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I9003 Video Playback

Well I did some testing with various different file formats and this is what I observed.
HD video (720p) plays fine if the video is encoded in MPEG-4 codec. (Container doesn't matter, but in my case it was .avi)
Now to the other part, HD (720p) or even regular resolution videos (doesn't matter what resolution) encoded in AVC (x264) on the other hand are not supported by the native video player, it throws up a message saying 'Sorry,this video cannot be played'. However the lower res videos can be played in Rockplayer but there is a slight (noticeable) lag between audio and video. The HD Videos on the other hand play in rockplayer but is un-watchable as the audio goes on but video lags far behind!
I looked around but could not find any mkv files encoded with mpeg-4 codec or any avi files encoded in AVC (x264) just to test them out.
Thus I have come to the conclusion atleast for now, that the I9003 does not play AVC/h264 out of the box in the native player and also is not powerful enough to do software decoding of HD files in Rockplayer. Its a damn shame to not be able to do this as even the x10 can do it quite easily, this is a ripoff by Samsung all the while they claiming that almost everything is identical between the I9000 and I9003 but clearly performance wise there seems to be a vast difference.
Basically it does not play videos like this one for example
General
Complete name : D:\Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 66.8 MiB
Duration : 3mn 51s
Overall bit rate : 2 425 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-10 19:43:25
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-10 19:43:25
gsst : 0
gstd : 231010
gssd : B4A7DAC47HH1292436185784518
gshh : v7.lscache7.c.youtube.com
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format_Settings_GOP : M=1, N=13
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 3mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 291 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 5 753 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 17.241 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.104
Stream size : 63.1 MiB (94%)
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-10 19:43:29
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 3mn 50s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 181 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 3.52 MiB (5%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-10 19:43:27
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-10 19:43:29
Is 720p AVC/H264 playback working for anyone on the I9003 or even the I9000? If it works fine on the I9000 and not on ours then we have been conned!

720p AVC/H264 playback working for anyone on the I9003 or even the I9000
Yes on I9000 720p AVC/H264 using stock video player.
and played .
Resolution: 1080p (1920x1080)
FPS: 23.976 (NTSC)
Video Codec: H.264
Trailer Resolution: 720p (1280x720), High Profile (Xbox 360 Compatible)
Audio Codec: AAC LC
Resolution: Stereo, 48 kHz, VBR 128 Kbps
jje

JJEgan said:
720p AVC/H264 playback working for anyone on the I9003 or even the I9000
Yes on I9000 720p AVC/H264 using stock video player.
and played .
Resolution: 1080p (1920x1080)
FPS: 23.976 (NTSC)
Video Codec: H.264
Trailer Resolution: 720p (1280x720), High Profile (Xbox 360 Compatible)
Audio Codec: AAC LC
Resolution: Stereo, 48 kHz, VBR 128 Kbps
jje
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Hey man its amazing that you managed to play full HD on it! Damn! And here I am struggling to play 720p
Could you do a favor and download MEDIA INFO and post the results here?

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 80.0 MiB
Duration : 2mn 19s
Overall bit rate : 4 802 Kbps
Movie name : Serenity - HD DVD Trailer
Performer : Universal Pictures
Genre : Trailer
Recorded date : 2005
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Cover : Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2mn 19s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 675 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 10.8 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.212
Stream size : 77.8 MiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 55 svn-655
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x13 / me=hex / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=4675 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:35
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 19s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 149 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 2.12 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:34
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:35
Just a video i grabbed off the web as AVC/H264 format .
jje

JJEgan said:
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 80.0 MiB
Duration : 2mn 19s
Overall bit rate : 4 802 Kbps
Movie name : Serenity - HD DVD Trailer
Performer : Universal Pictures
Genre : Trailer
Recorded date : 2005
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Cover : Yes
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2mn 19s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 675 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 10.8 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.212
Stream size : 77.8 MiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 55 svn-655
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x13 / me=hex / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=4675 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:31
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:35
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 19s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 149 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 2.12 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:34
Tagged date : UTC 2007-05-30 05:20:35
Just a video i grabbed off the web as AVC/H264 format .
jje
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Are you able to play this in the native video player? You are on the I9000 right?
Update: Checked with some more files, H264/AVC only seems to be working if the file is an .mp4 file, mkv just does not play on my phone in the native player and even in Rockplayer it plays with too much lag (can only be played in 'Software Decoding' mode, Hardware Decoding mode throws up an error saying 'Cannot be played with system player')
Anybody using a i9003 here who can check video playback and let me know whether mkv files encoded using AVC/h264, 720p or lower res, play perfectly fine or not?

