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[Q] How do I set a resolution of an Android device?

What I have here is this unbranded 7" WM8850-MID tablet, and it's obvious that the aspect ratio is wrong!
It has a 15:9 stretched on a 16:9 screen and it's really annoying because all the videos playing on it look stretched out.
How can I set a custom resolution to match the aspect ratio of the tablet? Thanks.

kokhean said:
What I have here is this unbranded 7" WM8850-MID tablet, and it's obvious that the aspect ratio is wrong!
It has a 15:9 stretched on a 16:9 screen and it's really annoying because all the videos playing on it look stretched out.
How can I set a custom resolution to match the aspect ratio of the tablet? Thanks.
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Well reality is that you can not change the resolution of screen. Try MX Video Player. You can fit the video on your screen just the way you want!
Hit thanks if I helped you.....

kadukarashutosh7 said:
Well reality is that you can not change the resolution of screen. Try MX Video Player. You can fit the video on your screen just the way you want!
Hit thanks if I helped you.....
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Seems like that's the only way.
Is there a way to make videos play with MX Video Player? For example, if I'm on YouTube, can I make it play in MX Video Player?

kokhean said:
Seems like that's the only way.
Is there a way to make videos play with MX Video Player? For example, if I'm on YouTube, can I make it play in MX Video Player?
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Seems a Bit Tedious Now... But here is the solution.... Maybe it will help you.... Open MX Player. Go to Settings > General > Check Play Http Link Videos...
Now, As you might know, Watching any video on YouTube=Downloading the Video. So just copy the video URL you want to watch & go to the browser and paste it.
Now here is the trick: You have to edit the URL as www.youtube.com/abcdefghqwerty To www.ssyoutube.com/abcdefghqwerty. i.e, you have to add the letters 'ss' before word 'youtube' then hit go. It'll go to savefrom page. Select the quality and format of video you want. It will open the video with MX Player!! Watch it with desired resolution. B)
Try it!! This trick will also save your data traffic!
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kokhean said:
Seems like that's the only way.
Is there a way to make videos play with MX Video Player? For example, if I'm on YouTube, can I make it play in MX Video Player?
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kadukarashutosh7 said:
Seems a Bit Tedious Now... But here is the solution.... Maybe it will help you.... Open MX Player. Go to Settings > General > Check Play Http Link Videos...
Now, As you might know, Watching any video on YouTube=Downloading the Video. So just copy the video URL you want to watch & go to the browser and paste it.
Now here is the trick: You have to edit the URL as www.youtube.com/abcdefghqwerty To www.ssyoutube.com/abcdefghqwerty. i.e, you have to add the letters 'ss' before word 'youtube' then hit go. It'll go to savefrom page. Select the quality and format of video you want. It will open the video with MX Player!! Watch it with desired resolution. B)
Try it!! This trick will also save your data traffic!
Developers Try Hard To Solve Your Issues & Answer Your Questions So Please Co-Operate & Don't Forget To Hit The Thanks Button.
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Woah, it does seem tedious, but this would be the solution for now. Thank you!

4K Video Playback with HEVC - 10bit

Hello everyone,
I have a few questions regarding 4K videos. I tried playing a 4K H265 10bit video on the phone using the native Sony Video app and, although it did play, it was slow as heck. Does the phone support such videos natively (i.e. Hardware Accelarated playback)? Is it an issue of the app itself? Since almost all 4k content, with or with HDR/10bit, is in H265 are we limited to Youtube and Amazon for 4K playback? Do I have to transcode all my 4K Blu-Ray movies to H264 in order to play them? Are there any third party players (e.g. bsplayer) that can play 4k videos (and utilize the phone's 4k resolution, not just play them in 1080p). Thank you all for your time.

I downloaded a 4k test sample encoded in x265 and played it with MX player app with hardware acceleration.
Worked perfectly. Smooth as butter.

fartyparty said:
i downloaded a 4k test sample encoded in x265 and played it with mx player app with hardware acceleration.
Worked perfectly. Smooth as butter.
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use mx player

Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.

Liltman said:
Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.
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I think you can change the phones overall resolution to 4K for that purpose: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz-premium/themes/mod-change-default-resolution-to-4k-root-t3618843
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Liltman said:
Thanks a lot for your time. It seems that mx player does not use the phone's native 4K resolution though and displays a 1920x1080 image so there is no point in using it. My question is whether a video player app exists, besides Sony's native one, that is able to use the phone's 4K resolution, not just play 4K videos.
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Tried with Sony Xperia Video app and the 4K sample I downloaded runs the same as it runs in MX Player.

kot5nik said:
I think you can change the phones overall resolution to 4K for that purpose: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz-premium/themes/mod-change-default-resolution-to-4k-root-t3618843
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Kot5nik, in my opinion, changing the resolution that android runs is not the proper way to go. Since XZ Premium is a device that supports 4k/HDR i shouldn't have to resort to "adb" to watch a 4k video in another app. Plus, by doing that, battery drain increases a bit, phone dialer app does not work, app switching does not show thumbnails etc.
FartyParty said:
Tried with Sony Xperia Video app and the 4K sample I downloaded runs the same as it runs in MX Player.
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FartyParty, I stand corrected. You are absolutely right. I took screenshots of both MX and Sony apps and the look identical. Only one difference though. It seems that MX Player doest not utilize HDR. There is a noticeable difference in contrast. You can see the attachments if you want to.

