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[Q] MX Player Network Stream

Hello,
I hope someone knows a solution for the following.
I am using MX player on my NVIDIA Shield TV.
And I mainly use MX player to play video files that are stored on my network disk.
I am required to use the HW+ mode to get Dolby Atmos audio working.
This is all working fine, the only thing that is not working is fast forwarding and rewinding.
When I am using the same file on a USB stick it works fine, so it seems to be a issue when playing the files with the HW+ decoder over the network.
Does someone know a solution for this ?
I already installed the customer codecs btw.
Thanks in advance !

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51915844&postcount=1
Network playback buffering in general is a known issue, not specific to any of the playback methods. The developer aims to fix it in version 1.8 whenever that's ready.

Can you collect the logs immediately after reproducing the problem & upload here.?
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Can you collect the logs immediately after reproducing the problem & upload here.?
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Sorry for the late reply, I was very busy with some family matters.
I made one mistake in my first post, I was using the normal HW decoder.
The HW+ decoder does fast forward and rewind, but does not give me the dolby Atmos sound I described earlier.
I don't know if this changes the situation or answer ?
I will reproduce the issue and upload the logs when I'm back home from work.
Thanks for all the help !
PS. I already tried the alpha version (1.8.0) of MX Player, but the issue persisted.

triphoenix1991 said:
Sorry for the late reply, I was very busy with some family matters.
I made one mistake in my first post, I was using the normal HW decoder.
The HW+ decoder does fast forward and rewind, but does not give me the dolby Atmos sound I described earlier.
I don't know if this changes the situation or answer ?
I will reproduce the issue and upload the logs when I'm back home from work.
Thanks for all the help !
PS. I already tried the alpha version (1.8.0) of MX Player, but the issue persisted.
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HW uses android's native mediaplayer api.
Seems that your system doesn't have native dolby decoders. But, your audio system supports dolby decoding. In HW decoder audio might be passed to audio system. But, in H/W+ it will use system decoders to decode. So, if your device doesn't support that codec, it will use ffmpeg to decode (i.e, SW audio). If you use cutom codec you will get stereo output. Else you won't get any audio.
Only solution is to get audio pass through feature. It's expected in further minor updates to 1.8. (i.e 1.8.x).
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ktsamy said:
HW uses android's native mediaplayer api.
Seems that your system doesn't have native dolby decoders. But, your audio system supports dolby decoding. In HW decoder audio might be passed to audio system. But, in H/W+ it will use system decoders to decode. So, if your device doesn't support that codec, it will use ffmpeg to decode (i.e, SW audio). If you use cutom codec you will get stereo output. Else you won't get any audio.
Only solution is to get audio pass through feature. It's expected in further minor updates to 1.8. (i.e 1.8.x).
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Thanks, that is a very good explanation !
I did not really understand the difference between the 3 different decoders, but now I do, so thank you very much for that !
I noticed when I use the native video player on my Shield TV it does play Dolby atmos, but it has the same issue with rewinding/fast forwarding.
So because HW on MX Player uses the native media player API the buffering is not working ?
I suppose I just have to wait till audio passthrough is available in 1.8.
Or buffering will be available in the native media player.

Mx player Passthrough audio in Android TV

After update my MX player to 1.9.3 on my sony Android TV I saw new option in change logs Passthrough audio but when I am using MX player for playing AAC 5.1 and AC3 5.1 movie sound through my Sony HT- IV 300 home theater the output still stereo not in surround so how to use Passthrough in MX player or is it any issue to Passthrough audio in Android tv version

x.yadav said:
After update my MX player to 1.9.3 on my sony Android TV I saw new option in change logs Passthrough audio but when I am using MX player for playing AAC 5.1 and AC3 5.1 movie sound through my Sony HT- IV 300 home theater the output still stereo not in surround so how to use Passthrough in MX player or is it any issue to Passthrough audio in Android tv version
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AAC audio pass through is not supported at the moment.
But, ac3 should work. If you have custom codecs, kindly remove it & check again.

