I own Samsung Note 4 with Snapdragon 805 Soc that supports HEVC or H.265 video with hardware decode upto 4K resolution I. Each 3840X2160
but if we are trying to play a HEVC HD video with HW mode it can only play Audio not video. With SW mode it can play HEVC HD video but when playing HEVC 4K video it's not able to play on HW mode but when playing on SW mode the video is playing with extreme lag.
Kindly fix it as Snapdragon 805 SOC is capable to play HEVC upto 4K without any issues.
Kindly Assist.
Regards,
Gaurav Khungar
Email : [email protected]
findgauravus said:
I own Samsung Note 4 with Snapdragon 805 Soc that supports HEVC or H.265 video with hardware decode upto 4K resolution I. Each 3840X2160
but if we are trying to play a HEVC HD video with HW mode it can only play Audio not video. With SW mode it can play HEVC HD video but when playing HEVC 4K video it's not able to play on HW mode but when playing on SW mode the video is playing with extreme lag.
Kindly fix it as Snapdragon 805 SOC is capable to play HEVC upto 4K without any issues.
Kindly Assist.
Regards,
Gaurav Khungar
Email : [email protected]
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If it's supported natively it can be played with stock player.
Have you tried in stock player?
If it can be played by Stock Player, it suppose to be played in HW decoder of mx player.
If stock player can play, kindly collect the log after playing in HW decoder & attach here.
Regarding SW decoder, Your CPU is powerful enough to play HEVC HD video. But, it will obviously lag since it needs enormous CPU power to decode HEVC 4K videos.
HEVC HD and 4K on S805 SOC HW Decode Not Working on Note 4
Hello ktsamy,
No the stock player present in Note 4 LTE model is not able to play either HEVC / H.265 files natively in stock player only audio that can be played from those videos. Only HEVC HD contents AUDIO can be played in stock player (no video) and HEVC HD content can only be played on SW mode in MXPlayer almost 95% lag free and HEVC 4K is playing in SW mode only but it lags every Milli second.
Gionee S 5.5 is able to play HEVC HD on HW mode is mxplayer but Snapdragon 805 SOC is not, its such a shame. But I don;t think its a CPU fault as per my understanding. It is related to Samsung Media SDK they used and it looks MX player can also be altered with the MX team so that they can leverage the real potential of Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC 2.7 Ghz Quad Core .
You can see below lines :
"4K playback with H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) formats
4K capture with H.264 (AVC) format
Hollywood Quality Video™ technology (in HW) for post-processing DASH supported"
Check the above mentioned lines:
on Snapdragon Website as I cannot post link here as I am new member
Also check brief pdf file saying native HEVC support by S805 SOC Also attached here:
Please check and advise
ktsamy said:
If it's supported natively it can be played with stock player.
Have you tried in stock player?
If it can be played by Stock Player, it suppose to be played in HW decoder of mx player.
If stock player can play, kindly collect the log after playing in HW decoder & attach here.
Regarding SW decoder, Your CPU is powerful enough to play HEVC HD video. But, it will obviously lag since it needs enormous CPU power to decode HEVC 4K videos.
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
No the stock player present in Note 4 LTE model is not able to play wither HEVC / H.265 files natively in stock player only audio that can be played from those videos. Only HEVC HD contents can be played in stock player and HEVC HD content can only be played on SW mode in MXPlayer and HEVC 4K is playing in SW mode only but it lags every milli second.
Gionee S 5.5 is able to play HEVC HD on HW mode is mxplayer but Snapdragon 805 SOC is not, its such a shame. But I don;t think its a CPU fault as per my understanding. It is related to Samsung Media SDK they used and it looks MX player can also be altered with the MX team so that they can leverage the real potential of Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC 2.7 Ghz Quad Core .
