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Each time I power my Android TV stick (Jelly Bean) on, having set MX Player to be the default player, I am asked by every app to select a player as default, it will then remember my choice, until I turn the Android off, them when I turn it on, the default setting is not remembered and I have to set it again. This happens only with MX Player.
I have tried clearing defaults, clearing data and uninstalling and re-installing.
It started after either of the last two updates.
Can you help?
Many thanks,
Sylar
sylar66 said:
Each time I power my Android TV stick (Jelly Bean) on, having set MX Player to be the default player, I am asked by every app to select a player as default, it will then remember my choice, until I turn the Android off, them when I turn it on, the default setting is not remembered and I have to set it again. This happens only with MX Player.
I have tried clearing defaults, clearing data and uninstalling and re-installing.
It started after either of the last two updates.
Can you help?
Many thanks,
Sylar
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If I am not wrong, MX player is nothing to do with default app selection.
Android controls the default app to be used. If you select always when the app list appears it will be remembered till you manually clear the default or till a new application istalled which can be associated with the same extension.
If it's not remembered even after selecting always, or being reset after restart then there may be chances of bugs in your android rom.
MX Player default app selection
ktsamy said:
If I am not wrong, MX player is nothing to do with default app selection.
Android controls the default app to be used. If you select always when the app list appears it will be remembered till you manually clear the default or till a new application istalled which can be associated with the same extension.
If it's not remembered even after selecting always, or being reset after restart then there may be chances of bugs in your android rom.
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That's the problem, it doesn't remember, and it only happens with M Player, and since the most recent updates, the android has never had a problem until then, nor has it with any other app, the button to clear the defaults listed under the MX Player is apps will be active once the 'select always' has been chosen, once it is switched back on it will not remember. Again i saw this is only with MX Player, not the android software, as it does NOT happen with any other, so its unlikely to be the ROM.
Can you advise any steps that may fix this problem?
Will resetting the Android do it?
Will a re-install fix?
Thanks,
Sylar
sylar66 said:
That's the problem, it doesn't remember, and it only happens with M Player, and since the most recent updates, the android has never had a problem until then, nor has it with any other app, the button to clear the defaults listed under the MX Player is apps will be active once the 'select always' has been chosen, once it is switched back on it will not remember. Again i saw this is only with MX Player, not the android software, as it does NOT happen with any other, so its unlikely to be the ROM.
Can you advise any steps that may fix this problem?
Will resetting the Android do it?
Will a re-install fix?
Thanks,
Sylar
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Clear data & uninstall
Reinstall from play store.
If you still encounter the problem,
Try to download the old version which is worked well earlier and check whether it's working currently or not?
If the old version is still working then report here with the working version number. It will be helpful to identify the problem.
Just to add my experience here:
My Android 4.2.1 has been doing this also - and only since I updated to the Pro version from 1.7.35 release.
I've been trying to track down the reason - and recently read that the Pro release can have an issue where ALL settings are lost due to a flaw in Android
but in my case all other settings are remembered.
I reinstalled, I reset my Android TV, I only loaded two apps - MS Player and ES file explorer - I reset it again and formatted the SD memory card,
but it is still happening.
I select the default player for all the filetypes to be MX Player and it remembers it - but at some stage it will ask to select the media player app again
and my TV only has the web browser and MX Player shown - as I select the media from a HTTP server on my local machine.
The free ad-supported version didn't show this problem.
I'm just adding this in case someone recognises the symptom - and my Android system is terribly locked down Kogan 47" Agora Smart TV - in Australia.
I will roll back to the ad-supported version and report back in a few weeks (If I forget and someone is interested then please reply to remind me)
foxidriver said:
I will roll back to the ad-supported version and report back in a few weeks
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Just updating the thread: It's a week later and the issue hasn't re-occurred with the ad-supported version of MX Player V1.7.37
If others can report their Android version then it may show if it is a flaw in specific versions.
foxidriver said:
Just updating the thread: It's a week later and the issue hasn't re-occurred with the ad-supported version of MX Player V1.7.37
If others can report their Android version then it may show if it is a flaw in specific versions.
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If anyone is still reading this thread, a workaround to this very annoying problem, is with root, freeze all other video players, then Android has no choice but to use the one you left unfrozen, as the default, without asking
Thanks for your reply, Detection. It may help others,
I will add here that my Android machine is locked down and doesn't give Root permissions, but I also want to say
that my TV has problems with every other paid app I have tried (random rebooting, slow, flaky).
