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h264 high profile video plays perfectly under 3.1 ...but without sound! I don't quite understand this, as it would seem that if the Tegra 2 can handle high profile video perfectly, which it can now apparently under 3.1, and flawlessly at that, then why does the simple inclusion of an audio track bring everything to a screeching halt?
I have tried demuxing some of these "silent videos" and converted the audio tracks to mp3, AAC and various other formats then recombining - the results play fine on the PC, but not on the XOOM. Yet remove the audio track, and the high profile h264 video track plays perfectly again. Really has me peplexed, as it seems that the Tegra 2 is able to handle high profile after all, so why no sound?
The Tegra 2 is one peculiar chip.
I am not 100% convinced it is solely a limitation of the SoC. It doesn't take THAT much horse power to decode this stuff. The architecture supports it...
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I am not 100% convinced it is solely a limitation of the SoC. It doesn't take THAT much horse power to decode this stuff. The architecture supports it...
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I agree. After studying everthing that was released about the Tegra 2, I was really convinced that it was a limitation of this SoC, but now I am no so sure. This chip plays high profile h264 effortlessly now, so I can't believe that there isn't a way to enable audio as well. I really expected that, after converting the AC3 audio tracks to AAC, it would work, if not in an MKV container, then as an MP4, but tried both and still can't get video and sound together.
Kind of think that high profile 720p MKV playback might not be impossilbe after all. Just don't understand why NVIDIA is making it so hard. Perhaps they want to keep the market open for paid downloadable content.
Edit: as an odd added side note: I have several MKV's that show all identical specs in mediainfo, high @L3.1 some play perfectly(but silently), and others don't play at all. Very frustrating.
Out of curiosity, which player do you use?
That is the reason that I also have the Playbook and the 3G Samsung Galaxy Tab which play high-profile h264 flawlessly.
I only use my 3G Xoom for web surfing and playing some specific Tegra games. No movies watching on my Xoom even after my 3.1 upgrade.
Digital Man said:
h264 high profile video plays perfectly under 3.1 ...but without sound! I don't quite understand this, as it would seem that if the Tegra 2 can handle high profile video perfectly, which it can now apparently under 3.1, and flawlessly at that, then why does the simple inclusion of an audio track bring everything to a screeching halt?
I have tried demuxing some of these "silent videos" and converted the audio tracks to mp3, AAC and various other formats then recombining - the results play fine on the PC, but not on the XOOM. Yet remove the audio track, and the high profile h264 video track plays perfectly again. Really has me peplexed, as it seems that the Tegra 2 is able to handle high profile after all, so why no sound?
The Tegra 2 is one peculiar chip.
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Are you trying to play videos with more then 2 audio channels? As far as I've experienced android can't play anything with more then 2 channel audio. Try down mixing the audio to stereo. Let us know
Using rockplayer (paid version-not lite) moboplayer and the system video player. I have two apparently high profile L3.1 episodes of smallville that play fine with hardware in all three, with no sound. And then I have two episodes of Startgate Universe with exactly the same specs that don't play at all - go figure.
And, in response to the other post: yes, I have a galaxy tab 7 as well. It can play high profile 720p and just about everything else because it isn't running a Tegra 2.
Galaxy tab 10.1 will likely be able to as well, if it uses Exynos - and if it comes in at $399 as is rumored, that's going to be pretty tempting. Can't imagine how Tegra 2 based tablets will compete. If it really is possible to improve video playback on the Tegra 2, and it isn't a limitation of the SoC, then now would sure be the time for NVIDIA to do it, because on June 8 there will likely be a tablet that will just smoke Tegra 2 in the Video department.
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Are you trying to play videos with more then 2 audio channels? As far as I've experienced android can't play anything with more then 2 channel audio. Try down mixing the audio to stereo. Let us know
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Thought of that. Did downmix all to 2 channel. No improvement.
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And, in response to the other post: yes, I have a galaxy tab 7 as well. It can play high profile 720p and just about everything else because it isn't running a Tegra 2.
Galaxy tab 10.1 will likely be able to as well, if it uses Exynos.
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Like you, I am very disappointed with my 3G Xoom after I find out that it cannot play high profile 720p.
So I went out and bought the 3G Galaxy Tab and was thrilled at knowing that it can play high profile h264. But then I was a little disappointed when I cannot transfer any file that is bigger than 4 GB because it does not do NTFS storage. Many of the high profile movies have 4 GB or larger size.
