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i tried to find the answer to this one but i couldn't so here is my question
today i rooted by brand new galaxy note 10.1 for the purpose of using the app called screencast to record games i bought screencast and tried to record with it in gta 3 it wen't by with absolutely no lag in the game
when i go to check the video all i see is going from the screencast app to the menu which is frozen then it goes black
it did not recording anything at all just one picture of the menu rest black with sound
i have tried different recording resolutions normal and high
different fps 10 30 and 40
still completely black
i tried to record just going through the menu (swiping back and forth in those transparent windows) which recording
and it litterally is just frozen i tried the benchmark and it shows 34 fps at highest possible recording settings
this video shows amazing recording with this program but i can't use it at all it just records the menu screen frozen then changes to a black screen with the bar in the bottom as i start a application
/watch?v=APcx6DVsOAw
i am running jellybean 4.1.1
edit it now records the menus properly after i used the screencast gadget but it still goes to black when starting gta 3
JB could be the problem, it might not be JB compatible yet. Best bet would be to contact the developer and leave feedback...
ultramag69 said:
JB could be the problem, it might not be JB compatible yet. Best bet would be to contact the developer and leave feedback...
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can i easily revert back to the former operating system? and then re root? i backed it all up through the clockwork recovery menu
are my apps synced to my account or will i lose them if i wipe the tablet?
Go into screencast in the android market and look in the app description you will see a link for app support. They should be able to tell you if the problem is jelly bean or a bug in the app. Best to look there before you go reverting back to ics.
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Robert542 said:
Go into screencast in the android market and look in the app description you will see a link for app support. They should be able to tell you if the problem is jelly bean or a bug in the app. Best to look there before you go reverting back to ics.
Sent from my EVO LTE
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thankyou i have sent him an email now
so far no response on that email i am starting to get worried
also sorry for double post
Might take a little while to get back or may just update app, programmers can be quirky....
ultramag69 said:
Might take a little while to get back or may just update app, programmers can be quirky....
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sadly time is not something i have i bought this for one purpose to record vice city gameplay on android try to be first
i am a youtube partner so i wanted to try something new
the game releases in 6 days
and i think i failed
i asked someone on youtube he said this
on my sgn 10.1 This program works with the same errors can it is because of the screen size. because this program works fine on jb samsung galaxy note 2
so yeah perhaps this program won't work at all with a tablet which means well :crying:
i could have bought the note 2 for the same money i would get a nice light phone to record i even need a phone always wanted a smartphone but no instead i had to pick a tablet something i have absolutely no use for other then what i had planned i don't know what to do right now the tablet is good but the screen is too low res for me it is too heavy and too bulky i have absolutely no use for it the blacklevel on the screen is simply bad makes for watching movies not a great experience so yeah if i can't record a video as planned then i will have no use for it i like how strong it is i tried recording with screencast and there was no lag in the game at all absolutely lag free wheather it was actually recording or not is unknown too me but if it was then it's a very strong tablet
and i don't think i can properly sell it either it has been rooted and tons of information is on it and i don't think you can delete that information to 100% before selling it atleast i have not peeled off the back protection layer this is really awful
edit tried it with a new recorder called asc https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benzul.asc
same thing black in both video playback and games
well i have tried everything to get this working NOTHING works i tried every method imaginable even tried emulating to play it on my pc which i then found out would cause alot of lag
i tried EVERYTHING to get this working
screencast ends up with a black screen in video playback and games (the recorded video shows black)
z recorder records videos in 0 kb does not work at all
now comes the funny thing
i tried an app called display recorder on my dads iphone worked perfectly first try i could record sadly the iphone 4s cannot handle gta 3 and recording i get noticable lag
so if i got an ipad i would be able to make the video i planned to now it's too late to get one only 3 days left sadly i failed
so much money spent on this
i also got a response on youtube from someone with a note 10.1 about recording this is what he said
No does not work. Gameplay does not record.
