Hi!
I recently got my hands on an [email protected] monitor, and I would like to know if I could get some benefits of those extra 15Hz and 1440p resolution on the Shield! After all, it has HDMI 2.0 and enough horse power to run [email protected]
It's not to run apps or games at this refresh rate as it might cause some timing issues (games running faster as natively locked at 60Hz) but I'm using Shadow on it. Shadow streams the screen of a virtual PC in the cloud with low latency and resolution/refresh rates variating from between [email protected] to [email protected] That being said, the Shadow client received an image between 144FPS to 60FPS, and accordingly to Shadow's "PC" resolution. Of course you can receive 4K stream on a 1080p TV but that's not where I'm headed to.
I would like to run the Shield at 1440p, at a 75Hz refresh rate... Which is natively not doable but I wanted to know if there was a possibility to edit some files in order to add those options in the settings, or use a third party app... Anything that may help me to achieve it would be awesome!
Cheers!
EDIT: Whoops! Can someone move this to "Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting"?
Make sure you have developer mode activated.
1. Enable the developer mode by going to Settings > Device preferences > About, scroll to the bottom and tap Build several times.
2. Go back to device preferences, go to the bottom.
There should now be a Developer Options.
3. Click on that.
4. Go down to HDMI and enable "Show all supported modes in custom display modes".
5. Go back to Device Preferences and click on Display & Sound > Advanced display settings > Custom display mode.
It might be there now.
If it's not, then there might be no way to get it, since its not supported
But be aware, as it say under developer options, there might be graphical and ui issues by using a custom resolution in some apps.
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Hi,
I want to change the screen resolution of the MHL output because it's not correctly detected maybe because my old monitor or the hdmi to dvi adapter. I wonder there is no native menu to configure the resolution and audio output device or an alternative app... My device is rooted.
So the screen settings are here:
/sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb1
There is a thread for the evo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2090396 but on my One there is no hdmid service and no video_mode.
Available is a file named modes which probably contains all available modes and a file named mode which maybe should contain the current output mode.
modes contains in my case U:640x480p-0 and U:640x480p-94
mode contains nothing if I echo an value into its also empty after that.
The monitor supports a maximum of 1280x720.
Is there someone with deeper android development knowledge who can help in that case?
Thanks,
Patrick
Edit: Maybe I get 640x480px because of HDCP protection problems - is there any solution to get the HDCP back to work on a rooted phone or disable it? In the developer menu there is no setting for that
I received a Nexdock which is basically a display and a bluetooth keybord. The idea is that with Nexdock you can turn your Pine64 computer into a laptop.
More info on NexDock on indiegogo.com
I'm running RemixOS 2.0 on my Pine64 2GB but I can't change the output resolution of the Pine64 to 1366x768.
1366x718 is the native resolution of the Nexdock.
Nexdock works together with Pine64, but all text is hard to read because of the wrong display setting.
When ordering a Nexdock Nexdock claimed compatibility with Pine64...
Any solution or Remix OS update to fix this issue?
I'm on the same boat as you.
Running debian the display is using the right resolution but obviously there's no GPU acceleration and no bluetooth working.
Bluetooth will get a fix in the future probably but I have little hope for GPU on debian. That means no usable Kodi-
At this stage of development Android (and RemixOS) seems to be the better solution for the Pine64.
On PC you can change the vesa mode at boot but I don't know how to do it on Pine.
Ok. I don't have an available SD to burn again RemixOS but could you try this?
in settings> experimental features >enable debug terminal console
press Alt+F1 this will opens the console
type wm size 1366x768 hit enter
press Alt+F7 to exit
Debug window
Unfortunately, that option seems to have been removed for the Pine build. I tried alt+f1 to see if maybe it was enabled by default, but no luck.
LG , as usual, is not very explanatory about how their products stands out on the market like showing how good its steadycam is.
After being updated to Android 10, i noticed (i'm quite sure this wasn't there on Android 9) that if you go to VIDEO mode on the stock app, you will see "HDR" as a selection. Note that this is not supported (greyed out) if 4k 60fps is selected, this is only supported up to 4k 30fps. HOWEVER, i did lots and lots of test with heavy backlight where HDR *should* kick in like on the iPhone + Samsungs (where the blown out sky would show blue , or at least brighten up the dark foreground due to the backlight). IN this case, it does neither, it's exavtly the same whether HDR video is on or off.
