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MX Player Pro Plays Choppy MKV after Latest Updates

Hello
I recently updated MX Player Pro to 1.8.10 and was also prompted to update the custom codec to 1.8.6 . Not the best decision i ever made as now MKV is virtually unplayable and choppy .
If i open the same files in XBMC on my MINIX Neo U1 everything plays smoothly including large MKV .
I hope this can be fixed . And as its my first post , i'd like to say hello to all of you and to thank you in advance .

windrush said:
Hello
I recently updated MX Player Pro to 1.8.10 and was also prompted to update the custom codec to 1.8.6 . Not the best decision i ever made as now MKV is virtually unplayable and choppy .
If i open the same files in XBMC on my MINIX Neo U1 everything plays smoothly including large MKV .
I hope this can be fixed . And as its my first post , i'd like to say hello to all of you and to thank you in advance .
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MX can you collect the logs immediately after reproducing the issue.?
For more information about how to collect the logs & report bugs, Kindly read here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843144
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Hi and thanks
I managed to get it playing OK again . I had to choose software audio and hardware decoder in settings. Now it's alright.

windrush said:
Hi and thanks
I managed to get it playing OK again . I had to choose software audio and hardware decoder in settings. Now it's alright.
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Basically HW & HW+ will be very smooth if it's supported by your device. SW uses CPU instead of GPU. So, it will be laggy if the processor is not powerful enough.
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windrush said:
Hi and thanks
I managed to get it playing OK again . I had to choose software audio and hardware decoder in settings. Now it's alright.
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I personally prefer HW+.
Enable HW+ from Decoder Settings. If you are on Lollipop (5.0) or newer android version, enable Alternative HW+ as well. Most of the time, HW+ works better than anyother decoder.

InvalidDNA said:
I personally prefer HW+.
Enable HW+ from Decoder Settings. If you are on Lollipop (5.0) or newer android version, enable Alternative HW+ as well. Most of the time, HW+ works better than anyother decoder.
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Thanks both for the tips .
The only problem I sometimes have on my Minix Neo U1 is that when a video plays , unless I choose sw decoder at the top of the video screen I will occasionally get the audio playing very echoed unless sw decoder is used .
The videos play smooth with HW + but audio isn't played right .
Bh ghe wqy , The Minix is a great player and can handle files 8gb plus and also 4k easily.
So not sure why the audio likes sw decoder !
Anything i can try ?
Thanks again .

windrush said:
Thanks both for the tips .
The only problem I sometimes have on my Minix Neo U1 is that when a video plays , unless I choose sw decoder at the top of the video screen I will occasionally get the audio playing very echoed unless sw decoder is used .
The videos play smooth with HW + but audio isn't played right .
Bh ghe wqy , The Minix is a great player and can handle files 8gb plus and also 4k easily.
So not sure why the audio likes sw decoder !
Anything i can try ?
Thanks again .
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If it's so, just enable SW audio in decoder settings. It will enable SW for all videos.

InvalidDNA said:
If it's so, just enable SW audio in decoder settings. It will enable SW for all videos.
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Thanks,
I just had a play with the settings and it is actually software audio which causes the echo ... HW decoder all round , seems to be best for me , HW + I noticed a bit of lag .

[CRASH] The app is constantly falls under MIUI 9

Hello! Lovely player! But I have a small problem: it constantly falls under MIUI 9 on Xiaomi Redmi 4x. Here is log archive: (remove the space) drive.google .com/file/d/12HtTk5aOShWAAuJwE2BHXI-Jchu_YhOD/view
I use MX player pro 1.9.16
Thank you!

illeomart said:
Hello! Lovely player! But I have a small problem: it constantly falls under MIUI 9 on Xiaomi Redmi 4x. Here is log archive: (remove the space) drive.google .com/file/d/12HtTk5aOShWAAuJwE2BHXI-Jchu_YhOD/view
I use MX player pro 1.9.16
Thank you!
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HW+ audio codecs are experimental. that's why they are disabled by default. Kindly disable it & check again.

