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[Resolved] How to Enjoy dvd and video on Walkman

How to Enjoy dvd and video on Walkman
Walkman is Sony's portable audio cassette player brand, now used to market its portable audio and video players. A lot of people choose walkman as their MP3 player to kill time when they are free. walkman provides its user an important function is to play videos. Some people know how to put dvds and videos on it, some not. In the following text, I will show everyone who has a walkman and want to enjoy videos on their players.
Before reading the guide, I need walkman users to know a few general parameters.
Sony Walkman supports viewing JPEG photos and supports playback of MP3, WMA, DRM protected WMA and unprotected AAC audio files. Sony Walkman also supports high quality video playback at 30 frames per second, the supportable video codec MPEG4 and AVC baseline H264 in .MP4 extension.

Movie audio not working

I just put a 1.5gb movie on my samsung captivate and the quality is just amazing but theres no sound, what can I do to get the sound working

the audio is aac, what video player plays aac audio?

Downmix multi channel to stereo

Hi all,
is there any video player out there which has option of 5.1 audio downmix to stereo while playback?
I am using MX player currently and audio output is really low on my high end ear phone while playing a video which has 5.1 audio
while playing videos with stereo sound and mp3, aac audio ... sound is great.
I dont want to get into conversion, muxing and play.
pls help.
rgds

select s/w decode for audio on mx player.so you will get higher volume.

[Q] Walkman app HR?

I just added an album in flac format on my z3. and if i look in walkman there is a HR behind the album and behind some songs. What does this mean? I thought it stands for high ress audio or something.

Yes it does. AFAIK it means either the bit rate is above 16 or the sampling rate is above 48kHz.

rwesten,
It means the file you're playing is not only a FLAC, but a Hi-Res FLAC. It's like this:
You got your lossy files......mp3s, AACs, which are at the lower end of music quality (but take up the least space b/c they're the most compressed). Then you got CD-Quality files and Hi-Res tracks, usually in the FLAC format (or related like ALAC). Lower quality FLAC tracks are CD-Quality. They are better than mp3s, but not AS good as Hi-Res FLACS. They are rated at 16-bit/44.1KHz (sometimes 24-bit, but not often). THEN you got your Hi-Res FLAC tracks. Like the CD-Quality FLACs, Hi-Res FLACs are lossless, which means NO data is lost or taken out (think blu-ray vs DVD). These are rated at 24-bit/96KHz, though they are definitely known to go as high as 192KHz (and in some very rare cases, up to the 300-400KHz category).
All the FLAC files are compressed, but somehow they still retain all the original music data information. They do have uncompressed lossless files like WAV files, but they take up more room, so I think FLACs are better b/c they take up less room (compressed) but still have the same sound quality (lossless). If you are a TV guy, then think of mp3s as 480p, CD-Quality FLACs as 720p, Hi-Res FLACs as 24-bit/96KHz as 1080p, and like 24-bit/192KHz+ as 4K. lol The Z3's built-in DAC (digital audio converter) can play Hi-Res but only up to 24-bit/96KHz, which is still amazing and better than most other phones. If you want higher, you can buy a separate DAC and hook it up b/t the phone and your headphones or speakers. My thinking is down the road, the DACs will get better, so you can wait and buy them later, or get them now. Maybe they will get cheaper over time, so maybe just stick with 24/96 for now.
"HR" DOES in fact mean Hi-Res. It means you're playing the highest quality of music that's available today. I just started getting into all that recently and have learned a lot in only 4-5 weeks (as you can see above). lol Some say it's all BS, but I've compared songs I have on mp3 to Hi-Res FLACs like 24-bit/96KHz, and I definitely DO notice a difference. Hi-Res doesn't sound so "closed in"........ you can hear each instrument distinctly where on the mp3 version it sounds like more condensed, or like you're listening through a small hole in the wall. lol I compared my mp3 of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin and then the Hi-Res FLAC version I got from www.hdtracks.com, and yeah, the HR version sounded bigger, better, more clearer, louder at the same volume....... I could hear little guitar fills much more clearly on the FLAC version too. So if you want more, go there. Not many options right now, but that's a great one with an ever growing library. Or to Pono Music (Neil Young's push for Hi-Res), though you can only look up what they have for now. The music will be available for download in the next couple months I read somewhere.
Hope that helped!
RockStar2005

Hi Res Music - Not enabled by Sony...or is it?

