If recording HD video on the Droid X... copying the file or transferring the file over to your computer... does that actually keep the file real HD?
I heard of a few other "HD" phones or flip-like devices that did not keep the HD when moving the files outside of the actual device.
Let me know what you all know.
(Still waiting for my Droid X to ship to me)
Yes, Export is 1280x720 wit frame rate of 23fps.
Audio is 96kbps/44hKz mono
Thank you.
You think they will allow or stereo audio with the device having 3 mics?
What about when you hook it up to a HD Tv? I was thinking about putting movies on the memory card and then watching it directly on the Tv... Will it work/look like HD?
Yup - the files are output over HDMI in 720P HD resolution. (It supports several resolutions) From what I've tried so far, you'll get the best results with MP4 videos encoded with .H264, with a resolution of 1280x720. (or close to that) I'm not sure what the bitrate is, but the files I encoded with handbrake are about 1 GB per hour of video. They look great on the phone and on widescreen TVs.
Note:
I also tried the HDMI output on a older 4:3 computer monitor over DVI (using a HDMI to DVI adapter). It does work - however, to match the video to the 4:3 aspect ratio, it lowers the resolution and puts black bars on the top and bottom. On a 16:9 TV or monitor, this does not happen.
Thank you... exactly what I wanted to know.
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How powerful is the Adam's video out. If I have an 8gb .mkv in 1080p, will the Adam be able to play it smoothly on a 50 inch TV? How about if that same file is playing from an external USB hard drive connected by USB.
Some of these factors don't count(File size, tv size).
If adam supports 1080p output any hd tv with the right connection (hdmi) will work. As for mkv it depends, mkv is just a container, depends on the codecs used for audio, video; anyway, the hardware is capable of outputting hd video, most other variables are in the software, and if the delivered software isn't enough, we will always hack it.
As I don't see much of a discussion on this....
I got the A7 not only for its power ( which it does everything 3d wise crazy good ) but also for its video/hdmi...thing is I can not seem to get videos working nicely with this unit.
Ive tried 480p and 720p videos in both mp4, mkv and avi containers at varying encodings ( xvid, h246, ect ) and all of which either "chop" or just are waaay too slow to be considered playable.
I've tried Vplayer, arcMedia, Rockbaseplayer, imbedded player.... running out of things to try to get videos nicely working on this thing...
Sad...as it has a nice HDMI port...
Anyone tried to get videos working on this and if so have you gotten better results?
Thanks
yes MP4, AVI & MKV does work but the h264 codec that's used for the video must be in baseline or main profile level. It does not support High profile. I realized this when my own encodings did not work.
n some ways this is sort of silly as High profile would give you the best encoding option for 1080p/720p videos
What's siller is that the A7 does read NTFS (as far as I can tell) so having a full lenght 720p or 1080p is really sort of tough with a 4GB limit. To get good qaulity for a 2 hour 1080p movie you are definitely going to go over the 4GB limit
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yes MP4, AVI & MKV does work but the h264 codec that's used for the video must be in baseline or main profile level. It does not support High profile. I realized this when my own encodings did not work.
n some ways this is sort of silly as High profile would give you the best encoding option for 1080p/720p videos
What's siller is that the A7 does read NTFS (as far as I can tell) so having a full lenght 720p or 1080p is really sort of tough with a 4GB limit. To get good qaulity for a 2 hour 1080p movie you are definitely going to go over the 4GB limit
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Any way you can do a quick sample of a video? of both 720p and 1080p?
I'm curious as I may return it if I don't get the quality I'm looking for over hdmi...
Thanks for the quick response and much is appreciated.
Cheers
I just got my A7 and I've been playing with the video a little.
I used Nero Recode to encode to the target of 720 Main Profile (3.1 CABAC 2 Ref Frames) AAC LC 192mbps. It actually worked! I'm not saying it was great, but I don't know of any mobile device that supports CABAC @ 720p (It crushes older PCs and that tablet that starts with an "i"). I may turn it off and try again.
