Hardware HEVC decoding support on Asus Zenfone 3 Max (ZC520TL) - MX Player

(Yes, I know i already asked about this in the Asus Zenfone 3 subforum.)
The title says it all. Basically MX Player plays HEVC encoded videos on this phone using software decoding, even though this device has hardware decoding support for that codec. Can anyone explain it to me why?
I will attach a bug report as soon as I figure out how add attachments.

AronNemeth2001 said:
(Yes, I know i already asked about this in the Asus Zenfone 3 subforum.)
The title says it all. Basically MX Player plays HEVC encoded videos on this phone using software decoding, even though this device has hardware decoding support for that codec. Can anyone explain it to me why?
I will attach a bug report as soon as I figure out how add attachments.
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Hi,
It depends. Not all HEVC files are same. For example your device may only support HEVC main profile upto 1080P @ 30fps.
In such cases, you can't play any HEVC 4K file or an HEVC file encoded with the Main10 profile or a video HEVC video with 60fps (in HW+, it may lag).
If you can't upload the logs here, you can share the link after uploading to anywhere else (like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.,).
If you have issues with links as well, then just mask it ( Like replace http with h**p)

Thanks for the reply!
Here is the report:
h**ps://drive.google.com/file/d/14lguX8sJefjLzBS7w2vOaoqMjQaufn4u/view?usp=drivesdk

AronNemeth2001 said:
Thanks for the reply!
Here is the report:
h**ps://drive.google.com/file/d/14lguX8sJefjLzBS7w2vOaoqMjQaufn4u/view?usp=drivesdk
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There is no log about the playback. Maybe some other app is generating too many logs.
Kindly Increase the log buffer size on developer options on your system & collect the log again immediately after attempting to play in HW & HW+.

Never mind, I've figured it out. The problem was that the videos I tried to play were encoded at level 4, while my phone only supports hardware decoding up to level 3.1.
Again, thanks for your help.

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[Q] Laggy when playing video 1080p with VP9 video format

