Hey,
I just got a TF300 and I've been trying to get video streaming to work on the tab. I'm using BubbleUPNP and I've tried about a dozen video players to go with it (dice player, vplayer, moboplayer etc etc).
The issue I'm having is that the video just randomly stops. I'm not having any issues relating to video quality or file formats. I'll be streaming a video and the video will just randomly stop, and because its streaming I can't resume at the same place I have to start again.
I have not yet managed to complete a single video without it being exited at a random interval. Its not always the same place, sometimes I'll get 20minutes in, other times 10minutes of the same video file.
I'm using iSedora media center to stream across my internal LAN. I've been using this program to stream to my TV without issues for over a year.
At the moment it looks like WiFi could be the culprit however
a) I've used WiFi Analyzer to find an unused channel for my router
b) I've tested the stream right next to my router at about -20dBm to -30dBm
c) I have tried a factory reset
d) I have tried 8dBi antenna and they just made my signal worse
Any assistance here would be amazing
Thanks
FMM
Have you tried UpnPlay?
Just so you can rule out the client.
i use emitapp for streaming - works perfectly over lan and at work.
it does allow resuming from a specific point in the video as well.
Hi,
Some of you may remember me from my "Android Kit Kat 4.4.2 on Motorola Xoom' thread. My Xoom WI-FI now has the latest ROM
4.4.2-20140207-1805+0100-wingray-HOMADE. I just loaded this version about 45 minutes ago. Earlier today I loaded the Netflix Android App
from the Google Play store. I started to play an episode of the Netflix Series House of cards. When the episode started the subtitles (captions) were enabled. So I touched the little icon on the screen and I chose no captions. Once I did that the program continued to play without any sound what so ever. So, I tried another program. I chose a Movie that I had never watched on any TV, Blu-ray player or other device.
The same phenomena occurred. Movie played with subtitles on, I turn them off and the sound stops playing. Yes, I even plugged in Headphones.
This Phenomena does not occur when i play movies through my FIREFOX browser on my PC nor does it occur on my TV or Blu-ray player.
So, I called NETFLIX tech Support. They had me try several things (like use another WIFI network in this case the WIFI hotspot on my phone) to see if the problem was related to my router.
Also, on my WIFI XOOM Tablet the playback of netflix Streaming freezes and the buffering circle spins. This may be also related to issues with the ROM and the Netflix Android app. I do have a Wireless N network and I am sitting in the room where the Router is.
None of these problems occurred with the last GOOGLE approved ROM.
The Netflix tech found my thread from January. It is possible that NETFLIX techs will be posting to this forum. So, has anyone had any issues with NETFLIX using this ROM?
Thank you in advance
bigfootnmd said:
Hi,
Some of you may remember me from my "Android Kit Kat 4.4.2 on Motorola Xoom' thread. My Xoom WI-FI now has the latest ROM
4.4.2-20140207-1805+0100-wingray-HOMADE. I just loaded this version about 45 minutes ago. Earlier today I loaded the Netflix Android App
from the Google Play store. I started to play an episode of the Netflix Series House of cards. When the episode started the subtitles (captions) were enabled. So I touched the little icon on the screen and I chose no captions. Once I did that the program continued to play without any sound what so ever. So, I tried another program. I chose a Movie that I had never watched on any TV, Blu-ray player or other device.
The same phenomena occurred. Movie played with subtitles on, I turn them off and the sound stops playing. Yes, I even plugged in Headphones.
This Phenomena does not occur when i play movies through my FIREFOX browser on my PC nor does it occur on my TV or Blu-ray player.
So, I called NETFLIX tech Support. They had me try several things (like use another WIFI network in this case the WIFI hotspot on my phone) to see if the problem was related to my router.
The Netflix tech found my thread from January. It is possible that NETFLIX techs will be posting to this forum. So, has anyone had any issues with NETFLIX using this ROM?
Thank you in advance
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I have not experienced any netflix issues with this ROM. I even use it through chromecast. I've tried what you stated and did not experience the issue.
Domunus said:
I have not experienced any netflix issues with this ROM. I even use it through chromecast. I've tried what you stated and did not experience the issue.
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I can confirm the behavior experienced by bigfootmd. Netflix is very sensitive and will stop playing sound. If you exit netflix and restart, sound is back. In addition, the HDMI output freezes and becomes unuseable, independent of the sound problem.