I have reformatted and tested a number of times, and loading a paid app causes it to do these things. My Android version is speshul.
Free ad-supported apps work quite well - something to do with authentication is borked.
I'm having an issue similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/bug-mx-player-responding-t2856695 - but instead of pausing video, if I press the Back button or the device home button, MX Player hangs on a white screen. I have to attempt a hard-restart to get back to the home screen, then manually dismiss the device.
Running a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 with AllianceROM.
I saved a report with MX Log Collector but I can't find it - where on the device does it save the report? I'll upload and link it.
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I'm having an issue similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/bug-mx-player-responding-t2856695 - but instead of pausing video, if I press the Back button or the device home button, MX Player hangs on a white screen. I have to attempt a hard-restart to get back to the home screen, then manually dismiss the device.
Running a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 with AllianceROM.
I saved a report with MX Log Collector but I can't find it - where on the device does it save the report? I'll upload and link it.
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It will be saved on sdcard root as the name of "report-<yyyymmdd>,zip"
bleu8888 said:
It will be saved on sdcard root as the name of "report-<yyyymmdd>,zip"
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Found it, report attached.
MJPByron said:
Found it, report attached.
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I cannot find any problem in the log. MX Player finished playback with no problem.
Did MX hanged on your last try? If it continues please try upgrading your ROM.
Many custom ROMs are not stable even though it looks not likely.
bleu8888 said:
I cannot find any problem in the log. MX Player finished playback with no problem.
Did MX hanged on your last try? If it continues please try upgrading your ROM.
Many custom ROMs are not stable even though it looks not likely.
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It's been fine on Alliance ROM since several versions ago - I got it about a week after the S5 came out. Moreover, it's now failing to load.
I uninstalled, reinstalled, and it comes up, plays, but if I press Back during playback, it keeps playing audio. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop.
Now, it exhibits the failure to start. Even after another reboot, still fails.
I downgraded to .29, and I don't have any issues - I've disabled automatic updating so I can at least function in the meantime.
Log attached from when I launched MX Player and it failed to load on latest version.
@MJPByron @bleu8888
I too have s5 & but, don't have such a issue.
Are you using stock rom?
Do you have problem with all videos or only in particular formats?
If it's in some of the videos can you post the media info too?
ktsamy said:
@MJPByron @bleu8888
I too have s5 & but, don't have such a issue.
Are you using stock rom?
Do you have problem with all videos or only in particular formats?
If it's in some of the videos can you post the media info too?
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Nope, the ROM is AllianceROM, but it's basically the stock S5 ROM with the Samsung apps and crap removable by the end-user. It's more or less if you gotta have Touchwiz (I've got a Galaxy Gear, so yeah, that's a requirement) but if you don't want S this, S that, etc.
What would you like to know about the media? I mentioned before it's h264 encoded MKVs and standard AVIs - really old AVIs, like upwards of probably 10ish years old, but I can get more.
MJPByron said:
Nope, the ROM is AllianceROM, but it's basically the stock S5 ROM with the Samsung apps and crap removable by the end-user. It's more or less if you gotta have Touchwiz (I've got a Galaxy Gear, so yeah, that's a requirement) but if you don't want S this, S that, etc.
What would you like to know about the media? I mentioned before it's h264 encoded MKVs and standard AVIs - really old AVIs, like upwards of probably 10ish years old, but I can get more.
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Would you send me a sample video having this issue?
Also let me know used decoder among sw, hw, hw+
bleu8888 said:
Would you send me a sample video having this issue?
Also let me know used decoder among sw, hw, hw+
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These are two of the videos that generated the issues, both with s/w codec.
http://www.filedropper.com/logheps50-centralanimef69a1ec1
This problem was not before, with the same version of mx player. But, it appeared suddenly. I cant be able to figure out what is causing the problem.
Details of the problem and step to reproduce :
go to mx player and play any video (until now video get played as normal without issue) -> then touch the screen or try to slide up or down to change the volume or brightness -> video get stuck-> wait for sometimes -> device get automatically get rebooted
Device: MOTO G 16 GB rooted and with custom ROM (cyanogenmod ROM snapshot M9). I think there is no problem in custom ROM because video works perfectly in default player. and even I played video on mx player previously.
I have attached the logcat please look and let me know what to do.
Info about logcat: logcat stopped when mx player got hang.
Please do not post bug reports directly into the Feature Request list. Post them as a new thread. I've moved the post to a new thread for you this one time; next time please start a new thread with your bug report.
shibliaftab said:
This problem was not before, with the same version of mx player. But, it appeared suddenly. I cant be able to figure out what is causing the problem.
