What's up,
So I've had my Tablet Z for just about a month and the only real complaint I have is the YouTube app video quality is pretty bad! What little setting adjustments there are don't do anything to help. It looks like my player is playing lo-res 480p video on an HD screen even when HD is highlighted as the play option.
Netflix, Sony Video player and inline/embedded videos all look great so I know it's specific to the YouTube player.
Hoping that the update that's due out this week will alleviate the problem, part of the update addresses the YouTube app. I didn't know that manufacturer's had their own versions of the Google core apps, learn something new everyday.
Anybody else?
Thanks.
They don't have their own version of the apps. They can't. Youtube, like many other apps, is closed source. The fix includes something in the file system related to YT, but not the app itself. I guess the update is related to videos most of the times stop working in the middle of it for no reason. Embed with a browser, and other apps, work just fine.
Felimenta97 said:
They don't have their own version of the apps. They can't. Youtube, like many other apps, is closed source. The fix includes something in the file system related to YT, but not the app itself. I guess the update is related to videos most of the times stop working in the middle of it for no reason. Embed with a browser, and other apps, work just fine.
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Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
Madcypher said:
Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
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Check out the app called viral it solves the problem plus you can use it in floating mode or minimize it to play while screen is off when I started using viral it could go to 1080p which looks gorgeous on this device but for some reason I can only choose up to 720p but it's not tacky like it is on the official app
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Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
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I think it runs at least 720p on supported videos... I think there is a hack to force use 1080p, not sure...
So I uninstalled the most recent update and the video quality dramatically improves! I'll stay with 4.5.17 until they have another major updates.I'll miss some of the cooler navigation features of the new version, but is rather have the picture quality back.
I'm surprised I'm there's only one this affected.
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So I uninstalled the most recent update and the video quality dramatically improves! I'll stay with 4.5.17 until they have another major updates.I'll miss some of the cooler navigation features of the new version, but is rather have the picture quality back.
I'm surprised I'm there's only one this affected.
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You're not the only one.... Same issues here, as well as on my dad's XTZ and my Nexus 5.... Seems like the new version of the app doesn't upscale from 720p to 1080p very nicely at all.....
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As we know that appeared galaxy s3 files on the internet and i have tried to install galaxy s3 pop up play video on my note but it wasnt working. Today at the google play store i found analogic video player and it is working like a charm on my note. It is called "super video, floating&popup" it is free and without ads.
Application link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImdwYy5teXdlYi5oaW5ldC5uZXQuUG9wdXBWaWRlbyJd
Features
☆ Popup Video Player.
☆ Multi-Window Video Player.
☆ Full Subtitle Support for Video Playback.
☆ Friendly and Simply User Inferface with Grid, List and 3D Gallery.
☆ 100% NO AD, Made in Taiwan.
☆ Favorite URL (YouTube). (Paid Edition only)
The "Super Video, Floating!" supports from Android 1.5 ~ 4.0.4 with any screen size and resolution. It will integrate the build-in media Gallery for media source, you can input the video streaming URL or launch the "Super Video, Floating!" from others File Explorer.
here is video example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXtIwPqaHAk&feature=relmfu
Also you are able to watch youtube video on free version. Open youtube desktop version on your browser, choose any video you want and then select to open with super video.
I have tested on my galaxy note LPY 4.0.3 http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ 1080p sample and it was working without problems, smooth, bug-free.
WITH FREE VERSION YOU ARE ABLE ALSO WATCH YOUTUBE!
Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
Dear EdgaBimbam,
Thanks for the information... I was using " StickIt Player " for the same purpose but this super video play app is much more better and even it can play 1080p mkv files in popup window with full frame rate... Also subtitles are welcome...Thats just WOOOWWWW...
Kind regards...
Sent from iAmiga...
HasC said:
Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
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Dear Hasc,
I understand that it will remain free but if we buy pro key then we have more feautures like multi window play etc....
Kind regards...
Sent from iAmiga...