I am running 4.4.2.20140215-1029+0100-wingray-HOMEMADE
Domunus: when you play through Chromecast, your feed goes directly to the Chromecast device and does not pass through your xoom. Your xoom is simply a remote control. This is probably why you do not see the problem. When I cast, I do not see the problem either.
Sometimes when I try to play a .mkv file, the H/W+ decoder stops working after 1-5 seconds and MX switches to the S/W decoder. Also, when I want to fast forward in the video, it also switches back to the H/W+ decoder, while working fine before. It varies from DVD quality mkvs to direct BluRay rips with DTS or AC3 sound. I can't use the H/W decoder on mkv files that are streamed from a HTTP url and de S/W decoder works only for the DVD quality ones.
It does not happen to all my videos. If I re-encode them with programs like handbrake, the problem is gone, but so is the quality. Besides it takes loads of time to encode. When downloaded to my tablet or sd card, I can play them fine in H/W mode (S/W audio for the DTS track), but that's not a solution. My network connection is also not a problem. My tablet can handle a 25Mbit/s bitrate on 5GHz mode and up to 1080p is not a problem.
It might be a video/encoding problem, because when I try to fast forward some of these files, I get gray blocks on my screen for a couple of seconds, before it continues, the same as sometimes on my PC. However, the Mediainfo of a working and a broken file look exactly the same.
The source of my mkv files is my WD 3TB NAS so they're being streamed from a local HTTP url. The device I'm trying to play the mkvs on is a Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 with Android 2.3.6 and MX Player uses the latest custom codes from the site. It's not rooted and I don't think it's possible either at this moment.
Is this a problem with MX player, my device or my video?
Can you post a logcat?
Sent from my SM-G900H using Tapatalk
I've got 4 logs, the first and fourth are from a mkv file that only plays for the first few seconds and then switches to the S/W decoder. The second and third have fast forward issues, after a few times or at the first scroll forward, the H/W+ decoder stops and switches to the S/W decoder. The video also starts over.
I am trying to stream my Gear VR experience using a paid app called Screen Stream Mirroring. I can get it to stream with no problem however, any streaming I do results in a video fee that is EXTREMELY laggy, unwatchable. I'm connected to my home network, which I have zero issues with when streaming 1080 from my PC. I downloaded a seperate app to locally record what's on the screen, as soon as I start playing a game, it records it fine but as I go to watch my game through a video player app, the video is choppy. Maybe 1 frame for every 3 seconds. Same as when I stream for others to watch. Same thing happened when I connected my chromecast. My TV shows a mirror of my phone but it is horrendously laggy. I've had some serious issues with this phone since day 1.
Any idea what could be causing it? I've seen other users stream and mirror with no issues, why am I unable to do it? I can't record, I can't stream, and I can't even mirror to my tv because it all lags horrendously.
I'm using a Note 5. It's not running stock I'm using a custom OS and firmware courtesy to XDA.
I am currently using TEKXodus rom and SkyHigh kerner.
Last issue I have, and this is something I have had since day 1, is when ever I try to watch videos on youtube or download files, it's significantly slower compare to my Note 3. I can not watch 1080 videos or 720. Even at 640 my videos sometimes lags! I don't understand why, I have unlimited internet. I called Tmobil but they said that everything is working fine. Anyone has any ideas? I really dislike the Note 5 ;/ I miss my Note 3
v1.10.17 - custom codec installed
Firestick 4K
Fire TV 2
I have several fire devices, including a FTV2 and the new 4K stick.
While testing the new 4K stick, I found several issues, first is only on the new stick, 2nd is on both devices.
Hopefully you guys can help me out, I have spent 2 evenings already and still not resolved.
1) Random switching from HW to HW+ to SW
During playback of many video's, including tv episodes, the video starts playing in HW mode, runs smooth. Then at random times it switched to HW+, usually with black reloading screen in between, then later it switches to SW stating HW+ not supported - and stays in SW modus. In SW it seems OK-ish, but sometimes see skipping, lag etc. that is not present in HW(+) decoding.
a) If it starts playing OK, then why does it need to switch to other modes? If it works then i dont understand why that happens
b) The older FTV2 does not have this issue, I have never seen this before. It starts with HW or HW+ and stays that way, never any issues in this regard. The new stick hardware codec support is even better than the older FTV2.
2) No audio on many streams
I found that many streams starts in HW modus, with no audio at all. It stays that way if I let it run.
If I switch it to HW+, it does have audio, but out-of-sync.
