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Incredibly smooth Hong Kong version of the Hero

HTC just announced the Hero in a press conference in Hong Kong today. Given the support of traditional Chinese interface and an incredibly smooth interface, it is very likely that these demo Heroes are running the future firmware that Slashgear reported would be available for download very soon.
Take a look at the series of videos below (they are not taken by me, I didn't attend the event):
Look at how smooth it is when scrolling through the contacts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABaEfQNqL0
Browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eoTT74obss
Smoothly moving between different home screens, no lag at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcwbBjEsyxg
Some more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsPVXJyLtA
Hero will be on sale in Hong Kong in early September. More or less coincide with the reported timing of the availability of the firmware update(s).
Update:
According to this website
http://www.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/?prod_id=3402&tid=29166
the camera app now supports iPhone 3GS' style Tap to Focus function, and adjustable ISO (up to ISO 800)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXemcWjMYeQ

Does this update improve video because like all HTC devices its crap

Maybe you're not doing it properly. Videos encoded for iPod Touch profiles work perfectly on my Hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcwbBjEsyxg

And it seems they have improved the flash support as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrRmZCuPjuo
BTW when is this coming to INDIA!! OMNIA is already launched here!!

Definitely MUCH smoother. If you look at how fast the Messages and Mail widgets refresh, you'd see that this firmware works a lot smoother and faster. That said, it does leave me wondering if it will suffer from a slowdown after a day of usage.

karan323 said:
And it seems they have improved the flash support as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrRmZCuPjuo
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That video was dated August 12 and the interface was in English, it was NOT running the Hong Kong version of the Hero.
BTW, double clicking the flash element on a website to enable full screen flash typically speed up flash performance a lot, because it enable the phone to ignore other parts of the website.

Are you saying that the HK version of Hero does not have English? I find that a bit hard to believe

ghoonk said:
Are you saying that the HK version of Hero does not have English? I find that a bit hard to believe
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It has. But all the Heroes in that press event were set to the Chinese interface (if you want to waste your time saying that someone switched it back to English, go ahead). The date of the video shows that it wasn't the HK version (if you want to argue that that could be a leaked version, go ahead).

So what's the conclusion? The HK firmware is just BLISTERING quick but no idea if Flash is faster?

According to this reviewer who attended the event and talked to people from HTC:
http://www.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/?prod_id=3402&tid=29166
特別一提，HTC Hero 支援 Flash Lite 3.0 ，理論直接支援 YouTube 桌面網站，但其實 Play 上來效果不算理想。HTC 說法是一來 Adobe 給手機的 Flash Lite 3 版本未算最好，二來本來是給予網站的小動畫使用。
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He mentioned that HTC Hero support Flash Lite 3.0, but the performance was not that good when playing youtube video on its desktop website (i.e. not using the youtube app). HTC response was that the version of Flash Lite provided by Adobe for cell phone is not very good, and the flash support is mainly for displaying flash animation on websites.

David Horn said:
Maybe you're not doing it properly. Videos encoded for iPod Touch profiles work perfectly on my Hero.
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cheers for the tip, did a couple of conversions for ipod touch in Xilisoft and the video is indeed excellent now. No stuttering

hmmm... I tried HandBrake and the encoded video using the iPhone/iPod Touch preset looked great, gave a far smaller file than I had previously, but still stuttered.
Using the stock 2GB card.

doesnt seem like it really faster than my hero mines scrolls as fast as that one

is there any leak of this firmware, there but be leaks somewhere if they allready have them built on the phones...

Holy crap that is looking smooooooth and faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast. Can't wait to install this onto my Hero.
EDIT: Would have liked to see the software keyboard in action though - one of my biggest gripes is the intermittent keyboard lag/keystroke delay

BTW, the hardware specification of the HK version Hero is the same as the European ones. According to the user manual available on HTC HK website, the product ID is still HERO100 (North America GSM Hero is Hero130, CDMA Hero is HERO200). So once the HK version is released (Sept 1) and someone dumped the ROM it, it can be installed on current Hero without too much problem. Of course it would be much easier if HTC releases the firmware update on the website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK8c9Bs581I here's a clip of how smooth video play back is now. I really hope they improve the format compatability to include avi and wmv.

maybe thats a custom made video meant to be seen by the customers only and make them feel that the video play back is good...anyway if this is actually working under the update then i really wish for it to come tomm. as promised...but promises are meant to be broken! fingers crossed!
BTW aany info when HTC is launching hero in INDIA?? its released in hong kong now..so it shud be coming soon here as well...but no date!

