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Multi channel recording studio...

Hey... I found a really cool recording studio app called Meteor
I installed the demo cab and it works like a charm (you just can't save your work on the demo version).
I'm amazed what our little phones are capable of doing. By the way... this is the first application I've seen where pinch to zoom is a real necessity. In fact... I always have it maximum zoomed and this way it's almost like a virtual desktop. (difficult to explain but I hope you know what I mean)
Brgds... /TubGirl

Thanks. Is it similar to Aurora ?: http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125
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arturobandini said:
Thanks. Is it similar to Aurora ?: http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125
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looks a quality program this!! you could lose days playing round with this, weeks even!!!! lol

****! I wish I'd never read this thread, that Aurora is addictive. I've just order a stylus

arturobandini said:
Thanks. Is it similar to Aurora ?: http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125
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Not quite... Meteor is a multi-track recording studio that lets you record audio (guitar & voice for example) and process it in many ways. I'm amazed that it really works! But as I said... you need to enable pinch to zoom because the buttons are incredibly tiny!
http://www.4pockets.com/scrshots.php?p=82&par=82

mickfarr said:
****! I wish I'd never read this thread, that Aurora is addictive. I've just order a stylus
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oops!! lol there goes your weekends and any other free time you get! lmao.

Excellent! This will come in well handy!
Anyone know of a HD2 compatible version or something similar of this (see attached) ?
Would be really handy for doing rough mixes of my acoustic stuff!

Some nice apps on there. I just bought Chord Explorer, installed it ok but it will not start :-(. Tried re-installing on the phone memory, but still no good.
Anyone else had any problems?

Hexjibber said:
Excellent! This will come in well handy!
Anyone know of a HD2 compatible version or something similar of this (see attached) ?
Would be really handy for doing rough mixes of my acoustic stuff!
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Haha.. .that looks very cool, but I don't think the HD2 has a stereo input... or does it?

Tubgirl said:
Haha.. .that looks very cool, but I don't think the HD2 has a stereo input... or does it?
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I guess it would have to connect through the micro USB somehow, there's plenty of USB 2.0 mics around but I doubt they'd be compatible via a micro USB/USB 2.0 adapter?
To be fair though the sound quality of the phone mic isn't that bad for low level stuff, I'm amazed at what this phone can do!!
Thanks again for the heads up about MeTeor, excellent find!

Damn, love that Meteor-program!!! Allright, took some definite tweaking before it worked well enough to be functional on the hd2.
But now i've got a working 12 track harddisk recording system in cd-quality in my pocket....for only 30 bucks??!!!
I LOVE my HD2!!!!!
Thanx a million Tubgirl

I think the USB-Mic won't work...problem starts with drivers and ends up with 5V power-supply....

Well, the power-supply could be solved with internal batteries in the mic itself, or just using a dynamic microphone (needs no power to operate)....but drivers are probably the biggest issue...don't even know if one can even write driver software to WinMo, just like it's done to Vista etc.... ??

RasT666 said:
Damn, love that Meteor-program!!! Allright, took some definite tweaking before it worked well enough to be functional on the hd2.
But now i've got a working 12 track harddisk recording system in cd-quality in my pocket....for only 30 bucks??!!!
I LOVE my HD2!!!!!
Thanx a million Tubgirl
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Yes it's incredible that it really works.
Do you want to share what tweaking you have done?
Brgds... /TubGirl

