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Playing Videos = Lag

So I want some videos on my X10. I used ones I already had on my PC (MP4's) and put them on my phone. The quality is fine, some need to be made bigger as they have black areas on the sides. The problem is, there is lag. I'm talking about a second behing on music videos etc. I have tried about 4 conversion softwares now and they all produce the same results, some better than others however. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I have used Mobiola to convert my videos and they paly well on the X10.
You need to create a special profile for screen resolution and save it.

you just need to double tap the screen to full size the video and get rid of those black borders

Forget the conversion apps and just get the divx app.. Works fine without the hassle of converting!!
Hope it helps!!
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Simr, I have the exact same problem and I can't seem to fix it regardless of what conversion program I use. I've read on other forums that other phones using the snapdragon proc are having the same prob. What's weird is that not everyone seems to be having the same issue. My temp fix has been to use the Rock divx player. Divx stuff plays in sync so I convert other formats to divx. Hopefully a firmware update will fix this.
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Have you tried Super? I did not experience any lags on mine.
My profile on Super
MP4
H.246/AVC
854x480
30FPS
1584kbps video bitrate
44100K audio
2 channels
128kbps audio bitrate

dpk0875 said:
you just need to double tap the screen to full size the video and get rid of those black borders
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on the stock video player? how?

Guys, i have an early beta version of player, which plays .avi, .mkv and other popular formats without any conversion, just uploaded 1.4gb avi movie from my pc, and it plays flawless, ~25fps. Does someone want to try it out ?

raundown said:
on the stock video player? how?
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umm, when the file is playing, i just tap the screen twice - like how you would double click the mouse on your computer to open stuff
i was also going to suggest that maybe your video files are originally laggy before you put them on your x10 but according to adamupnorth, it sounds like a different issue, very strange...

simr! said:
So I want some videos on my X10. I used ones I already had on my PC (MP4's) and put them on my phone. The quality is fine, some need to be made bigger as they have black areas on the sides. The problem is, there is lag. I'm talking about a second behing on music videos etc. I have tried about 4 conversion softwares now and they all produce the same results, some better than others however. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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this is because android 1.6 does not support hardware acceleration in the x10 ,2.1 will bring better video playback ,it will be 720p playback

HDMI out not working?? What am I doing wrong here?

I know that there are conflicting reports as to what plays and what doesn't through the HDMI port.
I finally bought a cable. I plugged it in to my phone and the TV. The tv automatically switched to "480p" and goes black (like it is about to do something). But it stays black. For anything.
Also, someone told me that there should be a little "HDMI" icon in the stop left of the phone when it is plugged in. I don't have this on my phone. Nothing happens on my phone at all.
I have 3 HDMI inputs on my tv. It's a viewsonic, if that matters.
Can somebody please help me diagnose this problem?? This is one of the reasons that I bought the phone.
Thanks for any help.

Have you tried the YouTube and Gallery apps? Those are supposed to be the only apps that work.

Only having YouTube and the gallery work with hdmi is another reason to be pissed off about the dos cap. HTC really thought watching YouTube clips were so important that they needed to limit the screen for it?
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Dumb question, but just so i'm clear. I have a ripped version of a movie on my phone.. i "should" be able to play that via the HDMI cable using the video gallery app right?

jrun said:
Dumb question, but just so i'm clear. I have a ripped version of a movie on my phone.. i "should" be able to play that via the HDMI cable using the video gallery app right?
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Apparently not.

I have a HDMI cable and a sony bravia and I get 720p and 480p perfectly fine. I encoded some of my blurays to 720p with handbrake and they play perfectly and amaze everyone I show it to. Some things to take note of the video player cant access any movies over 2gb so I just split them since some movies like Avatar can take up 2.5gb alone at 1280x720p using x.264 codec at 60% constant quality and 128 AAC for the audio.

P_Dub_S said:
I have a HDMI cable and a sony bravia and I get 720p and 480p perfectly fine. I encoded some of my blurays to 720p with handbrake and they play perfectly and amaze everyone I show it to. Some things to take note of the video player cant access any movies over 2gb so I just split them since some movies like Avatar can take up 2.5gb alone at 1280x720p using x.264 codec at 60% constant quality and 128 AAC for the audio.
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Only slightly off topic, so I will post here. Care to share your handbrake settings for encoding, in further depth than what you posted above? I have read every darn post/thread on the forums and even on internet for handbrake encoding that will work for movies on the EVO, but I fail everytime. I'm thinking it might be decrypting issue, but can't validate that. I get audio, and pixelated video that looks like it might be the copy protection messing with me. I have a 64 bit Windows 7 machine, and have the DVD43 plugin in the background for decryption, but still can't figure it out. Ideas? Point me in the right direction? Sorry if this is too off topic...It relates to the way I want to try and use my HDMI cable...