Hi, Recently I've downloaded video 1080p from youtube but when playing it, the video laggy but the audio just playing properly fine...
I thought it because the decoder set to H/W, but when switched to S/W both video & audio become laggy, then try switched to H/W+ it become worse (doesn't support this kind video it says...).
When I see media info of video, it use VP9 format video.
Here is the video: www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU
I've tried on 3 devices; Asus Zenfone 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and LG G2, all of it have the same issues...
And tried on PC to check if the video has errors or something, but the video is playing perfectly fine.
Is it something like bugs so the video didn't play properly? Or android can't play video with format VP9 properly?
Because I've tried other video 1080p, it can be played properly.
Oh FYI, I've tried using few other video player, and none of its can play the video as good as MX Player. That's why I've been using MX Player as default video player.
Hope there will be improvement on the next update so the video VP9 1080p can be played properly
MX Player is the best
All 1080p videos are not same.
It may lag at various parameters like higher frame rate, bitrate, color depth,....etc.
For example if you consider a video 1080p @ 30fps inorder to display 1 sec of videos it needs to decode 30 frames. Where as in 1080p @ 60 fps it requires 60 frames to be decoded. So, It will require the double power. Like wise various encoding parameters matters in video playback.
Second, H/W uses your hardware's native decoder . If the codec is natively supported by your device, H/W decoder will be the best option.
In case of S/W decoder, it supports more video formats since it depends on the ffmpeg. But, decoding will be completely done one CPU. So, it needs very high cpu power. That's why it's more laggy.
Night.Lurker said:
Hi, Recently I've downloaded video 1080p from youtube but when playing it, the video laggy but the audio just playing properly fine...
I thought it because the decoder set to H/W, but when switched to S/W both video & audio become laggy, then try switched to H/W+ it become worse (doesn't support this kind video it says...).
When I see media info of video, it use VP9 format video.
Here is the video: www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU
I've tried on 3 devices; Asus Zenfone 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and LG G2, all of it have the same issues...
And tried on PC to check if the video has errors or something, but the video is playing perfectly fine.
Is it something like bugs so the video didn't play properly? Or android can't play video with format VP9 properly?
Because I've tried other video 1080p, it can be played properly.
Oh FYI, I've tried using few other video player, and none of its can play the video as good as MX Player. That's why I've been using MX Player as default video player.
Hope there will be improvement on the next update so the video VP9 1080p can be played properly
MX Player is the best
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VP9 isn't a widely supported format. That's likely why HW and HW+ don't work well with it; most devices don't have VP9 hardware acceleration.
SW rendering of a 1080p video is very demanding. Even on the most powerful devices, since there's no hardware acceleration, expect performance to be sub-par. Currently, devices on the market can only SW render 720p smoothly.
This being said, for SW mode, try Settings > Decoder > use speedup tricks. See if that helps a little bit on SW.
Ultimately, the best option is to reencode the video to something like H264/AVC mp4.
VP9 on KitKat+
I've tried on 3 devices; Asus Zenfone 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and LG G2, all of it have the same issues...
And tried on PC to check if the video has errors or something, but the video is playing perfectly fine.
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Can you explain more where you're trying to playback the video? VP9 support is built in to Android from KitKat+ and should not have an issue playing back. Additionally, can you try playing back the video on Chrome on Android and see if there are still decode issues?
Thanks.
ktsamy said:
All 1080p videos are not same.
It may lag at various parameters like higher frame rate, bitrate, color depth,....etc.
For example if you consider a video 1080p @ 30fps inorder to display 1 sec of videos it needs to decode 30 frames. Where as in 1080p @ 60 fps it requires 60 frames to be decoded. So, It will require the double power. Like wise various encoding parameters matters in video playback.
Second, H/W uses your hardware's native decoder . If the codec is natively supported by your device, H/W decoder will be the best option.
In case of S/W decoder, it supports more video formats since it depends on the ffmpeg. But, decoding will be completely done one CPU. So, it needs very high cpu power. That's why it's more laggy.
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CDB-Man said:
VP9 isn't a widely supported format. That's likely why HW and HW+ don't work well with it; most devices don't have VP9 hardware acceleration.
SW rendering of a 1080p video is very demanding. Even on the most powerful devices, since there's no hardware acceleration, expect performance to be sub-par. Currently, devices on the market can only SW render 720p smoothly.
This being said, for SW mode, try Settings > Decoder > use speedup tricks. See if that helps a little bit on SW.
Ultimately, the best option is to reencode the video to something like H264/AVC mp4.
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I see... So the point is the problem because most devices don't have VP9 hardware accelaration yet, especially for 1080p VP9...