You can see below lines :
"4K playback with H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) formats
4K capture with H.264 (AVC) format
Hollywood Quality Video™ technology (in HW) for post-processing DASH supported"
Check the below link for above mentioned lines:
on Snapdragon Website as I cannot post link here as I am new member
Also check brief pdf file saying native HEVC support by S805 SOC Also attached here:
Please check and advise
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Can you upload media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in /system/etc/
If you can't upload upload it anywhere like dropbox or google drive. You can post the links by masking ( like h**p://www.google. com/ )
HEVC HD and 4K on S805 SOC HW Decode Not Working on Note 4
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
ktsamy said:
Can you upload media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in /system/etc/
If you can't upload upload it anywhere like dropbox or google drive. You can post the links by masking
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
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From your mobile. You need a root explorer. Best way is Es File Explorer. Install es file explorer, open it, tap on sdcard. Now click on device then system then etc and you will have it. You can even pull from pc using adb command with sdk installed.
findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
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From Note4
Use third party file explorers like ES file explorer
It doesn't requires root access.
In ES, From navigation panel select Device
Browse /system/etc/
Copy the files media_codecs.xml & media_profiles.xml
HEVC and S805 SOC and Note 4 HW mode
Hello ktsamy and All respected members ,
I have attached required files with changed extensions to txt.
Please check and advise
ktsamy said:
From Note4
Use third party file explorers like ES file explorer
It doesn't requires root access.
In ES, From navigation panel select Device
Browse /system/etc/
Copy the files media_codecs.xml & media_profiles.xml
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy and All respected members ,
I have attached required files with changed extensions to txt.
Please check and advise
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If you look at the media_codecs.xml, all HEVC related entries are marked as comments ( Will starts with <!-- and ends with --> )
so, Samsung has disabled HEVC decoders (May be a licensing issue).
That's why MX Player (even Stock Player) can't decode natively. So, You have to use S/W decoder in order to play HEVC and Playback may not be smooth at higher resolutions since it needs extreme power to decode.
HEVC and S805 SOC and Note 4 HW mode
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Can you please suggest is there any way we can enable teh HEVC entries to provide hardware decode of HEVC files HD and 4K both without rooting of the device and without warranty void.
I have also escalated the issue to Samsung India Support Team. They have asked me to send everything via email and with details.and bill copy of Note 4.
If its a feature of CPU it should be enabled by Samsung in Note 4.
Please also confirm if S805 SOC is capable of decoding HEVC 4K with HW mode ?
I also own Ginonee Elife s 5.5. mobile and it can play HD HEVC file with HW mode in mxplayer but not in HW+ mode and also it is not abale to play HEVC 4K video file.
Please revert.
ktsamy said:
If you look at the media_codecs.xml, all HEVC related entries are marked as comments ( Will starts with <!-- and ends with --> )
so, Samsung has disabled HEVC decoders (May be a licensing issue).
That's why MX Player (even Stock Player) can't decode natively. So, You have to use S/W decoder in order to play HEVC and Playback may not be smooth at higher resolutions since it needs extreme power to decode.
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findgauravus said:
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Can you please suggest is there any way we can enable teh HEVC entries to provide hardware decode of HEVC files HD and 4K both without rooting of the device and without warranty void.
I have also escalated the issue to Samsung India Support Team. They have asked me to send everything via email and with details.and bill copy of Note 4.
If its a feature of CPU it should be enabled by Samsung in Note 4.
Please also confirm if S805 SOC is capable of decoding HEVC 4K with HW mode ?
I also own Ginonee Elife s 5.5. mobile and it can play HD HEVC file with HW mode in mxplayer but not in HW+ mode and also it is not abale to play HEVC 4K video file.
Please revert.
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There is no way to enable it until or unless Samsung includes the decoders.
According to the Specification Snapdragon 805 SoC supports HEVC 4K decoding.
But, I think even if chipset has the support, Samsung must obtain license to include the decoders.
That could be the possible reason.
Regarding the Gionee s5.5 HW+ issue,
can you play the video in HW+ when it fails, it will automatically switch over to S/W.
Now close the video & Goto Help >> Bug Report.
Save the logs in your device & upload here.
It may be helpful to diagnose the issue.