I9000 native player is a beast, can play 720p at high 4.2 and possibly higher
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android53 said:
I9000 native player is a beast, can play 720p at high 4.2 and possibly higher
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Are you referring to mkv files or mp4 files? Don't know why my i9003 can't play these files...

Are you able to play this in the native video player? You are on the I9000 right?
Yes native 2.2.1 player .SGS I9000 S
MKV is a format i tend to avoid or recode for any playback format .
jje

Try mobo player
http://www.moboplayer.com/moboplayer_en.html
it work smoothly with H264/AVC mkv files of Resolution: 1080p (1920x1080)
I tested with 4 such files & i9003 runs it smooth.
Stock video player cannot do it.

Pretty much all of the content I get is 720p h264 in mkv. The i9000 stock player plays it effortlessly, unit doesn't even get warm which means good battery life, one of my favourite things about this phone.

sgsI9003 said:
Try mobo player
http://www.moboplayer.com/moboplayer_en.html
it work smoothly with H264/AVC mkv files of Resolution: 1080p (1920x1080)
I tested with 4 such files & i9003 runs it smooth.
Stock video player cannot do it.
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Hmmm I tried your suggestion but to no avail, it plays the same way it does in rockplayer, 720p mkv AVC files play with a heavy lag. And you say you can even manage 1080p on the i9003!
I really can't understand why the stock player refuses to play any MKV file i throw at it! Really sucks that I seem to be the only one with this problem here, even the xperia x10 plays them perfectly fine in the stock player itself! And I thought the galaxy was better than that in this regard...
I have a good suggestion could you guys point me to a link of some 720p file (preferable a small one) encoded using h264 which works on your phones, so I could try it on mine and see if it works or not?
EDIT:- Ok so I have uploaded a file, its a 720p MKV file, its only 5 mb, If you guys could download it onto your phones and let me know if its playing or not i'd really appreciate that,
Thanks!

There you got the solution Go and give your i9003 back and buy a i9000. The SLCD_version sucks in many ways and the normal samoled-version costs less then the new "improved" slcd-version Germany is great for that ****, but you did the wrong choise.

Stock Video player and it plays well on my I9000 no lag good sound good quality picture .
jje

I9000 can play 720p @high 4.1 when underclocked TO 100mhz lol
Clearly this is all gpu, the 9003 has the same one though right? Codec port?
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android53 said:
I9000 can play 720p @high 4.1 when underclocked TO 100mhz lol
Clearly this is all gpu, the 9003 has the same one though right? Codec port?
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The i9003 has a TI OMAP3630 chip with SGX 530 GPU compared to the i9000's Hummingbird S5PC110 with SGX 540.
However you'd think the 530 would still have plenty of power to decode 720p. Maybe something is different with the codecs in either the software or OMAP hardware.

JJEgan said:
Stock Video player and it plays well on my I9000 no lag good sound good quality picture .
jje
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Lucky you man! I'm facing a problem even with this file! It says unsupported file type when I play with the stock player. Naturally that means that the player does not do hardware decoding for it so its of no use playing it in other players too cause software decoding plays it quite badly with heavy lag.
Any I9003 users out there who can play the video sample attached above? I need to know if it plays or not so I can go and get my phone checked or whatever. @sgsI9003 could you try it out maybe?

I am travelling in2g area and even if I download I cant unzip the file on my phone willneed a computer to do that. What i think is that certain files encoded using certain codec indeed may be creating the problem. Before buying I asled the dealer to play the demo frpm my card using various formats in full hd and few dont play and he installed rock player for those file to play. I suggest we start posting on samsung facebook wall to highlight these issues.

Well as one user earlier mentioned he could play the above sample file with no problems whatsoever on the I9000, so all I wanted to know is if any I9003 user can play the same file or is it only me having this problem.

@zone... yeah even im not able to play your uploaded files properly ..
heres my summary:-
1. stock player - unsupported file type
2. mobo player - soft decoding with a noticable lag(small though)
3. vital player - soft decoding with a noticable lag(small though)
what is going on guys ... its not just your problem now mate! cant play any 720p vids! only dvdrips... even my waka waka 1080p , .mp4 isnt playing!!