Also, after a while it switches back to HW or sometimes SW.
a) why does it choose HW, not HW+?
b) why out of sync in HW+?
c) Why does it switch back to HW or SW, if it working (out-of-sync)
d) Installed custom-codec all-in-one, did not solve it
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I have also tried several other players, to some success. But they have their own issues, like buffering, laggy playback, stutter when FWD etc.
So I need to get this working, there are no real alternatives
I have done some extra testing. I now got it all working on my FTV2, with an older version 1.9.11 (+compatible codec pack).
I also set HW+ as default for network streams. I have tested several video's, x264/x265, dts/ac3 they seem to all work and keep working OK. Usually they stay in HW+ modus until the end and all smooth.
I couldnt find the older version, so I tried the latest MX 1.10.25, with latest codec pack. At first, it was working...but later when watchin an episode it gave me all sorts of trouble:
- blocking issues
- streams stops
- stream does not start again after trying new
- switch from HW+ to SW
- cant switch manually to HW+, gives error HW+ not supported
So weird, especially since it is working fine on the older FTV2.
Anyway, will try to get the older version and see if that helps.
timtoolman2k11 said:
I have done some extra testing. I now got it all working on my FTV2, with an older version 1.9.11 (+compatible codec pack).
I also set HW+ as default for network streams. I have tested several video's, x264/x265, dts/ac3 they seem to all work and keep working OK. Usually they stay in HW+ modus until the end and all smooth.
I couldnt find the older version, so I tried the latest MX 1.10.25, with latest codec pack. At first, it was working...but later when watchin an episode it gave me all sorts of trouble:
- blocking issues
- streams stops
- stream does not start again after trying new
- switch from HW+ to SW
- cant switch manually to HW+, gives error HW+ not supported
So weird, especially since it is working fine on the older FTV2.
Anyway, will try to get the older version and see if that helps.
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In general, It will automatically try the next decoder when the playback has failed before completion of the file. It is an intended behaviour since 1.8.x. Kindly collect the bug report from the latest version immediately after the issues. It will help us to understand better.
Thanks for your reply. I will try to get the report next time.
In meantime I have tested with exact same (old) version, 1.9.11 + codec pack on fire stick 4K.
I had set HW+ as default for network, same as on the FTV2.
So basically, exactly same set-up, same streams, but on newer hardware.
At first it seemed ok, however:
- setting HW+ as default, at some streams, I cannot FWD, it just jumps back to beginning
- on tv episodes, it starts with HW+, then jumps to HW for some reason (no change in audio or video) - does not happen on FTV2
- on certain movies, it starts with audio on HW+, then jumps to HW modus without audio, makes no sense - does not happen on FTV2
- on movies with multiple audio tracks, in HW modus it plays just one track , cannot switch to other track, stuck in commentary track. same stream in HW+ modus has the main track selected and playing.
All in all very weird, never had so many issues. I just installed it and it would work. What troubles me is that I now have a working FTV2 setup, ubt exact setup does not work on the Fire stick 4K. Very frustrating.
I also found that HDR playback is very dull, very dim, not bright at all. So staying on old version is ok up until 1080P. 4K+HDR is not working ok, but will be probably be fixed in newer version.
I will keep the FTV2 at the now working setup.
I wil re-install latest mx and codec pack on 4K stick and test again.
If I encounter errors, I will try to post bug report. Hopefully that will help the devs to fix this. It seems it is not really liking the new Fire stick hardware for some reason.
Ok. Did some testing again. Here my results + logs.
- Fire 4K Stick
- MX 1.10.25 (default settings)
- codec pack: https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4656301&d=1543696913
(from a post saying that it worked perfectly on ac3, while another didnt)
- 6 different network streams
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1. 720P X264 - single channel audio (stereo i think)
- starts in HW+
- stays in HW+
- FFWD OK
- keeps playing OK
2. 1080P X264 - multichannel 5.1 audio
- starts in HW
- commentary track on - cannot switch to other tracks
- FFWD not working OK
After a short while:
- restarts video in HW+
- audio main channel on
Very short after:
- switched to SW
- no audio
- choppy playback
Log: report_2018-12-03_194334.zip
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3. 4K X265 stream
- MX crashes directly after start
- Starting 2nd time, MX starts playing in HW+
- Audio/video OK
- FFWD OK
- Keeps playing ok
Log: report_2018-12-03_194948.zip
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4. 1080P X264 stream
- starts in HW
- No audio
- FFWD not working OK
After short while:
- restart in HW+
- audio not starting right away, after about 10s it starts (but sync)
- FFWD OK
- keeps playing OK
5. HD 5.1 audio
- starts in HW
- no audio
- FFWD not working
After short while:
- restart in HW+
- audio working
- FFWD working
- keeps playing OK
Log: report_2018-12-03_200011.zip
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6. 720P X264 - stereo
- starts in HW
- No audio
Shortly after playing:
- switch to HW+
- audio working
Very short after:
- Switch to SW
- Choppy playback
Log: report_2018-12-03_200412.zip
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My conclusions so far:
- Stream 1 starts in HW+, keeps playing OK, no issues
- Stream 4 & 5 should be fixed by setting HW+ default for network streams.
