Hey, so i recently tried Retroarch on this phone and noticed some stuttering in everything i try to play with it, i then looked through the settings and apparently the OS reported refresh rate said it was 63Hz, I then tried the calibrate refresh rate option and that said it was 63.4Hz. I've tested this on several other apps/games as well that have a locked framerate, and to my dismay, they also stuttered about 3 frames every second.
This is a pretty major issue for me, because everything looks and feels very unpolished and it's distracting to me. What i wanna know is, if it's possible to force feed the display 60Hz, and if the display would even handle it properly without any doubling or skipping of frames. If any of you have a solution for this, I would be very grateful.
Thanks.
gwimmel said:
Hey, so i recently tried Retroarch on this phone and noticed some stuttering in everything i try to play with it, i then looked through the settings and apparently the OS reported refresh rate said it was 63Hz, I then tried the calibrate refresh rate option and that said it was 63.4Hz. I've tested this on several other apps/games as well that have a locked framerate, and to my dismay, they also stuttered about 3 frames every second.
This is a pretty major issue for me, because everything looks and feels very unpolished and it's distracting to me. What i wanna know is, if it's possible to force feed the display 60Hz, and if the display would even handle it properly without any doubling or skipping of frames. If any of you have a solution for this, I would be very grateful.
Thanks.
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I'm having this same issue with my phone as well, and it even effects flappy bird. I know its not the most serious issue in the world but for games that require fluid motion and somewhat precise timing, such as emulators or flappy bird, its enough to make me stop wanting to play the games altogether. Does anyone know why the phone (Oneplus One) runs at 63hz and is there any way to change it or somehow fix the issue with video stuttering in apps on phones that run at uneven refresh rates, such as 56hz, 59hz, or 63hz?
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I'm having this same issue with my phone as well, and it even effects flappy bird. I know its not the most serious issue in the world but for games that require fluid motion and somewhat precise timing, such as emulators or flappy bird, its enough to make me stop wanting to play the games altogether. Does anyone know why the phone (Oneplus One) runs at 63hz and is there any way to change it or somehow fix the issue with video stuttering in apps on phones that run at uneven refresh rates, such as 56hz, 59hz, or 63hz?
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Did you ever find a fix? Everything on the phone is flawless, its just the stuttering is the only thing bugging me!!
Good day.
I have serious problem. The phone works perfectly otherwise, except i cant playback movies. they all stutter. I mean i had Xperia X before with SD650, and every single movie works flawlessy smooth, its like grafic proccesor has trouble rendering video. I tried everything. Hardware acceleration, software, force Gpu rendering all.
I flashed stock rom Marshmallow and two other marshmallow roms, tried all Nougat versions too. Same thing everywhere. I used MX player, custom ac3 codec , Bs player, VLC, all programs, i know all, i watch movies forever. first time i have trouble with playback.
Is it software problem, do i have too wait for final Nougat update 7.1.1 or is it my unit defection. Anywone else has this problem?
Video playback isnt smooth, it stutters!!
please help me before i go to servis.
Greetings
Dreadish
Dreadish said:
Good day.
I have serious problem. The phone works perfectly otherwise, except i cant playback movies. they all stutter. I mean i had Xperia X before with SD650, and every single movie works flawlessy smooth, its like grafic proccesor has trouble rendering video. I tried everything. Hardware acceleration, software, force Gpu rendering all.
I flashed stock rom Marshmallow and two other marshmallow roms, tried all Nougat versions too. Same thing everywhere. I used MX player, custom ac3 codec , Bs player, VLC, all programs, i know all, i watch movies forever. first time i have trouble with playback.
Is it software problem, do i have too wait for final Nougat update 7.1.1 or is it my unit defection. Anywone else has this problem?
Video playback isnt smooth, it stutters!!
please help me before i go to servis.
Greetings
Dreadish
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It's not normal at all, if you properly flashed more roms and the problems are still the same then there could be some hardware issue, install Geekbench, run both CPU and then Compute and show me the results, compute is often good to understand if there is something going wrong in the background.
