I am using a stock rooted US Moto G, and I have had podcasts (through both Pocket Casts and DoubleTwist) and MLB At Bat audio streaming stopping randomly.
Has anybody else had this issue? Any solutions?
rpogorek said:
I am using a stock rooted US Moto G, and I have had podcasts (through both Pocket Casts and DoubleTwist) and MLB At Bat audio streaming stopping randomly.
Has anybody else had this issue? Any solutions?
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I have the exact same problem. Podcasts stop playing suddenly.
This usually happens when using chrome, particularly when scrolling.
A few observations:
- The app doesn't crash - launching it again and pressing play starts the podcast at the exact same spot meaning the app safely shutdown.
- Closing all apps and tabs to free up memory usually helps but is no guarantee it won't stop again within a few minutes.
- Happens with several podcast apps I tried - all of which use about 60mb of RAM when playing
- Happens with downloaded and streamed podcasts. But stopping is more likely with streaming versions (I guess the stream is buffered to RAM meaning it's more likely to be killed)
- Every time the podcast stops I have been using a web browser (I've tried Chrome, Chrome beta, Firefox, Opera and UC browser)
My theory is that android is killing the process to free up some RAM but I'm not sure what can be done to prevent this.
A few things I have looked into are 'nice' and 'minfree'. I tried increasing the priority of my podcast app with nice but that didn't seem to help at all.
Changing the minfree settings did seem to have some affect, but it was still getting killed off eventually.
I don't know much about android to look into it any further ( this is my first android device), perhaps someone with more experience can advise.
I guess this is just one of the limitations of the MotoG and 1gb of RAM
same here had it with the beyondpod ,sound cloud apps
Sent from my XT1032 using xda app-developers app
I think I figured out a solution to this problem, you need to be rooted though.
Install the 'app settings' xposed module, select your music/podcast app then enable the 'resident' option.
This makes sure the app remains in memory and stops android from killing the process.
Seems to be working for me for the past day now
Each time I power my Android TV stick (Jelly Bean) on, having set MX Player to be the default player, I am asked by every app to select a player as default, it will then remember my choice, until I turn the Android off, them when I turn it on, the default setting is not remembered and I have to set it again. This happens only with MX Player.
I have tried clearing defaults, clearing data and uninstalling and re-installing.
It started after either of the last two updates.
Can you help?
Many thanks,
Sylar
sylar66 said:
Each time I power my Android TV stick (Jelly Bean) on, having set MX Player to be the default player, I am asked by every app to select a player as default, it will then remember my choice, until I turn the Android off, them when I turn it on, the default setting is not remembered and I have to set it again. This happens only with MX Player.
I have tried clearing defaults, clearing data and uninstalling and re-installing.
It started after either of the last two updates.
Can you help?
Many thanks,
Sylar
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If I am not wrong, MX player is nothing to do with default app selection.
Android controls the default app to be used. If you select always when the app list appears it will be remembered till you manually clear the default or till a new application istalled which can be associated with the same extension.
If it's not remembered even after selecting always, or being reset after restart then there may be chances of bugs in your android rom.
MX Player default app selection
ktsamy said:
If I am not wrong, MX player is nothing to do with default app selection.
Android controls the default app to be used. If you select always when the app list appears it will be remembered till you manually clear the default or till a new application istalled which can be associated with the same extension.
If it's not remembered even after selecting always, or being reset after restart then there may be chances of bugs in your android rom.
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That's the problem, it doesn't remember, and it only happens with M Player, and since the most recent updates, the android has never had a problem until then, nor has it with any other app, the button to clear the defaults listed under the MX Player is apps will be active once the 'select always' has been chosen, once it is switched back on it will not remember. Again i saw this is only with MX Player, not the android software, as it does NOT happen with any other, so its unlikely to be the ROM.
Can you advise any steps that may fix this problem?
Will resetting the Android do it?
Will a re-install fix?
Thanks,
Sylar
sylar66 said:
That's the problem, it doesn't remember, and it only happens with M Player, and since the most recent updates, the android has never had a problem until then, nor has it with any other app, the button to clear the defaults listed under the MX Player is apps will be active once the 'select always' has been chosen, once it is switched back on it will not remember. Again i saw this is only with MX Player, not the android software, as it does NOT happen with any other, so its unlikely to be the ROM.
Can you advise any steps that may fix this problem?
Will resetting the Android do it?
