I am a heavy user of multi-window.
I recently started to use mx player as my video player of choice and I came across a problem.
The video plays fine but the issue lies with the interface. While using mx player, the interface would only show the video while the background stays transparent.
Initially I figured it was a setting in the options, however those transparency options have to do with the interface with the controls instead of the idle interface.
I tried other players to see if it was an issue with multi-window, however I was unable to replicate the issue.
Suggestions are appreciated.
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Alertdotexe said:
I am a heavy user of multi-window.
I recently started to use mx player as my video player of choice and I came across a problem.
The video plays fine but the issue lies with the interface. While using mx player, the interface would only show the video while the background stays transparent.
Initially I figured it was a setting in the options, however those transparency options have to do with the interface with the controls instead of the idle interface.
I tried other players to see if it was an issue with multi-window, however I was unable to replicate the issue.
Suggestions are appreciated.
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@Alertdotexe Would you test latest test version? https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
This issue might be fixed.
Feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks
@bleu8888
I wholeheartedly appreciate the suggestion, it works beautifully.
@bleu8888
Upon further testing I noticed initially at installation, every works perfectly, however when my system reboots or powers off, the player upon booting up has the same background transparency issue as before.
I have uninstalled and re-installed it which works again until I reboot or power off.
Alertdotexe said:
@bleu8888
Upon further testing I noticed initially at installation, every works perfectly, however when my system reboots or powers off, the player upon booting up has the same background transparency issue as before.
I have uninstalled and re-installed it which works again until I reboot or power off.
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Would you check version of MX Player after rebooting your device?
MX Player looks like being rolled back to old version (or to official version from Google Play Store) somehow.
bleu8888 said:
Would you check version of MX Player after rebooting your device?
MX Player looks like being rolled back to old version (or to official version from Google Play Store) somehow.
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I believe you are correct, I disabled auto update with mx player on the store and rebooted my device about 10 times to make sure everything is working properly and consistently. Since I disabled auto update, everything seems to be working as intended.
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Hello,
I'll be using the word 'Actions' = increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward.
Now the issue:
While watching video on latest and recent updates of MX player, when i try to increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward with one finger slide, it is not happening directly with 1 time fine touch. In version 1.7.19 it happens directly, that is good like, while video is playing, 1 time i touch the screen and slide to perform the actions. Post that version, i need to touch the screen 2 times to do the above actions. With the 1st touch, you will get that annoying seekbar and then you need to touch 2nd time and slide for those actions. This is VERY ANNOYING and I REPEAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THERE IN VERSION 1.17.19.
I tried the below troubleshooting steps on the latest version and no luck I'm still using version 1.7.19 because it's free of that problem:
1. Restarted phone
2. Checked all MX player settings
3. Installed MX player codec (ARMV7)
4. Force stopped and cleared cache and data
5. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app.
6. Tried few older versions as well.
Is this exists in your phone as well with the latest version? or is a issue with Micromax Canvas 4 A210 device ?
Atharkhan101 said:
Hello,
I'll be using the word 'Actions' = increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward.
Now the issue:
While watching video on latest and recent updates of MX player, when i try to increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward with one finger slide, it is not happening directly with 1 time fine touch. In version 1.7.19 it happens directly, that is good like, while video is playing, 1 time i touch the screen and slide to perform the actions. Post that version, i need to touch the screen 2 times to do the above actions. With the 1st touch, you will get that annoying seekbar and then you need to touch 2nd time and slide for those actions. This is VERY ANNOYING and I REPEAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THERE IN VERSION 1.17.19.
I tried the below troubleshooting steps on the latest version and no luck I'm still using version 1.7.19 because it's free of that problem:
1. Restarted phone
2. Checked all MX player settings
3. Installed MX player codec (ARMV7)
4. Force stopped and cleared cache and data
5. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app.
6. Tried few older versions as well.
Is this exists in your phone as well with the latest version? or is a issue with Micromax Canvas 4 A210 device ?
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Don't install any additional codec packs until or unless player asks you to install.
Regarding your issue, It looks like you are doing something wrong & it's broken on your device. I can adjust volume, Brightness & can seek in single touch.
When you touch the screen, it won't show the osd immediately. it will show the OSD only after taking it off. So, till that I can do whatever I want. Two touch is not required.
ktsamy said:
Don't install any additional codec packs until or unless player asks you to install.
