Hi
I am about to buy an optimus 2x, but before that i have to know once and for all-
does 720p mkv work with dice player/mxplayer with hardware decoding at least decently?
i sold my i9000 to replace it, how are the video capabilities of the 2X if you compare it to the i9000?
i'd appreciate a fast answer- the deal is supposed to be done tomorrow
thanks
The o2x can only hardware-decode a very limited number of 720p videos (some tv shows you "find" on the internet works, other do not, most movies lag), however with software decoding (for example with mx player) it can play another bunch of videos, still not all though. Do not buy this phone for it's video playback capabilities.
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ergoen said:
The o2x can only hardware-decode a very limited number of 720p videos (some tv shows you "find" on the internet works, other do not, most movies lag), however with software decoding (for example with mx player) it can play another bunch of videos, still not all though. Do not buy this phone for it's video playback capabilities.
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Really?
Haven't had a problem yet.
720p with dolby digital (software audio decode mode), DTS (software decode mode).
MP4 with CABAC and 3+ ref frames, shouldn't be possible but it works fine and in hardware too.
HDMI output is clean and has no issues, even with 25ft cables.
Maybe I'm lucky, maybe ergoen wasn't...
I really haven't found a movie that I can't play, I even stream them from my PC/router by mounting the drives in cifs manager and playing them in either mx player or quick pic player.
640x480= 480p
Screen Res= 800x480
SD space=limited
Hardware mode seems to get better battery life,software decoding a 720p movie used around 95% battery over 2 hours with airplane mode on
Hardware decoding a 480p TV show used 25% in 50 minutes, airplane mode on.
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I've been trying to get some videos to work on it.
highest resolution video is 960x540.
Anything higher, even 720p, it will say, "we cannot play this video".
This is a huge disappointment. doesn't the hardware itself boast 1080p playback? So why this limitation?
It looks like the only way is to root it.
Yes, it can play 1080p w/o problem, in fact many of us even STREAM 1080p video off from a PC/NAS w/o problem. Most likely the culprit is the player/codec. I prefer and many have agree that BSplayer is probably so far the best video player on android.
someone0 said:
Yes, it can play 1080p w/o problem, in fact many of us even STREAM 1080p video off from a PC/NAS w/o problem. Most likely the culprit is the player/codec. I prefer and many have agree that BSplayer is probably so far the best video player on android.
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I have found the culprit.
It turns out the nook is very sensitive to audio input.
Basically, it needs stereo AAC. Cannot take 5.1 anything. Cannot take MP3 either. Needs to be AAC.
instead of handbrake, you can just use avidmux to passthrough the video input and transcode the audio to stereo AAC. Even for MKV files.
Ithink 5.1 is fine. I never dowmgrade audio from 5.1 to stereo anyway.
Just got the HTC One today and so far everything has been going well with the exception of video streaming. Whether it be from YouTube or Netflix, I can't seem to buffer my videos up to a HQ/HD quality. I compared this with an iPhone 5 at the same time and that played videos perfectly.
Anyone know what the problem could be or if there are any settings I can tinker with?
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2 Issues (are others seeing these problems?):
1) Twice now I've tried to play two rather popular shows the day after initial showing (Castle and Walking Dead) during "prime time" (around 8pm est) and they wouldn't load the most recent episode. It would act like it's casting, the episode would flash up on the tv, and then it would go back to the play movies and tv casting screen on both the tv and my phone. Meanwhile, older episodes and purchased movies streamed fine. I"m wondering if it's some kind of server overload or something.
One more thing to note, the episodes played fine directly on my phone
2) When playing video on Play Movies and TV I seem to get these little jumps in the stream. Not buffering, maybe better described as frame rate lags or a dropped frame or something. Nothing crazy noticeable but annoying none the less. I don't see this on Netflix. Anyone else see anything like this? Is it my connection or what? Any thoughts on the matter?
Regardless of my issues, here's hoping this thing takes off!
Unfortunately the jumpy video is a symptom of the poor performance of Google's tab-casting code. It requires your computer to do the transcoding of the stream in real time with very little buffering, and Google's "beta" code just isn't up to the task on any but the very fastest computers. Plex does a far better job transcoding the same streams on the same computer.
I was referring to casting from my phone as the device was intended, not a tab cast. Unfortunately I have found that my laptop cannot handle casting as it's too old . But thank you for the reply
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I've only been using the Chromecast for a day, but it seems the audio and video are getting out of sync after a while and the only way to get it back is to reboot it.
apastuszak said:
I've only been using the Chromecast for a day, but it seems the audio and video are getting out of sync after a while and the only way to get it back is to reboot it.
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What application are you playing from?
bhiga said:
What application are you playing from?
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YouTube and Netflix.
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YouTube and Netflix.
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That's odd. If you play the same links on a computer, tablet or phone, does the audio stay in-sync?
Does it happen on all videos, or just certain ones or certain types?
Note that A/V sync drift can come from various sources:
In the source - this drift is actually present in the source. If you start playback, pause, then resume, it will still be out of sync, and will be out of sync by the same amount (unless introduced drift is also occurring). Jumping forward/back will also have things out of sync, though the amount might vary depending on the other factors below.
