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Video Playback on this phone is really slow, even when playing AVI files on MX Player

Has anybody else experienced this issue? Dice player is slow as hell too. Is there a setting that needs to be changed before the One XL will play video correctly or do video players need to be updated to work with the S4 processor?

One thing's for sure, video playback on devices optimized for particular encoding settings is optimum when those are followed.
Having said that, I have no problem playing 720p encodes in H.264 format using Handbrake with a profile that is based of the standard high profile but with B-frames, CABAC, 8x8 transform and weighted P-frames all turned off. These aren't necessarily the settings needed for optimal playback on THIS device but they are what I use for reliable playback on my Tegra 2 based Galaxy Tab 10.1 and those files that I've encoded for that play just as well on my One X.
I just dragged over a 1080p video shot on my Nikon D7000 onto my One X without any conversion at all and it plays perfectly fine using Dice Player. I was surprised.
Wonder if it's your encodes.

So far the best performance I've gotten on AVI without re-encoding is Bsplayer.
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In MX Player, change from "H/W" mode in the top right to "S/W (fast)" - see if that helps.

Another vote for BSPlayer. I was a big Rock Player proponent for a long time. But it doesn't seem to be updated any longer.
Also, similar to another previous response, forcing from HW to SW mode may help. Its a bit of a crap shoot depending on the encoding settings and codec used. But BS Player works for most things.

what if..
neocryte said:
In MX Player, change from "H/W" mode in the top right to "S/W (fast)" - see if that helps.
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i tried this but it says that "H/W decoder is not supported.. what should i do? thank you for the help..

[Bug Report] increase network buffer size

Hi,
I absolutely love this player, I find when I'm streaming 720/1080p video over WIFI, that it'll play great for a bit and then get all jittery/sluggish. I determined this is related to the buffering because if I then hit pause, wait for 10-15 seconds and play again, it'll be perfect again until it catches up with the buffer again. Is there anyway to increase or double whatever it is buffering to makes these hiccups less? Even if I had to behind the scenes and modify a config/text file somewhere, I'd be glad to do it if told how. I'd be just fine pausing a movie and waiting for it to get enough ahead of itself but MX Player only seems to buffer a limited amount and stop? Any feedback to improve this would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Network playback buffering is a known issue, and has been for a while now. It's something that the developer is working on.
In fact, it's the first item on the Feature Requests and Bugs list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/sticky-running-list-feature-requests-t2718297

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CDB-Man said:
Network playback buffering is a known issue, and has been for a while now. It's something that the developer is working on.
In fact, it's the first item on the Feature Requests and Bugs list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/sticky-running-list-feature-requests-t2718297
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It's been a known issue for over four years now - will there be an update? Or does anyone know of a player that can buffer network streams?

sungkhum said:
It's been a known issue for over four years now - will there be an update? Or does anyone know of a player that can buffer network streams?
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Networking playback performance will be improved in the major update v1.8

Can you provide a feedback on the 1.8 release date?
I really need this... I can't play any videos because my internet sucks and the player only buffers a maximum of ~30 seconds of video. Even if i pause the video and try to watch it 3 hours latter it wont work...
Thanks

whise1 said:
Can you provide a feedback on the 1.8 release date?
I really need this... I can't play any videos because my internet sucks and the player only buffers a maximum of ~30 seconds of video. Even if i pause the video and try to watch it 3 hours latter it wont work...
Thanks
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Yes, this is the most anoying issue for me. When watching some youtube videos the app doesnt save the videos in cache.

[Bug Report] No Audio on H/W Decoder ( Even with S/W audio )

Hi KTSamy,
I installed latest player and ARMv7 NEON codecs as it was advised by the player. However, it still not works properly.
I use a file manager capable to connect to my SMB shares and I initiate the playback from there. I tried to use HW+ decoder but I got a message stating that it is not supported. Using the recommended settings for HW decoder (software audio) I am still missing the sound. It worth to notice that audio channel selection contains 6 entries with some strange characters in them when in reality there are only two audio channels. As I found, others maybe some built-in subtitles, but there is nothing to do for them among audio channels. In this situation playback of a HD video is smooth enough, but there is no sound.
Switching to S/W decoder during playback solves problems with sound, and audio channel list shows the correct number and names of really existing audio channels. But in this mode even a SD video is painfully lagging. Impossible to see... If i switch back to HW decoder than sound remains and audio channel selection is also OK if the software audio decoding is selected. But the video still lagging. Not so much as in case of S/W decoding, but all my HD videos are rendered useless by that. Disabling sound in audio channel selection improves much the video playback, but again, without sound.
I think that the PAD2411 is a quite powerful device at least it should cope with HD video playback. Unfortunately it has numerous compatibility issues with almost all other video players due to the absence of its' own display. (Playback must go directly to the HDMI output.) MX Player is my unbeatable favorite and I use it on all my other devices without any problem. Do you have any idea how could I optimize the playback? Maybe the codec or the app should be adapted?
Thansk in advance!
Bithajcsar

