[Q] Video codecs on CM10 - General Questions and Answers

I've installed CM10 on my phone and the video player function of the Gallery app doesn't seem to support very many video formats. The manufacturer ROM (Sony Xperia Tipo ICS) could play lots of different kind of videos in the same default gallery app, which was very handy. Is there a way to install codecs on CM10 so that Gallery would use them? I don't particularly want to install another player, since otherwise the default Gallery already does what I want.
Another thing is that the Gallery doesn't seem to play the format that the video camera on the phone produces. Is that really the situation on stock CM10?

Oh, it seems that at least part of the problem is that the Gallery / Video Player / Camera is just flaky on this Free Xperia build of CM10. It's not an officially stable one. The video player can play at least video from the camera of the phone and mp4 files off the net, but it frequently refuses to or crashes.

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[Q] Play 720p Videos on Jelly Bean?

Hi! I download 720p videos from youtube to my SD and I was wondering if there is a way to play it on Jelly Bean?, On ICS I use Dice or MX Player and they play it without problems but on JB they're too laggy. I try BSplayer or Vplayer but these can't even show the video image. Any idea of how to play it well on JB? I haven't try the latest releases with the OC Kernel. Should I?
PD: the size of the videos are between 70mb to 100mb and all are mp4. I use TubeMate to download it.
If I remember correctly, poor performance in both capture and playback of 720p video are still issues that need to be ironed out in JB ROMs. Might have to just settle for 480p, for now.

[Q][Resolved] MX Player lag when playing video on CM11 (GT-S5360)

The tittle says it all. I flashed my sgy with CyanogenMod 11 (kitkat 4.4.4) yesterday. Then, I install MX Player and its codec (Armv6 VFP-for sgy). MX Player is my default media player when I use stock rom and I love it for its performance and functions to play unsupported video file format that internal player cant play. I noticed that CM 11 have problem with something about OMX Codecs (if im right, cant remember, found about it when googling the problem yesterday, but no solution). I tried to play some music videos (mp4 format) with internal player. Yeah, same as stock problem. Can play MPEG-4 but Xvid cant. But this time I cant play x264 mp4 format that previous stock does. Its terribly lag so much. The audio ok. But dont worry though coz I can use MX Player to play that file. Then, i get the same problem, lags. I tried everything, reflash with stock and flash it back with CM 11 rom, use default and custom codec. Still didnt solve the problem. I even tried uninstall the app and reinstall it without the codec. Suprisingly, I can use the app without codec. MX Player didnt ask to install its codec like before when no codecs found. It looks like MX Player use internal decoder as its codec. What the... I even reinstall its codec but it seems like MX Player ignores it. So frustated. Then, im trying to google for any other app that can play various type of video. I found QQPlayer. I wanna give it a try. After install it, still cant play the video. Same problem. But when I look in setting, I found something that the player able to switch between internal decoder and its own decoder. Then, trying to play the video... bla, bla, bla.... and it works. But with a little lag. Not terrible as before. The video and sound is out of sync. Yeah, the same problem when I use QQ Player with stock before using the MX Player. Okay, the real question is, is there any 'switch' for MX Player to choose between its decoder or internal decoder as its codec. I believe that everyone have across the same problem when using CM 11 on sgy. This just QQ Player without any additional codec can play the video with little lag. If MX Player? The problem will solve without any lag and smooth. (maybe, when use its own codec)
P.S. sorry if my english are bad. If any of you didnt understand the question, i can give a bit more detail. Im malaysian and still 15 years old
CM 11 link: ht-tp:-//down-load-.-android-armv6-.-org/_builds-/-totoro/ (remove any dash - ) (dash only!) *still new member, cant post real outside links. sorry if I break the rules*
KazuShi998 said:
The tittle says it all. I flashed my sgy with CyanogenMod 11 (kitkat 4.4.4) yesterday. Then, I install MX Player and its codec (Armv6 VFP-for sgy). MX Player is my default media player when I use stock rom and I love it for its performance and functions to play unsupported video file format that internal player cant play. I noticed that CM 11 have problem with something about OMX Codecs (if im right, cant remember, found about it when googling the problem yesterday, but no solution). I tried to play some music videos (mp4 format) with internal player. Yeah, same as stock problem. Can play MPEG-4 but Xvid cant. But this time I cant play x264 mp4 format that previous stock does. Its terribly lag so much. The audio ok. But dont worry though coz I can use MX Player to play that file. Then, i get the same problem, lags. I tried everything, reflash with stock and flash it back with CM 11 rom, use default and custom codec. Still didnt solve the problem. I even tried uninstall the app and reinstall it without the codec. Suprisingly, I can use the app without codec. MX Player didnt ask to install its codec like before when no codecs found. It looks like MX Player use internal decoder as its codec. What the... I even reinstall its codec but it seems like MX Player ignores it. So frustated. Then, im trying to google for any other app that can play various type of video. I found QQPlayer. I wanna give it a try. After install it, still cant play the video. Same problem. But when I look in setting, I found something that the player able to switch between internal decoder and its own decoder. Then, trying to play the video... bla, bla, bla.... and it works. But with a little lag. Not terrible as before. The video and sound is out of sync. Yeah, the same problem when I use QQ Player with stock before using the MX Player. Okay, the real question is, is there any 'switch' for MX Player to choose between its decoder or internal decoder as its codec. I believe that everyone have across the same problem when using CM 11 on sgy. This just QQ Player without any additional codec can play the video with little lag. If MX Player? The problem will solve without any lag and smooth. (maybe, when use its own codec)
P.S. sorry if my english are bad. If any of you didnt understand the question, i can give a bit more detail. Im malaysian and still 15 years old
CM 11 link: ht-tp:-//down-load-.-android-armv6-.-org/_builds-/-totoro/ (remove any dash - ) (dash only!) *still new member, cant post real outside links. sorry if I break the rules*
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Both H/W & H/W decoders use your system's inbuuld codecs. So, any issue in codec configuration will lead to issue.
S/W decoder needs powerful CPU. So, it will be obviously lag in your device.
FYI,
AndroidArm6 is community made Project.
They use their self developed libraries since the source codes are not provided by Qualcomm. So, don't expect that it will perform like stock.
now i get it. so, there is no use if there is a 'switch' or not, still the same right? yeah, well, at least i know that. thxx... i decided want to use stock rom now, maybe with some kitkat themes...