NOTE 4 HEVC and Snapdragon 805 SOC Native Support Issue
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Kindly confirm is there any way we can enable or include the HEVC decoder with root in Note 4
Also for gionee S 5.5 I am attaching bug report for the HEVC Video I can play on HW mode and SW mode but not on HW+ mode on mxplayer
ktsamy said:
There is no way to enable it until or unless Samsung includes the decoders.
According to the Specification Snapdragon 805 SoC supports HEVC 4K decoding.
But, I think even if chipset has the support, Samsung must obtain license to include the decoders.
That could be the possible reason.
Regarding the Gionee s5.5 HW+ issue,
can you play the video in HW+ when it fails, it will automatically switch over to S/W.
Now close the video & Goto Help >> Bug Report.
Save the logs in your device & upload here.
It may be helpful to diagnose the issue.
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findgauravus said:
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Kindly confirm is there any way we can enable or include the HEVC decoder with root in Note 4
Also for gionee S 5.5 I am attaching bug report for the HEVC Video I can play on HW mode and SW mode but not on HW+ mode on mxplayer
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The logs are not complete & doesn't contain playback information.
Kindly play again & then collect the logs
HEVC Note 4 S805 SOC HW Native Decode Issue
Hello ktsamy and All respected members,
Please find the atached logs for gionee issue.
Also confirm me if we root Note 4 then can we include hevc HARDWARE decoders that and HW decode HEVC up to 4k
ktsamy said:
The logs are not complete & doesn't contain playback information.
Kindly play again & then collect the logs
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I am too interested in having bac internal AC-3 and HEVC support from samsung.If it is licensing issues,Samsung could charge for optional support.
(Media Center is not included in Windows anymore!)
findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy and All respected members,
Please find the atached logs for gionee issue.
Also confirm me if we root Note 4 then can we include hevc HARDWARE decoders that and HW decode HEVC up to 4k
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Still the logs are incomplete.
How did you collect the logs?
mx player plays hevc files
Anyone wants to plays hevc video file on mx player . First rename the video files (there will be two video files the other one will be like '0') with an .mkv or .avi format whichever the file belongs to in your file manager then the mx player will be able to play hevc videos.
aveshghori said:
Anyone wants to plays hevc video file on mx player . First rename the video files (there will be two video files the other one will be like '0') with an .mkv or .avi format whichever the file belongs to in your file manager then the mx player will be able to play hevc videos.
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The proper fix is: Settings > List > File extensions > add HEVC here
He said the hevc on mx does not work very properly
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505 en utilisant Tapatalk
no chance it will run on sd801
Hello everyone, lately I was watching this thread: sticky-mx-player-10-bit-video-discussion-t2725241.
From what I've seen is that a lot of people were asking for list of compatible devices
So the main goal is to create a Google/Excel sheet with all the infos.
The sheet will be available when I will have some devices reported.
You want to contribute ?
To do that I prepared 5 videos for you
Panasonic.Perfume.1080p.h264.10bit : 1080p AVC Hi10p 4:2:0 ~ average Hi10p Anime
Panasonic.Perfume.1080p.h265.8bit : 1080p HEVC 8bit 4:2:0 ~ average 8bit HDLight movie
Panasonic.Perfume.1080p.h265.10bit : 1080p HEVC 10bit 4:2:0 ~ average 10bit HDLight movie
Sony.Swordsmith.2160P.h265.8Bit : 2160p HEVC 8bit 4:2:0 ~ average 4K movie
Sony.Swordsmith.2160P.h265.10Bit : 2160p HEVC 10bit 4:2:0 ~ average 4k 10bit movie
*Disclaimer: I do not own these files. All rights goes to Sony and Panasonic*
AVC = H264, x264
HEVC = h265, x265
2160P = 4K
All of these video have 30FPS. Why did I choose 30 FPS instead of 23 or 25 ? It's because in 98% of the sockets/cpus/apus/gpus/whatever spec sheet, they rate their device 30FPS or 60FPS ready and since animes, movies and series are all sub 30FPS that why I choose that.
