Hi, I was linked here through the MX Player app on my Android S9 Plus. The MX Player was working fine years ago, so I believe these past few updates must have triggered these issues below I am hoping you can help me resolve.
1. The icon should stay on my lock screen, but it keeps disappearing after some time. Restarting the player does not help at all, the icon just vanishes for some reason. The only way it would reappear is if I stop using the player for some time, as if the player needs some kind of rest or break, this never happened in the past.
2. The videos I watch now show titles so big that they don't even fit entirely on the top bar of the videos, looks very strange and inconvenient. I checked again and again, over and over, in the settings but found nothing to change the font of the video title. Again, this is also something that never had to be adjusted in the past, the title would look perfectly fine and fit perfectly in the top bar with its default settings.
Please help. I really appreciate and love using MX Player on my Android phone, in fact I have been using MX Player for years now, so I really do hate it when new updates come in just to screw things up randomly. Honestly if those are just optional improvements I really shouldn't have updated the app accidentally, I mean really everything has been working nicely up to this point it's just so upsetting. Help please, thank you
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(skip to second paragraph if you're not interested in a mild rant)
In one of the recent updates for the YouTube app while streaming to the Chromecast it'll automatically add every video you've watched to the TV queue. That's fine as I don't mind having a list of the recent videos I've watched, but the part that bothers me (enough to create a thread, which I can't remember the last time I started one) is that the video is added to the top of the queue. This makes every video that you just F***ING watched play all over again! Again, I'd be fine with this if there was any type of preferences within the YouTube app to disable such an asinine "feature" that I'm pretty sure was solely created to boost the number of views of their videos (as I see no other purpose). It really feels like Google is going the way of taking away many options within their apps and it's bugging the s**t outta me to no end. The Chrome browser within Android use to have a plethora of options such as choosing user agents and things of that sort but that option is no longer available either. [/rant]
Is there any way to disable the autoplay "feature" of the TV queue while using the Chromecast, or the TV queue altogether if needed? My current version of the YouTube app is 5.7.41 and I'm not sure when this bug was introduced exactly.
Let me know if there's more information needed, I've been out of the modding scene for awhile (I'm actually pleased with stock Android on my Nexus devices).
Thank you for any assistance that can be provided, even if it's the version number that I can roll back to before the TV queue.
Just to say that i also think its fu..in anoying! I was searching for some kind of solution and found this thread. Only thing left is to hope that youtube will change that in the upcoming update...
Well, I appreciate seeing that I'm not the only one being bothered by this. I had forgot about this thread do to the (seemingly) lack of interest and I was reading comments on my tablet while a video played on my Chromecast, when the video ended it changed to the next video on my tablet and gave no ****s as to what I was doing. Android/Google used to be the king in my book as they gave options for everything, but they seem to be following in the same footsteps as Apple nowadays and it is sorely disappointing.
Ok, this has got to be affecting more people now. I thought my newest mishap was just a glitch, but even after reboots the bug (feature) exists now anytime I stream anything from my laptop as well! The goddamn problem is also WORSE than the tablet issue because at least the tablet takes you to the video it is streaming so you can stop it an remove it from the queue. Apparently that wasn't a big enough F*** UP(!) for Google so now if you play a youtube video from a laptop that is part of a playlist, then play a different video that's not within that isn't within a playlist, when the non-playlist video is over the previous playlist will start playing again. ARE YOU ****TING ME!?!?! Now I have a playlist playing on my Chromecast that the ONLY ****ing way I can get it to stop is to start playing another video and then stop it!. Please inform me that the lead developer/designer setting the path for Chromecast has autism or some other disorder they have a legitimate reason for being this ****ing stupid.
I totally agree with you guys, it doesn't make any sense why it behave that way!!
bumping this, as i'm bothered by this as well
wonder why it doesn't affect more people though... it's probably not a widely used feature
I am also very pissed off with this! Every now and then, in the middle of the video, it pops up.
It stays there for hours (at the minimum) and it lowers that brightness and has the annoying symbol for it covering the content of the video!!!
This is extremely disappointing!
Bothered by the same thing. The problem was fixed a while ago, but now it seems it's back. As soon as I want to play/cast a video, the TV queue is populated with all other videos in that playlist. I would like it to play THAT video, then stop. :/ I can removed one and one video, but that sucks when it's maybe 60 videoes in that list.