Will a re-install fix?
Thanks,
Sylar
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Clear data & uninstall
Reinstall from play store.
If you still encounter the problem,
Try to download the old version which is worked well earlier and check whether it's working currently or not?
If the old version is still working then report here with the working version number. It will be helpful to identify the problem.
Just to add my experience here:
My Android 4.2.1 has been doing this also - and only since I updated to the Pro version from 1.7.35 release.
I've been trying to track down the reason - and recently read that the Pro release can have an issue where ALL settings are lost due to a flaw in Android
but in my case all other settings are remembered.
I reinstalled, I reset my Android TV, I only loaded two apps - MS Player and ES file explorer - I reset it again and formatted the SD memory card,
but it is still happening.
I select the default player for all the filetypes to be MX Player and it remembers it - but at some stage it will ask to select the media player app again
and my TV only has the web browser and MX Player shown - as I select the media from a HTTP server on my local machine.
The free ad-supported version didn't show this problem.
I'm just adding this in case someone recognises the symptom - and my Android system is terribly locked down Kogan 47" Agora Smart TV - in Australia.
I will roll back to the ad-supported version and report back in a few weeks (If I forget and someone is interested then please reply to remind me)
foxidriver said:
I will roll back to the ad-supported version and report back in a few weeks
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Just updating the thread: It's a week later and the issue hasn't re-occurred with the ad-supported version of MX Player V1.7.37
If others can report their Android version then it may show if it is a flaw in specific versions.
foxidriver said:
Just updating the thread: It's a week later and the issue hasn't re-occurred with the ad-supported version of MX Player V1.7.37
If others can report their Android version then it may show if it is a flaw in specific versions.
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If anyone is still reading this thread, a workaround to this very annoying problem, is with root, freeze all other video players, then Android has no choice but to use the one you left unfrozen, as the default, without asking
Thanks for your reply, Detection. It may help others,
I will add here that my Android machine is locked down and doesn't give Root permissions, but I also want to say
that my TV has problems with every other paid app I have tried (random rebooting, slow, flaky).
I have reformatted and tested a number of times, and loading a paid app causes it to do these things. My Android version is speshul.
Free ad-supported apps work quite well - something to do with authentication is borked.
So i've got this Problem with two identical phones now. (International single SIM version)
In some roms (mostly Cyan based) with a version higher than 4.4.2 the phone fails to play music through all players or apps.
When you play a song the whole system begins to stutter extremely and the procces ends in either the app crashing or the phone freezing.
Any help or ideas to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
its simple i found the fix for this issue
MiKey328 said:
So i've got this Problem with two identical phones now. (International single SIM version)
In some roms (mostly Cyan based) with a version higher than 4.4.2 the phone fails to play music through all players or apps.
When you play a song the whole system begins to stutter extremely and the procces ends in either the app crashing or the phone freezing.
Any help or ideas to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
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The answer its very simple
1. Uninstall DSP manager.
2. Install Equalizer & Equalizer Unlock Key, one time install both apps, open first the unlock key app and them Equalizer one.
3. And final equalized ur phone by your preference.
Go to every music player u have, and issue has gone on every ROM whit this bug.
Hit thanks...
The files u need I uploaded allready so just download it install it and do the process profit?
Hope can help u guys!!!
Hi--I have used this a long time, suddenly it has become non-functional, I suspect due to the 1.7.32 update, but not sure.
--Android 4.3 (I've avoided 4.4 to retain full functionality of the SD card...)
--MX Pro 1.7.32
--Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
--Could not follow directions for alogcat because the nature of the problem makes MX unuseable once it crashes--there is no way to hit the "settings" button in MX Player Pro at that point.
PROBLEM
So, I bring up my file list as per normal. I click on a vid. The vid does not play. In fact, there is merely a blank screen. Eventually I'm returned to the home screen of the tablet and advised that MX Player has crashed. Sometimes, I don't even get the blank screen. It just automatically disappears and returns me to the tablet's home screen. Once that happens, the program never works again (until reinstalled or data cleared) and won't even let me into the program. Clicking its icon simply brings up a blank screen, then I get "Unfortunately, MX Player Pro has stopped..."
Troubleshooting
I have tried clearing cache, data and also reinstalling. The last two DO allow me to once again bring up the File List from "folders view." It looks normal once again. However, once I try to play vids, the same, exact result occurs, i.e., nothing actually plays and the program crashes with the screen going blank.