Well shure, I am afraid its a bit complicated. I'll try and see if I can describe it in a way that makes sense .
The first problem one might experience, at least i did on mine (using official htc 1.66 rom), is crackles, pops and dropouts in your recordings. This can be corrected with some adjustments to audiobuffersettings and the cachesize set by Meteor for your sd-card.
1. You need to find the "PREFS.xml"-file, in the Meteor directory. For me it would be here: My Phone\Memorycard\programs\Meteor\
2. You will need a browser that can open and edit XML-files, I used Adobe Dreamweaver.
3. Open the PREFS.xml and adjust the following:
AudioBufferSize="2048" -> AudioBufferSize="4096"
AudioBufferCount="32" -> AudioBufferCount="64"
ReadCacheSize="32768" -> ReadCacheSize="131072"
WriteCacheSize="65536" -> WriteCacheSize="262144"
These are maximum settings, and all in coherrence with what the manual suggests for troubleshooting by the way: View attachment Meteor_manual.zip
THE SECOND PROBLEM with the HD 2 as a multitrack harddisc recorder, as with any DAW-system, is mainly the question of latency.
(for info on DAW, check this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation)
Latency refers to how long the system (meaning processor, RAM, disc etc) is to actually process the sound converted (ADC), recorded, replayed & deconverted (DAC) again.
For the DAW to work properly (avoiding sync-issues between different recordings), it most know its own latency - hence the calibrating/strange beeps when running Meteor the first time.
Only thing is, that even though HD 2 is fast, it appears to have either a slow soundcard/ADC-DAC-converter or pourly written driversoftware to support it. Either way, at least on my phone, Meteor simply cannot deliver ENOUGH LATENCY, to compensate sync-issues, especially not with the above buffer and cachesettings set to maximum, not even with "Synchronize Audio Threads" under <setup> ticked (Which should be done by the way!).
There is a workaround though, but it requires you to know with what BPM (120 bpm being default) you are running during your current recording session and what latency will fit the current bpm you are running with.
The point is that you SIMPLY ADJUST the recording BACK according to your starting point of recording.
EXAMPLE:
You plan to record on track one at 120 bpm, so you set the cursor at the 1-figure at the ruler in the upperbar. you then set your latency under "setup\audio setup" to "940 ms".
Press record. When finished recording you highlight the recording and simply drag it 1-line back (NOT 1-bar, but 1/4 of a bar).
Repeat this for next recording on track 2 or any other, still keeping the 1-ruler as starting point, and you should have two recordings in perfect sync!
This should of course be repeated for every new recording...always dragging it 1-line back to keep sync.
You can test this yourself by the way, by turning on the metronome letting it play thru the HD 2's speakers, simultanously recording it. Drag the recording back, and when playedback, still with the metronome on, you should hear the recording and the metronome playing synchronized. If it is NOT in sync, you need to adjust latency, untill it is, testing with the metronome as above.
120 bpm = 940 ms latency works on my system, but I have no idea if it will work as a standard on all hd 2 phones. Problem is also, that when changing the bpm, you will also have to adjust latency. But assuming that there is some consistency thru this on most HD 2 (though rom and tweaks probably have a huge influence on this), i have here made a list of these values with what bpm = latency: View attachment Latency.zip
Quite complex instructions, hope this will help though. Welcome to ask for clarification, and I'll see if can answer accordingly
Have fun!

Make your GALLERIES & MUSIC load FASTER!

NEW PROGRAM MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR DEFRAGGING FLASH MEMORY:
Yep, I know, they say defragging flash memory is unnecessary and wears out your SDCard. But then again, a car that can go 160 mph is unnecessary too, but that doesn't mean you don't want it.
My favorite (and free) defragmentation program is called:
MyDefrag << Click to D/L.
You can get it online and it goes on your PC (not your phone):
It has a NEW option that is made specifically for defragging flash memory (i.e., your SDCard). I figured, what the hell and gave it a run.
NOTE: THIS PROCESS CAN GET HUNG UP ON YOU (IF IT DOES, DO THIS)
It took 3 tries to get mine to go all the way through the first time. Just exit out of MyDefrag and when restarting chose the "Kill Current Session" option and it will pick up where it got stuck before.
This probably works faster if you pull your card and put it into a usb card reader. Of course, back up your SDCard on your PC before trying this.
THE RESULTS:
1) Even large galleries populate VERY fast.
2) Music and video libraries load instantly.
3) When adding apps/widgets to homescreens, options appear MUCH faster.
3) NO improvement in read/write speeds (but I didn't expect that anyway because the read/write test is just reading and writing 200 mb of data to empty space anyway).
CONCLUSION:
This takes a while so only do it when you have a spare 1/2 hour or more that you don't need a phone. As far as wearing out your SDCard, c'mon, we are flash-a-holics and are beating our cards to death daily anyway. However, I would recommend doing this only monthly or so.
* P.S. - This is also an excellent defragmentation tool for your PC.
** UPDATE: We have been testing this out over at the MikFroyo thread and members have been getting excellent results.
IF THIS THREAD HELPED MAKE YOUR PHONE FASTER, GIVE IT A 5-STAR RATING ON TOP SO OTHERS WILL SEE IT TOO ​

Hell, I'll try anything once. Thanks for this.

