As the title says, it is to discuss whether can we add divx playback support through hardware decoding on devices without native support.
The video playback by hardware decoding will be much better than the video playback of the same file by software decoding. Check it on RockPlayer. Our ZTE BLADE can handle pretty decent MP4 files (within WVGA resolution) whereas it cannot handle decent AVI/divx files. These files other than those supported by system player are played with software decoding which is not that good as the same specs files played with hardware decoding. That's where this question arises. Is is possible to support many file types and codecs (AVI, flv, mkv) for system player.
And I think some devices are having same hardware configuration but differences in divx playback support by system player. I think ZTE blade and LG optimus p500 have all the hardware identical except for the screen resolution. And LG optimus has native divx playback support whereas zte blade doesn't. (Correct me if I'm wrong). So i believe it is a software related thing.
And for 1GHz devices without divx support it might not make a big difference because they have a good processor which can play decent files even with software decoding. But for devices like ZTE blade, it matters because it cannot play most of the decent file types available in the internet.
What do you people say ??? Is it possible.
Give MX Video a Try
I download TV shows and movies in various formats all the time (just about all the popular formats).
The free MX Video Player plays them all on the ZTE Blade wonderfully. Even lets me stretch, crop, and full screen any video. And it remembers where I left off which is great because I can resume playback anytime right where I left off.
Just thought to mention as it solved all my video issues.
I also use MX video player on my blade, handles divx avi files with no problems.
Hi guys,
I want to start a topic about the video playback with the HW decoder of our eee pad.
first, this link from Motorola can help about the compatibility of the device.
(its for xoom I know but anyway it's the same processor)
I test a 1080p video yet but here is my test a video:
Resolution : 1920x800 (was the resolution of my video source)
Video Format : H.264
Video bitrate 6500kbps (didn't go higher because of my video source) tested with 8000kbps and still stable
Profil : Baseline (*IMPORTANT*) main or high will not work
CABAC enabled
Deblocking enabled
B-Frame : 2
Audio
LC-AAC with 160kbps bitrate
*HW is only available for stereo sound* BUT if you use a hdmi cable and want a full surround, you can put 5.1 under sound section (with mediacoder) when you will convert, doing this, the main video player of the table will NOT work. You will have to use MX video player (free in the market) AND when the video will start, click on the "music note" in the middle left and select S/W Decoder.
So the video will be decoded by the HW and audio decoded by SW. video is fluid and it work but can't guarantee if it is stable because I only test it one minute.
****Also, the container must be a .mp4 file!****
here is my preset for people who use Mediacoder
link
I use CUDA for the encoder but you absolutely need a compatible nvidia graphic card. Otherwise, check Auto.
I will try to push the tablet to its HW limit with other test. I'll keep this post updated.
Thanks
MediaCoder is free, you can download it from this link
*If other people have tried other method, fell free to share!*
Hello all,
Based on official specifications, the Galaxy S4 (i9500 ? i9505?) is supposed to handle the HEVC video codec (H.265).
I tried to download a HEVC sample video (see here : http://www.elecard.com/en/download/videos.html) but I just can hear the sound on my i9505, even with third party software...
I've done some searches on this forum and the others and there is no real feedback about this.
So ? Supported or not ?
At the moment HEVC can be played.
However 10bit HEVC won't render video, just a blank screen. I don't know enough about the format to decide if its HW or SW that is the problem. Will it be alleviated with a firmware update or when Kodi gets updated to Jarvis?
If you look at this page http://kodi.wiki/view/Android_hardware you will see that the Nexus Player does not support hardware decoding of HEVC. Which basically means, Kodi relies on FFMPEG to software decode HEVC videos. I know that FFMPEG now supports 10bit HEVC, but it's possible that the FFMPEG library used in the current version of Kodi does not have HEVC 10-bit support yet. It could be available in a future update to Kodi.
hi guys,
i recently bought MX10 android tv box (RK3328) for playing 10bit H264(x264) videos.
There is some media player app preinstalled and 10bit H264 works flawlessly, but is really, really crapy with subtitles.
So i searched for alternative, but can´t find anything, that works with 10bit.
VLC - no support, MX Player - no support, KODI - no support.
KODI forks: FTMC and X-Media Center - these should work (according to developers), but when i enable RKCodec acceleration they just crash attempting to play a file.
Is there anything that actually works correctly on RK3328 ?
joemiddle said:
hi guys,
i recently bought MX10 android tv box (RK3328) for playing 10bit H264(x264) videos.
There is some media player app preinstalled and 10bit H264 works flawlessly, but is really, really crapy with subtitles.
So i searched for alternative, but can´t find anything, that works with 10bit.
VLC - no support, MX Player - no support, KODI - no support.
KODI forks: FTMC and X-Media Center - these should work (according to developers), but when i enable RKCodec acceleration they just crash attempting to play a file.
Is there anything that actually works correctly on RK3328 ?
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Have a look here mate.
https://www.cnxplayer.com/android.php
Tried CNX today and same story again. It plays on CPU, not HW accelerated = slideshow.
Then i found HashTech Go Player which plays 10bit x264 perfectly on RK3328, but without subtitles, so its useless. Also is really bad with remote control.
joemiddle said:
Tried CNX today and same story again. It plays on CPU, not HW accelerated = slideshow.
Then i found HashTech Go Player which plays 10bit x264 perfectly on RK3328, but without subtitles, so its useless. Also is really bad with remote control.
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Ok try this one they claim to use the hardware for 4k.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xmw.app.playerxtreme
joemiddle said:
hi guys,
i recently bought MX10 android tv box (RK3328) for playing 10bit H264(x264) videos.
There is some media player app preinstalled and 10bit H264 works flawlessly, but is really, really crapy with subtitles.
So i searched for alternative, but can´t find anything, that works with 10bit.
VLC - no support, MX Player - no support, KODI - no support.
KODI forks: FTMC and X-Media Center - these should work (according to developers), but when i enable RKCodec acceleration they just crash attempting to play a file.
Is there anything that actually works correctly on RK3328 ?
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Hi,
I have rk3328 too and works fine using the latest official Kodi app the hardware acceleration is included by default
Regards.