I am running the latest HyperDroid-CM7. Which video players (are there any) support hardware decode? If there are any, which codecs are supported for hardware decode?
I've been encoding in H.264 via Handbrake but I'm getting lots of stuttering in the players I've tried. If I need to try a different format, I just need to know which one(s).
Stock video player, RockPlayer, MoboPlayer etc.
Practically any player can play in HW mode. Just make sure to enable Hardware Decoder in settings
I am using MoboPlayer and there is an option in settings called "Default Using Soft Decoding". It was _not_ checked. I checked it an now I'm getting much smoother playback.
Did I just _enable_ software decode? If so, why is it playing better?
I think I'm not understanding something here.
As far as I know, HD2 doesn't have hw support for H.264 but for H.263. So when converting your movies in Handbrake, use H.263 as output.
I swapped ROMs to NexusHD2-Gingerbread and now MoboPlayer is working much better than it did under HyperDroid. I think it might have been a HyperDroid issue.
Try diceplayer.
Mobo/Rock/VPlayer can't play MKV(+DTS) in hw decoder mode.
diceplayer can play MKV/M2TS/AVI using hw decoder.
juami said:
Try diceplayer.
Mobo/Rock/VPlayer can't play MKV(+DTS) in hw decoder mode.
diceplayer can play MKV/M2TS/AVI using hw decoder.
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For anyone else interested in this:
diceplayer is indeed good, play flawless video with hardware decoding
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Hello,
I have been trying to watch some TV episodes that I have put onto my Streak in an AVI format but the framerate is horrible. The video is really laggy and it's unwatchable. Just in case it matters, I am running DJ_Steve's 1.4.6 on my white streak.
-Edit: I have tried Rockplayer and when I try and select hardware decoding it gives me an error message of "this file cannot be played with system player."
Any suggestions?
Use Rockplayer, but enable software decoding.
Rockplayer works fine on mine on 2.2... and Most of my AVI's are 720p quality
Wouldn't I get better framerates from hardware decoding?
avi is container file type. and results may depend on what was used to encode it. divx, xvid, mpeg. some people will be able to watch 1080p videos with no problem while others struggle with 240p. i dont think the streak has a decoder chip to do hardware decoding. ill have to look that one up.
Hi,
anyone else having trouble with mkv files with AC3 audio?
Tried MX player, BSplayer and vlc.
MX player has no sound and smoth in HW and sound in SW (audio only) but really choppy.
BSplayer won't play in hw at all and vlc has horrible quality (artifacts).
Is that working for anyone or is that a general problem? (codec?)
Anything that i can try?
thanks
Try sending the MX Player dev a message mentioning the problem, it's likely something to do with the cutting edge hardware in there not being 100% supported just yet. MX Player is a great app, and I'm sure the N10 will be supported in no time at all.
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nilknarf said:
Try sending the MX Player dev a message mentioning the problem, it's likely something to do with the cutting edge hardware in there not being 100% supported just yet. MX Player is a great app, and I'm sure the N10 will be supported in no time at all.
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I am using MX for MKV with AC3 - in the Decoder tab in settings, set the decoder to HW+ and in the Software decoder section, tick the box 'S/W audio' to force software decoding for Audio - then you should get smooth HW accelerated video playback with soft-decoded audio.
I also use MX with EZ Usenet to stream these types of files directly from Easynews, and it works perfectly with HW+ setting, software for audio
tried using a vlc nightly? What version did you use?
VLC: used the armv7-android-neon nightly from 2 or 3 days ago
MX: with hw+ its stutters even worse than with hw when i have software audio
i stream directly from files on my computer, can that be the cause?
VLC works intermittently for me and MX Player works pretty good, the only issue I've had is what seems like missing frames or slow playing video but then the audio is ok. To me VLC seems smoother but it's very tempremental.
ninjasamo said:
VLC works intermittently for me and MX Player works pretty good, the only issue I've had is what seems like missing frames or slow playing video but then the audio is ok. To me VLC seems smoother but it's very tempremental.
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is that a general assessment or specifically to AC3?
kavey said:
I am using MX for MKV with AC3 - in the Decoder tab in settings, set the decoder to HW+ and in the Software decoder section, tick the box 'S/W audio' to force software decoding for Audio - then you should get smooth HW accelerated video playback with soft-decoded audio.
I also use MX with EZ Usenet to stream these types of files directly from Easynews, and it works perfectly with HW+ setting, software for audio
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THANK YOU!!!!
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec
Changelog for MX player says the following:
1.7.33
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec due to license issue.