trying now..i followed it on MikeFroyo post.... .. like he said above . i'll try anything once..... i'm at 94% now on a 16gb class 10...
doesnt seem to be taking as long as some others have......30 mins to an hour ..
edit:.... spoke to soon.. back down to 1% fastfill..hahah

Sometimes it can get kind of hung up. If it does, just close it and start it again. When prompted kill the prior session and it will pick up where it left off. Don't know why it hangs like that but didn't seem to cause problems.
If you have a new card, it is likely not very fragmented yet and will defrag faster.
Mitchell's EVO

Just did this on my Wintech 16gb that is about 85% full. Worked like a charm. My gallery loads almost instantly now, before it took about 20-30 sec. The whole process took about an hour and a half(I plugged my card into my reader in my laptop). Thanks for the heads up on this.

netwokz said:
Just did this on my Wintech 16gb that is about 85% full. Worked like a charm. My gallery loads almost instantly now, before it took about 20-30 sec. The whole process took about an hour and a half(I plugged my card into my reader in my laptop). Thanks for the heads up on this.
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NP, glad it worked. The whole "SDCards don't need to be defragged" thing is a myth.

Sweet! I'm running it now.

thanks!
thanks for the tip.
paused on me twice. it actually says "finished" (top left corner)
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Can I just use perfectdisk?

quocamole said:
thanks for the tip.
paused on me twice. it actually says "finished" (top left corner)
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Looking VERY defragged there

freeza said:
Can I just use perfectdisk?
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If it has an option for defragging flash memory then I suppose so. MyDefrag is free.

Gave this a shot yesterday had to use a card reader and try a couple of times for the software to complete all of the way. My sd card is now Defragmented...did I notice a speed increase...not really but I don't pay much attention to loading times. Makes me feel better and faster and thats good enough for me!
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crap... no mac version

Tried it, took less than 1/2 and noticed a bit of improvement. Sweet.

Not bad...but I just want to say you can defrag without using that program. Connect your phone as a disk drive, then right click it in my computer, properties, the tools, and you can click defrag to analyze and defrag it, and all your other drives.

teh roxxorz said:
Not bad...but I just want to say you can defrag without using that program. Connect your phone as a disk drive, then right click it in my computer, properties, the tools, and you can click defrag to analyze and defrag it, and all your other drives.
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I was thinking the same thing. In the OP it is explained that this program is designed for flash memory to reduce the number of read/write. Flash memory can only handle so many write cycles so I decided to let this program do it's thing to minimize the amount of moving/writing to my SD card. I am sure that one defrag with any program wouldn't hurt anything but I fell better know that the program tries to minimize the amount it affects a memory cards life cycle.
Just as a side note....I don't know if in the long run it matters a whole lot at all....I can't remember how many times flash memory can be written to but I am sure that I will have a new phone and SD card way before I am in any danger or reaching the upper limits.

teh roxxorz said:
Not bad...but I just want to say you can defrag without using that program. Connect your phone as a disk drive, then right click it in my computer, properties, the tools, and you can click defrag to analyze and defrag it, and all your other drives.
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Actually, this is incorrect. This program is designed to specifically defrag flash drives. You do not want to defrag them in the same way you defrag typical hard drives.
In the future, please read the OP before commenting. This fact is clearly stated.

Thanks for this! Another great idea from mitchellvii!

backing up Sdcard now will test this

just started defragging my 32gb class 4 lets see what it does.
Q: I kno the OP says around 30 min but was size sd was that? I have around 18gb of music and pictures and videos on my card (love me my music anndd my gf lol) just curious if ill get my phone back before todays kickoff

[Android 2.1+] Emit - play videos from your computer on your android

Hi, guys and girls
Emit is a video streaming app. You can find it on Android Market in free and paid version. Both version contains the same functionalities. Free version is ad-supported.
Emit allows you to:
Live streaming of videos from your PC/Mac/Linux to an android device or on emitapp.com
Pre-encode and download videos to device for offline viewing
Transfer music from iTunes to your device
Subtitle support: .srt and .mkv
HTTP Live Streaming for Android 2.3+
Accessible from 3g or external wifi
Securing access with password
You can now play your videos on https://www.emitapp.com/
If your server is running and you register on our site, you can play/download your videos and music out of your browser from anywhere.
Here is an iOS version.
Lastest Emit version: 9.2.0
Latest desktop version: 1.12
More info on Emit webpage.
If you have any question, ideas, problems or just want to say thanks, visit us on our support page.
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Video review

We fixed the crash bug on windows. You can get the latest version on emitapp.com.

