I own Samsung Note 4 with Snapdragon 805 Soc that supports HEVC or H.265 video with hardware decode upto 4K resolution I. Each 3840X2160
but if we are trying to play a HEVC HD video with HW mode it can only play Audio not video. With SW mode it can play HEVC HD video but when playing HEVC 4K video it's not able to play on HW mode but when playing on SW mode the video is playing with extreme lag.
Kindly fix it as Snapdragon 805 SOC is capable to play HEVC upto 4K without any issues.
Kindly Assist.
Regards,
Gaurav Khungar
Email : [email protected]
findgauravus said:
I own Samsung Note 4 with Snapdragon 805 Soc that supports HEVC or H.265 video with hardware decode upto 4K resolution I. Each 3840X2160
but if we are trying to play a HEVC HD video with HW mode it can only play Audio not video. With SW mode it can play HEVC HD video but when playing HEVC 4K video it's not able to play on HW mode but when playing on SW mode the video is playing with extreme lag.
Kindly fix it as Snapdragon 805 SOC is capable to play HEVC upto 4K without any issues.
Kindly Assist.
Regards,
Gaurav Khungar
Email : [email protected]
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If it's supported natively it can be played with stock player.
Have you tried in stock player?
If it can be played by Stock Player, it suppose to be played in HW decoder of mx player.
If stock player can play, kindly collect the log after playing in HW decoder & attach here.
Regarding SW decoder, Your CPU is powerful enough to play HEVC HD video. But, it will obviously lag since it needs enormous CPU power to decode HEVC 4K videos.
HEVC HD and 4K on S805 SOC HW Decode Not Working on Note 4
Hello ktsamy,
No the stock player present in Note 4 LTE model is not able to play either HEVC / H.265 files natively in stock player only audio that can be played from those videos. Only HEVC HD contents AUDIO can be played in stock player (no video) and HEVC HD content can only be played on SW mode in MXPlayer almost 95% lag free and HEVC 4K is playing in SW mode only but it lags every Milli second.
Gionee S 5.5 is able to play HEVC HD on HW mode is mxplayer but Snapdragon 805 SOC is not, its such a shame. But I don;t think its a CPU fault as per my understanding. It is related to Samsung Media SDK they used and it looks MX player can also be altered with the MX team so that they can leverage the real potential of Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC 2.7 Ghz Quad Core .
You can see below lines :
"4K playback with H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) formats
4K capture with H.264 (AVC) format
Hollywood Quality Video™ technology (in HW) for post-processing DASH supported"
Check the above mentioned lines:
on Snapdragon Website as I cannot post link here as I am new member
Also check brief pdf file saying native HEVC support by S805 SOC Also attached here:
Please check and advise
ktsamy said:
If it's supported natively it can be played with stock player.
Have you tried in stock player?
If it can be played by Stock Player, it suppose to be played in HW decoder of mx player.
If stock player can play, kindly collect the log after playing in HW decoder & attach here.
Regarding SW decoder, Your CPU is powerful enough to play HEVC HD video. But, it will obviously lag since it needs enormous CPU power to decode HEVC 4K videos.
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
No the stock player present in Note 4 LTE model is not able to play wither HEVC / H.265 files natively in stock player only audio that can be played from those videos. Only HEVC HD contents can be played in stock player and HEVC HD content can only be played on SW mode in MXPlayer and HEVC 4K is playing in SW mode only but it lags every milli second.
Gionee S 5.5 is able to play HEVC HD on HW mode is mxplayer but Snapdragon 805 SOC is not, its such a shame. But I don;t think its a CPU fault as per my understanding. It is related to Samsung Media SDK they used and it looks MX player can also be altered with the MX team so that they can leverage the real potential of Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC 2.7 Ghz Quad Core .