Added RTL subtitle disposition option under Settings > Subtitle for Android 4.2 and later.
Added http user-agent overriding option under Settings > General.
Thratchen said:
Changelog for MX player says the following:
1.7.33
Remove AC3, MLP audio codec due to license issue.
Added RTL subtitle disposition option under Settings > Subtitle for Android 4.2 and later.
Added http user-agent overriding option under Settings > General.
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No problem use a custom code:
"Custom Codec v1.7.32 is fully compatible with MXPlayer 1.7.33
As Usual supports all codecs incl DTS & DOLBY (AC3)
(Old Custom Codecs are not compatible with the latest MXPlayer v1.7.33...!!)"
P.S. the version of MX Player that has AC3 support removed is v1.7.33 so you need to at least refresh the codec you have installed or install the latest ones.
Here is the post with all the various devices compatible custom codecs and installation instructions. I just did a successful before and after test. After installing this AC3 audio is a non-issue.
Too bad both the owners of DTS and AC3 need to such dicks about their decoding software. I have no issue when they charge for encoding.
MX AC Problem
Hi, I just wanted to say thank you. You guys worked successful and it is easy to follow through. Thanks once again. I am Karuhiu from Kenya
Hello everyone,
I can't find any way to have a video decoded using H/W Decoding with any player, video, nor custom roms.
With official Roms, I used WMP to transcode and send videos to my MB526 via MTP mode, which resulted in wmv files. This way, MX Player was able to play videos using hardware decoding (how ever, as far as I remember, the quality was sloppy).
But of course, that solution does not work anymore with custom roms, as MTP, wma and wmv are gone.
Right now I send .avi or .mp4 files using ftp; but I can't figure out a way to make them play using hardware decoding. All I got are insults like "can't play using H/W Decoder" (S/W works just fine, as long as I simplify the work for the chip : lower quality and mpeg2; but even then I think that HW decoding would spare the battery)
I tried :
- Different ROMs : Quark's CM10 roms, and White Rabbit (CM7) roms (among others)
- Different Codecs : MP4 (h264), Mpeg2, aac audio, mp3 audio, etc.
- Different Resolutions and Qualities : 854x480, 320x240, 25fps, 15fps, etc.
- Different Transcoders : vlc, ffmpeg, ...
- Different Players : MX Player (with or without armv7 codec), VLC, stock
Even in software mode, I have to decrease quality of the video to (150Mb for 20 minutes in mpeg2) to be able to run videos smoothly.
I searched everywhere in the forum but couldn't find any answer (I saw people complaining they can't play 720p with HW decoding, but I can't even play anything with HW decoding).
Do anyone knows what I did wrong ? Or how I could get a workaround ?
Regards
i have a 4k h265 hevc video that i;m trying to play, but it doesnt work. using MX player, and it only works in SW but that means it is very veyr laggy and choppy.
HW and HW+ doesnt work. does anyone have this issue?
is there a special codec i have to install?
thanks!
geminihc said:
i have a 4k h265 hevc video that i;m trying to play, but it doesnt work. using MX player, and it only works in SW but that means it is very veyr laggy and choppy.
HW and HW+ doesnt work. does anyone have this issue?
is there a special codec i have to install?
thanks!
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Supposedly it does support 4K playback at main profile.
Qualcomm's marketing does say yes.
I don't have any content so I'm not sure about codecs an players.
Hi,
I have a OP5 (5.1.7) and when I play a .mkv video HEVC/10bit using HW+ with MX Player the audio works fine but the video keeps black all the time, just works with software decoding.
OP5 does not support HEVC/10bit decoding?
Zosk said:
Hi,
I have a OP5 (5.1.7) and when I play a .mkv video HEVC/10bit using HW+ with MX Player the audio works fine but the video keeps black all the time, just works with software decoding.
OP5 does not support HEVC/10bit decoding?
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Do you have installed the codec for mx player? Or just use vlc, it should play it.
Yes, I installed the codec for MX Player, but didn't work.
And I tried others players like VLC, KM, BS, Kodi.....
but didn't work too.
Writing this for all the people finding this thread in Google
I got 10bit 4K H265 working on my Oneplus 5 in Kodi (no stutters) by doing this:
(I'm using the Estouchy skin, you can swap to it in settings > interface)
Go to settings > player
Click on the settings cog in the bottom right
Click on the Standard option until it says expert
Scroll down to the processing section (this is in the videos tab btw)
Turn off "Allow hardware acceleration - MediaCodec (surface) and keep the other hardware acceleration one on.
Enjoy your 10bit content!