(except for the small delay in start of audio of 4, but that is ok)
- Stream 2 & 6, can partially be fixed by HW+ default, but not the switch to SW
- Stream 3: crash is not OK, but after 2nd try it works OK
- I dont understand why some streams start in HW+, while other start in HW then later switch to HW+
This is now keeping me from using my stick. While on my old FTV2, with old MX it seems to all work just fine.
Seems like it is not liking the new 4K stick hardware / does not seem to see the hardware decoding abilities - which are matching and surpassing the old FTV2.
Hopefully my testing and logs can help you guys to fix these issues. - if fixed it will be an instant Pro buy for me thats for sure!
I have tried other players, but they all have their own issues - and not the level of support of MX devs.
So I will now sit back and wait for the fixes to come on.
Ofcourse I am happy to test again to verify correct workings after updates.
timtoolman2k11 said:
My conclusions so far:
- Stream 1 starts in HW+, keeps playing OK, no issues
- Stream 4 & 5 should be fixed by setting HW+ default for network streams.
(except for the small delay in start of audio of 4, but that is ok)
- Stream 2 & 6, can partially be fixed by HW+ default, but not the switch to SW
- Stream 3: crash is not OK, but after 2nd try it works OK
- I dont understand why some streams start in HW+, while other start in HW then later switch to HW+
This is now keeping me from using my stick. While on my old FTV2, with old MX it seems to all work just fine.
Seems like it is not liking the new 4K stick hardware / does not seem to see the hardware decoding abilities - which are matching and surpassing the old FTV2.
Hopefully my testing and logs can help you guys to fix these issues. - if fixed it will be an instant Pro buy for me thats for sure!
I have tried other players, but they all have their own issues - and not the level of support of MX devs.
So I will now sit back and wait for the fixes to come on.
Ofcourse I am happy to test again to verify correct workings after updates.
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The HW decoder directly uses the android mediaplayer framework implemented on the device. So, most of the issues on HW decoder might be caused by the firmware itself. It looks like Amazon has heavily modified the android mediaplayer and media codec frameworks or its implementation has issues. According to the logs, the media server process ( a system process) which plays a vital role in hardware accelerated playbacks (HW & HW+) has died in the midway. So, the player has encountered the issues and switched to the next decoder. So, MX Player doesn't have much scopes for the improvement on this issue.
Wow really? That would mean everyone with this new device should have these issues. That has not been reported anywhere. All praise for this stick. Or am i the only one to have a faulty one? Very odd.
I installed MX fresh out of the box. I can try to do a reset and re-install. If that doesnt work, then I guess I have to return it.
Is there really nothing you can do to fix this? You are on amazon store as well, right? Then I guess it should work, but it currently doesnt.
Ok, did a reset of the stick, only installed bare minimum for testing.
Now, it seems to work ok !
I guess something was messed up causing the media server issues. Don't know what, maybe some other apps I installed.
Yes, still some streams start in HW, with no audio or wrong audio.
However, I have set HW+ as default - so that is fixed.
I have watched several streams last night, they started in HW+ and kept playing in HW+, all working fine. No fallbacks to SW.
The only issue I have now is the crash on some 4K streams on first play still happens. After 2nd try it works fine. Not a biggie, still would be good if this is fixed.
timtoolman2k11 said:
Ok, did a reset of the stick, only installed bare minimum for testing.
The only issue I have now is the crash on some 4K streams on first play still happens. After 2nd try it works fine. Not a biggie, still would be good if this is fixed.
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Can you please collect the bug report immediately after the crash?
In your previous bug report, the logs were so limited. Looks amazon has set the log buffer size to the minimum. If it possible, enable the developer option and increase the log buffer side.