Hey guys! i have a problem with my s5.
I was trying out my 4K video recording.. when playing back the video, the video extremely lags and becomes very blurry.
I tried restarting my phone and closed all running apps. but still no change.
has anyone experienced this? please HELP!
Thank you
I'm guessing that the video recorded was save in your microsd card and your card happened to have slow write & read speeds. Recording at 4k resolution requires fast write speed. If the video was recorded at slow speed, the video saved will exhibit the symptoms you are experiencing.
In camera settings try setting the recording mode to "smooth"
Smooth is limited to 1080p video.
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jopat said:
I'm guessing that the video recorded was save in your microsd card and your card happened to have slow write & read speeds. Recording at 4k resolution requires fast write speed. If the video was recorded at slow speed, the video saved will exhibit the symptoms you are experiencing.
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I switched to device storage but still no improvement.
No problem in HD 1080p recording. only on UHD 4K.
when i say lag.. I mean, the video hangs. and when it does cope up, it becomes distorted. but the sound is good.
Then there's no other probable cause, other than your memory card is faulty. If you're using a modified rom, then ditch it.
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Then there's no other probable cause, other than your memory card is faulty. If you're using a modified rom, then ditch it.
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I'm not using a modified rom.
is it possible that the problem is the phone itself?
Back up your phone then try to reset it to factory settings and format your internal storage. Also, maybe you want to try other UHD camera apps. I'm running out of ideas if everything else is working properly because the best bet is the storage problem. You can also try copying the problem videos to your computer and try playing it there, but be reminded that your computer should first be able to playback UHD videos. It needs to be a modern computer.
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Back up your phone then try to reset it to factory settings and format your internal storage. Also, maybe you want to try other UHD camera apps. I'm running out of ideas if everything else is working properly because the best bet is the storage problem. You can also try copying the problem videos to your computer and try playing it there, but be reminded that your computer should first be able to playback UHD videos. It needs to be a modern computer.
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alright! I'll try that. thanks for the tip.
I'll try to watch it using my macbook pro retina
problem still not solved.
has anyone experienced this??
it seems like I'm the only one
What happened when you copied the files to your computer harddisk and play them in your computer?
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What happened when you copied the files to your computer harddisk and play them in your computer?
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It works perfectly fine on my macboook pro retina.
do does this mean that the problem is my device??
Hellabiker said:
It works perfectly fine on my macboook pro retina.
do does this mean that the problem is my device??
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If it plays properly in your computer, then that means the video was recorded properly. Then problem is the app that you are using. Try re-scanning your directory. If that doesn't work, try using other apps.
Could you try playing the video on the phone with something like MX Player probably I see sometimes the default Video player to has issues even with 1080p video so better player is required but if you watch the video fine on the PC then why you want to watch it on the phone any way you likely wouldn`t notice the difference between 1080p and UHD on the Galaxy S5 screen.
bnight said:
Could you try playing the video on the phone with something like MX Player probably I see sometimes the default Video player to has issues even with 1080p video so better player is required but if you watch the video fine on the PC then why you want to watch it on the phone any way you likely wouldn`t notice the difference between 1080p and UHD on the Galaxy S5 screen.
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^ Good advice. You confirmed that the recording is good. The most productive thing at this point might be to find out if there is any visible difference between 1080p and UHD on a small, 5.1 inch screen. As to what is causing the playback issue it may well be inherent limitations of the stock player or a firmware issue, hence the suggestion to try MX player. It could also be background apps monopolizing your processor. Another thing you might look into is whether trimming your device memory helps. One app to do that is lagfix.
It finally worked! the MX player played the 4k video properly. finally!!
I was already thinking of selling my phone haha
What does this mean? Isn't it that the stock player should support and play the 4K video properly? whats wrong with it?
Hellabiker said:
What does this mean? Isn't it that the stock player should support and play the 4K video properly? whats wrong with it?
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The stock player miss some codecs as well as it`s not very fast in processing video don`t know why but just think it`s not supposed to be used for what we used it. On the other hand MX Player has the full ffmpeg codec set and it`s optimized for slower processors then the one in the S5 so that`s why it`s working better then the stock video player. However I did record 1 minute of UHD video and it played well on the stock player currently UHD video is limited to 5 minutes.
But yes I do use mostly MX Player as it`s really good.
Hellabiker said:
It finally worked! the MX player played the 4k video properly. finally!!
