It seems that some firmware ship with media.stagefright.enable-player set to false.
Setting this to 'on' seemed to have resolved an issue where mp4 (streaming or otherwise) videos were playing in black & white on my S7 (fat).
Not sure if this is a permanent fix or if it affects more people.
There was a Huawei comment about them disabling this feature, but I'm not sure why...
xaueious said:
It seems that some firmware ship with media.stagefright.enable-player set to false.
Setting this to 'on' seemed to have resolved an issue where mp4 (streaming or otherwise) videos were playing in black & white on my S7 (fat).
Not sure if this is a permanent fix or if it affects more people.
There was a Huawei comment about them disabling this feature, but I'm not sure why...
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Thanks for the tip.
hal_2000 said:
Thanks for the tip.
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How much does this phone cost nowadays?
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Hey guys. I have been frantically trying to search for solution to this annoying issue. When I play Netflix on my Toshiba HDTV through Samsung's MHL adapter , the video freezes but the sound continues to play. I tried changing the netflix settings to lowest quality, but no help! Anyone have any ideas??? I am literary on a crossroad to returning the MHL adapter as it is not doing what I need it to do.... I cannot imagine that there is NO ONE out there that does not have the MHL adapter and tell me if they have the same issue ( hence may be it's an MHL adapter issue ). Help will be greatly appreciated.
Try going to developer settings and ticking disable hardware overlay.
Sent from my GT-I9300.
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Try going to developer settings and ticking disable hardware overlay.
Sent from my GT-I9300.
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Thanks for the reply but I do not see anything that says " Hardware overlay " .... I have " Show CPU Usage - screen overlay showing current CPU usage" and that is the only thing that mentions overaly in my Developer Options.
If you are on jb you'll see it if not try disable any graph acceleration that you see have to say I have jb and when I reproduce a video in almost getting in the middle of any video I get a green glitch and then keeps going weird hope I could help I'd this doesn't help try other kernels cheers
From a galaxy s3 far far away
fermartz said:
If you are on jb you'll see it if not try disable any graph acceleration that you see have to say I have jb and when I reproduce a video in almost getting in the middle of any video I get a green glitch and then keeps going weird hope I could help I'd this doesn't help try other kernels cheers
From a galaxy s3 far far away
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Yeah I am not on JB. So basically, do I have to disable the all ? or
Hi guys,
I got a new S7 due to breaking the screen on my last one and I seem to be experiencing some strange issues with audio.
In pokemon go for example, sometimes the sound effects will be normal, other times only part of the sounds will play. YouTube seems to often play 5 seconds of a video with audio before it just cuts out.
I haven't been able to identify any consistency and if I click through random apps and go back to YouTube, sometimes the audio will be fine again.
Never had this issue before. Has anybody experienced this?
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mmotti said:
Hi guys,
I got a new S7 due to breaking the screen on my last one and I seem to be experiencing some strange issues with audio.
In pokemon go for example, sometimes the sound effects will be normal, other times only part of the sounds will play. YouTube seems to often play 5 seconds of a video with audio before it just cuts out.
I haven't been able to identify any consistency and if I click through random apps and go back to YouTube, sometimes the audio will be fine again.
Never had this issue before. Has anybody experienced this?
Cheers
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I'm currently experiencing it with Google Play music, a notification says there was a problem with the playback. I think it might be something to do with the upscaler or the adapt sound if you have either enabled?
Snow Cat123 said:
I'm currently experiencing it with Google Play music, a notification says there was a problem with the playback. I think it might be something to do with the upscaler or the adapt sound if you have either enabled?
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I don't think I've got either enabled.
Just tried a factory reset and fired up YouTube and it happened straight away. No sound.
Agh! So irritating.
mmotti said:
Hi guys,
I got a new S7 due to breaking the screen on my last one and I seem to be experiencing some strange issues with audio.
In pokemon go for example, sometimes the sound effects will be normal, other times only part of the sounds will play. YouTube seems to often play 5 seconds of a video with audio before it just cuts out.
I haven't been able to identify any consistency and if I click through random apps and go back to YouTube, sometimes the audio will be fine again.
Never had this issue before. Has anybody experienced this?