Thirumalai.K said:
AAC audio pass through is not supported at the moment.
But, ac3 should work. If you have custom codecs, kindly remove it & check again.
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Is it coming in future AAC and DTS

x.yadav said:
Is it coming in future AAC and DTS
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DTS audio track is already passed through HDMI if the target device support DTS decoding.

Thirumalai.K said:
DTS audio track is already passed through HDMI if the target device support DTS decoding.
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Ok I will test them

Thirumalai.K said:
DTS audio track is already passed through HDMI if the target device support DTS decoding.
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I tested both DTS and AC3 sound file through my home theater via HDMI and my system support both DTS and AC3 decoding I have Sony HT - IV 300 home theater system , I think it's Passthrough problem currently I am using MX player 1.9.5 version and I am sending you my home theater picture

x.yadav said:
I tested both DTS and AC3 sound file through my home theater via HDMI and my system support both DTS and AC3 decoding I have Sony HT - IV 300 home theater system , I think it's Passthrough problem currently I am using MX player 1.9.5 version and I am sending you my home theater picture
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Pass through will be done only when there is no system or internal decoders.
Are you using any custom codecs? If you are using any custom codecs, audio won't be passed through as there is a FFmpeg side decoder. If you are not using any custom codecs, probably your system itself has support for ac3/dts.
Anyway, It will be improved in future.

Thirumalai.K said:
Pass through will be done only when there is no system or internal decoders.
Are you using any custom codecs? If you are using any custom codecs, audio won't be passed through as there is a FFmpeg side decoder. If you are not using any custom codecs, probably your system itself has support for ac3/dts.
Anyway, It will be improved in future.
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No I am not use any custom codecs Kodi Passthrough all sound perfectly like AAC AC3 only MX player and VLC have problem in Passthrough audio through PCM
Sorry for compare MX with Kodi but it's true

I test HW can Passthrough sound , but HW+ can't Passthrough sound...

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Thirumalai.K said:
Pass through will be done only when there is no system or internal decoders.
Are you using any custom codecs? If you are using any custom codecs, audio won't be passed through as there is a FFmpeg side decoder. If you are not using any custom codecs, probably your system itself has support for ac3/dts.
Anyway, It will be improved in future.
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Hello
We are November 2021, and the problem remains. I have a Sony XR65A90J and while the native Sony video player sends 5.1, MX Player sends only 2.0 for the same files obviously.
Please help

HW+ how Passthrough sound?

I test HW can Passthrough sound , but HW+ can't Passthrough sound...

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ken.hsiao said:
I test HW can Passthrough sound , but HW+ can't Passthrough sound...
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which codec?
If you have a custom codec which supports the codec, it won't be passed through.
can you collect a bug report immediately after playing the video that has issues?
Anyhow, in the next version, we will add an option to prefer audio passthrough over internal decoders.

viedo code is x265
play video use HW no video, audio ok
HW+ video OK, audio not work!

I have the same question (problem). I'm using MX player PRO on my TV POS 9002.
When I use HW Decoder there is DD and DTS audio but 4k HEVC 10 bit HDR 23.976 DTS and DD files are stuttering.
When I use HW + Decoder 4k HEVC 10 bit 23.976 DTS and DD files are smooth but there is no 5.1 audio in my Amplituner (it doesn't see DD and DTS - only Stereo).
MX Player team... Please do something with this. No other program (KODI, SPMC, VLC, ARCHOS) can play this files smoothly. Only MX Player but only in HW + without 5.1 sound
Best regards

Today was a new MX Player update with passthrough option.
I was very happy at the beginning becouse DD started to work but... sound and video stutters every couple of seconds in almost every movie I have (but not in everyone. Some plays good I have passthrough option checked.
There is no DTS passthrough in HW+. Only in HW.
It was so close...
When I uncheck passthrough there is no 5.1 DD sound from Ampli I don't know what to do
Thank You for this but I think it needs a little more testing.
Best regards for all The Team

update MXPLAYER ，The problem is the same
play video use HW no video, audio ok
HW+ video OK, audio not work!