Geekbench Score
1581
Single-Core Score
3746
Multi-Core Score
Geekbench 4.0.4 for Android AArch64
System Information
Sony F8331
Operating System
Android 6.0.1
Build
39.0.A.1.213
Model
Sony F8331
Model ID
Sony F8331
Motherboard
msm8996
Processor
Qualcomm Qualcomm @ 1.59 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID
ARM implementer 81 architecture 8 variant 1 part 517 revision 2
Governor
interactive
Memory
2.69 GB
Single-Core
Crypto Score797
Integer Score1417
Floating Point Score1556
Memory Score2184
AES
797
615.1 MB/sec
LZMA
1283
2.00 MB/sec
JPEG
2326
18.7 Mpixels/sec
Canny
1643
22.8 Mpixels/sec
Lua
1259
1.29 MB/sec
Dijkstra
1882
1.27 MTE/sec
SQLite
1208
33.5 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse
1473
6.69 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM
412
373.8 KElements/sec
Histogram Equalization
1286
40.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering
1767
47.0 Mpixels/sec
LLVM
1509
103.8 functions/sec
Camera
2254
6.25 images/sec
SGEMM
528
11.2 Gflops
SFFT
1159
2.89 Gflops
N-Body Physics
1415
1.06 Mpairs/sec
Ray Tracing
1860
271.7 Kpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics
2232
6534.6 FPS
HDR
2676
9.70 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur
2405
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition
1138
9.74 Words/sec
Face Detection
2042
596.7 Ksubwindows/sec
Memory Copy
2790
7.73 GB/sec
Memory Latency
1782
4.12 Moperations/sec
Memory Bandwidth
2098
11.2 GB/sec
Multi-Core
Crypto Score1985
Integer Score4198
Floating Point Score4106
Memory Score2628
AES
1985
1.50 GB/sec
LZMA
4206
6.57 MB/sec
JPEG
6416
51.6 Mpixels/sec
Canny
5061
70.2 Mpixels/sec
Lua
3739
3.84 MB/sec
Dijkstra
4864
3.29 MTE/sec
SQLite
3424
94.9 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse
4102
18.6 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM
1616
1.46 MElements/sec
Histogram Equalization
4414
137.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering
4993
132.7 Mpixels/sec
LLVM
3654
251.3 functions/sec
Camera
6616
18.3 images/sec
SGEMM
1548
32.7 Gflops
SFFT
3160
7.88 Gflops
N-Body Physics
3406
2.54 Mpairs/sec
Ray Tracing
4858
709.4 Kpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics
5762
16869.8 FPS
HDR
7467
27.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur
5308
93.0 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition
3575
30.6 Words/sec
Face Detection
5023
1.47 Msubwindows/sec
Memory Copy
3659
10.1 GB/sec
Memory Latency
1573
3.63 Moperations/sec
Memory Bandwidth
3156
16.9 GB/sec
And compute test
Geekbench Score
7023
RenderScript Score
Section Description Compute
RenderScript RenderScript performance 7023
Geekbench 4.0.4 for Android AArch64
System Information
Sony F8331
Operating System
Android 6.0.1
Build
39.0.A.1.213
Model
Sony F8331
Model ID
Sony F8331
Motherboard
msm8996
Processor
Qualcomm Qualcomm @ 1.59 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID
ARM implementer 81 architecture 8 variant 1 part 517 revision 2
Governor
interactive
Memory
2.69 GB
RenderScript
Score7023
Sobel
13361
588.6 Mpixels/sec
Histogram Equalization
9520
297.5 Mpixels/sec
SFFT
1653
4.12 Gflops
Gaussian Blur
10684
187.2 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection
4665
1.36 Msubwindows/sec
RAW
6743
65.3 Mpixels/sec
Depth of Field
18964
55.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle Physics
4417
698.3 FPS
I cant believe it. I was in the store testing the mineral black version of sony XZ they have on the shelvs. And that device also has the same issuse. I didnt play smooth. I tested XA wich was there too and it played perfectly smooth and its way lower device in specs. POINT Being. Im testing yet another black version in another store tommorow.
And what my specs showibg above?
I simply refuse to belive that no one came acroos this playback issue. Worked fine and smooth on all previous low specs phones i had (last was Xperia x).
Its like no one is watching movies on phone. Playback skipping frames-stutters video. (maybe its not so in videos u record with camera, but this goes for all type of movies mkv, mp4, divx etc. with either mx player (or other best players outthere).