bithajcsar said:
Hi KTSamy,
I installed latest player and ARMv7 NEON codecs as it was advised by the player. However, it still not works properly.
I use a file manager capable to connect to my SMB shares and I initiate the playback from there. I tried to use HW+ decoder but I got a message stating that it is not supported. Using the recommended settings for HW decoder (software audio) I am still missing the sound. It worth to notice that audio channel selection contains 6 entries with some strange characters in them when in reality there are only two audio channels. As I found, others maybe some built-in subtitles, but there is nothing to do for them among audio channels. In this situation playback of a HD video is smooth enough, but there is no sound.
Switching to S/W decoder during playback solves problems with sound, and audio channel list shows the correct number and names of really existing audio channels. But in this mode even a SD video is painfully lagging. Impossible to see... If i switch back to HW decoder than sound remains and audio channel selection is also OK if the software audio decoding is selected. But the video still lagging. Not so much as in case of S/W decoding, but all my HD videos are rendered useless by that. Disabling sound in audio channel selection improves much the video playback, but again, without sound.
I think that the PAD2411 is a quite powerful device at least it should cope with HD video playback. Unfortunately it has numerous compatibility issues with almost all other video players due to the absence of its' own display. (Playback must go directly to the HDMI output.) MX Player is my unbeatable favorite and I use it on all my other devices without any problem. Do you have any idea how could I optimize the playback? Maybe the codec or the app should be adapted?
Thansk in advance!
Bithajcsar
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Regarding audio issue on H/W decoder with S/W audio, Kindly collect the log immediately after playing the video & Upload here.
Regarding S/W issue, Your processor (Cortex A9 Dual Core) is a very old processor & not a powerful one. So, it can't handle many videos smoothly.
Note:
Kindly create a separate threads for your issues.
General issues are not to be reported on Custom Codec thread

ktsamy said:
Regarding audio issue on H/W decoder with S/W audio, Kindly collect the log immediately after playing the video & Upload here.
Regarding S/W issue, Your processor (Cortex A9 Dual Core) is a very old processor & not a powerful one. So, it can't handle many videos smoothly.
Note:
Kindly create a separate threads for your issues.
General issues are not to be reported on Custom Codec thread
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Thanks for your attention to my problem!
The log is attached.

bithajcsar said:
Thanks for your attention to my problem!
The log is attached.
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Hi KTSamy,
It has been quite some time ago when I uploaded the log you requested. Were you able to review that? Did the log provide the necessary information? Should I do anything else to move things forward?
Regards,
Bithajcsar

bithajcsar said:
Hi KTSamy,
It has been quite some time ago when I uploaded the log you requested. Were you able to review that? Did the log provide the necessary information? Should I do anything else to move things forward?
Regards,
Bithajcsar
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I was busy with my work. So, I was not much active in XDA from the last few weeks.
Actually, In network playback MX Player won't use software audio with H/W decoder to avoid authentication issue.
If you H/W+ is working on your device, you can use it as alternative.
If you still wish to use H/W decoder, if Switch to H/W+ & Revert Back to H/W decoder it will bring the audio back.
According to the information provided by the developer, MXPlayer major upgrade v1.8 will resolve network authentication issues.

