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fullscreen video - core vs divx

Hi all-
I'm trying to watch a movie on the fuze, and while I love letterbox fullscreen on my plasma at home, on my 3" screen i'd like to get as much picutre as possible. I'd like the DivX player or CORE to play fullscreen like WMP does and takes up the whole screen portrait-wise. DivX will switch to portrait when put into fullscreen, but it leaves 1/3 of the screen blank on top and bottom. There doesn't appear to be settings to fix this. CORE gives you much more control over aspect-ratio, pixel size, screen size, zoom, etc etc. It even has an orientation setting, however I can't seem to get it to flip portrait and then go fullscreen. Anyone have any experience as how to accomplish this? I was going to try to find the 'rotate screen' icon on the programs tab (like the tilt used to have) then go back into the movie with CORE, but I don't think the fuze can do that
Anyone with anything helpful would be appreciated

Im not sure what you are asking, but that probably just me (its early). With core, I get full screen, in any orientation i want. Just tap the movie screen and it should go portrait...

divx player has a rotation option for when your in full screen.

could you let me know where that option is on divx player? when i tap the screen it brings up a volume slider (up/down) and a seek slider (left\right)
settings only says fullscreen doesnt appear to have any orientation option
and actually, with core, my movie (700mb) freezes up when i hit fullscreen. so itmay in fact play in landscape and use up the whole screen, but perhaps because the file is so large it seems to just freeze the screen - maybe i should let it sit for a few minutes see if it adjusts itself? audio continues playing, but picture freezes up

its some where in settings i dont remember and dont have divx reinstalled yet from my last flash. you can get out of full screen with a couple taps, i also dont remember off the top of my head. in settings there should be an option for no rotation or rotation left or right. the divx player is very simple, not alot of options. i dont think its also a great performer, its staggery (prolly just my videos). i havent used my fuze as a media device much since i only recently got it so i dont have any other suggestions.

[Bug] Lock Mode Issue on Xiaomi Mi3

I have problem in Mx player with it's lock mode when I lock the screen the video continue to play but this is were problem occurs I cannot unlock it from lock mode because there is no toggle to unlock it. And on the contrary all video gestures such as video zoom, Brightness, Volume,Video Seek,etc. Do work. It used to work fine on my samsung s duos but I'm having problem with my new mobile Xiaomi mi3 running on android 4.4.2.

1923swapnil said:
I have problem in Mx player with it's lock mode when I lock the screen the video continue to play but this is were problem occurs I cannot unlock it from lock mode because there is no toggle to unlock it. And on the contrary all video gestures such as video zoom, Brightness, Volume,Video Seek,etc. Do work. It used to work fine on my samsung s duos but I'm having problem with my new mobile Xiaomi mi3 running on android 4.4.2.
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It looks like system's internal problem. Are you using stock ROM?

@1923swapnil
Are you using kids lock?

I had tried out the kids lock , kids lock (touch effects) and lock but none worked for me. And yes I'm running on the stock miui rom

@1923swapnil
If you have installed & enabled the kids lock, then you have to touch all four corners of your screen in the clockwise. It will unlock the player.

ktsamy said:
@1923swapnil
If you have installed & enabled the kids lock, then you have to touch all four corners of your screen in the clockwise. It will unlock the player.
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Yes you are correct but same problem in kids lock those 4 dots can't be seen. I tried out clicking the four corners of the screen but iit was not able to unlock it.

1923swapnil said:
Yes you are correct but same problem in kids lock those 4 dots can't be seen. I tried out clicking the four corners of the screen but iit was not able to unlock it.
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Hmm. I've tried it on my Xiaomi Mi Pad running Android 4.4 but lock worked just as expected.
I will try to make a workaround for this issue but all keys will not be blocked.

1923swapnil said:
Yes you are correct but same problem in kids lock those 4 dots can't be seen. I tried out clicking the four corners of the screen but iit was not able to unlock it.
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I think In kids lock there won't be any dots.
Try Kidslock + touch effects
When You can touch the screen MX Player will show some animation. So you can see whether it detects touch input or not.
If it's not detecting then there might be something which prevents mx player from getting the input. We have to check which one is interfering with mx lock screen controls.
If it detects then you haven't touch the screen properly. you have to touch properly in the each edge of the screen in clockwise to unlock.
eg: Top left - Top right - Bottom right - Bottom left
BTW in lock mode (not kidslock or kidslock + touch effects) if you touch the screen there should be a lock botton on the top left side of your screen. Touching it will unlock the device.

ktsamy said:
I think In kids lock there won't be any dots.
Try Kidslock + touch effects
When You can touch the screen MX Player will show some animation. So you can see whether it detects touch input or not.
If it's not detecting then there might be something which prevents mx player from getting the input. We have to check which one is interfering with mx lock screen controls.
If it detects then you haven't touch the screen properly. you have to touch properly in the each edge of the screen in clockwise to unlock.
eg: Top left - Top right - Bottom right - Bottom left
BTW in lock mode (not kidslock or kidslock + touch effects) if you touch the screen there should be a lock botton on the top left side of your screen. Touching it will unlock the device.
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I have tried out what you said but then also it's not working. Video players such as uc browser inbulid video player and with vlc beta version this video players lock mode works fine. I think so its a problem with mx player. Probably it's not compatible with my mobile.

