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Is this phone powerful enough to play Full HD videos? 1080p

Is this phone powerful enough to play Full HD videos? 1080p?
If it is, could you play smoothly YouTube 1080p rips? High bit rate .mkv files?
And what player you use for full HD playback?

dont think it will... altough i can play 720p mkv very smoothly with Diceplayer !! did test a couple 1080p which wasnt that smooth....altough i heard that converting into .mp4 results into much better playback because of native support

Of course it can play 1080p videos.
Using the standard Gallery, it can play the 1080p videos that the camcorder records, and it can (so far) play any 1080p MP4 video that I put on the SD-Card or stream from my media server.
There will be some file formats that it won't play, of course, but that's a problem with the format rather than the resolution.
It will also play 1080p MP4 videos through my Sony Bravia TV via DLNA.

abuserkadayf, sjgore, thank you.
sjgore, I see you got HTC Desire too. And it have trouble playing some 720p mkv, never been able to make it play any 1080p. MoboPlayer is the best all around player from point of format support, speed and UI. But there is like a dozen players that based on FFmpeg library around(VPlayer, QQplayer, VitalPlayer, RockPlayer etc...). Was wondering if new generation of hardware is able to support 1080p to the point that there is no need to **** mind about how fast particular video player and choose one solely based on convenience of use and price...

Never tried 1080p on my Desire. 720p was fine, including 720p videos taken using the camcorder in CM6 (720p wasn't in CM7 for some reason).
I haven't even tried any 3rd party players from the Market on the Sensation yet, everything so far has been achieved with what comes built into the phone (ie. just Gallery).

sjgore said:
Never tried 1080p on my Desire. 720p was fine, including 720p videos taken using the camcorder in CM6 (720p wasn't in CM7 for some reason).
I haven't even tried any 3rd party players from the Market on the Sensation yet, everything so far has been achieved with what comes built into the phone (ie. just Gallery).
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Camcorder 720p clip are H.264 720p Baseline. 1st gen. snapdradon ( QSD8260 ) can play 720p Baseline profile.
but most of 720p/1080p movies are H.264 High profile level 3~5.
If file format is MP4(H.264+AAC), stock player can play .
Many of HD movies are MKV/AVI format and audio codec is AC-3(5.1ch) or DTS or Flac.
ffmpeg base player can not play HD ( 720p/1080p ). Decoding & rendering need too much CPU power.
If you want to play HD(with DTS/AC-3/FLAC + MKV/AVI) clips, use diceplayer.

[Q] Can the TF really play 1080p videos?

Not that I would really notice any difference between 720p and 1080p but I think there might be some misunderstanding that the TF can play back full 1080p video (1920x1080). Or at least mine can't without encountering serious lag.
I can't play 1080p on the browser YouTube without lag. Also the YouTube app doesn't let you chose between 720p and 1080p so I'm guessing it only plays 720p. to make sure it wasn't a browser problem i download a full HD video (www[dot]digital-digest[dot]com/movies/Limitless_1080p_Theatrical_Trailer[dot]html) and as expected it played with a lot of lag. Can anyone else check on that too?
Thanks

Wondering the same, I hope there is a solution for this problem, Otherwise it may be false marketing/advertisement which would be very sad fact for us as TF users indeed.

So I tried searching for an official quote stating that the TF can playback 1080p video and the closest i came was this line from ASUS's website-
"A 5MP rear- and 1.2MP front-facing camera can shoot and record HD video, which can be played back in stunning 1080p."
Even here it doesn't state clearly where exactly the video can be played back. Nowhere else does it mention that the TF can playback 1080p. I think it's just clever marketing on their part but it does lead to general misinformation about the product.

Why would you want to play 1080p content if the screen only can handle 720p anyway?

Djhg2000 said:
Why would you want to play 1080p content if the screen only can handle 720p anyway?
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Hdmi out to a tv is what comes to mind.

The transformer will do 1080p resolution out to a TV or monitor, but I do not think it is capable of playing true HD videos such as the Limitless trailer you listed.
Mine does play youtube in HD very clearly with no lag.
but I have put a HiDef MP4 video on here and attempted to play it and it was choppy or didnt play correctly at all.
I recommend AVI files and Vplayer or using a program to change the bit rate of the hi def files and trying to play them again.