Liltman said:
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions regarding 4K videos. I tried playing a 4K H265 10bit video on the phone using the native Sony Video app and, although it did play, it was slow as heck. Does the phone support such videos natively (i.e. Hardware Accelarated playback)? Is it an issue of the app itself? Since almost all 4k content, with or with HDR/10bit, is in H265 are we limited to Youtube and Amazon for 4K playback? Do I have to transcode all my 4K Blu-Ray movies to H264 in order to play them? Are there any third party players (e.g. bsplayer) that can play 4k videos (and utilize the phone's 4k resolution, not just play them in 1080p). Thank you all for your time.
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Here is what i found from testing the device for 4K HDR videos
the device can and will play 4K H265 10bit and even HDR videos but there are things that need to be done to play perfectly
first you need to check for the containers to be mkv or mp4
second using sony app will not allow to play surround sound file like dts, ac3, AAC 5.1 or AAC 7.1
third which i think is very odd and stupid from sony is that how such a powerful device can't play mkv with AAC sound track no matter what stereo or surround.
The trick for this to use software where they can switch container without the need for converting the whole file from mkv to mp4.

Hi everyone,
I have to also agree with @Liltman and say that the MX Player does play video content in 4k however there is a very noticeable difference between the stock Sony album player and the MX player.
Sadly the Sony video player doesn't support truehd aac files so the video will play flawlessly without the sound :crying:
The MX Player on the other hand WILL play the sound but the quality of the video seems to take a small hit as it's not as vibrant as the Sony album player. This is because MX Player supports 4k but not HDR
I hope that Sony added codecs to make TrueHD sound files compatible with the Sony gallery player on Oreo but I am not very confident about that.
I would appreciate it if someone can find a way around this annoying issue. What software is @HYPER-RX referring to?
Thanks!

Try VLC guys. When I played an HDR video in VLC it tried to force my brightness to max like YouTube does. However, it had to ask for som system write permission to do it and it didnt work completely. See if VLC does a better job though I found it to be pretty good.

MX Player definitely does support HDR. You can tell because in HDR videos, if you try taking a screenshot, the screenshot will simply come out as black, whereas in SDR videos, you'll get a normal screenshot.

RJASSI21 said:
Try VLC guys. When I played an HDR video in VLC it tried to force my brightness to max like YouTube does. However, it had to ask for som system write permission to do it and it didnt work completely. See if VLC does a better job though I found it to be pretty good.
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Hi I just tried VLC and you was spot on. I can see that it actually does support HDR however I'm still having audio issues with the sound. Especially the HEVC Atmos 7.1. Do I need to download a codec pack or something?
It's a shame because the video quality is incredible!

Working perfectly
I tried to play 4k hdr 60fps video using the sony video app. I had no issues with playing it. It was smooth no lags at all.
codec was hevc and bitrate was 75Mbps and audio was AAC.

nirai06 said:
I tried to play 4k hdr 60fps video using the sony video app. I had no issues with playing it. It was smooth no lags at all.
codec was hevc and bitrate was 75Mbps and audio was AAC.
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Thanks was this on Oreo? And the sound file was it 5.1 or 7.1?

4k hdr playback. Help!

How to know if I am playing 4k hdr. In youtube its [email protected] with lot of frame skips. I did play some downloaded 4k hdr videos using the default player and it doesn't take control of the brightness like youtube does while playing hdr,also it does not show any notification or message that the video is hdr.

SATZDAS said:
How to know if I am playing 4k hdr. In youtube its [email protected] with lot of frame skips. I did play some downloaded 4k hdr videos using the default player and it doesn't take control of the brightness like youtube does while playing hdr,also it does not show any notification or message that the video is hdr.
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Same here. Also, sometime they're lag when playing 60 fps video with X reality engine on. Hope they fix this in the in android P.

jose van gaal said:
Same here. Also, sometime they're lag when playing 60 fps video with X reality engine on. Hope they fix this in the in android P.
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Have you successfully played any hdr video outside YouTube?