HasC said:
Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
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Hmmm if you want also to watch youtube you need profeasional version but for me it is enough without youtube. I was amazed that it can show full hd video without laggs even if i surf the net and etc. Tried also stickup but didnt like it, laggy, not free
Agreed, the app is just fine as it is. It works super smooth on Note as well as my Asus transformer tablet. Might buy the app if price is reasonable to support the developer, very professional quality app.
Thanks man, downloading now to give it a try.
its not playing simple .avi file
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its not playing simple .avi file
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Emmm for me it shows .avi, even .mkv maybe you dont have codecs or smt like that
how can i install codecs
i love you man, really thank you for this this has been one of the reasons why i wanted to buy SGS 3 as im real movie maniac, you saved me money dude + this is much better on SGN screen <3
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i love you man, really thank you for this this has been one of the reasons why i wanted to buy SGS 3 as im real movie maniac, you saved me money dude + this is much better on SGN screen <3
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Yeh lol, biggest thnx goes for amazing developer i was going also to buy s3 but now of all those software features will be ported to note, so then i prefer waiting for note 2
tried big bunny sample 1080p http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ and no laggs, smooth, amazing app
nice app. thanks for the heads up
question: just tried this with big bunny 1080p and am unable to change audio channel. the default on that file seems to be no audio. had the same issue when playing it with mxplayer, had to select audio channel manually but i cant find out to do that in this app?
flumps said:
nice app. thanks for the heads up
question: just tried this with big bunny 1080p and am unable to change audio channel. the default on that file seems to be no audio. had the same issue when playing it with mxplayer, had to select audio channel manually but i cant find out to do that in this app?
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Hmmm strange, here no problems with super video or mx
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Hmmm strange, here no problems with super video or mx
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to be honest i think its the file im using im using big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264 and in both mx and super video it plays in silence, the only difference is i can change audio channel in mxplayer but i cant seem to super player?
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Yeh lol, biggest thnx goes for amazing developer i was going also to buy s3 but now of all those software features will be ported to note, so then i prefer waiting for note 2
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same thought here, very nice feature, but even got problems with *.avi and other codecs.
Thank you for sharing
So cool!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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same thought here, very nice feature, but even got problems with *.avi and other codecs.
Thank you for sharing
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hmmm, seems that we need to wait for more available formats, as i can see this app not so long time ago apeared, so we need to wait
but i have tried .avi and for me it works. Maybe try to install mx video player and it will install codecs in your phone or you have custom rom, because im using lpy stock
ive had a good play with the free version and there are a couple of minor issues.
cant select multiple audio tracks 720p/1080p mkv
with subtitle checked still doesnt show subs 1080p mkv
crashes too
but apart from that this app is fecking awesome. i think it has single handedly restored my faith in android. i was browsing imdb while watching hd tv shows with no lag what so ever
So I've attached two images below. They are of two different YouTube videos being played on the Dolphin browser. As you can see, one plays normally, but the other is a grey box. It usually takes a while to actually start playing and when it does, it becomes a different aspect ratio (4:3 instead of the 16: 9 or 16:10 that it should be). Does anyone know why this happens and have a way to fix it? l know a simple solution would be to use the YouTube application or the YouTube mobile site, but I prefer the quality options of the desktop site.
Why don't you use the youtube app?
smaw51 said:
Why don't you use the youtube app?
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clee290 said:
So I've attached two images below. They are of two different YouTube videos being played on the Dolphin browser. As you can see, one plays normally, but the other is a grey box. It usually takes a while to actually start playing and when it does, it becomes a different aspect ratio (4:3 instead of the 16: 9 or 16:10 that it should be). Does anyone know why this happens and have a way to fix it? I know a simple solution would be to use the YouTube application or the YouTube mobile site, but I prefer the quality options of the desktop site.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
My bad, I don't know how I didn't see that before.
There are tweaks in pimp my rom here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
That I have used to help my streaming of videos and stuff, it might work for you as well.
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My bad, I don't know how I didn't see that before.
There are tweaks in pimp my rom here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
That I have used to help my streaming of videos and stuff, it might work for you as well.