Note i'm not talking about photos (yes this works), I'm purely talking about the settings under VIDEO sub-tab. Has anyone realize this and found out if this is a bug? Is it just me perhaps?
Also, another un-marketed "hidden" feature, is SUPER steady mode. If you go to video and select 1080p (only available here, no higher), you can not only enable the standard "Steady Recording" under settings, but you will now have a NEW shakey hand icon OUTSIDE of this setting on main screen. Press that icon, and now you will have extra cropped in footage, in order to have SUPER steady mode (more steady than just Steady Recording alone).
I am unsure if this thread belongs here. Kindly let me know if it doesn't or please move it.
I was wondering if the TAB S7/S7+ would let me play YouTube videos on 4K using the native app but unfortunately it doesn't for obvious reasons using stock settings.
So I figured a way to enable this using ADB. I am unsure how much this affects the battery life since I am still testing app compatibility and power usage.
ADB Commands
1. To set 4K resolution -
adb shell wm size 2400x3840
adb shell wm density 1024 (or whatever suits your eyes, mine is 1200)
2. To reset to default -
adb shell wm size reset
adb shell wm density reset
So if anyone's interested all you have to do is -
1. Download minimal ADB and install it if you do not have ADB installed.
2. Open Command Prompt in the ADB folder by pressing Shift Key and selecting the Right Click option "Open command prompt here".
3. Run "ADB devices" without quotes and accept the prompt on your device (Your device must have USB debugging enabled, if you don't know how or have it enabled you probably shouldn't be doing this).
4. Run the above "To set 4K" commands to set the display resolution to 4k.
5. Clear the app data of Youtube and restart the device.
6. (Optional/Reset) To reset the display resolution to default, just run the 2nd set of commands.
Not sure this is actually making the screen dislay 4k.
It doesn't actually MAKE your screen 4k as the display only supports 2k. The device renders everything in 4k and then outputs it on the display just like what Retina Displays or Nvidia DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) does.
Just in case you want to actually make sure everything is running in 4k, you can simply try running a 4k video on Youtube which otherwise you cant!
Stryker_Echo9er said:
It doesn't actually MAKE your screen 4k as the display only supports 2k. The device renders everything in 4k and then outputs it on the display just like what Retina Displays or Nvidia DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) does.
Just in case you want to actually make sure everything is running in 4k, you can simply try running a 4k video on Youtube which otherwise you cant!
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Right, so what's the point? The 4k video doesn't look better on a 2k screen.
Since DSR and Retina Displays already exist, I believe there are some advantages. You have to try it to believe it. The displays feel a lot sharper, edges feel smoother, fonts look amazing, overall it just looks good on the huge display of my Tab s7+.
Coming back to that I need to ask you, did you try this before asking me the POINT. Coz I feel if you would have, you wouldn't be asking me this!
Stryker_Echo9er said:
Since DSR and Retina Displays already exist, I believe there are some advantages. You have to try it to believe it. The displays feel a lot sharper, edges feel smoother, fonts look amazing, overall it just looks good on the huge display of my Tab s7+.
Coming back to that I need to ask you, did you try this before asking me the POINT. Coz I feel if you would have, you wouldn't be asking me this!
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Yes, I did, and it looks no different. It's a 2k screen, enabling something to load a 2k screen with 4k will make no difference. Not trying to argue, just saying, it's pointless.
I accept it doesn't make any greatly significant difference but then its subjective. It was just an experiment and I wanted to try it. There are many people out there who always want to run youtube at 4k, this was simply my answer to that problem, although it has its own downside and implications.
Thanks for figuring this out! Often 4k will look better on a 2k screen than 2k on a 2k screen.
This is because pixels from youtube don't always line up perfectly to the tablet pixels and you end up with a resolution less than 2k when you have it set to 2k. When you stream at 4k from youtube, the content is delivered with smaller pixels and ends up looking better on a 2k display.
Thanks for this going to give it a try on my 7 plus.
it worked now i get the option to 2160 resolution, it does look sharper.
good work thanks very simple
Hey
When i use the command "densiti" my screen become wery BIG otherwise the "size" resolution is great
is that normal ??
There's also Newpipe to get 4K Youtube without hacking. As a bonus, it also gets rid of the ads.
Does this work on Netflix? Will the maximum resolution on netflix and prime video change to uhd?
What the Implications and Downsides to this?
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Right, so what's the point? The 4k video doesn't look better on a 2k screen.
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The point is higher bitrate. Youtube compresses videos so much so 4k will have a much higher bitrate than 1440p and look better.
