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video format and resolution

What format and resolution should I convert to for the xperia arc to play videos?
I have some cartoon shows in wmv format and I want to play them on the xperia. The specs for xperia arc is - 854x480 pixels - 4.2" 16,777,216 colour TFT.
I currently have an htc eris android and it only plays 3gp by default. So should I convert to 3gp for xperia arc as well? I'm too cheap to buy any video players from the market.

I think an mp4 should be sufficient. That's the resolution that will support on the arc

the panel is a a40p, but with the LED subanel, we have better resolution, the diference seeing a 720p video to a 480p is really great... about format, mp4 and m4k are the only ones that work to this moment

If you buy DicePlayer, you can use MKVs.

BluechipJ said:
If you buy DicePlayer, you can use MKVs.
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MKV only in 720p? Why not 1080p? Is this software issue or hardware isn't able to playback so high resolution??

my phone can play 1080p which I take from youtube with my default media player

you can play 1080, but the density of the screen is only a 480, the 720p`video is to "duplicate" the quality displayed but i think is a waste to play 1080 video

sebasgl1 said:
you can play 1080, but the density of the screen is only a 480, the 720p`video is to "duplicate" the quality displayed but i think is a waste to play 1080 video
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I was thinking more about playing 1080p using HDMI cable and HD LCD TV

czerwus said:
I was thinking more about playing 1080p using HDMI cable and HD LCD TV
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I understand, but the hdmi support is enchanced to the info of the screen, you only can output 720p quality, or that is what say the specs, you can try and tell us it is working, that would.be aweome
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I had connected by Arc on an Full HD monitor and it only outs 720p when I watched some TV series (the video source is MKV and is at 480p rendered via software via MX Player). In this regard, I think the HDMI capability of Arc is only to 720p. That means even if you have an 1080p video on Arc, it will out only at 720p via the HDMI. I will confirm this limitation once I got the chance.

In the service menu in HDMI settings the highest choice given is 720 so it does appear to be that way

1080p Video Output

Simple question:
Does the transformer support 1080p video output through its mini hdmi port?
if not: what's the max resolution?

720 i believe

according to nvidia tegra 2 supports 1080P output via hdmi
HDMI 1.3 1920x1080
but
LCD 1024x600 (Tegra 230)
1680x1050 (Tegra 250)
CRT 1280x1024 (Tegra 230)
1600x1200 (Tegra 250)
I also have an question, why LCD output can't use the 1080P output
and why are tablets limited in 720P

the tblet will mirror out at 720p,which means you see the same on the tv as on lcd. It will output video from the video play unmirrored at 1080p, which means whne you send the video to tv the video on the tab is blank/
The reason no 1080p mirrored is because the tab display is only 1280x800.
while 1080p does work for video it is far from perfect. Hopefully they will smooth it out soon.

gottahavit said:
the tblet will mirror out at 720p,which means you see the same on the tv as on lcd. It will output video from the video play unmirrored at 1080p, which means whne you send the video to tv the video on the tab is blank/
The reason no 1080p mirrored is because the tab display is only 1280x800.
while 1080p does work for video it is far from perfect. Hopefully they will smooth it out soon.
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How do you make it to output 1080p video? When I play video (with default player or mobo player), the video is shown on both screens and it only output 720p to the TV.

junks2010 said:
How do you make it to output 1080p video? When I play video (with default player or mobo player), the video is shown on both screens and it only output 720p to the TV.
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Have you updated to 3.1? Is your video 1080p? Worked out of the box for me after update.

because 1080p playback is far from perfect, i do not test 1080P playback since i updated to 3.1
Tegra 2 chip is a kind of joke.

gottahavit said:
Have you updated to 3.1? Is your video 1080p? Worked out of the box for me after update.
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yes, my TF is on 3.1 and my video is 1080p but my TV reports that the TF only output 720p. What video player do you use?

Can't get mine to display on screen
Guys, please help me with this:
I tried to connect my transformer (3.1) to my Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV using a GTMax High Speed Gold-Plated Mini HDMI to HDMI Cable Version 1.4 (25 feet).
My surprise... it didn't work. My understanding is I just had to plug the cable to transformer and tv and enjoy, but the tv screen does nothing and remains blank.
Is it because the length of the cable? or because of the version of the cable(1.4)? Or maybe I have to adjust the resolution somewhere? Or install an app?
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much!

Wrong thread, but...
mfe018 said:
I tried to connect my transformer (3.1) to my Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV using a GTMax High Speed Gold-Plated Mini HDMI to HDMI Cable Version 1.4 (25 feet).
My surprise... it didn't work.
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126746&highlight=hdmi+output
oh and a bit of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082885&highlight=hdmi+panasonic
plus quite a few others. Panasonic TVs seem to have issues

"gottahavit
the tblet will mirror out at 720p,which means you see the same on the tv as on lcd. It will output video from the video play unmirrored at 1080p, which means whne you send the video to tv the video on the tab is blank/
The reason no 1080p mirrored is because the tab display is only 1280x800.
while 1080p does work for video it is far from perfect. Hopefully they will smooth it out soon."
Indeed,
Did you succeed to output 1080p resolution to a Full HD TV/monitor?
Which player?
I only can get 720p to both my Sharp and Sony Full HD (1080p) TVs with a full HD (1080p) mp4 Basic line video test (Film Teaser) with Buzz and Rokplayer.
Please advise....

weikichen said:
Tegra 2 chip is a kind of joke.
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Its one of the best ones out there for tablet unless your going for a full x86/x64 machine. Agree they should have never specified 1080p the tech is currently too slow to do it properly 9/10 times.

