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Get Lag free 1080P (MX Player) Uber Guide ;)

Hello there folks!
My first thread so bear the simplicity I try to keep things minimalistic.
Here we go, I am a total video junkie got this 3TB hard drive full of HD Movies , HD TV series and what not, thing is when am away from my beloved Asus LED or on the move my Canvas 2 can't play the full 1080p properly while 720p runs just fine, so as I have all the content true1080p it was really frustrating.
Now no need to convert or wrestle with time or frame rate, with the following MX Player settings you can load up any content upto 1080p even Bluray source!
First things first you guys need the latest MX Player use Play Store if possible get the pro for no clutter ads.
You need:
MX Player 1.7.19 ARMv7 NEON
(Pro for no Ads rest is same)
Now just go to settings and then decoder set as follow:
0. Don't check H/w+ leave it unchecked
1. Uncheck correct aspect ratio
2. Check S/w decoder local,
3. Set CPU core limit to 2
4. Now the real deal, select 'Color Format' option and set 'YUV' it's experimental but it really does the trick!
(Using RGB 32 bit or 16 bit is more resource hungry and our device can't handle it so the
playback slutters)
5. Leave everything as it is I.e unchecked . Period!
All set now, fire up some eye candy and gaze through.
Tip: Go in settings then player check 'Quit Button' option every time you leave you should quit MX player to get it off the RAM otherwise if you leave by pressing back it lulls in the background.
Check some attachments, all content is full HD there is no single lag, voice drop, audio glitch whatsoever
whole deal is the new 'YUV' color format!
Enjoy ! Mucha gracias
Hit thanks, if you find my guide helpful. (It certainly is)

Will. Try n let u know...

it helped 50%
it helped much beter than before i did what you told but then too some of my mp4 vids lags any more setting u can tell me
i used 32 bit colour depth

jesuinodsa said:
it helped much beter than before i did what you told but then too some of my mp4 vids lags any more setting u can tell me
i used 32 bit colour depth
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You missed the most important step, set the color format to "YUV' using 32 bits stresses out the CPU its more resource hungry you will find this new color format setting only in the latest version I mentioned latter versions don't have it ..
Settings=Decoder=Color Format=YUV

In 4.2.1 m installed mx player pro but its say unsupported android version
Anybody help me plz m very confused????
Edit: prblm solve now

Anas6538 said:
In 4.2.1 m installed mx player pro but its say unsupported android version
Anybody help me plz m very confused????
Edit: prblm solve now
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if you must know the paid version check for registration if not found it gives u this error install free version from playstore
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Skyrazor said:
You missed the most important step, set the color format to "YUV' using 32 bits stresses out the CPU its more resource hungry you will find this new color format setting only in the latest version I mentioned latter versions don't have it ..
Settings=Decoder=Color Format=YUV
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thanks @Skyrazor helped alot

Anas6538 said:
In 4.2.1 m installed mx player pro but its say unsupported android version
Anybody help me plz m very confused????
Edit: prblm solve now
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Well, that sounds weird make sure you installed the correct version, for our device use 'ARM V7 Neon' check the OP for screen shots, I can't say about the WAREZ use store!

Spread the word mate, @jesuinodsa

Nice finding, will try this tonight..

Is it compulsory to have the pro version?..

shreyas.kelshikar said:
Is it compulsory to have the pro version?..
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Nope use free version but ads will pop up if u pause the video when data or WiFi is on
Sent from my Micromax A110 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Well.. i have an ad-blocker installed.. .. anyways thanks for the reply..

will surely check...........
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will surely check...........good one

Not working mate...... Volume is still missing..... Any solution???