Not one single user had this issue?
I will test another XZ phone tommorow in another store wich im gonna, and if it will have same issue, i seriously doubt that ALL Xz phones are hardware broken , it would be too much coincidence for thoes three. Then it would surelly be software problem. But why Sony didnt repair this?
Its been like what - 4 updates already since stock.....? Im still waiting for the cooment on my benchmark i posted above...
The values from the benchmarks are completely fine, but I see you're still running MM, there may be something wrong with the regional MM you're running, update the phone to 7.0 and I believe there won't be any problem, I own two XZs, one rooted and one in factory settings+updated, none of them have ever lagged during a single task.
I understand but i already updated for the first time over official phone updates all the way up to 442. Nougat version. It wasnt working, was still skipping frames on movies. After that i tried separately flashin all roms, three nougat versions too. Didnt help.
So u sure this is software problem? All my bencmark dont show anY faults?
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I understand but i already updated for the first time over official phone updates all the way up to 442. Nougat version. It wasnt working, was still skipping frames on movies. After that i tried separately flashin all roms, three nougat versions too. Didnt help.
So u sure this is software problem? All my bencmark dont show anY faults?
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Have you tried running the phone in safe mode?
It sounds like a third-party app acting up, and it might be a third party app that comes with a certain region of the FW.
Also, does the playback behave the same reading from internal storage and SD card?
For example, I'm using a customized Greek FW and have no issues with video playback, even tried 4k videos, they run fine.
Reboot the phone into safe mode and see if the issue persists. If not, run it like that in safe mode for at least 2 hours, preferably even longer, and if the problem is still not there, then it's a third party issue.
I do disable a lot of stock apps after fresh FW flash and I barely use any aditional apps, so I can't confirm anything regarding to stock fresh FW with all preinstalled apps.
Keep in mind that running in safe mode will reset some of the UI and user settings to default, also when you revert back to normal mode, some apps might ask you to log in again.
I've had a similar issue with the Z3, it would lag and stutter and drain battery for no reason, ran it in safe mode and everything was great. Then I started removing third-party apps until I identified the one that was causing the issue (some sketchy camera app, it had processes running in the background like crazy).
I tested from SD card and from internal memory of course Yes.
I just tried safe mode again (also i disabled all other apps that i could) with MM213 and still playback stutters frames.
I was limited when using aps, i coudnt use mx player or anything to test, just ALBUM" program too play movies, and they still didnt played smooth. Album dosent support all divx,mkv and other formats anyway. There was one time that one movie did played smooth but that was only one time in album. I tried record 1080 and 4K too, it does play ok" still ocasionaly really small stutter every frames - but its surelly not the same as stuttering and skipping when playing a movie. (is this normal for camera videos?)
Atrax2010 said:
Have you tried running the phone in safe mode?
It sounds like a third-party app acting up, and it might be a third party app that comes with a certain region of the FW.
Also, does the playback behave the same reading from internal storage and SD card?
For example, I'm using a customized Greek FW and have no issues with video playback, even tried 4k videos, they run fine.
Reboot the phone into safe mode and see if the issue persists. If not, run it like that in safe mode for at least 2 hours, preferably even longer, and if the problem is still not there, then it's a third party issue.
I do disable a lot of stock apps after fresh FW flash and I barely use any aditional apps, so I can't confirm anything regarding to stock fresh FW with all preinstalled apps.
Keep in mind that running in safe mode will reset some of the UI and user settings to default, also when you revert back to normal mode, some apps might ask you to log in again.
I've had a similar issue with the Z3, it would lag and stutter and drain battery for no reason, ran it in safe mode and everything was great. Then I started removing third-party apps until I identified the one that was causing the issue (some sketchy camera app, it had processes running in the background like crazy).
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My god. Today i tested two more XZ models in two different stores front. Both runned Nougat 7.0 version 39.2.A.0.327 . The one Platinum was same as mine-bad stuttering playback, but the other black version in another store with exacly same version was working perfectly - playback and all was very smooth as it should be. So what now? Is it possible that i had bad version, im loading new zeland rom with same version number just another country to test it. Prolly wont make difference.
So this is resoults:
i tested 3 different XZ models in three stores. Two of them were buggs as mine, third one was good when it comes too playback. So this means its hardware problem and i should demand replacement?
