I use ES file explorer to access folders on my NAS and PC, and previously this has worked perfectly for MX player playback.
In a recent update in the last few months, subtitle support was broken while doing this.
If i copy the file locally to the player, the subtitle menu appears and works fine - but running it over the SMB share, it behaves as if the file has no subtitles present.
This bug is present on all my devices, so its not a localised glitch - definitely happened as a result of an MX player update.
@bleu8888 did something change regarding SMB predictive requests for external subs in one of the updates?
I have an update for this.
Enabling hw+ decoding makes the subtitle button appear and it remains even if I change back to hw or sw.
The reason I hasn't noticed this before is that hw+ doesn't work on many of my videos due to them being 10 bit h264 (hi10p), so I had hw+ disabled in settings.
If my terrible accent can be ignored, heres a very brief video demonstrating the problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lihO1-Zsc&list=UUgbORRfPfCYQb8wRW1plCUg
This workaround is far from perfect, as various videos will crash MX player if i try and force them to use HW+
If copied to the internal SD card, the subtitle icon appears without needing HW+.
Curious now, what is the naming format of the video and sub files?
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Curious now, what is the naming format of the video and sub files?
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.MKV with internal subtitles. That example video above has the following stats as read from MPC-HC on my PC.
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 23.81fps [V: h264 high L4.0, yuv420p, 1280x720 [default,forced]]
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo [A: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo [default,forced]]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: ass [default,forced]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]
An oddity has shown up with some files where subtitles appear, but i cant turn them OFF without doing this trick. Only happens over SMB shares, never happens locally with the same files.
... based on your original problem question, I thought you had external subs. Now that it's internal subs... I have no idea why, except perhaps that on HW, the android internal mediacodec broke something regarding embedded .ssa subtitles (that's only a guess). Unless this also coincided with a ROM update on xKat, I'm not sure that anything on MX specifically changed. It'll have to be @bleu8888 that would look into this.
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... based on your original problem question, I thought you had external subs. Now that it's internal subs... I have no idea why, except perhaps that on HW, the android internal mediacodec broke something regarding embedded .ssa subtitles (that's only a guess). Unless this also coincided with a ROM update on xKat, I'm not sure that anything on MX specifically changed. It'll have to be @bleu8888 that would look into this.
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not related to Xkat, the video showed this on my kogan HDMI dongle device, running its stock ICS 4.0 rom. Definitely internal subs, only over SMB.
Changing to software decoding also seems to bring the subtitle option back, although at first i didn't think that was the case.
Well, I don't think I can add any more value, so I'll just let the dev work on this
Same problem here: MKV file with embedded subtitles. Running Finless Bobs ROM 2.1 on an MK808.
When I play the file from a local directory, no problem, all subtitles are shown independent of HW or HW+ mode. When I try to play the SAME file from my NAS drive (accessing it with ES file explorer), the embedded subtitles do not show up, as if they were not existing.
The HW+ workaround above does work, but is not a satisfactory solution: Switching to HW+ does make the subtitles appear and selectable, video plays but stutters. You can then switch back to HW with the subtitles on, video plays smooth but freezes after ~5 seconds. So no working solution for NAS.
Hope this helps to reproduce the issue - please fix it!
markust68 said:
Same problem here: MKV file with embedded subtitles. Running Finless Bobs ROM 2.1 on an MK808.
When I play the file from a local directory, no problem, all subtitles are shown independent of HW or HW+ mode. When I try to play the SAME file from my NAS drive (accessing it with ES file explorer), the embedded subtitles do not show up, as if they were not existing.
The HW+ workaround above does work, but is not a satisfactory solution: Switching to HW+ does make the subtitles appear and selectable, video plays but stutters. You can then switch back to HW with the subtitles on, video plays smooth but freezes after ~5 seconds. So no working solution for NAS.
Hope this helps to reproduce the issue - please fix it!
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try software mode, it also seems to bring them back. Often i change to software, enable subs, then change back to hardware and it remains working - as long as i use software audio, or the audio goes out of sync.
Mussels84 said:
try software mode, it also seems to bring them back. Often i change to software, enable subs, then change back to hardware and it remains working - as long as i use software audio, or the audio goes out of sync.
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Tried SW mode, but same behavior: Video gets stuck when switching back to HW mode with subtitles on after about 15 seconds. Then turning off subtitles in HW mode makes video continue smooth.