I have to agree with the person that said the smoothness isn't mindblowingly better in that version. My Hero is about as smooth if I wait for the clock animation to finish before starting to swipe back and forth. Same with web browser, depending on web site, of course...
My contact may be a tad more stuttery, but I have photos for many of my contacts and it seems to slightly slow down every time a photo contact comes up...
-JJ

"Flash isn't hardware accelerated"

Just wondering, where does this come from? I've seen this in multiple threads now, but have never seen any official source?

I read this somewhere on a reputable blog can't remember which one. That is why it is still beta apparently.

Adobe hasn't pulled the trigger on tapping into the hardware yet.

semi related question but I don't feel like creating a thread for that : Is Flash included in the FroYo update ? I thought it would but I just installed Paul's pre-rooted FroYo update, and I don't seem to have flash :-/

It is not included. But it is supported. Go to the market and search for it. Then download it.

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Adobe hasn't pulled the trigger on tapping into the hardware yet.
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Can you link where this was posted?
Again, I've heard this so many times now, but I've yet to see where this information is coming from!

I've mostly heard it from interviews with adobe people, and presentations of the beta from months ago.
A quick search brought this first link up.
That might change with the formal launch of Android 2.2, when handset manufacturers use hardware decoding for Flash. In the beta, it's done through software.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=64059
Even on computers, flash isn't tapping into hardware. It's the reason people hate flash. It's a huge resource hog as it calls on too much ram and cpu instead of asking for the graphics side of the computer.

Yup, that's what I read. Beta = software only.

Oh thanks Markdental, got it ^^

JCopernicus said:
I've mostly heard it from interviews with adobe people, and presentations of the beta from months ago.
A quick search brought this first link up.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=64059
Even on computers, flash isn't tapping into hardware. It's the reason people hate flash. It's a huge resource hog as it calls on too much ram and cpu instead of asking for the graphics side of the computer.
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Hmm, not exactly official...
Did Adobe (or Google) ever say it themselves?
OR is there a way for us to determine this ourselves?

Flash has always been based on software, on any platform.
10.1 is supposed to bring relief to computers, phones, laptops and netbooks alike. The beta is still based on software. The end goal of 10.1 is to have it hook into hardware, but that hasn't happened yet.

JCopernicus said:
Flash has always been based on software, on any platform.
10.1 is supposed to bring relief to computers, phones, laptops and netbooks alike. The beta is still based on software. The end goal of 10.1 is to have it hook into hardware, but that hasn't happened yet.
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I think Paul is just looking for some proof that this is the case. Not just more people saying the same thing.

In the release notes (new user, cant link) it says:
H.264 video hardware decoding
Flash Player 10.1 introduces hardware-based H.264 video decoding to deliver smooth, high quality video with minimal overhead across mobile devices and PCs. Using available hardware to decode video offloads tasks from the CPU, improving video playback performance, reducing system resource utilization, and preserving battery life.
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but under Known Issues it says
Flash on Android supports software decoding for all the same H.264 profiles as Flash on the desktop, and uses the hardware decoder for videos using H.264 Baseline Profile and Level <= 3.2.
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which makes me believe that GPU acceleration is in place, but not for that many videos yet.

F-Forward said:
In the release notes (new user, cant link) it says:
but under Known Issues it says
which makes me believe that GPU acceleration is in place, but not for that many videos yet.
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Hmm if so..what sites or video player would be H.264 based?

Markdental said:
I think Paul is just looking for some proof that this is the case. Not just more people saying the same thing.
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Sure I guess, but all that stuff is based on engineers and employees displaying the betas.

Markdental said:
I think Paul is just looking for some proof that this is the case. Not just more people saying the same thing.
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Yes! Exactly.
F-Forward said:
In the release notes (new user, cant link) it says:
but under Known Issues it says
which makes me believe that GPU acceleration is in place, but not for that many videos yet.
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You can always just remove the http://www. part to provide a text link.
Anyway, found it: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Player_10.1_for_Android
As you said "Flash on Android supports software decoding for all the same H.264 profiles as Flash on the desktop, and uses the hardware decoder for videos using H.264 Baseline Profile and Level <= 3.2."
So... Wouldn't that be proof right there that Flash on Android already *DOES* support hardware decoding?