Details of the problem and step to reproduce :
go to mx player and play any video (until now video get played as normal without issue) -> then touch the screen or try to slide up or down to change the volume or brightness -> video get stuck-> wait for sometimes -> device get automatically get rebooted
Device: MOTO G 16 GB rooted and with custom ROM (cyanogenmod ROM snapshot M9). I think there is no problem in custom ROM because video works perfectly in default player. and even I played video on mx player previously.
I have attached the logcat please look and let me know what to do.
Info about logcat: logcat stopped when mx player got hang.
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There is not enough information in the log file.
Please use MX Log Collector. It is available on Google Play Store.
Also following information will be help.
1. Used decoder.
2. If it happens on all videos.
3. What happens if run mx after shutting down network connections using airplane mode.
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Please do not post bug reports directly into the Feature Request list. Post them as a new thread. I've moved the post to a new thread for you this one time; next time please start a new thread with your bug report.
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Sorry, I thought that was for both bug reports and new features request.
bleu8888 said:
There is not enough information in the log file.
Please use MX Log Collector. It is available on Google Play Store.
Also following information will be help.
1. Used decoder.
2. If it happens on all videos.
3. What happens if run mx after shutting down network connections using airplane mode.
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First of all thanks for the response.
I figured out what is the reason behind this problem. "show touches" option in developer settings causing the problem. when it is activated problem occur but when i deactivate that option mx player works fine.
Way to reproduce :
go to the system settings > then go to Developer option > check the box for "show touches" in input setting.> now go to mx player app and play any video and slide on the screen or touch > it will freez.
Decoder is default I didn't change the decoder or might be I dont have one.
It happens with all videos.
when I activate the airplane mode, problem is not resolved.
I have attached the bug report( taken from mx player ) and logcat of the system (taken from adb).
thanks
shibliaftab said:
Sorry, I thought that was for both bug reports and new features request.
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If you read the first post of that list thread, the first thing it says is to provide a LINK to another thread with your problem or feature request. Anyways, let's see if your issue can be solved!
Hi--I have used this a long time, suddenly it has become non-functional, I suspect due to the 1.7.32 update, but not sure.
--Android 4.3 (I've avoided 4.4 to retain full functionality of the SD card...)
--MX Pro 1.7.32
--Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
--Could not follow directions for alogcat because the nature of the problem makes MX unuseable once it crashes--there is no way to hit the "settings" button in MX Player Pro at that point.
PROBLEM
So, I bring up my file list as per normal. I click on a vid. The vid does not play. In fact, there is merely a blank screen. Eventually I'm returned to the home screen of the tablet and advised that MX Player has crashed. Sometimes, I don't even get the blank screen. It just automatically disappears and returns me to the tablet's home screen. Once that happens, the program never works again (until reinstalled or data cleared) and won't even let me into the program. Clicking its icon simply brings up a blank screen, then I get "Unfortunately, MX Player Pro has stopped..."
Troubleshooting
I have tried clearing cache, data and also reinstalling. The last two DO allow me to once again bring up the File List from "folders view." It looks normal once again. However, once I try to play vids, the same, exact result occurs, i.e., nothing actually plays and the program crashes with the screen going blank.
CLUES
a) I also have this on my phone, where it continues to work fine, but on my phone, I only have a handful of FLVs. The tablet has lots of other formats, primarily mp4. On my Note 4 phone, however, I'm running 4.4 KitKat.
b) If I access the video in a roundabout fashion, by clicking on it from a File Manager, the File Manager then offers to play it with the native vid player OR Mx Player. Then, it works fine. The exact same video. Of course, then I can't access any other parts of the MX P program, and I am no longer able to use the file list Mx Player P builds.
c) I tried playing with various settings, like hardware decoder, and what not, but it did not seem to help much.
My thought is that the version supporting Lollipop has done something that Samsung does not like in conjunction with 4.3
Any thoughts welcomed. TIA
monsieurms said:
Hi--I have used this a long time, suddenly it has become non-functional, I suspect due to the 1.7.32 update, but not sure.
--Android 4.3 (I've avoided 4.4 to retain full functionality of the SD card...)
--MX Pro 1.7.32
--Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
--Could not follow directions for alogcat because the nature of the problem makes MX unuseable once it crashes--there is no way to hit the "settings" button in MX Player Pro at that point.