so i guess it is impossible this is making me very frustrated i spent days trying to get this to work and i failed
sorry for doublepost again
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
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zzcool said:
well i have tried everything to get this working NOTHING works i tried every method imaginable even tried emulating to play it on my pc which i then found out would cause alot of lag
i tried EVERYTHING to get this working
screencast ends up with a black screen in video playback and games (the recorded video shows black)
z recorder records videos in 0 kb does not work at all
now comes the funny thing
i tried an app called display recorder on my dads iphone worked perfectly first try i could record sadly the iphone 4s cannot handle gta 3 and recording i get noticable lag
so if i got an ipad i would be able to make the video i planned to now it's too late to get one only 3 days left sadly i failed
so much money spent on this
i also got a response on youtube from someone with a note 10.1 about recording this is what he said
No does not work. Gameplay does not record.
so i guess it is impossible this is making me very frustrated i spent days trying to get this to work and i failed
sorry for doublepost again
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
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I am having the same issue with my Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-N8000.
There is a workaround which might help you with what you are planning to do.
You can try using Bluestacks in full screen mode on your computer and you can run GTA 3 android game there. To record the gameplay, you can use Camtasia which works perfectly fine on laptop and desktop computers and is far efficient than Screencast. This is just a workaround to make the things happen. . Hope this would help you.
I don't know if you post a reply here I would get a notification in my mailbot, but I would really love to assist you in sorting out this issue with you if you are interested. You can email me anytime you want. (Hope I am not violating any rules by asking someone to contact me directly. I am new here.)
Here's my issue with Screencast.
I tried using Screencast to record a gameplay which it didn't.
At first I thought there might be some issue with the game itself.
Then I bought Remote Desktop Client app from Google Play, started Screencast to capture the screen, 'remote-desktoped' my Windows 7 computer from my N8000 through Wi-Fi on the Local Area Network.
Screencast only captured the movements till the Windows 7 console appeared. After that the recording continued but movements were not captured. Screencast started capturing the movements once again after I closed the console of Windows 7.
When I played the recorded file, the screen freezed right after the console of Windows 7 appeared and the movie continued to play. The activity was seen in the movie after the Windows 7 console was closed.
Looking for some solutions but no luck yet.
And the funny thing is that when I rotated the Tab, and the screen layout changed from landscape to portrait or portrait to landscape, that rotation was recorded without any issues and was seen in the move. A big LOL.
Hi, i bought your app and it's fantastic but i have some suggest.
1) We display the last watched movie and finished movies in*different color.
Would be nice to enable or disable it or set the colors.
2) When i close the app and it keep going play audio if i go on the notification panel i can pause and play, go to next video or close the app.
Would be nice go to previous video too.
3) I open the app, i choose a video and i play it. I go back to the list and i have 3 button on top: refresh, play and search.
If i want to stop the video i have to press the play button (it take you to the video) and stop from there.
Would be nice if the play button would pause and play the video and create a new button than take you back to the video.
4) I use your player to play video music in car.
Would be nice slide next or previous video by air gesture (just moving my hand left or right above sensor of my Samsung S4 in landscape and portrait mode).
Thank you
Regarding #4, since that's a feature of the Samsung TouchWiz launcher, I don't think it can be included in external non-Samsung apps.
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Regarding #4, since that's a feature of the Samsung TouchWiz launcher, I don't think it can be included in external non-Samsung apps.
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Yes it can:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351974
And others 3 points?
I definitely don't think the developer would develop Air gestures directly into the app; that's just asking too much of him. In terms of making it somehow compatible with that Hovering Controls app, I don't know if that's possible and will let the developer answer.
The other 3 points, up to the developer. I'm just commenting on point #4 as it's the least straight-forward. @bleu8888
Hi,
1. It will be improved on MX 2.0
2. It is already possible if you switch screen to portait mode. Let me think about changing UI to show "previous button" even on landscape screen.
3. Let me think about this option.
4. Let me try it. If it works, it will be supported on MX 2.0
Thanks
djdavid said:
Hi, i bought your app and it's fantastic but i have some suggest.
1) We display the last watched movie and finished movies in*different color.
Would be nice to enable or disable it or set the colors.
