Hi! I Before I updated to Pie I could watch The Grand Tour and Man in the High Castle in 4k via the Amazon Prime Video app. After I updated it only goes to 1080p, no matter how long I let it buffer. I have cleared cache and data, and reinstalled the app with no success.
Anyone else experiencing the same thing?
Yeah i believe it to be a Amazon Prime issue, as Prime have not updated their app to support Pie.
Could be an issue with them not supporting Pie (which is quite possible given the stale state of affairs on both FireOS and androidTV..)
But it could be as well something's missing in the Sony Pie firmware, who knows (fun fact: some sort of playready support, used to be advertised once) EDIT: it wasn't drm
Is there anybody still on Oreo that could post a drminfo screenshot?
Could you stream from YT in 4k?
I have a Sony Xperia Xz Premium Wi-Fi Android Oreo 8.0.0 but I can’t watch 4K Films and series in the Premium Video app. The maximum quality both in streaming and in download si 1080p
The strictly technical requirement is just Widevine L1 eventually.
As they sort of mention in their FAQs though, it may be there are some further white/black-lists.
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Anyone know of a way to tell the Amazon Prime video app to stream 4K over mobile data? I can stream 4K over WiFi but at work the employee device WiFi is too slow and I get constant buffering but on 4G I have enough bandwidth.
Mainly want to show off the phone at work but Amazon Prime seems limited to Ultra HD streaming on WiFi only? Obvious why, you would chew through a data plan four times faster in 4K than 1080p but would be nice to allow us the choice.
Just save a 4K video and play it offline.
XPZ is capable to show 4K with most apps which support 4K. VLC is one of these. Just save your 4k video on your phone or sd card, and play it from there. You don't need to stream 4k each time.
Different question but the same heading. I'm in US and bought international G8142, for the functional fingerprint sensor.
As a long-standing Prime member, I want my 4K content on this fabulous phone. However, Prime Video came pre-intalled via Google Play Store and says it's a UK phone. So I can't uninstall Prime Video, disabling doesn't let me install from Amazon and I can't swap the country because Prime Video won't open for me.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
I recently found out that a device require widevine L1 to play copyrighted content in HD from streaming services like Netflix and so(no effect on YouTube). And it turns out redmi note 5 pro(whyred) is missing L1 it does have L3(used to play standard quality) and not only this device turns out a lot of devices including likes of one plus 5, pocophone etc have the same problem and to my knowledge this is not something that can be fixed with a software update it somehow related to hardware so i would like your thoughts on this particular issue and if there is any chance that it can be fixed.??
EDIT: Just found a modded version of Netflix with hd enabled don't know if it's fully functional (can't test now) but it's s temporary fix (the Netflix version is old) but here's the link
MediaFire:http://www.mediafire.com/file/i08g9us89xeu1xf/netflixlatest.hdonly.apk/file
CREDIT: Here's the link to the original thread
http://www.mediafire.com/file/i08g9us89xeu1xf/netflixlatest.hdonly.apk/file
NOTE: I am not in anyway associated with the making of the app all the credit is to the op of the above mentioned thread and i will not update this thread regardless of the future development of the modded version of Netflix
there is no way to enable L1 level security on this mobile.... Don't know about other country atleast in India we hardly use Netflix. All are busy in hotstar Jio tv Amazon prime and lastly netflix (very few people)
SunilSuni said:
there is no way to enable L1 level security on this mobile.... Don't know about other country atleast in India we hardly use Netflix. All are busy in hotstar Jio tv Amazon prime and lastly netflix (very few people)
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Well that could be their marketing strategy but still man it's a little bit upsetting knowing that the user don't have the ability to play videos in HD
Ever since I updated to Android 10 I've been having issues with video Playback on streaming services such as Netflix, Google Play Movies and YouTube TV! The phone plays just fine then few hours later it starts frame skipping /stutter and the image freezes! This also applies to offline playback!
The latest update (55.1.A.3.49) didn't fix the issue! Anybody is experiencing this on their device?
Tested on Customized US, Customized UK and Customized HK firmware
I get this when using prime video.
