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I have been running a few tests on Handbrake transcodes for my G2, and I wanted to share my results for anyone who doesn't wish to invest in 9 hours of transcoding/CPU time, just to get sub-par results.
My test file was Dexter S05E01 in the form of a 720p mkv. I tried 4 different settings, and here are the results:
1.) 1280x720 mp4 at constant RF 20. The picture is very sharp, but the playback stutters. Audio is fine, but the phone can't keep up with the video (when played in the stock player, doubleTwist, Vplayer, and QQplayer).
2.) 1280x720 mp4 at constant 2550 kbps. The picture is also very sharp, but the video playback still stutters, even when played in each of the alternate players listed above.
3.) 800x448 mp4 at constant RF 20. The picture is still sharp, yet it STILL stutters. The phone just isn't keeping up with the video. This one confuses me, since it's less than the phone's screen resolution.
4.) Handbrake iPhone/iPod Touch settings at 480x320, with constant RF 20. This is the only one that plays without stutter, but it is noticeably less sharp than the previous three tests. Played on my 3rd gen iPod Touch, this encoding looks fantastic. However, my goal was to maintain the HD feel of the source, and this was not achieved.
I will continue to experiment with different file-types and report back here if I succeed at finding a crisp, yet playable transcode for the G2.
Are you playing the videos using the built in media player? If there's lots of stutter I would try rockplayer. Don't download rock player from the market, its the universal version and is very slow and stuttery. Go to the website for rockplayer and download the version specifically for the cortex A8. I can play 1080p downloaded youtube videos with that.
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I use Rockplayer for all my movies without having to transcode ever!
Am I missing something? I went to the rockplayer website but only see versions for arm7 and arm6.
It's ARMv7.
I downloaded it, but I'm still getting stutter, even on the 800x448 file. h.264 is the right codec, right?
Perhaps it's because I haven't rooted my G2. Maybe 800MHz isn't fast enough to decode 720p. Are you running CM at 1.4GHz, to get your 1080p videos playing with no stutter?
Also, to be more clear, it's not a huge stutter - only very subtle. However, it's enough to really bother me, because the video is never really smooth.
I'm running CM7 at 245 - 979 mhz ondemand with the UV kernel. Have you tried playing a 720p youtube video downloaded with something like tubemate?
I did notice when I played a converted version of inception once that it stuttered, yet youtube 720p videos didn't stutter at all.
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I guess you're right. There is a small stutter... but its much less then when I was trying to use handbrake and convert full movies...
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Yeah, I tried a 720p youtube video in RockPlayer, and there was still enough stutter to bother me. I guess I'll just stick with my iPod Touch for watching videos on the go.
I used a guide for HandBrake with G2-optimized settings based on the iPod Legacy preset and the mVideoPlayer app. I also have the G2-Fast kernel and overclocked to 1516 with SetCPU. It works fine enough, but the files it generates are only marginally smaller than the source. What is the homepage of RockPlayer? The first result on Google is broken.
The first Google result works for me.
http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html
Hopefully the next iteration of Android (Honeycomb) will be able to use it's gpu acceleration features on videos?
ARMv7neon, ARMv7vfp, or ARMv7vfpv3d16? They're all ARM7, whats the difference?
Personally I wasn't able to get Rockplayer to work on my G2 for some reason. I tried both versions of the ARM6 and the ARM7 version as well so I'm unable to view any videos at the higher quality. But here are my settings that I use.
Picture: I keep these at DVD quality, so my width is always at 720 and I have the box checked in "Keep Aspect Ratio"
Video Filters: I have all of these to off.
Video: Video Codec is at H.264 and Framerate(FPS) is set to "Same as source". Quality I have set at 60.78%RF:20
Audio: Source=Automatic Audio Codec=AAC9(faac) Mixdown=Automatic Samplerate=Auto Bitrate=160 DRC=0
I don't touch the "Advanced" box
I also have the "Container" box set at MP4 with the Web optimized and iPod5G support boxes checked.
Lastly I change the .mv4 to .mp4 at the end of the file.
These are pretty much the same settings at the iPhone & iPod Touch presets with just a few differences.