Post these issues on samsung india facebook pages.
@mzone ask balagamer to test these file since he is using xxkb3. That might have solved the problem.

[Q] best video converter {PC} for samsung galaxy y !!

which is the video converter that almost retains the quality of video and has considerably less in size of the video file !!
(pc " .exe " file)
send me the link to download that !
and give me output settings for the video specified converter !!

android sgy said:
which is the video converter that almost retains the quality of video and has considerably less in size of the video file !!
(pc " .exe " file)
send me the link to download that !
and give me output settings for the video specified converter !!
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Try using sothink converter, either download the attached file, or follow the link.
http://www.sothinkmedia.com/download/FreeVideoConverterInstall.exe
if you download the file from here, change the file extension from "zip" to "exe" and install it.
either way, the instructions are:
Video:
Format: MPEG-4
FPS: 24
Bitrate: 760 kbit/s
Width: 320
Height: 240
Audio:
Format: AAC
Sample rate: 48000 KHz
Channels: Stereo
Bitrate: 128 kbps
PLEASE hit thanks if i helped!

[Question]H/W+ for VC-1?

Hallo,
H/W+ works properly for H262/3/4 videos but WMV3/VC1 seem to work only in S/W. I'm using a Samsung GS3 (I9300) with CM11. Exynos4412/Mali400 should do VC-1 hardware video decoding (not sure about the exact profile though).
Is there anything known about VC1 hardware decoding issues? Does it work for anyone else?
MediaInfo:
Code:
General
Format : Windows Media
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 1 477 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 1 508 Kbps
Application : Windows Movie Maker 2.1.4026.0
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : [email protected]
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional
Duration : 7mn 59s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 364 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.148
Stream size : 78.0 MiB (92%)
Language : English (US)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 128 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 7mn 59s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 7.32 MiB (9%)
Language : English (US)

I'd like to know the answer to this too. For reference: https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/specifications.html
Audio and Video
Audio Codec: MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC＋/eAAC
＋, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X
Video Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11,
VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark Recording &
Playback: Full HD (1080p)

[Question] HW+ as Default for Local Files Does Not Stick...

Hi there,
Every time I play a Music Video, The decoder always defaults to HW even though I checked the setting for HW+ to be used for local files in the Decoder settings. I always have to manually change the decoder to HW+ from HW with each mp4 that's played . Am I missing something? That's what the setting is for right?
Asus Transformer TF101
Thanks in Advance!

Could just be a temporary caching thing. Try this:
1. As you've already done, Settings -> Decoder -> HW+ local
2. finish playback of all files
3. Menu -> Exit
4. Clear the app cache
See what happens after that. I had similar issues before, and it was a caching thing.

Aeroplane said:
Hi there,
Every time I play a Music Video, The decoder always defaults to HW even though I checked the setting for HW+ to be used for local files in the Decoder settings. I always have to manually change the decoder to HW+ from HW with each mp4 that's played . Am I missing something? That's what the setting is for right?
Asus Transformer TF101
Thanks in Advance!
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As @CDB-Man said
1. Hope you have enabled H/W+ Decoder & H/W+ Decoder (Local)
2. If you have paused the video earlier with other decoders, the last decoder used for that particular video is saved in activity status. So, when it asks to resume you have to start over rather than resume. Your video will be played in HW+.
3.Else simply clearing the activity records by clicking clear history on Settings 》 General will reset status (Not # for all videos & your video will be played in HW+.
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CDB-Man said:
Could just be a temporary caching thing. Try this:
1. As you've already done, Settings -> Decoder -> HW+ local
2. finish playback of all files
3. Menu -> Exit
4. Clear the app cache
See what happens after that. I had similar issues before, and it was a caching thing.
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I did exactly that, playing from within MX player but it didn't work. I cleared the cache in the Main Settings of my device.
And it doesn't work either even playing it from my folder using X-plore or Total Commander. I also cleared the cache including the file manager in the Main Settings.

Could you post a mediainfo dump on the file? I'm thinking it may be an issue with it picking up on encode data. This is weird as per what you say, the video does play in HW+ mode after you manually change it.

