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are we getting HD video playback?

When watching movie trailers from all three movie apps, Movies, Moviefone, and IMDB. All looks fuzzy. Moviefone will let you pick HD and it defaults to that but it just looks like standard def.
Am I missing something in setting ?
Help please

At the bottom of the product page on Acer's US site is fine print saying that 1080P playback is coming in an update by June of this year. You didn't state the resolution, and I don't know if it's exactly the issue you're having though.

Thanks, but is that 1080p output to tv or better playback for videos. We have have 720p, right. It still looks bad. Try it, play a movie trailer from one of those sites, when the green movie trailer logo come up it is fuzzy bad.

Anyone one else wanna help answer this. Watch a movie trailer and tell me what you think.
Are we getting HD playback or not in 720p. Also does it record in 720p HD
Thanks

I've played my own videos on hd on the tablet, an they play an look great.
As for the "movie apps, " if those videos aren't playing in hd, that would be something to ask them about.
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hurrpancakes said:
I've played my own videos on hd on the tablet, an they play an look great.
As for the "movie apps, " if those videos aren't playing in hd, that would be something to ask them about.
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Thanks, Moviefone app says it is HD but it looks standard def, wanna try it for me and see what u think?

rog152 said:
Thanks, Moviefone app says it is HD but it looks standard def, wanna try it for me and see what u think?
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I watched a couple trailers on Moviefone, and they are not in hd. The application doesn't say anywhere (that I can see) that the trailers are supposed to be in high definition. There is a high quality setting, but no high definition.
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HD movies
i had same problem that it dident play wel my movies, i now used an other media app and converted a smal piece of a movie from mkv to Mpeg4, it worked nice and smooth over HDMI to my tv, the only realy supported format is Mpeg4 i think,
try get a vid on 720p and convert it (1080p stil not supported)

hurrpancakes said:
I watched a couple trailers on Moviefone, and they are not in hd. The application doesn't say anywhere (that I can see) that the trailers are supposed to be in high definition. There is a high quality setting, but no high definition.
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Thanks, you are right, it says HQ, anyway i was comparing it to my brothers ipad2 and his looked crystal clear on all settings and he could chose between standard, 720p and 1080p.
Is this update coming in June for 1080p playback on the Tab or output to the TV?

rog152 said:
Thanks, you are right, it says HQ, anyway i was comparing it to my brothers ipad2 and his looked crystal clear on all settings and he could chose between standard, 720p and 1080p.
Is this update coming in June for 1080p playback on the Tab or output to the TV?
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Acer said in Q2 of this year (May to August) for an update that will allow 1080p playback on both the Tab and when going to a TV.

Guys, After Google I/O I am starting to think that the update in June Acer is talking about is Honeycomb 3.1.
Ideas?

The gate is not Acer, but is Nvidia. Nvidia needs to farm out codec package support to Archos. Archos may screw up awful on their tablet specs, but they have GREAT codec support in their devices.
I still do not see much value in 1080p, since drains battery and takes up tons of space. Not to mention our tablet is "800p", so 1080p is overkill.
If referring to outputting to a 1080p display and perhaps as a media center, NOW I see the point.

I have posted on another thread that I have tried playing back a 720p movie with huge lags. I think this should clear with the next update.

1080p Adobe Flash videos

How many 1080p Adobe Flash videos can Galaxy SII play at same time?

If you open 20tabs all with 1080p video, only the current tab can run..... with 1080p perfectly

mimstyle said:
If you open 20tabs all with 1080p video, only the current tab can run..... with 1080p perfectly
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You have to make a website with many 1080p Flash videos on one page.

ironically, it stutters in some other websites

I managed to get two 720p youtube videos to work and even though it played well and the phone stayed responsive their was some stuttering, I'd guess frame rate dropped to something like 10fps.
Answering your question I think one only, which is still pretty impressive tbh.
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1080p flash is one of the main reasons i ditched my g2x in favor of this phone the sgs2 handles high def flash and other media effortlessly

What ROM are you guys using?
I tried to play 1080p youtube videos on desktop version and it's very stuttering.

hbkmog said:
What ROM are you guys using?
I tried to play 1080p youtube videos on desktop version and it's very stuttering.
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1080p youtube videos should play smooth. You might have to pause video for the streaming to catch up, youtube' servers seem to slow.

Are you using the stock ROM and stock browser?
I was using MIUI and Dolphin Mini and 1080p isn't that smooth.