Wonderful app. I'm glad to see you created a thread for this! I have updated my XDA portal news article.

zokipirlo said:
We fixed the crash bug on windows. You can get the latest version on [URL="
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Thanks for the update. I can try the app now!

Is there a reason the paid version is not compatible with the Atrix??

MvP77 said:
Is there a reason the paid version is not compatible with the Atrix??
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Paid version should work the same as free. Is there any difference? What is not working?

STOKED!!!!!
thank you, zokipirlo. this is a great contribution to the android market.

Sounds like Plex, although it does allow you to download.

It doesn't work too good, I got a lot of garbage frames, big boxes of colors and stuff. My PC is fast enough so I don't think it's a problem with the encoding speed.
Also I found a bug, You cant add an entire hard drive letter, on the server it shows like C:/\ and on the app itself it shows C:\\ and when you enter it shows nothing.
I hope this app get better because I miss Air video from my iphone.
Also, could you make MKV embedded subs appear like they appear on the PC? I mean, encoding the subs with the video on the PC (for anime fansub and stuff)
EDIT: this is on a vibrant 2.2

Holy hd batman!!
Works perfectly on my Samsung Galaxy S2, This is great because plex didn't!!
The one and only feature i can suggest for now is 3G support, For when I'm not at home.

Video stops playing (crashes to menu) if I move the slider too fast. Also buffering takes too much time. I have fast wifi and i3 laptop.
Inspire 4g , CM 7 base.

sotodefonk said:
It doesn't work too good, I got a lot of garbage frames, big boxes of colors and stuff. My PC is fast enough so I don't think it's a problem with the encoding speed.
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This is usually a side effect of bad wifi signal strength. Are you far from your wifi router?

Thor said:
The one and only feature i can suggest for now is 3G support, For when I'm not at home.
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If you open port 1554 pre encoded videos will work now. It will be unsecure though. We are working on securing connections for next release.

Avg identifies the program as a threat, see the attached screen-cap

theloother said:
Avg identifies the program as a threat, see the attached screen-cap
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Yes, we know that, there is also a note on android market about that. We also speaked with guys from Kaspersky lab and they whitelisted our application. Don't worry, it's not a virus.

metaldood said:
Video stops playing (crashes to menu) if I move the slider too fast. Also buffering takes too much time. I have fast wifi and i3 laptop.
Inspire 4g , CM 7 base.
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In "live" or encoded playback?

zokipirlo said:
This is usually a side effect of bad wifi signal strength. Are you far from your wifi router?
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No, my router is right next to my PC, and I was using the PC when I tested the software... Let me try at work with a different router and PC

sotodefonk said:
No, my router is right next to my PC, and I was using the PC when I tested the software... Let me try at work with a different router and PC
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If that's not a problem then it's probably quality related. Can you please tell me which quality profile or bitrate in case of custom profile are you using?

I tried all 3 profiles.
First the default one, appear to be good for 10 seconds but then randomly some frame goes bad and the next 30 frames looks awful too, then it corrects itself for another 10-15 seconds and the same happens.
The dual core preset appear to be the same.
And the low quality preset its a gamble, because sometimes looks better, but still got some bad frames, but sometimes it looks worse than the other 2 presets, almost 95% of bad frames.
Could it be a codec problems? I use CCCP for my video playback needs...

zokipirlo said:
Paid version should work the same as free. Is there any difference? What is not working?
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The premium version doesn't show on the market for the Atrix 4G. And when you check the online store it says this app is not compatible for the Atrix 4G.

Artifacts on video playback

Guys,
I have this weird issue where I get artifacts during video playback, be it mp4 videos that I copy to my Nexus, videos recorded with the cell's camera, and even YouTube videos! Here's a sample:
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Is anyone experiencing this kind of issue as well? My Nexus has KitKat 4.4.2 (KOT49H), and I have ART enabled.
Any help on solving this issue is really appreciated.

Nobody here? Really?

Bump!

Unbelievable. One week and not even one comment.
Nobody's having this issue at all??