[Q] Audio shifting (Sync)

sorry if this was mentioned but am I not seeing this option or if its not there to begin with?, if this option to correct audio sync isn't there why not?

pinkbecca said:
sorry if this was mentioned but am I not seeing this option or if its not there to begin with?, if this option to correct audio sync isn't there why not?
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Audio sync feature is not available yet. Hopefully it will be available on further updates to the upcoming 1.8 (i.e 1.8.x)
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I have an issue with tv recordings from a linux stb reciever. standard sattelite tv .ts file with dolby digital 2.0 or 5.1 sound (ac3).
with your codecs i can play video and sound, but the longer the video plays the more the sound becomes delayed....i seems like the sound plays 0,1 sec / minute slower so if you are watching about an hour you are about 10 secs asynchron with the sound. how can i fix this?
new thread for this issue?
thx

Tralien said:
I have an issue with tv recordings from a linux stb reciever. standard sattelite tv .ts file with dolby digital 2.0 or 5.1 sound (ac3).
with your codecs i can play video and sound, but the longer the video plays the more the sound becomes delayed....i seems like the sound plays 0,1 sec / minute slower so if you are watching about an hour you are about 10 secs asynchron with the sound. how can i fix this?
new thread for this issue?
thx
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Is it happens with all decoder?
If It it's a performance lag, when seek to random position through progress bar it will be on sync immediately after seeking. Then gradually it may go to out of sync (like what happens when you play from beginningl. If it's out of sync even when seek to a random position then the audio track itself might be out of sync. Kindly check it in PC.
If it's possible Kindly upload the video & share the link. I will check it out in my device.
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when I jump to a position its still out of sync...at the beginning its fine. it feels like video would run with 24 fps and audio with 23,9XXX fps (or whatever is the exact other ratio), but from SAT STB all videos come with 50 fps. on stb or laptop everything is fine.
i think video and audio are played with differend speeds, so delay increases the further the movie goes.

Bug: Streaming videos end with restart after pause (low buffering issue?)

Using MXPlayer v1.9.6 on Marshmallow.
Others on reddit and I have noticed that when you pause a streaming video and restart it, it plays a few seconds and then the video ends. I think it might be a buffering issue.

oroboros74 said:
Using MXPlayer v1.9.6 on Marshmallow.
Others on reddit and I have noticed that when you pause a streaming video and restart it, it plays a few seconds and then the video ends. I think it might be a buffering issue.
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Kindly provide a bug report. Without a proper bug report, it's very difficult to identify the issue.

I have the same issue. Statement above, is clear. When streaming, if you press pause, MX PLAYER will try to Load; Stop; and End Playback.
Version 1.9.10(ARMv7 neon)
Running on Firestick (version 2, 4 gigs available)
mx player, Standard config.
Mp4 file ~500MB 720p max.(can be smaller or much larger makes no difference)
having trouble making a bug report because it is on a Firestick, however I did not always have this problem. Any help to point me and others in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, please.

Koffeeshop77 said:
I have the same issue. Statement above, is clear. When streaming, if you press pause, MX PLAYER will try to Load; Stop; and End Playback.
Version 1.9.10(ARMv7 neon)
Running on Firestick (version 2, 4 gigs available)
mx player, Standard config.
Mp4 file ~500MB 720p max.(can be smaller or much larger makes no difference)
having trouble making a bug report because it is on a Firestick, however I did not always have this problem. Any help to point me and others in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, please.
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Without a bug report or log, it's very difficult to understand the actual issue. The issue might be with the server. When you resume the video, MX Player will try to reconnect. If the reconnection is refused, then MX Player will fail to play & close the playback.

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I'm having a problem with ...I'm having a problem with the video taking forever to load, then when it loads and buffer, plays for a little bit then begins pause and buffer then play, and so on..This happens the WHOLE time.I'm wondering, what do I need to do in order to get the buffering to stop so I may watch the video in full?

nazim29 said:
I'm having a problem with ...I'm having a problem with the video taking forever to load, then when it loads and buffer, plays for a little bit then begins pause and buffer then play, and so on..This happens the WHOLE time.I'm wondering, what do I need to do in order to get the buffering to stop so I may watch the video in full?
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1) your Wi-Fi connection is to slow, you also can't be too far away, WiFi it's being blocked by something metal(tv, cable receiver, pc, speakers, giant fish tank?,...)
2) your internet is being used by other members of the household
3) your running out of RAM or trying to stream to high of quality than your device can handle(use "clean master" to boost your performance before streaming)
4)AND MOST LIKELY, the server you are streaming from is slow, choose diff server, better compression size(e.g. 850MB instead of 2GB) or lower your quality choice 480/720p instead of 1080 or above.
5) your internet connection is slow from ISP e.g. 1500mbps instead of 5000mbps+.
^^WOULD RECOMMEND performing a internet speed test, to see where you stand on most of the above^^
I hope that helps you Nazim. In my case it has always been a slow server. And clean master helps alot if I'm using a low ram tv box/smart TV.