Recorded videos play only audio, black screen - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I've been having this issue for a few months. My phone model is GT-I9500, and I'm using CM12.1.
When I record videos, I can play them on my phone just fine, however if I try to play on PC or send it to anyone it will only have the audio on a black screen. This happens on Snapchat as well, any video I record will be the same way.
I've tried updating the ROM and doing a hard reset.
Is there a way to solve this or is it a problem with Cyanogenmod?
Thanks in advance.

Have you tried other camera apps and recording in different formats?

GDReaper said:
Have you tried other camera apps and recording in different formats?
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Yes, I've tried different apps and formats. Same result, can only view in my phone and anywhere else it's all black.

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video playback problem !!!!

is anyone having a video playback problem with HTC video player ???
I have, tried openeing a rather low-res MP4 video, and it wouldn't open it; the screen was black and it only said "loading" or whatever.
I tried 3 or 4 times, and during the last attempt it said something like "fatal error - blah blah - ARM11"
I didn't risk trying openening any videos again
No problems here at all - with mp4 files. Any other format is... disappointing. Except maybe if you install another video player app.
the problem, i am experiencing is the video recorded with the handset can not be played at all. i had to do hard reset couple of times just to have it work again. this happens after i install some applications. i tried uninstalling the apps, but in vain.
really appreciate if anyone can help me out here !!!
navraid said:
the problem, i am experiencing is the video recorded with the handset can not be played at all. i had to do hard reset couple of times just to have it work again. this happens after i install some applications. i tried uninstalling the apps, but in vain.
really appreciate if anyone can help me out here !!!
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If it works after a hard reset, but not after installing some apps, do a hard reset and then try playing a video after each installation. That way you can identify which app is causing the problem.
Sounds like you'll need another hard reset afterwards, but at least you'll know the app that is breaking the video playback, and you can let us all know so that no-one installs it again!
I will bet you its right after you install the youtube app, because it uses similar files (you may notice the video playback uses a UI similar to that in the playback in the YouTube app) Would like to know if this situation can be fixed myself, without having to resort to flashing a rom and losing my warranty
major_otaku said:
I will bet you its right after you install the youtube app, because it uses similar files (you may notice the video playback uses a UI similar to that in the playback in the YouTube app) Would like to know if this situation can be fixed myself, without having to resort to flashing a rom and losing my warranty
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You're spot on dude. I device was playing videos very well until I installed Youtube. Noticed straight away it was that causing the problem. I haven't removed youtube simple because of the fact its a brilliant app! works brilliant with wifi. Such a shame its the only place I can see video footage!
SOME ONE PLEASE FIND A WAY TO FIX IT OTHER THAN UNINSTALLING YOUTUBE!
remove youtube app and still watch youtube on opera
You may find this thread useful in getting opera to work properly when you visit youtube dot com. That way you can get rid of the app and still watch vids from there - you can even cue vids up in a playlist exactly like on a desktop pc.

youtube on PA 4.6 B2 kumquat

hi, thanks for your job, i've installed this rom on xperia U and the device now is great! i've installed also NANO MODULAR PACKAGE for gapps, and play store works. just i've two problem: youtube video don't works, the app starts, search the videos, but don't play,and the dialer is slow when i digit(solved with ex dialer). how can i fix youtube?
thanks again!
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peppeg85 said:
hi, thanks for your job, i've installed this rom on xperia U and the device now is great! i've installed also NANO MODULAR PACKAGE for gapps, and play store works. just i've two problem: youtube video don't works, the app starts, search the videos, but don't play,and the dialer is slow when i digit(solved with ex dialer). how can i fix youtube?
thanks again!
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I have similar problem the video is divided in 3 parts and in black and white
i solved it by reinstall you tube app
youtube on PA 5.1
I'm having a similar problem, but it is not limited to youtube. I have tired plex too, and it also fails to play a video.
When I play a video youtube I just get "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry"
In plex the video fails to play telling me to restart my plex media server and to reboot the phone.
I have rebooted the phone and it makes no difference.
Anybody have any ideas on how to fix that? Everything else seems to work properly on this rom so far, and the stock rom is getting more and more laggy which is why I'm trying different roms.
Anybody have any ideas?
**Update**
For some reason a video would start without video at times. When that happens if I change the quality to something lower than 480p, it actually works.
MX player works perfectly regardless of resolution.
Plex is completely broken, it will not work regardless of what I set the video to, it fails.
On a HTC One M8