Engadget states that; "according to Adobe, the pre-release beta they have doesn't support hardware acceleration" - unless they are using a different beta, there currently is no hardware acceleration in the version of Flash we are currently using.
http://i.engadget.com/2010/05/20/android-2-2-froyo-beta-hands-on-flash-10-1-wifi-hotspots-an/

There is an official statement from Adobe that the final version will be hardware accelerated using the H.264 codec. This does reqiure websites to update their flash content to support the mobile version... however some sites won't if they already use H.264 for their video encoding in their flash. Games are the big one that will need to be updated and optimized.
I am at work, so can't really search too much for it, I am limited to only a handful of phone websites, with my phone I can find info, but copying over a link is a lot of work.

pjcforpres said:
There is an official statement from Adobe that the final version will be hardware accelerated using the H.264 codec. This does reqiure websites to update their flash content to support the mobile version... however some sites won't if they already use H.264 for their video encoding in their flash. Games are the big one that will need to be updated and optimized.
I am at work, so can't really search too much for it, I am limited to only a handful of phone websites, with my phone I can find info, but copying over a link is a lot of work.
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Any idea which site it was?
And work on a Sunday! Boo. Also, a neat trick: open up the Gmail app, hit compose, paste whatever you want, and save as draft. Boom, now it's in Gmail on your desktop. Great way to transfer data back and forth easily.

Paul22000 said:
Any idea which site it was?
And work on a Sunday! Boo. Also, a neat trick: open up the Gmail app, hit compose, paste whatever you want, and save as draft. Boom, now it's in Gmail on your desktop. Great way to transfer data back and forth easily.
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I can't login to my gmail at work, though. I guess I could post it with my phone, but to be honest a little too lazy.
It was on Adobe's website, and there were a couple news articles about it as well...
http://www.24worldnews.com/adobe-flash-10-1-for-android/14512/
I hope that works for you for now, it should be a news brief of the Adobe announcement.

Nexus S Multi-Codec Video Playback Support just like Galaxy S

DOWNLOAD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052318/
The custom rom supports H.264, MPEG4(DivX, XviD), MPEG2, WMV9, etc. with any containers, and going to be released soon. It is easy to think the playback support is just like Galaxy S.
The rom is made by Real_G, and I'm going to ask the developer to post the rom on here.
OF COURSE, THIS IS H/W DECODING.
**UPDATE #1 **
New introduction videos available, and the custom rom will be released soon

Oh, looking forward to this, finally! One of the few features I was missing...

treUse said:
Oh, looking forward to this, finally! One of the few features I was missing...
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same here it was about time

This is great hopefully the rom will have a language pack
Source
click on
edit
Hopefully real deal and not another software render video player

Great news! looking forward

Reminds me a bit of RockPlayer

wuyanks said:
Reminds me a bit of RockPlayer
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hmmm... no, the rock player is software based
according to the ROM it supposed to be hardware based, like on the SGS

huray
and he is also a fellow one piece watcher

Just in time. I've been thinking of swapping mine for a Galaxy because MP4 playback sucks.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

Moboplayer beta
These features are already available moboplayer beta for nexus S and its fantastic. the app is available in several forums.

rajesh78 said:
These features are already available moboplayer beta for nexus S and its fantastic. the app is available in several forums.
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Yeah but I prefer hardware decoding as do some of the other people in this thread.
Sent from my Nexus S

Where I find this program?

Moboplayer (or anything else) doesn't have audio for most 720p H.264 videos when using hardware encoding.
With software audio works, but video playback is choppy.

I have been anxiously awaiting this, coming from SGS where u could play just about anything without lag. I hope this is made available to those of us who don't use custom roms cause I like to stick to the regular Google releases.
Props to real_g and anyone else who is working on this; greatly appreciated.
markatl84 | T-Mobile |Samsung Nexus S

Tbh i. Dont evan. Use phone as a media player i dont think i ever will tbh but i suppose if i set up media stream i would.
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Waiting multi-media player base Hardware decoder version !!

I updated original post with new introduction videos
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12667470&postcount=1

I noticed in the video it's running CM7, or some variant of CM7? Hopefully it's just a minor update to the ROM.

so when can we download the ROMs?

Whats ETA on this? Looking forward to it.

Want to buy A500 - Whats about Video Compatibility Problems ?

