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http://blog.gsmarena.com/iphone-4-now-plays-1080p-videos-easily-does-some-xviddivx-magic-too/
Seems like some people managed to play 1080p on iPhone 4.
SGS has almost the same CPU with better GPU and option for overclock.
What is the reason that is preventing us from playing 1080p? Not good enough app or something else?
1080p on a 4" screen? no thank you.
We just seems to be needing a good codec to play 1080p. So it should just be a software limitation unless the GPU is capped at 720p!
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1080p on a 4" screen? no thank you.
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I would never watch 1080p on 4'' screen (even though some people would)
I'm just curios about the hardware.
@Prankey,
I guess SGX 540 can play 1080p if SGX 535 can.
I'll make a wild guess here:
iOS has all the software needed for full hardware acceleration while Android don't.
How is this a development related question?
And I thought galaxy can play 1080 without problems (didnt try though, as its very stupid).
so iPhone display is 960 x 640 pixels?
1080P is 1920 x 1080 pixels
unless it can output HDMI, seems pretty pointless to me.
The screen resolution is 800x480 anyway so the extra resolution does not benefit you at all. It's just a minor convenience to avoid converting the video but you're wasting battery power to decode the video and a lot of space. 720p is enough of a battery and space waster.
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I'll make a wild guess here:
iOS has all the software needed for full hardware acceleration while Android don't.
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1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
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How is this a development related question?
And I thought galaxy can play 1080 without problems (didnt try though, as its very stupid).
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I guess it is a development question, because it may be related with codecs, drivers, etc.
But no, it can't. I have tried it, even though I'm not about to watch full HD on my SGS
miker71 said:
so iPhone display is 960 x 640 pixels?
1080P is 1920 x 1080 pixels
unless it can output HDMI, seems pretty pointless to me.
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We can use microUSB to HDMI and we have DLNA. So it would be useful to us. Anyway, as I've already said my interest is about hardware capabilities not watching full HD on my phone.
Maddmatt said:
The screen resolution is 800x480 anyway so the extra resolution does not benefit you at all. It's just a minor convenience to avoid converting the video but you're wasting battery power to decode the video and a lot of space. 720p is enough of a battery and space waster.
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You still have to convert the video though for these devices still cause h.264 codec support for mobile devices don't support all of what the codec can do. It's also wasted bit rate as well. It's better to have a lower resolution video with a decent bit rate then it is to have a video with a massive resolution but not enough of a bit rate to smooth out artifacts. this resolution race for videos on mobile phones is a tad stupid.
Rock player plays 1080p for me.
The Video I tried was a bit choppy though but acceptable.
(I guess about 15-18fps). I only tried one Video wich I accidentally loaded on my device.
As far as I now Rock player does not use any GPU acceleration though pretty impressive what this little CPU is capable of.
Definatly plays full hd better then my atom netbook.
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agree it's simply over kill
all the extra processing is wasted on a 4" screen
actually iphone4 is only 3.5" not even 4"
720p is more than enough on the 4"
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1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
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I wasn't talking about hardware accelerated 1080p playback. I was talking about how everything in iOS is adapted to support as much of the hardware features as possible, while Android is not adapted to support the SGS hardware in any other way than Samsung just tossing in (semi)working drivers.
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1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
I guess it is a development question, because it may be related with codecs, drivers, etc.
But no, it can't. I have tried it, even though I'm not about to watch full HD on my SGS
We can use microUSB to HDMI and we have DLNA. So it would be useful to us. Anyway, as I've already said my interest is about hardware capabilities not watching full HD on my phone.
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And what format have you tried yo play it in?
jam3sjam3s said:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/iphone-4-now-plays-1080p-videos-easily-does-some-xviddivx-magic-too/
Seems like some people managed to play 1080p on iPhone 4.
SGS has almost the same CPU with better GPU and option for overclock.
What is the reason that is preventing us from playing 1080p? Not good enough app or something else?
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1/ there is no point, resolution-wise
2/ with iphone there is a VERY limited range of file formats you CAN actually play, so you will spend half your life converting to a format that apple can control. Most my 1080p movies are mkv format, a format that works on Galaxy S but not on iphone. All my SD movies are Divx and Xvid, again, not compatible with iphone.