Well... I've tried using SW speed up trick, it didn't much help...
Yeah...maybe the best option is to reencode the video to H264...or download 720p version..., cause the 720p VP9 can be played perfectly fine.
Still... I hope the MX Player developer team has plan to improve playback for 1080p VP9 video
Btw thanks for your answer bro
gurupanguji said:
Can you explain more where you're trying to playback the video? VP9 support is built in to Android from KitKat+ and should not have an issue playing back. Additionally, can you try playing back the video on Chrome on Android and see if there are still decode issues?
Thanks.
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As I said before, I'm trying to play 1080p VP9 video (that I've downloaded from youtube using IDM on computer) on my Asus Zenfone 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, & LG G2 using MX Player.
But when I playing it, the video is laggy on all devices...
Surely you can streaming it using youtube app & chrome android and it plays well till the end cause the available quality option in those apps is up to 720p (the 1080p quality option is hidden on those apps so I can't select it to test if it plays well or not).
Night.Lurker said:
Still... I hope the MX Player developer team has plan to improve playback for 1080p VP9 video
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That would be something you would have to ask the ffmpeg team to do, since MX uses their codecs. Unless the MX dev has a magic trick up his sleeve, I don't think there's much else MX can do to further improve SW playback performance for a video that exceeds the CPU's capabilities...
Likewise, on a hardware acceleration, it's limited by the hardwaree put in place by the manufacturer... so this aspect would need a new device.
Hi, i bumping this thread because i encountered the issue on some youtube vids too, but it's mostly playing fine, i think that with a few updates it will be good my phone is getting hot fast though.. (oneplus one)
VP9 1440p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNNfZuIA1GQ : fine
VP9 1080p with a lot of "motion" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGyZY4HNumw a bit laggy
I think I have already answered.
Read the second post. Video encoding parameters matters.
If you can't play in H/W or H/W+ decoder, Don't expect the smooth playback on S/W. It fully depends on CPU. If is laggy then your processor is not powerful enough. Sometime enabling the speed up tricks may reduce the lagging.
One more thing, using CPU will drain your battery faster than H/W. When CPU runs it's maximum speed for long time it will emit more heat which may lead to issues.
ktsamy said:
I think I have already answered.
Read the second post. Video encoding parameters matters.
If you can't play in H/W or H/W+ decoder, Don't expect the smooth playback on S/W. It fully depends on CPU. If is laggy then your processor is not powerful enough. Sometime enabling the speed up tricks may reduce the lagging.
One more thing, using CPU will drain your battery faster than H/W. When CPU runs it's maximum speed for long time it will emit more heat which may lead to issues.
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Okay thank you. Then i hope new processors will have vp9 decoding h/w
coc014 said:
Okay thank you. Then i hope new processors will have vp9 decoding h/w
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The chance of that happening, I can't see to be high. The MPEG consortium probably pays a lot to lobby chipset makers to only support MPEG formats, such as H.264 and H.265.
CDB-Man said:
The MPEG consortium probably pays a lot to lobby chipset makers to only support MPEG formats, such as H.264 and H.265.
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Lolno, it's just that industry is not interested in VP9. Even if they don't have to pay royalties they still have to develop asics (and h/w engineers are saying that it's not h/w friendly) and include them into the chip. It still costs a lot.
And what is the point of supporting vp9? It's an ugly google toy that they're ready to abandon (say hello to vp10 in 2015).
Ah yes, ASICs. I don't think manufacturers would be very happy at making more dies for new ICs. They already aren't happy with being forced to support Hi10p in H.265.
Forced? I would be happy if they were forced, but, at least Qualcomm, have no plans whatsoever
vivan000 said:
Forced? I would be happy if they were forced, but, at least Qualcomm, have no plans whatsoever
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Well, this sucks. Looks like we'll be waiting another generation... Where did you find that support chart?
Edit: We should move this discussion to the 10-bit thread. I'm going to quote you over there. http://forum.xda-developers.com/app...layer-10-bit-video-discussion-t2725241/page12
abput supporting vp9 1080p and undeleting files in mx player p higher andrpid version
first of all:
"Most probably you’re on Android marshmallow 6.0 API. If you’re trying to delete a video that is located on the external storage then its not possible due to some bug in the file system and mx player.
If you’re on the internal storage then MX player has only read only rights on the directory on which you’re currently on."
or just delete on your internal system file manager application.
Second answer about playng videos vp9
becayse you can't play vp9 if you download youtube videos with IDM (internet download manager)
because it is bull**** and its newer versions used idmmkvlib.01 codec.so when downloadimg it not only download andit convert into ist bull**** special format.so won't play withx pr others.try another downloader or manual download yt videos i recomend.