PROBLEM
So, I bring up my file list as per normal. I click on a vid. The vid does not play. In fact, there is merely a blank screen. Eventually I'm returned to the home screen of the tablet and advised that MX Player has crashed. Sometimes, I don't even get the blank screen. It just automatically disappears and returns me to the tablet's home screen. Once that happens, the program never works again (until reinstalled or data cleared) and won't even let me into the program. Clicking its icon simply brings up a blank screen, then I get "Unfortunately, MX Player Pro has stopped..."
Troubleshooting
I have tried clearing cache, data and also reinstalling. The last two DO allow me to once again bring up the File List from "folders view." It looks normal once again. However, once I try to play vids, the same, exact result occurs, i.e., nothing actually plays and the program crashes with the screen going blank.
CLUES
a) I also have this on my phone, where it continues to work fine, but on my phone, I only have a handful of FLVs. The tablet has lots of other formats, primarily mp4. On my Note 4 phone, however, I'm running 4.4 KitKat.
b) If I access the video in a roundabout fashion, by clicking on it from a File Manager, the File Manager then offers to play it with the native vid player OR Mx Player. Then, it works fine. The exact same video. Of course, then I can't access any other parts of the MX P program, and I am no longer able to use the file list Mx Player P builds.
c) I tried playing with various settings, like hardware decoder, and what not, but it did not seem to help much.
My thought is that the version supporting Lollipop has done something that Samsung does not like in conjunction with 4.3
Any thoughts welcomed. TIA
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Already there is a sticky thread in which I have already explained the procedure to collect the log immediately after crash.
Install MX Log collector app
Open It immediately after the MX Player Crash
Save the logs & Upload here
Does it crashes in all decoders?
If you are using H/W+ disable it & Check again.
long press the video & select Play using | S/W decoder
Check whether it still crashes or not.
ktsamy said:
Already there is a sticky thread in which I have already explained the procedure to collect the log immediately after crash.
Install MX Log collector app
Open It immediately after the MX Player Crash
Save the logs & Upload here
Does it crashes in all decoders?
If you are using H/W+ disable it & Check again.
long press the video & select Play using | S/W decoder
Check whether it still crashes or not.
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It does not matter whether or not I use HW or SW decoding.
I upgraded the tablet to KitKat. That did not matter either.
I tried to upload the log files from MX Log here. Each time (3x now!) it gave me "invalid file" and refused to accept the upload. Oh, well.
monsieurms said:
It does not matter whether or not I use HW or SW decoding.
I upgraded the tablet to KitKat. That did not matter either.
I tried to upload the log files from MX Log here. Each time (3x now!) it gave me "invalid file" and refused to accept the upload. Oh, well.
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You can upload to any file sharing network like dropbox & post the link here.
If you are not allowed to post the links, use masking like h**p://www.google.com
ktsamy said:
You can upload to any file sharing network like dropbox & post the link here.
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It would not let me post links even with asterisks. I took out the http in its entirety. That didn't work either. I took out the dropbox reference as well. That did not work either. Have no clue at this point.
*Indeed, it wouldn't even let me quote your post with the partial link you referenced.
monsieurms said:
It would not let me post links even with asterisks. I took out the http in its entirety. That didn't work either. I took out the dropbox reference as well. That did not work either. Have no clue at this point.
*Indeed, it wouldn't even let me quote your post with the partial link you referenced.
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Uncheck "auto parse links" at the bottom of the post reply page.
drop****box.com/s/l4mzbrlj0sh1ajf/build.prop?dl=0
drop******box.com/s/n18by6pewz706de/log.txt.gz?dl=0
another data point
FYI, just in case it helps, not as a "zing," BS Player works fine and normally. MX continues to work (on tablet and despite recent updates) only when a file is clicked from My Files file manager. It just won't deal with its own list of videos.
monsieurms said:
FYI, just in case it helps, not as a "zing," BS Player works fine and normally. MX continues to work (on tablet and despite recent updates) only when a file is clicked from My Files file manager. It just won't deal with its own list of videos.
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@monsieurms There was an issue on Note 10.1 2014 European ROM and it might be fixed on 1.7.34
Please try latest version also try clear app data, MX Player's internal database looks like corrupted. This issue is also fixed but once corrupted database will never be recovered.
bleu8888 said:
@monsieurms There was an issue on Note 10.1 2014 European ROM and it might be fixed on 1.7.34
Please try latest version also try clear app data, MX Player's internal database looks like corrupted. This issue is also fixed but once corrupted database will never be recovered.