Mark.
Well actually we can! Rockplayer can do it so please stop spamming this forum!
You apple fanboy
jodue said:
just ****ing stupid! 1080p on 800x480, wtf? even 720p is higher than the screen-resolution! also a movie in 1080p has ~10Gb which would almost fill my 16gb card. STUPID and completely SENSELESS!
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well apparently the people with iphone4 are too rich and too <insert what you think here> to care about that.
they probably think they have super wireless and can stream a 1080p movie and watch it over the air
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they probably think they have super wireless and can stream a 1080p movie and watch it over the air
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And why not? 802.11n is more than enough for that...
Anything that can be done on the iphone 4 can be done on the galaxy s, just needs the right software to be made.
The only difference between the iphone 4 and the GS is the software, the screen, and the galaxy s having one generation newer gpu
Anyway what's the point in this? sd cards have a 4gb filesize limit, 1080p would waste so much battery for no benefit over a 720p file
technical spec yes
real life usage, not so great
wireless N is what i use for my home teather, yes it "works" but load time is horrible, as well as the random cut offs, then waiting for the load time again.... it's a pain in the aussie
it's much more convenient to first copy the entire movie into the hard drive via wireless N, then watch it
but that defeats the entire purpose of streaming a movie
Hello,
when I bought this lg I thought that despite the bad LG support I was getting nice hardware anyway...problem is that the more I read/use it the more I realize that not even Nvidia is blameless.
They call this super-phones but:
- Nvidia doesn't release the source code and developers cannot take advantage of its full potential
- They didn't include the NEON instructions, on which Skype is based. The tegra 2 will probably never have video calls, they'll skip directly to tegra 3 for sure. I tried google talk, for what I've seen skype is smoother. Am I wrong?
- They claim 1080p video decoding. OK, problem is that I wasn't able to play ANY video with hardware acceleration, not even some youtube videos that use h.264 main profile.
I wonder why Samsung would use this chipset so limited in the galaxy R.
And I think that when it will be "time" for it be mature tegra 3 will come out and everyone will stop supporting it.
(is it possible to use Samsung galaxy R code to implement to the LG in some way? Since they share the same hardware...)
Tegra 2 is excellent, LG just ducked it up.
That's all there is to say
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Tegra 2 is excellent, LG just ducked it up.
That's all there is to say
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yes, i agree with you, tablets usually use tegra2. so nvidia is not disappointing anyone or anyvendor
The major advantage of Tegra 2 is time to market -- it was available a good quarter or two before other dual core SoCs.
And that's about it. NV seems to have rushed it out of the door and failed to follow up with a higher clocked version, nor offering any developer support. They're only interested in selling as many Honeycomb tablets as possible, and even then, they've failed to put any dent on iPad2 sales.
Not having NEON and refusing to open up sources is a huge letdown for sure. And it is the only dualcore not able to change clocks individually between two cores, which doesn't help battery life. On idle it would help just to not use the second core, which tegra2 doesn't allow for.
Lets hope the Nexus Prime will be the killer device with 1.5ghz dualcore and the nice 1280x720 screen, and since it is a Nexus, devsupport. I will take it on day one it will be released
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Not having NEON and refusing to open up sources is a huge letdown for sure. And it is the only dualcore not able to change clocks individually between two cores, which doesn't help battery life. On idle it would help just to not use the second core, which tegra2 doesn't allow for.
Lets hope the Nexus Prime will be the killer device with 1.5ghz dualcore and the nice 1280x720 screen, and since it is a Nexus, devsupport. I will take it on day one it will be released
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Tegra 2 does indeed disable the second core when it isn't needed.
-sandro- said:
- They didn't include the NEON instructions, on which Skype is based. The tegra 2 will probably never have video calls, they'll skip directly to tegra 3 for sure. I tried google talk, for what I've seen skype is smoother. Am I wrong?
- They claim 1080p video decoding. OK, problem is that I wasn't able to play ANY video with hardware acceleration, not even some youtube videos that use h.264 main profile.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsX_VQ-bzAs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsX_VQ-bzAs
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words... what happened to this? abandoned I suppose.
