Does anyone know of a way to display the information of a video stream in some sort of overlay? For example on the amazon fire stick you can hold the center button and down for 5 seconds, then hit the three line button to bring up a special box where you can select different options. One of these options displays information such as the video playing's codec, resolution, bitrate and etc. This has been handy to verify some information including what resolution fps DirecTV Now is being displayed on the firestick (960x540 60fps currently, but they keep changing to different higher / lower res and higher / lower fps).
Sorry bring this topic up but I need this too
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Ok its time to load some videos into this device! Does anyone have any tips for the best resolution to convert clips to /what converter to use? I've tried some with mixed results (cant remember what settings i used though). All that other stuff like fps and sound settings would also be helpful!
thanks
854x480 resolution for 16:9 material, 640x480 for 4:3. Always keep same framerate as source.
For me, the Tool "Handbrake" works best.
There I start over with the "iPhone & iPod Touch Preset".
I use the resolution like said before, or the biggest aspect, that is possible at keeping the Aspect Ratio..
Also no change at the Framerate, but I activate 2-Pass Encoding and Average Bitrate at about 1000kbps (didn't determine the best setting yet).
At the Audio Tab, I switch everything to Stereo + Highest Bitrate available (Usually 160kbps as the X10i sounds horrible in either way with my Sure SE530s). Don't forget to press "Remove Track" first, if there already is one. Afterwards "add Track" to get audio again.
If Handbrake is making problems:
Take a look at their nightly builds in their forum.
Even if its strange:
The Nightly Builds work more stable for me, than the latest official build.
I used Videora Android Converter,
Just choose any device, e.g - I chose HTC Magic
Then go to settings, new profile, video tab, General, width:854, height 480, with others remaining constant. - I name the profile X10
So when you want to convert videos, just click htc magic and choose X10 for the profile
And the video will fit perfectly on your X10 in landscape
Hello there guys!
Today I'm gonna share my encoding settings that I think are the best for movie/tv-show/anime watching on ideos x5(pro/non-pro) screen.
Note: Encoding is a very heavy task for a computer. Make sure that you computer has at least 2 CPU cores and 2 gb of RAM before proceeding.
For example I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (4 cores at 2,5 GHz),4gb RAM and Win7 x64. Re-enconding 20 minutes of anime/movie takes about 5 to 7 minutes. Output file size is about 160-180 MB.
Anyway.Let's get started!
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1) Download a program called HandBrake. You can get it here:http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Note: If you have 64bit OS get the 64bit version of the program,as this will greatly speed up the encoding progress.
2) Install HandBrake(hope you know how to do it ).
3) Run HandBrake
Note: In Windows in case it shows up an error when trying to run it, try running it as admin.
4) Find a movie/tv-show/anime file to re-encode + proper sub suitable for your needs
5) Take a break here and get ready for the hard part
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1) Click the Source icon located in top left corner in HandBrake interface. Press select video file (I won't do a source->folder example since it's pretty much the same.)
Select your video file. Usually the extension of your video file will be something like .avi .mp4 .m4v .mkv etc.
2) Now in Output Settings (Preset: Normal) make sure that Container: is set to MP4 File
Now click the browse button located a little bit above and right and give a name and location to your output file
The hard part really starts here...
3) In Picture Tab set Anamorphic: to None
See how Width and Height changed and you can now edit their values?
Now change Width: to 800 and Height: to 480 (that's x5(all versions) screen resolution)
Make sure Keep Aspect Ratio is UN-CHECKED
4) Switch to Video tab (leave Video Filters Tab as is)
Set Video Codec: to MPEG-4 (FFmpeg)
Framerate (FPS): Same as source (leave as is)
Constant/Variable Framerate don't make a difference to me but feel free messing around with these options if you want to.I just leave the default one(variable) selected
Now in Quality select Avg Bitrate (kbps):
Enter a value here from 850 to 950. The higher the value the better. I use 920 which I find very good. The only difference here is that in dark scenes higer values will give a better image,where lower values (i.e. 850) will make the image look a little "pixelated-like". Increase it even further (i.e. 1000-1150) if you are not satisfied with the result in your phone's screen.
5) Switch to Audio Tab
Remove any audio tracks you don't want by selecting them from the drop down menu and pressing remove in order to save up space
Now select the audio track you want to keep.
Change Audio Codec to AAC (ffmpeg) (2nd dropdown menu)
Change Mixdown to Stereo (3rd dropdown menu)
Leave the rest as is
6) Switch to Subtitles Tab
If you don't want any sub simply remove any sub track like you removed the audio track previously.
If your video file includes a sub stream(usually .mkv files have one) that you want to use for sure,select it from the track list and check forced only, burned in(This will hardcode the sub into the image.You won't be able to remove the sub after that.If you don't want that,then just remove the check from this checkbox) and finally check default.
If your video file has no sub track/stream but you have a working .srt or .sub file then continue reading.