So switching to HW+ or SW mode makes the subtitles appear and stay even when switching back to HW mode, but video gets stuck in HW mode with subtitles on. Issue only via LAN, HW mode works fine with subtitles when the file is local. I also don´t think it´s a bandwidth issue to my NAS, as the video plays fine via LAN without subtitles.
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Tried SW mode, but same behavior: Video gets stuck when switching back to HW mode with subtitles on after about 15 seconds. Then turning off subtitles in HW mode makes video continue smooth.
So switching to HW+ or SW mode makes the subtitles appear and stay even when switching back to HW mode, but video gets stuck in HW mode with subtitles on. Issue only via LAN, HW mode works fine with subtitles when the file is local. I also don´t think it´s a bandwidth issue to my NAS, as the video plays fine via LAN without subtitles.
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I'd say our slight differences there would be because we're using different hardware. Hopefully this bug gets some attention, i feel that using network shares isn't as popular as other methods so its a low priority fix.
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I'd say our slight differences there would be because we're using different hardware. Hopefully this bug gets some attention, i feel that using network shares isn't as popular as other methods so its a low priority fix.
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That may well be. It´s a pity this issue doesn´t get a higher priority as playing videos from a NAS should become increasingly popular. It´s so convenient to have a big NAS drive to store all your music and video on and have it available for all devices in your network...
movie01.mp4 (streaming smb)
movie01.srt ( )
two file same folder, streaming play video perfect not show subtitle, Can I do ? which change option see subtitle ?
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sory my bad english
dene18 said:
movie01.mp4 (streaming smb)
movie01.srt ( )
two file same folder, streaming play video perfect not show subtitle, Can I do ? which change option see subtitle ?
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It depends on the SMB client that is used to stream. The behaviour changes from app to app. Some apps are acting as content providers. In that case, Player can access only the video files. Some apps act as a local host (like Solid Explorer). In such cases, MX might be able to detect the subtitles when either it allows the file listing or by a simple brute force check.
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It depends on the SMB client that is used to stream. The behaviour changes from app to app. Some apps are acting as content providers. In that case, Player can access only the video files. Some apps act as a local host (like Solid Explorer). In such cases, MX might be able to detect the subtitles when either it allows the file listing or by a simple brute force check.
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thanks for info
update mxplayer, poblem was solved.Thank mxplayer team
My phone samsung E7 lollipop mx player v1.10.33 installed Myanmar to teach how to gain please.
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having the same issue, when streaming on lan it doesnt load the srt file loaded on the same folder, with the same file name, it used to work for quite some time, but now it no longer works, used es file explorer to browse through the NAS.
but if the folder is saved locally, the player can read it, using the es file explorer to access it as well.
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Hi,
Does anybody manage to get subtitles when using the hdmi-output ? The Video Google Player does not detect srt at all, and when I'm using another player (mobo, rock, mvideoplayer, etc...), the movie is displayed through hdmi-out but the subtitles stick to the TF screen ! Not really handy to watch a movie ;-) I would like to keep hardware acceleration (to play 720p movie) and get subtitle displayed through the hdmi-output without hard-burning the srt if possible.
Has anyone already tried to watch movies with subtitles through hdmi output ?
Thanks !
This is just a thought but have you tried embedding the subtitles into the video container (e.g. mkv)? You can use the application mkvmerge GUI to re-mux the video as an mkv and add the subtitle file resulting in one file which has video/audio/subtitles.
Free tool: MKVToolnix -- Cross-platform tools for Matroska
These mkv tools includes the mkvmerge GUI that I mentioned. My thinking is that if the subtitle file was part of the video container the Android players may play them in a way that gets around the issue you are having. This would be the most efficient method as no transcoding of you video would be required.
The method that would definitely work would be "hard coding" the subtitles onto the video frames. This does away with the need for a subtitle file but does require that the video is transcoded.
Handbrake documentation: See "Hard Burn"
Free tool: Handbrake Downloads
Good luck
Hi,
Thanks for the answer, I knew about hardburning ; see my question : "get subtitle displayed through the hdmi-output without hard-burning the srt if possible"... Moreover, it seems that mkv is not well recognised by stock video player (google video player), and I reencoded mkv to mp4, with a subtitle track, but the players I tried did not load mp4 subtitles (though it did with mkv, but mkv is really slow compared to mp4). Anyway, thanks for your suggestion ! I will dig a little bit, to see if I can build an mkv file with video in H264, subtitles, and hardware acceleration...
Haven't tried it myself as I haven't got hdmi out working yet but can you use splash top to remote to yr PC, play the video through PC app with subtitles, and output the remote session to tv? I believe I recall someone saying they do this using splash top HD (think you have to pay for that, poster said it was worth it).