Regarding your issue, It looks like you are doing something wrong & it's broken on your device. I can adjust volume, Brightness & can seek in single touch.
When you touch the screen, it won't show the osd immediately. it will show the OSD only after taking it off. So, till that I can do whatever I want. Two touch is not required.
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I've uninstalled the codecs still no success. I think its a device rom's issue as my friend who has Samsung galaxy grand 2 is not having this problem in latest version of Mx Player.
Have you asked in your ROM's support thread to see if they changed anything that might have caused the issue?
This worked fine prior to Lollipop, but now anytime I receive a Snapchat VIDEO from someone (photos show fine) it goes to a black screen. The video never plays and Snapchat says the video is still ready to be viewed. Any ideas? This is running stock Lollipop (latest build).
Same problem with snapchat video in CM12 on OPO
cybertlc said:
This worked fine prior to Lollipop, but now anytime I receive a Snapchat VIDEO from someone (photos show fine) it goes to a black screen. The video never plays and Snapchat says the video is still ready to be viewed. Any ideas? This is running stock Lollipop (latest build).
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I am also having this exact same issue after upgrading my OPO to Lollipop/CM12. I have tried removing and reinstalling Snapchat. I have also tried the beta vs non-beta versions. Nothing fixes the video playback issue. Any luck getting this fixed?
Have you tried changing the player in development options, try awesome player instead of nu player
Switching back to Awesome Player from Nu in developer options fixed it!
donk165 said:
Have you tried changing the player in development options, try awesome player instead of nu player
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Just brilliant. That was exactly the issue. I had turned on Nu Player in developer options to see if that would resolve a strange "robotic voice" sounding issue with my vehicles built in bluetooth. Didn't really help, but I never changed it back to awesome player. That caused a lot of issues. Unable to view videos in snapchat, play videos in instagram, etc. Switching back to Awesome player resolved all problems instantly, no restart even needed. Thanks so much.
Im using Temasek rom lollipop 5.1.1 and snapchat is working fine no problems here
I have a slight problem with my subtitles when playing a video using HW decoder.
It doesn't happen all the time but like 80% of the time.
When I play a video using HW decoder, for the first few seconds the subs are displayed smoothly. The time is random. Can be less than 5 secs or more than 10.
Then after this it will start to be "delayed"
The reason why i made it in a " " is because, it's kind of not really a delay. The subtitles will show a few seconds after the actual time it should be. Sometimes it doesn't show at all and skips some of the texts. Sometimes the disappearance of subs can last for 30 secs. The remedy I discovered for this is to tap the screen, this makes the UI show up. Whenever I do this the subs go back to normal...... and goes delay again. It just repeats the cycles.
However, this doesn't happen when I use SW decoder. I played with the settings a bit. Tried turning off HW acceleration. Tried turning on Android 4.0 Compatible mode. Some settings at Decoder. Nothing. It still happens.
I'm not sure if this happens to others as well but if you would know anything that would help, I would greatly appreciate it.
Some info of my phone:
Android 4.4.4. (kitkat)
Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa
somzx said:
I have a slight problem with my subtitles when playing a video using HW decoder.
It doesn't happen all the time but like 80% of the time.
When I play a video using HW decoder, for the first few seconds the subs are displayed smoothly. The time is random. Can be less than 5 secs or more than 10.
Then after this it will start to be "delayed"
The reason why i made it in a " " is because, it's kind of not really a delay. The subtitles will show a few seconds after the actual time it should be. Sometimes it doesn't show at all and skips some of the texts. Sometimes the disappearance of subs can last for 30 secs. The remedy I discovered for this is to tap the screen, this makes the UI show up. Whenever I do this the subs go back to normal...... and goes delay again. It just repeats the cycles.
However, this doesn't happen when I use SW decoder. I played with the settings a bit. Tried turning off HW acceleration. Tried turning on Android 4.0 Compatible mode. Some settings at Decoder. Nothing. It still happens.
I'm not sure if this happens to others as well but if you would know anything that would help, I would greatly appreciate it.
Some info of my phone:
Android 4.4.4. (kitkat)
Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa
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Try disabling hardware overlays in Android system developer tools, see if that makes a difference.
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Try disabling hardware overlays in Android system developer tools, see if that makes a difference.
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Thanks for this! Worked like a charm.