On uk vodafone network software
Only way to fix it is to reboot the phone
beckett1 said:
I get this when using prime video.
On uk vodafone network software
Only way to fix it is to reboot the phone
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Yeah it works fine after reboot for few hours then it craps out again! It's a big glitch in Android 10 update that needs to be fixed! And this phone was advertised for best in class media playback!
At least I know it's not just my phone!
I get problems when my wifi isn't good and it switches between mobile data or wifi. I usually get the program to download first now to prevent this from happening but pretty sure its a poor wifi signal.
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Yeah it works fine after reboot for few hours then it craps out again! It's a big glitch in Android 10 update that needs to be fixed! And this phone was advertised for best in class media playback!
At least I know it's not just my phone!
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I disabled the smart clean function and then mine stopped with the stuttering.
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I disabled the smart clean function and then mine stopped with the stuttering.
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I just tried that, unfortunately it did not fix the stuttering issue on Netflix and YouTube TV
I found out that it only seems to affect DRM content, which is bizarre. Hopefully this is sorted at somepoint because it's one of the major selling points of the phone (including the X1)
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I found out that it only seems to affect DRM content, which is bizarre. Hopefully this is sorted at somepoint because it's one of the major selling points of the phone (including the X1)
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I think you are right! Cause it doesn't affect the video captured by the camera or video playback inside the album app. Only DRM streaming services including live TV
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I think you are right! Cause it doesn't affect the video captured by the camera or video playback inside the album app. Only DRM streaming services including live TV
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Yep! I initially thought it had something to do with the Dolby Atmos EQ but quickly found out it only happened with DRM video content. I'm hoping Sony fixes this because it's my second Sony phone :laugh:
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Yep! I initially thought it had something to do with the Dolby Atmos EQ but quickly found out it only happened with DRM video content. I'm hoping Sony fixes this because it's my second Sony phone :laugh:
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After .112 update it's now only affecting HDR content on Netflix! It's like they half fixed the issue! 3 months after Android 10 has been released and can't watch anything on my phone on Netflix!
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After .112 update it's now only affecting HDR content on Netflix! It's like they half fixed the issue! 3 months after Android 10 has been released and can't watch anything on my phone on Netflix!
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Some progress is better than none I suppose.
Prime Video seems to be fixed, I think I saw like one dropped frame but the video and audio doesn't constantly stutter which is amazing.
Play Movies/YT Movies is worthless, don't even bother lol.
Side note: video recording has had improvements too, as the camera version has been bumped up and there's some under-the-hood changes.
I took delivery of the Poco F2 Pro yesterday and am very happy with it so far, however one issue is puzzling me as I can't find anyone else who is suffering with the same problem. I'm running Global ROM here in the EU, version 12.0.3 stable and I haven't unlocked the bootloader etc as I don't plan to. I've used DRM Info and I'm running at security level L1, which should afford me HD in all the streaming apps. Netflix, Google Play, YouTube etc all play either HDR or HD absolutely fine. The only one that is exhibiting problems is Amazon's Prime Video app. Normally it'll come up with a 'HD' icon when playing videos which changes into HD 1080p after a short time of streaming. However, when playing films which SHOULD be HD no icon pops up at all for any HD film. The films appear to be playing in either 480-540p and no higher. I've tried removing the app, clearing its cache, setting all streaming options to the highest quality, rebooting the phone and even did a factory reset after encountering the problem but there's no joy. Is anyone else experiencing this at all? Could it be that MIUI 12 has caused an issue with the app?
It's because Amazon don't put it on white list
Use Kodi if you really want to stream in HD - they are using desktop browser's API to access HD streams, so you can use F2 Pro's L1 capability there.
