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[Q] Can VLC be ported to SGS?

Hi Guys & gals.
Since VLC player has already been ported to iPhone 4, & the sources available for anyone to comile it for any other platform of his/her choice, what's stopping someone from porting it?
Advantages:
- dont bother about conversion, can play all.
- many others that are not apperent to me as of now .
The source code page - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html
I know this thread doesn't belong in this forum, will be tossed to the appropriate one at appropriate time by appropriate people & I welcome it.

i still prefer mVideoPlayer

yeah, advantage "dont bother about conversion" is kinds pontless - we already can play everything.

would be cool if we could watch divx-streams

Thank you all for answering, but if its on iPhone 4 why not on my SGS?

ragin said:
Thank you all for answering, but if its on iPhone 4 why not on my SGS?
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same thing applies: we have something like mvideoplayer on SGS, why not on iPhone?

VLC uses software decoding/rendering to display movies. This sucks. Bad.
mVideoPlayer uses the on device codecs, which use the on device GPU to decode/render movies. This is way, way better.
So yeah, VLC can be ported, but I doubt anybody will put in the kind of insane work required when mVideoPlayer is available - with mVideoPlayer on an SGS being the best (by far) video solution for any mobile device available.

+1 for this

RyanZA said:
VLC uses software decoding/rendering to display movies. This sucks. Bad.
mVideoPlayer uses the on device codecs, which use the on device GPU to decode/render movies. This is way, way better.
So yeah, VLC can be ported, but I doubt anybody will put in the kind of insane work required when mVideoPlayer is available - with mVideoPlayer on an SGS being the best (by far) video solution for any mobile device available.
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Thanks for the info. Just because VLC has been my fav player on my laptop, so this question.
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ragin said:
Thanks for the info. Just because VLC has been my fav player on my laptop, so this question.
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To be honest vlc suks big time even on windows. You can download many-many players that look better, work faster, have more options, play same amount of file types and do it faster.

Window media player classic is a good one. Search for CCCP on Google. I only use VLC for region locked DVDs.

VPlayer is good enough?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/vplayer-alpha/me.abitno.vplayer
(unless you actually want the orange cone etc.)

+1 for Media Player Classic
The best one i've come across so far.

Thread moved to Q&A.

You can go to the VLC forum and see that they are working on it.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=47310&start=20

+1 for VLC.
mVideoPlayer does NOT play all formats, like .rm (Real Media Codec) which VLC does.

dupel said:
To be honest vlc suks big time even on windows. You can download many-many players that look better, work faster, have more options, play same amount of file types and do it faster.
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Such as...?
/I don't want it on my Galaxy S since it won't be h/w accelerated, but I think it's a damn good cross-platform player

Yes. Such as? I don't know of a better video player on windows than VLC. Please enlighten us all of one that is better.

galaxyms said:
Yes. Such as? I don't know of a better video player on windows than VLC. Please enlighten us all of one that is better.
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Depends on your criteria. I personally prefer Media Player Classic Home Cinema with ffdshow.

XBMC Running on the Nexus 7

pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw

radiohead7778580 said:
pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw
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Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?

yeah... not just music but hd video in all sorts for formats

cg.voabc said:
Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?
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Yes, only if your computer is running XBMC at the time and yo have UPNP sharing turned on.
However, you don't need the XBMC program on your tablet to stream music or videos from your XBMC library on your PC; You can use UPNPbubble from the Play store to access the shared library and MX Player (or any other player) to play them.

i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy

radiohead7778580 said:
i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy
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Hopefully we get Teg3 support on XBMC when it hits beta. There is definitely not going to be Teg2 (h/w decode drivers) for XBMC Android, but theres a chance we could see Teg3 fully supported. :>

That is fantastic! Can't wait to try it.
They really need to work on a touch friendly skin for xbmc though, I can see him struggling to hit list items.

theres two skins cooked in to the (precompiled apk) download build, confluence and a touch friendly theme for smaller screens

LonelyTV said:
Yes, only if your computer is running XBMC at the time and yo have UPNP sharing turned on.
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Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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DarkEnd said:
Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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Confirmed as true. I am using Xbox only nexus and able to connect to b share on my NAS drive.
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Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.