However, i might be asking too much but what does it do? What happens if the hardware overlay is enabled or disabled?
Will there be any problem if I leave it disabled?
I have exactly the same problem but disabling hardware overlays in Android System does not fix it.
My box is Tronsmart RK3368.
I really appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance
somzx said:
Thanks for this! Worked like a charm.
However, i might be asking too much but what does it do? What happens if the hardware overlay is enabled or disabled?
Will there be any problem if I leave it disabled?
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@somzx ah missed your question earlier.
Normally, the android system can render various different screen components as different "layers", and these layers can be individually hardware accelerated. Disabling hardware overlays means the previously separate hardware accelerated layers are drawn via software and/or into the main layers instead.
@sviet2k not sure what else it could be. You could always try changing the sub render timing delay to a negative delay in MX settings, see if that helps.
Just to confirm does the problem go away if you use SW decoder?
Hi CDB-Man,
Thanks for your help.
Changing the delay time does not help because the sub sync problem happens only after ~10 minutes playing. The sub sync is perfectly at the beginning then after 10 minutes, the delay happens.
Yes. I don't have problem of sub sync with SW and HW+. I need to play movies with HW (not HW+) to able to have DTS passthrough via SPDIF.
Hmm, then you may just be out of luck; when using HW, you're passing the subs through the Android media framework, and asking the system to native render the subs; MX's implementation of sub rendering is much better than system. Curious, are these srt, ass, pgs, or some other format of subs?
Also, I'm not an expert on the audio side, but there's no SPDIF passthrough even with the custom audio codec by @ktsamy ? (I assume not, given the nature of SPDIF passthru).
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Hmm, then you may just be out of luck; when using HW, you're passing the subs through the Android media framework, and asking the system to native render the subs; MX's implementation of sub rendering is much better than system. Curious, are these srt, ass, pgs, or some other format of subs?
Also, I'm not an expert on the audio side, but there's no SPDIF passthrough even with the custom audio codec by @ktsamy ? (I assume not, given the nature of SPDIF passthru).
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No, it will not enable audio pass through.
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Hi,
This sync problem happens with external srt and also the srt embedded in the mkv file.
Just for curious, why the HW decoder send DTS sound via SPDIF but the HW+ downmix DTS to 2.0 sound ?
Again thanks a lot for your help
Disabling hardware overlays in Android System does not fix it for me as well, there must be some other option to do so. Please help us with a perfect solution. Thanks in advance!
EdwardSmith36 said:
Disabling hardware overlays in Android System does not fix it for me as well, there must be some other option to do so. Please help us with a perfect solution. Thanks in advance!
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The using the beta build instead. Join the Google+ beta build release stream.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
The beta build has a new SW subtitle rendering engine.
Hi CDB-Man,
Thanks a lot to let us know there is a new version that may be fix the sub problem.
I install the beta build on two boxes: android 5.1 (mine) and 4.4 (friend)
Unfortunately, it does not fix the sub issue on my Android 5.1 box but there is no problem on box that has Android 4.4.
I hope this info can help you to identify the cause of the problem.
Thank you
Hi, I just updated my mp player to the recent version (1.8.10) and I seem to have issue of my music getting interrupted during playback whenever I press the back button on my device. I can't seem to find the "settings" option in the app to solve this. When I was on the previous version of the app, I remember entering a particular setting to solve this same issue but now, I can't seem to find that same settings to rectify the issue. Please any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
P.S. I am using amazon kindle fire hdx with ARMv7 Neon codec installed alongside MX Player.
emyx4christ01 said:
Hi, I just updated my mp player to the recent version (1.8.10) and I seem to have issue of my music getting interrupted during playback whenever I press the back button on my device. I can't seem to find the "settings" option in the app to solve this. When I was on the previous version of the app, I remember entering a particular setting to solve this same issue but now, I can't seem to find that same settings to rectify the issue. Please any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
P.S. I am using amazon kindle fire hdx with ARMv7 Neon codec installed alongside MX Player.
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It's very unfortunate that you can't find the menu.
Don't you have 3 vertical dots in top right corner?
I have the same issue. Focus is lost when locking the screen or changing to another app and music pauses for a second then resumes. I have looked at all the settings and tried various methods in hope of resolving this issue, but nothing worked.
Same here. Back to version 1.7.40.
How to back to version 1.7.40?