I was already thinking of selling my phone haha
What does this mean? Isn't it that the stock player should support and play the 4K video properly? whats wrong with it?
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I'm glad you finally sorted it out. The stock video player should have no problem playing the video recorded by the phone itself, but then nothing is perfect.
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i cant get the video playback much past 500kb/s +/- 100kb/s (which is ****), and im running at 264mhz.
this is only about half the speed of normal mobile video bitrates. i dont think the limiting factor is miniSD card speed, cuz i got the same benchmarks from mp4s played off the internal storage.
i know i can encode video to fit the wizard and that works fine for most purpose, but i also want to have streaming video podcasts that come straight to the phone. fiddling with the settings on tcpmp didnt really help... vlc might do the trick, but vlc menus are intolerably slow for me
anyone have had the same problem? any ideas/suggestions? ill surely be puzzling over this...
Try TCPMP (freeware) don't forget to install plugins too. Google for it :wink:
I think he is using tcpmp
Well overclocking and using TCPMP is the best you can get for video playback. However, i could be something with the codecs being used. I see this on PC's all the time, the the codecs dont quite match, playback can stutter etc.
Other than that, maybe a slicker ROM might help but it's a unlikely and a bit drastic..
yeah i have a similar problem. I have encoded episodes of simpsons, family guy and south park into 3gp format. each one is about 25mb in size, and of average quality. when i start playing them back, they're fine for the first 8 - 9 minutes, but EVERY time at about 9 minutes in, the picture starts stuttering slightly, its not too bad, but quite annoying, even overlocked at 240mhz it still does it so i knwo its not the processor speed ? any ideas ??
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In high quality it is jerky- sometimes smooth but will get jerky.
is there a fix for this?
what rom are you using? you should probably complain there
you can probably get better results by playing the video after its fully buffered the whole file
overall like you, im not too imressed with youtube and video playback
HQ Youtube videos sometimes play jerky on my desktop with a high bandwidth connection. i wouldn't blame the X1, I'd blame the speed you are getting through your connection. Plus, there is a limit to the bitrate video, X1 can play.
I assume we are talking about HTC's Youtube app and not the slower official Youtube one. If so...
YES! It is incredibly jerky on high quality.
This is NOT an X1 hardware problem, a bandwith problem, or a buffering problem. Youtube high quality works perfectly on the R1A stock ROM. Ever since R2 (which is what I'm running on my X1a), and I'm guessing on custom ROMS based off R2 or R3 it no longer plays properly. Pausing and allowing to buffer the X1 does NOT fix the promlem, it only alleviate the problem slightly.
This is a software issue. Hopefully someone with the knowhow fixes this for us all.
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what rom are you using? you should probably complain there
you can probably get better results by playing the video after its fully buffered the whole file
overall like you, im not too imressed with youtube and video playback
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Grizz is right. It should play smooth (at least on mine) after fully buffered.
are you sure its a buffering issue? even when i have enough buffered it is still playing jerky.
from my memory recollection, youtube works fine on r1a and r3a rom.
youtube comes in many forms
think I have 3½ ways to play youtube
and I don't use the offical one
youtube from the panel
youtubeplay
youtube from inside opera
½ if the streaming media thingy that came
with the phone that I never had success with
Hi,
I've only been playing with my phone for a day so apologies if I'm treading old ground.
I've dumped a few DivX movies on the phone and can happily play them using Rockplayer. However, they also appear in Gallery and Sense and if accessed from these apps the whole phone suffers serious performance issues like freezing and extreme slulggishness. It indicates a hung process and the only way to remediate the situation is via a reboot.
The obvious answer would be to not access them vai these apps, but if they're muddled with other videos then it doesn't take much to accidently select one or for someone else playing with my phone to do the same.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks,
Yao
Yao Ng said:
Hi,
I've only been playing with my phone for a day so apologies if I'm treading old ground.
I've dumped a few DivX movies on the phone and can happily play them using Rockplayer. However, they also appear in Gallery and Sense and if accessed from these apps the whole phone suffers serious performance issues like freezing and extreme slulggishness. It indicates a hung process and the only way to remediate the situation is via a reboot.
The obvious answer would be to not access them vai these apps, but if they're muddled with other videos then it doesn't take much to accidently select one or for someone else playing with my phone to do the same.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks,
Yao
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I think it all depends on your bitrate. You can have a divx movie that is completely unplayable because it's such a high bitrate.