I've never had a problem viewing any movies with these settings and the quality, I feel, is excellent. I've converted hundreds of movies using these settings ever since I've had my G1. The only difference is the Video Width. The G1 I had set to 480. Hope this helps.
One other thing to add. These were all either direct DVD or Blu-ray rips so I've never seen any real loss in quality.
Thanks, darkjuan. I'll give those settings a spin and see if I have more luck with them than I did my original settings.
Hi, I just recently received my Nexus 10, and am loving it. However, I have found that video quality through streaming services (like YouTube and Netflix) is fairly poor. The videos that I've watched on YouTube and Netflix are fairly blurry and grainy. I tried Netflix on my computer as well, and it was blurry and grainy there, too, which makes me think that the problem isn't my Nexus. Is there a way to increase the quality of videos through these services? I did a speedtest, and my download speed is 2.5 megabytes (not megabits) per second, so I would think I would be able to stream HD content easily. Thanks!
On your computer, are you setting the quality at 720P or higher? Does it buffer or play straight through? Do you have HD turned on the Nexus 10 when you play videos?
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I just recently purchased the G2 and I've noticed some pretty poor performance when streaming video. I've tried both the youtube and Netflix apps and it doesn't look like it's HD quality at all. I've come from the iphone 5 where streaming in HD looks incredible. AND with the specs this phone has I would expect it to be capable of streaming even better. I tested the HTC one, g2, and S4 in the Verizon store and they all seemed to stream video pretty poorly. Is this just an android thing or am I crazy? I have a 720p and 1080p video stored on my phone and the quality is no where near that. I have the Nexus 7 and the quality on that is just amazing which makes me think it's not an android thibg. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
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YouTube has always looked better for me with quality files compared to Netflix. I have not been able to get Netflix to stream true HD even with a solid signal. Google video does exceptionally well. Using my own files, I get beautiful HD playback.
Is it the video player or the actual video itself?
I don't stream Youtube too often, but I thought something was seriously broken (software wise) when the videos looked low quality. I tried watching through a browser and there appeared to be no difference.
After several low quality videos, I just recently came across a video that offered really clear quality so I'm going to assume that it was poor quality uploads for the previous videos I watched.
I can't play video on HD on my axon 7 using the youtube app only max 480p. Anyone whit the same problem?
Edit: after some test i've discovered that using youtube app i can't watch video on 720p60 neither 1080p60 but only "standard" HD video. Is that normal?
Nope I don't have that issue
I noticed that too. It was there before. Now it's gone.
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I found out the problem. The latest YouTube update screwed up the video quality options. HTC M10 users are having the same problem.
Not got that issue, got the sound sync issue though.
This is a YouTube issue. I looked up other devices that had this issue and it turns out that the Samsung Galaxy S7 had the problem just after launch. It took two months to fix it.
Looks like the video quality issue is a YouTube problem. I used Dailymotion and I can change between 720p60fps and 1080p60fps.
I have this issue. It's really annoying. The image freezes and the audio carries on. Only happens with hd content.
Is this still affecting anyone else?
I have had my ZTE Axon 7 for 10 days and experiencing the same problem. The visuals on YouTube videos are stuttering or freezing completely when playing 4K videos at 1440p at 30fps or 60fps. I have also experienced it on 1080p 60fps. This causes the audio to fall out of sync. I have compared it to my Samsung Note 4 and S7 Edge and have no problem playing same video. I have even factory reset phone to no avail. Emailed Gearbest (supplier) and ZTE (No help) and offered me an exchange or refund but have no stock. Really like the phone so don't want a refund on something for an problem I believe can be fixed as seems like a software issue. Great Value phone!
Cricius said:
I can't play video on HD on my axon 7 using the youtube app only max 480p. Anyone whit the same problem?
Edit: after some test i've discovered that using youtube app i can't watch video on 720p60 neither 1080p60 but only "standard" HD video. Is that normal?