Yes it will play 1080p, but it will only play 1080p low profile and only with minimal bitrates. I have made several for testing that play fine using Handbrake, but in reality 1080p over HDMI is a bit flawed at the moment, and the tablet doesn't show native 1080p so since you have to re-encode blu-rays anyway you're better off with a high profile high bitrate 720p conversion than low end 1080p.
I have not tried any of this with 3.2 yet.

While we are on the subject, does 5.1/7.1 also work via HDMI?

gottahavit said:
Yes it will play 1080p, but it will only play 1080p low profile and only with minimal bitrates. I have made several for testing that play fine using Handbrake, but in reality 1080p over HDMI is a bit flawed at the moment, and the tablet doesn't show native 1080p so since you have to re-encode blu-rays anyway you're better off with a high profile high bitrate 720p conversion than low end 1080p.
I have not tried any of this with 3.2 yet.
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1080p will not play (atleast my encodes), while 720p seems to play just fine. I'd stick with 720p personally. I don't use the HDMI out, but I can see a reason for having it, it'd be nice.

I've played 1080p videos on youtube with no problem. I'm rooted and running revolver v1.1.3 (HC3.1) at 1.5 GHz.

Playing Youtube videos is not a good guideline really. Unless you make sure you are using a browser with the user agent set to Desktop and also that your Youtube settings are not set to HTML5. Then manually setting the video to 1080p and testing.

The very first bulleted item at the official ASUS product page previously stated "NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1.0GHz dual-core CPU for excellent multitasking & 1080P video playback" but now it states "NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1.0GHz dual-core CPU for excellent multitasking & HD video playback". I guess they finally decided to change it. I knew I should have taken a screenshot to prove it back when I saw it.

[Q] 1080p Quality on Inspire

Whenever I try to play 1080p videos on my phone they lag significantly for about a minute and eventually the player crashes.
I used Rock Player Light and the default Video player included with Ninja (ROM).
Any ideas as to what the issue could be?

i use mobo player it plays 1080p perfectly..if u still have problems overclock to 1.2ghz and set performance mode ONLY WHILE UR PLAYING THE VIDEO u can keep it clocked at 1.2 ghz but use some other governor like ondemand,performance will suck up ir battery..

Idk about 1080p but I have Mobo Video Player Pro and my 720p mkv and mp4 videos play perfectly.

mudcat242000 said:
Idk about 1080p but I have Mobo Video Player Pro and my 720p mkv and mp4 videos play perfectly.
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720p plays perfectly on my phone as well, I just don't want to have to convert all my 1080p things to 720p every time I want to put them on my phone. I'm about to try overclocking it, hopefully it'll work out. If not, i'll stick to 720.

720p/1080p Video playback?

can the tf 101 play back HD videos in 720p or 1080p with good performance? so far ive treid .mkv, .wmv and .mp4 108ßp files but all of them were way too slow or didnt play at all - is there something one has to do in orderto play HD movies, or is the tf101 too weak?

I've played 720p MKV's and MPEGs with reasonable performance on the stock ROM, but whenever i try to play anything 1080p the wheels start coming off. AFAIK b/c the transformer doesn't have a 1080p screen it won't be able to play 1080p videos (or if it can, it has to downsize them) and that's why it goes haywire whenever i try

In my own experience, I've found that using .avi format encoded with h246 codec (I use TVC) works surprisingly well. I've only converted 720p vids and they run damn smooth. Haven't tried 1080p. Don't need to really. More pixels and I think my eyes might bleed.
Hope that helps. Except the bleeding eyes part.

720p (either mkv, avi or mp4) works okay when using player capable of HW decoding, like MX or Dice Player. I'm not sure about 1080p, but i doubt it would work with acceptable performance.

satanius said:
720p works okay when using player capable of HW decoding, like MX or Dice Player. I'm not sure about 1080p, but i doubt it would work with acceptable performance.
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Ah yes! Very true. Be sure to go to the Market and download "Mobiplayer" and all its codecs. That's your best video player for the tablet right there. That's what I use to play my files. TF definitely can play these resolutions, but it depends on the format, like on any device.

Rumor is that 1080p Main/Low profile works with HW decoding, but not the High profiles.

Mx video player or dice works well. Some mkvs play better on dice and vice versa
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[Q] Is it possible to run full HD movies on XOOM?

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...

stingbandel said:
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.

Draxin said:
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

stingbandel said:
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.