1923swapnil said:
I have tried out what you said but then also it's not working. Video players such as uc browser inbulid video player and with vlc beta version this video players lock mode works fine. I think so its a problem with mx player. Probably it's not compatible with my mobile.
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@1923swapnil
Whould you try latest test build?
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
"Alternative screen lock" option is added under Settings > Player.
Please note that all keys might not be blocked depending on Android version with this alternation.
Feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks

Ty Sir, Yes now I'm able to use the lock and unlock feature of mx player. Ty for your support.

Not work
Xiaomi MI-3W, Android 4.4.2. MX Player ver.1.7.31 beta.20140815.
Lock button is still invisible.

Azat-777 said:
Xiaomi MI-3W, Android 4.4.2. MX Player ver.1.7.31 beta.20140815.
Lock button is still invisible.
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@Azat-777
Would you try new version built at 16th aug?
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
A new screen lock mode added in addition to existing alternative.
Please try Settings > Player > Screen lock > Mode #2
Thanks.

bleu8888 said:
@Azat-777
Would you try new version built at 16th aug?
A new screen lock mode added in addition to existing alternative.
Please try Settings > Player > Screen lock > Mode #2
Thanks.
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Thanks, Kim!
Mode #3 works very well.
Modes #1 and #2 doesn't work.

Azat-777 said:
Thanks, Kim!
Mode #3 works very well.
Modes #1 and #2 doesn't work.
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Thanks for feedback

Hi, Kim. I get an old bug with number of video. Error in the Russian localization, but in English there is no error.

Azat-777 said:
Hi, Kim. I get an old bug with number of video. Error in the Russian localization, but in English there is no error.
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Is it a translation error? I cannot figure out what exactly the bug is.

bleu8888 said:
Is it a translation error? I cannot figure out what exactly the bug is.
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Probably yes I think...
P.S.: I'm not the only one having this problem.

Azat-777 said:
Probably yes I think...
P.S.: I'm not the only one having this problem.
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Hmm, that's weired. I checked translation but there is no error as you know.
Maybe resource is not installed or corrupted.
Please tell him/her to completely remove and install MX Player again.

Ok.
And i get one small bug. When I lock the screen and then unlock the top bar very fast disappears. This small bug is reproduced in Mode #3 only.

MX player: one annoying thing after version 1.7.19. Do you have the same problem?

Hello,
I'll be using the word 'Actions' = increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward.
Now the issue:
While watching video on latest and recent updates of MX player, when i try to increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward with one finger slide, it is not happening directly with 1 time fine touch. In version 1.7.19 it happens directly, that is good like, while video is playing, 1 time i touch the screen and slide to perform the actions. Post that version, i need to touch the screen 2 times to do the above actions. With the 1st touch, you will get that annoying seekbar and then you need to touch 2nd time and slide for those actions. This is VERY ANNOYING and I REPEAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THERE IN VERSION 1.17.19.
I tried the below troubleshooting steps on the latest version and no luck I'm still using version 1.7.19 because it's free of that problem:
1. Restarted phone
2. Checked all MX player settings
3. Installed MX player codec (ARMV7)
4. Force stopped and cleared cache and data
5. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app.
6. Tried few older versions as well.
Is this exists in your phone as well with the latest version? or is a issue with Micromax Canvas 4 A210 device ?