You can see below lines :
"4K playback with H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) formats
4K capture with H.264 (AVC) format
Hollywood Quality Video™ technology (in HW) for post-processing DASH supported"
Check the below link for above mentioned lines:
on Snapdragon Website as I cannot post link here as I am new member
Also check brief pdf file saying native HEVC support by S805 SOC Also attached here:
Please check and advise
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Can you upload media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in /system/etc/
If you can't upload upload it anywhere like dropbox or google drive. You can post the links by masking ( like h**p://www.google. com/ )
HEVC HD and 4K on S805 SOC HW Decode Not Working on Note 4
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
ktsamy said:
Can you upload media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in /system/etc/
If you can't upload upload it anywhere like dropbox or google drive. You can post the links by masking
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
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From your mobile. You need a root explorer. Best way is Es File Explorer. Install es file explorer, open it, tap on sdcard. Now click on device then system then etc and you will have it. You can even pull from pc using adb command with sdk installed.
findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy,
you have asked me to provide media_codec.xml & media_profiles.xml which can be found in system-->etc. Can you please confirm if you asking about these files from System orPC or my Note 4. If Note 4 can you please provide complete path ?
Thanks.
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From Note4
Use third party file explorers like ES file explorer
It doesn't requires root access.
In ES, From navigation panel select Device
Browse /system/etc/
Copy the files media_codecs.xml & media_profiles.xml
HEVC and S805 SOC and Note 4 HW mode
Hello ktsamy and All respected members ,
I have attached required files with changed extensions to txt.
Please check and advise
ktsamy said:
From Note4
Use third party file explorers like ES file explorer
It doesn't requires root access.
In ES, From navigation panel select Device
Browse /system/etc/
Copy the files media_codecs.xml & media_profiles.xml
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findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy and All respected members ,
I have attached required files with changed extensions to txt.
Please check and advise
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If you look at the media_codecs.xml, all HEVC related entries are marked as comments ( Will starts with <!-- and ends with --> )
so, Samsung has disabled HEVC decoders (May be a licensing issue).
That's why MX Player (even Stock Player) can't decode natively. So, You have to use S/W decoder in order to play HEVC and Playback may not be smooth at higher resolutions since it needs extreme power to decode.
HEVC and S805 SOC and Note 4 HW mode
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Can you please suggest is there any way we can enable teh HEVC entries to provide hardware decode of HEVC files HD and 4K both without rooting of the device and without warranty void.
I have also escalated the issue to Samsung India Support Team. They have asked me to send everything via email and with details.and bill copy of Note 4.
If its a feature of CPU it should be enabled by Samsung in Note 4.
Please also confirm if S805 SOC is capable of decoding HEVC 4K with HW mode ?
I also own Ginonee Elife s 5.5. mobile and it can play HD HEVC file with HW mode in mxplayer but not in HW+ mode and also it is not abale to play HEVC 4K video file.
Please revert.
ktsamy said:
If you look at the media_codecs.xml, all HEVC related entries are marked as comments ( Will starts with <!-- and ends with --> )
so, Samsung has disabled HEVC decoders (May be a licensing issue).
That's why MX Player (even Stock Player) can't decode natively. So, You have to use S/W decoder in order to play HEVC and Playback may not be smooth at higher resolutions since it needs extreme power to decode.
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findgauravus said:
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Can you please suggest is there any way we can enable teh HEVC entries to provide hardware decode of HEVC files HD and 4K both without rooting of the device and without warranty void.
I have also escalated the issue to Samsung India Support Team. They have asked me to send everything via email and with details.and bill copy of Note 4.
If its a feature of CPU it should be enabled by Samsung in Note 4.
Please also confirm if S805 SOC is capable of decoding HEVC 4K with HW mode ?
I also own Ginonee Elife s 5.5. mobile and it can play HD HEVC file with HW mode in mxplayer but not in HW+ mode and also it is not abale to play HEVC 4K video file.
Please revert.
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There is no way to enable it until or unless Samsung includes the decoders.
According to the Specification Snapdragon 805 SoC supports HEVC 4K decoding.
But, I think even if chipset has the support, Samsung must obtain license to include the decoders.
That could be the possible reason.
Regarding the Gionee s5.5 HW+ issue,
can you play the video in HW+ when it fails, it will automatically switch over to S/W.
Now close the video & Goto Help >> Bug Report.
Save the logs in your device & upload here.
It may be helpful to diagnose the issue.
NOTE 4 HEVC and Snapdragon 805 SOC Native Support Issue
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Kindly confirm is there any way we can enable or include the HEVC decoder with root in Note 4
Also for gionee S 5.5 I am attaching bug report for the HEVC Video I can play on HW mode and SW mode but not on HW+ mode on mxplayer
ktsamy said:
There is no way to enable it until or unless Samsung includes the decoders.
According to the Specification Snapdragon 805 SoC supports HEVC 4K decoding.