Nope
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Are you 100 percent stock Google
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Yes, Mark, 100% stock Google; no custom ROMs, no root, no unlocked bootloader, etc.
I switched back to Dalvik and it seems like the issue went away, but I got it back after a few hours. So no matter what runtime is enabled, the artifacts show.
I installed MX Player last night, and it works perfectly with software decoder only; but if I enable the hardware decoder, I get the same artifacts. Using this doesn't solve the problem on YouTube, of course.
I guess I'll have to do a factory data reset and see if that solves my problem. Darn.

Well, I factory reset my phone twice, and even formatted cache, all to no avail. I'm still having this freaking issue.
Anybody has experienced this problem? Any possible solution?
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Are you by chance plugged into charger when playing video?
It looks like graphics over heating to me, maybe too heavy a case, ambient temperatures or something along then lines perhaps?
WR
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WarRaven said:
Are you by chance plugged into charger when playing video?
It looks like graphics over heating to me, maybe too heavy a case, ambient temperatures or something along then lines perhaps?
WR
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Plugged, unplugged, it's the same.
Curiously, I disabled HDR+ on the camera app and YouTube isn't showing the problem anymore. But it's too early for me to say that's causing the problem.
However, IMDb is showing lots of artifacts on the trailers (embedded youtube, I think); I just played The Hobbit 's trailer and it's full of them. But the same trailer is perfect on YouTube. Same issue on Tapatalk with YouTube videos.
Biggest problem is this issue also occurs when playing local videos, being an mp4 I copied to the phone or a video recorded with the camera.
It's gotta software, though, cause MX Player does not have this issue when playing any local files. But it really bugs me.
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cvillalta said:
Plugged, unplugged, it's the same.
Curiously, I disabled HDR+ on the camera app and YouTube isn't showing the problem anymore. But it's too early for me to say that's causing the problem.
However, IMDb is showing lots of artifacts on the trailers (embedded youtube, I think); I just played The Hobbit 's trailer and it's full of them. But the same trailer is perfect on YouTube. Same issue on Tapatalk with YouTube videos.
Biggest problem is this issue also occurs when playing local videos, being an mp4 I copied to the phone or a video recorded with the camera.
It's gotta software, though, cause MX Player does not have this issue when playing any local files. But it really bugs me.
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your GPU is bad get it RMA'd i have a strong computer experience and id say your GPU is bad ESPECIALLY when you caught it on a screenshot if it was software it wouldn't show on a screenshot but it did and guess what part renders screenshots? GPU..

markdapimp said:
your GPU is bad get it RMA'd i have a strong computer experience and id say your GPU is bad ESPECIALLY when you caught it on a screenshot if it was software it wouldn't show on a screenshot but it did and guess what part renders screenshots? GPU..
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A screenshot captures everything on the screen independently of the source of the problem, be it software or hardware.
Biggest problem is this issue is not occurring on YouTube anymore. And a hardware issue will occur not only on videos, but on games too (which are perfect), and pretty much everywhere.
I'm on 4.4.2 now. Is it possible to go back to 4.4.0? I'm having the feeling that the ROM installed on this phone came with the problem, and subsequent updates did not overwrite the troublesome files.
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cvillalta said:
A screenshot captures everything on the screen independently of the source of the problem, be it software or hardware.
Biggest problem is this issue is not occurring on YouTube anymore. And a hardware issue will occur not only on videos, but on games (which are perfect), and pretty much everywhere.
I'm on 4.4.2 now. Is it possible to go back to 4.4.0? I'm having the feeling that the ROM installed on this phone came with the problem, and subsequent updates did not overwrite the troublesome files.
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I assume its your rom improper GPU drivers or something

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I assume its your rom improper GPU drivers or something
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In my case, it seems to be the video player system app, which does not show in the list of apps; if it did, I would already have cleared its cache at least.
I'm really bugged by this issue, man; my phone is almost "perfect". I'm downloading the 4.4 image; I'll downgrade back to original stock to see if that finally fixes this issue, and then just let the 4.4.2 OTA get installed by itself.

None of this worked.
Could someone share the video player system app, please?
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Bump!
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[Bug Report] H/W+ auto-switching to S/W

Lately I've run into an issue; can't point my finger on which update this started happening though.
Many videos start to play as H/W+ but then stop and decoder turns to S/W 3 to 6 seconds into the video. What's weird is that it's intermittent, like, I can play that same file again and it'll stick on H/W+. Then I try again and it goes to S/W. Very sporadic.
It's a shame because playing videos on H/W+ consumes 8%/h~ of my battery, whereas S/W a good 15-16%.

