Is there any way to improve the video playback quality?
I'm a heavy user of Voddler (a swedish Netflix) and Plex (video streaming from computer). When I watch the movies I have a little problem with the quality. Small blocks appear on the screen during playback. Is there anyway to make them disapear?
Or maybe it's just my Wifi connection too slow?
But this also appear when I play videos from the SDcard. These clips are in 720p, but the phone should manage to play them better, right?
Hope you can help me!
Best Regards
Jimmy
Try MX Player to play videos. and of course WiFi bandwidth matters for Quality video playback.
Those spot depends upon the bandwidth you are using and stored videos depends upon the bitrate which used to decode the video. Try to use more than 3mbps bitrate videos and higher bandwidth for streaming.. You won't see blocks in these setup.
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So I've done pretty thorough research into the ins and outs of the video problems with the tilt(kaiser). I get that the inadequate drivers slow everything down (the time it takes for my tilt to go from portrait to landscape is ridiculous). But I have an question that I can't seem to find an answer to:
The videos rendered using youtube, or really streamed from any website, do not suffer from any kind of lag, buffering (unless I'm out of range), or any other ill effects. The clearest and sharpest videos I get are from online streaming. Why is that?!? Whereas videos I upload from my laptop, or especially videos I record on the phone are completely, absolutely, so awfully unwatchable!
Is it just a matter of video size and quality? If i reduce the video recording resolution would that help? (the answer is no, i've tried).
More importantly, is there a way to replicate the streaming videos a la youtube with the videos uploaded or recorded on the phone?!
While I don't have any hard facts to prove it. I belive the issue lies in the resolution and audio quality of the youtube videos. I Watch youtube on my phone with no problems. but the quality is Vastly lower than the videos I upload from my laptop. If you reduce the quality of the videos you upload you'll notice a similar speed boost. but you'll be reducing the quality quite a bit.
At least thats my experience. I notice a better playback when I reduce audio and video quality of my files. But considering I need subtitles for what I watch. Quality reduction isn't an option for me.
What programs are you using to play each of these? Also, streaming videos will almost always be a lower resolution thatn files from your computer. A streaming file can have a large enough resolution that it looks very sharp on your 320x240 screen, but not sharp on a desktop monitor. Now, the file that looks good on your desktop monitor at a resolution of 512x348 or so, requires a lot more CPU to render, thus looking like poop.
It makes sense that youtube etc videos are of lower resolution and everything. But I would honestly take the lower resolution if I could have not-jumpy streaming of the videos i record. Is it possible to tweak my cam in some way to make that happen? I've tried setting it to the lowest resolution but that doesn't work. Any other thoughts on this?
while resolution is important matter ...
stored medias can have different bit rates (kbps) this applied to both streams and stored/recorded media...etc and don't confused this "KBPS" with the rate of internet speed ... 2 different things ... too high a rate will choke your device
select one stored media and choose properties ... click on the summary tab ...check it and see !!
you can have 2 videos with the same resolution ( X by Y ) ... but concentrate on bit rates ( kbps ) as well as frame/sec ( fps )
out of the 3 above ... resolution is the least important ... as our device is QVGA ( 240x320 ) ... if your media is higher res ... it will shrink to fit ... likewise, if it's lower res. ...it will stretch to fit ..etc
ie ... try playing a 640 x 480 video on a modern desktop monitor ( which is averaging 1280 x 800 ) ... and it will still play fine ... but stretched ....therefore, that is the LEAST of your problem
High quality videos wont play anymore on my cdma htc hero. They used to work fine and very snappy at that. But now all i can see is usually a thumbnail or one or two frames and audio. This is for both youtube videos and normal videos that are stored on my phone.
Any help would be awesome.
thanks,
collin
It's a hit or miss. Some videos on YouTube actually have their file encoded at 480x270. While others do not. Those files we can't play.
Yeah the Youtube app only has 2 modes, "standard" and "high quality." Standard can be 240p or 360p. Unfortunately "high quality" includes 480p, 720p, and 1080p. Our Hero is not capable of playing video at 720p or higher And it's not just in Youtube, the same thing happens if you try playing a video file from the SD card.
So if the video is only available in 480p at the highest, it will be fine in high quality.
For example YouTube video (This one for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61FPSXnTLc ) has 1080p 720p 480p.....
I know on my laptop I could barely stream 720p smooth, let alone 1080p, but most of the time I am at 480p. For some reason the Youtube on automatic default to the 480p or lower, even though I could play with 720p with minimal hiccup.
So when I cast to Chromecast, it is always smooth (so I pretty much know that it is pulling the 720p stream or lower). Is there a way to know which stream it is pulling?
I could always force it to play the 1080p stream by feeding it the direct URL to http://googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ but I want to know what it is pulling naturally.
GreenDroidX said:
For example YouTube video (This one for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61FPSXnTLc ) has 1080p 720p 480p.....
I know on my laptop I could barely stream 720p smooth, let alone 1080p, but most of the time I am at 480p. For some reason the Youtube on automatic default to the 480p or lower, even though I could play with 720p with minimal hiccup.