Could someone tell me if there is a way to make mxplayer better for using in a car, especially at night? The main thing I would like is to never see any album art. I never want to see it on my phone in the first place, but when it pops up at night it is far too bright to comfortably use as I drive. I'd hope to have a dark background with non glaring letters that simply show the artist in big letters and the song name in fairly big letters. If I could advance or skip to the next song by simply swiping without having the display come on and also increase or lower the volume without the display coming on I would try to use mxplayer as my car player. Thanks for any help on this.
If there's no solution for this within MX Player could someone offer tips on an app they like that changes the whole Android Phone to a nightime display? Thanks
Even as an 5+ years' MX Player Pro user, I still struggle with the limited options available for the end of video behaviour, which are:
(a) return to the media list, or
(b) run into the next unrelated video(*).
They go well along with media junky habits. However, both options feel awkward if you want a smooth, immersive, zero distraction experience, watching nothing but this one deeply moving masterpeace, today.
There definitely should be an option that
(c) simply halts playback at the end, showing a still image of the last frame
- just as you see a still image of the first frame at the beginning, i. e. before starting playback.
I'm stunned that apparently, this natural preference is neither considered nor discussed (publicly). I would greatly appreciate if it was implented!
Thank you!
(*) with or without having to anwer a popup question
(note: I've made a similar post to the FAQ thread, it didn't get blessed with an answer.)
It's a trip no one has responded to this. I have exactly this same wish. Every other video player I've used has an option to simply stop the video at the end or repeat it. MX Play has neither option. Don't
know why.
MikeO89 said:
It's a trip no one has responded to this. I have exactly this same wish. Every other video player I've used has an option to simply stop the video at the end or repeat it. MX Play has neither option. Don't
know why.
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Thanks for your valuable comments. We would like to let you know that MX Player already has the option to loop the current file. Request you to enable the loop one function from the quick shortcuts on the screen or from the play menu.
With regards to stopping it on the last frame, we regret to inform you that it is not prioritised as we found it useless in most of the common use cases and will unnecessarily keep the decoder component active. However, you can enable the "back to list option" to close the player and return to file list on completion of the playback.
Trying to get used to this app and just can't do it. As far as I can tell this app wants you to do everything within the app like start a movie for example. It doesn't work as well when starting a video from outside the app. For example clicking on a movie from say the Gallery app. After playing a video, I want it to return to the app I came from but mxplayer wants to return to it's own videos list. I have tried to get a refund but the option is no longer there in the Google Play Store. I have uninstalled this app. Can I get a refund?
Edit: Never mind, got a refund. I'm good.
Hello everybody.
I have a MiBox 3 with Android 8.0.0 Oreo and MX Player it's the best video player on that platform too. However, there is a little bug: the option "Move to last played file" works only 2 or 3 times, and then it moves and marks as last played always the same file. So it also breaks the other option "Mark last played file" as well. I'm not sure if that happens on smartphone version too. I can't collect the bug information on that platform, I don't have email app and I can't extract the log from the storage either. Anyway, I hope you can check it out and fix it.
Thank you very much for your time and all your work.
EDIT:
I fixed it. THERE WAS NO BUG. Seems that those functionalities required permanent internet connection. Since I only played videos on my device I turned wifi off while I used it. So that's why those functions worked at first and then didn't.
Anyway, I'm sorry I have bothered you.
Kind regards. ?
Nice to hear that this isn't a bug. Wouldn't think that wifi maybe a cause to this. There are a couple of errors on the TV version somehow :/ Like it sometimes resets my already seen videos and they are again white
I've had this issue for a very long time. I have tried different versions of MX player, I have tried the PRO version too and it always has the same problem. It also has this problem for me on multiple devices.
My subtitles do not appear on the screen when they are enabled. The only way to get them to appear is to bring up the on screen menu (menu with pause, play, skip)
If that on screen menu is up, the subtitles are up. Once that menu disappears after the couple seconds, the subtitles disappear too.
If I need to see a subtitle I have to bring up the menu, and constantly scroll through the menu so it doesn't disappear on me and I can read it. Very annoying!
Also, the on screen menu appears cut off as you can see in the picture. When you press forward or back and it skips the video, that message on the screen also gets cut off at the bottom.
I did the bug report but it wouldn't let me upload log.txt.gz the rest of the files are attached.