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A7 Video applications performance:
Decode 60fps 1080p HEVC/H.264/VP8/VC1/MP4
Encode 30fps 1080p H.264/VP8/MP4 30fps 480p H.263
WFD (Miracast) 1080p30 decode + 1080p30 encode
what's the vedeo format you play with? thanks~
Switchyfeet said:
I have had my ZTE Axon 7 for 10 days and experiencing the same problem. The visuals on YouTube videos are stuttering or freezing completely when playing 4K videos at 1440p at 30fps or 60fps. I have also experienced it on 1080p 60fps. This causes the audio to fall out of sync. I have compared it to my Samsung Note 4 and S7 Edge and have no problem playing same video. I have even factory reset phone to no avail. Emailed Gearbest (supplier) and ZTE (No help) and offered me an exchange or refund but have no stock. Really like the phone so don't want a refund on something for an problem I believe can be fixed as seems like a software issue. Great Value phone!
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Getting this problem too, only happens when i watch 1440p videos. 1080p videos run fine without stutters
For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
https://youtu.be/Ge1j7MBSQiE
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?
boxrick said:
For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
https://youtu.be/Ge1j7MBSQiE
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?
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Change resolution on phone to highest then reboot... Make sure video is 1440p too as not all videos are ..
boxrick said:
For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?
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I think your Video is just available in 720p.
I tried and could only choose 720p as highest resolution.
Try this video:
Here you can choose higher resolutions.
Here you can see it
It always defaults to 720, but videos can be adjusted if available. I wish there was a way to default it to 1440
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What has been stated is incorrect, the above video is available in up to 4k. Simply try from a desktop PC or a different phone.
A large amount of high resolution videos are not showing higher than 720p, yet randomly other ones are (but not that many) That one above was just an example. All of the ones I have uploaded do not appear to be available any higher, even the ones in the past day(s).
Selecting higher resolutions from the performance menu and selecting that makes no difference since I only run my phone in that mode anyway!
Don't get me wrong, a few select videos have options for 1080/1440p such as a few demo videos. But in the large majority of cases content I always watch and know is available at higher resolutions is not going beyond 720p
https://youtu.be/QAHlOJlQhsU
Is another example it goes to 1080p/60 on my Iphone yet nothing beyond 720p on my Samsung S8
boxrick said:
What has been stated is incorrect, the above video is available in up to 4k. Simply try from a desktop PC or a different phone.
A large amount of high resolution videos are not showing higher than 720p, yet randomly other ones are (but not that many) That one above was just an example. All of the ones I have uploaded do not appear to be available any higher, even the ones in the past day(s).
Selecting higher resolutions from the performance menu and selecting that makes no difference since I only run my phone in that mode anyway!
Don't get me wrong, a few select videos have options for 1080/1440p such as a few demo videos. But in the large majority of cases content I always watch and know is available at higher resolutions is not going beyond 720p
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That KBHD video is one ripped from his channel. That one is 720P max.
Yes I see that 720 for a lot of vids is 720, and there are some that offer higher than 720. For some reason it defaults to 720 even if there is higher resolution available is what I noticed.
Same problem on Nexus 6P running latest 7.1.2. Started happening recently. 720p/60fps is maximum. 1080p not available at all.
i have noticed this too but i think it only affects videos recorded at 60fps? might be worth doing some tests, i tried a couple of videos by searching for 1080p60 and playing them but the highest resolution available would be 720p60.
Seems fixed for me or something.
https://youtu.be/1La4QzGeaaQ
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strange that, could i ask what variant of the s8 are you using? exynos or snapdragon?
I am using the Snapdragon version.
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thanks, i'm using exynos, not sure wether that would make a difference but worth looking into
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thanks, i'm using exynos, not sure wether that would make a difference but worth looking into
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I had the same problem you did. I did get a YouTube update and checked and it went away.
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There are several chrome plug-ins that will force youtube resolution to whatever you want.
Still have this problem on my Galaxy Tab A 2016 and several other people too (look at the AppStore YouTube reviews)
What was the last version without that problem?
1080p60fps issue
I have the same problem... Actually, problem is related to 1080p60fps YouTube videos. I cannot see option to use it, maximum is 720p60fps.
If it is not 60fps, there is no problem to set video on 1080p or 1440p...
I think it's server side or the app itself and not the devices. As shown above there has been no trouble for me switching out higher than 720 even with 60fps. I had that problem initially and had an update from YouTube which fixed my problem.
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I think the solution is to chose video's with high quality on WiFi only in the settings of YouTube. it works for me