Sure i use AnyDVD HD for my background decoding and I always rip the movie first to my harddrive using ClownBD http://www.clownbd.com/ that way I have a single M2TS file to work with and it really seem to be faster for me this way as I also keep the uncompressed versions for my home computer system.
Handbrake settings are as follows
Container: mp4
Picture settings: width 1280
Notes: your gonna have to play with aspect ratio settings sometimes because of cropping and ratio settings the video will sometimes want to drop below 1280 to keep aspect ratio what you have to do is set anamorphic to custom then modulus to 16 and set the display width to 1280 you really have to play with the settings and do tests encodes of 3 minutes or so to find the right settings I have only had to do this with one movie so this will not always be the case often your encode will be straight set width to 1280 and check keep aspect ratio and set anamorphic to none.
No Filters
Video: X.264 codec, same as source FPS, constant quality 60.78% RF:20
note: some people have used 2 pass encoding and 1500 bitrate I haven't tried this yet since this is the old way of encoding video files using the x.264 codec but the developer on Handbrakes website had some suggestions himself that the codec is actually better off using a 1pass quality setting so that's what I have been doing since he released the newest version.
Audio: select your source track AAC codec and Dolby Pro Logic II Mixdown sample rate auto and bitrate 128 or 160 doesn't matter just don't go over 160
No Subtitles or chapters or advanced stuff needed from here start encoding and it works. Once your movie is done if it's larger than 2gb than youll need to either split it using another piece of software or try lower quality settings on your encode.

P_Dub_S said:
Sure i use AnyDVD HD for my background decoding and I always rip the movie first to my harddrive using ClownBD http://www.clownbd.com/ that way I have a single M2TS file to work with and it really seem to be faster for me this way as I also keep the uncompressed versions for my home computer system.
Handbrake settings are as follows ................
Container: .
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Thanks P. I'll give that all a shot. I suspect it's an encrypting issue that I'm experiencing, so I'll start by trying AnyDVD, and proceed to try the other steps from there.

Bang3r said:
Thanks P. I'll give that all a shot. I suspect it's an encrypting issue that I'm experiencing, so I'll start by trying AnyDVD, and proceed to try the other steps from there.
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No problem let me know how it goes if you need any other help send me a PM

Excellent encoding tips, P_Dub_S, you should make a thread on this subject.
Just want to add something that I found out while making 720 rips of some BD movies, the Android player supports only AVC baseline profiles. This could explain why some people are having problems making playable videos. So for those using Handbrake (or any other MP4 compressor), make sure you don't use B-Frames or CABAC entropy coding. If this sounds confusing, just select the iPhone preset in Handbrake first, then make the changes P_Dub mentioned.
I also noticed the output range of the HDMI port is full range (0-255) rather than the more common limited range (16-235) that most consumer HDTVs still default to. So if the video looks overly contrasty (black crush), you might want to check on the HDMI level setting of the TV. If the HDMI driver ever gets re-written, it would be nice to have the output levels selectable on the phone.

HDMI used to work and not anymore
HDMI used to work on my EVO but for whatever the reason is I can get it to work anymore. Does anybody having the same issue and/or having a solution?

How about some details?
What ROM are you using?
What software do you have running?
Have you tried other TVs, other devices on that TV's HDMI connection?

My problem was a task killer, as soon as I rebooted the phone without running a task killer, HDMI out worked.

I am using Rom version 3.26.651.6. It used to work on my Samsung tv and no longer working. I even tried on a Panasonic tv and a gateway monitor with hdmi and no luck. I tried both YouTube and video record directly from the phone. I called Sprint and they are anxious to send me a replacement so not sure if it's a known issue with the EVO. I have the same issue on both phones. I will try Phancy suggestion tonight.

Some kernels break hdmi as well, should check the thread for your rom/kernel your using for issues, what works, what doesn't,etc... if your root.
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[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.
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[Q] 2k stuttering video

Hi guys, I have a 35mg fibre connection and All the 2k or above Video's play Very slow and stutter .IS anybody else having this Problem I have tried several browsers but I get the same Results. Its like the Videos are In slow motion its really annoying , its like the note 4 Cant Cope with 2k. Any help would be Much

Same here mate

I have tried downloading the videos with tubemate and they run fine but when streamed of youtube it stutters and plays slow but the video doesn't buffer it's doing my head right in

Not got any problems here. What version of YouTube are you on? I'm on 5.18.5 (Snapdragon Note 4).

5.17.6 i dont have the 2k option On youtube I am trying to play them though desktopmode on the browser it happens on all the 1440 Vids , they Run slow and they stutter but the Video does not buffer it's strange

socialterrorest said:
5.17.6 i dont have the 2k option On youtube I am trying to play them though desktopmode on the browser it happens on all the 1440 Vids , they Run slow and they stutter but the Video does not buffer it's strange
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5.18.5 has the 2k option back. You need to install it then wipe data and cache then it will show the 2k option. Just Google the app and you can sideload it. Playing video through the desktop is buggy.

I have just downloaded 5.18.5 and that doesnt give me the 1440 option either I only have 720 p

socialterrorest said:
I have just downloaded 5.18.5 and that doesnt give me the 1440 option either I only have 720 p
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Did you wipe the data and cache? It works for me.

yes you are right I was doing it wrong I have 1440 option now and the Videos are running smooth and they look amazing thanks so Much its really appreciated .

YouTube Videos Not Working on 1440p

Hi, so I just bought a Motorola Moto X Style and on every website I search it says that it has 2k resolution but when I'm playing any YouTube video it works only in 1080p. Anybody knows how to solve it?

I be noticed this in YouTube too. In the past I've had nothing but problems with videos freezing in 2k on YouTube. Maybe they removed it in a recent update so they didn't have to fix it?