I sometimes watch movies on the phone, from my experience the best app to deal with video is MX player because the HW and HW+ support and tons of functionality options.
But the thing is when I play videos on my Mi6, the video output isn't smooth enough as I've played on other device when using HW decoder (Xiaomi note 4 for example). When the movie shows moving scene from side to side (panning), it feels like fps drop down and also HW or HW+ feature doesn't even make any difference compared to SD decoder.
What's wrong? Do you guys have same problem? Thanks for your replies..
I'm using:
Xiaomi Mi6
Snapdragon 835
RAM 6 GB/STORAGE 128 GB
MIUI Global 9.2 | Stable | 9.2.2.0 (NCAMIEK)
Android version 7.1.1 NMF26X
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Hey,
Thanks for your report. HW decoder basically uses the android Mediaplayer API. So, it could be a bug in the firmware. If the system decoders itself is buggy, it can affect both HW & HW+ decoders. It will be great if you can collect a bug report from MX Player help menu after reproducing the issues. It will help us to understand the issue better.
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Hey,
Thanks for your report. HW decoder basically uses the android Mediaplayer API. So, it could be a bug in the firmware. If the system decoders itself is buggy, it can affect both HW & HW+ decoders. It will be great if you can collect a bug report from MX Player help menu after reproducing the issues. It will help us to understand the issue better.
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Thanks for your response, have sent bug report to you guys.
Want to update my firmware either, hope it will solve the issue.:fingers-crossed:
MXPlayer said:
Hey,
Thanks for your report. HW decoder basically uses the android Mediaplayer API. So, it could be a bug in the firmware. If the system decoders itself is buggy, it can affect both HW & HW+ decoders. It will be great if you can collect a bug report from MX Player help menu after reproducing the issues. It will help us to understand the issue better.
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Umm I have updated my firmware to the newest one but still there is no difference, still my videos are not played smoothly.
Don't really know what happened but please help me out so I can get the best experience watching movies.
I know you guys are the best, your app is the best!
I have sent bug report after upgrade my firmware.
Thanks mate.. :good:
What about SW decoder? Is it smooth?
Will you mind to share a sample content with us?
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What about SW decoder? Is it smooth?
Will you mind to share a sample content with us?
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No any complaint about SW decoder, also nothing special about it.
I have problem only with HW and HW+ decoder which is I can't find any benefit using it until now, there is no difference between HW/HW+ and SW decoder.
One thing I consider to be the cause of this problem is my phone maybe incompatible with ARMv7 codec.
When will you guys launch ARMv8 codec? Hope it will solve the problem..
E_plus_E said:
No any complaint about SW decoder, also nothing special about it.
I have problem only with HW and HW+ decoder which is I can't find any benefit using it until now, there is no difference between HW/HW+ and SW decoder.
One thing I consider to be the cause of this problem is my phone maybe incompatible with ARMv7 codec.
When will you guys launch ARMv8 codec? Hope it will solve the problem..
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It is irrelevant to your issues. NEON instructions are fully compatible with ARMv8. Most of the modern devices are ARMv8 only. Even Redmi Note 4 has an ARMv8 processor. But, it doesn't have the issue in your case. There can be various reasons for this issue. One of the reason could be hardware accelerated system decoders are not returning the frames properly or it is slower than the SW decoder. Mi Box3 has similar issues with Oreo Firmware. Can you share the bug report with us? Since we are getting a large number of bug reports, it is very difficult to locate your one.
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when using the new alternate HW+ decoder no video shows embedded subtitles......... the old hw+ decoder plays the files perfectly with subs but this new one doesn't show subtitles whatsoever........
caspianprince said:
when using the new alternate HW+ decoder no video shows embedded subtitles......... the old hw+ decoder plays the files perfectly with subs but this new one doesn't show subtitles whatsoever........
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Can collect the bug report & share here.
FYI, now if you disable the subtitle on one video it will be disabled on further playbacks. You have to manually select the subtitle again. Once you select the subtitle it will be enabled everytime till you disable it again.
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ktsamy said:
Can collect the bug report & share here.
FYI, now if you disable the subtitle on one video it will be disabled on further playbacks. You have to manually select the subtitle again. Once you select the subtitle it will be enabled everytime till you disable it again.
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i know that and my subtitle is enabled....it's just that whenever i am using newer hw+ the subtitle doesn't show and whenever i am using older hw+ OR HW OR SW subtitle shows....... u don't have that problem???
caspianprince said:
i know that and my subtitle is enabled....it's just that whenever i am using newer hw+ the subtitle doesn't show and whenever i am using older hw+ OR HW OR SW subtitle shows....... u don't have that problem???