CDB-Man said:
Could just be a temporary caching thing. Try this:
1. As you've already done, Settings -> Decoder -> HW+ local
2. finish playback of all files
3. Menu -> Exit
4. Clear the app cache
See what happens after that. I had similar issues before, and it was a caching thing.
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ktsamy said:
As @CDB-Man said
1. Hope you have enabled H/W+ Decoder & H/W+ Decoder (Local)
2. If you have paused the video earlier with other decoders, the last decoder used for that particular video is saved in activity status. So, when it asks to resume you have to start over rather than resume. Your video will be played in HW+.
3.Else simply clearing the activity records by clicking clear history on Settings 》 General will reset status (Not # for all videos & your video will be played in HW+.
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Sorry no joy. Then I also cleared all the caches in Settings->General then Quit , cleared cache again from Main Settings then entered MXplayer and still no joy. Sorry.
Hmmmm....

CDB-Man said:
Could you post a mediainfo dump on the file? I'm thinking it may be an issue with it picking up on encode data. This is weird as per what you say, the video does play in HW+ mode after you manually change it.
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I'm sorry for the delay. It took time looking for an appropriate video to extract the MI from, as a consequence, I had to download another video for this, this video is no different from my videos in that the problem also applied to it when I played it :
General
Complete name: /mnt/sdcard/Music/FREE Outro Template! wmv File_low.flv
Format: Flash Video
File size: 633 KiB
Duration: 20s 187ms
Overall bit rate: 257 Kbps
VideoCount: 1
AudioCount: 1
Duration: 20187
OverallBitRate: 255391
httphostheader: r1---sn-o097zuez.googlevideo.com
Video_Format_List: Sorenson Spark
Video_Format_WithHint_List: Sorenson Spark
Video_Codec_List: Sorenson H263
Audio_Format_List: MPEG Audio
Audio_Format_WithHint_List: MPEG Audio (MP3)
Audio_Codec_List: MPEG-2 Audio layer 3
Video
Format: Sorenson Spark
Codec ID: 2
Bit rate: 174 Kbps
Width: 426 pixels
Height: 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Bit depth: 8 bits
Width: 426
Height: 240
BitRate: 183451
FrameRate: 29.970
FrameRate_Mode: CFR
Duration: 20220
Audio
Format: MPEG Audio
Format version: Version 2
Format profile: Layer 3
Mode: Joint stereo
Mode extension: MS Stereo
Codec ID: 2
Codec ID/Hint: MP3
Duration: 20s 186ms
Bit rate: 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 22.05 KHz
Compression mode: Lossy
Stream size: 158 KiB (25%)
BitRate: 64389 / 64000 / 64000 / 64000 / 64000
BitRate_Mode/String: Constant / Constant
Duration: 20297
END
2. On the manual shifting to HW+ while the video is in play, I was happy enough that the video does not anymore revert to the start position like before Thanks for that Dev !
Thank you for taking the time to look into a minor quibble. Please take your time don't let me disturb you both in this thread.

> Video
> Format: Sorenson Spark
My only guess is that this might be the issue. I could be wrong, but I think i remember the developer mentioning somewhere that it tries to let the hardware select a decoder first. Anyways, @bleu8888 could you take a look?

Aeroplane said:
I'm sorry for the delay. It took time looking for an appropriate video to extract the MI from, as a consequence, I had to download another video for this, this video is no different from my videos in that the problem also applied to it when I played it :
General
Complete name: /mnt/sdcard/Music/FREE Outro Template! wmv File_low.flv
Format: Flash Video
File size: 633 KiB
Duration: 20s 187ms
Overall bit rate: 257 Kbps
VideoCount: 1
AudioCount: 1
Duration: 20187
OverallBitRate: 255391
httphostheader: r1---sn-o097zuez.googlevideo.com
Video_Format_List: Sorenson Spark
Video_Format_WithHint_List: Sorenson Spark
Video_Codec_List: Sorenson H263
Audio_Format_List: MPEG Audio
Audio_Format_WithHint_List: MPEG Audio (MP3)
Audio_Codec_List: MPEG-2 Audio layer 3
Video
Format: Sorenson Spark
Codec ID: 2
Bit rate: 174 Kbps
Width: 426 pixels
Height: 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Bit depth: 8 bits
Width: 426
Height: 240
BitRate: 183451
FrameRate: 29.970
FrameRate_Mode: CFR
Duration: 20220
Audio
Format: MPEG Audio
Format version: Version 2
Format profile: Layer 3
Mode: Joint stereo
Mode extension: MS Stereo
Codec ID: 2
Codec ID/Hint: MP3
Duration: 20s 186ms
Bit rate: 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 22.05 KHz
Compression mode: Lossy
Stream size: 158 KiB (25%)
BitRate: 64389 / 64000 / 64000 / 64000 / 64000
BitRate_Mode/String: Constant / Constant
Duration: 20297
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CDB-Man said:
> Video
> Format: Sorenson Spark
My only guess is that this might be the issue. I could be wrong, but I think i remember the developer mentioning somewhere that it tries to let the hardware select a decoder first. Anyways, @bleu8888 could you take a look?
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It's a very old codec.
It's a implementation of h263 to use it in a flash container. It was used in flash player v6 & v7. But, I am not sure why it's automatically switches to HW.
Can you upload or share a sample video link?
So that I can test.
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Hi there,
Here it is.
Thanks again for taking the time to look into this.