Mine is also sound is missing!!!
Any solution ?

it wont work..
Skyrazor said:
Hello there folks!
My first thread so bear the simplicity I try to keep things minimalistic.
Here we go, I am a total video junkie got this 3TB hard drive full of HD Movies , HD TV series and what not, thing is when am away from my beloved Asus LED or on the move my Canvas 2 can't play the full 1080p properly while 720p runs just fine, so as I have all the content true1080p it was really frustrating.
Now no need to convert or wrestle with time or frame rate, with the following MX Player settings you can load up any content upto 1080p even Bluray source!
First things first you guys need the latest MX Player use Play Store if possible get the pro for no clutter ads.
You need:
MX Player 1.7.19 ARMv7 NEON
(Pro for no Ads rest is same)
Now just go to settings and then decoder set as follow:
0. Don't check H/w+ leave it unchecked
1. Uncheck correct aspect ratio
2. Check S/w decoder local,
3. Set CPU core limit to 2
4. Now the real deal, select 'Color Format' option and set 'YUV' it's experimental but it really does the trick!
(Using RGB 32 bit or 16 bit is more resource hungry and our device can't handle it so the
playback slutters)
5. Leave everything as it is I.e unchecked . Period!
All set now, fire up some eye candy and gaze through.
Tip: Go in settings then player check 'Quit Button' option every time you leave you should quit MX player to get it off the RAM otherwise if you leave by pressing back it lulls in the background.
Check some attachments, all content is full HD there is no single lag, voice drop, audio glitch whatsoever
whole deal is the new 'YUV' color format!
Enjoy ! Mucha gracias
Hit thanks, if you find my guide helpful. (It certainly is)
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as u said changing rgb to yuv has no difference in c2 ,mk65xx devices are not basically 1080p video playback supported , only thing it can do is by reducing frame rate by 15. and yuv is a color model for a display device as our canvas 2 is basically 16m colors , and 480p res. dnt need to change to yuv . rgb is good and fine.finally 720p - 30fps / 1080p - 15fps is the default seting for all mk65xx devices .to check for urself google it , u will see all devices supports 1080p video playback in only low FPS

Anas6538 said:
Mine is also sound is missing!!!
Any solution ?
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Well, that is weird make sure you don't have S/w audio checked in decoder settings also make sure only thing checked in decoder settings is s/w decoder (local) color format set to YUV and CPU core limit set to 2 it works I can guarantee, I didn't post without toatally testing and figuring out also am on stock 4.1 are you on any custom ROM?

X_GOD said:
as u said changing rgb to yuv has no difference in c2 ,mk65xx devices are not basically 1080p video playback supported , only thing it can do is by reducing frame rate by 15. and yuv is a color model for a display device as our canvas 2 is basically 16m colors , and 480p res. dnt need to change to yuv . rgb is good and fine.finally 720p - 30fps / 1080p - 15fps is the default seting for all mk65xx devices .to check for urself google it , u will see all devices supports 1080p video playback in only low FPS
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Agreed I am also aware of mt6577 artitecture supporting 720p playback only, but using YUV to render vedios instead of RGB is helpful, RGB format does produce fine quality but is more intense on CPU and expenses RAM to a larger quantity and perhaps, I don't see any noticeable difference in rendering with YUV, On the other hand FPS of vedio can be different depending on the source , give it try though it works for me.

Skyrazor said:
Well, that is weird make sure you don't have S/w audio checked in decoder settings also make sure only thing checked in decoder settings is s/w decoder (local) color format set to YUV and CPU core limit set to 2 it works I can guarantee, I didn't post without toatally testing and figuring out also am on stock 4.1 are you on any custom ROM?
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M using typhoon rom 4.2.1 n its stock rom

Excellent !!!!!
Many many many many many many many
Thanx thanx thanx thanx thanx thanx
This thing I was searching from last one year
Really a very important thing u have come up with for canvas 2 users:laugh:
It is working for me on turbov3.1

[Q][Resolved] MX player and HEVC/H265 codec

when this app will support a 4K videos?
thanks:laugh:

The app can already play 4K video and HEVC. MX Player uses ffmpeg as a base decoder, so whatever ffmpeg can play, MX can play. Of course, 4K and HEVC support isn't optimal by anyone right now, so don't expect stellar results.