So I went out and bought the 64 GB Playbook. This was the solution to my high profile movie addiction. The Playbook use NTFS storage so I can transfer my 6 GB - 8 GB high profile h264 movies in the Playbook. I am running out of space on my 64 GB Playbook. I wish the Playbook has the 128 GB version.
So if you like watching high-profile h264 movies like I do, then you should get the Playbook or the future Samsung tab and hope that it does not have Tegra 2. I am so disappointed with the Tegra 2.
Why not just wait til all this gets sorted out, I bought a xoom when it 1st came out...but was not happy with the limitations/bugs etc... ended up selling it , bought a nook color rooted to cm7 internal. willing to wait later this year or early next year hoping a solid tablet comes out.
yes the nook has all its limitations too but it was only 250.00
Regrettably I think that the new Samsung Galaxy is going to use Tegra 2. At least that is what I have learnt by reading the reviews / reports on the limited edition units the gave away on the Google I/O.
Let's wait and see.
Regards.
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h264 high profile video plays perfectly under 3.1 ...but without sound! I don't quite understand this, as it would seem that if the Tegra 2 can handle high profile video perfectly, which it can now apparently under 3.1, and flawlessly at that, then why does the simple inclusion of an audio track bring everything to a screeching halt?
I have tried demuxing some of these "silent videos" and converted the audio tracks to mp3, AAC and various other formats then recombining - the results play fine on the PC, but not on the XOOM. Yet remove the audio track, and the high profile h264 video track plays perfectly again. Really has me peplexed, as it seems that the Tegra 2 is able to handle high profile after all, so why no sound?
The Tegra 2 is one peculiar chip.
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What are you using to encode/decode here, and what is the exact commands used?
Suspicion could be that the AAC codec you tried may not be quite what would work. Also reference http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html
I bought me a Lenovo Tablet yesterday and wanted to try out to play HD Videos on it.
Sadly my videos are lagging and the audio is async... I tried it with MX Player and Mobo Player, both installed the ARMv7 Codec. What i'm curious about is, that the Tegra v2 Chip should to decoding of 1080p h.264 Material in Hardware (my video was h.264 720p in a MKV Container) and both players showed me that they decode the video in software...
Is there any player that can play my mkv videos without lagging around? Or do i just need to adjust something?
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I bought me a Lenovo Tablet yesterday and wanted to try out to play HD Videos on it.
Sadly my videos are lagging and the audio is async... I tried it with MX Player and Mobo Player, both installed the ARMv7 Codec. What i'm curious about is, that the Tegra v2 Chip should to decoding of 1080p h.264 Material in Hardware (my video was h.264 720p in a MKV Container) and both players showed me that they decode the video in software...
Is there any player that can play my mkv videos without lagging around? Or do i just need to adjust something?
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Try different players but it's def not capable of 1080 and even has issues with 720p main and high profile
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mhh but the nvidia site says something different...
so the chip itself should take care of that... maybe its just a firmware issue?
The screen is 1200x800 so there's really no way to play 1080p on it. Even 720p is going to be cropped. The only way to do 1080p is over HDMI without mirroring but apparently that isn't very smooth so 720p seems like a much better option.
Tried a reboot and/or turning Wifi off/on again? It's worked for me.
Basically the chip can do it. The Tegra 2 has some special HW IP inside that will do the decoding. Most of the Tegra 2 tables are unable to use it because the vendors are not supplying the codecs and filters that make use of the HW block. So you are somehow limited to the codecs and resolutions that are choosen by the manufacturer/Nvidia. You can't change anything and as far as I know Nvidia also isn't distributing this part open.
I'm also quiet disappointed seeing that chinese pads with Telechips MCU (ARM11 single-core) can playback almost everything up to full-HD and the Thinkpad Tablet can't.
Dice Player.
It is the ONLY working HW accelerated player in my experience....
mkv files, everything plays well on it....
HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.
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HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.
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Very likely and that also depends on your tv
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Very likely and that also depends on your tv
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Hi from what I am reading the nx10 HDMI out is only mirror image that will not fill the HDTV format. Is this a hardware issue on nexus 10 end or can it be corrected in a software update..? I would actually buy and rent movies with Google play if I can watch them full screen on my TV.
If Google fixes this issue I see more people utilizing their movie service.
Till then I am using Microsoft Xbox.
Thanks...joe
When I connect my N10 to my plasma TV it reports 1080p which is the maximum this TV supports so I think it's device dependent based on the max of either the TV or tablet but given the resolution of the N10 the TV is likely to be the limit.