Hi there,
i m not yet a Iconia A500 owner but i m thinking about buying one. i read a lot of tests and iconia seems the right one for me and i think i would be happy with it for this pricelevel.
How ever, ... i read in different tests that this tab would be better if it would playback standard video formats.
What is the meaning with this ... ??
can´t believe that standard formats should not play. i mean there a tons of developers building their roms and in none of them i read about "added video codec pack" or something like that.
Would be fine to get a feedback with your experience about videoplayback on iconia.
One more question: is it possible to get android 2.1/2.2 Roms running on honeycomb 3.0... what i mean: Is the honeycomb system of iconia downwards compatible to "older" install files .apk ?? (Want to install few things what i ve on my android 2.2 phone)
best greets,.. hope you can help me
Psy

Video playback performance depends on the player app you are using. The best video player for the Iconia is the DicePlayer. You can get it from the Android Market for about 5 US-$. This player plays DivX and h.264 MKVs (up to 720p) flawlessly.
Best regards, maris

Not all old .apk's are compatible with Honeycomb. Some of them don't fill the whole screen. In 3.2 it's possible to make them fit but they look ugly.
The apps that doesn't work on Honeycomb are not in the tablet market. But you can try to load them with your phone and put it on the tablet sd card.
Then install it and see if they work, some of them do.
But you will find the most important apps on the tablet market and they work well.
Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Austria
Sent from my Revolver powered Asus Transformer

thx for the fast reply for the video part. i hoped that it is an APP depending problem.

hey steini
thx for your quick reply . helped me a lot. i m from austria too and have to check "willhaben" for a Iconia Tab right now.
i think this tab will be the best decision for my needs
Ps.: Any recommend ROM ??

Psyco-Man said:
hey steini
thx for your quick reply . helped me a lot. i m from austria too and have to check "willhaben" for a Iconia Tab right now.
i think this tab will be the best decision for my needs
Ps.: Any recommend ROM ??
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Sorry can't help you with Rom's because i have an Asus Transformer with Revolver Rom on it. (I find the Asus has a better display maybe you take a look at it too)
Don't know witch Rom's are available for the Acer but i'm sure you will find one you like here at XDA.
Grüsse
Sent from my Revolver powered Asus Transformer

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@steini
thx for your reply. didnt meant you to help with a ROM but thought that other Iconia Users can recommend one. will have to read in the ROMs/ DEV section
greets

QQPlayer in market pays AVI and alot of other video file types and its free!!

Not able to play 1080 files on samsung tab 10.1 after ICS upgrade

Hi,
I am not able to play 1080p files on the samsung tab 10.1 (P7510) after i upgraded to ICS 4.0.4.
In honeycomb, i was able to view them without any issues.
Please let me know the solution for this
-Madhu

ganapa2000 said:
Hi,
I am not able to play 1080p files on the samsung tab 10.1 (P7510) after i upgraded to ICS 4.0.4.
In honeycomb, i was able to view them without any issues.
Please let me know the solution for this
-Madhu
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I'm getting issues like this too. I can play the videos but they always are extremely laggy and are almost impossible to watch. I mean, you can't even watch Netflix in HD anymore either without it freezing. Hopefully an update to fix these video problems come out soon because although I'm aware of rooting, factory resetting, changing GB to US or whatever, I shouldn't have to do that -_-

Same issue here, impossible to watch Netflix and other videos. I hope some stock-based custom rom can fix that, because I do want hdmi support.

There's a temp fix for the Netflix issue. Go to the Netflix site on your PC and under settings bump down the streaming video quality down to BETTER from BEST.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk 2

Same problem here. I'm really disgusted with Samsung. Make us wait forever for an update, then have it perform worse than the previous version.
Video is the primary use of my tablet. It's bad enough I had to pay for a decent video player (Dice player). Now that is laggy too.
I hope Samsung comes up with a fix for this (although I'm not holding my breath).

cameraz said:
Same problem here. I'm really disgusted with Samsung. Make us wait forever for an update, then have it perform worse than the previous version.
Video is the primary use of my tablet. It's bad enough I had to pay for a decent video player (Dice player). Now that is laggy too.
I hope Samsung comes up with a fix for this (although I'm not holding my breath).
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When it comes to the tablet world, I realized it was probably better to get an iPad. Now, believe me when I say this, I am in NO way an Apple fanboy and I despise the iPhone lol. But in all honesty, as great as hardware and specs may be for an Android tablet, it's not worth the loss of customer support and many apps you can get on an iPad. Sure, the iPad is in no way the best tablet out there when it comes to specs, but at least it's reliable. And if it's not reliable, at least you can get some good customer support.
As much as I hate the Apple fanboys and most Apple products, selling my tablet for an iPad doesn't seem too bad since all I wanted anyway was to be able to watch some videos and play some games =\
P.S. I know I can root my device and install CM10 on there, but in all honesty I shouldn't have risk bricking my tablet to have things work.