Cheers
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I have the same exact issue after the last update 1 or 2 days ago. Personally I think it's because of the update. I didn't have the issue before it. Drives me absolute mad.
Ah, perhaps that's what it is. I hadn't picked up the ota on my other device.
I hope it's that at least. Would hate to have to go through the process of a replacement phone.
Edit: just as an update... I called Samsung today and after being passed around several different departments, and confirming troubleshooting steps, they've determined that the device may be faulty and I'm going to have to go through the replacement process. I don't know if this is just a bad timing in receiving the phone exactly when a bad update comes out of whether it's a faulty unit. I guess I'll find out by the end of next week when I receive the replacement!
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Ah, perhaps that's what it is. I hadn't picked up the ota on my other device.
I hope it's that at least. Would hate to have to go through the process of a replacement phone.
Edit: just as an update... I called Samsung today and after being passed around several different departments, and confirming troubleshooting steps, they've determined that the device may be faulty and I'm going to have to go through the replacement process. I don't know if this is just a bad timing in receiving the phone exactly when a bad update comes out of whether it's a faulty unit. I guess I'll find out by the end of next week when I receive the replacement!
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I think the bug is coming from uhq upscaler. Iam on sm-g930f and experienxing the same ****. Anyways when i use soundcloud it cuts out just for a sec and the longer i play music on soundcloud the more cuttings are at the playback. Its freakin annoying though
I am having about 250ms audio lag on watching any media, be it speakers or headphones, youtube or home server streaming.
I've tried turning on GPU rendering in developer settings, I've looked for alternate audio codecs, wiping the cache and I've tried turning off google now voice listening.
Does anybody else have this problem?
I tried mine and no problems for now but check what kind if players you have installed or software it might be from there ,hard reset .
I noticed this on youtube especially
Let me know if you fixed the problem and how please!
Probably going to need an OTA for that.
Audio lag
I experience the same problem when playing any and all video files. I recorded a video yesterday and that had lag on it too, even when played on a different device. I've emailed ZTE and the address to do it if you feel so inclined is [email protected]
What an annoying problem for an otherwise excellent phone! There are a few other examples of it too so it's not an isolated incident.
A factory reset didn't solve the problem either.
Update: Bluetooth audio is fine...
Same issue here. Sound is delayed about 1/4 of second.
its clearly a software problem since i dont think the USA users have the problem.
DasHHat said:
I am having about 250ms audio lag on watching any media, be it speakers or headphones, youtube or home server streaming.
I've tried turning on GPU rendering in developer settings, I've looked for alternate audio codecs, wiping the cache and I've tried turning off google now voice listening.
Does anybody else have this problem?
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Just curious have you tried a factory reset? Did it fix it?
If this is on YouTube. This is a YouTube only problem. Many people from different phones are reporting this issue.
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If this is on YouTube. This is a YouTube only problem. Many people from different phones are reporting this issue.
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Happens with other apps as well as reported by others and tested, basically any app with videos using hardware decoder. its definitely not a youtube problem.
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Happens with other apps as well as reported by others and tested, basically any app with videos using hardware decoder. its definitely not a youtube problem.
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So is it a defect?
USA user here, not audio lag for me (that I've noticed) and I've watched a couple movies and several YouTube videos. I just checked it before posting to make sure, and mine is fine.
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USA user here, not audio lag for me (that I've noticed) and I've watched a couple movies and several YouTube videos. I just checked it before posting to make sure, and mine is fine.
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Do you have a video decoder issue? Like not able to pick 1080p60fps?
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Do you have a video decoder issue? Like not able to pick 1080p60fps?
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Guess I'm not sure where to find those settings?
I just switch from 480p to 1080p in YouTube with no issues? I also watched a video I recorded on my Samsung Galaxy S7 in 4k with no issues using VLC player. I couldn't find where to change to 60fps though?
I was able to record a video in 1080p @ 60fps too
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Guess I'm not sure where to find those settings?
I just switch from 480p to 1080p in YouTube with no issues? I also watched a video I recorded on my Samsung Galaxy S7 in 4k with no issues using VLC player. I couldn't find where to change to 60fps though?
I was able to record a video in 1080p @ 60fps too
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Looks like this is a YouTube encoder issue. I may have to submit a ticket to the YouTube Devs.