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Hi from what I am reading the nx10 HDMI out is only mirror image that will not fill the HDTV format. Is this a hardware issue on nexus 10 end or can it be corrected in a software update..? I would actually buy and rent movies with Google play if I can watch them full screen on my TV.
If Google fixes this issue I see more people utilizing their movie service.
Till then I am using Microsoft Xbox.
Thanks...joe
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If you watch movies it does automatically fill the entire screen. It also switches to a slightly different mirroring mode where it doesn't technically mirror.
Games etc. don't fill the entire screen though. Neither does the launcher etc.
1080p
Also confirmed 1080p output to TV from my nexus 10, with a HDMI cable that is a few years old from when I picked up a droid charge a couple of years ago.
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If you watch movies it does automatically fill the entire screen. It also switches to a slightly different mirroring mode where it doesn't technically mirror.
Games etc. don't fill the entire screen though. Neither does the launcher etc.
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It will fill my entire screen, and has same behavior not mirroring during movie playback. Other apps like mx player mirror during playback. Launcher did when in landscape mode but not in portrait.
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Also confirmed 1080p output to TV from my nexus 10, with a HDMI cable that is a few years old from when I picked up a droid charge a couple of years ago.
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It will fill my entire screen, and has same behavior not mirroring during movie playback. Other apps like mx player mirror during playback. Launcher did when in landscape mode but not in portrait.
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I am not sure why I dont get full screenI use a a cable that supports 1080P AND I have to use a hdmi switch because my tv only has 3 inputs and I needed a 4th. When I play the movie trailer in play store it does not widen the screen. I still have black bands on sides like I do when nexus mirrors image. My tv supports 1080p. Is a sony xbr2 40". A little old but if my bluray player is fine why not nexus.
Thanks..joe
This is what I am getting and hope there is some sort of fix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXj8QquyGc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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On my LG Full HD 1080p 37" TV, the mirrored display from my Nexus 10 to the TV is always coming out with black edges roung the screen ie not being displayed in full screen. The only options in terms of aspect ratio for the TV are 4:3 or 16:9 when connected to the tablet. The Zoom1 and Zoom 2 options can only be accessed when viewing normal TV or DVDs. Is there a way I can fill up the black edges on the TV with what's being displayed from the tablet? The only way i get full screen is when i watch videos from Google Play Movies. I would live to stream videos from XBMC in full screen mode if possible. Thanks. The info displayed when the OK button on my TV's remote is being pressed shows 1920*1080 @60Hz when Tablet is connected to TV via HDMI
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HDMI output. The hdmi output on the nexus should output 1080p right? I only seem to be getting 720p but I was wondering if it was just my hdmi cable since it is old and came with a Motorola Atrix 2.
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Doing some research on the micro-hdmi I came across some Info about the cable. Standard cable supports up to 720p/1080i, High-speed data micro-hdmi will support 1080p, 4k, 3d and high color. Source = http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-HDMI
I watch a lot of animes, and many animes these days are encoded using 10-bit H.264 (Hi10P).
720p 10-bit is very laggy on my galaxy S3 when using MX player. Can someone test it on galaxy S4 and tell me if it handles ? Also, please use mx player which can be downloaded for free from google play
Also, keep in mind the S4 sold in my country is GT-I9500 which uses samsung exynos processor
Did you try with VLC ?? (I don't know if it runs better with VLC, just asking)
VLC uses the same decoding libs and the performance wouldn't be much better.
10bit can only be decoded in software right now so you simply need more CPU power (and the GS4 might have enough power).
I'm quite curious if 720p 10bit can be decoded myself.
I'm curious about this as well, apparently S4 uses the same GPU as iPhone 5 which plays 10 bit videos flawlessly with no lag at all. Can anyone confirm about this?
Im getting my S4 quadcore in about 2 hours and use mxplayer. Ill be happy to try it if no one has done it by then. Where can I d/l a video to test that is the right format/rate?
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Im getting my S4 quadcore in about 2 hours and use mxplayer. Ill be happy to try it if no one has done it by then. Where can I d/l a video to test that is the right format/rate?
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Here you are! Sorry if anime is not your liking . Thanks a bunch.