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No, I can't reproduce. Can you provide a sample clip?
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here is the log......... first i played the video with alternate hw+ and the subtitle didn't show..next i played it with older hw+ and subtitle showed........ then took the report
I cannot remember what video it was, but it was an mkv, when playing a video the subtitles would show even though they were disabled, then if i enabled subtitles i would have two identical sets of subtitles, though one set was a few pixels apart from the other.
John.
caspianprince said:
here is the log......... first i played the video with alternate hw+ and the subtitle didn't show..next i played it with older hw+ and subtitle showed........ then took the report
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Subtitle rendering & Media Playback both are individual functions. It less likely to conflict.
Just downloaded the original video & tested myself. After test & trails I have found that "Improve SSA rendering" option in Settings > Subtitle > Text is somehow affects when using new HW+ decoder for video decoding. Report passed to the developer. Just disable it as a temporary solution till the developer fixes the issue.
Edit: Update from developer
@caspianprince
It's internally fixed & next update will fix the issue with SSA subtitle rendering issue when used with new HW+.
ktsamy said:
Subtitle rendering & Media Playback both are individual functions. It less likely to conflict.
Just downloaded the original video & tested myself. After test & trails I have found that "Improve SSA rendering" option in Settings > Subtitle > Text is somehow affects when using new HW+ decoder for video decoding. Report passed to the developer. Just disable it as a temporary solution till the developer fixes the issue.
Edit: Update from developer
@caspianprince
It's internally fixed & next update will fix the issue with SSA subtitle rendering issue when used with new HW+.
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Thank you man!
caspianprince said:
Thank you man!
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@caspianprince Would you try latest beta version? I think this issue is fixed.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
bleu8888 said:
@caspianprince Would you try latest beta version? I think this issue is fixed.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
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Just tried it..... the problem is fixed...... nice work!! Thanks
Corruption in small to medium parts of the video is a reason i dont use HW+ i would rather use HW with lower volume.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Corruption in small to medium parts of the video is a reason i dont use HW+ i would rather use HW with lower volume.
John.
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Are you still encountering the issue even after updating to 1.9.3?
Instead of generic statements, Kindly report it along with sample video and bug report. It will be helpful to get the issues fixed.
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I am on the latest on Google Play, MX Player Pro 1.7.40 I am on kitkat v4.4.4 for the Rockchip RK3229
John.
ktsamy said:
Are you still encountering the issue even after updating to 1.9.3?
Instead of generic statements, Kindly report it along with sample video and bug report. It will be helpful to get the issues fixed.
Sent from my SM-G900H using Tapatalk
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
I am on the latest on Google Play, MX Player Pro 1.7.40 I am on kitkat v4.4.4 for the Rockchip RK3229
John.
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New HW+ is available only to the devices with android 5.0+. Old HW+ method may not be compatible with old devices especially when the android media framework is modified by the OEM or by Rom developer in case of custom rom.
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So if you are on v4 kitkat or under MX Player is not interested in fixing bug`s most Android users are running kitkat 27.7% as of 2016
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
So if you are on v4 kitkat or under MX Player is not interested in fixing bug`s most Android users are running kitkat 27.7% as of 2016
John.
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It's not a bug. Android 5.0+ provides a official API to use system decoders in native programming language. When a particular encoding profile is not supported you may still have issues in new HW+ as well.
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This is on my MiniMXQ TV Box Android v4.4.4 - 1GB/8GB - Rockchip RK3229 SOC
MX Player Pro V1.7.40
Video file "Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica - 01 10bit H.264 AAC.mp4"
HW+ - Normal video speed and sound, but image has intermittent break-up from small to large areas.
HW - Frozen perfect image, if you select another point in the video, you get 1/2 second of playback and then a freeze, perfect image
SW - video and sound quality great, but video is very jerky
Thanks for the help
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
This is on my MiniMXQ TV Box Android v4.4.4 - 1GB/8GB - Rockchip RK3229 SOC
MX Player Pro V1.7.40
Video file "Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica - 01 10bit H.264 AAC.mp4"
HW+ - Normal video speed and sound, but image has intermittent break-up from small to large areas.
HW - Frozen perfect image, if you select another point in the video, you get 1/2 second of playback and then a freeze, perfect image
SW - video and sound quality great, but video is very jerky
Thanks for the help
John.
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It looks like a system decoder issue. If it's supported it suppose to be playable in HW decoder. When you have tried HW decoder, it hows thrown a unknown error. Does any other player works? I think that particular video will have issues with every player?