Aeroplane said:
Hi there,
Here it is.
Thanks again for taking the time to look into this.
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The media info you have posted earlier was having Sorenson Spark h263 video in mp4 container.
The attcahed video is AVC/h264 in mp4 container.
I have tested the file you have attached. But, After enabling HW+ decoder It directly plays in HW+ in my test.
There is no problem with MX Player. Your are doing something wrong while following the instructions.
Are you trying to play the file from network share/ SMB share?
If it so , Then you have to enable HW+ Decoder (Network) too.
If you are not then Open Settings >> General >> Clear History
Enable HW+ Decoder (Local) from Settings >> Decoder
Then Try again.

LIST -> SCAN -> File Extensions
ktsamy said:
The media info you have posted earlier was having Sorenson Spark h263 video in mp4 container.
The attcahed video is AVC/h264 in mp4 container.
I have tested the file you have attached. But, After enabling HW+ decoder It directly plays in HW+ in my test.
There is no problem with MX Player. Your are doing something wrong while following the instructions.
Are you trying to play the file from network share/ SMB share?
If it so , Then you have to enable HW+ Decoder (Network) too.
If you are not then Open Settings >> General >> Clear History
Enable HW+ Decoder (Local) from Settings >> Decoder
Then Try again.
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I went through the whole SETTINGS, one configurable setting after another and this time realized that there was another way, a more specific way, to configure the codec to be used, for a particular type of file extension. Which means we can configure the type of codec to be used (whether HW, HW+, or SW) for any specific file extension (mp4, wmv, flv, or any and every file extension) in SETTINGS -> LIST -> SCAN -> FILE EXTENSION. I believe this "more specific" setting overrides SETTINGS -> DECODER -> HARDWARE DECODER and SOFTWARE DECODER which are more general configurable settings.
And this explains why no matter how I change the DECODER settings to use HW+ codec for my local files, MXplayer still plays the music video using HW. Because the first time I ever used MXplayer I already configured MXplayer to use HW codec for all mp4 files in SETTINGS -> LIST -> SCAN -> FILE EXTENSION. Its been almost 3 years using MXplayer that it has slipped my mind. This setting by the way, though not really located deep in the underbelly of SETTINGS, is quite a bit off from the DECODER Settings.
Kindly accept my apologies for all this. My tail is down between my legs in shame And I also felt I needed to post this for the thread to go full-circle, and who knows?, a satisfied but wondering MXplayer user might come onto this thread and say "Eureka !". It is still a valid and useful thread I believe.
Thank you both !
Benjamin

You are definitely right that most people would not even think to go there.