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=427698
Almost all 720p mkv files on nyaa.eu are 10-bit, you can try others if you want
I'm successfully watching 10-bit 1080 w/ .FLAC and .ASS subs in .MKV format using QQ Video Player. the video file is 1.6 gb and 23 minutes. it's a COALGIRLS video if you know what that is. the only thing I noticed is that it seems to be slightly out of sync.. it's not notable until right 12 minutes in because of how slight it is =/. the vid works fine in Media Player Classic, so Im hoping an app or fw update will correct this.
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I'm successfully watching 10-bit 1080 w/ .FLAC and .ASS subs in .MKV format using QQ Video Player. the video file is 1.6 gb and 23 minutes. it's a COALGIRLS video if you know what that is. the only thing I noticed is that it seems to be slightly out of sync.. it's not notable until right 12 minutes in because of how slight it is =/. the vid works fine in Media Player Classic, so Im hoping an app or fw update will correct this.
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good to know that, is it smooth? :laugh:
Can you check whether 720p is still out of sync
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Here you are! Sorry if anime is not your liking . Thanks a bunch.
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=427698
Almost all 720p mkv files on nyaa.eu are 10-bit, you can try others if you want
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Sorry to have taken so long. I tried to d/l it after I got the phone, but didnt realize it was a torrent. Then I saw it was 341mg and I
only had slow 3g. D/L it when I got home and just watched some of it.
I have never watched anime, so I will simply tell you that it seemed normal to me. Using MX player I had to switch it to software decoder, as the hardware decoder played the audio but there was a black screen. Switched it to software and everything played fine, and the a/v seemed synced. It seemed smooth, I saw no choppiness or halting issues. Screen was clear and bright and crisp. Audio was loud and clear.
I didnt do anything to the phone (stock) and only made the hardware to software change in MX. Otherwise it was straight outta the box.
Hope this helps you.
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Sorry to have taken so long. I tried to d/l it after I got the phone, but didnt realize it was a torrent. Then I saw it was 341mg and I
only had slow 3g. D/L it when I got home and just watched some of it.
I have never watched anime, so I will simply tell you that it seemed normal to me. Using MX player I had to switch it to software decoder, as the hardware decoder played the audio but there was a black screen. Switched it to software and everything played fine, and the a/v seemed synced. It seemed smooth, I saw no choppiness or halting issues. Screen was clear and bright and crisp. Audio was loud and clear.
I didnt do anything to the phone (stock) and only made the hardware to software change in MX. Otherwise it was straight outta the box.
Hope this helps you.
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Thanks a lot for you reply, sounds like a perfect player after all. I definitely have to buy a S4
btw, is MXPlayer better than the stock one ? AFAIK, Samsung and LG appear to be the only ones on the markets that have the best codec support in the stock player! Nexus 4 have serious lag when playing the file above but Optimus G drives it smoothly even though they have the same hardware support (benchmark was lower on Nexus 4 though).
Even Xperia Z has issues when dealing with 10-bit video, and I doubt that HTC One is capable of playing video files well as the codec supported is rather limited (according to GSMArena).
My point is, if galaxy s4 were to have CM10.1, I'm curious whether its ability to decode film still retains by using MXPlayer
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Thanks a lot for you reply, sounds like a perfect player after all. I definitely have to buy a S4
btw, is MXPlayer better than the stock one ? AFAIK, Samsung and LG appear to be the only ones on the markets that have the best codec support in the stock player! Nexus 4 have serious lag when playing the file above but Optimus G drives it smoothly even though they have the same hardware support (benchmark was lower on Nexus 4 though).
Even Xperia Z has issues when dealing with 10-bit video, and I doubt that HTC One is capable of playing video files well as the codec supported is rather limited (according to GSMArena).
My point is, if galaxy s4 were to have CM10.1, I'm curious whether its ability to decode film still retains by using MXPlayer
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I just tried to play it with the stock player and it wouldnt play video only audio. Il try some other players and see wut happens.
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I just tried to play it with the stock player and it wouldnt play video only audio. Il try some other players and see wut happens.
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Please test it with MX player. Don't forget that you need to use S/W instead of H/W to play 10-bit
MX player is not the fastest player to play 10-bit. Archos Video player can play much 10-bit faster.
However, mx player is best player I've tested when it comes to rendering subtitles. The other video players can only display subititles at the bottom, but mx players can display the subtitles that appear in middle or top of the screen that appear in many animes. Thats the reason why I'm asking people to test using mx player.
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Here you are! Sorry if anime is not your liking . Thanks a bunch.