Thirumalai.K said:
HW+ audio codecs are experimental. that's why they are disabled by default. Kindly disable it & check again.
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Now only HW and SW: drive.google .com/file/d/1P2_fUgKpF2bHR5yOeS3EYjsFEixg89hV/view

Same
I had the same issue on it. Now I got it fixed by re-installing the same. As this came default I think.

illeomart said:
Now only HW and SW: drive.google .com/file/d/1P2_fUgKpF2bHR5yOeS3EYjsFEixg89hV/view
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Hi,
you still have the following HW+ audio codecs enabled. Goto Settings > Decoder > HW+ Audio Codecs & disable it everything. Or Reset the MX Player settings from Settings > General.
Vorbis
PCM
Opus
MP3
GSM
G711-μ-law
G711-A-law
FLAC
AMR-WB
AMR-NB
AAC
Additional Note: In some Xiaomi devices with MIUI 9, MX Player is getting killed by the system when it runs in the background mode. It happens due to MIUI optimization done by Xiaomi. Open recent app screen, swipe down. Once the lock symbol appears, the system won't kill MX Player unnecessarily.

Thirumalai.K said:
Hi,
Goto Settings > Decoder > HW+ Audio Codecs & disable it everything.
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Yeeey! It's work! Thank you!
Thirumalai.K said:
Open recent app screen, swipe down. Once the lock symbol appears, the system won't kill MX Player unnecessarily.
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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?

Mi box s 4k and on all Xiaomi devices I get video pixelation issue?

Broken H.264 (avc) codec bug!
Problems:
0. Artifacts and ghosting
1. There is a shadow left from the last image onto a black scene that comes after.
2. There is a trailing edge of every lighted scene around the picture.
3. The problem is wide, not only related to single app.
I did notice on Xiaomi devices pixelation on videos.
I have mi box s 4k and chromecast ultra while there is no pixelation for the same video for chromecast ultra I'm getting pixelation issue for mi box s 4k and redmi note 8 pro.
This issue I did notice it for local videos and youtube app (I didn't notice for netflix).
So I did try some methods my self. switching to sw decoding on mx player got pixelation fixed but this isn't precise solution cuz I did read somewhere that hdr is gone for sw decoding and youtube app problem stays.
For Xiaomi devices I did find a video on YouTube. so on mine redmi note 8 pro I did as the video told.
the video did told me to turn on hw overlays so I did turn it on and I got pixelation fixed!!!
youtube .com/watch?v=MGxh2vCmR1E
But for mi box When I turn on disable hw overlays I'm getting no screen I'm only getting audio what could be the cause of this could someone help me to turn this on?
Or is there any other solution how I can fix the pixelation?
Update:
İn mi box s 4k There is no pixelation in apps like netflix!!! but vlc, mx player and chromecast built-in playing local video file is the issue getting pixelation in hw decoder!
imgur. com/a/OO2R8VI
Example:
Hw decoder: imgur. com/US8Xzor
Sw decoder: imgur. com/fUzwKvw
You can see white line in hw decoder.
İn sw decoder the white lines pixelation is fixed.
Update 2:
Someone told me this is a known broken H.264 codec bug! (avc bug, h.264 and x264) I think that person is right! I did encode my video to H.265 and the pixelation was gone!!!
Does someone When did this problem start?
İt is aggravating I hope Xiaomi will fix this problem soon.