The only hope for skype video calling optimus 2x has is from galaxy r.
Just because its a samsung i bet skype will back it up.
I also try to play 720p youtube videos and it doesn't play smooth
So wtf is going wrong
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God almighty, what is up with people complaining all the time :S. phone works great. no lag and all with my phone
rukhi said:
God almighty, what is up with people complaining all the time :S. phone works great. no lag and all with my phone
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yes. with custom rom its a great choice. i hope the drivers will be available when offical GB will be released
ionutp said:
I also try to play 720p youtube videos and it doesn't play smooth
So wtf is going wrong
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The screen size is only what corresponds to 480p, so showing anything bigger than that would be a waste of processing power, and power in general
Hi guys! Considering 720/1080p youtube playback, does it work correctly when the phone is connected to a tv via hdmi? Also, is there a difference in flash performance between stock rom and cm7? Thank you!
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The screen size is only what corresponds to 480p, so showing anything bigger than that would be a waste of processing power, and power in general
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hdmi mirroring?
Trying to watch HD clips on the phone is stupid: the phone has not only to decode an HD stream, it has also to resize it!
Try watching an HD clip on the TV *without* mirroring (without the phone screen showing the same content), it should be much better.
ionutp said:
I also try to play 720p youtube videos and it doesn't play smooth
So wtf is going wrong
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cm7 can play 720p smooth..
kiljacken said:
The screen size is only what corresponds to 480p, so showing anything bigger than that would be a waste of processing power, and power in general
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i'm not interested if is a loss of power or not i'm only interested when i download something random from the net that i can see it (porn in hd is bether lol jocking)
i have the lg optimux and it works very well, esp on the cm7 nightly.
KeePeeR26 said:
i'm not interested if is a loss of power or not i'm only interested when i download something random from the net that i can see it (porn in hd is bether lol jocking)
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That's like saying that your Panda Van should go easily up that hill with a ton of cargo because it just should. It's a ->Panda<- not a truck.
The same for the phone: if you load an HD flic on the screen the phone has to decode the stream and rescale it to fit on its smaller screen.
In essence it's almost like decoding TWO HD streams at the same time...
Now I'm sure the phone wasn't advertised as capable of decoding two streams?
So, im still waiting for Note 2 but in the meantime im considering the original Note as an option.
Some questions:
1.CAMERA: In the last version of the Note (4.0.4), whats the state with the front facing camera. I read things that it cant record 720p and from GB to ICS the camera is software reduced to 1.2 MPx .
2.USB: Whats the state with USB storage on ICS is it MTP or normal USB storage. How usable internal space does it have (16GB-1GB apps -?Touchwiz?) . Does it support wireless or wired mouse and keyboard. Can it read NTFS filesystem on ext SDcard or UBS flash and HDD.
3.MEDIA: Does it have FM radio and NFC. Whats the maximum bitrate that can play. I guess it can play FullHD Multichannel mkv file over HDMI..
Thanx in advance!
kriskovski said:
So, im still waiting for Note 2 but in the meantime im considering the original Note as an option.
Some questions:
1.CAMERA: In the last version of the Note (4.0.4), whats the state with the front facing camera. I read things that it cant record 720p and from GB to ICS the camera is software reduced to 1.2 MPx .
2.USB: Whats the state with USB storage on ICS is it MTP or normal USB storage. How usable internal space does it have (16GB-1GB apps -?Touchwiz?) . Does it support wireless or wired mouse and keyboard. Can it read NTFS filesystem on ext SDcard or USB flash and HDD.
3.MEDIA: Does it have FM radio and NFC. Whats the maximum bitrate that can play. I guess it can play FullHD Multichannel mkv file over HDMI..
Thanx in advance!
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1- no the camera remains as it is, and no change in any thing related to front or back cam.
2-you can choose between normal mass storage or MTB ,and you have 11gb as your internal SD. Card and about 2gb for your installed apps, and yes it have full support for USB otg and wireless keyboard and mouse, and can read ntfs.