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It's no problem
And thanks, but I've been using Dolphin Browser beta and it doesn't seem to have this issue. I'll probably stick with this for awhile
Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
thomasvant said:
Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
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The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
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Thanks for your answer! Not really happy with Google for not having updated the app yet. However, Google had to perfectionize the phone so I don't blame them.
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The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
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OGYoutube by OSAMA *(I forgot his other name) is also another way.
It is an older version of YouTube nodded but has advanced settings such as custom resolutions and downloading.
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Use viral app it lets you and it's better
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Please correct me if I'm wrong but the native Youtube app doesn't allow 1080p playback on phones, does it?
In settings there is an option for HD on phones.
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In settings there is an option for HD on phones.
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it limits quality to 720p..
personally i find this enough often android seems to have issues buffering videos even on strong wifi connections.
Don't forget that it will only allow HQ on mobile data connections (unless I'm mistaken) it reserves HD for WiFi connections.
The Viral app lets u play in 1080 p
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Or you could install flash player and just directly go to the youtube website. I do this quite often.
I guess this is why when I share a video from youtube to XBMC via Yatse that it plays in 720p. Google really needs to fix this. I dont really care about 1080p on the device itself, even though it would be cool, but I use my phone to send youtube content to XBMC all the time and it sucks that its sending 720p instead of 1080p.
I'm trying the free version of viral from the play store, but it's only doing 720p.
Got the Viral Pro app, which had te 1080p button indeed. However, once pressed, the video keeps loading and loading. The app does show what the length of the video is, but it doesn't seem to load.
Just to be clear, the video I watched could be streamed in 1080p on my computer.
Hope someone can help me out with this one!
Edit: Found out that also 480p doesn't work.
How do you see the resolution? I only see an HD.
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thomasvant said:
Got the Viral Pro app, which had te 1080p button indeed. However, once pressed, the video keeps loading and loading. The app does show what the length of the video is, but it doesn't seem to load.
Just to be clear, the video I watched could be streamed in 1080p on my computer.
Hope someone can help me out with this one!
Edit: Found out that also 480p doesn't work.
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Same thing, if I choose 1080p it never loads the video. Another one I play for my kid won't play at 480p, but will at 360, not sure why. Need to test on my One when I can.
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Megiddo2000 said:
Or you could install flash player and just directly go to the youtube website. I do this quite often.
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No, Flash player do not work with Android 4.4.
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No, Flash player do not work with Android 4.4.
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Are you sure about that?
Install the Flashplayer.apk and use a flash enabled browser.
Seems to work fine for me.
Megiddo2000 said:
Are you sure about that?
Install the Flashplayer.apk and use a flash enabled browser.
Seems to work fine for me.
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Are you on KitKat and what browser and Flash version are you using? I'm using the version 11.1.115.81 for Android 4.0, it doesn't work on KitKat.
thomasvant said:
Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
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I'm going to chime in here because ever since the new 5.xx YouTube app came out, 1080p playback has been disabled. I've been using a rooted and CM10.1 installed ROM on my Nook HD+ for a few months now and when the update from 4.5 to 5.x came out, the videos on the 1080p display were very pixelated and worse than the 720p video I would see using IMDB.com app in watching trailers.
I ended-up finding a 4.5.x YouTube app, uninstalling the 5.xx from the Nook, install the 4.5.x and disabling all updates on the YouTube app. Well, that has worked nicely and on my Nexus 4 the new 5.xx looked fine on the 720p so I left it alone. Now I have the Nexus 5 and we are back again with the pixelation. I tried uninstalling the 5.xx YouTube app... not possible. I tried to install the old 4.5.x and that didn't work, so I'm pretty much stuck unless I can find another YouTube app that will properly stream 1080p youtube video.
What's also troubling is that the videos on my Nexus 5 appear to be choppy even with 720p playback. Mind you, I'm watching dash-cam videos that are not very popular, and I have to admit that at times non-popular videos seem to load SO MUCH LONGER than all the popular ones. Seems like Google gives priority to the popular videos and makes you wait for all others.
Anyways, I'm very disappointed and hope someone can find an alternative or get Google to address this issue.