lukcinek said:
Today was a new MX Player update with passthrough option.
I was very happy at the beginning because DD started to work but... sound and video stutters every couple of seconds in almost every movie I have (but not in everyone. Some plays good I have passthrough option checked.
There is no DTS passthrough in HW+. Only in HW.
It was so close...
When I uncheck passthrough there is no 5.1 DD sound from Ampli I don't know what to do
Thank You for this but I think it needs a little more testing.
Best regards for all The Team
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MX Player checks the capability of HDMI receiver. When you select this option, If the receiver reports that they support DTS or DD, it will automatically use pass-through mode even if there is internal decoder. maybe your amplifier doesn't report the capability of the DTS decoding.
In HW decoder, there is no control on our side. It will automatically pass the audio to HDMI if it's unsupported.
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ken.hsiao said:
update MXPLAYER ，The problem is the same
play video use HW no video, audio ok
HW+ video OK, audio not work!
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can you collect a bug report from help menu immediately after reproducing the issue and share here?
it will help us to understand the actual issue.

but use HW audio ok

Thirumalai.K said:
MX Player checks the capability of HDMI receiver. When you select this option, If the receiver reports that they support DTS or DD, it will automatically use pass-through mode even if there is internal decoder. maybe your amplifier doesn't report the capability of the DTS decoding.
In HW decoder, there is no control on our side. It will automatically pass the audio to HDMI if it's unsupported.
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can you collect a bug report from help menu immediately after reproducing the issue and share here?
it will help us to understand the actual issue.
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Hi
Thx for answer
When I play some DD movies sometimes there is audio passthrought...sometimes there isn't. I must try couple Times.
When I play in passthrough there is 80% chances that sound and video will be stuttering but...
I have a solution...I play in passthrough mode and when video and audio stutters i change sound to SW mode and for some time I uncheck SW mode. When this doesn't help I try to rewind movie to the beginning couple of Times. It usually starts to workafter couple of times.
This is my way to Play 4K HEVC 10 BIT HDR movies in DD 5.1 on my Philips POS 9002 and Pioneer VSX - 422 Amplituner.
DTS doesn't work in passthrough mode at all
It works in HW mode but video is stuttering. Video is stuttering in every Android TV player: VLC, ARCHOS, KODI, SPMC and integrated Video Player.
Thank You MX Player Devs for a great program thanks to which i can watch movies on my TV.
Best regards

wrong

Any chance getting HW+ to support passthrough audio?

Bump, so many years later and this highly popular video player stays so severely flawed to the bones for people with a proper surround sound system with DTS/Dolby support... Kodi has no issues with it all but somehow MX Player can't seem to solve their issues

2021 update
still no 5.1 sound in mx player in passthrough mode
all the options, codecs and upadates are set, but still "stereo" on reciver display
no DD, no DTS, no 5.1 and no DD Plus either

eugene3 said:
2021 update
still no 5.1 sound in mx player in passthrough mode
all the options, codecs and upadates are set, but still "stereo" on reciver display
no DD, no DTS, no 5.1 and no DD Plus either
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Yep and I just posted this issue not realizing that this was posted. HW+ is broken with Passthrough and they don’t even mention that it is an issue that they are working on. What a joke.

Scott1174 said:
Yep and I just posted this issue not realizing that this was posted. HW+ is broken with Passthrough and they don’t even mention that it is an issue that they are working on. What a joke.
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got the mx support answer:
"We regret to inform you that MX Player currently doesn't support audio-passthrough over SPDIF. However, you will be pleased to know that it's a part of our roadmap and will be supported in the future if found viable. Meanwhile, your patience is appreciated"

MX Player on Android TV / Fire TV Stick 4K - stereo only?