Video Playback Issue COS12

Ever since I update to lollipop on my one plus one I been having a problem with video playback on web videos. (Sorry if there is another thread, didn't know what to search). The video will play for a little while then go back to starting position but audio will continue. This also happens when I play the video with another video player. If more information is need just ask?

[Q] Cant play videos!

Running: Cm12 (OTA) One Plus One
I cannot play videos with the stock video player. Not a big deal right? Just use VLC or MX player, which is fine for videos --> but this is affecting Snapchat as well. If I record a snap video, it records fine, but when it starts to play back it CANT and I get a "cannot play this video" error.
If I open up my camera and shoot a video, if I want to play it back using stock video player I get 'cannot play this video" but if I use VLC or MX player, it plays fine.
I think the stock video player is broken and its affecting my snapchats, what do I do?
BlackMamba08 said:
Running: Cm12 (OTA) One Plus One
I cannot play videos with the stock video player. Not a big deal right? Just use VLC or MX player, which is fine for videos --> but this is affecting Snapchat as well. If I record a snap video, it records fine, but when it starts to play back it CANT and I get a "cannot play this video" error.
If I open up my camera and shoot a video, if I want to play it back using stock video player I get 'cannot play this video" but if I use VLC or MX player, it plays fine.
I think the stock video player is broken and its affecting my snapchats, what do I do?
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Go to settings > Developer options > turn on USE NUPLAYER (experimental) option. It is located at the bottom of the settings under Media.
I had the same issue with stock gallery, because I had it turned off.

Stock gallery with disabled in-build video player

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is there modded stock gallery which would allow external video player to be used? Now it always will use default inbuilt video player, leaving my MxPlayer unusable.
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