Btw, use youtube vanced for 4k but use sparingly as it blocks ads. I wouldn't suggest using it very often because it doesn't support creators
What about on Samsung Dex or any kindof screen mirroring on external monitors? Any way to get the S7+ to send more than 1440p to an external monitor through any means?
For instance if you set the resolution to 4k with ADB, and then you mirror your display via a [email protected] usb-c / hdmi cable to your 4k screen, will the screen receive a 4k signal?
Can anyone (Stryker_Echo9er) try that?
jdoggawesomex900 said:
Btw, use youtube vanced for 4k but use sparingly as it blocks ads. I wouldn't suggest using it very often because it doesn't support creators
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If you have unlimited data and an old device lying around (all it has to be able to do is run the official Youtube app), you can leave the video playing on that device with ads while you watch on your S7 or whatever without ads. Best of both worlds, the only extra you pay is that little bit of electricity to run the other device.
YouTube now natively supports 4K HDR.
Now you can watch high quality 4K YouTube videos on Android phones
Support for 4K HDR playback was only there for iPhone users while Android smartphone users were only able to play YouTube videos at a maximum resolution of 1440 pixels.
www.gadgetsnow.com
Twodordan said:
What about on Samsung Dex or any kindof screen mirroring on external monitors? Any way to get the S7+ to send more than 1440p to an external monitor through any means?
For instance if you set the resolution to 4k with ADB, and then you mirror your display via a [email protected] usb-c / hdmi cable to your 4k screen, will the screen receive a 4k signal?
Can anyone (Stryker_Echo9er) try that?
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I tried doing that on my 8-series Samsung TV, unfortunately, it doesn't work on my TV via USB-C (using an HDMI Dongle) or screen mirroring. I am not sure if it would work on displays with a type-c port.
Stryker_Echo9er said:
I tried doing that on my 8-series Samsung TV, unfortunately, it doesn't work on my TV via USB-C (using an HDMI Dongle) or screen mirroring. I am not sure if it would work on displays with a type-c port.
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Thanks for trying. But do you mean that it doesn't work at all, as in you can't use dex on your TV? Or does it mean it just doesn't do 4k?
I was really satisfied with tablet until I started to watch DV and HDR movies (netflix, hbomax, plex). Searching internet and I could not find nothing to get rid of "ultra" black dark scenes in videos.
Is there any app that would change gamma of video or something like that?
I'm so disappointed that I'm looking which tablet should I buy and sell this one ... wrote to Xiaomi via email and via system bug report and no solution, it seems they really don't care for us - users of this tablet ...
Anyone with some "solution" out there?
I am using kodi + netflix plugin to force SDR streams
It takes some effort to set up and you lose some of netflix functionality (like downloads)
I think there's also similar plugins for other services (disney+, HBOmax, etc) but I have not personally tried them
It's a shame because xiaomi keeps marketing this device as Dolby Vision capable but we have to look for workarounds to disable this "feature"
Hopefully they will fix it if we provide enough reports, and now that the device got released in India it's expected to get more attention because it's a big market for Xiaomi
gregyk said:
I was really satisfied with tablet until I started to watch DV and HDR movies (netflix, hbomax, plex). Searching internet and I could not find nothing to get rid of "ultra" black dark scenes in videos.
Is there any app that would change gamma of video or something like that?
I'm so disappointed that I'm looking which tablet should I buy and sell this one ... wrote to Xiaomi via email and via system bug report and no solution, it seems they really don't care for us - users of this tablet ...
Anyone with some "solution" out there?
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I'm also looking for this from weeks but no luck. We have to wait if Xiomi will fix this via update or we have to accept and start using as it is.
For the new tablet, you won't get any tablet in this price range which can beat mi tab 5 performance (except DV and HDR issue) if you want to wait then check realme tab having 870 processor and same specifications as mi pad 5.
Maybe new lenovo, but cost more
there is no fix for this, the screen is ips
Go to Advanced tools -> Video toolbox and add apps to video toolbox. Now when you open any added app, you will see a pill at top left corner. Drag it and select different styles of scenes. One of those styles disables HDR.
Sharath007 said:
Go to Advanced tools -> Video toolbox and add apps to video toolbox. Now when you open any added app, you will see a pill at top left corner. Drag it and select different styles of scenes. One of those styles disables HDR.
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Hi sir. In which app should I perform these steps?