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=427698
Almost all 720p mkv files on nyaa.eu are 10-bit, you can try others if you want
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You can also download 720p 10-bit animes from this website. The size of the animes is also much smaller, which good for people who don't have fast connection
http://web.hi10anime.com/
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Please test it with MX player. Don't forget that you need to use S/W instead of H/W to play 10-bit
MX player is not the fastest player to play 10-bit. Archos Video player can play much 10-bit faster.
However, mx player is best player I've tested when it comes to rendering subtitles. The other video players can only display subititles at the bottom, but mx players can display the subtitles that appear in middle or top of the screen that appear in many animes. Thats the reason why I'm asking people to test using mx player.
You can also download 720p 10-bit animes from this website. The size of the animes is also much smaller, which good for people who don't have fast connection
http://web.hi10anime.com/
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I did run it with MX Player first. If you go back a couple posts I used that first for silversun92. You are right and it ran very well. I did have to change it to S/W, but after that it worked without any problems. Silversun92 asked me about the stock player, so I tried that next and it didnt work. Sound did but video did not. Can anything correct that?
FWIW, I also ran it with BSPlayer (which I like and use). It seemed to run slightly jittery, but it automatically showed subtitles which MX didnt when I ran it. That might just be a setting issue though. Regardless, I think MX ran better than BS.
Is there anything else that you all need tested ?
anyone know how to get DTS video to work on S4? I have 1080p mkv videos with DTS audio, but it wont work at S4 video player.. there is no sound
@ben3003
DTS only works in H/W+ mode afaik. (Testing with MX Player) on S4 this is a ARMv7 Neon FFMPEG custom distribution example
I find that the experience for 720p 10bit playback is not yet satisfactory. But the device may be capable of more due to its unique hardware support (HEVC). I think we can expect improvements to playback in future.
As @maroon1 mentioned Archos Player is almost satisfactory experience with 720p hi10p playback (I believe this is software rendering) however it lacks the Styled subtitle support that I have grown to love MX Player for. I can get over this lol but would be nice to have in future.
So you guys disagree on the results....
So, @roninep you say that 720p 10-bit mkvs played smoothly with MX Player on your S4, but @sh4z you say it wasn't satisfactory? Would both of you mind posting a short ~5 minute video clip of your results for comparison please?
I'm debating on buying an S4, since I watch a lot of video on my phone. Currently I have to manually re-encode (with handbrake) all my videos and anime from 10-bit to 8-bit before I put them on my phone, so a phone that plays 10-bit and saves me this extra step would be great!
Thank you for confirming!!
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I made two videos to compare MX Player and Archos Player on GT-I9505 S4.
I pretty much agree with @maroon1, I think Archos is the smoothest so far out of the players I've tried. MX Player has better subtitle support so If it's not 10bit I would use that.
Same video is used no special optimizations default settings. Streaming over WiFi G. (Plenty of bandwidth for 720p) @roninep might have a GT-I9500... Haven't tested MX Player on that yet. Will give it a go tomorrow. Maybe its okay with that device.
MX Player
https://vimeo.com/67198798
Archos Player
https://vimeo.com/67198799
Apologies in advance these videos are a bit blurry at some points as they were taken by my Galaxy S GT-I9000. It doesn't know what to focus on lol. Anyway the frame rate I think is visible enough in each example (I think that's what is important right ?)
Some other 720p 10bit mkv Tests (In Reverse Order *worst first*)
1. Mobo Video Player constantly played intrusive ad's and crashed when attempting to playback,dumped that like a **** ...
2. VLC Does not play properly v.choppy got about 3 frames out of it (It's beta after all and may kill your kittens (lol wtf vlc thats the warning you get when running the first time )) audio came through okay.
3. QQ Player was worse than Mobo Player laggy video and out of sync audio, did not properly understand styled subtitles and output incorrectly.
4. VPlayer - Constantly playing catch-up (video; fast,slow,fast,slow)- Subtitles displaying correctly at beginning but then later disappeared
5. MoboPlayer (Audio playback no video on H/W) Software playback was good but artifacting (think twice compressed jpeg, probably just not proper 10bit support) faster than MX but archos is better(faster no artifacts), subs displayed correctly but not styled
Any others people have tried that are good let us know! its useful. Cheers :good:
Thank you @sh4z for posting the videos! And you're right, framerate was what I was wondering about! And coincidentally, I'm currently using an I9000, want to upgrade to the I9500. And yeah, I currently use MX Player for everything, including those animes I convert from 10 to 8 bit.
