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[Q] CM7 & YouTube

(This probably belongs in dev forum, but I can't post there yet.)
I'm wondering about the status of CM7 and the YouTube app. I've heard comments that it doesn't work... but it works for me *after* opening a video from Opera Mini.
1) Open YouTube app, play video == sound, but no video.
2) Tried in standard browser, only plays in browser if I change user-agent
3) Tried in Opera Mini, clicking a video launches the YouTube app and it plays.
4) YouTube app now appears to work fine.
Any idea what's going on with this?
EDIT: I'm running Ladios' CM7-RC4-KANG ROM.

I just opened the YouTube app for the first time since a clean install of CM7 RC4 (w/ Ladios's kernel). I had installed the YouTube app days ago when I did the clean install, but haven't run it until now. (I know for sure because it just asked me if I want to accept the agreement when it started.) I just clicked on the first video I could find and it played with video and sound without any problem. I'm not sure why you're having problems.

drumist said:
I just opened the YouTube app for the first time since a clean install of CM7 RC4 (w/ Ladios's kernel). I had installed the YouTube app days ago when I did the clean install, but haven't run it until now. (I know for sure because it just asked me if I want to accept the agreement when it started.) I just clicked on the first video I could find and it played with video and sound without any problem. I'm not sure why you're having problems.
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+1 - new install of YouTube on CM7 N37, no problem playing any videos.

Interesting. Maybe I was just experiencing a glitch then. I'll update the thread if I encounter the issue again. Originally I was thinking that Opera may have caused a particular module to load that the YouTube app hasn't. If I'm able to reproduce the situation in my original post and stock CM7 works then maybe it's Ladios' kernel.

hollywoodb said:
Interesting. Maybe I was just experiencing a glitch then. I'll update the thread if I encounter the issue again. Originally I was thinking that Opera may have caused a particular module to load that the YouTube app hasn't. If I'm able to reproduce the situation in my original post and stock CM7 works then maybe it's Ladios' kernel.
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I don't think its ladios' kernel, I've been running his kernel with the latest nightlies for several weeks now, and YouTube works fine for me.

YouTube works fine for me and im running ladios's rc4 rom on clean install.
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[Q] Cyanogenmod lag

Yesterday, I installed Cyanogenmod on my Blade, but I don't like it very much, because in menus or in homescreens I get lag. I have CM 7.1 via ROM Manager installed.
On the internet, forums, I read that CM 7.1 is very smooth.On youtube is great, but on my phone is very laggy.I have no lag in applications, only in menus or homescreens.
There is a confiuration that makes CM work smooth ( without overclock )?

try launcher pro or any other launcher it might solve the problem
and please report hows the battery on cm7.1

i tried Launcher Pro.It reduces lag, but is still laggy.What can i say about battery is that is better than 2.3.5 OS.

stanangel said:
i tried Launcher Pro.It reduces lag, but is still laggy.What can i say about battery is that is better than 2.3.5 OS.
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hows it compared to stock 2.2
try reducing animations and not using a live wallpaper

CM 7.1 is the best ROM for games and applications so is muuuuch better than 2.2, but 2.2 looks more smoothly than CM (al least for me) .
About Live Wallpaper...i didn't use one.

Use the latest nightly build.
Then tap on settings > cyanogenmod settings >performance, make sure that 'use 16bit transparency' is selected.
You can overclock it too.

I'm afraid about overclocking, but i will try with "16 bit transparency" .Thank you!

It works great! Now, it feels realy smoothy. Thank you!
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stanangel said:
I'm afraid about overclocking, but i will try with "16 bit transparency" .Thank you!
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Overclocking is not something to be afraid of. Just overclock it in smaller steps, try one setting for a while and if everything is ok and you don't experience any random reboots or hangups, you can set it higher. Most blades are able to handle clock frequencies up to ~700. Mine is stable at 691, others at 710 where I start to get reboots when writing messages or browsing the net etc. When testing how much your blade can handle, just remember not to tick the "Set on boot". When you find a setting that is stable, then it's safe to set it at boot also.