Sharath007 said:
Go to Advanced tools -> Video toolbox and add apps to video toolbox. Now when you open any added app, you will see a pill at top left corner. Drag it and select different styles of scenes. One of those styles disables HDR.
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That's not true at all. There's not a single option that disables HDR, they only apply filters to the apps you chose. HDR is on a system level and it cannot be disabled at this moment.
Toolbox might help if you chose the "Outside" style, but still crap with black/dark content.
skater96 said:
That's not true at all. There's not a single option that disables HDR, they only apply filters to the apps you chose. HDR is on a system level and it cannot be disabled at this moment.
Toolbox might help if you chose the "Outside" style, but still crap with black/dark content.
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I agree. It doesn't solve the issue entirely but atleast I can see the picture a little better in bright environment.
Xiaomi should definitely address this.
Shan8nu said:
Hi sir. In which app should I perform these steps?
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Settings -> Special Features -> Video toolbox -> Manage video apps
Sharath007 said:
Settings -> Special Features -> Video toolbox -> Manage video apps
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It works effectively in Chinese rom. I really like chinese rom better than global.
What ips has to do with HDR? There are ips tv with hdr.
Kajman said:
What ips has to do with HDR? There are ips tv with hdr.
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Yeah my thought exactly
People are saying this is an ips panel, display does not have enough brightness, etc.
Companies have been doing HDR on cheap displays for years
The ultimate goal of HDR is having better details in dark scenes.
You can still achieve this even if the display is ips or have average brightness, but you get the side effect of somewhat duller colors
But what I see on the Mi Pad 5 is definitely some kind of a software bug or miscalibration, because it does the exact opposite of HDR, it destroys scene details bright or dark
You can throw all the brightness in the world on this and it's not going to fix it
Kajman said:
What ips has to do with HDR? There are ips tv with hdr.
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AssumedDiz said:
Yeah my thought exactly
People are saying this is an ips panel, display does not have enough brightness, etc.
Companies have been doing HDR on cheap displays for years
The ultimate goal of HDR is having better details in dark scenes.
You can still achieve this even if the display is ips or have average brightness, but you get the side effect of somewhat duller colors
But what I see on the Mi Pad 5 is definitely some kind of a software bug or miscalibration, because it does the exact opposite of HDR, it destroys scene details bright or dark
You can throw all the brightness in the world on this and it's not going to fix it
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the problem is because the price, if you xiaomi change it with an amoled screen it will easily be 100$ more. your best bet is just sell your tab 5 now and buy a lenovo p11 pro with weaker processor but better screen.
and problems all the way, read their forums, it doesn't look good.
AssumedDiz said:
Yeah my thought exactly
People are saying this is an ips panel, display does not have enough brightness, etc.
Companies have been doing HDR on cheap displays for years
The ultimate goal of HDR is having better details in dark scenes.
You can still achieve this even if the display is ips or have average brightness, but you get the side effect of somewhat duller colors
But what I see on the Mi Pad 5 is definitely some kind of a software bug or miscalibration, because it does the exact opposite of HDR, it destroys scene details bright or dark
You can throw all the brightness in the world on this and it's not going to fix it
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It is a SW issue. DV and HDR is fine with just player and mpv-android. It just doesn't work on streaming platforms.
It's also weird that people point out it's only 500 nits. Many laptop displays, ipads, imacs etc have "only" 500 nits too and they do HDR and DV fine (by fine I mean no black crush issues). So xiaomi just needs to fix it asap.
I have created a post about it in the official miui forums
https://c.mi.com/thread-4072183-1-0.html
if you have this issue and interested in getting it fixed you can leave a reply there that you have the issue
hopefully then it gets enough attention from devs
also report it from your device Settings -> Feedback
AssumedDiz said:
I have created a post about it in the official miui forums
https://c.mi.com/thread-4072183-1-0.html
if you have this issue and interested in getting it fixed you can leave a reply there that you have the issue
hopefully then it gets enough attention from devs
also report it from your device Settings -> Feedback
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I tried to reply, but xiaomi forum is as crappy as them their software.
skater96 said:
I tried to reply, but xiaomi forum is as crappy as them their software.
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yeah when I posted the link I had just modified the post to include one more sample
so it was probably under moderation
please try now and see if it works, someone posted a reply moments ago
or perhaps try using the app
AssumedDiz said:
yeah when I posted the link I had just modified the post to include one more sample
so it was probably under moderation
please try now and see if it works, someone posted a reply moments ago
or perhaps try using the app
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Nothing, not working. Crappy forum...