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http://youtu.be/WU95IjhVDV0
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Added some screenshot samples, for the following YouTube videos, which I would recommend clicking on to see them at 100% resolution:
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By the way... the above screen shots look the same on my 1280x768 screen, so as mentioned above I recommend downloading the originals.
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I've downloaded VIRAL for my Nexus 5 and played back the video in 720p. The 720p made the YouTube HD playlook look that much worse. As if the YouTube is not even 720p.
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Does anyone notice this;
(I've also tested this with my friends OnePlus One, manufacturers dates are about 1 month apart)
With instagram videos, vine videos, gallery videos, etc.. When I play them and then pause, I notice when I play it again it lags and the audio countinues to play but the video just stops unless I keep playing/pausing back and forth till the video resumes again. Don't know what this is buts its really annoying. Googled the answer for this and it seems no one has this issue.. I've tried several roms including CM11s gives me the same issue. Any solution or fix?
I think it has to do more with the app loading the video than the phone itself. I don't have issues playing videos in my gallery, but on Instagram and Vine, even Snapchat sometime lag.
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I think it has to do more with the app loading the video than the phone itself. I don't have issues playing videos in my gallery, but on Instagram and Vine, even Snapchat sometime lag.
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With my Galaxy Note 2, side by side there is no lag, no stutter - when I pause the video expecting to play it back its smooth..
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With my Galaxy Note 2, side by side there is no lag, no stutter - when I pause the video expecting to play it back its smooth..
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It lags on my Nexus 7. what other phone you got to test?
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It lags on my Nexus 7. what other phone you got to test?
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My brothers Nexus 5 and S4... Works perfectly..
Why would it only be doing this on the OnePlus One...?
Lowkey1 said:
My brothers Nexus 5 and S4... Works perfectly..
Why would it only be doing this on the OnePlus One...?
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does it constantly lag?
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does it constantly lag?
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Yes. When I play any types of videos and pause them I get a lag (video frozen but audio countinues to play) when I press play again. Sometimes it will lag for 2-3s then continue to play.
Wipe the cache on the gallery, vine, and instagram.
You PM'd me about this earlier. I don't use Instagram, Vine, or Gallery Videos (I use Gallery but I don't notice any lag in videos, I rarely ever use it though).
Some suggestions,
- Have you tried? http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/mod-smooth-scrolling-mod-mahdi-rom-t2840934
- Have you tried any custom kernels? If so, which ones?
- Are these fresh installations of Vine/Instagram/etc? Or are they backups from prior phones. If they're not fresh installations, try @Nexii's tip. If it continues to proceed, reinstall the app.
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Does anyone notice this;
(I've also tested this with my friends OnePlus One, manufacturers dates are about 1 month apart)
With instagram videos, vine videos, gallery videos, etc.. When I play them and then pause, I notice when I play it again it lags and the audio countinues to play but the video just stops unless I keep playing/pausing back and forth till the video resumes again. Don't know what this is buts its really annoying. Googled the answer for this and it seems no one has this issue.. I've tried several roms including CM11s gives me the same issue. Any solution or fix?
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Same thing happens to me. Happens mainly on Instagram.
Like I might replay a video and the beginning of the video freezes but the audio continues to play. It has done this one every ROM I've used on the OnePlus One. May be hardware related.
i just played a few videos and have no lag running cm11s.
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You PM'd me about this earlier. I don't use Instagram, Vine, or Gallery Videos (I use Gallery but I don't notice any lag in videos, I rarely ever use it though).
Some suggestions,
- Have you tried? http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/mod-smooth-scrolling-mod-mahdi-rom-t2840934
- Have you tried any custom kernels? If so, which ones?
- Are these fresh installations of Vine/Instagram/etc? Or are they backups from prior phones. If they're not fresh installations, try @Nexii's tip. If it continues to proceed, reinstall the app.
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I will try one of those methods today.
OmegaBlaze said:
Same thing happens to me. Happens mainly on Instagram.
Like I might replay a video and the beginning of the video freezes but the audio continues to play. It has done this one every ROM I've used on the OnePlus One. May be hardware related.
