Guys,
Couple of Questions.
1. The stock video player is fine, except it doesn't remember the location in the video. Everytime you start the player, it starts from the begining. Any way to make it remember the location, or other alternatives?
2. How to stop the Media Scanner from running when you disconnect from PC or restart the phone. It takes a good 5-6mins, and stops you from using the Gallery during that time?
Thanks for your input.
1) can't really help you there with the defaults, try DoubleTwist ?
2) Media scanner will run as long as TouchWiz is running, AFAIK
The newer ROMs seem to have fixed the Media Scanner issue - but since they have other issues, I am going to wait for an official release - I rarely reboot my phone or mount my SD card.
There are other Video players in the market - try some of them. If I pause a video and exit the video player, but come back later - the video i was watching starts at the spot i paused it. I guess this probably doesn't stay across a power cycle. I am not sure if any video player will.
I've been using Meridian for both video and music and have been pretty happy. For video it will remember where you stopped (per video, and across power cycles). It even has an option to always rewind 3 seconds when coming back from another app.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Thanks for the replies. Will try Meridian.
As for the Media Scanner, it's not just after power cycle that it comes up, but also after I disconnect from PC.
I remember seeing a video that showed how to disable TW on Epic and Fascinate, but that didn't work for Captivate. Anyone else know how to disable TW, and what other things does that change? (contacts, messaging???)
I am having issues with my audio, as in audio playback music, youtube, etc.. it seems to simply not work for some reason on and off, a reboot fixes it or just waiting til the next time you want to use audio. i am trying to link it with an another event.. 2 things i am noticing it may be, after the phone switches networks HSPA to LTE the other event is maybe it only happens when i start the audio from the new lock screen controls..
Haven't noticed anything yet, I streamed music on the 30 minutes to work and had no issues this morning.
Also having some insane issues using Play Music and usually the lock screen controls. Say I hit the next button on the lock screen, it will change and just sit there. Unlocking the phone shows that the playback seems to be taking place (a few moments later) because the button changes to pause and song time starts moving. No audio though. Switching songs sometimes fixes it, but I had an issue this morning where not even system audio worked until I rebooted the phone.
Hi.
I just updated to the newest version. I love mxplayer pro. And one of my favorite things about it is the background play feature. Well it no longer works even when having it on. I am trying to play one of my videos from my Plex server and when I go to turn off the screen it no longer continues to play. Please help. Pixel XL running Android 8.0 Oreo
Frostyd241 said:
Hi.
I just updated to the newest version. I love mxplayer pro. And one of my favorite things about it is the background play feature. Well it no longer works even when having it on. I am trying to play one of my videos from my Plex server and when I go to turn off the screen it no longer continues to play. Please help. Pixel XL running Android 8.0 Oreo
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Can you collect a bug report immediately after reproducing the issue and share here?
It will help us to identify the root cause.
Thirumalai.K said:
Can you collect a bug report immediately after reproducing the issue and share here?
It will help us to identify the root cause.
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I am in the same situation (Pixel XL, MX Player Pro, just updated to Oreo) and background play stopped working. However, this does not consistently happen unless I am connected to a Bluetooth speaker.
I use MX Player for audio only often. This is the easiest way to reproduce the problem:
1. Connect to Bluetooth (in this case I have an Amazon Tap and I tell Alexa to connect to my phone).
2. After connecting start an MP3.
2. Press the power button to turn off the screen.
3. Wait a few seconds and the audio will stop playing.
4. Swipe to look at the notification for MX Player and note that the time in the MP3 is incrementing but no sound.
MX Player is *not* crashing. You can reopen the screen and press pause (wait) and then press play on the lock screen notification and MX Player will begin to play audio even when the screen goes back to sleep.
Note that this is not always consistent. It happens almost all the time, but I have done the above procedure and on some occasions audio will continue to play. Again, I think it happens much more often when connected to a Bluetooth speaker.
If you let me know how to collect a bug report or some sort of dev log when MX Player I will. But again, MX Player is not crashing when this happens.
I have the same issue since the last update on my nexus 5x running Android 8.
Update: it doesn't seem to happen when playing either local content, or a stream over samba. Only remote streams (I use megabox HD)
f3bruary said:
I have the same issue since the last update on my nexus 5x running Android 8.
Update: it doesn't seem to happen when playing either local content, or a stream over samba. Only remote streams (I use megabox HD)
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This one might be different than the OP. Our developers are on it. We will try to fix ASAP.