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I tried it again--I'd already done that after upgrading to 1.7.3.4---but it did not help. I am not in Europe---North America.
monsieurms said:
I tried it again--I'd already done that after upgrading to 1.7.3.4---but it did not help. I am not in Europe---North America.
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@monsieurms Would you send log again using 1.7.34? Thanks!
Given your comment on list db corruption and the fact that some vids in small directories do work, I tried copying all the vids to a new directory. That didn't work.
I cleared data again and also downloade the arm7 Neon custom codec specified in the Decoder settings. That did not help either. (It did find and install the codec.)
With the clues you gave me, I experimented a little. In particular, I noticed that some vids in small folders (small in terms of # of videos), played fine. I thought at first, as mentioned earlier in the thread, it was a difference in format. But as we've seen, all the videos play fine if accessed from File Manager--so that's not it. With the addition of your clue on database corruption, I thought perhaps the issue was folder size. I divided the one large folder into two, 50-50. That fixed it.
I would say you have still an issue here---the program chokes with a large of vids in the database. It doesn't seem to bother other programs, including the native video player and BS, and it didn't seem to bother MXp Pro until the recent wave of updates. So, I suspect something went wrong somewhere.
monsieurms said:
With the clues you gave me, I experimented a little. In particular, I noticed that some vids in small folders (small in terms of # of videos), played fine. I thought at first, as mentioned earlier in the thread, it was a difference in format. But as we've seen, all the videos play fine if accessed from File Manager--so that's not it. With the addition of your clue on database corruption, I thought perhaps the issue was folder size. I divided the one large folder into two, 50-50. That fixed it.
I would say you have still an issue here---the program chokes with a large of vids in the database. It doesn't seem to bother other programs, including the native video player and BS, and it didn't seem to bother MXp Pro until the recent wave of updates. So, I suspect something went wrong somewhere.
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Would you send log using 1.7.34 or test version on following link?
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Hi,
For the last couple of mxplayer updates, I've had an issue when I play video in the background. After I bring the app back to the foreground, the video 'title' in the overlay stays on the screen. If I bring the overlay up again by tapping, I get two titles on top of each other. To reproduce:
Play a video
With the video still playing, go back to the launcher (or another app)
Video keeps playing (correctly)
Re-open mx player
Video keeps playing, but the extra overlay is there
My nexus 4 has soft-buttons, that are set to autohide. I think that this is related - when I tap to remove the overlay there is a small (<1 second) window where the overlay is gone and the buttons still appear; I can avoid this problem by going back to the launcher in that window.
I'm running a nexus4, with stock lollipop (5.0.1). This only started happening in the last couple of mxplayer versions; it worked originally after I updated to lollipop when it came out.
I've attached the bug report .zip and two screenshots, both taken after reopening the app, while the video was playing. The second is after I tap to bring up the overlay; the duplication is clear there. This happens with any video; its not video specific.
I also have a same issue in z3. Sometime video title sticks in overlay.
This still happens with the latest update from the play store (v1.7.38)
Bradley2468 said:
This still happens with the latest update from the play store (v1.7.38)
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@Bradley2468
It is fixed on following test build.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Please tell me if problem continues.
bleu8888 said:
@Bradley2468
It is fixed on following test build.
Please tell me if problem continues.
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This almost always fixes it - it still showed up a couple of times on my commute. I can't seem to work out how to reproduce it reliably though.
Bradley2468 said:
This almost always fixes it - it still showed up a couple of times on my commute. I can't seem to work out how to reproduce it reliably though.
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@Bradley2468 Please try new beta version, it might work better.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Thanks, looks good.
@bleu8888 Enable auto rotation mode in mx and place the phone in portrait orientation. Now play any video then click on pause and again long press on pause button. Background play service will be enabled. Press home button, mx will be minimised. Now place the phone in landscape orientation and open mx player from notification bar (mx currently playing as background service). There you will see a bug. Its only on rare case.
note: I am on latest beta build.
sumantaadk said:
@bleu8888 Enable auto rotation mode in mx and place the phone in portrait orientation. Now play any video then click on pause and again long press on pause button. Background play service will be enabled. Press home button, mx will be minimised. Now place the phone in landscape orientation and open mx player from notification bar (mx currently playing as background service). There you will see a bug. Its only on rare case.
note: I am on latest beta build.
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@sumantaadk
Please try latest test version:
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Feedback will be appreciated.
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bleu8888 said:
@sumantaadk
Please try latest test version:
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Feedback will be appreciated.
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Fixed. Thank you.