3-yes it have FM radio, but no NFC, and I think it can play full HD over HDMI, but don't know about bit rate
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Today i tried S II and Note on GingerB and both cant record 720p with the front cameras.
They are 2MPx but cant record HD video WT*.
Just just shows 640x480 video option greyed out.
Is this fixed on ICS?
kriskovski said:
Today i tried S II and Note on GingerB and both cant record 720p with the front cameras.
They are 2MPx but cant record HD video WT*.
Just just shows 640x480 video option greyed out.
Is this fixed on ICS?
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NO it is the same even on ICS 4.0.4.
I'm not sure what your goals are though, but why would you want to record 720p on the front camera? and not on the main one? Yes the 640x480 option is greyed out because that is the only allowable limit for a 2 MP front cam. the main cam can record up to 1080p one. But not the front cam. Why? again for pete's sake it's just a 2 megapixel one and nobody I think, would want to record a video using the front camera(unless of course he is vain enough to record himself all the time), most people record a video thru the back /main one.. not the front cam.
Again, you can't expect to record HD video on the 2MP front facing cam(self portrait) due to it's camera hardware limitation(just 2mp), perhaps you need to reconsider just using the main cam for that.
letters_to_cleo said:
Again, you can't expect to record HD video on the 2MP front facing cam(self portrait) due to it's camera hardware limitation(just 2mp), perhaps you need to reconsider just using the main cam for that.
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GSIII and GNexus can.
when was the GS3 and Nexus made? tssss thread starter please do use ur common sense
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kriskovski said:
GSIII and GNexus can.
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if your main factor in buying a phone is the front camera to record 720p/1080p... then sorry to burst your bubble..but perhaps the Note is not for you at all.
You may need to check the other threads as well (Gnex and SIII), perhaps that is where you'll find all your answers to... (don't forget to also consider the Nokia Pureview 808, if you really desire to look for an all around camera phone.
letters_to_cleo said:
don't forget to also consider the Nokia Pureview 808, if you really desire to look for an all around camera phone.
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Huh, no thank did you played with the 808 the UI is ... disaster ..
My point is that since its 2PMx i should have 720p capabilities..
I dont need empty words, is it hardware or software problem?
kriskovski said:
Huh, no thank did you played with the 808 the UI is ... disaster ..
My point is that since its 2PMx i should have 720p capabilities..
I dont need empty words, is it hardware or software problem?
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it's NOT EVEN a problem at all. It is just the way how Samsung developed their front end cameras on the Note. It has a 2MP cam which only supports 640x480 res. You can't get any higher than that. It is a limitation on the Note's camera itself. And I bet that is how Samsung design it that way on the Note.
Seriously, if you have more qualms than looking at the bigger picture of getting the Note(big screen wow factor), then perhaps (again let me say it), the NOTE isn't for you at all.
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it's NOT EVEN a problem at all. It is just the way how Samsung developed their front end cameras on the Note. It has a 2MP cam which only supports 640x480 res. You can't get any higher than that. It is a limitation on the Note's camera itself. And I bet that is how Samsung design it that way on the Note.
Seriously, if you have more qualms than looking at the bigger picture of getting the Note(big screen wow factor), then perhaps (again let me say it), the NOTE isn't for you at all.
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Good idea, front facing camera with 720p recording.
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I'm trying to modify the resolution video recording in which stock S5830i is 320x240.
It seems that could change the parameters of maximum resolution to 640x480, and could use, but only on a webcam app, in it the selection of resolution to be used.
The camera does not have a native setting of 640x480, so who can give a solution or know of an application that can replace the camera app for recording and has the ability to select the resolution, please, will help.
Thank you.
(sorry my english)
I'm pretty certain the problem is due to hardware limitations, and not related to the software.
You could get a new phone.
Yep. It is the hardware limitations.
You can try to force it to record in 480p just like they did in the Galaxy Mini forums I guess.
Try lgcamera and see if recording in 480p works.
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Guys, I'm trying a procedure in which a friend here at XDA made to enable 720p camera in front for the Galaxy Tab
And VideoCore 4 (BCM2763) is capable of recording in full HD. BCM2763
Apparently I managed to gain some quality and would like to share, I begin to compare.