Here is Atuntu resoults also. i just test it. main score seems ok. but what about other specs resoults. Can anyone cofirm if this is ok?
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Here is Atuntu resoults also. i just test it. main score seems ok. but what about other specs resoults. Can anyone cofirm if this is ok?
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This is my score, on Greece Customized .442, nothing running in the background.
I don't know if this is within the margin of error.
5 of the units in 5 different stores have exacly same issue.I tested that oone again from yesterday that suppose to be ok, but it turns out today its not. Has same issuse. ITS highly unilikely that all came from broken manufactor series. Some were platin , some black from two different suppliers since thoes shops use different suppliers.
I cant believe no one has encountered this issue. Ok movies DO play, but its choppy playback - for some people maybe this is normal but its not. frames are simply not smooth.
I really hope this is software problem - considering that was one or two times on my unit, that movie actually played fine. but that was only two times. Really wierd.
I dont wanna send unit too servis for reason they will tell me its ok and that its software related problem. Im just suspisios, since i dont see users complaining about it. Like no one watches movies.... Or time since release is just too short for Sony too manage too get rid of this issue and gave it low priority with past updates.
Its just too much coincidence that ALL 5 of the phones i tested has broken production. Benchmark shows all ok anyway.
o have xperia xz platinuim rev 2 and i watch alot of 2 hours long movies and i dont have this problem, i guess it is about luck D:
Dreadish said:
5 of the units in 5 different stores have exacly same issue.I tested that oone again from yesterday that suppose to be ok, but it turns out today its not. Has same issuse. ITS highly unilikely that all came from broken manufactor series. Some were platin , some black from two different suppliers since thoes shops use different suppliers.
I cant believe no one has encountered this issue. Ok movies DO play, but its choppy playback - for some people maybe this is normal but its not. frames are simply not smooth.
I really hope this is software problem - considering that was one or two times on my unit, that movie actually played fine. but that was only two times. Really wierd.
I dont wanna send unit too servis for reason they will tell me its ok and that its software related problem. Im just suspisios, since i dont see users complaining about it. Like no one watches movies.... Or time since release is just too short for Sony too manage too get rid of this issue and gave it low priority with past updates.
Its just too much coincidence that ALL 5 of the phones i tested has broken production. Benchmark shows all ok anyway.
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I'm sure if someone had the issue here they would tell you. I watched couple of movies on my phone an they play normal, 1080p.
Then after you wrote about your issue, I tried a few 4K samples, and they run smooth as butter. For example, this one http://4ksamples.com/honey-bees-96fps-in-4k-ultra-hd/ , you try it.
I seriously don't know what the issue might be.
I just had a similar issue - but having 10% battery and the phone got into Stamina mode. I have the stamina mode set to aggressive. This is why the phone shutters.
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remmyhi said:
I just had a similar issue - but having 10% battery and the phone got into Stamina mode. I have the stamina mode set to aggressive. This is why the phone shutters.
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No Stamina here. I turned everything off. LTE, Stamina, X reality, everything. (also tried safe mode, but hard too test in safe mode, when u cant use third party apps wich have software too play different type of movie files.
s there any other test i can perform with numbers, wich i didnt already, and would show any hardware or software faults. Currently using 442, latest March update of nougat (tried older roms already too). I have strange feeling that this device is broken - but could it be? when ALL FIVE XZ,s i tested in five different shops in stores have same issue? ( any any other midrange phone different brands works flawlessy playback)?
Dreadish said:
Currently using 442, latest March update of nougat (tried older roms already too). I have strange feeling that this device is broken - but could it be? when ALL FIVE XZ,s i tested in five different shops in stores have same issue? ( any any other midrange phone different brands works flawlessy playback)?
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Have you tried forcing GPU rendering in developer settings? Its old trick to smooth UI in devices with new/unoptimised systems. Let me know if it helped, because I don't have that issue on CE1 customization.
Dreadish said:
No Stamina here. I turned everything off. LTE, Stamina, X reality, everything. (also tried safe mode, but hard too test in safe mode, when u cant use third party apps wich have software too play different type of movie files.
s there any other test i can perform with numbers, wich i didnt already, and would show any hardware or software faults. Currently using 442, latest March update of nougat (tried older roms already too). I have strange feeling that this device is broken - but could it be? when ALL FIVE XZ,s i tested in five different shops in stores have same issue? ( any any other midrange phone different brands works flawlessy playback)?