I agree that 1080p is going to be hard if not impossible to wedge into 4GB. I would question why you would even try it. 720p looks really good unless you plan on projecting it.
Anyway, I plan on playing with MP4 and probably WMV. I was really suprised that I couldn't get either a .ts or .m2ts file to play. These are generally easier to decode because the container is less complex than .mkv or .mp4. I may try the PS3 trick and rename it to .mpg to see if it plays.
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Just played a 720p (1280 x 528) WMV (VC1/WMA Pro) flawlessly. I'll cook up a 1080p one today. VC1 doesn't do as well at low bitrates as H264, but it's easier to decode.
A couple issues I noticed:
1. Connecting the HDMI Port sometimes kills the touch screen. Putting the unit into standby seems to recover
2. The volume affects the sound level on HDMI, so make sure it's cranked (weird)
3. I could only get 2 channel out from WMA Pro 5.1. I'll have to try something with AC3/AAC. I'm guess it will have the same issues.
4. I couldn't get audio on my old TV (It is kind of a POS). Audio worked via my receiver.
dburckh said:
I just got my A7 and I've been playing with the video a little.
I used Nero Recode to encode to the target of 720 Main Profile (3.1 CABAC 2 Ref Frames) AAC LC 192mbps. It actually worked! I'm not saying it was great, but I don't know of any mobile device that supports CABAC @ 720p (It crushes older PCs and that tablet that starts with an "i"). I may turn it off and try again.
I agree that 1080p is going to be hard if not impossible to wedge into 4GB. I would question why you would even try it. 720p looks really good unless you plan on projecting it.
Anyway, I plan on playing with MP4 and probably WMV. I was really suprised that I couldn't get either a .ts or .m2ts file to play. These are generally easier to decode because the container is less complex than .mkv or .mp4. I may try the PS3 trick and rename it to .mpg to see if it plays.
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Just played a 720p (1280 x 528) WMV (VC1/WMA Pro) flawlessly. I'll cook up a 1080p one today. VC1 doesn't do as well at low bitrates as H264, but it's easier to decode.
A couple issues I noticed:
1. Connecting the HDMI Port sometimes kills the touch screen. Putting the unit into standby seems to recover
2. The volume affects the sound level on HDMI, so make sure it's cranked (weird)
3. I could only get 2 channel out from WMA Pro 5.1. I'll have to try something with AC3/AAC. I'm guess it will have the same issues.
4. I couldn't get audio on my old TV (It is kind of a POS). Audio worked via my receiver.
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With main profile you should be able to go up higher than 3.1. As for encoding 1080p well, if I or my friends have a 1080P TV why not? (lol). 720p is fine but since it does do 1080p why not use it. I have to say 4 GB could be tight for a long movie even at 720p, imagine doing LOTR at 720p? Honestly it's probaly going to be great for TV shows or really short movies. As for why I would want 720p or 1080p on this thing? It's so I can watch it on my big screen or at my friends big screen. Would be pointless to view it on the built in screen as it's only 800x480
Hi,
Can anyone explain me something concerning the MHL HDMI output from the Note to a TV. Is it just the 'Android'-desktop that's being outputted to the tv?
And most important, in what resolution does it come? Is it the resolution from the Note (1280x800) or is it some upscaled HD 1080p?
Lots of good news for you. Check out this thread in Accessories:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333586
Today is the first time tried this MHL cable. Each time I plug in cable my GSM\3G module show 0% connection :-(
The mhl cable works the same as it used to work on my previous S2 I connected to the note and it was working like a charm
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drelle said:
Hi,
Can anyone explain me something concerning the MHL HDMI output from the Note to a TV. Is it just the 'Android'-desktop that's being outputted to the tv?
And most important, in what resolution does it come? Is it the resolution from the Note (1280x800) or is it some upscaled HD 1080p?