7) Chapters Tab is useful for some people. I just just un-tick create chapter markers.
In advanced I dont' enter anything
8) Switch back to picture tab and revise your settings (also do this in video,audio and subtitles tab).
Correct any mistakes.
When you are ready press the Start Button located next to the Source Button you used to load your movie.
Encoding should start. Your pc may stop responding fast during re-encoding of your video file.That's normal. Just wait for it to finish.
After encoding finished test your re-encoded video in your computer to test if it is as you want it (in terms of video/audio quality and subs). Well you can't tell much about the video quality by viewing the video in your computer because image will be stretched to fit computer's screen resolution.
9) Now copy your re-encoded video file to your phone's sd card.Better make a folder called movie or something. Paste the movie there. Place any additional .srt subs you may have here.
Download MX Player from PlayStore. Install it.
Open MX Player and load your video. Make sure HW Decoder is in use. Load any sub stream you may have.
10) Turn your phone into landscape view and Enjoy!
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Well,that's it!
I hope my settings will proove useful for some users who want to use their phone more like a media center device.
Don't forget to click thanks if this helped you and also comment That means a lot to me!
If you disagree with some part of the guide,have another opinion/solution then feel free to comment and make this guide even better.
Cheers!
Guide is well written but why re-encode?
The only reason in my opinion is the free space, since our phone can play standard definition (didn't try HD) videos with srt subtitles (software decoded). If it is a space problem go with a bigger SD card re-encoding will cost in time...
Also keep in mind that any re-encode from a lossy codec to a lossy codec will cause loss of quality (even when re-encoding at the same bitrate/specs)
priestx said:
Guide is well written but why re-encode?
The only reason in my opinion is the free space, since our phone can play standard definition (didn't try HD) videos with srt subtitles (software decoded). If it is a space problem go with a bigger SD card re-encoding will cost in time...
Also keep in mind that any re-encode from a lossy codec to a lossy codec will cause loss of quality (even when re-encoding at the same bitrate/specs)
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By re-encoding to a lower resolution it may use less cpu power to decode it, and therefore less battery (could be wrong though, this may not be that noticeable).
But yes, our phone can even play HD videos (they seem to have a low framerate on my phone, but I think it is related to a slow sd card).
@priestx
Well to tell the truth I don't do it for the free space.
I watch a lot of anime but there all in .mkv format with softcoded subs at 720p resolution and a high bitrate (1200kbps avg).
Trust me you can't watch this even with hardware decoder.It's laggy. Of course software decoder served me quite well some times but that was for easier to handle videos(like standard avi files).
You are absolutely right saying that re-encoding costs in video quality and time,but I think it worths re-encoding in some special occasions you want to watch something somewhere else apart from your computer and u8800 specs fail to playback the video correctly. Also due to screen's size it's not very easy to spot quality drop ,but only in special scenes. The advantage of re-encoding to me is that I can use hw decoder no matter if I am in 2.3 or aurora and get proper video playback.If I don't re-encode usually I won't have a hw decoder option in 2.3 and in aurora playback will be laggy sometimes even with hw decoder.
@FlashTH
I also think it uses less power but I didn't do any tests to proove it.
I don't think that slow hd playback is due to your sd card(I have a class 8 and still a lot of 720p videos shutter/lag a little).
Anyway,thanks for your comments and opinions
I want to be able to temporarily set my Nexus 10 to render the desktop at 16:9 instead of 16:10 so that when I hook it up to a 16:9 tv via hdmi, it doesn't need to scale the image down and add black bars on the sides. Is there any way to do this? Perhaps an option on a custom rom?
On a CM 10.1 thread, a recognized developer posted some modified files to get 1280x800 resolution or something like that. Not exactly 16:9, but perhaps a similar method could be made to get such a resolution.
I don't know what thread in-particular exactly :/
Aspect ratio has nothing to do with your TV either processing or not processing the image. Unless you are outputting the exact resolution your TV uses then it will always run the input through its scaler. And even if you do run the exact resolution, you still have the other processing the TV does, and very few models of TV's allow you to completely disable this extra processing. You may be able to get rid of most or all of the black bars simply by running a 16:9 aspect ratio, but unless you also run the exact resolution then you will still have processing done by the scaler on your TV.
I'm aware of that, but at least by making sure the signal I'm outputting through the HDMI cable is the same aspect ratio as the TV, it should ensure that the TV's scaler fits the final picture to the screen without any unnecessary black bars, and that's all I care about. It would be nice if Android had an option to specify the exact resolution it outputs through HDMI instead of just duplicating the res of the main screen, but in the absence of that option, I'm looking for a solution to at least get the aspect ratio right.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2209700
Mxplayer is implementing the same thing google play movies has where it will go into "hdmi mode"...
I know this isn't a full fix but it will be awesome for movies...
The exynos5 dual supports simultaneous native wqxga (2560x1600) and 1080p at 60fps through hdmi so it should be posdible to scale...
