Hi,
is it Atom SoC in this device that is not strong enough or is it something else?
How is it on your tablets?
HBO Go is struggling to play at all times. Not the buffering (I got 20mbps broadband) but it skips frames
Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Yout Tube (1080p) - works awesome...
Do you think there is anything I can do with this?
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Hey there!
I've just read all the "improve video performance" threads, but did not found what i am searching.
I've a big video archive on my home server, shared via file sharing and vista media share. So i am able to access all those (mostly) avi files with my laptops and other Multimedia Hardware (XBOX for example).
Now i would like to open the videos on my brand new xperia, too.
I've got the resco file explorer and mapped the network share, so i got the nice folder list of all the videos.
I've installed the most recent coreplayer, and tried out nearly all setting configurations, but i was not able to get a 20 minutes simpsons episode to play without rebuffering every minute. (And it buffers for 10 seconds, that is just horrible).
I've increased the values for buffering to the universe, or tried to set it to zero.. no improvements.
The option "prefer less buffering over framerate" is just freezing the video while the audio runs on.. great.
So.. what are what are your best settings here? Thanks in advance!
I haven't tried this properly myself, but there's a couple of ideas that I'd try if I were you...
Firstly, copy one or two video files to the phone and see how they run off your phone memory. Avi files aren't supported by hardware decoding, so they won't be running at their best in any case, you *might* want to think about re-encoding files you want to watch to .mp4 h264.
The second thing I can think of is playing with the Start > Settings > Connections > Wireless LAN > Power Mode and setting the slider to it's highest. The battery gets pretty warm on it's fullest setting, but I wonder if this would speed up wireless access for the vids.
Oh yes... i already set this to maximum performance... got no speed improvements from this...
i cannot believe that it is a decoding problem, because if the video stops for buffering, i can tap pause twice and it is running on... but just for 3 seconds. not enough buffering i think.
this post was submitted using the x1. gg
copied avi runs without problems...
the same on my x1...network performance is horrible...video streaming is not possible without buffering.
Same thing here
I noticed the same thing with my X1.
I had hoped it would work better than on my old hp6910 which only had b-Wifi, but it doesn't. Its pretty much the same.
so nobody got an idea here? When i am sitting right next to my access point, there is no buffering... great!
Hey guys, I'm trying to see if anyone else is experiencing this on the HD2 w WP7.
When I click on a video link on YouTube website, the video player loads up. However, the video quality always play in the lowest quality, never in HQ. I tried it on multiple videos, that I know can be scaled to be viewed up to 1080p (I'm aware that the phone can't play this though). But it still plays them in the worst quality, never HQ.
I also tried this test under my regular t-mobile data connection (HSDPA), and using WiFi.
I know that with WM6, and Android, clicking a YouTube link from the website, opens up its respective players, but you have the option, (at least in Android) to bump it up to high quality, in the settings (if data connections is fast enough).
It just bugs the heck outta me, because I use it to "get away" during my short lunch break at work, to either watch some videos, or short tv shows, its frustrating to watch video that looks like it was intended for a Razr phone screen on the HD2, and can't do anything to fix it.
So let me know, if its something that I need to do, or if everyone else is experiencing the same thing.
Thanks Guys
Eddie.
For me it depends on the speed of my connection. 3g bad, wifi great. Youtube over 3g under wm6.5 was awesome so it sucks that it's so bad under wp7.
Quality in the youtube app from HTC is good even over 3g.
For some reason apps that allow me to watch videos online from streams has quality loss on the nexus 7. Like crunchyroll for an example and other apps. It seems like I'm only having this problem because others have a nexus 7 and didn't have this problem. Theres like a color issue or something. Is my nexus 7 a defect or something?
Some streaming applications automatically detect available bandwidth/latency and downgrade image quality or frame rate automatically, or switch to a more lossy codec.
So, from what you have said, it is very hard to say - it could just be that you have a poor internet connection (bandwidth, latency, or drop-outs).
Two ways to tell -
Find another N7 user and have them try the same operation while using YOUR WiFi connection, or
Download an entire movie and play it without using internet streaming - a hardware problem that has nothing to do with the internet should show up whether you are streaming or not.
good luck
bftb0 said:
Some streaming applications automatically detect available bandwidth/latency and downgrade image quality or frame rate automatically, or switch to a more lossy codec.
So, from what you have said, it is very hard to say - it could just be that you have a poor internet connection (bandwidth, latency, or drop-outs).
Two ways to tell -
Find another N7 user and have them try the same operation while using YOUR WiFi connection, or
Download an entire movie and play it without using internet streaming - a hardware problem that has nothing to do with the internet should show up whether you are streaming or not.
good luck
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When I use youtube its fine. Theres no quality loss.
Wondering if anyone has experienced frame drops/stuttering during local streaming in xbmc or netflix?
I get frame drops and sound loss every minute or so using both netflix and xbmc... My WiFi reads as excellent... And the NP is in the same place as my chromecast which played everything without problems... Wondering if I have a defective unit...
Thanxs
GoodB0Y said:
Wondering if anyone has experienced frame drops/stuttering during local streaming in xbmc or netflix?
I get frame drops and sound loss every minute or so using both netflix and xbmc... My WiFi reads as excellent... And the NP is in the same place as my chromecast which played everything without problems... Wondering if I have a defective unit...
Thanxs
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I have this problem but not with audio loss. I noticed watching a couple google play movies this weekend. Same boat as you with excellent wifi and chromecast is fine. I am wondering if it is defective also. I was gonna call google later today. I have till friday to send it back. Did you figure anything out?
I'd have to say that the problem has gone away for the most part... Might have been an updated issue or something else. But I haven't used netflix or Kodi for a while... Been hooked on popcorntime which works fine...
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I've an older LG GPad III with lower specs than my newer LG G6. (Edit: I also tested on my 5 or 6 yrs old Samsung Galaxy S3 and no whatsoever buffering issue, perfect playback!)
While streaming over WIFI on my home local area network (2.4 GHz/5 GHz/Auto on Linksys E4200 V1 running TomatoUSB) the LG G6 is having buffering issue on all players (VLC/MX Player and the default LG video player), but NOT on my GPad III/Galaxy S3, what can I do to fix this? (my internet speedtest is showing download 82.5 Mbps, upload 20.9 Mbps, Ping of 3 ms and Jitter of 2 ms).
Already did Network Reset, but no go!
Thanks.
Update:
- Even after a hard reset....still the same buffering issue!
- but eventually I think I solved the buffering issue in both VLC and MX Player (no settings are available in the default built in video player).
- For VLC, disable "Hardware Acceleration" and increase "Network Caching Value" to 3 secs.
- For MX Player, select SW decoder (network).
but I still don't understand why my lower specs phone/tablet do not need these special settings and how on earth hardware acceleration could cause buffering over home network?
P/s I can stream 4K videos over WIFI from youtube with no whatsoever buffering issue, its only WIFI over my home network that's giving me the buffering issue.