Expect hardware-decode of HEVC/X265
CDB-Man said:
The app can already play 4K video and HEVC. MX Player uses ffmpeg as a base decoder, so whatever ffmpeg can play, MX can play. Of course, 4K and HEVC support isn't optimal by anyone right now, so don't expect stellar results.
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When I play a 1080p vedio of HEVC/X265 movie with mxplayer 1.7.32, the player just only can play it using software decode, and the playing is very slowly.
I try to enable hw/+ mode but it failed to play.
So, expect that hard-decode can implement quickly~~~~

Hardware and/or hardware+ decode is not possible until manufacturers make chipsets that support HEVC. Those won't come for at least another year.
You can find a planned production timetable by Qualcomm here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57336946&postcount=119

Well, I have Qualcomm 801 that should support HEVC decoding (at 1080p), but it doesn't work. MX can't use HW(+) on HEVC videos, and it's not even in the list that I can get using Android API (MediaCodecList).
It seems that even if you have chipset with HEVC support you still may need to wait for manufacturer to get it supported. So player developers can't do anything about it.

Indeed, thank you vivan for the clarification!

Learned how to solve the slow film problem
you can solve the slow playing problem by going to this address on your phone : settings-developer settings - advanced settings - Enable OpenGL traces - systrace (graphics)
and its done , and your welcome

Leo_tm said:
you can solve the slow playing problem by going to this address on your phone : settings-developer settings - advanced settings - Enable OpenGL traces - systrace (graphics)
and its done , and your welcome
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I tried this, but it made no difference. The video playback is still slow, and periodically the sound stops playing for a few seconds while the video catches up.

Mistake
RashaMatt said:
I tried this, but it made no difference. The video playback is still slow, and periodically the sound stops playing for a few seconds while the video catches up.
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Yeah you're right it wasn't it
but i think it's supposed to be like this , i mean if you pay attention movies go slow when it's not that important , like when a conversation is going on it's good and when it ends and it shows for example "a house from a distance" it goes slow , you know what I meann ?!!!

Leo_tm said:
you can solve the slow playing problem by going to this address on your phone : settings-developer settings - advanced settings - Enable OpenGL traces - systrace (graphics)
and its done , and your welcome
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Dumping or enabled trace, live log etc will slow down system. You must know what you are saying man!

warvevo said:
Dumping or enabled trace, live log etc will slow down system. You must know what you are saying man!
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I just learned , thank you for telling me .

changed settings my Elephone P8000
phone : settings-developer settings - advanced settings - Enable OpenGL traces - systrace (graphics)
HEVC
now much smoother, but still slows

thank you very much

I found setting the number of cores to use (in MX player's settings) to match the number of cores in my device processor worked. Video was very jumpy and audio/video sync failed before, now 265 plays perfect. (Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8)

jlparsons2 said:
I found setting the number of cores to use (in MX player's settings) to match the number of cores in my device processor worked. Video was very jumpy and audio/video sync failed before, now 265 plays perfect. (Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8)
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perfect... I change the number of core to use, so it finally work with H265 HVEC codec

If didnt work, try in MX player play with settings there, for example what works for me (lenovo tab yoga 3 pro) was: limit CPU core to 8, YUV colours, and use tricks for faster play -> any one from these not set = video playback fail, all of them = absolute superb (even in battery saving mode); so keep trying, the hope is there

I tried everything above mentioned. I have OnePlus 2 and a custom RR 6.0 ROM, version of Android is 8.1. HEVC (×265) lag in mxplayer or any other player in my phone. So please someone give me solution for this. My phone has a SD 810 and SD 810 support HEVC but mxplayer doesn't use HW or HW+ at all it only use SW. So any developer develop any app that use HW to play ×265 or just they use software decoder for that.

patelDarshan said:
I tried everything above mentioned. I have OnePlus 2 and a custom RR 6.0 ROM, version of Android is 8.1. HEVC (×265) lag in mxplayer or any other player in my phone. So please someone give me solution for this. My phone has a SD 810 and SD 810 support HEVC but mxplayer doesn't use HW or HW+ at all it only use SW. So any developer develop any app that use HW to play ×265 or just they use software decoder for that.
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Please collect a bug report from the help menu right after playing the file that has issues & share with us here. It may help us to understand the issue better.

Thirumalai.K said:
Please collect a bug report from the help menu right after playing the file that has issues & share with us here. It may help us to understand the issue better.
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I want to attach a zip file of bug report but it shows bad request, I tried with separate file too. But it shows bad request. What should I do?
I can't share drive link too.

patelDarshan said:
I want to attach a zip file of bug report but it shows bad request, I tried with separate file too. But it shows bad request. What should I do?
I can't share drive link too.
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Looks it's due to the post count limitations. But, you can still share the drive link by simply masking to prevent the URL detection.
eg: use h**p://www.google.com instead of http://www.google.com

[Q][Resolved] Great app.... but why is the maximum brightness so low?