Hello XZP land!
I've had mine for a while (since launch actually), and I really love the device. However, I've come upon a conundrum that I think needs some technical elbow grease (which I am not skilled to do).
I own some Hi Res audio, and my favorite player (Neutron), as well as some others, supports playback of it. The thing is, the XZP doesn't show as having the ability to, according to this Neutron thread on the matter Hi Res in Neutron. Our devices currently do not offer the Hi-Res options.
Qualcomm on their site for our chipset says;
Developed by an audio technology leader, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec (WCD 9340/9341) supports high-resolution standards that recording studios use to master tracks, creating a pure audiophile listening experience. It has an integrated DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that supports native Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) and pulse-code modulation (PCM) Hi-Fi audio playback. DSD is a standard found on Super Audio Compact Discs (SACDs), and the Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec can decode DSD files natively. The DAC on the Qualcomm Aqstic codec has ultra-low Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (THD+N), which means no additional noise or signal is added for the most authentic sound reproduction. The Qualcomm Aqstic codec is also designed to give you the highest dynamic range available, so you can feel the dramatic change of volume and emotion in your favorite music.
SO I know the chipset can do it.
Now, Sony provided us with the "DSEE HX" quality audio setting... and it says "upgrade quality of compressed music files to 'NEAR' Hi Res'". Meh, okay, so you can muck around with compressed files and make em sound better. I don't believe that resolves my issue, and enables anything firmware wise.
I believe this means we need to enable the feature via firmware and bypass Sony's attempt at audio features in their DRM space. Has anyone been able to enable this in Neutron? How's your Hi-Res playback?

charlatan01 said:
Hello XZP land!
I've had mine for a while (since launch actually), and I really love the device. However, I've come upon a conundrum that I think needs some technical elbow grease (which I am not skilled to do).
I own some Hi Res audio, and my favorite player (Neutron), as well as some others, supports playback of it. The thing is, the XZP doesn't show as having the ability to, according to this Neutron thread on the matter Hi Res in Neutron. Our devices currently do not offer the Hi-Res options.
Qualcomm on their site for our chipset says;
Developed by an audio technology leader, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec (WCD 9340/9341) supports high-resolution standards that recording studios use to master tracks, creating a pure audiophile listening experience. It has an integrated DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that supports native Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) and pulse-code modulation (PCM) Hi-Fi audio playback. DSD is a standard found on Super Audio Compact Discs (SACDs), and the Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec can decode DSD files natively. The DAC on the Qualcomm Aqstic codec has ultra-low Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (THD+N), which means no additional noise or signal is added for the most authentic sound reproduction. The Qualcomm Aqstic codec is also designed to give you the highest dynamic range available, so you can feel the dramatic change of volume and emotion in your favorite music.
SO I know the chipset can do it.
Now, Sony provided us with the "DSEE HX" quality audio setting... and it says "upgrade quality of compressed music files to 'NEAR' Hi Res'". Meh, okay, so you can muck around with compressed files and make em sound better. I don't believe that resolves my issue, and enables anything firmware wise.
I believe this means we need to enable the feature via firmware and bypass Sony's attempt at audio features in their DRM space. Has anyone been able to enable this in Neutron? How's your Hi-Res playback?
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Why not just use the stock Sony music player for hi res playback? Hi res audio files have been supported since the Z2 and onwards. You can just use the Sony music player for hi res and neutron for everything else. I think that its auto enabled by default within the Sony music player. When you see the "HR" logo on the album art I suppose that means its enabled.
If your trying to enable the same thing in neutron and it doesnt work because theres a toggle. Id blame the creators of the app or simply Google for the lack of support. It can be one of 2 things stopping it from working for you. The android os or the app itself. I dont use neutron personally and never have. Ive always used the Sony one after I gave up on poweramp. I wouldnt blame the device itself. Its just like my issue of vulkan support whereby apps cant see that the device does support it. In that case I would blame Google. This is as much help as I can offer.

Hi-Res is enabled out of the box with the in-built Sony Music application and contrary to what RJASSI21 said, the HR logo does not appear on all Hi-Res audio tracks album art, only on 24bit Hi-Res tracks album art and I have been using Hi-Res audio on my Z5P and my XZP but I have only ever used the Walkman/Music app provided by Sony and it works.

Mobfigurz said:
Hi-Res is enabled out of the box with the in-built Sony Music application and contrary to what RJASSI21 said, the HR logo does not appear on all Hi-Res audio tracks album art, only on 24bit Hi-Res tracks album art and I have been using Hi-Res audio on my Z5P and my XZP but I have only ever used the Walkman/Music app provided by Sony and it works.
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Thanks to both of you for the info. I am going to see if I can get the Neutron dev to add the libraries or whatever's needed to get that app where I want it.

charlatan01 said:
Thanks to both of you for the info. I am going to see if I can get the Neutron dev to add the libraries or whatever's needed to get that app where I want it.
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Much appreciated! I was looking for these Neutron settings on the XZP too since they were n my LG V10 (before it died on me last week). Neutron music player has been my go to player for several years now so here's hoping we get some positive updates soon.
Thank you!

There was an update to Neutron for Oreo support yesterday and now I can finally see the Hi-Res Codec and Hi-Res Speaker options.