Opus audio 6ch track mapped wrong to stereo output

Getting speach/dialog out the right speaker and surround sounds out of the left speaker.
Enabling mono audio sends speach to both speakers - however now sound is mono...
Works fine on computer, proper mapping, speach and sfx in both left and right speakers.
Nvidia Shield TV, mx player pro updated from play store
Code:
General
Complete name : video.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 611 MiB
Duration : 1 h 11 min
Overall bit rate : 1 192 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-19 14:14:53
Writing application : mkvmerge v9.2.0 ('Photograph') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.3 + libmatroska v1.4.4
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main [email protected]@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 1 h 11 min
Bit rate : 1 000 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 088 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.020
Stream size : 513 MiB (84%)
Writing library : x265 2.1+20-c64393b415adf0e8:[Windows][GCC 6.2.0][64 bit] 10bit: KG7x [x265.ru]
Encoding settings : wpp / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / max-tu-size=32 / tu-intra-depth=1 / tu-inter-depth=1 / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / no-rect / no-amp / max-merge=2 / temporal-mvp / no-early-skip / rskip / rdpenalty=0 / no-tskip / no-tskip-fast / strong-intra-smoothing / no-lossless / no-cu-lossless / no-constrained-intra / no-fast-intra / open-gop / no-temporal-layers / interlace=0 / keyint=250 / min-keyint=23 / scenecut=40 / rc-lookahead=20 / lookahead-slices=6 / bframes=4 / bframe-bias=0 / b-adapt=2 / ref=3 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / weightp / no-weightb / aq-mode=1 / qg-size=32 / aq-strength=1.00 / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rd=3 / psy-rd=2.00 / rdoq-level=0 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / limit-tu=0 / no-rd-refine / signhide / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / b-pyramid / cutree / no-intra-refresh / rc=2 / pass / bitrate=1000 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : Opus
Codec ID : A_OPUS
Duration : 1 h 11 min
Bit rate : 180 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 50.000 FPS (960 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 92.3 MiB (15%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1 h 9 min
Bit rate : 9 500 b/s
Count of elements : 2080
Stream size : 4.75 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
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SoreGums said:
Getting speach/dialog out the right speaker and surround sounds out of the left speaker.
Enabling mono audio sends speach to both speakers - however now sound is mono...
Works fine on computer, proper mapping, speach and sfx in both left and right speakers.
Nvidia Shield TV, mx player pro updated from play store
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It's expected behaviour. MX Player audio output is always stereo.
We have implemented audio passthrough. But, not all codecs are supported in passthrough. And your audio receiver should also support the decoding of the particular codec.
We will forward your concern to our developer team.

Thirumalai.K said:
It's expected behaviour. MX Player audio output is always stereo.
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Not sure that addresses my issue. (6ch input audio being mapped correctly to 2ch output)
Playing Ac3 or other 6ch audio, get dialog in both speakers...
Hopefully this was a canned response and the problem was actually understood.
I fixed it by transcoding all the files via manual downmixing and producing a dual audio file with the original 6ch audio and the proper stereo 2ch downmix audio.

Can you share a sample clip?
I don't have any such issues.

SoreGums said:
Not sure that addresses my issue. (6ch input audio being mapped correctly to 2ch output)
Playing Ac3 or other 6ch audio, get dialog in both speakers...
Hopefully this was a canned response and the problem was actually understood.
I fixed it by transcoding all the files via manual downmixing and producing a dual audio file with the original 6ch audio and the proper stereo 2ch downmix audio.
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Our development team has tried to reproduce the issue. But, couldn't reproduce it.
It will be helpful if you can share the video with us. We will test it with our test devices.

HW Opus work only with 2 ch
Hi, I have the same problem with Opus sound track.
I found it work as expected when not use HW+ for audio (disable opus in HW audio decoder)
When use HW, MX Player play only R and L channel.. not play central channel.
I enable HW for OPUS to solve SW decoder problem, with specific bitrate

SoreGums said:
Getting speach/dialog out the right speaker and surround sounds out of the left speaker.
Enabling mono audio sends speach to both speakers - however now sound is mono...
Works fine on computer, proper mapping, speach and sfx in both left and right speakers.
Nvidia Shield TV, mx player pro updated from play store
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baudav said:
Hi, I have the same problem with Opus sound track.
I found it work as expected when not use HW+ for audio (disable opus in HW audio decoder)
When use HW, MX Player play only R and L channel.. not play central channel.
I enable HW for OPUS to solve SW decoder problem, with specific bitrate
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We have managed to get the same video based on @SoreGums metadata.
After looking at the video, it seems to be channel mapping issue.
The channel mapping order on the video is FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR. But, according to the opus specification, it should be FL+FC+FR+BL+BR+LFE.
If you use HW decoder or HW+ Audio Decoder (If you have enabled in settings) for Opus, Then you will face the issues. Most of the device has opus decoders from Google which expects the channel order as per the Opus specification. So, It downmixes the wrong channels based on the standard order.
On FFMpeg based players, FFMpeg follows the FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR layout. So, it won't be an issue.
You can enable SW audio from audio track selection panel as a workaround. In our tests, when SW audio is used there is no issue.