BiggerH said:
Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.
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I installed the APK from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772433
It struggles with 720p MKVs right now, but I don't think it's optimised for the Tegra 3 chipset yet.

yup, it's software only decode for now.
even so, it's still a very awesome build for a pre-alpha :>

Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC

Danwms said:
Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC
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http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/download/
Under sports addons
Sent from my Nexus 7

Anyone manage to play HD flawless?

killbox said:
Anyone manage to play HD flawless?
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There's no HW decode for Tegra3 NEON yet..

i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?

yup, that is kind of the best bit of xbmc, means you can store your movies on a central server and access them on multiple devices throughout your house. Mind you the awesome plugins that stream from external sources is a very close second.

YoungAceAtlanta said:
i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?
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I use XBMC as my main media centre in my house, usually I use androids and iphones as the remote controls for my TV with XBMC running on it, this way is a bit around the wrong way but I can see it being awesome for things like the nexus Q and TV's with embedded android who can suddenly grow full featured media centres

itunes & nexus 7?????

I know i know ....i have some movies on my mac that i would like to put over to my nexus 7 is there an easy way of doing this?

Drag and drop. Doesn't get any easier than that.

**** that malware. Drag and drop FTMFW!
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_MetalHead_ said:
Drag and drop. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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when i find the movies in the files i drag it over but the 7 won't play the file :dunno:

prophet of doom said:
when i find the movies in the files i drag it over but the 7 won't play the file :dunno:
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What format are the movies? And did you download them from iTunes? It's possible that a.) they are an unsupported format, which depending on the format a 3rd party video player might be able to play them and/or b.)they have drm and can only be played by iTunes or an iTunes device like an iPad or Apple TV

_MetalHead_ said:
What format are the movies? And did you download them from iTunes? It's possible that a.) they are an unsupported format, which depending on the format a 3rd party video player might be able to play them and/or b.)they have drm and can only be played by iTunes or an iTunes device like an iPad or Apple TV
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.m4v format .... i downloaded them into iTunes from some blu rays that had the digital copy with them...i haven't put the movies on any tablet or phone but they play fine on the computer

prophet of doom said:
.m4v format .... i downloaded them into iTunes from some blu rays that had the digital copy with them...i haven't put the movies on any tablet or phone but they play fine on the computer
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Yeah, .m4v is not a supported format. There is an app on the Play Store called VPlayer that says it can play .m4v. Give it a try.

try mxplayer, it played everything i have so far, buttery smooth too.

_MetalHead_ said:
Yeah, .m4v is not a supported format. There is an app on the Play Store called VPlayer that says it can play .m4v. Give it a try.
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VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.

Landara said:
VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.
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I had problems with VLC player last night. I put a TV show, .mkv on it, and it was definitely choppy at times and got color distortion at times.

Those digital copies are usually loaded with DRM.
I mean, totally makes sense to copy protect a copy you're giving to someone who actually paid for the full version.
sassafras

Landara said:
VCL player is in beta for android, so far it's 100% for me. You won't find it on the play store, but here's a link.
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Does this VLC link work for people? I got it installed, and it comes up, prompts me that it's beta and may cause my kittens to die a premature death, and then within 2 or 3 seconds promptly crashes/closes. I've tried several times and same result. Anyone got a fix?

Mutnat said:
Does this VLC link work for people? I got it installed, and it comes up, prompts me that it's beta and may cause my kittens to die a premature death, and then within 2 or 3 seconds promptly crashes/closes. I've tried several times and same result. Anyone got a fix?
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VLC beta (more like alpha) doesn't work well for me at all either. I've had the best results with MX Player.

hhwong said:
try mxplayer, it played everything i have so far, buttery smooth too.
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No go on that.....I've tried all the players for some reason its not working

I'm pretty sure it's because of DRM issues.