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I'm starting to believe that too as my other friend is not affected by this.
It's not hardware. Hardware wouldn't make your videos lag. It's software and is caused by your set up. Take a video of the lag if you must demonstrate it.
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It's not hardware. Hardware wouldn't make your videos lag. It's software and is caused by your set up. Take a video of the lag if you must demonstrate it.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8stee3slyt5ybz/SCR_20140920_000133.mp4?dl=0
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That's it!
Video doesn't load and when I download it, no video is being output thru VLC.
Also are you using Xposed? ART?
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Video doesn't load and when I download it, no video is being output thru VLC.
Also are you using Xposed? ART?
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I'm having the same problem through Windows.But downloading the video to my note 2 is no problem. No Xposed or Art enabled. I tried ART aswell same issue..
Restored it to latest CM11s thus removing custom recovery, root etc and still same problem
No lag on my i9505.
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Update;
I flashed the XNPH25R and went on with the phone, the phone did not have any of that absurd lag..
After flashing the next update in sequence, XNPH30O, the lag exists. Maybe related to the firmware updating from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4
Ever since I updated to Android 10 I've been having issues with video Playback on streaming services such as Netflix, Google Play Movies and YouTube TV! The phone plays just fine then few hours later it starts frame skipping /stutter and the image freezes! This also applies to offline playback!
The latest update (55.1.A.3.49) didn't fix the issue! Anybody is experiencing this on their device?
Tested on Customized US, Customized UK and Customized HK firmware
I get this when using prime video.
On uk vodafone network software
Only way to fix it is to reboot the phone
beckett1 said:
I get this when using prime video.
On uk vodafone network software
Only way to fix it is to reboot the phone
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Yeah it works fine after reboot for few hours then it craps out again! It's a big glitch in Android 10 update that needs to be fixed! And this phone was advertised for best in class media playback!
At least I know it's not just my phone!
I get problems when my wifi isn't good and it switches between mobile data or wifi. I usually get the program to download first now to prevent this from happening but pretty sure its a poor wifi signal.
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Yeah it works fine after reboot for few hours then it craps out again! It's a big glitch in Android 10 update that needs to be fixed! And this phone was advertised for best in class media playback!
At least I know it's not just my phone!
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I disabled the smart clean function and then mine stopped with the stuttering.
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I disabled the smart clean function and then mine stopped with the stuttering.
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I just tried that, unfortunately it did not fix the stuttering issue on Netflix and YouTube TV
I found out that it only seems to affect DRM content, which is bizarre. Hopefully this is sorted at somepoint because it's one of the major selling points of the phone (including the X1)
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I found out that it only seems to affect DRM content, which is bizarre. Hopefully this is sorted at somepoint because it's one of the major selling points of the phone (including the X1)
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I think you are right! Cause it doesn't affect the video captured by the camera or video playback inside the album app. Only DRM streaming services including live TV
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I think you are right! Cause it doesn't affect the video captured by the camera or video playback inside the album app. Only DRM streaming services including live TV
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Yep! I initially thought it had something to do with the Dolby Atmos EQ but quickly found out it only happened with DRM video content. I'm hoping Sony fixes this because it's my second Sony phone :laugh:
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Yep! I initially thought it had something to do with the Dolby Atmos EQ but quickly found out it only happened with DRM video content. I'm hoping Sony fixes this because it's my second Sony phone :laugh:
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After .112 update it's now only affecting HDR content on Netflix! It's like they half fixed the issue! 3 months after Android 10 has been released and can't watch anything on my phone on Netflix!
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After .112 update it's now only affecting HDR content on Netflix! It's like they half fixed the issue! 3 months after Android 10 has been released and can't watch anything on my phone on Netflix!
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Some progress is better than none I suppose.
Prime Video seems to be fixed, I think I saw like one dropped frame but the video and audio doesn't constantly stutter which is amazing.
Play Movies/YT Movies is worthless, don't even bother lol.
Side note: video recording has had improvements too, as the camera version has been bumped up and there's some under-the-hood changes.