[Q] Problem with playing 4k videos

Hi,
I have a problem with playing 4k videos on my Galaxy S5, SM-G900F. Whenever I record something with 4k quality and play it, it's fine. But when I download a short 4k video and play it, it either stutters or plays it @ 1 FPS. That is, it shows a frame for a second and it disappears for a second and so on... Also it happens to have no sound at all.
What gives? Has anyone else had this problem too?
Thanks.
boris90 said:
Hi,
I have a problem with playing 4k videos on my Galaxy S5, SM-G900F. Whenever I record something with 4k quality and play it, it's fine. But when I download a short 4k video and play it, it either stutters or plays it @ 1 FPS. That is, it shows a frame for a second and it disappears for a second and so on... Also it happens to have no sound at all.
What gives? Has anyone else had this problem too?
Thanks.
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Just because it does not fully support all 4k video formats (codec).
Maybe the newer firmware will support more formats.
vndnguyen said:
Just because it does not fully support all 4k video formats (codec).
Maybe the newer firmware will support more formats.
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OK. Maybe I should try finding different codecs. I think players like BS Player and MX Player support custom codecs. If anyone knows of any good 4k codecs for Android I'd be grateful.
OK. Maybe I should try finding different codecs. I think players like BS Player and MX Player support custom codecs. If anyone knows of any good 4k codecs for Android I'd be grateful.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Free mobile app

Video Glitches

I am having some trouble with videos after the recent BlackBerry camera update. Everything time I take a video, it records and saves fine but when I try to play the video back, using any different video player it just looks like a green jumbled mess. It does this on the regular gallery, QuickPic and even Instagram. See the screenshot below.
Exleh said:
I am having some trouble with videos after the recent BlackBerry camera update. Everything time I take a video, it records and saves fine but when I try to play the video back, using any different video player it just looks like a green jumbled mess. It does this on the regular gallery, QuickPic and even Instagram. See the screenshot below.
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Are you using MX Player to play videos by any chance?
I am not. And I discovered that it also does it on other people's instragram videos and snapchat stories so it must be a playback or codec issues
Exleh said:
I am not. And I discovered that it also does it on other people's instragram videos and snapchat stories so it must be a playback or codec issues
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I have some music videos and I use MX Player to play them. In decoder settings of that app, there was HW+ option which I would enable on every phone that I had, but on Priv I had to select HW instead because videos came out green and distorted.
Charkatak said:
I have some music videos and I use MX Player to play them. In decoder settings of that app, there was HW+ option which I would enable on every phone that I had, but on Priv I had to select HW instead because videos came out green and distorted.
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I'll see what happens when I use it. I hope this stuff will be fixed in an update.
Edit: I'm an idiot and I had AwesomePlayer enabled in developer settings. Using NuPlayer fixed it.

No Audio with video capture

When I record videos with any camera and try to play them back, there is no sound. Anyone else have this happen? I tried multiple camera apps, playback methods, and made sure the volume was up and not on silent.
Thanks
xgerryx said:
When I record videos with any camera and try to play them back, there is no sound. Anyone else have this happen? I tried multiple camera apps, playback methods, and made sure the volume was up and not on silent.
Thanks
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No one else is having this problem?.
Still looking for answers on this.
xgerryx said:
No one else is having this problem?.
Still looking for answers on this.
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I am
Mine seems to be working fine on video capture resolutions (1080p 30fps and 4k). I replayed the videos back in gallery and MX Player with the ARM7 CODEC.
Eric214 said:
Mine seems to be working fine on video capture resolutions (1080p 30fps and 4k). I replayed the videos back in gallery and MX Player with the ARM7 CODEC.
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I'm recording at 1080p 30fps and playing back in gallery to test. No luck. I can record videos in other apps like Facebook Messenger, send them/play them back and they are ok. But any regular camera has this problem -_-
xgerryx said:
I'm recording at 1080p 30fps and playing back in gallery to test. No luck. I can record videos in other apps like Facebook Messenger, send them/play them back and they are ok. But any regular camera has this problem -_-
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Did you try clearing the app cache and data? If you're hearing the audio in other apps, then it's obviously the app that's the culprit.
Also, I'm not having any issue with the stock camera playback.
Eric214 said:
Did you try clearing the app cache and data? If you're hearing the audio in other apps, then it's obviously the app that's the culprit.
Also, I'm not having any issue with the stock camera playback.
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I didn't before but I just did. It's still broken. It's across multiple camera apps though, not just the stock one. I'm going to backup and flash FreedomOs and see if it's fixed on that ROM.
xgerryx said:
I didn't before but I just did. It's still broken. It's across multiple camera apps though, not just the stock one. I'm going to backup and flash FreedomOs and see if it's fixed on that ROM.
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Have you looked into this on stock OOS? Could be something broken on custom ROMs.
Eric214 said:
Have you looked into this on stock OOS? Could be something broken on custom ROMs.
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After flashing FreedomOS, video recording sound is back. Had to be something with the xXx ROM which sucks because I was having a great experience on there.
This happened again on FreedomOS. I believe after reverting the Stereo sound mod for the phone speaker that it's fixed. If anyone has this issue, try to remove that mod and see if it helps. I thought it might have been Viper but it doesn't seem like it.
If you are rooted and have Magisk installed, flash the "Android Mic Fix" module, it worked for me

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