Before I forget and go on, @sh4z how did you get the fps to show in the topright corner on MX Player? I couldn't find it as a menu option in MX Player...
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So it seems that MX Player framerate is watchable, but when compared to Archos player, Archos is much more enjoyable. Hopefully MX Player's dev will be able to improve his codec! (with MX Player having much better .ass subtitle support)
It's good that you pointed out you tested on the I9505, I had forgotten about the different chipsets. From a few places I read around, I've heard rumours that perhaps the I9500 with its Exynos 5 Cortex A15 will perform much better than the I9505's Qualcomm Krait 300.
Just looking at their comparison on Wikipedia's page for the Krait CPU, it appears (at least on the surface) that the I9500's Exynos 5 should do better? Hope we find out later!
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Hopefully, we will soon get an android device + app combination that rivals the iPhone 5 in terms of playing 10 bit videos.
For reference: From what was said on Animesuki's forum thread "iPhone 5 and 10-bit MKVs" , there's a video that proves that iPhone 5 with "HD MKV Player" app can easily handle 10 bit videos.
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I had tested some of those other players on my I9000 too, and I agree that MoboPlayer probably performs best out of them, in terms of framerate. Like you said, it's too bad that it artifacts on colours and doesn't fully support .ass styling.
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From his signature, I'd caution a guess that @roninep has the North American I9505 like you do, so no Exynos core. If anyone else here has an I9500 would you mind testing this out please? Thanks in advance!
I tested on I9505 S4.
Was watching a 720p 10 bit anime video with MX Player and find it pretty smooth except scenes that has lots of movement, action where the video stutter a little (No problem though).
But do take note the CPU does heats up a little... Mine was at 55 degree C after a full episode.
psycovirus said:
I tested on I9505 S4.
Was watching a 720p 10 bit anime video with MX Player and find it pretty smooth except scenes that has lots of movement, action where the video stutter a little (No problem though).
But do take note the CPU does heats up a little... Mine was at 55 degree C after a full episode.
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@psycovirus thanks for testing! Would you say the performance was about the same or better than the video sh4z posted with MX Player on I9505?
And yeah, it's unfortunate but expected that the CPU would heat up since it's all software decoding.... I don't think any consumer hardware will get hardware accelerated h.264 hi10p, especially with the release of h.265 "HEVC".
hi friends
i bought a galaxy note 3 exynos octa yesterday
when i play movies and seek the forwar it take long time to seek
but the same video on samsung s4 will do perfect after notification about update i updated my phone
now the same video say the audio codec not supported
i am really disappointed
is there any solution to playback without lag and codec issues?
Diceplayer
VLC player
Stock player is rubbish. Use those two, they are free and play *everything*
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Good luck playing an mkv with dts on that.
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ShadowLea said:
Stock player is rubbish. Use those two, they are free and play *everything*
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Personally, I find that Samsung's stock video player is a vast, vast improvement over any other stock player. True, it doesn't play everything you can throw at it but it is far more capable than say the HTC stock player, or the vanilla Android video player on the Nexus devices because the codec support with these is just shocking. Point being, as stock players go, Samsung's is probably the best - I certainly wouldn't call it rubbish, though YMMV.
I've not tried VLC for a while now, but last time I did (probably a year ago) I found it very poor, though I used to use Diceplayer and MX Player Pro a lot and always found them to be ok. These days, I usually use the Archos video player with the free codec pack when stock doesn't quite work for me, which isn't very often on my Note 3, but almost always when using my HTC One or Nexus devices (5 & 7).
Regards,
Dave
Another disappointment is that metadata does not work on the Note 3. You would think something as advanced as this and it would work.
VLC all the way!
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+1 for MX Player. It's a shame it doesn't support DTS anymore, but I find it's only mkv files that have been converted form blu-ray that contain DTS audio. Weekly HD TV shows seem to be fine.
now i am using mx player with dts codec
but the mx player seem to have problem with playing m2ts with dolby digital sound
seeking forward and backward is really laggy and took 3 to 5 second and the sound will crash
what about vlc or dice are they capable playing 1080p m2ts without crash ?
Jay-Taicho said:
+1 for MX Player. It's a shame it doesn't support DTS anymore, but I find it's only mkv files that have been converted form blu-ray that contain DTS audio. Weekly HD TV shows seem to be fine.
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Every tv show I download doesn't work in MX...
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk
to play dts with mx player
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156254