannot be played many times. One X sucks at video playback. Though MX player makes up for that but stock samsung devices support all videos directly why is this feauture missing on our one x
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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I have the same issue in DICE player with some videos. Problem solved by switching to another player.

ShyamSasi said:
I often play vidoes with MoBo Player 1080p files is running smooth as butter. With all the options available why would someone want to use stock player
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one big reason, the stock gallery runs on the battery saver core bro

hamdir said:
one big reason, the stock gallery runs on the battery saver core bro
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That's weird because battery saver core is not powerful to handle HD videos I think (600 or 800 mhz?).

ShyamSasi said:
That's weird because battery saver core is not powerful to handle HD videos I think (600 or 800 mhz?).
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it does run it its confirmed by NV itself and to answer your question
thats what NEON instructions per core are for

That doesn't sound good.
I am in the process of just ordering my One X. So, what exactly does that mean that it uses "the battery saver core"? This is the HTC One X using the hardware decoder in a power saving mode or in software mode?
1. Can you turn off power saving mode to prevent this?
2. How long has this been going on? Does this exist in older HTC sense versions?
AC

Attackcenter said:
I am in the process of just ordering my One X. So, what exactly does that mean that it uses "the battery saver core"? This is the HTC One X using the hardware decoder in a power saving mode or in software mode?
1. Can you turn off power saving mode to prevent this?
2. How long has this been going on? Does this exist in older HTC sense versions?
AC
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read about Tegra3 has 4+1 cores, it's a fifth extra low power core used to saved battery during screen off, which results in over 2 days of standby times
and also used for video decoding, sine it also includes the neon set needed to decode HD videos
no need to prevent this it runs pretty well in the same performance as the full speed core, if the videos needs better performance or your running multiple ones i m sure it switches to quad on its own
the problem discussed in here seemed solved by remove flv videos from your gallery
this is specific to Tegra 3 One X, its a good bonus relax

hamdir,
1. The problem is solved by deleting videos from your gallery or off of your device? Because I definitely watch flv videos. Is it just the way the HTC One X reacts when flvs are in it's default gallery?
2. I don't know what to think when i hear users on here talk about screen abnormalities (glue problems etc), abnormalities in the plastic, creaking in the plastic, and cracks in the glass. When the Galaxy note came out there were several screen abnormalities with quality. Some fixed in software and some were there on the device if your were unlucky. Then I hear you talk about issues regarding the cores in games and in videos. Then regarding the heat issue. Having to under clock the device every time you play a game. Not to mention another user complained about slow glitches even in the HTC Sense weather animation. Have you heard any of these issue regarding the cores on any of the Asus Prime Tablets? Lastly, the wifi issue where there was bad soldering. Thats a heck of a lot of issues. Either some people on these message boards are "extreme" nitpickers or "device hypochondriacs", otherwise theres quite a lot of issues from the HTC that usually has "superior build quality"?
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I just canceled my order at Handtec. I don't know. They must have rushed the One X out. I usually like HTC Taiwanese products. This product however reeks of being a rushed Chinese product, both in build quality and software.
Hamdir: the HTC One X forums are lucky to have you here. Don't get me wrong I like to do tweaking. I just don't like to have to do tweaking just after you remove a product from the box to make it run normally "That's just too much".
Probably going to get the GS3 and put a 64gb card in it or wait for the GS3 64GB version. Then sell it in a few months and get the Galaxy Note 2.
AC

i have non of the issues you are talking about i hand panicked a flawless HOX, the key word is to hand pick it
build quality issues are just luck so far and getting better
heat is non issue for me, with software 1.29.401.11 it only occurs in heavy gaming, confirmed to be normal by HTC never crossing 50c for me and the same situation on iPad3
i never disable cores
battery last 2 days for me on average use
3 hours screen time of constant THD gaming
most beautiful gadget i have ever owned and quickly becoming my primary gaming device
every android device on earth have software issues, the 1.29.401.11 update solved 90% of them, HTC deserve praise for sorting them out in under a month
2 issues remains which seem to have skipped their rada
a video reading problem in the stock gallery, which is solved by removing flv or using another player like MX
and the gaming ondemand governor issue which to be honest i can't live without that governor since it saves my battery, but yes u need root to gain some control at this moment
so most probably they will fix it very soon when they introduce the performance options like we do have on the T Prime and old HTC devices
oh and its most rock solid stable software from HTC i ever owned, i dare anyone to make FC or restart lol
lastly really this why updates are there
and finally this is the device that the entire gadget world is lusting behind so really your loss
and what your mostly missing out is the amazing screen, amazing camera and amazing THD games
today i spent some time with my iphone dude and we spend like an hour in which he took it n played with it, he walked out dazzled

quickpic > stock gallery
mx player > stock player
poweramp > stock music

yup deleting flv works like charm thanx mates for wonderful tip
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

[Q] Very ODD High res video playback issues: 1080 & 2k

So I just recently got updated to jellybean stock from HTC (using HTC ONE X) 4.1
I never had previous problems on ICS of this nature...
All seems well until I try to play 2k (2560x1440) and some (most) 1080p videos web dl of series. (mkv or mp4)
Problem being that the screen doesn't render anything...its just black, I get the control for the media player but no actual video stream, i have audio as well, the doesn't sound like its lagging or anything, I am also able adjust brightness, volume, seek bar works as well, what I noticed is when I took a screen shot with htc default player it took the image and capped it and it was viewable...
I have tried the following: (which all use to play 2k and 1080p files no problem besides the random cutting out but i think thats htc's aggressive ram saving bs)
Mxplayer
Vplayer
default player
dice player,
all do the samething
any ideas?

Have you tried MX Player's HW+ renderer? If all else fails, could you upload the video somewhere and let me test it?

ArmedandDangerous said:
Have you tried MX Player's HW+ renderer? If all else fails, could you upload the video somewhere and let me test it?
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yeah i have tried everything sw, hw, hw+ ...etc nothing
you can dl the trailer from here with "download them all" Firefox plugin: google: timescapes (cant put in link because of some retarded forum limit....)

Charun_za said:
yeah i have tried everything sw, hw, hw+ ...etc nothing
you can dl the trailer from here with "download them all" Firefox plugin: google: timescapes (cant put in link because of some retarded forum limit....)
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Downloaded it, playing no problem on my device with MX Player with H/W+ @[email protected]

ArmedandDangerous said:
Downloaded it, playing no problem on my device with MX Player with H/W+ @[email protected]
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I see you're on a mod'd kernel, could make all the difference?
I am on complete stock everything
I still don't understand why mine wont play it, friend is also problems,
I'm thinking I should just root and load custom rom... only reason I'm keeping it stock is for warranty but my insurance covers anything and more that would happen to it..
this problem and the removal support of MASS STORAGE (don't like the MTP thing) like a flash drive, is another nail in the coffin for this (stock)rom