But, I think even if chipset has the support, Samsung must obtain license to include the decoders.
That could be the possible reason.
Regarding the Gionee s5.5 HW+ issue,
can you play the video in HW+ when it fails, it will automatically switch over to S/W.
Now close the video & Goto Help >> Bug Report.
Save the logs in your device & upload here.
It may be helpful to diagnose the issue.
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findgauravus said:
Hello Ktsamy and All Respected Members,
Kindly confirm is there any way we can enable or include the HEVC decoder with root in Note 4
Also for gionee S 5.5 I am attaching bug report for the HEVC Video I can play on HW mode and SW mode but not on HW+ mode on mxplayer
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The logs are not complete & doesn't contain playback information.
Kindly play again & then collect the logs
HEVC Note 4 S805 SOC HW Native Decode Issue
Hello ktsamy and All respected members,
Please find the atached logs for gionee issue.
Also confirm me if we root Note 4 then can we include hevc HARDWARE decoders that and HW decode HEVC up to 4k
ktsamy said:
The logs are not complete & doesn't contain playback information.
Kindly play again & then collect the logs
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I am too interested in having bac internal AC-3 and HEVC support from samsung.If it is licensing issues,Samsung could charge for optional support.
(Media Center is not included in Windows anymore!)
findgauravus said:
Hello ktsamy and All respected members,
Please find the atached logs for gionee issue.
Also confirm me if we root Note 4 then can we include hevc HARDWARE decoders that and HW decode HEVC up to 4k
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Still the logs are incomplete.
How did you collect the logs?
mx player plays hevc files
Anyone wants to plays hevc video file on mx player . First rename the video files (there will be two video files the other one will be like '0') with an .mkv or .avi format whichever the file belongs to in your file manager then the mx player will be able to play hevc videos.
aveshghori said:
Anyone wants to plays hevc video file on mx player . First rename the video files (there will be two video files the other one will be like '0') with an .mkv or .avi format whichever the file belongs to in your file manager then the mx player will be able to play hevc videos.
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The proper fix is: Settings > List > File extensions > add HEVC here
He said the hevc on mx does not work very properly
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no chance it will run on sd801
Hi,
As I've seen on gsmarena's review, this phone ONLY records 4k with h.265 codec.
Right now, this is a problem because many phones can't play h.265, google chrome (desktop and android) can't play it, and youtube, google drive and google photos can't process it. (I've tested it)
Do you know if there is a way of recording 4k with h.264?
I didn't find any problem playing my UHD 4K recordings. I transported a recording to my LG G4 as well and I could play it with all players.
Just my Samsung TV reported wrong codec.
Full HD recordings didn't have problems at all.
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deaad said:
I didn't find any problem playing my UHD 4K recordings. I transported a recording to my LG G4 as well and I could play it with all players.
Just my Samsung TV reported wrong codec.
Full HD recordings didn't have problems at all.
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Any snapdragon 8xx, greater than 800, supports h265 playback. I currently have a Galaxy Note II which features an SD 800 and it can't decode h265.
And, about not having problems with 1080: Mate 9 only records with h265 on 4k. On 1080 resolution it uses h264.
But the point is... Google is not supporting h265 uploading on any of their services (photos, youtube and drive), even when youtube sometimes outputs h265. (On Drive you can upload it, but it can't make the video "streamable")
So... Is there a way to make Mate 9 record on 4K using h264 instead of h265?
My guess is using another camera. I imagine the 265 is there to keep filesize and perhaps iops down.
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Since this device is getting a lot of popularity and some updates where launched, I'll bump this post up.
Any news? Has Huawei updated their camera to disable h265 on 4k?
I hope Huawei can give us an option to switch 4k codecs. I dont mind having larger sized 4k videos as long as its a format that is widely supported. One of the reviews stated that recording at 1080/60 produces larger file size than 4k. 4k shouldnt be compressed too much. Or at least give us the option not to
My 4K TV not have any problem to play this video. But VLC in my PC not play correctly.
diablob said:
My 4K TV not have any problem to play this video. But VLC in my PC not play correctly.
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Yeah, VLC doesn't support it. You have to use the regular windows media player, and it will work. I'm using Windows 10 home, and the regular media player plays it. I tried all the known ways for VLC to work such as placebo and slowest in the codec info settings, and they don't work. It's a known issue with VLC to this day.