For what it's worth I have the same issue with my iPad.
Thanks for the tip, but splashtop hd does not work on linux, and dont have/want windows machine at home.
Did you solve it ? I'm having the same issue :\
It sucks because english it's not my native language and one of the reasons why i bought this tablet was for use it as a media player on the tv ..
fixed by buying a popcorn hour... Tf is not ready for replacing a network media tank. Definitely.
It works for me with BSPlayer and using software decoding mode in preferences.
With MX Player free subtitles work ok. With BS Player and Dice Player subtitles are shown in the tablet but not in the tv, they worked before but not anymore since one of the last ota updates.. i dont know if they changed something related to overlay in the rom because it used to work for me some weeks ago.
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It works for me with BSPlayer and using software decoding mode in preferences.
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Yeah that's the only way i could make it work. Does anyone know if there's any player that supports subtitles with hardware decoding ? (through hdmi output)
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Yeah that's the only way i could make it work. Does anyone know if there's any player that supports subtitles with hardware decoding ? (through hdmi output)
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There isn't. For me, it seems that the hardware decoding prevents somehow to display subtitles through hdmi output.
software limitation?
i'm hoping that this is a software limitation that can be fixed someday.. anybody knows?
Good lord. Just install a custom firmware. For example revolver works for sure on the third android. I have not tried on ics though. Mx player allows 2+ subs btw. (i have suggested this feature btw also)
Extreemator said:
Good lord. Just install a custom firmware. For example revolver works for sure on the third android. I have not tried on ics though. Mx player allows 2+ subs btw. (i have suggested this feature btw also)
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We are talking about Hardware accelerated video WITH subtitles over HDMI..
MxPlayer works in Software mode only..
As what I see
hardware acceleration does not render the soft subtitles together with the video
looks like there are "2 different layer" display video on your device screen with hardware acceleration
Playing on your device screen (SW mode)
sw layer= the UI of your video player, soft subtitles, SW rendered video - on device screen as a layer
hw layer= none
*you see everything on device screen, but video may stutter
Playing on your device screen (HW mode)
sw layer= the UI of your video player, and soft subtitles - on device screen as top layer
hw layer= the video - on device screen as 2nd layer
*you see everything on device screen, perfectly
Playing thru HDMI on HDTV or any display monitor (SW mode)
sw layer= the UI of your video player, soft subtitles and SW rendered video - on both device screen and HDTV/Monitor as a layer, you see everything but video stuttering cos lack of hardware acceleration
hw layer= none
*you see everything on both device screen and HDTV/Monitor, but video may stutter
Playing thru HDMI on HDTV or any display monitor (HW mode)
sw layer= the UI of your video player and soft subtitles - on device screen, you see only UI and soft subtitles.
hw layer=video only (hardware accelerated) - on HDTV/Monitor thru HDMI, you see only video, no soft subtitles, no video player UI
*you see only video on HDTV/Monitor, then videoplayer UI and soft subtitles on device screen.
it seems hardware acceleration disables UI to be displayed on HDTV/Monitor thru HDMI when a HW mode video playback is active.
I hope video player developers can find a way allow the soft subtitles to be display together with video on HDMI output someday
As for now, if you want to see soft subtitle on HDTV thru hdmi output, you have to re-encode the videos with subtitles (hard sub)
or
Watch It on SW mode, thats extremely lag and looks bad especially for HD videos
I got a ASUS TF300T and I'm having the same issue, not only with internal videos, but when I run netflix the subtitles just display on the Pad's screen and not on the HDTV. T_T
Some solution for this? I use bus player with software decoding and tit was the temporally solution....
But I need to know some solution to resolve with hardware decoding
hardcorekb said:
Yeah that's the only way i could make it work. Does anyone know if there's any player that supports subtitles with hardware decoding ? (through hdmi output)
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Try MX Player and send reports back.
I dont have HDMI cable for my tablet At the moment so.
Try it.
MX Player is displaying with SW mode but laggy in HD videos.HW mode dont display any subs on HDMI output.I embed the subs into the video with VirtualDub,with a plugin inside, especially for HD videos, it plays well.
Hello all,
I have discovered a way to display subtitles on HDMI even when using HW-accelerated video from either MX Player or BS Player...
BTW, this option only works for Asus TF300T official JellyBean firmware...