Is there an add on that will fix this for me?

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MSK1 said:
Is there an add on that will fix this for me?
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You should provide detailed information of your problem. It depend on hardware of your device. To check - go to brightness setting of your main android setting and change it to maximum. Also, you may have forget to use brightness gesture in mx player. slide it up and you will get maximum brightness.

sumantaadk said:
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You should provide detailed information of your problem. It depend on hardware of your device. To check - go to brightness setting of your main android setting and change it to maximum. Also, you may have forget to use brightness gesture in mx player. slide it up and you will get maximum brightness.
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The mx player ignores my phones brightness settung. ... whether it's dim or max. ..
It uses its own.
Even when slide up to maximum on mxplayer. ... It's way way dimmer than my phones maximum brightness.

MSK1 said:
The mx player ignores my phones brightness settung. ... whether it's dim or max. ..
It uses its own.
Even when slide up to maximum on mxplayer. ... It's way way dimmer than my phones maximum brightness.
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First of all I request you to report in the proper way in future.
By default, MX Player uses it's own brightness control only on playback. It follows your system brightness on all other screens like video list, settings, etc.
On playback screen it uses per window brightness control system provided by standard android api. If it's not working either there might be a bug in your system or some invise application like brightness control / power saver / any other overlaying widgets / call recorders / dialers may always run on the top of all other apps.
So, even if you change the brightness on mx, it won't reflect since the android will follow the brightess settings of the top most window
If you wish mx to use the system brightness, Goto Settings 》Player 》Screen & Disable Brightness settings. After disabling system brightness will be used all over the mx player.

Apologies. ...
I think that has worked. ...
Thank you.

ktsamy said:
First of all I request you to report in the proper way in future.
By default, MX Player uses it's own brightness control only on playback. It follows your system brightness on all other screens like video list, settings, etc.
On playback screen it uses per window brightness control system provided by standard android api. If it's not working either there might be a bug in your system or some invise application like brightness control / power saver / any other overlaying widgets / call recorders / dialers may always run on the top of all other apps.
So, even if you change the brightness on mx, it won't reflect since the android will follow the brightess settings of the top most window
If you wish mx to use the system brightness, Goto Settings 》Player 》Screen & Disable Brightness settings. After disabling system brightness will be used all over the mx player.
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I thought this had resolved the issue but I have resigned myself to the fact that it was a placebo effect. ..
In hindsight there is a tiny (If any) difference. ....
My system brightness at max is really bright but doesn't seem to get reflected on mx player (not that max brightness is any good)....
Please help.

What device and ROM?

CDB-Man said:
What device and ROM?
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Note 2....
Android 4.4.4.... Touchwiz

MSK1 said:
Note 2....
Android 4.4.4.... Touchwiz
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As I have already told earlier, any invisible app can cause issue.
Go to application manager & force stop all applications installed by you. Goto running tab & ensure there is no user app is running.
Now Open MX Player & try again.

[Bug]. Wrong stretching in case of playing portrait video

Hi,
Recently I've faced with landscape and portrait issue. If I shot a video on my device in portrait mode. MX-Player stratched this video in wrong way. It tries to represent it as landscape.
Actually, it starts playing all portrait video in wrong way. It's very annoying.
Screenshots attached.
- Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
- Android 4.2.2
- MX-Player v. 1.7.33 (ARMv7 NEON)
Could you take a look?