Hi all.
I try to get MX Player to play dolby 5.1 or dts sounds on my TV.
Specs:
- TV: Philips OLED POS 9002 with Android Oreo
- Sound: Bose Soundtouch 300 Soundbar with rear speakers, connected optical. Can play Dolby Digital and DTS.
- App: either direct (using USB) or via DS Video and streaming from NAS. Latest version from Google Play Store.
No matter if I use a custom codec (mx_neon.zip) or not and any decoder (hw+, hw, sw), if I try to play certain test vidoes from here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Samples
especially the channel checks and it is some sort of upmix from stereo, but definitely no disctinct channel selection.
To be exact: I did not test all variations (custom, standard, all decoder) so far...
--> it seems there is exactly the same behavior with my new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K - only stereo as well...
Is there anything that I can test or do or try to get it work. Besides the sound issue, DS Video and MX Player are working very well, it would be a pity that due to sound issues I can not use it for anything else than stereo.
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
ww

webwude said:
Hi all.
I try to get MX Player to play dolby 5.1 or dts sounds on my TV.
Specs:
- TV: Philips OLED POS 9002 with Android Oreo
- Sound: Bose Soundtouch 300 Soundbar with rear speakers, connected optical. Can play Dolby Digital and DTS.
- App: either direct (using USB) or via DS Video and streaming from NAS. Latest version from Google Play Store.
No matter if I use a custom codec (mx_neon.zip) or not and any decoder (hw+, hw, sw), if I try to play certain test vidoes from here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Samples
especially the channel checks and it is some sort of upmix from stereo, but definitely no disctinct channel selection.
To be exact: I did not test all variations (custom, standard, all decoder) so far...
--> it seems there is exactly the same behavior with my new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K - only stereo as well...
Is there anything that I can test or do or try to get it work. Besides the sound issue, DS Video and MX Player are working very well, it would be a pity that due to sound issues I can not use it for anything else than stereo.
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
ww
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We regret the inconveniences caused by the delay in our response. Unfortunately, MX Player does not support audio audio passthrough mode over SPDIF at the moment. However, it is applicable only to the HW+ / SW decoder.
HW decoder directly makes use of Android mediaplayer framework on the device. So, If it is implemented to use audio passthrough mode, it should work as expected. Please check whether there any system settings that can enable the audio passthrough made. Enabling it may let you allow passing the audio directly to the external audio system.

Thank you for your reply.
The soundbar is connected either optical or via HDMI ARC.
As it is working with the internal media player and with Kodi (enabling all passthrough options), but not with VLC (same effect), it might be a bug of the current firmware (there is a similar bug concerning 1920x800 video and the black bars which is present with third-party-apps as Kodi, VLC and MX player, but not with Amazon prime video and the internal player). I opened a ticket at Philips. Let's see how it develops.
As mentioned: as it works with the internal player it seems that the overall settings are correct.

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5.1 sound is only stereo on Philips android TV
MXPlayer said:
HW decoder directly makes use of Android mediaplayer framework on the device. So, If it is implemented to use audio passthrough mode, it should work as expected. Please check whether there any system settings that can enable the audio passthrough made. Enabling it may let you allow passing the audio directly to the external audio system.
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I have the same problem with philips 43pus7304 android TV. Internal player and Nova Video Player can play 5.1 AC3 sound, but mx player and vlc can't - my av receiver shows that input signal is only stereo. I tried it via hdmi arc and optical - the same result. Please fix this - mx player is the best of all, but such a bug!
I tried all kinds of settings in your player ant tv - but problem is somewhere else but not in settings. Also I tried default decoder and mx_aio.zip.

I seem to having the same issue at the moment. The internet player on the app I'm using is fine, I'm getting DD plus showing. When I change to use an external player, either Mx or VLC or always shows as stereo 2.0.
Tried various settings and codecs and so far no luck.
Any ideas?

I’m having this same issue on FireTV 4k

Did anyone find a solution for this issue?

Has there been any updates to this issue?

Still no update in sight? There are so many topics on this

I have the same problem on sony A8 oled. With inbuilt player I get 5.1 to AV receiver. Mx player and vlc stereo only. The problem is that the inbuilt player won't stream from a NAS while mx player and vlc will, but stereo only. So I have to copy files to tv.
Any ideas?
Thank you