Anndy said:
"gottahavit
the tblet will mirror out at 720p,which means you see the same on the tv as on lcd. It will output video from the video play unmirrored at 1080p, which means whne you send the video to tv the video on the tab is blank/
The reason no 1080p mirrored is because the tab display is only 1280x800.
while 1080p does work for video it is far from perfect. Hopefully they will smooth it out soon."
Indeed,
Did you succeed to output 1080p resolution to a Full HD TV/monitor?
Which player?
I only can get 720p to both my Sharp and Sony Full HD (1080p) TVs with a full HD (1080p) mp4 Basic line video test (Film Teaser) with Buzz and Rokplayer.
Please advise....
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i use the stock player. when you play it is it mirrored on your tab? if so then thats a problem. when outputting 1080p it should blank the video area on the tab.
after 3.1 i had no issues getting this to work. perhaps its the handshake with your tv. i have year old 55in samsung lcd that support 24/60 1080p

ewitte said:
Its one of the best ones out there for tablet unless your going for a full x86/x64 machine.
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The worst from the best.

Magnesus said:
The worst from the best.
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Agreed, it has not advantage over competing solutions. GPU is nothing extraordinary, multimedia engine is a joke, standard A9 CPU. Only pure marketing.
Right now OMAP4 is probably the best SoC when it comes to pure power. Snapdragon with it's 1,5Ghz tablet specific SoC will be much faster than T2 both CPU and GPU wise(and it supports 1080p h264 High Profile 3.1), even now 1,2Ghz version has slightly faster GPU than T2.
Exynos would be great too, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any news about official honeycomb for exynos or any kind of tablet coming running on this SoC.

Wishmaster89 said:
Agreed, it has not advantage over competing solutions. GPU is nothing extraordinary, multimedia engine is a joke, standard A9 CPU. Only pure marketing.
Right now OMAP4 is probably the best SoC when it comes to pure power. Snapdragon with it's 1,5Ghz tablet specific SoC will be much faster than T2 both CPU and GPU wise(and it supports 1080p h264 High Profile 3.1), even now 1,2Ghz version has slightly faster GPU than T2.
Exynos would be great too, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any news about official honeycomb for exynos or any kind of tablet coming running on this SoC.
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Are you guys sure that the poor 1080p h264 high profile performance is due to a hardware limitation and NOT due to poor software implementation ? Because Tegra 2 official spec sheet list 1080p encode and decode capability (though profile is not mentioned), but this article says it is capable of accelerating 1080p High profile.

I thought I read somewhere that part of the limitation at the moment is poor software/driver implementation. But the Tegra 2 isn't lacking for regular processing power. My Transformer outruns my Galaxy S when it comes to running regular apps and browsing, but my phone plays 720p videos smoother and supports more file types/containers/codecs.

That's weird.
When i watch a movie on the TF HD to the TV, my TV reports it as 1080p. My TF screen goes blank.

it's not weird, it's the way it's supposed to be. (read the thread!)
the tf's display doesn't support 1080p so it is switched of.

fabsn said:
it's not weird, it's the way it's supposed to be. (read the thread!)
the tf's display doesn't support 1080p so it is switched of.
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Yes...I saw that. I only was saying that it was weird because so many people were saying that the TF won't do 1080p...and mine does.

Is Youtube 720p in HD?

I did notice that there were mods of youtube.apk that enabled 720p, but does anyone know if the Youtube app is 720p out of the box when the HD is toggled? It does have a HD resolution screen.

From what I have seen YouTube calls 720p and 1080p HD. 480p is listed as high quality HQ. 360 and 280 is just standard or low quality.
I have watched 720P HD on my N7 and Galaxy Nexus. Just depends if the option it shows you when playing a YouTube video is HD or HQ.
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[Q] Full HD Tab2?????

Sorry for my english.
I have a big problem.
The Galaxy tab 2 have write to package that the recorder video is Full HD (1080P) and the manual pag. 67, reporting that the video is 1280x800; why?
I have speak with Samsung Italy, the response are: you are right, sorry, i send immediately a email to Korea.
Please you tablet records video at 1080p?
Ettore Ribaudo

It doesn't say 1080P recording but playback. It says HD on recording, but not full-HD. My P3113 records in 1280x720.

Mkvarner said:
It doesn't say 1080P recording but playback. It says HD on recording, but not full-HD. My P3113 records in 1280x720.
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The package says Full HD (1080P) HD Playback & recording!

vegastore said:
The package says Full HD (1080P) HD Playback & recording!
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Actually, it says full 1080p HD playback and HD recording. It could be misleading if you don't catch that.
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Edit: The recording is in HD, just 720p...