CLUES
a) I also have this on my phone, where it continues to work fine, but on my phone, I only have a handful of FLVs. The tablet has lots of other formats, primarily mp4. On my Note 4 phone, however, I'm running 4.4 KitKat.
b) If I access the video in a roundabout fashion, by clicking on it from a File Manager, the File Manager then offers to play it with the native vid player OR Mx Player. Then, it works fine. The exact same video. Of course, then I can't access any other parts of the MX P program, and I am no longer able to use the file list Mx Player P builds.
c) I tried playing with various settings, like hardware decoder, and what not, but it did not seem to help much.
My thought is that the version supporting Lollipop has done something that Samsung does not like in conjunction with 4.3
Any thoughts welcomed. TIA
monsieurms said:
Hi--I have used this a long time, suddenly it has become non-functional, I suspect due to the 1.7.32 update, but not sure.
--Android 4.3 (I've avoided 4.4 to retain full functionality of the SD card...)
--MX Pro 1.7.32
--Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
--Could not follow directions for alogcat because the nature of the problem makes MX unuseable once it crashes--there is no way to hit the "settings" button in MX Player Pro at that point.
PROBLEM
So, I bring up my file list as per normal. I click on a vid. The vid does not play. In fact, there is merely a blank screen. Eventually I'm returned to the home screen of the tablet and advised that MX Player has crashed. Sometimes, I don't even get the blank screen. It just automatically disappears and returns me to the tablet's home screen. Once that happens, the program never works again (until reinstalled or data cleared) and won't even let me into the program. Clicking its icon simply brings up a blank screen, then I get "Unfortunately, MX Player Pro has stopped..."
Troubleshooting
I have tried clearing cache, data and also reinstalling. The last two DO allow me to once again bring up the File List from "folders view." It looks normal once again. However, once I try to play vids, the same, exact result occurs, i.e., nothing actually plays and the program crashes with the screen going blank.
CLUES
a) I also have this on my phone, where it continues to work fine, but on my phone, I only have a handful of FLVs. The tablet has lots of other formats, primarily mp4. On my Note 4 phone, however, I'm running 4.4 KitKat.
b) If I access the video in a roundabout fashion, by clicking on it from a File Manager, the File Manager then offers to play it with the native vid player OR Mx Player. Then, it works fine. The exact same video. Of course, then I can't access any other parts of the MX P program, and I am no longer able to use the file list Mx Player P builds.
c) I tried playing with various settings, like hardware decoder, and what not, but it did not seem to help much.
My thought is that the version supporting Lollipop has done something that Samsung does not like in conjunction with 4.3
Any thoughts welcomed. TIA
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Already there is a sticky thread in which I have already explained the procedure to collect the log immediately after crash.
Install MX Log collector app
Open It immediately after the MX Player Crash
Save the logs & Upload here
Does it crashes in all decoders?
If you are using H/W+ disable it & Check again.
long press the video & select Play using | S/W decoder
Check whether it still crashes or not.
ktsamy said:
Already there is a sticky thread in which I have already explained the procedure to collect the log immediately after crash.
Install MX Log collector app
Open It immediately after the MX Player Crash
Save the logs & Upload here
Does it crashes in all decoders?
If you are using H/W+ disable it & Check again.
long press the video & select Play using | S/W decoder
Check whether it still crashes or not.
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It does not matter whether or not I use HW or SW decoding.
I upgraded the tablet to KitKat. That did not matter either.
I tried to upload the log files from MX Log here. Each time (3x now!) it gave me "invalid file" and refused to accept the upload. Oh, well.
monsieurms said:
It does not matter whether or not I use HW or SW decoding.
I upgraded the tablet to KitKat. That did not matter either.
I tried to upload the log files from MX Log here. Each time (3x now!) it gave me "invalid file" and refused to accept the upload. Oh, well.
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You can upload to any file sharing network like dropbox & post the link here.
If you are not allowed to post the links, use masking like h**p://www.google.com
ktsamy said:
You can upload to any file sharing network like dropbox & post the link here.
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It would not let me post links even with asterisks. I took out the http in its entirety. That didn't work either. I took out the dropbox reference as well. That did not work either. Have no clue at this point.
*Indeed, it wouldn't even let me quote your post with the partial link you referenced.
monsieurms said:
It would not let me post links even with asterisks. I took out the http in its entirety. That didn't work either. I took out the dropbox reference as well. That did not work either. Have no clue at this point.