Go to Settings --> Developer options --> Drawing --> enable "Disable HW Overlays" checkbox
This will force GPU to do all compositing work. Videos will now play wth subtitles on HDMI even if HW-accelerated. The downside is that the video is displayed on both the tablet as well as the HDMI port unlike before where the video is only displayed on the HDMI port and the UI remains with the tablet in HW-accelerated mode.
Hope this helps...
^_^
P.S.
This does not fix the issue of MX Player not being able to use HW-acceleration properly (choppy video or falls back to SW-decoding) for files that used to play fine pre-Jellybean OTA update. Just use BS Player for the meantime until MX Player gets fixed. I miss the nice ASS subtitles that MX Player renders though...
I bought my Eee Pad this friday, and I've been trying to get some 720p playback. It seems from searches that .mkv 720p playback isn't possible, so I tried some .mp4 720p files instead. Picture's running great, but when running HW decoding I get no sound - I have tried a bunch of players, I think almost everyone in the market. I've searched the forum, but can't seem to find any solution that works.
Dice Player, YX Player, MoboPlayer, Rockplayer - neither of them does the job.
I find it frustrating, since video playback is one of the main reasons I bought this device.
Check the sound settings of the .mkv and .mp4 files. The transformer doesn't do 5.1 digital. If your files are that type, there are quick programs that can recode just the sound, and leave the video the same(quick, as in 10-20 minutes).
AustinMartin said:
Check the sound settings of the .mkv and .mp4 files. The transformer doesn't do 5.1 digital. If your files are that type, there are quick programs that can recode just the sound, and leave the video the same(quick, as in 10-20 minutes).
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Says it's 6-channel sound, so that must be the problem - which programs should I be looking into?
Also try MX Player...
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Also try MX Player...
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I did actually try MX Player too - I've tried so many players that I don't remember names on all of them.
brinker7 said:
I did actually try MX Player too - I've tried so many players that I don't remember names on all of them.
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I have faced the problem with many files, MX Player usually works if I switch to SW decode. Look for the HW icon on top right, this is a toggle if you press it will switch to SW decode and you should get audio.
manaskb said:
I have faced the problem with many files, MX Player usually works if I switch to SW decode. Look for the HW icon on top right, this is a toggle if you press it will switch to SW decode and you should get audio.
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Yes, correct - MX Player does give me sound in SW decode, but it also gives me laggy video and sound isn't synced properly.
I just did a conversion using AVIdemux 2.5, to reencode the sound to stereo - plays as supposed to now, sound and smooth image. Took somewhat 20 minutes to reencode a 2½ hour movie.
I have been having the same problems as well iam hoping that they fix it soon
If I use the HW decoder (which I need for Pass through Dolby 5.1 audio to my TV) I get double sub titles. One I can turn of using the MX Player settings but the other one is on all the time I think from the Hardware decoder.
How can I turn off the Subtitles generated by the HW decoder?
I have seen some discussion on this but no solution.
I am using a Rico Mini PC Android TV Dongle to access my Video files. Problem is with MP4 and MKV files since they support imbeded subtitles.
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If I use the HW decoder (which I need for Pass through Dolby 5.1 audio to my TV) I get double sub titles. One I can turn of using the MX Player settings but the other one is on all the time I think from the Hardware decoder.
How can I turn off the Subtitles generated by the HW decoder?
I have seen some discussion on this but no solution.
I am using a Rico Mini PC Android TV Dongle to access my Video files. Problem is with MP4 and MKV files since they support imbeded subtitles.
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How do you connect to your TV?
can you play the same video in your mobile & check whether it happens or not?
If you are getting subtitle even after disabling, either it have passed to TV or It's hard encoded to video frames.
ktsamy said:
How do you connect to your TV?
can you play the same video in your mobile & check whether it happens or not?
If you are getting subtitle even after disabling, either it have passed to TV or It's hard encoded to video frames.
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Hi
If I play a MP4 or MKV file with subtitle track on a PC or not using the HW decoder or other Android players which don't pass through the Dolby 5.1 , I can turn off the subtitles so it is not encoded on the frame.
It seems in HW mode MX Player is still decoding subtitles in HW and SW instead of just one. Unfortunaly MX Player HW mode seems to be the only Android player I can find that passes through the Dolby Signal but it has this double subtitle problem
The Dongle I am using is an Android Phone with the phone features and screen removed. It use my TV as the screen. It is also known as Google (Smart) TV.
