I just got the 3.1 upgrade on my wifi Xoom. I then downloaded the 10.3 flash player, but still when I play 720p Youtube videos, my Xoom will stutters so bad, that the videos are unwatchable. I thought these updates would have fixed the problems. Am I the only one like this or does everyone's xoom stutter on HD youtube videos? My Xoom is stock and unrooted.
Are you watching them in browser? Why? I haven't tried that, but i will try when i get home and let you know.
HD videos in Youtube app play just fine on my device.
I was just about to post something about my video play back. When I first got my xoom. I come watch Tekzilla and Hak 5 HD versions of the show. Now its like watching a scratch dvd but the audio is great. I'm stock as well but not updated to 3.1. I hope someone can help...
weird. Its super smooth for me.
Is your net connection stable?
kgeissler said:
I just got the 3.1 upgrade on my wifi Xoom. I then downloaded the 10.3 flash player, but still when I play 720p Youtube videos, my Xoom will stutters so bad, that the videos are unwatchable. I thought these updates would have fixed the problems. Am I the only one like this or does everyone's xoom stutter on HD youtube videos? My Xoom is stock and unrooted.
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speedtest.net...
Report your speed then if sufficient, troubleshooting can begin. If you're trying 720p on 1.5Mbps/384kbps dsl then you will get crappy performance.
I guess the videos that play aren't necessarily Youtube videos, but Flash videos.
For example...try playing this video on your xoom:
http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_h264_500K.html
Mine stutters, the audio sounds ok.
It plays fine on my PC.
Speedtest on my Xoom is 12937 Down and 10935 Up...it definitely isn't a speed problem.
kgeissler said:
I guess the videos that play aren't necessarily Youtube videos, but Flash videos.
For example...try playing this video on your xoom:
http://www.flashvideofactory.com/test/DEMO720_Heima_h264_500K.html
Mine stutters, the audio sounds ok.
It plays fine on my PC.
Speedtest on my Xoom isw 12937 Down and 10935 Up...i definitely isn't a speed problem.
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This stutters on my work desktop computer also, so i'm not expecting it to work on my Xoom, but i will try when i get home.
I admit, this computer is old: Win XP on AMD Athlon 2800+, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9800 graphics.
I can't play that video on a dual core 2.66 ghz laptop, with 4gb RAM and a 50Mbps downstream connection.
I'm not going to hold out hope for my Xoom on that.
it stated that it isn't optimized for mobile viewing.
I tested http://www.flashvideofactory.com/tes...h264_500K.html video on my Xoom now and it doesn't play good. It plays about the same as my work computer did.
I also tested a random 720p Youtube video in full screen (on Facebook). It played just fine, without any problems.
FYI: WIFI only Xoom (US) Android 3.1 and Flash 10.3
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So RockPlayer has almost never failed me - would play anything I threw at it.
Last night I tried to play a video, which is a 720p AVI - approx 150MB, and it lagged like a beast.
I updated to the new "Rockplayer Lite" - same issue. Tried several different video players in the market with the same results.
Is this a hardware limitation of the SNS or Android as a whole? Or have I just not found the right app?
I've been experiencing lag/jitter in pretty much all multimedia (videos/games) since the last Gingerbread update. It's nothing horrible though. I'm not sure if I installed an app or a widget that is having an impact on my device or if something changed. It was a lot smoother before the last update for me. *shrug*
Hm it's tough to discern then I guess if I'm having an issue like you or that this particular file is just too much for the apps to handle. That's why I like Rockplayer - no need to convert anything.
If you have a pretty powerful computer and you're always on wifi or have good 3G/4G (unlimited) you could try the new Plex app and stream all your movies to your phone.
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If you have a pretty powerful computer and you're always on wifi or have good 3G/4G (unlimited) you could try the new Plex app and stream all your movies to your phone.
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Thanks for that! Unfortunately I only haveva netbook and am on Edge half the time.
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fchipm said:
So RockPlayer has almost never failed me - would play anything I threw at it.
Last night I tried to play a video, which is a 720p AVI - approx 150MB, and it lagged like a beast.
I updated to the new "Rockplayer Lite" - same issue. Tried several different video players in the market with the same results.
Is this a hardware limitation of the SNS or Android as a whole? Or have I just not found the right app?