Ok thanks. I'll try.
You can also use "MPC-HC" which old name was "Media Player Classic" (it's not the old microsfot media player), there are bundles with a lot of codecs like https://www.codecguide.com/
I personally use the "Mega" variant. I love it because it suports shaders (it's gorgeous to watch 720p and 1080p reescaled to 4k and with 1 or 2 filters of "sharpen complex") and it also has a TON of options.
I've just realised this is a problem for me. I bought the phone also for video recording possibilities and low and behold my 4K won't play on YouTube, let alone upload.
This is a massive flaw IMO with this phone and I'm gonna have to look at offloading it. Shame.
btblue said:
This is a massive flaw IMO with this phone and I'm gonna have to look at offloading it. Shame.
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I wouldn't call it a flaw though, your device is using the most advanced 4K codec. Blame Google for not adopting the greatest and latest. But I see your point, you'll have to conform to whatever YouTube supports.
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Hello,
I copied the video files from my mate 9 to my pc. I can't play them even after installing klite codec for x265.
Any solution?
Hi. Is there any way, any existing mod to make our OP6 record video in H.265 / HEVC format instead of the good old H.264, lowering the bitrates mantaining quality? I've seen such a post for the OP5, but nothing for the OP6.
Hi there, I am using S10e. It supports HDR10+. I was trying to play a file (VP9 HDR WEBM container) that I downloaded from youtube. But strangely MX player is not picking up HDR. Does it support HDR in VP9 Codec? I tried both HW+ and SW Codecs but no success.
I tried playing the file via Samsung Video App but it showed an error probably due to either VP9 codec or Webm container.
Strangely I tried to play it via the Browser (Samsung Internet) via entering file:///sdcard/ and browsing to the file and it played in the Browser and also picked up the HDR (Brightness was automatically increased)
So can somebody help me with this?
UPDATE: I didn't mentioned that the video don't have any audio file and I had the audio file separately downloaded from youtube as you can't download HDR Videos and audio as a one file.
So I used the FFMPEG to mux them together in a Mkv Container and now video is played via Samsung Video Gallery with no error. It appears apparently lack of audio track resulted in error.
But HDR is not turning on even in Samsung Video Gallery. This suggests some deeper problem with VP9 HDR Playback. But then how Samsung Internet Browser was able to turn on HDR.
Anybody knows something on this?
So I searched about the VP9 Codec and it turns out it supports HDR via HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) instead of HDR10. So the question really trickles to "Does MX Player support HLG HDR Videos?"
I tried searching Google about this but couldn't find anything. So if somebody knows answer it please.
And also Samsung Video Gallery does pick HDR. I missed it as I was able to manually adjust brightness which irc, you cannot in HDR10 Videos but maybe this might not be the case with HLG Videos. And Colors do looks washed out in MX Player as compared to Samsung Video Gallery.
Oh god this is confusing. Apparently Video is HDR10 not HLG and VP9 do support HDR10 (or PQ, I don't know).
I was really hoping Video be HLG as it answered nearly all of questions but it is not.
So why isn't MX Player turning on HDR. And why is there Brightness control in Samsung Video App and why it is not showing HDR Logo???
Goddamnit!!
venom.hg said:
So I searched about the VP9 Codec and it turns out it supports HDR via HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) instead of HDR10. So the question really trickles to "Does MX Player support HLG HDR Videos?"
I tried searching Google about this but couldn't find anything. So if somebody knows answer it please.
And also Samsung Video Gallery does pick HDR. I missed it as I was able to manually adjust brightness which irc, you cannot in HDR10 Videos but maybe this might not be the case with HLG Videos. And Colors do looks washed out in MX Player as compared to Samsung Video Gallery.
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We apologise for the delayed response.
We would like to let you know that MX Player's HW / HW+ decoders make use of the hardware-accelerated decoders shipped with the device. So, the HDR support highly depends on the decoders in your device.
Could you enable the video enhancer on your device settings and try again on MX Player's HW and HW+ decoders? It may fix your problems.
No need to apologize.
I turned on the Video Enhancer and played the video but it didn't turned on the HDR.
Just now as I was about to reply, I played the video with HW encoder and surprisingly HDR was turned on. Video enhancer was off this time. But it is not turning on HDR with HW+ encoder. So something is not right there.