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I took delivery of the Poco F2 Pro yesterday and am very happy with it so far, however one issue is puzzling me as I can't find anyone else who is suffering with the same problem. I'm running Global ROM here in the EU, version 12.0.3 stable and I haven't unlocked the bootloader etc as I don't plan to. I've used DRM Info and I'm running at security level L1, which should afford me HD in all the streaming apps. Netflix, Google Play, YouTube etc all play either HDR or HD absolutely fine. The only one that is exhibiting problems is Amazon's Prime Video app. Normally it'll come up with a 'HD' icon when playing videos which changes into HD 1080p after a short time of streaming. However, when playing films which SHOULD be HD no icon pops up at all for any HD film. The films appear to be playing in either 480-540p and no higher. I've tried removing the app, clearing its cache, setting all streaming options to the highest quality, rebooting the phone and even did a factory reset after encountering the problem but there's no joy. Is anyone else experiencing this at all? Could it be that MIUI 12 has caused an issue with the app?
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check this thread, similar to your issue on eu roms
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/...i-11-12.56158/
Hello there,
I am desperately try to understand if the Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 (the one with snapdragon 870) is a good tablet or not, but more than that, I am trying to understand how it is sold from vendors.
This tablet in Europe is called Lenovo P12 and the base price is 899€ that, in my idea, is a little bit too much.
So I am checking chinese vendors that should sell this tablet with two options for the ROM: the chinese one and the (fake) global one.
As I understood, the chinese ROM has no play services while the global one has play services but has widevine L3 instead of L1.
So first of all: is it true?
Second question: I've seen a lot of video of people installing play services on the chinese ROM, and as it should be usable in English at least, what's the big deal on having chinese ROM? I mean: If I can install play services, If I can set english language, If I can have Netflix, Disney+ and PrimeVideo in HD (and dolby vision) what's the problem?
I am sorry if my questions sound stupid, but reading pages and pages of forum did not let me understand clealry the situazion
Thanks in advance
Ok here are the facts:
Global Hacked ROM is Widevine L3 and will receive no updates but has the benefit of supporting multiple languages. All streaming services will be in low bitrate and or SD.
The CN ROM supports English and Chinese only and is widevine L1. Netflix works in FHD (no HDR of any kind), Disney+ Works in FHD (no HDR of any kind), Prime Video runs low bitrate compared to many other tablets.
You can easily install google play store (services framework is already integrated into the ROM) by following the video below.
However there are some known issues
The Security Centre app is very strict at auto closing apps by default. This means you’ll likely not get notifications, calendar updates alarms etc. It can be configured to whitelist apps of your choosing and will then function as normal.
However there have been numerous reports of the Security App breaking when a users upgrades to ZUI13. I believe it is triggered if the user does a factory reset. (I have upgraded and not reset and all is working ok).
Some people are reporting losing their WideVine L1 certification at a hardware level (i.e. not within the Netflix app) out of the blue. We have not pinpointed why this is happening. (I still have widevine L1 but received a CN ROM and did not mess with it in anyway and let the tablet OTA as normal)
WIFI5 frequency range is set to Chinese. In many cases this means global routers are not able to connect via WIFI5. I had this issue and could only solve it by setting my routers region to Chinese. It has not negatively impacted any other devices on my network or speeds but you may want to bare this in mind if you are intended to travel often with the tablet.
In general the hardware is decent, with Nova Launcher replacing the stock launcher and using Streamo (there ethical considerations here, I am simply streaming UHD content I have paid/subbed to via other means as I am shut out of the official apps due to DRM) I am generally very happy with the tablet.
Lenovo Hardware Good, Lenovo Software and Support Sh!te. Would I recommend. Probably not.
Well thank you very very very much for this detailed report.
So, as I understand, basically you have a HDR capable display but nothing is using it... I can't understand why but as far as my major use would be watching Netflix, Disney and Prime Video.
PS What's Streamo? Never heard about it
Thank you again!
If you use Stremio you can watch 4k HDR, DV content no problem. No official streaming platform supports the 4k HDR on Android.
Another more expensive option is The XiaoXin Pad Pro 12.6 (And P12 Pro Globally) which supports FHD Dolby Vision as its a netflix approved device.
Having owned both the E4 AMOLED screen is much much better (to justify the price increase imo) than the 2021 Pad Pro 11".
so...can view youtube hdr content?
what if compare to xiaomi pad 5 pro?