Why do you want to play 1080p in a 480p screen?
It is ridiculous.

kersh said:
Why do you want to play 1080p in a 480p screen?
It is ridiculous.
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HDMI output?

hbkmog said:
Are you using the stock ROM and stock browser?
I was using MIUI and Dolphin Mini and 1080p isn't that smooth.
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Stock rom works best with Flash

nraudigy2 said:
HDMI output?
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Nope.
HDMI output it is only 1080p using a video file on the phone output by the video player in full screen mode.
If you try to see a flash video that it is on the phone UI (browser), the output will be only 800x480 in the TV, so it is not possible to see flash video 1080p at 1080p in the TV with the hdmi. You will see 800x480 scaled to 1080 on TV and it will looks like crap and same quality that using 480p video.
So seeing 1080p flash on a phone it is simply stupid and without real use until adobe makes that flash can go full screen video on the phones, and they cant do this, so theres no future with this. Maybe galaxy 3 can show true 1080p ui when connected to hdmi and make it useful, but not now.

HDMI Quality

When I connect my stock unrooted note 3 to samsung tv by hdmi the quality is only 30P. My tv tells me when I connect. I thought this phone was full hd? The picture is watchable but really disappointing. Is there any way to get full hd? Is there any way to wirelessly mirror screen without allshare? I don't want to look at pictures. I like to watch streaming video and it has no all share option. When I connect with hdmi I get true screen mirroring but only 30p. As long as I am looking at a ****ty picture it would be nice to do it wirelessly. I saw a thread that suggested using direct wifi but that does not do anything. Any ideas? Thanks.

What kind of streaming video exactly?
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Xfinity tv go on demand movies, tv shows etc.

Note 4 (XDA users) non compressed 4K and photos samples.

Hi guys, since i searched all over the forum, i can't seem to find much or any full downloadable 4K samples, before i thought the YT ones looked good, but after downloading one in full ress non compressed ~ 50mbp/s instead of crappy 20 mbp/s youtube ones, i know understand that it does look ever better. Si i thought we can use this tread, in order to share personal footage, and full res/raw pictures if possible, thanks!
Since i don't own the phone yet, i will share my videos/pics later on, please do share i want to make a small collection, thanks!

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Hi guys, since i searched all over the forum, i can't seem to find much or any full downloadable 4K samples, before i thought the YT ones looked good, but after downloading one in full ress non compressed ~ 50mbp/s instead of crappy 20 mbp/s youtube ones, i know understand that it does look ever better. Si i thought we can use this tread, in order to share personal footage, and full res/raw pictures if possible, thanks!
Since i don't own the phone yet, i will share my videos/pics later on, please do share i want to make a small collection, thanks!
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Not sure about compressed 4K, but I searched on YouTube for 4K video and I was BLOWN AWAY by the quality. Its amazing. On the contrary, 4K wallpapers don't seem to be as impressive. :/

MattMJB0188 said:
Not sure about compressed 4K, but I searched on YouTube for 4K video and I was BLOWN AWAY by the quality. Its amazing. On the contrary, 4K wallpapers don't seem to be as impressive. :/
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Oh you cant imagine how much more you will be blown away by non compressed 4K videos, wit 50mbp/s bit rate, YT ones are a joke at least during movement

I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.

busab said:
I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.
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This has to be a provisioning problem with Google's servers. I can get 1080 and 4K on all my devices except the Note 4.

busab said:
I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.
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This files are not meant to be watched on youtube, they are meant to be viewed on pc, but taken on your Note 4
Uploaded to dropbox, or other free sharing service.

Ok so question.....the nexus 6 is out already. You think Google took off the feature on our note 4 just to bring it out on the nexus 6??? I wonder if nexus 6 owners can get 4K?

not likely; its a bandwidth issue, so I cant imagine any phone version of youtube getting any 4k videos any time soon
google doesnt want the bandwidth being sucked up by people who need to watch youtube videos in 4k on a 5 inch screen...

wase4711 said:
not likely; its a bandwidth issue, so I cant imagine any phone version of youtube getting any 4k videos any time soon
google doesnt want the bandwidth being sucked up by people who need to watch youtube videos in 4k on a 5 inch screen...
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No, its actually an APP bug, not a google/bandwidth issue, AFAIK. Also please guys, start sharing videos, lets not go offtopic, i have hard time finding videos in max quality and no one here helped yet as well

dazed1 said:
No, its actually an APP bug, not a google/bandwidth issue, AFAIK. Also please guys, start sharing videos, lets not go offtopic, i have hard time finding videos in max quality and no one here helped yet as well
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I would love to find more than 3 videos at full rez.

lol not a single video posted, really disappointed

So someone post 4K video? (non compressed)

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Mojo's youtube app could not go higher than 720p?