[Q] problem with flash video on nexus 7

Hi I recently got a nexus 7 and I followed the instructions I have seen here on how to install flash on my nexus 7. It works but my problem is when I watch streaming flash video on say sockshare or putlocker for example the video does not continue to buffer when I pause, so flash video is unwatchable at the moment because when playing the video stops to buffer every 5 seconds. I'm using Firefox beta as my browser. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a way to fix it

Which tutorial did you follow to get this working? I tried a tutorial from YouTube but it didn't work.

Can you explain real quick the steps you took to install flash and your ROM please?
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btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.

simms22 said:
btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.
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True DAT. I use AOSP browser with flash and its pretty stable. I have run into a few glitches but nothing to bad.
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skiman10 said:
True DAT. I use AOSP browser with flash and its pretty stable. I have run into a few glitches but nothing to bad.
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simms22 said:
btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.
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Does the hulu site in desktop mode allow you to view their videos with the AOSP browser? As I understand that's a root only browser, correct? If so, I wasn't interested in rooting before but this might make me start working on it. I dislike that I pay for Hulu+ but can't view the same content as on my PC when I'm on my PS3, and now my tablet.

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Does the hulu site in desktop mode allow you to view their videos with the AOSP browser? As I understand that's a root only browser, correct? If so, I wasn't interested in rooting before but this might make me start working on it. I dislike that I pay for Hulu+ but can't view the same content as on my PC when I'm on my PS3, and now my tablet.
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just tried it and it didn't work. you can get the actual hulu page rather than the hulu+ advertisement but videos won't play.

I sideloaded the latest flash apk and it works for me in the Firefox beta. I haven't tried any other browsers yet. I think firefox beta has it set by default to click for flash to play instead of letting it play automatically.
I'm using CM10.1 Nightlies as my Rom.
Here is a link to the latest from the adobe site.
Flash Player 11.1.for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.34)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/android/11.1.115.34/install_flash_player_ics.apk

skiman10 said:
Can you explain real quick the steps you took to install flash and your ROM please?
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FYI, here's my setup:
Rrunning 4.1.2 stock factory Rom at the moment, unlocked & rooted - turned off/disabled/hide Chrome Browser. D/L & install "Boat Browser" from Market (support Flash) used by some of the custom Rom & d/l Flash 11.1.115.17 from links here on XDA (or from Adobe's website). Boot into Recovery, wipe cache & reboot OS.
Launch Boat Browser, go into Settings (3 dots bar on bottom right) and go to "Page Content Settings" - scroll down if necessary, change "Enable Flash/Plug-ins" to Always on (or "On demand") - Enable JavaScript should be On by default. Changed "Set as default browser" to On as necessary. Exit & restart Browser - you should not have to reboot N7 again and check your ability to open/view most Flash-based videos, mine is working as it should be - no longer shuttting off or getting the error msg/device not supported, yada yada.
As for playback of most stored or d/l videos on the N7 - I liked & used "Mobo" player - free from the Market.
Profit - now, there's a lot more to watch streaming on the N7 besides Youtube & CNN video clips. Questions or more issues, please post & will try to help - not new to Android but still on a learning curve with the N7. Good luck as it should work even for those running near stock setup.

OK what I don't understand is with my desktop if I'm watching a streaming video and it is taking a while to load I will pause it and go do something else while it loads and come back when enough of it is loaded to watch uninterrupted. With my nexus 7 that I just got when I pause the videos don't continue to load. therefore when I try to watch a streaming movie it stops to continue to load every couple of seconds and it makes watching a streaming movie unwatchable. Does anyone else have this problem or a solution to it

[Q] Music stop playing on CM10

Hi,
I have an annoying issue on the latest Quarx's CM10 (18/03). I have this problem since November I think. When I'm playing music from my SD card on any music app (usually I use Play music or PowerAMP) it stop randomly after some music when screen is off.
I think it happen because of RAM management which kill running app on IDLE to increase battery life. But I tried tweak RAM setting and it didn't change nothing.
I think I'm not the one with this issue. I'll take every idea to try to fix this.
Thank you.