I don't have an Android phone to test this on so if some one could play a MP4 or mkv file with a sub title track on MX Player in HW mode with Subtitles turned on I would appreatiate it
Thanks
(If I recode and strip the Subtitles out of my videos it solves this problem but I would like to keep them)
Try disabling/enabling this:
Settings > Subtitle > H/W acceleration
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Try disabling/enabling this:
Settings > Subtitle > H/W acceleration
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Thanks but that did not work.
Log of My Problem
Here is the Report Log.
The problem is more then just having two Sub titles. I believe it has more to do that I can not turn off subtitles.
The "Enable Subtitles" and "Enable Embedded Subtitles" boxes even when unchecked I still see the embedded sub titles.
In SW mode I see only one sub title.
In HW mode I see two sub titles
Only way to eliminate subtitles is to recode the video with a blank subtitle track or use a format (ie -not MP4 or MKV) without embedded sub titles.
BTW: I found the following link with the same problem solved by an MX developer in 2012 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27079630#post27079630)
Is this enough information and the right place so the MX developers can look into it?
Thanks in advance
Victor
HW Subtitles
I have the same problem with my tablet:
CPU: Quad Core Amlogic M802 Cortex A9r4 28nm 2.0GHz
GPU: Mali 450 Octa Core GPU
This problem happens with both embedded and external text (srt) subtitles. Only srt subs are displayed in default codepage and not displayed correctly.
Does this problem have to do with some firmwares which use custom API to control subtitle display as reported here?: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mx-videoplayer/VhEJNahBRDE/gV3ruvDDn9wJ
My stock VideoPlayer (which uses HW decoding only) can disable the HW rendered subtitles.
Attached is my stock VideoPlayer.
Is there a way to fix this by checking how this is done by the stock player?
Thanks in advance
@bleu8888 could you take a look?
HW Subs Workaround
I found a way not only to display correctly the HW subtitles but also to "block" them from being displayed, at least for my device.
External subtitle text files must be converted to UTF-8 for HW subtitles to be displayed correctly.
A workaround to block them, is to start playback holding the device in up-right position (portrait) and after playback starts, it can be turned in landscape position for watching.
This way, HW subtitles are not being displayed.
Anyway, I posted this in case it helps others having the same problem.
BTW @bleu8888, does this have any logical explanation or it just happened to work with my specific device?
I am facing a frustrating problem as whatever option I choose I face one problem!
I am using MX Player to watch my movies on my Nvidia shiled from a local server
(Emby) on my PC. The file is a DTS-HD.MA.5.1.X264.MKV
If I choose HW+ the image is perfect, I can seek and go backward
and forward on the video with no problem, but the DTS sound dose not passthrough
to my home theater.
If I choose HW then audio passthrough works perfect but seeking dose not work! I can
no longer go back and forth on the video file
Can anyone tell me if this is a normal (Known) restriction or if there is anyway to fix at
least one of the options to work (HW or HW+). It would also be kind if you tell me which
decoder would give the best result on a Nvidia shield as I with no knowledge tend to
believe that HW+ is the best option!
Seems there is no support on the forum from developers maybe should try on playstore?!
In the faq they mention:
Video position is not changing and resets to the start whenever I return to video.
Some videos can not be "sought" properly. This may happen due to one of the following reasons;
Corrupted File - File can be damaged during copy process to the device even if original file is not corrupted.
File Configuration - Some video files do not have position information, which is need for changing position. Seeking these files may take longer or not even possible.
Decoder Bug - Both HW and SW codec have more bugs than their desktop siblings. Many people are working on improving Android codecs.
My problem is certainly Decoder Bug and not the other two!
So in my case mx player become worthless as I don't get audio passthrough on SW and HD+ and if I use HD which dose the audio passthrough
correctly then I better not decide to seek and go back or forth in a movie else I need to restart from beginning!
Let's hope I am doing something wrong and there is a workaround to get both audio passthrough + seeking to work at the same time!
rezpower said:
Seems there is no support on the forum from developers maybe should try on playstore?!
In the faq they mention:
Video position is not changing and resets to the start whenever I return to video.
Some videos can not be "sought" properly. This may happen due to one of the following reasons;
Corrupted File - File can be damaged during copy process to the device even if original file is not corrupted.
File Configuration - Some video files do not have position information, which is need for changing position. Seeking these files may take longer or not even possible.
Decoder Bug - Both HW and SW codec have more bugs than their desktop siblings. Many people are working on improving Android codecs.
My problem is certainly Decoder Bug and not the other two!