*Indeed, it wouldn't even let me quote your post with the partial link you referenced.
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Uncheck "auto parse links" at the bottom of the post reply page.
drop****box.com/s/l4mzbrlj0sh1ajf/build.prop?dl=0
drop******box.com/s/n18by6pewz706de/log.txt.gz?dl=0
another data point
FYI, just in case it helps, not as a "zing," BS Player works fine and normally. MX continues to work (on tablet and despite recent updates) only when a file is clicked from My Files file manager. It just won't deal with its own list of videos.
monsieurms said:
FYI, just in case it helps, not as a "zing," BS Player works fine and normally. MX continues to work (on tablet and despite recent updates) only when a file is clicked from My Files file manager. It just won't deal with its own list of videos.
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@monsieurms There was an issue on Note 10.1 2014 European ROM and it might be fixed on 1.7.34
Please try latest version also try clear app data, MX Player's internal database looks like corrupted. This issue is also fixed but once corrupted database will never be recovered.
bleu8888 said:
@monsieurms There was an issue on Note 10.1 2014 European ROM and it might be fixed on 1.7.34
Please try latest version also try clear app data, MX Player's internal database looks like corrupted. This issue is also fixed but once corrupted database will never be recovered.
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I tried it again--I'd already done that after upgrading to 1.7.3.4---but it did not help. I am not in Europe---North America.
monsieurms said:
I tried it again--I'd already done that after upgrading to 1.7.3.4---but it did not help. I am not in Europe---North America.
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@monsieurms Would you send log again using 1.7.34? Thanks!
Given your comment on list db corruption and the fact that some vids in small directories do work, I tried copying all the vids to a new directory. That didn't work.
I cleared data again and also downloade the arm7 Neon custom codec specified in the Decoder settings. That did not help either. (It did find and install the codec.)
With the clues you gave me, I experimented a little. In particular, I noticed that some vids in small folders (small in terms of # of videos), played fine. I thought at first, as mentioned earlier in the thread, it was a difference in format. But as we've seen, all the videos play fine if accessed from File Manager--so that's not it. With the addition of your clue on database corruption, I thought perhaps the issue was folder size. I divided the one large folder into two, 50-50. That fixed it.
I would say you have still an issue here---the program chokes with a large of vids in the database. It doesn't seem to bother other programs, including the native video player and BS, and it didn't seem to bother MXp Pro until the recent wave of updates. So, I suspect something went wrong somewhere.
monsieurms said:
With the clues you gave me, I experimented a little. In particular, I noticed that some vids in small folders (small in terms of # of videos), played fine. I thought at first, as mentioned earlier in the thread, it was a difference in format. But as we've seen, all the videos play fine if accessed from File Manager--so that's not it. With the addition of your clue on database corruption, I thought perhaps the issue was folder size. I divided the one large folder into two, 50-50. That fixed it.
I would say you have still an issue here---the program chokes with a large of vids in the database. It doesn't seem to bother other programs, including the native video player and BS, and it didn't seem to bother MXp Pro until the recent wave of updates. So, I suspect something went wrong somewhere.
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Would you send log using 1.7.34 or test version on following link?
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
Hello, since the last update the background play option dont work.
I play a video from web (stream) and turn off my phones display, after 4-5 minutes the player close itself.
MX Player Free
1.9.3 ARM V7NEON
Xperia X F5121
Android 7.1.2
The previous version works fine on the same phone and settings.
steve233 said:
Hello, since the last update the background play option dont work.
I play a video from web (stream) and turn off my phones display, after 4-5 minutes the player close itself.
MX Player Free
1.9.3 ARM V7NEON
Xperia X F5121
Android 7.1.2
The previous version works fine on the same phone and settings.
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kindly collect a bug report immediately after the issue & share here.
without it, it will be very difficult to understand the root cause of the issue.
where i have to send it?
Fixing MX player background play issue in Oreo
With the Oreo update every app now has Individual power saving settings. So if an App is using intelligent power saving Android will aitomatically shut down back ground running after a certain period of time or if multiple apps start running at the same time. So if you play Youtube while running MX player, Android power management can shut it down.
To fix the background play issue I tried the following
1. Open settings
2. Go to App Management
3. Find and open Mx player
4. Tap on power saving
5. Change from Intelligent control to Allow running in background
This worked for me.