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Will always lag until we can get proper video codecs implemented into android...then you can run rockplayer in hardware decoding mode and will run/look perfect
ATM you're running in software mode for anything other than mp4
demo23019 said:
Will always lag until we can get proper video codecs implemented into android...then you can run rockplayer in hardware decoding mode and will run/look perfect
ATM you're running in software mode for anything other than mp4
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Hi,
Can you please guide me on how I can implement video codec in my SNS so that I can play 720p without lagging
I used to use Rockplayer and it was pretty good, but on my SNS it barely held up while playing a 480p mkv(matrosaka) videos. I'd say try moboplayer. It's definitely better, and it even can read and display embedded subtitles if your watching a movie/show in a different language. Plus the interface is so much cleaner. And best of all, it's free in the market.
It can barely play 720p mkv and sometimes freezes, but when it does play it the video and audio are right on the mark. I haven't tried 720p avi but from what I've seen, it's harder to play mkv than it is to play avi.
Try it out.
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Will always lag until we can get proper video codecs implemented into android...then you can run rockplayer in hardware decoding mode and will run/look perfect
ATM you're running in software mode for anything other than mp4
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with Rock Player you can use it to play 720p using hardware decoding.. no lag but no audio is being outputted
try mobo player, i could manage playing all HD formats without lagging.
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If you have a pretty powerful computer and you're always on wifi or have good 3G/4G (unlimited) you could try the new Plex app and stream all your movies to your phone.
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Plex is great, plays everything but the quality is kinda disappointing :/ not as good as when played via UPnP etc.
+1 for MoboPlayer.
Rockplayer with hardware decoding solved the problem. Will try the mobplayer today
Thanks for the reply
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+1 mobo player
yup, another vote for mobo. its is the best player ive used, no doubt about it.
Harshwardhan said:
Plex is great, plays everything but the quality is kinda disappointing :/ not as good as when played via UPnP etc.
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I think you should try setting the bitrates for 3g, wifi and remote wifi manually.
Here are mine, bare in mind I have a 35/35 FIOS connection.
3g= 720kbps or 1.5Mbps -depending on my connection at the time.
Remote Wifi = 2Mbps
Local Wifi = 3-5Mbps
I am on the beta team for Plex. As of right now the Auto feature is for lack of a better word DUMB.
I can watch a high bitrate 720p file over remote wifi on my Xoom and it looks nearly perfect. There are a few quality issues but nothing that kills it.
NOW if you have a file thats 720p or 480p that WILL play natively on your Nexus, you can turn on Direct Play and Direct Stream in the settings. If you have enough bandwidth to support it, the file WILL play without transcoding, thus no quality loss at all.
Ok, I don't know if it is just me but when I upload videos I make on my Xoom to Youtube using the Youtube app they become choppy and out of sync. The videos play fine on my Xoom, they just upload wrong. Is this just me or have others experienced this?
Hey I just tested this with a video shot on my Evo 4G (cyanogen 7), and then edited on my Xoom, then uploaded to youtube using my Xoom. The video plays fine both on my Xoom locally and from YouTube. Also plays fine from the you tube website using flash.
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Ok, I don't know if it is just me but when I upload videos I make on my Xoom to Youtube using the Youtube app they become choppy and out of sync. The videos play fine on my Xoom, they just upload wrong. Is this just me or have others experienced this?
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It takes a while for a video uploaded to YouTube to be fully transcoded into every resolution available, and during the process, if you try to view the video it will often stutter and desync at some resolutions.
At least, that's my experience.
Try going back and looking at your video after a few hours.
When watching streaming videos from websites is it pixelated on your device? I'm watching anime and dramas on sites and they are blockish looking. It did this on my pc back in the day with older divx/flash plugins as well.
(This isn't the case for sites like Youtube, etc. It is mainly on the anime sites).
It's because the resoluton of the video you are streaming is not high enough.
then the problem are with the videos you're watching. they must just be low-quality.
also, some sites stream lower quality videos depending on your connection speed, that can another thing to consider.
It's not those kind of squares that result from low quality vids.
The vids look fine on my desktop running at higher res.
These are little tiny squares.
try posting a screenshot.
The TF is terrible in playing flash videos via browsers. Check the videos on this site, for instance:
http://www.ittf.com/ittv/
I also cannot play any flash video on the espn3 site on the TF. On my other computers, all these videos play smoothly. Even on my Gingerbread Nook Color and on the 2.2 HTC Thunderbolt, they play smoothly.
Apparently the Xoom or the Galaxy Tab has no trouble playing flash. So something's wrong with the Asus implementation.
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The TF is terrible in playing flash videos via browsers. Check the videos on this site, for instance:
http://www.ittf.com/ittv/
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I watched a vid on that site on my TF and my laptop..
Those videos are low quality and the TF looked better than my laptop..(it was smaller)
I've streamed videos from youtube and vimeo and they look great. it all depends on what's going in...to determine what's going out.
yes I found it pixelated too. tried dolphin HD and the video quality is worst than playing it on stock browser. I downloaded the video file (using firefox plugin), the quality is much better played on stock video player. so I presume the flash player used by the browsers are set to certain quality.