All the movies I backup on my MacBook are in .m4v format... I just change the file extension to .mp4 and all is good for playing on my phone and Windows pc's. If that doesn't work then it has to be DRM issues.
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For Christ's sake YouTube...

Why is the note 4 the only quad HD device that doesn't support max YouTube resolution. 720p is all I'm seeing even in the latest update.
Yes I have wiped data and cache, yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the play store and apkmirror sideload.. And no I don't want to edit my build prop.
I don't have this issue on the LG g3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5.
Is this ever going to be resolved and who the hell do you have to contact about this?
I'm not looking for 1440p.. But 1080 would be nice. There is a huge difference between 720p and 1080p imo. If you think otherwise you need an eye exam[emoji1]
/rant over

FormeriPhoney said:
Why is the note 4 the only quad HD device that doesn't support max YouTube resolution. 720p is all I'm seeing even in the latest update.
Yes I have wiped data and cache, yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the play store and apkmirror sideload.. And no I don't want to edit my build prop.
I don't have this issue on the LG g3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5.
Is this ever going to be resolved and who the hell do you have to contact about this?
I'm not looking for 1440p.. But 1080 would be nice. There is a huge difference between 720p and 1080p imo. If you think otherwise you need an eye exam[emoji1]
/rant over
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You contact nobody.
There's absolutely nothing you can do unless you modify the build prop at this point.
You think we want to modify the build prop to get what should be official/stock? The answer is no, we don't.
But if you want YouTube to run 1440p, this is what you must do. No other way around it unless they update YouTube through the store for our device's support.
I've used this way here, and it worked for me.
If you know how to use xposed framework, you can do this...
Follow the steps exactly as they are written...
(Instructions in picture attachment).
Sent from a potato.

Lol
BAD ASS NOTE 4

Why... because Note is Google Nexus' most formidable competitor... that and because they can. I would send a letter to youtube, directing your question towards them. I'd be interested to hear how they respond. In second thought, maybe we should all write them letters.

Bruce lee roy said:
Why... because Note is Google Nexus' most formidable competitor... that and because they can. I would send a letter to youtube, directing your question towards them. I'd be interested to hear how they respond. In second thought, maybe we should all write them letters.
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True... Limiting to 1080p kinda sucks but 720p is a slap in the face

you could always call them; I doubt they will care though.
1 (650) 253-0000

wase4711 said:
you could always call them; I doubt they will care though.
1 (650) 253-0000
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I sent an email.. I'm sure it will be disregarded

believe it or not, they actually answer that phone number, and will respond some way...

Sent an e-mail a month ago. No response. Maybe I will call too. I wholly agree that there should not be hoop jumping for native 1440 or even 1080. Ridiculous!

I agree with you but when the Nexus went 2k, i knew that it only meant that we would get it in time. Its just googles way of saying they are in control and they say when users get that option. For what its worth, even on 1080, you tube stops 1/4 of the way and stops loading for a while. Ive always hated this about youtube and has forced me to go Vevo for music videos.

For me, bandwidth on AT&T here in Honolulu sucks so bad that streaming YouTube above 720p is impossible (in fact I frequently see buffering at 720p in some areas of town) so I really could care less BUT I do think that those of you who have better bandwidth or want to use the device to its fullest potential on WiFi should have the option. If I'm on WiFi chances are I have my Note Pro or Macbook Pro with me so I'll reach for those devices instead and watch at 1080p or higher.
Wasn't long ago that HD quality video was new to YouTube so surely in time things will continue to improve.