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Yes, output will become normally with 1280x800 for GN instead of 800x480 at GS2. So, browsing by GN at HDTV is better than GS2. Just like desktop with 720p resolution browsing experience. Remember if your HDTV is not support power to MHL device, you will need to connect power source to the HDMI adaptor when using this. Also, the screen at GN will still on when output to HDTV, so battery will still drain even you have power supply. You can install some app to force turning dark of the screen to save power, eg. "screen filter" app from Market. When playing movie with stock video player, it will upscale to 1080 if your video is that level. However, I recommend using MX video player to play movie instead as it support rmvb, subtitle, software encoding playback, better control panel..... For playing youtube with HD directly, you can install 2.2.16 version of youtube player. If you also want to download the HD movie from youtube, you can install jetvd or keepvid app. It besides playback HD movie from youtube, it also can perform download, download as mp3 and searching at youtube.
Sorry that here might be a wrong area to post this thread, but as a newby, I don't have right to post in another section...
I am using an LG 1080i (max) LCD TV at home and when I connect my newly et OUYA to it , it shows nothing on the screen.
As far as I know, my LG tv supports 720p also, where all others gaming device of mine (Xbox360/PS3) work flawlessly with it.
I learnt from the support area that OUYA should support 1080P & 720P, and it will detect and change the setting automatically upon HDMI connection. I test my OUYA with another 1080p Sony TV and it works just fine, so it's not my OUYA got damaged.
I've tried the 720p mod too. It shows 720p signal on the sony tv but again no luck on the LG tv.
Can any of the professionals here might give me some hints on solving this so that I can start enjoying my OUYA experience?
There's no such thing as a 1080i LCD. Your TV is faking the 1080i output (or just accepting the input). It probably runs at 1360x768 or whatever that weird resolution is. I would assume your TV simply doesn't accept the true 720p signal, but I could be wrong. If you have an XBox 360 or PS3 (or a laptop) you could try connecting them and setting them to 1280x720 and see if it works.
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There's no such thing as a 1080i LCD. Your TV is faking the 1080i output (or just accepting the input). It probably runs at 1360x768 or whatever that weird resolution is. I would assume your TV simply doesn't accept the true 720p signal, but I could be wrong. If you have an XBox 360 or PS3 (or a laptop) you could try connecting them and setting them to 1280x720 and see if it works.
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Type to force it to 1080p and hope your TV can cope. If not try to force it to 720p and see what happens. Most tv's that will do 1080i also will do 720p. I know mine does not report 1080p as an accepted mode because it was made before 1080p was on consumer electronics.
You force it via build.prop or the mod collection thing if you are not comfortable editing the build.prop.
Hi Everyone,
I just got a Nexus Player and connect to my TV.
Everything is good except the resolution stays on 720P.
My TV does support 1080P, since all other devices use 1080P resolution.
And Nexus Player should also support 1080P.
Does any one know if there is a way to manually setup the resolution on Nexus Player?
Thanks a lot.
skyshocker said:
Hi Everyone,
I just got a Nexus Player and connect to my TV.
Everything is good except the resolution stays on 720P.
My TV does support 1080P, since all other devices use 1080P resolution.
And Nexus Player should also support 1080P.
Does any one know if there is a way to manually setup the resolution on Nexus Player?
Thanks a lot.
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The TV screen resolution will still stay at 720p, but the Nexus TV screen resolution should be 1080p ! Their is a way to verify this via the app Screen Specs found at the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MTMDevelopers.ScreenSpecs ! If you cannot get this app let me know. Another way to verify this is via the AnTuTu BenchMark app!
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The TV screen resolution will still stay at 720p, but the Nexus TV screen resolution should be 1080p ! Their is a way to verify this via the app Screen Specs found at the Google Play Store ! If you cannot get this app let me know. Another way to verify this is via the AnTuTu BenchMark app!
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Hi, Thanks a lot for your reply.
However, if the TV screen shows the signal is 720p, that means nexus player sends 720 picture to the TV via HDMI, as a result, you will see a 720 picture, which I expect to see a 1080P picture.
I have no idea why these app shows 1080p in the system, but as long as it doesn't send 1080p to the TV via HDMI, we can't get 1080 quality, right?