Atharkhan101 said:
Hello,
I'll be using the word 'Actions' = increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward.
Now the issue:
While watching video on latest and recent updates of MX player, when i try to increase/decrease volume, brightness and seeking forward backward with one finger slide, it is not happening directly with 1 time fine touch. In version 1.7.19 it happens directly, that is good like, while video is playing, 1 time i touch the screen and slide to perform the actions. Post that version, i need to touch the screen 2 times to do the above actions. With the 1st touch, you will get that annoying seekbar and then you need to touch 2nd time and slide for those actions. This is VERY ANNOYING and I REPEAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THERE IN VERSION 1.17.19.
I tried the below troubleshooting steps on the latest version and no luck I'm still using version 1.7.19 because it's free of that problem:
1. Restarted phone
2. Checked all MX player settings
3. Installed MX player codec (ARMV7)
4. Force stopped and cleared cache and data
5. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app.
6. Tried few older versions as well.
Is this exists in your phone as well with the latest version? or is a issue with Micromax Canvas 4 A210 device ?
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Don't install any additional codec packs until or unless player asks you to install.
Regarding your issue, It looks like you are doing something wrong & it's broken on your device. I can adjust volume, Brightness & can seek in single touch.
When you touch the screen, it won't show the osd immediately. it will show the OSD only after taking it off. So, till that I can do whatever I want. Two touch is not required.

ktsamy said:
Don't install any additional codec packs until or unless player asks you to install.
Regarding your issue, It looks like you are doing something wrong & it's broken on your device. I can adjust volume, Brightness & can seek in single touch.
When you touch the screen, it won't show the osd immediately. it will show the OSD only after taking it off. So, till that I can do whatever I want. Two touch is not required.
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I've uninstalled the codecs still no success. I think its a device rom's issue as my friend who has Samsung galaxy grand 2 is not having this problem in latest version of Mx Player.

Have you asked in your ROM's support thread to see if they changed anything that might have caused the issue?

[Q] Lock mode causes top part of video to be blacked out

When I lock the screen ("Lock mode"), it blacks out the top part of the screen. This happens for all video types that I have tested.
I am using MX Player Pro on Nexus 5 (stock, unrooted).
I have tested with both "MX Player Codec (ARMv7 NEON)" (from Play Store) and "Arm v7-Neon" (from the sticky on DTS and AC3).
I don't know how to attach screenshots on this forum, so I've put links to them on my Dropbox:
Playing normally, you can see the full video and the time at the top-left corner of the screen.
With locked screen, the top part of the screen (75 pixels) is blacked out; the time is hidden along with the top of the video.
What can I do to fix this, please?

Paddy Landau said:
When I lock the screen ("Lock mode"), it blacks out the top part of the screen. This happens for all video types that I have tested.
I am using MX Player Pro on Nexus 5 (stock, unrooted).
I have tested with both "MX Player Codec (ARMv7 NEON)" (from Play Store) and "Arm v7-Neon" (from the sticky on DTS and AC3).
I don't know how to attach screenshots on this forum, so I've put links to them on my Dropbox:
Playing normally, you can see the full video and the time at the top-left corner of the screen.
With locked screen, the top part of the screen (75 pixels) is blacked out; the time is hidden along with the top of the video.
What can I do to fix this, please?
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I've tried to reproduce this issue on my Nexus 5 and 6 but can't.
Would you try other locking modes? Lock mode can be selected on Settings > Player > Screen lock.

bleu8888 said:
Would you try other locking modes? Lock mode can be selected on Settings > Player > Screen lock.
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I hadn't noticed that setting (I was looking only at the settings available while playing the video).
Mode #3 works. Thank you for the advice.

[Q] How to disable auto-play preview in gallery?

When I go into my gallery and click a video from the grid of photos and videos, it starts playing the video without the audio (even before I press play) and loops it as like an auto-generated preview of the video. Then, when I press play, it actually plays the video and audio together and shows the entirety of the clip.
How do I disable this? It's slow and glitchy and dumb. I want the clip to play when I click it, not just the video sans audio. And, to boot, it makes everything about 2-3 times slower to click and load due to a hitch/lag when you actually want it to play the clip.

I'm also experiencing a weird lag in the video player that I think might be a bug.
As I noted in the OP, when I open a video from the grid, it "previews" with white borders. If I click the play button in the center, my screen goes completely black for 1 second, then the video comes back, but this time with white borders, and then actually starts playing. So, I get like a 1.5-2 second lag between when I click the play button and when the video plays.
Does anyone else have this issue? I'm going to try turning video enhancer off and see what happens.

eyc said:
I'm also experiencing a weird lag in the video player that I think might be a bug.
As I noted in the OP, when I open a video from the grid, it "previews" with white borders. If I click the play button in the center, my screen goes completely black for 1 second, then the video comes back, but this time with white borders, and then actually starts playing. So, I get like a 1.5-2 second lag between when I click the play button and when the video plays.
Does anyone else have this issue? I'm going to try turning video enhancer off and see what happens.
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i have the same issue that you are having in your original post... have you found a way to address this? the autoplay with the white grid is annnnnoyinnnnng!!!!!