So in my case mx player become worthless as I don't get audio passthrough on SW and HD+ and if I use HD which dose the audio passthrough
correctly then I better not decide to seek and go back or forth in a movie else I need to restart from beginning!
Let's hope I am doing something wrong and there is a workaround to get both audio passthrough + seeking to work at the same time!
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We regret the inconveniences caused by the delay in our response. Some of the items in our FAQs may not be up to date.
HW decoder heavily relies on the android mediaplayer framework implementation on your device. MX Player doesn't have much control over it. If you can seek with HW+ and SW, then it must be a bug on mediaplayer framework implementation on your device. If you are on a TV device, HW decoder may automatically use the passthrough mode based on the configuration done by the manufacturer. Whereas in HW+ and SW decoders, MX Player depends on the Android APIs to detect the capabilities of the connected audio device. So, audio passthrough mode will be used only when it is reported by the system.
Thank you very much for you reply. however I am still hoping that there could be a way the get around this problem. I do not have
enough knowledge on this subject but the question I have is that the default player for Kodi can play all my video files and the
passthrough is working on everyone of these files and there is no seeking problem either! The same thing with VLC. So MXPlayer
should certainly be able to do as much on the same system. It would really bee nice if you could check this and see if there is a
workaround. MX is a great player and for me a must have player on andoid TV and it's certainly worth making it more compatible.
I just replace MXPlayer with VLC and everything works perfectly fine. I can seek through movies and audio passthrough is working
as well with no problems. So please stop blaming Android OS everytime a user report a problem and fix your software!
Almost a year later I still have this issue with a shield 2017, and 2019.. VLC works fine.
MX player pro wont seek, or wont passthrough. wasted $6
Same issue
Reported this issue 3 years ago and I can't believe you have fixed it...I have to use VLC on my main TV to watch a movie on surround sound! MX has it beat on smoothness but that's pointless without surround sound.
Come, on give us Pro purchasers a simple pass through function like everyone one elses media player!
Today my new TV arrived, I bought the xh90 to get myself ready for the upcoming gaming consoles, although the quality of the TV looks great, when I tried playing some files off my hard drive through the nvidia shield TV pro, 1 particular season always chops/screen freezes after a while, (this has only happend with this one series, all of the seasons are choppy) Everything else seems to play fine for now, also when I play the file through VLC everything seems to run smoothly, while with MX media player it does not.
The real kicker is on my previous TV the file is not choppy at all, neither with MX media player or VLC, the only difference seems to be my new TV is slightly bigger, 55 inch compared to my 41 inch previously. Does it perhaps have to do with the way MX media player encodes the file depending on what screen size you have?
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Today my new TV arrived, I bought the xh90 to get myself ready for the upcoming gaming consoles, although the quality of the TV looks great, when I tried playing some files off my hard drive through the nvidia shield TV pro, 1 particular season always chops/screen freezes after a while, (this has only happend with this one series, all of the seasons are choppy) Everything else seems to play fine for now, also when I play the file through VLC everything seems to run smoothly, while with MX media player it does not.
The real kicker is on my previous TV the file is not choppy at all, neither with MX media player or VLC, the only difference seems to be my new TV is slightly bigger, 55 inch compared to my 41 inch previously. Does it perhaps have to do with the way MX media player encodes the file depending on what screen size you have?
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We would like to let you know that MX Player's HW/HW+ decoders make use of the hardware acceleration provided by your device. So, the performance will heavily rely on the multimedia capabilities of your device.
Regarding your issues, could you please specify the decoder used? MX Player's HW decoder directly use the android mediaplayer framework. In case if you noticed glitches with HW decoder, it might be caused by a firmware bug. Please click/tap on the HW button on the playback screen and try HW+ decoder. It may fix the issue.
MXPlayer said:
We would like to let you know that MX Player's HW/HW+ decoders make use of the hardware acceleration provided by your device. So, the performance will heavily rely on the multimedia capabilities of your device.
Regarding your issues, could you please specify the decoder used? MX Player's HW decoder directly use the android mediaplayer framework. In case if you noticed glitches with HW decoder, it might be caused by a firmware bug. Please click/tap on the HW button on the playback screen and try HW+ decoder. It may fix the issue.
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Switching to HW+ fixed the problem for me, around 90% of my files are able to play through HW+ now, the rest I have to switch back and forth between mostly SW and sometimes HW.
I'm glad there is an option as well to "always play files through HW+ decoder", otherwise I would have to re-select the encoder every time I would want to play a file from HW to HW+.
You're the only person who replied and I'm grateful since that was enough to help me resolve the issue.