Keep your app in foreground.
And if your player has notification thingy, the atk can't kill that app. I think both apps you mentioned has a notification control, SDL it can't be memory management!
Sent from my MB526 using xda premium

Thank you for your reply.
I can keep the app in foreground but it take approximately 30-45mo of RAM so my phone will become very laggy.
I think you're right when you say it can't kill the app because of the notification. But I think android system kill an other background service which is necessary to the music be played correctly. I'll trying to investigate when I'll have more time.
I have an other app called Deezer (French Spotify service). This app never stop or less frequently. I think it's because it use it own decode system (music file are encrypted on the server or memory card). The app don't use external services to decode music so the app continue playing after hours.
Btw I find strange that I'm the only one to complain about this. I will make a clean install in some day.

AW: [Q] Music stop playing on CM10
Hi, you test supercharger script? With this you can look apps in memory or under general I saw a post how to look apps in memory.
Gesendet von meinem MB526

Yes in know how to do it. But if I lock music player in memory, it will take about 40mo all the time. My Defy will become very laggy.

Husi10 said:
Thank you for your reply.
I can keep the app in foreground but it take approximately 30-45mo of RAM so my phone will become very laggy.
I think you're right when you say it can't kill the app because of the notification. But I think android system kill an other background service which is necessary to the music be played correctly. I'll trying to investigate when I'll have more time.
I have an other app called Deezer (French Spotify service). This app never stop or less frequently. I think it's because it use it own decode system (music file are encrypted on the server or memory card). The app don't use external services to decode music so the app continue playing after hours.
Btw I find strange that I'm the only one to complain about this. I will make a clean install in some day.
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Hi Husi10,
I have the same issue as you about music playback.
My problem is the following :
When I'm using Deezer app with CM10 or CM10.1, music playback is frequently laggy (always in the very begenning of the tracks) and sometimes it stops playing in some unknown situations (as you described on this thread).
This issue doesn't occur on CM7.
Did you, as me, notice this playback lags in the begenning of the tracks ?
Did you find a fix or a workaround for this issue on CM10.x since March (date of your post) ?
Thanks

Hi,
Yeah, music playback on Deezer's app is laggy in the beginning of every track. I think there's no workaround because it's a bug with the app itself. It happens also with my tablet (Nexus 10). But playback never stop by itself.
After my post, I did a clean install (wipe data) and also format my SD card. It helped a lot, I never experimented this kind of bug again.

Husi10 said:
Hi,
Yeah, music playback on Deezer's app is laggy in the beginning of every track. I think there's no workaround because it's a bug with the app itself. It happens also with my tablet (Nexus 10). But playback never stop by itself.
After my post, I did a clean install (wipe data) and also format my SD card. It helped a lot, I never experimented this kind of bug again.
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Thanks for your reply.
In my experience, music lags issue only occur in CM10.x. Did you already test Deezer on CM7 ?
[EDIT] So, do you think that Deezer is buggy like this only since Android 4.1 ?
On which ROM your Nexus 10 runs ?

My Nexus 10 runs on AOKP (4.2.2). I think it's an issue with Deezer itself, whatever the rom.

Husi10 said:
My Nexus 10 runs on AOKP (4.2.2). I think it's an issue with Deezer itself, whatever the rom.
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OK, did you already try Deezer with stock ROM on your Nexus 10 ? If yes, same lags ?

Yes, there are lags at the beginning of each songs.

Husi10 said:
Yes, there are lags at the beginning of each songs.
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Hi,
I'm just (re)testing Deezer on my Defy running Quarx CM10.1 build (2013-06-26).
I've changed I/O scheduler to "cfq" (before my change, it was "sio") and it seems to work better, I don't notice lags at the beginning of each songs for the moment. :fingers-crossed:
Is it the same for you ? Could you test it in order to confirm my potential finding ?
Thanks

Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.

Husi10 said:
Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.
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You're welcome !
Thanks for tests.

Husi10 said:
Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.
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After one more day of tests with cfq i/o scheduler, I've noticed that lags at the beginning of a song still occur BUT only after launching Deezer and only with the first song. The next songs playback is smooth.

How do I get flash to work without stutter?