Mind posting the media info for the video? And on what device and ROM is this? If you remember, what was the last version of MX that didn't have the issue?

CDB-Man said:
Mind posting the media info for the video? And on what device and ROM is this? If you remember, what was the last version of MX that didn't have the issue?
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Hope this is what you're asking lol.
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Don't have any more videos right now but lately a pretty big array of files have this decoder switch.
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy tab S 10.5. Stock 4.4.2.
I thiiiiink it started happening in the MX lollipop builds.

BigLisy said:
Hope this is what you're asking lol.
Don't have any more videos right now but lately a pretty big array of files have this decoder switch.
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy tab S 10.5. Stock 4.4.2.
I thiiiiink it started happening in the MX lollipop builds.
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Can you collect the logs immediately after reproducing the issue?

ktsamy said:
Can you collect the logs immediately after reproducing the issue?
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Excuse my ignorance, but how do I get the logs?

Read the sticky thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843144

ktsamy said:
Read the sticky thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843144
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Thank you.
Here is the log for that specific video, taken a couple seconds after it switched to S/W decoder.

BigLisy said:
Thank you.
Here is the log for that specific video, taken a couple seconds after it switched to S/W decoder.
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are you using multiple multimedia apps at the same time?
mediaplayer has timed out. that's why it has automatically switched S/W.
anyhow I have forwarded the issue to the developer.

ktsamy said:
are you using multiple multimedia apps at the same time?
mediaplayer has timed out. that's why it has automatically switched S/W.
anyhow I have forwarded the issue to the developer.
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Erm, like another video player WHILE mx playing is on it? Not at all.
I mean I do have Shuttle music player on background, but it's not playing anything, and I don't think that's related since only certain videos reproduce this issue.

BigLisy said:
Erm, like another video player WHILE mx playing is on it? Not at all.
I mean I do have Shuttle music player on background, but it's not playing anything, and I don't think that's related since only certain videos reproduce this issue.
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I am not sure that it's the root cause.
Somehow mediaplayer is getting timed out which is causing the issue.
Anyway, I have forwarded the issue to the developer.

ktsamy said:
I am not sure that it's the root cause.
Somehow mediaplayer is getting timed out which is causing the issue.
Anyway, I have forwarded the issue to the developer.
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I thought of something, I'll try to explain:
In a folder there are the video files, and also the opening and ending titles as separate files. Like let's say a video is 20 mins, with 2 min opening and 2 min ending titles, for a total of 24 mins.
I only moved the actual video file on my tablet, so it's only playing the 20min file. Could it timeout trying to find the opening / ending files that I omitted?
edit: I'll try the same thing but also copying the other files now.
edit 2: nope, behaving the same way. Could it be mx player doesn't support "separated" video files? I mean, the video says it's 20 min long rather than 24min even if the other files are in there.
I'm not sure if I was clear enough so I'll try to rephrase. I'm playing the videos of an anime that made it so that rather than every episode containing the opening and ending, it calls them as external video file - i guess to save space. that doesnt seem to be supported by mx player.
last edit: yup, it only seems to happen on files that are "split" like I described - but still, not all of them.

BigLisy said:
I thought of something, I'll try to explain:
In a folder there are the video files, and also the opening and ending titles as separate files. Like let's say a video is 20 mins, with 2 min opening and 2 min ending titles, for a total of 24 mins.
I only moved the actual video file on my tablet, so it's only playing the 20min file. Could it timeout trying to find the opening / ending files that I omitted?
edit: I'll try the same thing but also copying the other files now.
edit 2: nope, behaving the same way. Could it be mx player doesn't support "separated" video files? I mean, the video says it's 20 min long rather than 24min even if the other files are in there.
I'm not sure if I was clear enough so I'll try to rephrase. I'm playing the videos of an anime that made it so that rather than every episode containing the opening and ending, it calls them as external video file - i guess to save space. that doesnt seem to be supported by mx player.
last edit: yup, it only seems to happen on files that are "split" like I described - but still, not all of them.
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Timeout just means HW+ decoder can't play the video file.
Would you send me this video file or its download link?

bleu8888 said:
Timeout just means HW+ decoder can't play the video file.
Would you send me this video file or its download link?
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Sent a pm.
Also it's worth noting that it doesn't happen on my Nexus 5 running 5.0.1. Only on my 4.4.2 Galaxy Tab S.