Can you try MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 & share the bug report again?
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I am on kitkat v4.4.4
MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 needs android v5.1 or above as far as i know.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/download
John.
ktsamy said:
It looks like a system decoder issue. If it's supported it suppose to be playable in HW decoder. When you have tried HW decoder, it hows thrown a unknown error. Does any other player works? I think that particular video will have issues with every player?
Can you try MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 & share the bug report again?
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
I am on kitkat v4.4.4
MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 needs android v5.1 or above as far as i know.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/download
John.
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Beta versions will work on Android 4.0 & above.
You can download the latest nightly version from the official beta webpage ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build )
Phone: Google Pixel XL
Android 7.1.1
Stock ROM
MX Player v1.8.10
MX Player Custom Codec installed, HW+ encoding enabled
Ok so here's the thing, when i play a HEVC video (any resolution,8 bit or 10 bit doesnt matter either) it plays fine as long as i dont try to forward/seek. As soon as i do that, my phone crashes and reboots. This happens on HW+, but not on SW. Also, i thought the Pixel had hardware decoding for HEVC but im not able to play the video in HW decoder in MX Player.
Since the phone crashes, i dont think i can gather any logs either. Any help ?
Punkid said:
Phone: Google Pixel XL
Android 7.1.1
Stock ROM
MX Player v1.8.10
MX Player Custom Codec installed, HW+ encoding enabled
Ok so here's the thing, when i play a HEVC video (any resolution,8 bit or 10 bit doesnt matter either) it plays fine as long as i dont try to forward/seek. As soon as i do that, my phone crashes and reboots. This happens on HW+, but not on SW. Also, i thought the Pixel had hardware decoding for HEVC but im not able to play the video in HW decoder in MX Player.
Since the phone crashes, i dont think i can gather any logs either. Any help ?
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Regarding HW+ crash, it needs logs to be collected from ADB as a system reboot will erase everything. I will ask the developer to check it out as I don't have a pixel device to test it out.
Regarding HW issue, are you playing a HEVC on MKV container..? If it's so, It's an issue which is to be solved by google. HW decoder is wrapper of Android Mediappayer API. On Nexus/Pixel devices Google doesn't implemented HEVC on mkv container. If you just remux it to mp4 (I mean without re-encoding), the video can be played in HW. So, MX Player has nothing to do with HW decoder.
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ktsamy said:
Regarding HW+ crash, it needs logs to be collected from ADB as a system reboot will erase everything. I will ask the developer to check it out as I don't have a pixel device to test it out.
Regarding HW issue, are you playing a HEVC on MKV container..? If it's so, It's an issue which is to be solved by google. HW decoder is wrapper of Android Mediappayer API. On Nexus/Pixel devices Google doesn't implemented HEVC on mkv container. If you just remux it to mp4 (I mean without re-encoding), the video can be played in HW. So, MX Player has nothing to do with HW decoder.
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Oh ok thanks for clarifying the HW issue.
Btw, if you could point me to a guide on how to collect logs from adb, I'd be happy to help.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
So what is the solution for this?
I myself having a OnePlus 3T and having same bug as crashing MX player and rebooting the device by itself when I play HEVC on mkv container.
What should I do?
How can I play that video file the ?
gakerot said:
So what is the solution for this?
I myself having a OnePlus 3T and having same bug as crashing MX player and rebooting the device by itself when I play HEVC on mkv container.
What should I do?
How can I play that video file the ?
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Try again after enabling Alternative HW+.
Based on another report on another thread, It's basically a firmware issue & user has mentioned that leaked Nougat build has fixed the issue. Just be patient till the next system update.
InvalidDNA said:
Try again after enabling Alternative HW+.
Based on another report on another thread, It's basically a firmware issue & user has mentioned that leaked Nougat build has fixed the issue. Just be patient till the next system update.
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Thankyou InvalidDNA
anyone else get choppy hw+ playback on their oneplus 5? issue disappears completely when using sw or regular hw decoder
I'm finding the MX Player betas are really flakey right now.. The lastest one fixed seeking with the remote control (finally - was broken since the last stable) but somehow broke HW+ decoding on the Nvidia Shield TV, which has always worked flawlessly before.
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anyone else get choppy hw+ playback on their oneplus 5? issue disappears completely when using sw or regular hw decoder
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Hi,
can you collect a bug report immediately after the issue & share here with us?
osm0sis said:
Anybody else finding the MX Player betas are really flakey right now? The lastest one fixed seeking with the remote control (finally - was broken since the last stable) but somehow broke HW+ decoding on the Nvidia Shield TV, which has always worked flawlessly before.