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Does it happen with any video you play? Different recorded resoultions from the phone's own camera, all of the youtube video qualities, ripped movies... Try recording something in [email protected], upload it and I can try play it and see how it works, or some other video you've got issues with.
Forcegpu is the first thing i tried when accounter this playback issue and didnt make any diffdrence. ?
Hi,
I have the P30 for about 5 days now and from the first day i have some issues with scrolling in Youtube and Chrome, it`s very chpppy. In other apps is fine even though its not fast is smooth. Anyone have this problem? I have the latest update .124 and i did reset it once but the problem persist. I had an HTC U11 and it was super smooth in both Youtube and Chrome.
I also noticed this. As soon as a Youtube video is playing it gets laggy. Same for Firefox, sometimes it just stops, then jumps. Seems to be normal, i hope they'll fix this. That's the one thing i loved about Sony phones: They're so damn smooth.
I noticed this too. It's fine at first, but once a preview video starts to play on the main feed, it gets choppy, but only when scrolling down. Scrolling back up remains smooth.
Haven't noticed this so far. Made a quick test on YouTube, with and without video playing and the scrolling is smooth. Only if I scroll very fast and it has to load more videos it will get stuck from told to time but I think that's normal
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Haven't noticed this so far. Made a quick test on YouTube, with and without video playing and the scrolling is smooth. Only if I scroll very fast and it has to load more videos it will get stuck from told to time but I think that's normal
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i dont think so.. I have a oneplus 3 and its pretty smooth in youtube videos.. I bought a p30 5 days ago and in noticed the laggy youtube too. Hope it fix soon
I've noticed this also. I've also seen a few reviewers report this.
Hopefully sorted in a future update.
Experiencing choppy scrolling as well. Mostly in Chrome on pages with lots of ads, videos and photos. Not having any issues in YouTube though.
No laggy issues with firefox app in youtube page
I got my P30 2 days ago, and updated to the latest EMUI out of the box. Tried replicating the issue, based on the descriptions above, but have thus far been unsuccessful (which is good!).
Yesterday i updtated the youtube app and no more laggy issues!!!
I'm still having the issue even though I updated the phone and youtube.
another issue is in google maps when you start the navigation tool.. the laggy in youtube persists when you watch the video in 1080p 60fps...
I notice it's a bit choppy when I'm playing SimCity Buildit and I visit other players' cities. Is it something to do with the refresh rate for those apps, maybe? Could that be clashing with the P30 refresh rate?
version 161 is still very choppy laggy in video playing apps (e.g. YouTube)
Bogu25 said:
Hi,
I have the P30 for about 5 days now and from the first day i have some issues with scrolling in YouTube and Chrome, it`s very choppy. In other apps is fine even though its not fast is smooth. Anyone have this problem? I have the latest update .124 and i did reset it once but the problem persist.
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I have version 161 and it's still very laggy and choppy whenever video is playing.
So i tested my P30 and no issue in youtube app. In chrome when scrolling sometimes it is laggy because the animated ads start oalying when scrolling. Beside that no issues. Im on 161 firmware.
Just bought P30. The phone is fast but scrolling in bluetooth(when searching for device) and YouTube makes me a little angry... I hope they will fix this soon.
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Bogu25 said:
Hi,
I have the P30 for about 5 days now and from the first day i have some issues with scrolling in Youtube and Chrome, it`s very chpppy. In other apps is fine even though its not fast is smooth. Anyone have this problem? I have the latest update .124 and i did reset it once but the problem persist. I had an HTC U11 and it was super smooth in both Youtube and Chrome.
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Same here. The scrolling is also very slow on some apps ( not choppy, just slow).
Same here, got a Huawei p30 some days ago, awsome device but Youtube app get's low frame drops and choppy when:
- Scrolling comments while video is playing (if video goes pause, it's smooth)
- When going to wide full screen, videos seems to have lower framerate (not 60)
- When autorotating the screen from vertical to portrait and forth
Is there any way to adivice Huawei or Google about this? plenty of post in even other sites has the same issue with Youtube.
Exactly same issues on my device. Waiting for fix.