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Looks like this is a YouTube encoder issue. I may have to submit a ticket to the YouTube Devs.
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It's noticeable on other apps too... Either way wouldn't hurt. I honestly think it's a OS issue since USA have a different version of the OS and they seem okay. ZTE just need to rollout an update fix I think, I've sent them an email about it lets see if they reply. Also the ZTE USA community mod knows about the problem and is trying to get a UK community started!
Bit noticeable on Netflix as well not too sure about this one
I downloaded a movie viewed it on MXPlayer using their hardware decoder and got the sync issue. Switched it to software and wala all was fine! Honestly don't think we need to send phone back or anything they can easily roll out a fix for it
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If this is on YouTube. This is a YouTube only problem. Many people from different phones are reporting this issue.
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DasHHat said:
I am having about 250ms audio lag on watching any media, be it speakers or headphones, youtube or home server streaming.
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I downloaded a movie viewed it on MXPlayer using their hardware decoder and got the sync issue. Switched it to software and wala all was fine! Honestly don't think we need to send phone back or anything they can easily roll out a fix for it
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Confirmed this. Really hope they roll out a fix. Just this and Android pay and it's perfect!
Anyone having issues with hdr content on YouTube? My screen keeps dimming then going bright. Tried turning off night light and auto brightness but it still does the same.
Have you tried clearing data from the YouTube app?
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Anyone having issues with hdr content on YouTube? My screen keeps dimming then going bright. Tried turning off night light and auto brightness but it still does the same.
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same behavior here.
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Have you tried clearing data from the YouTube app?
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Just tried and it still does the same. Worried I have a faulty display so wondering if others can replicate the issue.
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Just tried and it still does the same. Worried I have a faulty display so wondering if others can replicate the issue.
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If it's just with YouTube I would bet it's a software issue and not a hardware issue. Maybe try side loading earlier YouTube apk versions. Or even better, try some of the custom YouTube apps from XDA like vanced YouTube.
I tried vanced and it seems fine so must be an issue with the standard YouTube app. Thanks for the help.
As I read the first post I was thinking I didn't have the problem and my Youtube was working fine which I was going to relate but then as I read the thread I saw that Vanced is working, I'm on Vanced...
Both mine and my wife's 6t are behaving weird. When we are watching Netflix, Youtube or any other apps, after a while, some random stop / resume happens, like if there is a bug with the touch screen....
I did some research and some say it's PIP, other because battery optimization...I tried all, even factory reset....
Does someone has the same issue or discovered how to fix this?
Thanks!
flbenini said:
Both mine and my wife's 6t are behaving weird. When we are watching Netflix, Youtube or any other apps, after a while, some random stop / resume happens, like if there is a bug with the touch screen....
I did some research and some say it's PIP, other because battery optimization...I tried all, even factory reset....
Does someone has the same issue or discovered how to fix this?
Thanks!
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Try it with deep optimization off in battery optimization settings in the three dots menu.
Make sure your screen protector doesn't do some jedi mind tricks?
human75 said:
Make sure your screen protector doesn't do some jedi mind tricks?
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Honestly, I thought about this...if nothing else helps I will peel that off and check if the issue disappears.
I had this happen when I was on oos as well, YouTube would just randomly pause all by itself. I also do not use a screen protector so that is not a problem, after switching to a custom aosp rom it no longer happens leading me to believe it's an oos bug while playing video ( only ever happened to me while watching videos never playing music).
If someone is facing the same problem, I think I figured it out. It had to do with an app that had permissions to be an administrator under the security menu.
Once I disable it the issue stopped.
Similar thing happening to me too, except youtube, google maps minimise to PiP randomly. Disabled PiP for both apps and it works fine now, although its annoying that i've lost that functionality.
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Similar thing happening to me too, except youtube, google maps minimise to PiP randomly. Disabled PiP for both apps and it works fine now, although its annoying that i've lost that functionality.
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My solution solved that PIP issue, at least for me...
flbenini said:
My solution solved that PIP issue, at least for me...
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I have 2 apps that have admin privileges, both of which need them to work. It's definitely a bug in OOS recently as when I bought the phone I didn't have issues with this.