Just for the sake of update on alternative options.
I've spent 2 days trying to find the working solution to stream my files from NAS on Amazon FireTV stick with 5.1 audio output.
My setup:
FireTV Stick > HDMI Audio Extractor box > TV
HDMI Audio Extractor > Optical > Logitech Dolby Digital 5.1 (Z906)
While Amazon Prime and Netflix play 5.1 just fine, I was struggling to make it work with NAS stored files.
ES File Explorer, MIXplorer, Xplore built-in players do not support audio passthrough
MX Player - while it has some options for audio passthrough - I have failed to make it work, in the end I was getting stereo downmix no matter what I've tried in settings
VLC player - same as for MX Player
Nova player - found a hint in this thread and tried it. Indeed, it was the first success. But partial. AC3 passthrough worked fine, but AAC/DTS tracks were failing, so with passthrough enabled - no sound for AAC/DTS
I continued searching for alternatives and finally found almost perfect solutions: Vimu media player
It's not free, by 3 bucks don't hurt.
While Vimu also supports passthrough for AC3 only... it has BUILT-IN transcoding support to convert AAC/DTS/DTS HD/etc. into AC3!!! And I confirm it works! Also it has very clean interface to browse your Network storage devices, so you can skip using File managers and navigate through your library directly from Vimu. However I am missing a bit some of the functionalities from Nova like metadata / description/posters fetching from online databases.
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
Hope someone will find this helpful and will save some time

Dusha999 said:
Just for the sake of update on alternative options.
I've spent 2 days trying to find the working solution to stream my files from NAS on Amazon FireTV stick with 5.1 audio output.
My setup:
FireTV Stick > HDMI Audio Extractor box > TV
HDMI Audio Extractor > Optical > Logitech Dolby Digital 5.1 (Z906)
While Amazon Prime and Netflix play 5.1 just fine, I was struggling to make it work with NAS stored files.
ES File Explorer, MIXplorer, Xplore built-in players do not support audio passthrough
MX Player - while it has some options for audio passthrough - I have failed to make it work, in the end I was getting stereo downmix no matter what I've tried in settings
VLC player - same as for MX Player
Nova player - found a hint in this thread and tried it. Indeed, it was the first success. But partial. AC3 passthrough worked fine, but AAC/DTS tracks were failing, so with passthrough enabled - no sound for AAC/DTS
I continued searching for alternatives and finally found almost perfect solutions: Vimu media player
It's not free, by 3 bucks don't hurt.
While Vimu also supports passthrough for AC3 only... it has BUILT-IN transcoding support to convert AAC/DTS/DTS HD/etc. into AC3!!! And I confirm it works! Also it has very clean interface to browse your Network storage devices, so you can skip using File managers and navigate through your library directly from Vimu. However I am missing a bit some of the functionalities from Nova like metadata / description/posters fetching from online databases.
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
Hope someone will find this helpful and will save some time
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Thank You for this information, you are absolutely right, Vimu does pass the Dolby 5.1 and probably Dolby Atmos(I don't have a receiver for Atmos) on thru my LG tv to my receiver from my 4k Firestick! I was only able to get Netflix and Prime to do that until I loaded Vimu and it plays my local movie files from my server perfectly. Had previously tried MXPlayer, VLC, and several others to no avail! Thanks again!

Dusha999 said:
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
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This issue was resolved in the latest update

Mx Player and Passthrough not working.

How come passthrough option doesn’t work? It used to work many months ago. When I select HW+ with passthrough option to my receiver I get PCM. Now when I set to HW pass through works but the video and audio plays for like 5 secs then crashes. Passthrough is supposed to work with HW + and not with HW. What’s going on here? Yes I have the latest MX Pro with custom codec. Does passthrough not work anymore? This is on a Nvidia shield . I am sorry but MX player is broken.

I love how this gets ignored. They know it’s a problem but won’t address it. MX sucks. I am sticking with Kodi.

I guess passtrough doesn't work with "HW+" video decoding but this isn't a problem with nvidia shield as it can use "HW" video decoding and audio passtrough without problems.

awibabau said:
I guess passtrough doesn't work with "HW+" video decoding but this isn't a problem with nvidia shield as it can use "HW" video decoding and audio passtrough without problems.
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It doesn’t work with HW on my shield. The movie stops playing after 5 seconds. Any I am talking about lossless audio like DTS-HD etc. it doesn’t work.

Pushing this up again.. Are you working on this @MX Player team?