2) When i close the app and it keep going play audio if i go on the notification panel i can pause and play, go to next video or close the app.
Would be nice go to previous video too.
3) I open the app, i choose a video and i play it. I go back to the list and i have 3 button on top: refresh, play and search.
If i want to stop the video i have to press the play button (it take you to the video) and stop from there.
Would be nice if the play button would pause and play the video and create a new button than take you back to the video.
4) I use your player to play video music in car.
Would be nice slide next or previous video by air gesture (just moving my hand left or right above sensor of my Samsung S4 in landscape and portrait mode).
Thank you
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bleu8888 said:
Hi,
1. It will be improved on MX 2.0
2. It is already possible if you switch screen to portait mode. Let me think about changing UI to show "previous button" even on landscape screen.
3. Let me think about this option.
4. Let me try it. If it works, it will be supported on MX 2.0
Thanks
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1. Thank you.
2. Yes, I just advice it, thanks.
3. Ok.
4. Thank you very much.
Thank you CDB-Man too.
Screen Stream Mirroring is a powerful app for mirroring or broadcasting your Android screen and audio in real time !
http://mobzapp.com/mirroring
You can share Android screen "live" just like a dual screen to any device or pc on the same network through media player, web browser, Chromecast, and UPnP / DLNA devices (Smart TV or other compatible devices).
You can make powerful presentation for work, education, or gaming.
You can broadcast your Android screen to internet popular streaming servers (Twitch, Ustream, Youtube, ...).
You can also record it to MP4 video files.
Main features are:
No root required: Prior to Android 5.0 you need to run our startup tool from your computer to activate screen mirroring.
Mirroring with media players and tools such as VLC, XBMC/KODI, OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), and others...
Mirroring with web browsers
Broadcast online to Twitch, Youtube, Ustream, and others...
Mirroring with UPnP / DLNA devices such as Smart TV and others compatible devices
Google Cast™ Ready (Chromecast)
Recording to MP4 file
Camera overlay while you stream or record
internal audio (ROOTED Android 4.4+ devices) and microphone
Mixed audio (internal + microphone) available
Compatible with Network Tethering (wifi, bluetooth, USB)
Many settings to optimize performances
Secure stream with username + password (RTSP)
Logs to know who is connected
Any number of connections can be made, so multiple people can connect at the same time
Links to Play Store:
Free version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobzapp.screenstream.trial
Full version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobzapp.screenstream
App screenshots are also attached to the thread...
App web site is here: http://mobzapp.com/mirroring
App FAQ: mobzapp.com/mirroring/faq.html
Instructions for non rooted devices and < Android 5.0: mobzapp.com/mirroring/instructions.html
You can help translate the app in your language -> http://transcommu.yasesprox.com/transcommu/Applications/View/186 or directly in app from preferences.
Whats the difference between this app and "screen mirroing " of chromecast apk
Bruno_Tec said:
Whats the difference between this app and "screen mirroing " of chromecast apk
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Differences are :
Chromecast mirroring is only one of the features of this app (you can also mirror to many other kind of target devices, broadcast to Internet, and record)
Official Chromecast mirroring gives better latency
It's works for some devices for which Chromecast mirroring is not possible with Google's app
You can choose to stream with internal audio OR microphone audio OR both
You can change many settings such framerate, bitrate, and resolution to tweak quality
Software encoding provides many live video effects
probably few other differences but I think I told you most important
VLC
VLC crashes after I change the screen orientation. How to fix this?
Everything is ok. I was using old version of VLC, after updating it works properly. Sorry.
great ! Yes I was just about to tell you to update to the last VLC version. They handle rotation properly now...
Galaxy s5 audio issues
I am able to stream my screen to xbmc and chrome. However, no matter what I do I am unable to get the internal audio to stream. I am using Moar Rom 6.2 lolipop galaxy s5. Is there something I could do to get this app to work with audio?
huyn54 said:
I am able to stream my screen to xbmc and chrome. However, no matter what I do I am unable to get the internal audio to stream. I am using Moar Rom 6.2 lolipop galaxy s5. Is there something I could do to get this app to work with audio?