[Q] mxplayer unable to play HEVC 4K or HD with HW Decode on S805 SOC

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

[Q] Hevc

I want to play 720p HEVC H.265 in MX Player. Does it depends on mobile? Do I need to download any codecs? What are the minimum requirements to play HEVC in MX Player smoothly? Pleasy do reply.
awesomealpesh said:
I want to play 720p HEVC H.265 in MX Player. Does it depends on mobile? Do I need to download any codecs? What are the minimum requirements to play HEVC in MX Player smoothly? Pleasy do reply.
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Yes, it's completely depends on device.
If the device natively supports HEVC, you can play HEVC in HW decoder. Else, SW decoder is the only option. But, it needs very powerful processor.
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Hevc
If I want to play it in SW, then how much powerful processor is needed?
It will be a great help if you mention minimum requirements for PC too.
Thanks
awesomealpesh said:
If I want to play it in SW, then how much powerful processor is needed?
It will be a great help if you mention minimum requirements for PC too.
Thanks
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It depends upon the quality of the video.
Just try yourself. If SW is laggy, your processor is not powerful enough to play that video.
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awesomealpesh said:
If I want to play it in SW, then how much powerful processor is needed?
It will be a great help if you mention minimum requirements for PC too.
Thanks
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Any Device, with CyanogenOS 12.1 / CyanogenMod 12.1 Can play smoothly in HW for 720p hevc/x265 8bit (10bit, not sure) @ 25fps.
With the same codec & resolution above 25fps, You need a device Display of 720p Resolution (Must).
For PC (Windows Platform Only), The Best of The Best - K-Lite Mega Codec Pack ( Much better than VLC ) URL :-
http://codecguide.com
Deblocking feature would be great for that. We can disable deblocking for highly compressed videos to achieve a better decoding.
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Any Device, with CyanogenOS 12.1 / CyanogenMod 12.1 Can play smoothly in HW for 720p hevc/x265 8bit (10bit, not sure) @ 25fps.
With the same codec & resolution above 25fps, You need a device Display of 720p Resolution (Must).
For PC (Windows Platform Only), The Best of The Best - K-Lite Mega Codec Pack ( Much better than VLC ) URL :-
http://codecguide.com
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You are completely wrong...!
Eventhough rom configuration also plays a vital role in multimedia performance, it's mainly depends on the processor. If I am not wrong to implement HW acceleration for HEVC the chipset must support HEVC.
In device with unsupported chipset can't be HW accelerated even when you use Cyanogen(Mod/OS) 12.1.
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Hi i have wonderings, concerning HEVC on phones.
I can play my H265 videos on my phones enough smoothly (i used to have a Honor 6, and now it's a Oneplus X) - tryed VLC or MX Player Pro (+AC3&DTS Codec).
Yet i can't move inside any video. if i try to, the video always restart from the beginning. It's really annoying to me.
Concerning the HiSilicon processor, i thought there was some incompatibility, but with the OPX's SD801, everything should be fine, shouldn't it ?
Thanks in advance for your help
Lord_Babass said:
Hi i have wonderings, concerning HEVC on phones.
I can play my H265 videos on my phones enough smoothly (i used to have a Honor 6, and now it's a Oneplus X) - tryed VLC or MX Player Pro (+AC3&DTS Codec).
Yet i can't move inside any video. if i try to, the video always restart from the beginning. It's really annoying to me.
Concerning the HiSilicon processor, i thought there was some incompatibility, but with the OPX's SD801, everything should be fine, shouldn't it ?
Thanks in advance for your help
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SW or HW decoder? Also, sounds like your video may have container wrapping issues, if you cannot seek.
OnePlus One should have more than enough power.
I've tried sw,hw, and hw+.
The behavior keeps the same.
As i mostly watch downloaded mangas, i've tried different ones, from different groups, but always impossible to seek inside a video...
What i understand from you is that it is not normal, and not a known issue... Crap!
ktsamy said:
You are completely wrong...!
Eventhough rom configuration also plays a vital role in multimedia performance, it's mainly depends on the processor. If I am not wrong to implement HW acceleration for HEVC the chipset must support HEVC.
In device with unsupported chipset can't be HW accelerated even when you use Cyanogen(Mod/OS) 12.1.
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@ktsamy, I Just Forgot That.
Thanks Mate.
@CDB-Man do you think it is something you can reproduce/investigate? (in OPX we have SD801 version aa i think...)
i truly believe that very few people use H265 for now, so such problem may keep marginal.
i haven't mentioned that i have tried every video reader i found on google play, all behave the same.
Or maybe does it come from the manufacturer's implementation/drivers in its rom ? (what about SD801 with samsung's S5 phone?)
I haven't encountered any seek issues specific to HEVC; what I have seen before are videos not in a proper MKV or other container, and therefore you cannot seek it.
A raw .hevc video stream file, you may not be able to seek.