The stock youtube app displays no items only a empty menu, so I have to download the latest ome from google play. My mojo is rooted.
However, the maximum quality of any video is only 720p, even if my mojo is set to 4k output to a 4k tv. Some of the videos I knew for a fact were 4k since I watched them on my shield tv.
I then thought this was the fault of stock rom, so I went all the way to flash the remix os 2 rom as well. But I could still only got 720p.
What is wrong with my unit? I thought madcatz mentioned 4k youtube.

minmao said:
The stock youtube app displays no items only a empty menu, so I have to download the latest ome from google play. My mojo is rooted.
However, the maximum quality of any video is only 720p, even if my mojo is set to 4k output to a 4k tv. Some of the videos I knew for a fact were 4k since I watched them on my shield tv.
I then thought this was the fault of stock rom, so I went all the way to flash the remix os 2 rom as well. But I could still only got 720p.
What is wrong with my unit? I thought madcatz mentioned 4k youtube.
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My guess it that it's YouTube, not MOJO. They will tailor their files to the target.

minmao said:
The stock youtube app displays no items only a empty menu, so I have to download the latest ome from google play. My mojo is rooted.
However, the maximum quality of any video is only 720p, even if my mojo is set to 4k output to a 4k tv. Some of the videos I knew for a fact were 4k since I watched them on my shield tv.
I then thought this was the fault of stock rom, so I went all the way to flash the remix os 2 rom as well. But I could still only got 720p.
What is wrong with my unit? I thought madcatz mentioned 4k youtube.
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I wonder if using the YouTube plugin from within Kodi might work with higher resolutions...
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Already tried Kodi, and 720p only.
Using firefox and keep it as desktop mode, I could get 4k but very unstable, and slow like a slideshow.

minmao said:
Already tried Kodi, and 720p only.
Using firefox and keep it as desktop mode, I could get 4k but very unstable, and slow like a slideshow.
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Are you sure your internet connection is up to 4K? If so, try another (faster) browser. Firefox on Android is monster heavy. Even Dolphin might be too much, maybe Boat?

kevinthefixer said:
Are you sure your internet connection is up to 4K? If so, try another (faster) browser. Firefox on Android is monster heavy. Even Dolphin might be too much, maybe Boat?
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kevinthefixer has a good point. I've been able to watch typically laggy school lectures in Adobe connect using Puffin browser. Using one of these lighter browsers may do the trick for you (worth a try anyways).
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Mine only 720 too and on Hudl 2 is 1080

kevinthefixer said:
Are you sure your internet connection is up to 4K? If so, try another (faster) browser. Firefox on Android is monster heavy. Even Dolphin might be too much, maybe Boat?
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I followed your suggestion and tried a few others browsers. However, it seems only Firefox and Chrome will get 1080p and 2160p from youtube's desktop sites - Firefox is very slow for 4k while chrome is giving me black screen no matter what resolution was chose.
For the other browsers, including Boat, the highest resolution is only 720 in desktop site.
At this stage, and after trying to play a 4K clip locally, I gave up. 4k on the mojo simply is not practical. I go back to my shield TV and the mojo will go the to TV in the basement.

720p is probably a pre-set from google itself. 1080p on mobile wouldn't even make sense for most users. google still allows to go to Desktop versions of its websites to stream better qualities.
Playing 4k on browser can be more difficult than localy in general. specially when playing anything else than AVC.
Mojo is VERY WELL capable of 4k locally. Im watching such contend nearly every time i start this little beast.
But it depends on the file itself. MP4 3840x2160 with AVC is a piece of cake, even beyond UHD its capable.
VP9 4k will not run fine at all. 1080p is fine but higher is tough.
Even HEVC at 1080p and a bit above is possible with Mojo.
Im using KODI btw.
The issue i have with Kodi and YT is a bit different. Sometimes the Plug-in, by that KODI itslef, stops and freezes the System. Same problem since day one on Mojo.

Conveniently, I've found a solution for you guys while solving a problem of my own with the YouTube app. That problem being the fact that I hate using my mouse to navigate. So upon finding out that there is a "lean back friendly" (ie: you can use the arrow keys to navigate) version of the YouTube app specific to Android TV, I installed it, it's much nicer to use than the mobile YouTube app for starters. And lastly but most importantly to you guys: you can enable 1080p.
You won't find it on the Play Store, at least I wasn't able to. I went to APK Mirror and got the latest version which I believe was from Dec 2015. I hope this helps everyone interested.