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can you collect a bug report & share here?
It will be better if you can provide a sample video or link to a sample video that has issues.
Thirumalai.K said:
can you collect a bug report & share here?
It will be better if you can provide a sample video or link to a sample video that has issues.
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It's every streamed video on the Nvidia Shield TV. I've got SMB shares mounted on the Shield and these "local" videos all works fine.
Where things are broken is with network streamed (I generally use Terrarium TV). HW+ and Software decoders both now refuse to work, only HW works after the last MX app updates and even HW crashes midstream at times complaining of not supporting the video codec (even though it's already been playing just fine).
Here's a bug report directly after starting play of a streamed file as HW, and just after I've tried to use HW+ and Software (to try and ensure it contains something useful).
osm0sis said:
It's every steamed video on the Nvidia Shield TV. I've got SMB shares mounted on the Shield and these "local" videos all works fine.
Where things are broken is with network steamed (I generally use Terrarium TV). HW+ and Software decoders both now refuse to work, only HW works after the last MX app updates and even HW crashes midstream at times complaining of not supporting the video codec (even though it's already been playing just fine).
Here's a bug report directly after starting play of a streamed file as HW, and just after I've tried to use HW+ and Software (to try and ensure it contains something useful).
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The issue is fixed on 1.9.8. Can you check it out?
Thirumalai.K said:
The issue is fixed on 1.9.8. Can you check it out?
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Yes! Totally fixed. Fantastic work! Thank you.
I am using 1.9.8 when playing vp9 videos on my redmi note 4 it gets struck I am using miui before today's update I don't have this problem
jeevan_500 said:
I am using 1.9.8 when playing vp9 videos on my redmi note 4 it gets struck I am using miui before today's update I don't have this problem
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In which decoder you are trying?
kindly share the bug report.
Thirumalai.K said:
In which decoder you are trying?
kindly share the bug report.
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I am using hw+ decoder how to take bug report in the app
jeevan_500 said:
I am using hw+ decoder how to take bug report in the app
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If*you*are*not*familiar*about*how*to*collect*a*bug*report,*Kindly*read*the*sticky*thread*about*how*to*collect*the*bug*report*( https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/guide-how-to-collect-logcat-report-bug-t2843144 ).
You can find some more detailed additional methods on our website which can be used to collect complete system logs ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/report-an-issue ).
BTW, What about HW decoder?
Thirumalai.K said:
If*you*are*not*familiar*about*how*to*collect*a*bug*report,*Kindly*read*the*sticky*thread*about*how*to*collect*the*bug*report*( https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/guide-how-to-collect-logcat-report-bug-t2843144 ).
You can find some more detailed additional methods on our website which can be used to collect complete system logs ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/report-an-issue ).
BTW, What about HW decoder?
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Here is my bug reportView attachment report_2017-09-21_212422.zip
Thirumalai.K said:
If*you*are*not*familiar*about*how*to*collect*a*bug*report,*Kindly*read*the*sticky*thread*about*how*to*collect*the*bug*report*( https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/guide-how-to-collect-logcat-report-bug-t2843144 ).
You can find some more detailed additional methods on our website which can be used to collect complete system logs ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/report-an-issue ).
BTW, What about HW decoder?
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Any solution for the bug I send
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Any solution for the bug I send
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According to the logs, you have played a HEVC video & not vp9.
Is it a file that has the issue?
Thirumalai.K said:
According to the logs, you have played a HEVC video & not vp9.
Is it a file that has the issue?
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It has the bug for both hecv and vp9 files and the problem is with hw+ decoder but when I play in hw decoder no problem . No I played the file on pc it plays perfectly
Thirumalai.K said:
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can you collect a bug report immediately after the issue & share here with us?
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i returned my oneplus 5 and got an axon 7 instead but the issue still remains, does it with every file unless switching to sw decoder, vlc plays files smoothly however.
gmanhatesu said:
i returned my oneplus 5 and got an axon 7 instead but the issue still remains, does it with every file unless switching to sw decoder, vlc plays files smoothly however.
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still having this issue with the latest version of mxplayer
gmanhatesu said:
still having this issue with the latest version of mxplayer
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can you just disable subtitle & check again?
Thirumalai.K said:
can you just disable subtitle & check again?
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disabled subtitles issue is still there
gmanhatesu said:
disabled subtitles issue is still there
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I have downloaded the same video & checked in our test devices. none of our devices has the issues.
can you make a screen record for us?
Is it happens with HW decoder as well?
can you collect the complete logs using logcat?
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:
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.
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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.
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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?