Endroclast said:
I am in the same situation (Pixel XL, MX Player Pro, just updated to Oreo) and background play stopped working. However, this does not consistently happen unless I am connected to a Bluetooth speaker.
I use MX Player for audio only often. This is the easiest way to reproduce the problem:
1. Connect to Bluetooth (in this case I have an Amazon Tap and I tell Alexa to connect to my phone).
2. After connecting start an MP3.
2. Press the power button to turn off the screen.
3. Wait a few seconds and the audio will stop playing.
4. Swipe to look at the notification for MX Player and note that the time in the MP3 is incrementing but no sound.
MX Player is *not* crashing. You can reopen the screen and press pause (wait) and then press play on the lock screen notification and MX Player will begin to play audio even when the screen goes back to sleep.
Note that this is not always consistent. It happens almost all the time, but I have done the above procedure and on some occasions audio will continue to play. Again, I think it happens much more often when connected to a Bluetooth speaker.
If you let me know how to collect a bug report or some sort of dev log when MX Player I will. But again, MX Player is not crashing when this happens.
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If you are not familiar about how to collect a bug report, Kindly read the sticky thread about how to collect the bug report ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/guide-how-to-collect-logcat-report-bug-t2843144 ).
You can find some more detailed additional methods on our website which can be used to collect complete system logs ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/report-an-issue ).
Thirumalai.K said:
If you are not familiar about how to collect a bug report, Kindly read the sticky thread about how to collect the bug report ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/guide-how-to-collect-logcat-report-bug-t2843144 ).
You can find some more detailed additional methods on our website which can be used to collect complete system logs ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/report-an-issue ).
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Ok, I was able to reproduce this. Apparently this isn't as cut-and-dried as any Bluetooth speaker causes it. I connected this to my Amazon Echo Tap and the problem happened, so I collected the log linked here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ets5njs6rrm8c1l/report_2017-09-18_111234.zip?dl=0
However, I had trouble reproducing this problem with several other Bluetooth speakers, if that is relevant. It did happen before I knew how to collect bug reports but I wasn't able to reproduce it on any Bluetooth except the Tap this morning.
I'm using google pixel, android 8.0. Mx player ver 1.9.8
Music stop playing when I press the home button.
I'm not connected to bluetooth.
bingunginter said:
I'm using google pixel, android 8.0. Mx player ver 1.9.8
Music stop playing when I press the home button.
I'm not connected to bluetooth.
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Have you enabled background play?
Can you provide a bug report?
Thirumalai.K said:
Have you enabled background play?
Can you provide a bug report?
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After the recent update to MX Player Pro 1.9.8 I think all of the background play problems disappeared for me EXCEPT for when I am connected over Bluetooth to an Amazon Tap.
I have tried every combination (with no Bluetooth, Echo, Echo Dot, various generic Bluetooth speakers and the Tap) and I only see the audio in background problem when my Pixel XL is connected to the Tap.
The symptoms are the same and easy to reproduce. You can see the player still incrementing time in notifications but there is no audio. When MX Player Pro is brought back to the foreground audio starts playing again and the position in the MP3 has still been incrementing while MX Player was in the background.
I took another report from MX Player Pro, linked here (I can't put outside links because my account is too young, this is the rest of the URL without dropbox.com prepended...is there some other way I should do this?):
/s/y5k85v90jag0mbq/report_2017-09-20_094121.zip?dl=0
my issue still remains with background playback. Seems to only happen with remote streams.
f3bruary said:
my issue still remains with background playback. Seems to only happen with remote streams.
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Hi,
Our developers already notified about the issue about the background play issue with remote streams. We will try to fix it ASAP.
You may set HW+ as default for network streams as a temporary workaround. HW+ & SW works as usual.
Other Issues Fixed by Android Security Patch for 5 Oct 2017
Thirumalai.K said:
Have you enabled background play?
Can you provide a bug report?
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I wanted to follow up that any additional problems and weirdness with MX Player Pro after your initial fix have also been fixed by the Android 8.0.0 Security patch for October 5, 2017. Background play works for all cases I had issues with.
Endroclast said:
I wanted to follow up that any additional problems and weirdness with MX Player Pro after your initial fix have also been fixed by the Android 8.0.0 Security patch for October 5, 2017. Background play works for all cases I had issues with.
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Thanks for the information
i still have got this issue.
Wysłane z mojego ONEPLUS A3003 przy użyciu Tapatalka
psocik said:
i still have got this issue.