I tried a few versions of flash but all the videos I try stutter very bad as they will play for a few seconds and pause play and pause constantly.
On my desktop with flash these videos work fine.
Tried many browsers with no success. Firefox, Ocean, Boar, Dolphin Pad.
Also I can't seem to go fullscreen without getting a black screen.
Anyone else experienced this and how do I fix it and what version actually works on 4.2.2?
Just got the tablet today rooted with superboot and running official 4.2.2 JDQ39

Hi,
It seems that I'm having quite similar issue - whenever I try to play some flash content, video doesn't play fluently - there are multiple framedrops and it's really hard to watch e.g. football games :/ What to do?
BTW: I'm also running official stock 4.2.2 JDQ39

Well considering flash is not supported in any way there is no guarantee of a fix for the issues you have. It is possible that you need more CPU speed when watching a flash video. Frame drops have been known to come from too low CPU speed. So set your up_threshold to be lower for your cpu governor and see if that helps.

I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Seems YouTube videos do indeed work fine on the desktop version of the site in full screen for me, but dailymotion will cause a crash if I go to full screen. It won't even stutter, just crashes. Interesting... All flash videos seem to work fine as long as I don't full screen them.
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I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Seems YouTube videos do indeed work fine on the desktop version of the site in full screen for me, but dailymotion will cause a crash if I go to full screen. It won't even stutter, just crashes. Interesting... All flash videos seem to work fine as long as I don't full screen them.
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I have had the full screen issue for a long time and have more or less narrowed it down to different screen dpi. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217316
Use any PA type rom with tablet UI in hybrid settings and everything will work. I currently use Vanilla Rootbox, youtube works flawlessly.
Sent from my GT-N7100 or the Nexus 10, heaven knows.
Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.

Had a feeling it was DPI with full screen as some stuff in boat works full others don't every other browser doesn't like full screen.
I was thinking about trying some roms and seeing if flash works better as you can always go back to the stock firmware.
Noticed this tablet doesn't include that scaling option for apps where it stretches the app or extends etc.
As for me being a noob, I'm not new to android but haven't played with overclocks etc though have flashed and added a few apk's to a few roms before and know my way around the os file structure etc as well as knowing some stuff about linux and windows etc.
I just found it strange that I got this device installed flash and stuff wasn't fluent and pausing every few seconds when soo many around say that flash works perfect.
I had a Cube U30GT-H but it died within 1 week which had 4.1 and flash worked fine on that. So I figured this was mby 4.2.2 causing the issue or the stock rom and everyone using flash are on custom roms or something.

I wonder, could you get a copy of the plain old android browser that supports flash and install it? I can try it later for you if you want and let know you. I must go to bed now though
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I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Ah skipped over your post, so it does work then

If anyone can look at things either that old browser or whatever would be appreciated.
Also we can find out what works for flash for users and have some proper compatibility list as I don't see much proper info online at all about flash on this device and compatibilities apart from users posts saying they have it working or whatever with no actual info to back themselves up.
If anyone has flash working fluidly please post these details as below:
Flash Version:
Flash Download Location:
Browser + Version:
Rom + Version:
Sometimes I have seen variances of a single flash version with file sizes and compatibility thats why I added the download link if you know it or upload your apk. Also what rom and its version you are running as thats important.

Tried a few different browsers and a couple of roms and nothing seems to really fix the issue so imo now flash just isn't worth it on the tablet.
Old browser on CM or AOKP doesn't work.
Ill try some different flash apk's at some stage on CM and see what the compatibility is as I had a similar issue on another tablet which turned out to be the certain apk files I had tried.
Seems the stutter might be live video as a transformer owner on another forum mentioned that does the same thing and thats what I have been testing to try to get working.
For youtube etc it may be that they are using different ways to transmit there videos so flash may not actually be active or something even on the desktop version of the site.
Its more confusing now as I was trying one site which stutters on the tab and fine on the pc for certain streams even though the quality is pretty low.

I found a app called Photon Flash Player and Browser it plays the flash streams perfect I've been trying without stutter.
Only problem it does not allow flash windows to be full screen and is very naggy about you buying a year subscription also you need to use a connected mouse if you want to do scrolling etc.
If there is anything thats alternative and less naggy etc then thats better but this is the only way I found to watch flash perfect as it actually works.
I'll keep looking and please comment back anyone using custom stock etc roms your flash experiences so we can actually get this issue solved for everyone.
Kinda seems I'm the only one trying to solve the flash issue on this device here.