Hello
I am using Galaxy S8 plus (Latest update as of security patch dated Aug 1) with MX Player Pro (+ Neon Codec) . Whenever the player is working in background , it plays for like 10 or maximum 30 minutes and then it will no longer making any sound. (I am using this to listen to hours of music videos in backgroud in all my android devices)
I have checked and this is happen no matter using HW/HW+/SW codec and also it is same behavior no matter running on SD or Internal storage. (The Video are just 320p video)
I've already put the app monitoring on Galaxy S8+ stop / add to the unmonitored list and behavior is also same
If I use VLC to do the same in background , it doesn't stop so assume that is not SD card problem I am hitting ( no error in SD Card Monitor app)
Anyone have similar problem ? Thanks
lumix14 said:
Hello
I am using Galaxy S8 plus (Latest update as of security patch dated Aug 1) with MX Player Pro (+ Neon Codec) . Whenever the player is working in background , it plays for like 10 or maximum 30 minutes and then it will no longer making any sound. (I am using this to listen to hours of music videos in backgroud in all my android devices)
I have checked and this is happen no matter using HW/HW+/SW codec and also it is same behavior no matter running on SD or Internal storage. (The Video are just 320p video)
I've already put the app monitoring on Galaxy S8+ stop / add to the unmonitored list and behavior is also same
If I use VLC to do the same in background , it doesn't stop so assume that is not SD card problem I am hitting ( no error in SD Card Monitor app)
Anyone have similar problem ? Thanks
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HI,
When it stops, immediately open the MX Player again & collect the bug report from help menu and share here.
It will help us to understand the issue.
Thirumalai.K said:
HI,
When it stops, immediately open the MX Player again & collect the bug report from help menu and share here.
It will help us to understand the issue.
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Cool, let me simulate and get the logs . Thanks for prompt reply
Hello,
This is the log file :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ob0ves97z5369va/report_2017-08-31_153627.zip?dl=0
And a video that after the screen is unlocked, the player counter seems got stuck and keep looping for like 3 seconds.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yd2rb74uxih7mxo/Untitled.mp4?dl=0
Thanks a lot
Thirumalai.K said:
HI,
When it stops, immediately open the MX Player again & collect the bug report from help menu and share here.
It will help us to understand the issue.
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Hi Thirumalai,
Is the logs and the video sufficient for this ? To supplement , it also same behavior when the screen is "on" playing video in foreground (Or .mp4 / aac audio file etc)
Thanks
lumix14 said:
Hi Thirumalai,
Is the logs and the video sufficient for this ? To supplement , it also same behavior when the screen is "on" playing video in foreground (Or .mp4 / aac audio file etc)
Thanks
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hmm. That's wired. Does it happen in all decoders when the player is in the foreground?
can you collect some logs again?
Thirumalai.K said:
hmm. That's wired. Does it happen in all decoders when the player is in the foreground?
can you collect some logs again?
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Let me try and give them tomorrow. Is there any suspicious thing identify on the previous logs ? Thanks
lumix14 said:
Let me try and give them tomorrow. Is there any suspicious thing identify on the previous logs ? Thanks
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Our team is still investigating on it. We couldn't reproduce it in our test S8 devices.
We are waiting for your new logs. If there is no useful information, we may have to try the same content.
Thirumalai.K said:
Our team is still investigating on it. We couldn't reproduce it in our test S8 devices.
We are waiting for your new logs. If there is no useful information, we may have to try the same content.
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I can actually reproduce the problem now (not on a specific video but seems to be something longer than e.g. 22 minutes )
Let me send you a video link from youtube and you can do that simulation on your side by download it to the internal folder by using same video I am using (not only one video have problem but I play the same file twice and figured out both 2 times stop on around similar time frame)
I will provide the logs when I back home
Thanks
lumix14 said:
I can actually reproduce the problem now (not on a specific video but seems to be something longer than e.g. 22 minutes )
Let me send you a video link from youtube and you can do that simulation on your side by download it to the internal folder by using same video I am using (not only one video have problem but I play the same file twice and figured out both 2 times stop on around similar time frame)
I will provide the logs when I back home
Thanks
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Video (not only this one has problem, no problem if i play with screen on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOaklQOttw
Logs
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0fsdwha9vwucby/report_2017-09-07_000156.zip?dl=0
Experiencing the same behaviour on OnePlus 5 running Lineage. Happens with the screen off or the player in background, with or without custom codec using software, hardware or hardware+ decoder.
xXSnowyXx said:
Experiencing the same behaviour on OnePlus 5 running Lineage. Happens with the screen off or the player in background, with or without custom codec using software, hardware or hardware+ decoder.