eyc said:
When I go into my gallery and click a video from the grid of photos and videos, it starts playing the video without the audio (even before I press play) and loops it as like an auto-generated preview of the video. Then, when I press play, it actually plays the video and audio together and shows the entirety of the clip.
How do I disable this? It's slow and glitchy and dumb. I want the clip to play when I click it, not just the video sans audio. And, to boot, it makes everything about 2-3 times slower to click and load due to a hitch/lag when you actually want it to play the clip.
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When the Video is playing
click on the 3 Dots /Settings/ OFF - Auto play next

ilordvader said:
When the Video is playing
click on the 3 Dots /Settings/ OFF - Auto play next
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this stops the next video from playing. however, as EYC has mentioned - it's the looping of the video with the white bars that's the issue. my wife has the s7 and it doesn't display this behavior....

kdfdawg said:
this stops the next video from playing. however, as EYC has mentioned - it's the looping of the video with the white bars that's the issue. my wife has the s7 and it doesn't display this behavior....
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Does yours also temporarily go to a fully black screen when you hit the play button, causing the video to hitch between pressing play and it actually playing? That's what I find most irritating.

eyc said:
Does yours also temporarily go to a fully black screen when you hit the play button, causing the video to hitch between pressing play and it actually playing? That's what I find most irritating.
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mine does exactly that. the fact that the video auto loops too drives me insane.

As a workaround to the stock gallery's wonky video player, I'm using Google Photos (which has its own built-in video player).
One of the cool things about Google Photos is you can access it directly from within the camera app. There's a setting called "Camera shortcut" within Photos, which overlays a shortcut thumbnail onto the camera. You can press and drag this thumbnail shortcut anywhere you want - you can even place it on top of the stock gallery thumbnail if you want. After you shoot a video or take a picture, the little thumbnail pops up and you can jump directly to Photos to watch the video or whatever.

Rather than use the work around suggested by Henrybravo, has anyone actually managed to find the toggle box to turn off auto play on the current selected video in Gallery? I have exactly the same issue as eyc and kdfdawg and it's driving me nuts!

Helodoxa said:
Rather than use the work around suggested by Henrybravo, has anyone actually managed to find the toggle box to turn off auto play on the current selected video in Gallery? I have exactly the same issue as eyc and kdfdawg and it's driving me nuts!
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When the Video is playing
click on the 3 Dots /Settings/ OFF - Auto play next
But what i want help with is -
When i open camera & click on Gallery it also shows the WhatsApp videos and pics
I want to set it to only show me the Camera pics i have clicked
anyone knows how to set that ?

Can somebody explain how to turn this off? It is really anoying

Also waiting for a solution to turning off this retarded video thumbnail preview. I just want a static thumbnail. And I'm used to gallery, I don't want to switch to Google Photos.

How to stop S9+ from playing all videos automatically
Helodoxa said:
Rather than use the work around suggested by Henrybravo, has anyone actually managed to find the toggle box to turn off auto play on the current selected video in Gallery? I have exactly the same issue as eyc and kdfdawg and it's driving me nuts!
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From the camera open “Gallery”
Open any video
Pause the video
Tap the 3 vertical dots on the up right
Turn off “Auto play next”
You’re done

[email protected] said:
From the camera open “Gallery”
Open any video
Pause the video
Tap the 3 vertical dots on the up right
Turn off “Auto play next”
You’re done
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This is not the issue! The problem is with Gallery, not Video Player. I've already turned off auto play next. I want to stop Gallery doing the silly silent looping video preview. There seems to be no setting to control this. I think it's a new "feature" in Gallery, and is really annoying. I have an S7 edge running Oreo.

G!!

pmstirling said:
This is not the issue! The problem is with Gallery, not Video Player. I've already turned off auto play next. I want to stop Gallery doing the silly silent looping video preview. There seems to be no setting to control this. I think it's a new "feature" in Gallery, and is really annoying. I have an S7 edge running Oreo.
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Go into gallery app settings, go to "about gallery", where it says "version xxx.x.xxx.x" tap that seven times. Press back and there should then be "gallery labs" at the very bottom. Go in there, disable "video preview on picture list" close the app (make sure it's closed properly through "recent" then open gallery again and it should no longer show video previews!!

Samsung Gallery used to be good years ago.
Today it sucks. Try a 3rd party app like Gallery.
If anyone has a better freeware/ad free Gallery app,
please post it

N1vag said:
Go into gallery app settings, go to "about gallery", where it says "version xxx.x.xxx.x" tap that seven times. Press back and there should then be "gallery labs" at the very bottom. Go in there, disable "video preview on picture list" close the app (make sure it's closed properly through "recent" then open gallery again and it should no longer show video previews!!
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This really solve my problem for android 10
Thanks a million