No hardware decoding on H96 Max

Hi.
Recently bought H96 Max TV-Box and installed MX Player Pro on it.
But player can't play HEVC H265 videos in HW mode.
When trying to switch to HW mode it says it is not supported.
HW+ option is greyed out(not available) at all.
Currently using SW method but video playback is very bad with this method and it is impossible to watch with this method.
TV-Box based on RK3399 processor that claims full H265 hardware decoding support and I know it does because built in players can handle this file without problem with smooth playback.
How can I get smooth hardware decoding in player at this device?
hi, I'm going to receive this TV Box as well,
have you solved this problem? I'm a bit afraid of that...
IevgenSobko said:
Hi.
Recently bought H96 Max TV-Box and installed MX Player Pro on it.
But player can't play HEVC H265 videos in HW mode.
When trying to switch to HW mode it says it is not supported.
HW+ option is greyed out(not available) at all.
Currently using SW method but video playback is very bad with this method and it is impossible to watch with this method.
TV-Box based on RK3399 processor that claims full H265 hardware decoding support and I know it does because built in players can handle this file without problem with smooth playback.
How can I get smooth hardware decoding in player at this device?
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biobio76 said:
hi, I'm going to receive this TV Box as well,
have you solved this problem? I'm a bit afraid of that...
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Kindly share the bug report collected from MX Player help menu.
until or unless you share the bug report collected from MX Player, it's very difficult to identify the actual issue.
Thirumalai.K said:
Kindly share the bug report collected from MX Player help menu.
until or unless you share the bug report collected from MX Player, it's very difficult to identify the actual issue.
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See attached zip file
I've been trying to get Amazon Prime Video to run on mine but it crashes every time, Android 7.1..2
@Thirumalai.K any update on this?
IevgenSobko said:
@Thirumalai.K any update on this?
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Hi,
Actually, the issue is that system decoders in your device do not report that they can support HEVC 10bit profiles. So, MX Player does not try the hardware accelerated playbacks as several devices are known to crash when force decoding 10bit HEVC & H.264.
Based on some feedbacks from the users like you, we have decided to make this logic as optional. From 1.9.19, even if the device doesn't explicitly report it's capabilities, MX Player will list the HEVC 10bit & H264 10bit on HW+ Video Codecs list on Settings > Decoder. It can be enabled with a warning. Once you enable the HEVC 10bit or H.264 10bit, it will be tried in both HW & HW+.
We have already started rolling out the new version in stages. If you haven't received yet, you can manually grab the apk from our wesite & try yourself. Kindly leave a feedback after testing the same in your device.
Thirumalai.K said:
Hi,
Actually, the issue is that system decoders in your device do not report that they can support HEVC 10bit profiles. So, MX Player does not try the hardware accelerated playbacks as several devices are known to crash when force decoding 10bit HEVC & H.264.
Based on some feedbacks from the users like you, we have decided to make this logic as optional. From 1.9.19, even if the device doesn't explicitly report it's capabilities, MX Player will list the HEVC 10bit & H264 10bit on HW+ Video Codecs list on Settings > Decoder. It can be enabled with a warning. Once you enable the HEVC 10bit or H.264 10bit, it will be tried in both HW & HW+.
We have already started rolling out the new version in stages. If you haven't received yet, you can manually grab the apk from our wesite & try yourself. Kindly leave a feedback after testing the same in your device.
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Just tried 1.9.19 and it works Thanks for implementing this. Will wait it to appear in Google Play Store for Pro version that I have purchased.
IevgenSobko said:
Just tried 1.9.19 and it works Thanks for implementing this. Will wait it to appear in Google Play Store for Pro version that I have purchased.
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As we are rolling out in a stages, it may take a while. If Google Play is not yet showing the update, youn download the same from our website (http://mx.j2inter.com)
Thirumalai.K said:
As we are rolling out in a stages, it may take a while. If Google Play is not yet showing the update, youn download the same from our website (http://mx.j2inter.com)
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Many thanks. Somehow missed link to player web site in Google Application Store. Downloaded PRO beta from there. :good:

Low video quality unsing HW+ decoder

hi,
I have an Minix U9-H box (android 6.0) and when I play full HD streaming files from my ip tv provider using HW+ decoder, the video quality is poor. It's working fine with HW or SW decoder (The codec used by mx player is ARM V7 NEON).
I checked also in perfect player and when using HW+, it seems the player downgrade the video resolution to SD format.
Any clue ?
Chris
rusukof36 said:
hi,
I have an Minix U9-H box (android 6.0) and when I play full HD streaming files from my ip tv provider using HW+ decoder, the video quality is poor. It's working fine with HW or SW decoder (The codec used by mx player is ARM V7 NEON).
I checked also in perfect player and when using HW+, it seems the player downgrade the video resolution to SD format.
Any clue ?
Chris
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It should be a bug in the system decoder. In HW+, MX Player passes the frames to the system decoders to directly decode. Probably, the resolution of the decoded frame might be low. We have encountered a similar issue in the past especially when the stream is interlaced. If it's the root cause, then it has to be fixed on the firmware. You will notice similar issues with all major video player apps which makes use of similar technology.
rusukof36 said:
hi,
I have an Minix U9-H box (android 6.0) and when I play full HD streaming files from my ip tv provider using HW+ decoder, the video quality is poor. It's working fine with HW or SW decoder (The codec used by mx player is ARM V7 NEON).
I checked also in perfect player and when using HW+, it seems the player downgrade the video resolution to SD format.
Any clue ?
Chris
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HW and HW+ uses GPU for H.264 decoding. They performance much better from SW which uses CPU for decoding. HW can perform better than HW+ in most of the Cases, but there is a chance it does not work smoothly on many devices.
Same
Same problem. SW is better than HW and HW+. (Android tv 8.1 - Mibox 3s)
lighthousehn said:
Same problem. SW is better than HW and HW+. (Android tv 8.1 - Mibox 3s)
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It may happen when the Hardware Accelerated Decoders implemented on the device itself is buggy. Can you please contact us with screenshots of the playback on HW/HW+ and SW along with a bug reported collected from MX right after playing the file? It will help us to confirm the same.
There is no error, just low quality. HW and HW+ is same. SW is good.
The problem only occurs when viewing iptv (multicast - udp), watching the file on the hard disk is ok
lighthousehn said:
There is no error, just low quality. HW and HW+ is same. SW is good.
The problem only occurs when viewing iptv (multicast - udp), watching the file on the hard disk is ok
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It is one of the known issues on Xiaomi's TV boxes with Oreo and Nougat firmware. Based on our past investigation, it has been found that the hardware accelerated decoder's output resolution of the video frames is much lower than the actual frame size. As both HW and HW+ relies on the decoders shipped with the device, you can notice the issues on both. Request you to contact the device manufacturer so that they can fix the same on their firmware.
If it is possible, kindly share a link with us on PM or at [email protected] so that we can also escalate the same from our end.
I also tried on my phone (Mi Mix 2s - Android 9, MIUI 10) and it gave same results.
multicast links on private network, so you can not access it: https://textuploader.com/dlohs/raw
lighthousehn said:
I also tried on my phone (Mi Mix 2s - Android 9, MIUI 10) and it gave same results.
multicast links on private network, so you can not access it: https://textuploader.com/dlohs/raw
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Can you please try any non-xiaomi device and check again? Can you also check whether it happens if you copy the stream to a file using FFmpeg? Without a sample clip or a link, we may not be able to seek the assistance of the Xiaomi team.
MXPlayer said:
Can you please try any non-xiaomi device and check again? Can you also check whether it happens if you copy the stream to a file using FFmpeg? Without a sample clip or a link, we may not be able to seek the assistance of the Xiaomi team.
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I don't have a non-xiaomi device. These are sample files. I saved them with VLC
http://www.mediafire.com/file/71cnwgwzsgw674b/test.ts/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wjhcmec367uhwxr/test1.ts/file
Let me guess a bit: The format of the service provider is 1080i, this issue relates to the deinterlacing algorithm. With HW decoder, resolution halved.
maybe recode your video?

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