DiffeRT said:
Hi,
Recently I've faced with landscape and portrait issue. If I shot a video on my device in portrait mode. MX-Player stratched this video in wrong way. It tries to represent it as landscape.
Actually, it starts playing all portrait video in wrong way. It's very annoying.
Screenshots attached.
- Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
- Android 4.2.2
- MX-Player v. 1.7.33 (ARMv7 NEON)
Could you take a look?
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Goto settings | Decoder
Disable "Correct Aspact Ratio" under H/W decoder.
Check whether your problem is fixed or not.

ktsamy said:
Goto settings | Decoder
Disable "Correct Aspact Ratio" under H/W decoder.
Check whether your problem is fixed or not.
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Hi,
Thank you very much! Your advice has solved the problem.
Sorry for screaming, may be this is as designed, just new item in options But I didn't change this options before and it was working.
Does it means that my device works fine with hardware decoder and I don't need that option enabled?
My be it is useful to disable this one by default?
Thanks, again!
P.S. You can edit the title or that thread if it is not a bug.

Disabling "Correct Aspect Ratio" worked for me on my Note 4. As DiffeRT said, this option should be turned off by default. There are a lot of complaints on the Play Store of people having the same problem and they don't know what to do.

DiffeRT said:
Hi,
Recently I've faced with landscape and portrait issue. If I shot a video on my device in portrait mode. MX-Player stratched this video in wrong way. It tries to represent it as landscape.
Actually, it starts playing all portrait video in wrong way. It's very annoying.
Screenshots attached.
- Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
- Android 4.2.2
- MX-Player v. 1.7.33 (ARMv7 NEON)
Could you take a look?
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I am also having the same issue on my Note 5. Recorded a 15 second video to send to real estate clients and it is completely stretched when I send it. I cant find the hardware decoder or aspect ratio settings. Please help!
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ktsamy said:
Goto settings | Decoder
Disable "Correct Aspact Ratio" under H/W decoder.
Check whether your problem is fixed or not.
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Where can I find the hardware decoder settings or aspect ratio on a Note 5 Pleaseeee??

djcohiba1 said:
I am also having the same issue on my Note 5. Recorded a 15 second video to send to real estate clients and it is completely stretched when I send it. I cant find the hardware decoder or aspect ratio settings. Please help!
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Where can I find the hardware decoder settings or aspect ratio on a Note 5 Pleaseeee??
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I think my post is self explanatory.
From menu goto Settings, then Decoder. Under Hardware Decoder you can find "correct aspect ratio". Just disable it.
If you need manual override, when you play a file, open menu, goto display & open aspect ratio. You can select the commonly used settings as presets there or you can use your own as custom
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ktsamy said:
I think my post is self explanatory.
From menu goto Settings, then Decoder. Under Hardware Decoder you can find "correct aspect ratio". Just disable it.
If you need manual override, when you play a file, open menu, goto display & open aspect ratio. You can select the commonly used settings as presets there or you can use your own as custom
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Im looking for and have even searched decoder in settings. There is not a decoder option anywhere. Frustrated.

djcohiba1 said:
Im looking for and have even searched decoder in settings. There is not a decoder option anywhere. Frustrated.
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Are you searching in Android's System Settings..?
I am taking about MX Player's Settings option
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ktsamy said:
Are you searching in Android's System Settings..?
I am taking about MX Player's Settings option
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Apologies, yes I was talking about android system settings. My issue is not personal playback instead my concern is what will happen when someone I send the video to receives it. I work with Realtors and send videos inviting them to events. If I make a 15 sec video and send it via mms it is stretched, just to be a bit more specific. Thanks

djcohiba1 said:
Apologies, yes I was talking about android system settings. My issue is not personal playback instead my concern is what will happen when someone I send the video to receives it. I work with Realtors and send videos inviting them to events. If I make a 15 sec video and send it via mms it is stretched, just to be a bit more specific. Thanks
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Can you share a sample clip in which you have issues..?
It will be helpful to diagnosing the issue.
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Equalizer issue

I've noticed that when the equalizer is activated, the sound level is significantly reduced .

skyhirules said:
I've noticed that when the equalizer is activated, the sound level is significantly reduced .
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MX Player makes use of the standard audiofx engine. So, the effect may vary based on its implementation in your device. However, we will highlight this with our relevant team and do our best on the possible improvements.
Thank You!

MXPlayer said:
MX Player makes use of the standard audiofx engine. So, the effect may vary based on its implementation in your device. However, we will highlight this with our relevant team and do our best on the possible improvements.
Thank You!
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Thanks for replying. I just want to mention that this issue doesn't happen with my other apps that have equalizers.