Thanks system.img at lgcamera.
Check below, the two comparative videos
640x480
320x240
FeraNoFear said:
Guys, I'm trying a procedure in which a friend here at XDA made to enable 720p camera in front for the Galaxy Tab
And VideoCore 4 (BCM2763) is capable of recording in full HD. BCM2763
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Yes, the GPU is capable for recording 1080p, it has to encode the camera data, so why can't we mod it?
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Wait firmware update ... same was on S5830 and firmware updates solve this "problem".
Cheers
I'm recording at 480p smoothly.
As the guys have not replied to the topic, here I will post instructions on how to make change for those interested.
The file that should be changed is the media_profiles that is in / etc. I'll post here the file has changed.
Procedure (root is required):
1 - Download the file and put the sd card - File in my dropbox
2 - With full access to the root, move and replace the file to the / etc
3 - Restart the phone
4 - Install Lgcamera (PlayStore)
5 - In Lgcamera select resolution 640x480
Ready. Just write!
Thanks!
FeraNoFear said:
I'm recording at 480p smoothly.
As the guys have not replied to the topic, here I will post instructions on how to make change for those interested.
The file that should be changed is the media_profiles that is in / etc. I'll post here the file has changed.
Procedure (root is required):
1 - Download the file and put the sd card - File in my dropbox
2 - With full access to the root, move and replace the file to the / etc
3 - Restart the phone
4 - Install Lgcamera (PlayStore)
5 - In Lgcamera select resolution 640x480
Ready. Just write!
Thanks!
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if we get GPU drivers from Broadcom then we can record 1080p HD videos ???
Guys Broadcom Will be releasing a CM7.2 with full CPU and GPU Source if everything goes okay.
If everything goes okay, im pretty sure we will be able to record in 720p or maybe even 1080p which i personally think would not be possible with 5MP camera.
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if we get GPU drivers from Broadcom then we can record 1080p HD videos ???
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I do not know, but I will try.
; D
I went and tested this a bit...
Any resolution above 640x480 - glitched camera, but you can still see shapes and motion moving and stuff like that so I don't know it it's the firmware;
Camera fully crashes when trying 720p or higher
Only works on H.264 encode, anything else it will crash
Seems to be very good at handling bitrate, as expected, because of the GPU, I tested up to 5Mbit but i'm sure it can handle more, gets a bit jittery though. 2Mbit looks like 'enough' for this resolution
(320p/20fps/?1mbit are factory defaults)
480p/20fps/5mbit seems to be the best option
edit: Must use ARM_NB audio encoder and record in 20fps or it will be out of sync
Qnrx said:
Guys Broadcom Will be releasing a CM7.2 with full CPU and GPU Source if everything goes okay.
If everything goes okay, im pretty sure we will be able to record in 720p or maybe even 1080p which i personally think would not be possible with 5MP camera.
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720p is possible:good:
The videocard (VideoCore IV) can handle 1080p at 1.5GPixel/Sec.
Does this mean the camera could also handle this?
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RubenStauttener said:
The videocard (VideoCore IV) can handle 1080p at 1.5GPixel/Sec.
Does this mean the camera could also handle this?
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No idea only time will tell,I guess
POTATO!!!!
Try some 3rd party app as we have fire in belly.(armv6)
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vkv1995 said:
Try some 3rd party app as we have fire in belly.(armv6)
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It's not about the app,alright? They phone wasnt originally designed to take videos at that resolution, so it's about modding it so that we can makw it possible
POTATO!!!!
Hi. I need a video player that can run 4k videos. Is there any? I have the exynos lte one. I know exynos kimits the video recording to 1080p but can it play 4K just like normal 1080p? If yes, any player which can do so? I have checked mx player pro it plays the video but its plays with too much stutter cant see nothing. Any player anyone can tell which can help??