Mabey key lime pie will fix? Well see
Hello!
i am using my nexus player on a 720p TV but i am not viewing the complete image, it truncates the image, like if the nexus player is fixed at 1080p so the image received through HDMI is 1080p, but the TV is only able to display a part of it, (centered)
i installed xbmc/kodi and it also does not let me change the output resolution, also says 1080p (though it has the option but is read-only)
there's no option to change the output resolution manually
any help?
Currently there's no way to change the output resolution, but I should add that the Nexus Player always renders at 1080p internally, and then scales when it goes to output over HDMI. So, even if you're outputting at 720p, XBMC will report that you are rendering at 1080p.
Have you confirmed via your TV's display info that you're actually getting a 1080p input signal? If you're just getting overscan at 720p, that's expected and all the native apps are (supposed to be) designed to handle a 10% picture loss. Are you only noticing things cut off in XBMC, or are you missing parts of the screen in the rest of Android as well?
I didn't noticed until I started installing apps. all sideloaded apps have missing parts, Chrome, Sideload Launcher, xbmc, File Commander, etc...
WORKED!
thanks xBIGREDDx, my TV settings where wrong, it was set to Zoom instead of scale to fit.
For owners of the SM-G9750 (S10+ CN / HK model), I'm trying to get some verification here on a possible software issue. I'm trying to play a 4K video file locally (specifically a 4K HDR H.265 / HEVC MKV @ 24fps video, but I believe this bug may apply to all UHD video playback - I'm not sure as I haven't done enough testing) and it seems to be dropping frames and stuttering throughout. I cannot get it to play smoothly despite trying all of the following:
Setting the phone to Performance mode.
Trying different players - in this case, the default video player, MX Player Pro and VLC.
Moving the video player app to Game Launcher and optimizing them for performance.
Forced 2D GPU Rendering in Developer Options.
Changing display resolution from WQHD to FHD.
Moving the video file from SD card to internal storage.
Disabling / uninstalling all apps which use Accessibility Services.
Clearing cache.
Factory reset.
None of these worked. ---UNTIL--- I tried using the screen recorder, from the Game Launcher settings, whilst watching the video. Playback was then perfect! No dropped frames, completely smooth, like it should be. The other alternative was to use software decoding but then colours would appear muted and battery life takes a huge hit.
So what's the deal here? Is the CPU or GPU not kicking in / being throttled whenever I launch a video player app? I'm assuming this is the case as the screen recorder seems to boost playback performance once I activate it. I'm on the June update and I'm not sure if this bug was introduced recently (I never tested 4K playback until now).
Owners of this particular model, could you please confirm if you are having this issue? Try watching a 4K video with lots of action and camera panning movements - that's where you can detect dropped frames or stuttering easily. I could provide the file I'm using for reference but it's a clip from a movie and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share it here.
Okay since no one has replied and moderators on the Samsung forums are busy removing my posts - try this clip for example, it's 4K HDR encoded in H.265 / HEVC, I don't know if that makes a difference:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/m83ftn7n8d8le2s/Plane_Crash_Scene.mp4/file
Stutters in the default video player app for me. One thing to note is that it's smooth in portrait mode, but the moment you rotate into landscape fullscreen, it starts dropping frames. Now, turn on the screen recorder from within game tools and the stutters are mostly eliminated. What gives?
Another way to compare would be with a video player that lets you switch between hardware and software decoding, like MX Player. Watch the clip in HW mode and then switch to SW - it's choppier in HW mode for whatever reason. Using SW is not an option as the colours are not displayed properly and battery drain is much higher.
Regarding the clip - if it's against the rules to post such content, let me know and I'll remove it. There's a whole YouTube channel full of this stuff, I don't want to link to those as the problem I'm encountering is related to local video playback.
One last try before I sign off Here's another example if anyone has YouTube Vanced (google vanced.app for those unaware). I'm suggesting Vanced because the original YouTube app doesn't let you view at 4K resolution.
Firstly, open Vanced and tap the account icon in the upper right. Go to settings, Vanced settings, Video settings and then toggle Resolution Checks to ON. Refresh and restart the app.
Now open Game Launcher, tap the three dots in the upper right > Add apps and add YouTube Vanced to the list. We're doing this for the screen recording function which I'll mention later.
Once that's done, here's a 4K 60fps clip for you to try. It should be easier to perceive any hiccups with the higher frame rate. And of course, please set the resolution to 2160p (tap the three dots in the upper right) and watch in landscape orientation, since this is what the test is all about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ
Panning shots work best. For reference, see the one of the step trail at 2:42 in the video. Does it look like it's stuttering or dropping frames intermittently?
Now, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to show the navigation bar (you need the navigation bar enabled to use the recording function) and tap on Game Tools, which is the leftmost button. Tap Record.
While the screen is recording, are the stutters now gone? To my eyes, the video is definitely smoother while the recorder is active. Appreciate any feedback from those willing to try (and confirm if I'm insane or not!) - cheers!