Maybe if you posted it in English.

The box is technically accurate but misleading. HD is anything 1280x720 or higher resolution. It will play back 1080P videos but will down convert them to 1280x720 since this is the tablets native resolution. It cannot playback 1080P videos at 1080P but it does not say that. It says it will play back 1080P videos. It should note *at 1280x720 resolution*. The only way it could play back full 1080P is if the screen resolution was 1920x1080 which it is not. It records in 1280x720 which again, is HD. If your planning to record HD video on this tablet I'm afraid you are going to disappointed. Quality is not that good in my opinion.

My box says "HD (720p) Playback* & Recording"
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My box says "HD (720p) Playback* & Recording"
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Why in Italy have FULL HD and in other Country HD?
I have buy a Tablet Full HD, i am now a tablet is not full hd, because the screen is 1281x720.
Ettore
P.s. post your image.

Do you have a tab 2 7" or 10"? The 7" has a 3MP camera and thus can only do 720p. I think the 10" has more MP and can do 1080p recordings even though playback won't be 1080p. If you copy the recording to a computer, playback will be 1080p. Does that make sense?
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Dralanmage said:
Do you have a tab 2 7" or 10"? The 7" has a 3MP camera and thus can only do 720p. I think the 10" has more MP and can do 1080p recordings even though playback won't be 1080p. If you copy the recording to a computer, playback will be 1080p. Does that make sense?
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No, it makes no sense, but if you sell a product for 1080P playback and recording in, because I can not see it on my tablet?
Also, if records in 1080P, how can I see if the screen is 1280x720? This is called false advertising in Italy
My tablet is 10".

vegastore said:
No, it makes no sense, but if you sell a product for 1080P playback and recording in, because I can not see it on my tablet?
Also, if records in 1080P, how can I see if the screen is 1280x720? This is called false advertising in Italy
My tablet is 10".
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Not really false advertising if it says HD playback not specifically 1010p HD playback.
I'm not trying to be a ****, but is not the purpose of recording videos , to share them. Therefore the 1080p playback on anything other than YOUR tablet is the desired outcome.

The OP may be right. I don't have the 10" model and my 7" specifically says 720p with a 3MP camera. Looking at this, it appears the 10" model has the same camera and also records in 720p. Can someone else confirm?
http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_2_10_1_p5100-4567.php
Maybe you should complain to the store you bought it from and ask for a refund if you are unhappy with it.
For myself, my galaxy nexus does 1080p video (but my display is 720p), and it is much more portable and convenient to use for recording. If I record a video, I prefer to watch it on my computer or TV. For me, the tablet is more of a portable web browser, gaming platform, eBook, and media streaming box. I can understand if you made your purchase for other reasons though.
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Dralanmage said:
The OP may be right. I don't have the 10" model and my 7" specifically says 720p with a 3MP camera. Looking at this, it appears the 10" model has the same camera and also records in 720p. Can someone else confirm?
http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_2_10_1_p5100-4567.php
Maybe you should complain to the store you bought it from and ask for a refund if you are unhappy with it.
For myself, my galaxy nexus does 1080p video (but my display is 720p), and it is much more portable and convenient to use for recording. If I record a video, I prefer to watch it on my computer or TV. For me, the tablet is more of a portable web browser, gaming platform, eBook, and media streaming box. I can understand if you made your purchase for other reasons though.
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I have a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 model GT-P5113 and the box states "HD Video Capture and Playback", it doesn't specify 1080p or 720p on the box at all. The included recording app will let you choose a maximum resolution of 1280x720 for video recording.
Edit: http://www.samsung.com/us/system/co...tsyxar/Galaxy_Tab_II_10.1_Spec_Sheets_v13.pdf shows 1080p playback at 30fps and says nothing about the resolution of recording video, only that it has a 3MP camera.

You can't tell the difference between 1080 and 720 on anything smaller then a 32 inch screen anyways.

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You can't tell the difference between 1080 and 720 on anything smaller then a 32 inch screen anyways.
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I agree, however, the issue the OP has is that he was expecting Full HD recording, which the Galaxy Tab 2 is not capable of.

[Q] Quality of 480p, 720p video playback

I have some of anime and old videos which I need to play. The are in 540p, 480p & 720p. The quality look great on my 16 inch laptop which has 1366x768 resolution. Can someone please comment on the playback in Nexus 10 ?

prince87 said:
I have some of anime and old videos which I need to play. The are in 540p, 480p & 720p. The quality look great on my 16 inch laptop which has 1366x768 resolution. Can someone please comment on the playback in Nexus 10 ?
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It looks as good as any 480p+ videos will ever look. It will look crisper than your laptop mostly by virtue of packing more pixels per inch (480 pixels on a 7.5" tall surface vs ~13" tall surface)

360p is somewhat odd, but some look cool. Now for 480p (540p I never saw before) it looks good, and for HD it's very clear. You can watch without worries . I recommend MX Video Player.
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