Hi, Im Working On A Mi Box Firmware Port For More S905X devices, Can You Upload A Known Video That Has This Issue Somewhere And I Can Try It and see if i can re create

aidanmacgregor said:
Hi, Im Working On A Mi Box Firmware Port For More S905X devices, Can You Upload A Known Video That Has This Issue Somewhere And I Can Try It and see if i can re create
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Hi,
I did upload the video to the link below. I Thank you for your reply. I will be waiting for your response after you have look at the video.
https:// streamable .com/1019t8
https:// dosyaupload. com/khmU

Realme 9 pro, MX player does not support decoder HW+

Hello,
I have a Realme 9 Pro.
I have a problem playing videos with MX player.
I use MX Player to watch 4k 60 fps video with 100mbits Bitrate.
When I open MX player and choose the HW+ Decoder it tells me it is not supported.
How is it possible that a Realme 9 pro does not support the HW+ decoder?
I need the HW+ decoder to watch videos recorded with the DJI osmo pocket.
With my old Asus zenfone max pro m1 I can use the HW+ decoder and see 4k videos smoothly.
Without HW+ the videos are jerky.

fogliabiagio said:
Hello,
I have a Realme 9 Pro.
I have a problem playing videos with MX player.
I use MX Player to watch 4k 60 fps video with 100mbits Bitrate.
When I open MX player and choose the HW+ Decoder it tells me it is not supported.
How is it possible that a Realme 9 pro does not support the HW+ decoder?
I need the HW+ decoder to watch videos recorded with the DJI osmo pocket.
With my old Asus zenfone max pro m1 I can use the HW+ decoder and see 4k videos smoothly.
Without HW+ the videos are jerky.
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Sometime MX player give this error for particular type of videos, try enabling it for another simple video and see if the issue persists.

HW+ decoder is for network play only.
If supported then this is true
HW+ video Codecs: Individual codecs like H.263 Hardware accelerated, H.264 Hardware Accelerated, H.264 10 bits, H.265 Hardware accelerated, H.265 10 bits, MPEG-4, VP8, and VP9 can be checked and applied for use.
HW+ Audio Codecs: A range of audio codecs like AAC, AMR NB, AMR WB, FLAC, G.711 A-law, G.711 μ-law, GSM, MP3, Opus, PCB, and Vorbis are available for selection.
All those codecs come with MX Player.

I also use HW+ offline on my asus zenfone max pro m1.
In the micro sd I load videos in 4k and i can watch them with HW+.
With the realme 9 pro I can't use hw+, it says not supported
@Ohdude
I tried and hw+ works.
But when I watch a video filmed with DJI osmo pocket it says hw+ not supported.

fogliabiagio said:
Hello,
I have a Realme 9 Pro.
I have a problem playing videos with MX player.
I use MX Player to watch 4k 60 fps video with 100mbits Bitrate.
When I open MX player and choose the HW+ Decoder it tells me it is not supported.
How is it possible that a Realme 9 pro does not support the HW+ decoder?
I need the HW+ decoder to watch videos recorded with the DJI osmo pocket.
With my old Asus zenfone max pro m1 I can use the HW+ decoder and see 4k videos smoothly.
Without HW+ the videos are jerky.
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IMO the issue reported isn't related to MX Player but to the ROM installed on the Realme 9 Pro.
But of course you can add Custom Codecs: look inside here
MX Player Custom Codec [AC3,DTS,MLP,TRUEHD, etc..]
https://github.com/USBhost/MX_FFmpeg is my modified source where i'm building from You can download recent codecs here ( GitHub releases ) and 1.35.0-1.8.6 here ( Google Drive ). Also the XDA download tab is no longer updated as for some reason I...
forum.xda-developers.com

jwoegerbauer said:
IMO the issue reported isn't related to MX Player but to the ROM installed on the Realme 9 Pro.
But of course you can add Custom Codecs: look inside here
MX Player Custom Codec [AC3,DTS,MLP,TRUEHD, etc..]
https://github.com/USBhost/MX_FFmpeg is my modified source where i'm building from You can download recent codecs here ( GitHub releases ) and 1.35.0-1.8.6 here ( Google Drive ). Also the XDA download tab is no longer updated as for some reason I...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I tried all the compatible custom codecs but none enable me hw+
How can I fix?