Try the wondershare from Google Play
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tonybz said:
Try the wondershare from Google Play
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nope its also not working. MX Player Pro is hands down the best player for android. its running the videos but with stutter. im sure this Exynos ****SET is the culprit here.
thats the reason why i and millions of other people like Snapdragon chipsets. they at least work great with great battery life and everything optimized. not like samsung. i might sell this crap soon getting only 3 hours of screen on time. and its just box opened brand new tablet. SAMSUNG DISAPPOINTED ME AGAIN, AND ITS THE LAST TIME I GOT SAMMY ****!
#RANT
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nope its also not working. MX Player Pro is hands down the best player for android. its running the videos but with stutter. im sure this Exynos ****SET is the culprit here.
thats the reason why i and millions of other people like Snapdragon chipsets. they at least work great with great battery life and everything optimized. not like samsung. i might sell this crap soon getting only 3 hours of screen on time. and its just box opened brand new tablet. SAMSUNG DISAPPOINTED ME AGAIN, AND ITS THE LAST TIME I GOT SAMMY ****!
#RANT
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I think the exynos is great. I get great performance and battery life.
aami.aami said:
nope its also not working. MX Player Pro is hands down the best player for android. its running the videos but with stutter. im sure this Exynos ****SET is the culprit here.
thats the reason why i and millions of other people like Snapdragon chipsets. they at least work great with great battery life and everything optimized. not like samsung. i might sell this crap soon getting only 3 hours of screen on time. and its just box opened brand new tablet. SAMSUNG DISAPPOINTED ME AGAIN, AND ITS THE LAST TIME I GOT SAMMY ****!
#RANT
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Did you try changing it from HW to SW. May help.
As far as I know Exynos doesn't support hardware rendering of 4k video (only 2.5k).
How do you know which is which?
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I think the exynos is great. I get great performance and battery life.
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How can you tell which chipset you have? I was told this had a 4k screen and I intend to use it soon.
Claw22000 said:
How can you tell which chipset you have? I was told this had a 4k screen and I intend to use it soon.
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Use an app called CPUZ. It can tel you your device info and chipset.
Chipsets?
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Use an app called CPUZ. It can tel you your device info and chipset.
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So I have the Exynos Processor. How many different chipsets are there in the SM-T800? why would they make more than 1 kind under the same model? What are the main differences between them?
I know noobish but I would like to know. Thanks
DrClaw
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How can you tell which chipset you have? I was told this had a 4k screen and I intend to use it soon.
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We only have 2K screen... 2560x1600... if you download your videos in 2560x1440 they work flawless... 4K video will give you stutter no matter which player you use on this device... I've tried a bunch of them.
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As far as I know Exynos doesn't support hardware rendering of 4k video (only 2.5k).
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I tried playing a few 4k videos on my SM-T800 galaxy tab s 10.5 (exynos) and for every file it stutters.
I've tried MX player - but it defaults to S/W decoding since H/W decoding isn't supported. Even though the format is H/W supported (H264), it just doesn't allow H/W decoding at these resolutions.
BS Player defaults to S/W too, as it shows 'S/W' when it displays the player properties.
Is there no current solution? Do we just sit and wait for H/W support to be enabled in the near future - or is it just too hardware intensive on the Exynos that no one will bother.
Can somebody explain why you are playing 4k video`s on a 2k+ tablet, is it just to see if they play correctly, are they just clips, a full 4k movie must be a big file.
I use the free handbrake software on my notebook, to convert and movies or series mostly animi to nHD which is 640x360 if i am going to keep them on my tablet, the higher the video resolution the more power the tablet needs to use to display them, so not only are 4k video are huge, they use a lot of battery life to play.
John.
It's just to see if the device can actually play 4k, and to see if hardware encoding even makes a difference.
Given that 4k will be more prevalent in the future, it's just testing to see if it will be able to handle the larger bitrates/files.
Most of my 4k clips are only about 2-4 minutes in length.
I wish my 10.5" could play in hardware the new h.265 format, as the video files can be up to half the size of the current h.264 version for the same quality, but it cannot, so it will have to be played back in software mode, oh well you cannot have everything, maybe it will take a while for H.265 to catch on.
John.
Yes. Freezing temporarily. I can not believe that no solution. Note 3 has same cpu, I look its forum but nothing found.