Encoding - since YouTube and other streaming services usually have to encode the source video to their streaming format, an error in the encoding can cause sync drift. Essentially it's the same problem as "In the source" except viewing the original source won't show the drift, because only the encoded versions have it. It's not an error per-se, but often times streaming encoding will not re-sync A/V mid-stream very often, which can lead to things being out of sync if you jump forward/back in the content rather than playing it all the way straight-through.
Introduced during playback - this drift is introduced by the playback or streaming, usually by the player, sometimes caused by audio resampling or other processing. In these cases the audio will start in sync then gradually fall out of sync as playback progresses. Pausing and resuming (not jumping forward/back) will usually re-sync the audio again, then it will gradually fall out of sync as playback continues.
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That's odd. If you play the same links on a computer, tablet or phone, does the audio stay in-sync?
Does it happen on all videos, or just certain ones or certain types?
Note that A/V sync drift can come from various sources:
In the source - this drift is actually present in the source. If you start playback, pause, then resume, it will still be out of sync, and will be out of sync by the same amount (unless introduced drift is also occurring). Jumping forward/back will also have things out of sync, though the amount might vary depending on the other factors below.
Encoding - since YouTube and other streaming services usually have to encode the source video to their streaming format, an error in the encoding can cause sync drift. Essentially it's the same problem as "In the source" except viewing the original source won't show the drift, because only the encoded versions have it. It's not an error per-se, but often times streaming encoding will not re-sync A/V mid-stream very often, which can lead to things being out of sync if you jump forward/back in the content rather than playing it all the way straight-through.
Introduced during playback - this drift is introduced by the playback or streaming, usually by the player, sometimes caused by audio resampling or other processing. In these cases the audio will start in sync then gradually fall out of sync as playback progresses. Pausing and resuming (not jumping forward/back) will usually re-sync the audio again, then it will gradually fall out of sync as playback continues.
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The original source is in sync on the source and on my Roku and TiVo. If I reboot the Chromecast, the video and audio are in sync. It seems after you watch it for a while, the audio and video drift slightly out of sync. Switching between sources (YouTube vs Netflix) or stopping and starting the video does not bring it back into sync. Only a reboot corrects the issue.
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The original source is in sync on the source and on my Roku and TiVo. If I reboot the Chromecast, the video and audio are in sync. It seems after you watch it for a while, the audio and video drift slightly out of sync. Switching between sources (YouTube vs Netflix) or stopping and starting the video does not bring it back into sync. Only a reboot corrects the issue.
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Interesting. Definitely sounds like it's something to do with Chromecast's decoding.
You aren't using any sort of audio breakout or external stereo, are you?
Also, what firmware build is your Chromecast on? (Check the Chromecast app)
bhiga said:
Interesting. Definitely sounds like it's something to do with Chromecast's decoding.
You aren't using any sort of audio breakout or external stereo, are you?
Also, what firmware build is your Chromecast on? (Check the Chromecast app)
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I am on 14651.
In my setup the TV outputs to a stereo via toslink. My TV is rather old, I bought it in 2008. But it works great and has HDMI, so there's no need to upgrade.
apastuszak said:
I am on 14651.
In my setup the TV outputs to a stereo via toslink. My TV is rather old, I bought it in 2008. But it works great and has HDMI, so there's no need to upgrade.
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I have a TV of near the same vintage, just before Sony started supporting video over DLNA.
The only other troubleshooting step I can think of it to see if there's a difference between using the TV speakers and your external. I doubt there will be a difference, but there's a tiny possibility that perhaps there are too many samples being output somewhere, which would introduce increasing drift.
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I have a TV of near the same vintage, just before Sony started supporting video over DLNA.
The only other troubleshooting step I can think of it to see if there's a difference between using the TV speakers and your external. I doubt there will be a difference, but there's a tiny possibility that perhaps there are too many samples being output somewhere, which would introduce increasing drift.
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That's my next try.
I really like the Chromecast. Once is does Plex, the Roku may be up on eBay.
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That's my next try.
I really like the Chromecast. Once is does Plex, the Roku may be up on eBay.
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I love my Chromecast too, but until it gets WatchESPN, I still have a need for the Roku..lol
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I've only been using the Chromecast for a day, but it seems the audio and video are getting out of sync after a while and the only way to get it back is to reboot it.
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After updating to 14651 I met the same problem with you. But after a factory reset it works well now. I suggest you to do a factory reset and maybe it will work find like mine.
OOS can happen on the decoding side usually when the Video is at too high a bitrate for the device to handle....
The Audio takes nothing to decode but the higher the bitrate the longer it takes to decode and display the video.
Therefore the Audio comes ON TIME but the video gets delayed leaving you out of sync.
Does the audio PRECEDE the Video? (this is the most common form of OOS you see on the backend)
It usually only happens on the Encoding side when the Audio and Video take two different paths to the encoder.
Thats about the only time you might see Audio delayed compared to Video.
It is possible that the decoding device can get lost or face some memory condition that would cause this but usually it's because it attempted to decode some high Bitrate video in the first place.