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It might be because of the ROM you are using, but I am not sure.
I'll try to check if this is a problem related to this device, but it would be great to know if it is the same with Samsung's Lollipop ROM...
I can only get it to have Su access like 1 out of 8 times. But Su actually grants access evertime it just seems the app doesn't know. Then when it does work I can't get it to actually stream to twitch. It just says "Mirroring is paused" when I press play. Then if I press stop it automatically goes back to the opening screen giving me instructions for if i'm not rooted or Android 5.0.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition Stock ROM Rooted.
Sychodrama said:
I can only get it to have Su access like 1 out of 8 times. But Su actually grants access evertime it just seems the app doesn't know. Then when it does work I can't get it to actually stream to twitch. It just says "Mirroring is paused" when I press play. Then if I press stop it automatically goes back to the opening screen giving me instructions for if i'm not rooted or Android 5.0.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition Stock ROM Rooted.
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Hi,
what app version do you have ? Please be sure you are using the last available update.
[email protected]
App crashes when camera is turned on
Greetings all,
Im running android 4.1.2 and each time i try to record my phone screen it just crashes .It happens when i turn on the camera all and just shows in the application the following message .
Application closed , invalid access to resource .
I did use the tutorial to use the application even thou i don't have root privilege .
Eratos
EratosDev said:
Greetings all,
Im running android 4.1.2 and each time i try to record my phone screen it just crashes .It happens when i turn on the camera all and just shows in the application the following message .
Application closed , invalid access to resource .
I did use the tutorial to use the application even thou i don't have root privilege .
Eratos
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Hi,
so are you able to stream or record, and do you have troubles only with camera ?
By the way what app version do you have ?
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Sloosh said:
Hi,
so are you able to stream or record, and do you have troubles only with camera ?
By the way what app version do you have ?
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Sorry for the wait,
I am able to stream to google with some lagg, but i cant do the local desktop recording.
1.-I can open the app.
2.- I select record on local file option.
3.- I start the recording.
-its recording well if i don't start the camera app on the desktop.
If I do that it crashes or doesn't save the video or saves but doesn't play the full video.
My version is 2.1.5 .
EratosDev said:
Sorry for the wait,
I am able to stream to google with some lagg, but i cant do the local desktop recording.
1.-I can open the app.
2.- I select record on local file option.
3.- I start the recording.
-its recording well if i don't start the camera app on the desktop.
If I do that it crashes or doesn't save the video or saves but doesn't play the full video.
My version is 2.1.5 .
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Ok you seem to have a recent version but you seem to have a problem with use of camera.
If it ask you to send a bug report when it crashes, please send it. I'll do my best to fix it.
Thanks.
More information
Sloosh said:
Ok you seem to have a recent version but you seem to have a problem with use of camera.
If it ask you to send a bug report when it crashes, please send it. I'll do my best to fix it.
Thanks.
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Hi Sloosh,
In the quest of helping you fix this problem , I will send all the details of the device . My device android version is 4.1.2 and its on a samsung camera s3 . For what i saw , I needed the code to run it on root that you guys provided(start service.sh) .I think the problem lands on the class you used for the recording on the application . Once it starts the screen recording and the camera app at the same time there could be a conflict on the class or the resources.
*Updated my app
I did all the process and at the end when i open the camera app it looks like it works well. When i see the video the video is just damaged , it doesn't play the full video and stops each 3 seconds . I have to play it again and again and the camera part doesn't show .
I would like to help you more but the Screen Stream app is driving me crazy . With all the bugs and the publicity it takes me like 5 minutes to run the application . If i want to use it again the next day, I have to run startservice.sh again.
EratosDev
Hi, I'm having issues with the audio, if I have it set to internal and enable it to play on my device as well it will echo really bad on the stream (using it to stream on Twitch). Its not so bad if I don't have it play on my device, but I really like to have it play on my phone as well when playing a game.