FormeriPhoney said:
Why is the note 4 the only quad HD device that doesn't support max YouTube resolution. 720p is all I'm seeing even in the latest update.
Yes I have wiped data and cache, yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the play store and apkmirror sideload.. And no I don't want to edit my build prop.
I don't have this issue on the LG g3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5.
Is this ever going to be resolved and who the hell do you have to contact about this?
I'm not looking for 1440p.. But 1080 would be nice. There is a huge difference between 720p and 1080p imo. If you think otherwise you need an eye exam[emoji1]
/rant over
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devynbf said:
You contact nobody.
There's absolutely nothing you can do unless you modify the build prop at this point.
You think we want to modify the build prop to get what should be official/stock? The answer is no, we don't.
But if you want YouTube to run 1440p, this is what you must do. No other way around it unless they update YouTube through the store for our device's support.
I've used this way here, and it worked for me.
If you know how to use xposed framework, you can do this...
Follow the steps exactly as they are written...
(Instructions in picture attachment).
Sent from a potato.
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I don't know you guys but I fixed it for my friends' Note 4 and LG G3, also for my Galaxy Tab S and my S5 and all of them had the issue for the last month and the instructions once worked stopped working about 1 month ago.
Follow the instructions on this link and it should work.
Forget about the Root part (Steps 2 & 3), I did it skipping all the root related stuff, and it has worked on ALL the devices that I've been trying for the past month and hadn't worked. All of them now have the 1440p option except the S5 that it gets up to 1080p.
The only one so far that didn't work was a Sony Xperia Z3, but I just sold it yesterday anyway.

erasat said:
I don't know you guys but I fixed it for my friends' Note 4 and LG G3, also for my Galaxy Tab S and my S5 and all of them had the issue for the last month and the instructions once worked stopped working about 1 month ago.
Follow the instructions on this link and it should work.
Forget about the Root part (Steps 2 & 3), I did it skipping all the root related stuff, and it has worked on ALL the devices that I've been trying for the past month and hadn't worked. All of them now have the 1440p option except the S5 that it gets up to 1080p.
The only one so far that didn't work was a Sony Xperia Z3, but I just sold it yesterday anyway.
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Thanks but still didn't work for me

FormeriPhoney said:
Thanks but still didn't work for me
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Really? I don't know what to tell you, like I mentioned before, it worked for all the Samsung devices I tried plus the LG G3.
Only thing I forgot to mention was that after step 4, where it tells you to go to Play Store to update, before going to the store I opened YouTube first and entered the credentials then I went to the store and followed the rest of the instructions exactly as they appear.
Try it again and see if that helps.

Just an update.
Today I read that there was a new Youtube version, the one that finally has Material Design, so I went ahead and downloaded from here , installed it and I still have the 1440p option in my Galaxy Tab S and 1080p in my Galaxy S5. I'm waiting for my Note 4 to arrive today, first think I will do after setting it up is to do this procedure, if it works I'll let you all know, but I don't doubt it will work as I did the same to my friend's T-Mobile Note 4 and it worked as the first try as I have mentioned already.

This has worked for my non rooted device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2964677

Bruce lee roy said:
This has worked for my non rooted device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2964677
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Well, those steps worked fine on my tab s 10.5.
Rooted running cm11 latest gapps.

Awesome. Super easy fix. Did it today. Just change build prop android version to 5.0 and then Uninstalled the youtube app. Then installed youtube version 6.0 (material themed) and BAM. 1440p option is there. I'm rooted on Dynamic Cat 3.0

marcdman4000 said:
Awesome. Super easy fix. Did it today. Just change build prop android version to 5.0 and then Uninstalled the youtube app. Then installed youtube version 6.0 (material themed) and BAM. 1440p option is there. I'm rooted on Dynamic Cat 3.0
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I know but I think that breaks a few apps.