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Thank you , this means I am not alone on this issue.
It doesn't seem to happen with every file...some MP3s seem fine, some fail consistently, AVC/AAC from YouTube and Twitch have the same problem, but less frequently. This podcast seems to have the problem pretty consistently...it'll play for about 10 minutes 50 seconds and then stop until you close the file and open it again or seek forward. Just got this phone and didn't have any of these problems on my S5 with all the same settings.
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It doesn't seem to happen with every file...some MP3s seem fine, some fail consistently, AVC/AAC from YouTube and Twitch have the same problem, but less frequently. This podcast seems to have the problem pretty consistently...it'll play for about 10 minutes 50 seconds and then stop until you close the file and open it again or seek forward. Just got this phone and didn't have any of these problems on my S5 with all the same settings.
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Yeah, I have the exact symptom for some files. But it happen even for some DVD converted video I did it myself.
It seems to be some audio related bug and yesterday it stopped on forescreen (screen on) as well for some other files.
lumix14 said:
Yeah, I have the exact symptom for some files. But it happen even for some DVD converted video I did it myself.
It seems to be some audio related bug and yesterday it stopped on forescreen (screen on) as well for some other files.
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HI,
we have tried the same youtube video in our S8 Plus multiple times. still, couldn't reproduce the issue. It played completely till the end. Are running the device in power saver mode? In the logs, We have noticed buffering throughout the playback which is quite abnormal for a local file. The second thing the video was continuously playing till you tapped on the notification.
Is it possible to collect the complete system logs using adb? The bug report from MX Player will be limited MX Player logs.
Complete logs may give more insight if it's something related to system services.
Thirumalai.K said:
HI,
we have tried the same youtube video in our S8 Plus multiple times. still, couldn't reproduce the issue. It played completely till the end. Are running the device in power saver mode? In the logs, We have noticed buffering throughout the playback which is quite abnormal for a local file. The second thing the video was continuously playing till you tapped on the notification.
and like you observed , once I click the notification , it resumed......
Is it possible to collect the complete system logs using adb? The bug report from MX Player will be limited MX Player logs.
Complete logs may give more insight if it's something related to system services.
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Hi Thirumalai,
I guess that is related to some buffer related setting as well. It is same for powersave , on , off , on with unmonitored app etc ( on all HW/HW+/SW codec combination)
Here is video that it is keep looping itself https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=S7-YzedXTO0
What is the adb command to dump complete system logs ? ( I need some time to work on that as I am not an ADBer......)
Thanks
Hi Thirumalai,
and like you observed , once I click in the notification, it resumed......
Thanks
lumix14 said:
Yeah, I have the exact symptom for some files. But it happen even for some DVD converted video I did it myself.
It seems to be some audio related bug and yesterday it stopped on forescreen (screen on) as well for some other files.
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I've attached the player log and system log with hopefully everything included. I glanced at the player log and also saw entries related to http and buffering when I only played a local file so I'm fairly sure we're both having the same issue.
xXSnowyXx said:
I've attached the player log and system log with hopefully everything included. I glanced at the player log and also saw entries related to http and buffering when I only played a local file so I'm fairly sure we're both having the same issue.
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Is this log collected immediately after noticing the issue?
The last playback was a mp3 file & lasted 1-2mins.
Looks like you are playing through a Bluetooth device. is it happens when playing through internal speakers?
Suspect it happens when there is a drop on the Bluetooth connection.
Thirumalai.K said:
Is this log collected immediately after noticing the issue?
The last playback was a mp3 file & lasted 1-2mins.
Looks like you are playing through a Bluetooth device. is it happens when playing through internal speakers?
Suspect it happens when there is a drop on the Bluetooth connection.
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I'd thought the same thing initially but it happens whether Bluetooth is connected or not. That particular file always plays for about 10 minutes at a time so it makes it easier to reproduce the problem but I was playing at 400% speed for brevity - it stops in the same way at normal speed. The logs are intentionally cut down in order to keep only relevant data. The same file plays fine on my S5 and other videos and audio do the same thing though less consistently.