EratosDev said:
Hi Sloosh,
In the quest of helping you fix this problem , I will send all the details of the device . My device android version is 4.1.2 and its on a samsung camera s3 . For what i saw , I needed the code to run it on root that you guys provided(start service.sh) .I think the problem lands on the class you used for the recording on the application . Once it starts the screen recording and the camera app at the same time there could be a conflict on the class or the resources.
*Updated my app
I did all the process and at the end when i open the camera app it looks like it works well. When i see the video the video is just damaged , it doesn't play the full video and stops each 3 seconds . I have to play it again and again and the camera part doesn't show .
I would like to help you more but the Screen Stream app is driving me crazy . With all the bugs and the publicity it takes me like 5 minutes to run the application . If i want to use it again the next day, I have to run startservice.sh again.
EratosDev
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Camera uses a lot of things, it might also be an opengl issue because it uses opengl for video effects.
So if I understand well now the camera works well, but you have troubles with recording a good video file, is it correct ?
If so, can you please let me know the settings you are using ?
Have you tried to enable hardware encoding option ? It should be disabled by default with your device because it is running Android 4.1, this is a quite old Android version now and causes some troubles...
grilledbacon32 said:
Hi, I'm having issues with the audio, if I have it set to internal and enable it to play on my device as well it will echo really bad on the stream (using it to stream on Twitch). Its not so bad if I don't have it play on my device, but I really like to have it play on my phone as well when playing a game.
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What do you mean by it will "echo really bad on the stream" ? Do you mean it cuts audio or produces scratches on the stream side ?
Sloosh said:
What do you mean by it will "echo really bad on the stream" ? Do you mean it cuts audio or produces scratches on the stream side ?
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On the stream side, it sounds like its playing the audio twice, one is faint but you can for sure hear it. It almost sounds like it my phones microphone picking it up, but I do not have it set to mic/internal (mixed), I only have it set to Internal and then check the "keep on phone" option. If I do not have that option selected it works fine.
Coming from an iPhone 7 Plus, I used the feature of YouTube playing in the background on a daily basis.
On Android I start playing a news clip or song then tab out to my web browser or stop watch, or any other app, and the media goes off.
How do I keep YouTube playing the background ?
The only way on YouTube app is by having YouTube Red subscription. It's a feature for red on Android. Others could point something out but from what I've checked and seen when using YouTube is by YouTube Red.
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Not sure that its possible without root and xposed. Xposed hasn't been updated to work with Nougat yet though and that could still be some time away unfortunately. Might just have to live with it as is for the time being.
Thanks for the replies. I recall on previous Android phones that are rooted I used that Xposed module. But Xposed isn't compatible with Android N and the S8+ is locked down no root anyways for me.
Dang, that's unfortunate. YouTube Red might be your best bet then. Depends on how much you want it and whether you're willing to pay a monthly subscription to get it I suppose.
Sometimes I use the multi window feature to watch YouTube videos while using another app. It is a bit of a pain though if you just want audio as the minimum window size is still 1/3 of the screen.
I've tried a few apps that claim to play YouTube videos in the background but none of them worked very well.
There a app call OG YouTube somewhere in xda that have playback.
Try swapping top corning down to make the screen smaller. You can still hear and see the video and also move the smaller screen anywhere you want.
Use Firefox browser. It let's you play YouTube in background or screen off
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Zorachus said:
Coming from an iPhone 7 Plus, I used the feature of YouTube playing in the background on a daily basis.
On Android I start playing a news clip or song then tab out to my web browser or stop watch, or any other app, and the media goes off.
How do I keep YouTube playing the background ?
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Can you explain how it works on iOS? It seems crazy to me that YouTube requires you to pay a monthly subscription fee for background play on Android, but offers it for free on iOS.
If you mean playing within a web browser, and then going to another tab of the browser, I think Firefox for Android allows you to do that. If, instead, you mean the YouTube app itself, then you need YouTube red or some other (probably unsanctioned) method.
d_phekt said:
Use Firefox browser. It let's you play YouTube in background or screen off
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I just install Firefox started to play a YouTube video and then back to the home screen but the music turned off
eyc said:
Can you explain how it works on iOS? It seems crazy to me that YouTube requires you to pay a monthly subscription fee for background play on Android, but offers it for free on iOS.