So when I cast to Chromecast, it is always smooth (so I pretty much know that it is pulling the 720p stream or lower). Is there a way to know which stream it is pulling?
I could always force it to play the 1080p stream by feeding it the direct URL to http://googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ but I want to know what it is pulling naturally.
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Its probably just like the Android app. It'll pull what it is being allowed to pull down due to the bandwidth.
The reason you and I and most people have YouTube issues is the load to those servers is high. Hence why at 5pm streaming YouTube at anything but LQ is pointless.
Google subverted this issue by not actually directing Chromecast to the YouTube servers but instead to another far less congested one. Makes sense to provide the best user experience.
So yes you will get better quality on the Chromecast then any other device using your network.
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How can i know what quality is my video streaming?
like youtube videos, i think they are all 720p (i cant check it anywhere). But i have 40Mbit wireless internet connection so i think its enought to stream 1080p. How can i check what quality did i streaming? (not only youtube but plex and any other video streams)
thanks
Yea, saw that also on YouTube. Definitely not 1080 although no means to check..
castaway1 said:
How can i know what quality is my video streaming?
like youtube videos, i think they are all 720p (i cant check it anywhere). But i have 40Mbit wireless internet connection so i think its enought to stream 1080p. How can i check what quality did i streaming? (not only youtube but plex and any other video streams)
thanks
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Most likely it's 720p(it was discussed many times before)-
720p extreme quality is also limitation of Google Cast 14.123.1.4 for Chrome
720p extreme quality setting = Video bitrate 4000-5000 + Audio bitrate 128
720p high quality setting = Video bitrate 2000-2500 + Audio bitrate 128
480p standard quality setting = Video bitrate 750-1500 + Audio bitrate 128
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Most likely it's 720p(it was discussed many times before)-
720p extreme quality is also limitation of Google Cast 14.123.1.4 for Chrome
720p extreme quality setting = Video bitrate 4000-5000 + Audio bitrate 128
720p high quality setting = Video bitrate 2000-2500 + Audio bitrate 128
480p standard quality setting = Video bitrate 750-1500 + Audio bitrate 128
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thats only in chrome browser tab stream or im wrong? did chromecast can stream 1080p then? like fullHD movie.
castaway1 said:
thats only in chrome browser tab stream or im wrong? did chromecast can stream 1080p then? like fullHD movie.
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You got me there.
Specs says 1080p:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3046409?hl=en
FAQ says 1080p:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3265953?hl=en&ref_topic=3210038
Casting a tab from Chrome is limited to 720p but some casting apps can do 1080p.
r00t4rd3d said:
Casting a tab from Chrome is limited to 720p but some casting apps can do 1080p.
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Correct.
Tab casting is limited because of the fact that it's doing real-time compression of the screen. For the gamers, it's like running FRAPS except you're streaming rather than saving to disk.
castaway1 said:
How can i know what quality is my video streaming?
like youtube videos, i think they are all 720p (i cant check it anywhere). But i have 40Mbit wireless internet connection so i think its enought to stream 1080p. How can i check what quality did i streaming? (not only youtube but plex and any other video streams)
thanks
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Is your TV set to tell you your resolution? I.e. My Samsung will say 1920x1080 or 1280x720. Don't do much tab casting so I gotta say I've been pretty pleased that the Chromecast seems to always be pumping out 1080p and my receiver on Netflix stuff always lights up the Dolby Digital+ icon.
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Netflix has example movies that show the current resolution and bitrate. My CC certainly streams 1080p from Netflix @ 5800 kbps
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Anyone facing video playback problem? If I try to play a 720p or higher resolution video, the playback is very choppy as though frame rate has dropped. The play speed also jumps by 2 seconds. This is in VLC player. If I play from the phone original player, same problem but without audio.
I have tried only avi format since that's what I get from torrent.
Am I supposed to do something for a smooth playback or should I dump this beautiful phone?
I had problems woth a LITTLE choppy videos in FHD only. How choppy are those u mention? Unbearable choppy or noticeably choppy? Also, is ur battery mode set on performance (which I think is on default) and are you on the latest software?
Have you tried MX player? I use it and don't have issues with 1080p videos. You can choose how MX decodes the video, HW, HW+, or software. VLC still isn't the greatest on Android.
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I had problems woth a LITTLE choppy videos in FHD only. How choppy are those u mention? Unbearable choppy or noticeably choppy? Also, is ur battery mode set on performance (which I think is on default) and are you on the latest software?
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Yes it is noticeably choppy. And battery has been set to performance. Latest software too. Audio of the video is ac3, i think.
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Have you tried MX player? I use it and don't have issues with 1080p videos. You can choose how MX decodes the video, HW, HW+, or software. VLC still isn't the greatest on Android.
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Yes, I did try MX player but it seems to be worse there. The audio is not even supported. At least it did in VLC. AUDiO: 192 CBR AC3 2.0. Can it play xvid and avi well? I mean the phone.
Did you try software decoding?