Has anyone tried Ustream? I want to use Ustream but no joy,is there a fix for this?
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Has anyone tried Ustream? I want to use Ustream but no joy,is there a fix for this?
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What's the problem with Ustream ? It's working fine here.
I get pixelation when viewing ad videos on websites. Doesn't bother me at all.
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The Tegra2 does seem to do less deblocking that you might get on a system with more spare CPU power. Nothing to do with "pixelation" though.
I am running eos 2 right now. I have tried a few players such as Dice Player and MX Player but none of them are able to run full HD movies.
it's always choppy...
is there anyway to run full HD movies on XOOM?
thanks
what do you mean by "full hd"? 1080p mkv? How large is the movie file?
the file is around 2gb...and it's choppy when I run it on xoom. but when I run it on my gtab it runs just fine...
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the file is around 2gb...and it's choppy when I run it on xoom. but when I run it on my gtab it runs just fine...
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I've recently had some success with BS Player and a recent beta version of VLC (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517415 - although the download link has been removed - apparently due to copyright issues). Both these players were able to play HD content that all of the other players I tried could not. If you haven't tried them, it is worth a shot.
for MKV or AVI, i recommend DicePlayer, for MP4, go with MVideoPlayer of MXVideoPlayer.
I have tried Dice Player MX Player but none of them are able to play Full HD MP4 format movies.
I am trying to see if I can get VLC to try on my Xoom.
Running HD movies are fine but Full HD movies.
Dice player won't even see it. MX player able to see it but runs so choppy. BS player doesn't want to run it. It opens then close immediately...
Can you guys confirmed running a full hd movie instead of just hd movie?
thank you
a full hd movie at only 2gb? I convert 1080p mkv blu rays all the time. they range from 4 to 10gb. i convert them using dvdcatalyst, after conversion, they shrink to about 1.5 to 2.5gb. It is now in MP4 format. i have never had a problem playing them with mxvideplayer.
From what I understand, the xoom can't play to full 1080 definition, just 720.... I have had issues with choppiness myself but, overclocking to 1408 has always taken care of it for me. I prefer Dice too.
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From what I understand, the xoom can't play to full 1080 definition, just 720.... I have had issues with choppiness myself but, overclocking to 1408 has always taken care of it for me. I prefer Dice too.
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so overclocking it to 1408 solves the choppiness problem when running full 1080 or it solves just the 720?
thanks
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so overclocking it to 1408 solves the choppiness problem when running full 1080 or it solves just the 720?
thanks
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I have been able to run 720 just fine on my xoom at 1000 if that is all I am doing. When I am running a couple background apps, or downloading a big file it can get a bit choppy, so I bump it up to 1408. I usually just go for 720 movies since the files are smaller (and I don't really care as long as the picture is good.) I have ran one movie that was 1080, I did it with a 1408 overclock and didn't notice any choppiness, just the usual bad acting by Mark Wahlberg.
I have upped the CPU to 1408 but it still doesn't run the 1080 mp4 movie smoothly.
I even try to bump it to 16xx something.. still the same result. this without running anything in the background.
is it really stuck at 720 no 1080 for xoom?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions in this forum. Search is your friend.
The Xoom cannot play high profile 1080p, but can play low profile. This is due to the lack of NEON instructions in the tegra 2 CPU.
Anybody else having severe lag when playing back 1080p videos taken with the phone? I uploaded the videos onto my PC and they playback smoothly but on the phone it's a choppy mess. I've tried clearing cache and data using the app manager for the video player but it doesn't help.
Mine do that as well. Not sure why.
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There is something wrong with either the OS or the hardware. I've tried multiple video players from the market & I get the same results. :banghead:
720p movies play fine. Why are you watching 1080p movies on a screen that isn't even 1080p? Just a question so please no knee jerk reactions here.
i only have a couple 1080p videos that i converted to < 4gb and stayed that way. i put them on the internal sdcard. although ive only watched a couple minutes of them..they play fine for me on stock video player. the others converted to > 720p but not sure what exactly thats called..lol. i use audioconvertor to rip dts track out and make ac3 audio because my tv doesnt support dts automatically but only the stereo does.
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720p movies play fine. Why are you watching 1080p movies on a screen that isn't even 1080p? Just a question so please no knee jerk reactions here.
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I record them in 1080p so that I can take advantage of my 1080p TV. I use the mhl adapter but because the video player is laggy it lags on my TV also. My Gnex doesn't lag with 1080p vids so I would hope the S3 wouldn't as well.