Wysłane z mojego ONEPLUS A3003 przy użyciu Tapatalka
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can you collect bug report right after the issue (from MX Player help menu) and share with us?
mx player background play via Bluetooth fixed
i encounter same problem in my huawei maye 10 lite oreo and i fixed in this way
go to developer option.... under MEDIA... turn on DISABLE USB AUDIO ROUTING...
now play background play in mx player...
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f3bruary said:
my issue still remains with background playback. Seems to only happen with remote streams.
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in developer option search DISABLE USB AUDIO ROUTING and turn it on
I can report that playback pauses on bluetooth speakers (Anker SoundCore Mini) on AIMP player as soon as the screen turns off, but it works well with LineageOS Music player (or so I think it works). Phone in question is Galaxy S5 klte
It worked well in 14.1, but not in 15.1 ofc
I will try the baba.yoga suggestion
Latest update, lost background play ability
Frustrating. App just updated and I lost background playing, settings still the same. If I uninstall the app and reinstall, I get background playing for a hour or so, then it disappears again.
doctorc501 said:
Frustrating. App just updated and I lost background playing, settings still the same. If I uninstall the app and reinstall, I get background playing for a hour or so, then it disappears again.
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This is caused by the new restriction when targetting the newer android SDKs. When the system force closes a foreground service (used to prevent it from getting killed when the device reaches low memory state), it can't be restarted again by the app itself. You have to completely force stop the MX. Then it will work again.
If it is possible, kindly collect the logs through ADB when the MX Player is getting killed by the system. It will help us to understand the issue.
Hello,
I use a pair of true wireless Soul X-shock earphones to listen to seminars when out jogging etc using background playback. (Samsung Galaxy S7 and MX Player Pro)
The play/pause function (on the earphones) works as it should if there is less than an approx 5 minute delay between button presses...
However, when the video is pause is longer than 5 minutes I find the resume function on my earphones no longer operate and background playback of the video is completely halted.
Not only that, when resuming playback on my phone screen and then pressing the home button or lock screen the video does not play in the background as it should.
I have found the only way to remedy this is to force quit MX Player Pro directly and start it up again. That way the background playback function behaves like normal again.
The problem also happens immediately if I put my ear phones back into the charging case and take them out to use them again.
I am able to use spotify without issue taking my ear phones on and off but MX Player Pro behaves very differently.
I have also noticed the background playback for MX Player Pro on the notifications bar gets killed after about 5 minutes of no playback, requiring a full restart of the app before it can come back again.
I have already added MX Player Pro to the power saving exceptions list but the issue still happens.
Is there anyway to fix this via settings or via new update?
Kiwidude333 said:
Hello,
I use a pair of true wireless Soul X-shock earphones to listen to seminars when out jogging etc using background playback. (Samsung Galaxy S7 and MX Player Pro)
The play/pause function (on the earphones) works as it should if there is less than an approx 5 minute delay between button presses...
However, when the video is pause is longer than 5 minutes I find the resume function on my earphones no longer operate and background playback of the video is completely halted.
Not only that, when resuming playback on my phone screen and then pressing the home button or lock screen the video does not play in the background as it should.
I have found the only way to remedy this is to force quit MX Player Pro directly and start it up again. That way the background playback function behaves like normal again.
The problem also happens immediately if I put my ear phones back into the charging case and take them out to use them again.
I am able to use spotify without issue taking my ear phones on and off but MX Player Pro behaves very differently.
I have also noticed the background playback for MX Player Pro on the notifications bar gets killed after about 5 minutes of no playback, requiring a full restart of the app before it can come back again.
I have already added MX Player Pro to the power saving exceptions list but the issue still happens.
Is there anyway to fix this via settings or via new update?
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Thanks for your feedback. When you pause the playback manually, MX Player will no longer use the foreground service. So, the system may kill the app to reclaim the resources if it is required for some other process. Once it's killed by the system, it may not be able to receive the media button controls. So, you can't resume the playback from the headset. However, everything should work as expected when you open the app again. If you found any abnormal behaviour, kindly provide us with more info so that we can investigate it further for you.
Really loving Dex and Microsoft's Your Phone app.
Particularly for controlling DI.FM apps while listening to HD LDAC encoded HD radio streaming.
However it's annoying how I have to keep the screen on to do this. Is there any way to control audio apps with the screen off i.e. DI.FM etc?
The app would need the permissions to do so.
Poweramp does this quit well.
I've also seen a glitch in the Samsung browser do this while watching vids. If a vid is running and you hit the power button to turn off the screen after about 10 seconds the vid will resume, audio only. Just what you want but have doubts you could recreate it because of the OS and browser version difference. I assume Samsung corrected this.