Have you guys all opened support issues directly with Samsung. If they don't hear about it directly from customers they will not address it.
I don't have any 1080p content to play - otherwise I would try mine to see if it is the same. Does it matter what drowser/video player you are using? Or is it the same for all ?

Same here I cant even barely use Youtube it goes from smooth to locking up to about 3 FPS tops. Unreal fail Samsung did they even test it?

I have this issue, a co-worker has this issue and a relative has this issue after upgrading to ICS.
Mine is the only one that has been rooted or had custom roms flashed.
The other two are completely stock never been touched.
I have tried custom roms based on the official update and all lag/freeze for me.
When I flash back to stock honeycomb the problems go away.
The ICS nightlies were working fine less the camera.
Seems that Samsung bungled this update and now I hope our devs correct this issue... until then the official ICS is pretty useless for me.
What is interesting is that everyone I know with a p7510 is having issues but it seems we are in the minority....

Does this affect p7500 as well as p7510? I looked at build.prop of the Italian (p7500) and the US (p7510) builds, and there's about a month difference in build date... (with US being newest). FWIW.

Oh well, if video playing become worse then I see no reason of loosing Voodoo sound as well with upgrade to ICS.

Video playback fix
OK, I finally got through to Samsung, via an instant chat. Here is what transpired (Long!):
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Visitor: Last week I downloaded and install the Android 4.0.4 update to my
Galaxy 10.1 tab. Now, my video playback -- on YouTube, Netflix or my own
files -- lags and is very choppy.
Visitor: Previously, my video played very smoothly!
Alexandra: I understand that the video quality on your device is not good.
Is that correct?
Visitor: That is correct. It got worse after the Android 4.0.4 update.
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Visitor: OK
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Visitor: My video playback is bad after the Android 4.0.4 update.
Previously, it was very good.
Robert: I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
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Visitor: OK, after I do the hard reset, my video performance should be
back to normal?
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Visitor: One last question: After I do a reset, will all of my apps remain
on the tab, or will I have to restore them from backup? Do I have to
transfer all my backed-up folders back to the tab?
Robert: You have to back up from the PC to tab.
Visitor: Do I have to restore ALL the folders, or just the ones with my
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Robert: The one with the data.
Visitor: Thank you.
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OK, well I followed the instructions, and the video seems to be playing better. The bad news is that I didn't back up my stuff properly. -- I just dragged and dropped folders from the tab onto my PC, and then reversed the process after the hard boot. None of my apps survived the move ... I'm in the process of redownloading and reinstalling everything!!! Oh well, live and learn.
Hope this info helps somebody. If so, please hit yer thanks button. Thanks!

I'm back on HC 3.2. O, my God, HD Youtube is great, when it works!

Did that fix your issues? You say it helped? I guess I really dont want to lose everything on my Tab if it doesn't fix the issue. This is pathetic even when you watch youtube in SD it lags like crazy and jumps all over the place. What a joke.
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I went ahead and Hard Reset my tablet and the video performance is still horrible.

Sorry to read about those having video playback issues.
Having no problems here; You Yube plays fine.
Only exception is streaming videos fro Amazon Prime, and I'm pretty sure that's due to the limitations of my access point, and Apple Airport Express, original model.

Hawk777th said:
Did that fix your issues? You say it helped? I guess I really dont want to lose everything on my Tab if it doesn't fix the issue. This is pathetic even when you watch youtube in SD it lags like crazy and jumps all over the place. What a joke.
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I went ahead and Hard Reset my tablet and the video performance is still horrible.
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To answer your question, yes, my video for the most part plays smoothly now. Except for one 1080p video I own, which previously played flawlessly -- it now has a hiccup in a certain spot. Can't figure out why. But YouTube, Vimeo, etc. play fine. What are you using to play videos? I use Dice Player. The stock Samsung video player sucks.

can anyone gives a specific example, like a like to a video on youtube?
What app is used?
What format is the video?
if it is transfered from a PC, how did you do it? Did you "convert" the video?

Every video on YouTube I watch is doing it. Slows down to a halt them jumps forward pauses goes to like 3 Fps. Seems like stuff with alot of movement. Like if someone is filming the same stuff like themselves in front of a background its not that bad but if someone is like filming out side and theres alot of different info it goes to crap quicker.

can you provide a link, I just tried this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7YGoVyRSik&hd=1
and it plays flawlessly

I've had zero issues personally. One night while using HBO GO, I had a lot of stuttering, so I just restarted the tablet and the problem fixed itself.