For example I bought() a divx movie and put it on the phone, same problem you're having.
I ripped a movie myself and that one played without any problems... (think it was like 512x384, 1000bps which is mooooore than enough on a phone)
but anyway I'm switching to all .mkv movies but I haven't found a decent app to play those (yet)
What is the best player for DiVx?
Is it Rockplayer?
wondered if anyone else suffered from this - not sure if its an "Android" or Note 3 issue
basically if watching streamed video - in particular Netflix and Youtube - I can't get smooth playback
the phone seems to drop frames (noticeable by either causing judder or a sudden slow down/speed up as it catches up)
this is via 3G or via Wifi - makes no difference
same content on IPAD is silky smooth
I've tried forcing 2D acceleration in dev settings to no avail
it seems like the hardware or OS can't keep up with the video at all times
local content plays back completely smoothly, be it podcasts via Pocketcasts or local video files via MX Player - perfectly smooth - even at 1080p
any ideas please ?
Buckster76 said:
wondered if anyone else suffered from this - not sure if its an "Android" or Note 3 issue
basically if watching streamed video - in particular Netflix and Youtube - I can't get smooth playback
the phone seems to drop frames (noticeable by either causing judder or a sudden slow down/speed up as it catches up)
this is via 3G or via Wifi - makes no difference
same content on IPAD is silky smooth
I've tried forcing 2D acceleration in dev settings to no avail
it seems like the hardware or OS can't keep up with the video at all times
local content plays back completely smoothly, be it podcasts via Pocketcasts or local video files via MX Player - perfectly smooth - even at 1080p
any ideas please ?
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I would love to say that my n9005 at 4.3 is stuttering as well. I don't know why.
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I would love to say that my n9005 at 4.3 is stuttering as well. I don't know why.
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I noticed something interesting this week -although maybe Placebo (pretty sure not though)
I've always had laggy/stuttering Netflix vs smooth on IOS
yet smooth local 1080p content - perfect really
I was trying Sky Go earlier in week and was lovely and smooth in fact I'd noted how smooth the video playback seemed vs Netflix, tonight I noticed stutter on Sky Go was beginning to think if I was running something in background or something - but then figured the difference - tonight was streamed via Wifi, earlier in week was same/similar content but downloaded first
so is there something odd with chipset that it doesn't like Wifi + Video decoding at same time ?
Buckster76 said:
I noticed something interesting this week -although maybe Placebo (pretty sure not though)
I've always had laggy/stuttering Netflix vs smooth on IOS
yet smooth local 1080p content - perfect really
I was trying Sky Go earlier in week and was lovely and smooth in fact I'd noted how smooth the video playback seemed vs Netflix, tonight I noticed stutter on Sky Go was beginning to think if I was running something in background or something - but then figured the difference - tonight was streamed via Wifi, earlier in week was same/similar content but downloaded first
so is there something odd with chipset that it doesn't like Wifi + Video decoding at same time ?
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MX Player (and others) might use hardware decoding, Netflix and the sorts might not.
You could go to Dev-settings and check on "Show CPU usage", so you can see whats happening. (But you'ld have to google what it all means as i dont know.
But what i do know is that the procces list shouldnt be too long, like 20 items in my list when idling (for 5 minutes) after usage.
Hi All,
I am running stock Samsung Kitkat with no root or anything.
Whenever I watch Youtube videos it works fine until I change the quality to 720p or 1080p. I get freezing and stuttering and the videos are unwatchable.
I turned on force GPU rendering and 720p was fine but 1080p still freezes and stutters.
Its not my internet connection and I get 70mb via wifi and 50ish via 4G.
Any ideas as far as I am aware this shouldn't be happening? didn't happen on my S4.
Thanks
snaeem155 said:
Hi All,
I am running stock Samsung Kitkat with no root or anything.
Whenever I watch Youtube videos it works fine until I change the quality to 720p or 1080p. I get freezing and stuttering and the videos are unwatchable.
I turned on force GPU rendering and 720p was fine but 1080p still freezes and stutters.
Its not my internet connection and I get 70mb via wifi and 50ish via 4G.
Any ideas as far as I am aware this shouldn't be happening? didn't happen on my S4.
Thanks
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Is power save on? Power save slows down ur phone by limiting cpu power .check if that's on and if it is switch it off.if that doesn't work then update YouTube or just try getting another version of YouTube.that should help [emoji106]