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I know but I think that breaks a few apps.
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Only ones not comparable with 5.0

Auto Awesome Movies? (Supported on Note 4)

Has anyone figured out how to enable auto awesome movie creation on this device yet?
I used to use it on the Note3 and on a particular ROM for my Note 2 it worked, but the Note 4 dies not support it.
Official Google site for supported devices:
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6027520?hl=en
Is there a way to trick the Google+ Photos app into thinking my Note 4 is a Note 3?
Or is there another work around to get this feature to work?
It is probably to coolest thing the Photos app can do and a bit disappointing the Note 4 can't do it.
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ShrekOpher said:
Has anyone figured out how to enable auto awesome movie creation on this device yet?
I used to use it on the Note3 and on a particular ROM for my Note 2 it worked, but the Note 4 dies not support it.
Official Google site for supported devices:
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/6027520?hl=en
Is there a way to trick the Google+ Photos app into thinking my Note 4 is a Note 3?
Or is there another work around to get this feature to work?
It is probably to coolest thing the Photos app can do and a bit disappointing the Note 4 can't do it.
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You could try changing the device ? in the build.prop file. But be sure to make a backup of that file and possibly a backup of your rom. Just in case something goes wrong.

My suggestion exactly, if you edit the build.prop to register your device as a note 2 or note 3, I can't imagine why it wouldn't work?
BUT REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOUR EXISTING BUILD.PROP FIRST

I modified the build prop and for the feature to show. It's pretty cool, but for some reason I couldn't get the movies to save. Makes me think it's still not working correctly even though I tricked it into appearing.
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Wow, I wonder what could possibly be different?

Can you tell me what ROM does Auto Awesome Movies work on the Note 2? I been looking to get this feature on my phone and was very disappointed it wasn't there.

Why wouldn't it work on the Note 4? It uses any similar pics taken, such as burst mode and makes it into a animated pic. It would be done in Google+ and not your phone.

gooney said:
Can you tell me what ROM does Auto Awesome Movies work on the Note 2? I been looking to get this feature on my phone and was very disappointed it wasn't there.
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CM 12 or any complete stock tw ROM. It's listed on the supported devices list.
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madmike23 said:
Why wouldn't it work on the Note 4? It uses any similar pics taken, such as burst mode and makes it into a animated pic. It would be done in Google+ and not your phone.
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Yeah for some reason Google had the feature turned off on a bunch of new devices. Was going someone would know a work around.
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I have flash stock rom 4.3 on the Note 2 and do not see it. The only options I see are for motion and mix. FYI, I have a T889 (T-Mobile), does that matter?
The Note 3 is listed on the supported device list, but I do not see the Note 2 on that list. I have previously flashed the i317 4.4.2 EZKAT rom but did not see it.
Will download CM12 and see if it is the option pops up.
Thank you.

I shoot with my phone and a couple other digital cameras. As long as you upload to Google+ or Picasa, its Google+ that renders all the stuff and will notify you when they do it. Then you can view them on whatever device you have. It's not always instant, you have no control of when or what will be done. I give it a couple days. I use the Stories a lot for events.

Fail - I couldn't get auto awesome movies on the Note 2 SGH-
t889.
Please let me know what note 2 rom you are on. Did you have to modify the build.prop, and if so which fields?. Thank you so much for you help..

So if you go and check the supported devices list...Note 4 isn't listed. Seems like an oversight. A lot of newer phones isn't. I can do Motion and Mix AutoAwesome from the device but not videos...I wonder why. I've posted to every social media I can to see if I could get an answer out of them.

I found the solution to enable making movie feature in google photos, but you will need to have your phone rooted.
You need to edit build.prop file in /system folder in root and find and edit as following:
(be sure to backup your build.prop file first)
ro.product.brand=google
ro.product.name=shamu
ro.product.manufacturer=Google
o.build.product=shamu
ro.product.model=Nexus 6
ro.product.device=shamu
ro.cm.device=shamu
Save the file and do a reboot and then try selecting multiple photos and click on the plus button on top, it will now show an option to make a movie, if still it does not show, reboot again it will show up.

Thank you for this.
I tried changing build.prop file after rooting my Galaxy S3, but still when I open Google Photos there is no option to create a movie.
When I'm checking About device in Settings it now shows:
Model number: Nexus 6
Android version 4.3
I wonder what wrong I'm doing. Someone else found a way to have it working?