SATZDAS said:
Have you successfully played any hdr video outside YouTube?
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I never do that before, but the stock video work for me.

jose van gaal said:
I never do that before, but the stock video work for me.
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But how do you know its playing on hdr.It simply plays 4k.I don't see the brightness change that happens in youtube

SATZDAS said:
But how do you know its playing on hdr.It simply plays 4k.I don't see the brightness change that happens in youtube
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When you are playing HDR video, drag the notification bar down and you can see that the grey color is lighter than usual.
But 4K 60 fps is not playing smoothly as it used to in Nougat. Hope Sony fixes it in Pie!

nirai06 said:
When you are playing HDR video, drag the notification bar down and you can see that the grey color is lighter than usual.
But 4K 60 fps is not playing smoothly as it used to in Nougat. Hope Sony fixes it in Pie!
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Bro you just solved the problem I have been looking for like forever.I wish sony included a hdr notification or a tag along with the video.Yeah I hope they fix this issues in pie, fingers crossed. And thanks a lot BTW.But one question still. It Confuses me why it does not change the brightness while playing hdr like youtube does(YouTube hdr is just horrible)

If u try to play a hdr 4k video with MX Player Pro (idk if in the normal version hdr works) it will work well and smooth

Elysiumx said:
If u try to play a hdr 4k video with MX Player Pro (idk if in the normal version hdr works) it will work well and smooth
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Yeah I have mx player pro and it supports some audio codec which is not supported by the default player.All the 4k hevc 60fps demos are working fine with both mx and default player.Only youtube sucks

No video / black screen on philips android TV

Hi,
I just bought a Philips 32PFS6402 Android TV (version QM164E.).16.102.24).
Unfortunately the default video player, didn't have the possibility to adjust the subtitles, so I had to look for alternatives. Your MX player was highly recommended and the features I was looking for seems to be in place (remember where you stopped a video stored on USB and continue from that point on the next time. And adjust the timing of the subtitles while playing the video.)
so far so good. But unfortunately, not all video's are shown correctly. For some video's I only see a black screen. There is audio and ther are subtitles, but the screen stays black.
The codec info for the specific file:
MPEG-4 Video (XVID)
1920*800
Strange thing is, I can play the same movie using the default player.
Any suggestions?
thanks in advance,
Matthijs

mldz said:
Hi,
I just bought a Philips 32PFS6402 Android TV (version QM164E.).16.102.24).
Unfortunately the default video player, didn't have the possibility to adjust the subtitles, so I had to look for alternatives. Your MX player was highly recommended and the features I was looking for seems to be in place (remember where you stopped a video stored on USB and continue from that point on the next time. And adjust the timing of the subtitles while playing the video.)
so far so good. But unfortunately, not all video's are shown correctly. For some video's I only see a black screen. There is audio and ther are subtitles, but the screen stays black.
The codec info for the specific file:
MPEG-4 Video (XVID)
1920*800
Strange thing is, I can play the same movie using the default player.
Any suggestions?
thanks in advance,
Matthijs
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Please collect a bug report quickly after playing the file that has issues and share with us. It will help us to investigate further and provide a better resolution.

MXPlayer said:
Please collect a bug report quickly after playing the file that has issues and share with us. It will help us to investigate further and provide a better resolution.
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First of all, thanks for your reaction. How do I collect a bug report? I didn't see any options for that.
For you info. I tried Kodi today as well and experienced the same problems. No video image, while there is sound and there are subtitles. I find it to be very strange, since the same movie does play in the default player (no idea which one that is).
Today the movie I tested yesterday on MX Player, resulted in some kind of freeze. no response what so ever.
thanks,
Matthijs

mldz said:
First of all, thanks for your reaction. How do I collect a bug report? I didn't see any options for that.
For you info. I tried Kodi today as well and experienced the same problems. No video image, while there is sound and there are subtitles. I find it to be very strange, since the same movie does play in the default player (no idea which one that is).
Today the movie I tested yesterday on MX Player, resulted in some kind of freeze. no response what so ever.
thanks,
Matthijs
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Based on the information you have shared, it seems that your device's hardware-accelerated decoders are buggy or broken. Request you to tap on the HW button on the playback screen and check other decoders. It may work for you.

MXPlayer said:
Based on the information you have shared, it seems that your device's hardware-accelerated decoders are buggy or broken. Request you to tap on the HW button on the playback screen and check other decoders. It may work for you.
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Will give it a try again (it's not near me now). Thanks

configuring MX player

Hello
i have a smart tv qled 4k hdr with android tv 11.
is there any specific configuration in the mx player for me to watch 1080p and 4K movies in .mp4 and .mpk with maximum quality?
is there a way for mxplayer to save the audio and video synchronization settings, aspect ratio, and others for all the videos I open in it?
thanks

Can someone help me ?