If you mean playing within a web browser, and then going to another tab of the browser, I think Firefox for Android allows you to do that. If, instead, you mean the YouTube app itself, then you need YouTube red or some other (probably unsanctioned) method.
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On my iPhone 7 Plus, I was using some program called 'ProTube' on stock iOS, not jailbreak or anything;
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/protube-for-youtube/id931201696?mt=8
I could start a video, and then move to do something else, and it would remain playing in the background until I manually closed it down. I get so used to it, and really liked it, now it's a shock not to have something like it on Android.
Basic11 said:
There a app call OG YouTube somewhere in xda that have playback.
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Yep you have to download the APK. They stopped support so the latest APK would be the last one you can use.
So you have to search XDA as the website took down the download links for OGYoutube.
The app still works without problems and should be a while until YouTube updates something to make it obsolete.
The lat update is OGYoutube 3.5.
Only thing is that you won't have the crop to fit. If in case you used it.
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Zorachus said:
I just install Firefox started to play a YouTube video and then back to the home screen but the music turned off
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I couldn't get it to work at first either. Try going to options in Firefox and check "Request desktop site". After doing that I was able to return to the home screen with the audio still playing in the background. It seems to work with the screen off as well! :good:
Go to Youtube app, play video then turn off screen with the power button (just a click). Video will pause. Click on power button again and youll see time on top. Swipe the time left or right and youll see the youtube play button . Click play and it should work. It will not work any other way if you want to text or call or be on your phone but it will if you want to hear music and conserve battery. This is on my S8+ .....PS make sure your Pandora or any other music app is off.
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Go to Youtube app, play video then turn off screen with the power button (just a click). Video will pause. Click on power button again and youll see time on top. Swipe the time left or right and youll see the youtube play button . Click play and it should work. It will not work any other way if you want to text or call or be on your phone but it will if you want to hear music and conserve battery. This is on my S8+ .....PS make sure your Pandora or any other music app is off.
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This didn't work for me. I saw the play for YouTube but it doesn't do anything.
•Uninstall YouTube.
•Download the magisk module from @Anova's Origin
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8lY7pYQ4GSzQVdJR09QcEtfalU
•Open Magisk, go to 'modules' and click the yellow + sign at the bottom. Select iYTBP 12.19.56 arm64 - Magisk.zip and choose 'open'
Reboot and enjoy ;]
dynospectrum said:
•Uninstall YouTube.
•Download the magisk module from @Anova's Origin
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8lY7pYQ4GSzQVdJR09QcEtfalU
•Open Magisk, go to 'modules' and click the yellow + sign at the bottom. Select iYTBP 12.19.56 arm64 - Magisk.zip and choose 'open'
Reboot and enjoy ;]
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You can't do this on snapdragon versions, which is what op has.
You have to choose desktop mode in the Firefox browser. I know how you feel I switched from iPhone as well
og youtube works like a charm
Hi, I was linked here through the MX Player app on my Android S9 Plus. The MX Player was working fine years ago, so I believe these past few updates must have triggered these issues below I am hoping you can help me resolve.
1. The icon should stay on my lock screen, but it keeps disappearing after some time. Restarting the player does not help at all, the icon just vanishes for some reason. The only way it would reappear is if I stop using the player for some time, as if the player needs some kind of rest or break, this never happened in the past.
2. The videos I watch now show titles so big that they don't even fit entirely on the top bar of the videos, looks very strange and inconvenient. I checked again and again, over and over, in the settings but found nothing to change the font of the video title. Again, this is also something that never had to be adjusted in the past, the title would look perfectly fine and fit perfectly in the top bar with its default settings.
Please help. I really appreciate and love using MX Player on my Android phone, in fact I have been using MX Player for years now, so I really do hate it when new updates come in just to screw things up randomly. Honestly if those are just optional improvements I really shouldn't have updated the app accidentally, I mean really everything has been working nicely up to this point it's just so upsetting. Help please, thank you