Anyone know how to fix this?
TiVo 4k stick
Android TV v9
MX player 1.31.3 (latest in playstore)
I have the same problem. It has something to do with video size, as the problem disappears when you set aspect ratio to manual and reduce vertical or horizontal by just 1 point.
I hope it gets fixed soon...
I have the same problem, I also bought an Mx player pro.
There is no need to send a screen shot, ThaDraGun showed and explained everything.
The problem is when the video format is smaller and I play fit to screen or stretch.
example:
- The original video format is 720p and I play it in 100% size - everything is ok, the subtitle is visible, the OSD time is correct.
- The original video format is 720p and I play it stretch or fit to screen to size 1080p - no subtitle, osd time in the half.
On VLC player I don't have these problems but I think MX player has a better user menu and setings, and I gave money for it!
EON Smart box (SDMC SDOTT0202)
Android 9
MX Player Pro 1.36.11 (ARMv7 NEON)
Top Right three dots -> Tools -> Settings -> Player -> Miscellaneous -> Android 4.0 compatible mode
Check this and then try
Of course I tried things like this, restarting apps and devices...
I wasted so much time trying to solve the problem. If the developers and creators of the Mx player had spent half that time ... they solved the problem.
To more help them diagnose the problem, here is another observation:
When the video zoom is reduced by only 1% or more, the subtitle appears.
The problem is not with the device, since everything works on the VLC player.
Why I try so hard to solve the problem with the MX player ?... maybe because I paid for it ... what a fool I am.
There is one ugly solution, which only tells us that the fix is very easy for the developer.
Try this:
Use the latest mx player beta (not the pro).
In mx player go to display settings/screen and check elapsed time and place at the bottom bellow it. Select black for text color.
With that setting, something will trigger UI and subtitles to be always on, so the problem disappears.
The downside is that you can see the portion of faint black numbers if the movie is without black bars, with black bars you won't see anything. In movies you had problem with, you won't see anything, but in movies that worked, you'll see numbers if it is without black bars.
Even that triggers my brain a lot and I hate it , so please fix this.
Thanks mate,
This also works on the pro version.
But like you said, this is a very ugly "solution" , it's not solution.
Congratulations on this idea, I hope you didn't waste many hours of your time like me .
MX player is a program for advanced users, it has many advanced options and settings.
Buy a Ferrari and then they tell you that you can't drive faster than 100 km/h ... then why a Ferrari?
Yes, the creators of the MX player, I compared your program with Ferrari, but only if it can go 300 km/h.
Try to fix all the bugs, you have a lot of them, but about them on another occasion.
risivan said:
Of course I tried things like this, restarting apps and devices...
I wasted so much time trying to solve the problem. If the developers and creators of the Mx player had spent half that time ... they solved the problem.
To more help them diagnose the problem, here is another observation:
When the video zoom is reduced by only 1% or more, the subtitle appears.
The problem is not with the device, since everything works on the VLC player.
Why I try so hard to solve the problem with the MX player ?... maybe because I paid for it ... what a fool I am.
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I literally had the same problem as you and this fixed it.
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Top Right three dots -> Tools -> Settings -> Player -> Miscellaneous -> Android 4.0 compatible mode
mmeof said:
I literally had the same problem as you and this fixed it.
Pasting again,
Top Right three dots -> Tools -> Settings -> Player -> Miscellaneous -> Android 4.0 compatible mode
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Wow man...it worked! I swear I tried this before, but it didn't help, now it does.
It is just a little bit ugly solution too, we shouldn't be forced to use that, but I'll take it.
It works in latest mx player beta only, not in pro version, they must differ somehow, at least for me.
mmeof said:
I literally had the same problem as you and this fixed it.
Pasting again,
Top Right three dots -> Tools -> Settings -> Player -> Miscellaneous -> Android 4.0 compatible mode
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Like I said, this doesn't work.
I tried this on the latest version of the pro and regular versions (beta is not available for my smart tvbox).
Which device you have is very important?
I using the Samsung S series many years, and the last one is S20 ... I no problems with smart phone.
But on EON Smart box (SDMC SDOTT0202) Android 9 (one of the best) this does not work.
You can see that ThaDraGun has opened a discussion and owns a TiVo 4k stick Android TV v9, it is the same as any smart tv box or android tv.
For me and probably ThaDraGun the problem still exists!