If the TV is 1080, but received a 720 signal, that means it is not pixel to pixel picture, the picture is not clear.
Is there a way to force the player to send 1080P signal via HDMI? Will Root support this?
Thanks a lot.
skyshocker said:
Hi, Thanks a lot for your reply.
However, if the TV screen shows the signal is 720p, that means nexus player sends 720 picture to the TV via HDMI, as a result, you will see a 720 picture, which I expect to see a 1080P picture.
I have no idea why these app shows 1080p in the system, but as long as it doesn't send 1080p to the TV via HDMI, we can't get 1080 quality, right?
If the TV is 1080, but received a 720 signal, that means it is not pixel to pixel picture, the picture is not clear.
Is there a way to force the player to send 1080P signal via HDMI? Will Root support this?
Thanks a lot.
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Everything you are saying is correct, but the Nexus TV Player will not override the built in 720p TV Screen resolution ... Yes, the Nexus TV Player is sending a 1080p signal to your 720p TV, the 1080p signal is being down graded to 720p ... In order for you to get full 1080p screen resolution from your Nexus TV Player, your TV will have to support 1080p screen resolution.
Now if your TV supports 1080i/1080p and you have a cable service, their is a way to go into the cable box to change the screen resolution. Any other way, it would have to be changed via the TV settings.
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Everything you are saying is correct, but the Nexus TV Player will not override the built in 720p TV Screen resolution ... Yes, the Nexus TV Player is sending a 1080p signal to your 720p TV, the 1080p signal is being down graded to 720p ... In order for you to get full 1080p screen resolution from your Nexus TV Player, your TV will have to support 1080p screen resolution.
Now if your TV supports 1080i/1080p and you have a cable service, their is a way to go into the cable box to change the screen resolution. Any other way, it would have to be changed via the TV settings.
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Unless I'm mistaken you appear to be misunderstanding the original issue, his TV can support and other inputs work at 1080p with it, but for some reason he suspects that his Nexus is only outputting 720p, at least that is what his TV thinks its getting.
This appears to happen to other people also, without a decent resolution, hoping that M preview 3 will contain something positive.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/7A-snuOEYis
I get the same issues. I purchased two Nexus players today, primarily for running Kodi.
The first of these is connected via a Home Theatre receiver to a 1080p TV and is displaying the Nexus Player content at 1080p.
I have a second home Theatre Receiver connected to a 1080p projector and is using the following resolutions:
[li]720p : Nexus Player running Android 5.1.1
[li]1080p : Apple TV 3
[li]1080p : Sony Bluray Player
I also tried swapping the inputs to the Home Theatre receiver to see if the output resolution changes from the Nexus Player. The Nexus Player is refusing to show the content at 1080p. There is also no way to force the output resolution. It certainly makes the viewing experience terrible for HD content on the Play store or via Kodi.
The Nexus Player and Android TV really needs work to improve settings available for manually configuring the output resolution.
Hi Guys - I'm also stuck at 720p output from my nexus player. Have there been any developments on unlocking 1080p?
Does anybody know if there is a fix to this? I just bought a nexus player and it is outputting 720p to my TV. I've searched at various websites and I couldn't find any solutions to this. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!!
I'm having the opposite issue.. hooked up to a cheap 720p TV and it outputs 1080, which the TV fails to convert properly, so I loose an inch or so of viewable screen on many apps (launcher seems OK?)
..found some posts that suggest "overscan calibrator" can fix this problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3234854&d=1427641822
..It worked for my particular issue.
if someone cant answer this problem. I'm taken it back because the picture is horrible
same issue here ... running N preview
tried many hdmi cables
I can't even SEE a picture, because I cannot reset resolution from 1080 to 720 . And the many many many responses on xda have been deafening on this issue.
Is there ANY way to manually set resolution??????
Does any alternative ROM do this? Does the new developer preview? Can it be done with any 3rd party apps like overscan calibrator? Any sort of editor?