What about the chroma subsampling 4:2:0 ? Nearly all movies you can find use this subsampling.
1. Update your phone/tablet and MX player to the latest version available and disable the battery saver.
2. Download the videos from this link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tn4kL8qoZN9gMaohIefoZquVNwH93HjA?usp=sharing
3. Play the videos.
While playing the videos try switching to HW+ if gives you an error try HW and if stills says an error it means your device cannot hard decode the file. So put SW accordingly
I am in SW and it keeps lagging/crashing/struggle to keep the framerate!! It means that your device not powerful enough to soft decode the file. So put NW accordingly - NW stands for Not watchable
If you device plays HW nicely but not HW+ - put HW accordingly
4. Reply to this thread with the following data:
Brand: xxx
Common name: xxx
Model number: xxx
Socket model: xxx
Android version: xx
MX Player version: x.xx.x
1080p h264 Hi10p: NW/SW/HW/HW+
1080p h265 8bit: NW/SW/HW/HW+
1080p h265 10bit: NW/SW/HW/HW+
2160p h265 8bit: NW/SW/HW/HW+
2160p h265 10bit: NW/SW/HW/HW+
comment: my xxx got very hot while playing the file xxx (this comment is a bit odd)
I will put an example under this post.
If you have a question reply conventionally this post.
Samsung Galaxy S9
Brand: SAMSUNG
Common name: GALAXY S9
Model number: SM-G960F
Socket model: Exynos 9810
Android version: 10
MX Player version: 1.20.9
1080p h264 Hi10p: SW
1080p h265 8bit: HW+
1080p h265 10bit: HW+
2160p h265 8bit: HW+
2160p h265 10bit: HW+
comment:
Hello MX Player developers,
I can confirm that H.264 10bit video files on my Android devices work in HW and HW+ without artifacts or video image problems. The playback is clean and smooth. Hardware Decoder works fine with H.264 10bits.
To enable H.264 10bits video codec for HW and HW+ I have to make this setting. Settings -> Decoder -> HW+ video codecs -> H.264 10bits
The problem is that MX Player does not add this text for H.264 10bits (Hardware accelerated) by default on these Android devices that support this codec, and is automatically selected like the other supported video codecs.
Please add to next MX Player version.
- Test file - H.264 10bit (Hi10P, 1080p, mkv)
- MX Player: 1.26.7 (August 10, 2020)
- OS: All my Android devices with Android 10 and stock rom.
# It works with Hardware Decoder (HW and HW+) without artifacts or video image problems.
MediaTek Helio G90T
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8
Kirin 980
Huawei P30
Kirin 990
Huawei P40
# Does not work:
Exynos 9820
Samsung Galaxy S10
Snapdragon 855
OnePlus 7
Snapdragon 865
OnePlus 8
Here are some more Android devices that I haven't tested but should be able to because use the same processor.
MediaTek Helio G90T
https://www.kimovil.com/en/list-smartphones-by-processor/mediatek-helio-g90t
Kirin 980
https://www.kimovil.com/en/list-smartphones-by-processor/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-980
Kirin 990
https://www.kimovil.com/en/list-smartphones-by-processor/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-990
Not to forget the H.264 10bit support is not only in MX Player. But the hardware decoding also works in standard browser app, gallery app and video app on the supported Android devices I tested. There are no playback problems, everything runs smoothly and no artifacts.
Just like my H.265 (HEVC) 10bit 1080p video files
Yeah, My Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro phone that has an "MediaTek Helio G90T" plays 10-bit H.264 in HW+ great, Been using it for a few weeks even though you have to manually select it.
Same with my Teclast M30 Tablet that uses an "MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X" play`s 10-bit H.264 in HW+ as well.
Not able to get hw acceleration with matepad 10.4.
My P30 works fine though.
Really nice. My Huawei Mate 40 Pro (Kirin 9000) runs 4K 10-bit H.264, 4:2:0 smoothly with hardware decoding.