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[Q] Netflix lock up

Hello,
Has anyone else experienced Netflix locking up during playing (and requiring a reboot)?

bittersound said:
Hello,
Has anyone else experienced Netflix locking up during playing (and requiring a reboot)?
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Occasionally. Maybe every 3 or 4 shows that I watch.

Hmmm, it's a right pain in the minge isn't it?
Still, could be worse.

I'm actually more annoyed at my recent upgrade for PowerAmpPro. They got the album art right but it freezes in mid-song. Often. Oftener than Netflix anyway.

I have also encountered this problem unfortunately... I just want to enjoy my Dr. Who darn it...

rtfm1777 said:
I'm actually more annoyed at my recent upgrade for PowerAmpPro. They got the album art right but it freezes in mid-song. Often. Oftener than Netflix anyway.
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I was having some glitchness with Poweramp when I first installed it. It would freeze if the screen went off. My solution was to disable the screen from turning off while the player was active and on top. It will play for 4 or 5 hours without any interruptions that way. Not the best work around power wise. There has been one or two versions released since I originally had that issue (currently on build 2.0.5.-build-488 Full Version), so not sure if the problem is still there in the newer versions
As for the Netflix issue, I've been hoping that they'd release a magical update fixing the issue on the 7.0+, but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe if/when ICS drops it will work right...

Thanks. I'll try that out tonight, see if it makes a difference.
Speaking of audio difficulties have you experienced the low level audio fluctuations that are bothering a number of us. Different apps, different audio streams, all with annoying varying audio at low levels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527635&page=3

rtfm1777 said:
Thanks. I'll try that out tonight, see if it makes a difference.
Speaking of audio difficulties have you experienced the low level audio fluctuations that are bothering a number of us. Different apps, different audio streams, all with annoying varying audio at low levels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527635&page=3
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I can't say I have noticed the low level volume issue ever. I mainly use poweramp/tab 7.0+ connected to a mixer and amplifier at work, so i never have at it set to low. Haven't noticed any volume issues on netflix on headphones either (rarely use low volume for anything i suppose).

[Q] Lollipop Bluetooth Volume issue

I've searched all over, and I feel kinda like I'm the only one experiencing this issue. :crying:
We all know, normal operation is as follows: You play music via bluetooth. When you get an event that generates a sound, usually, the music plays a bit quieter, the sound plays and then the music returns to normal volume.
Whenever I use ANY Lollipop ROM, after the sound plays, the volume keeps turning up (even higher than I can with the volume controls) until the sound becomes distorted and very obnoxious to listen to. A quick work around is just to toggle the volume down then back up. However, you can imagine how difficult that is in the shower, or when I'm driving.
I've reverted back to 4.4.4 for now, I don't have those issues. But I'd really like to upgrade to Lollipop. I'm hoping someone has some insight into this, or at least this will get the ball rolling.
Thanks for your time! :fingers-crossed:

I have the same problem on Lollipop

*sigh* this thread got about as far as they all do. LOL No one seems to know what the issue is

nix80908 said:
*sigh* this thread got about as far as they all do. LOL No one seems to know what the issue is
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Yep, I'm having the same problem. I can't listen to music and use Google Maps voice navigation at the same time in the car because of it. My solution was to mute the voice.
Looks like we'll just have to wait it out. It's a very strange problem; even stranger still it applies to all Lollipop ROMs. I also thought I was the only one!

vantt1 said:
Yep, I'm having the same problem. I can't listen to music and use Google Maps voice navigation at the same time in the car because of it. My solution was to mute the voice.
Looks like we'll just have to wait it out. It's a very strange problem; even stranger still it applies to all Lollipop ROMs. I also thought I was the only one!
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Guess we'll have to wait until this gets the attention of someone who can do something about it. Until then, I'm stuck at KitKat --- Oh Also, new fact.. I't's NOT just bluetooth, it happens when using wired audio too.

nix80908 said:
Guess we'll have to wait until this gets the attention of someone who can do something about it. Until then, I'm stuck at KitKat --- Oh Also, new fact.. I't's NOT just bluetooth, it happens when using wired audio too.
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That sucks...

vantt1 said:
That sucks...
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LOL glad to see I'm not the only one!

I dont get it with wired, but I get it with Bluetooth. I pause and play my audio and it goes back to normal levels.

I have another problem. Every time I'm listening to music (Spotify) in-car I can't listen to the navigation voice! It keeps lowering the volume of the media down every time the lade in the phone should say something but instead it's just silent!! This is getting really annoying and dangerous at the same time (while driving)! Even the "Here" app from Nokia doesn't play over any bluetooth connection (including BT Speakers)!

[Q] Camera sound issue

So I just bought my Galaxy S6 ( 32gb Black) today. While listening to some music using Poweramp+Headphones I was playing around with the camera. At this point I realized that when taking a picture the sound switches to speakers for a second and then comes back to the headphones. Has anyone else experienced this issue or do I have a faulty unit ?
Listen to music through headphones -> Take Picture -> Sound cuts out for half a second and comes back

feli151 said:
So I just bought my Galaxy S6 ( 32gb Black) today. While listening to some music using Poweramp+Headphones I was playing around with the camera. At this point I realized that when taking a picture the sound switches to speakers for a second and then comes back to the headphones. Has anyone else experienced this issue or do I have a faulty unit ?
Listen to music through headphones -> Take Picture -> Sound cuts out for half a second and comes back
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This is not faulty behaviour; mine does that as well. Poweramp, by default, pauses the music when another app interrupts it, and resumes the music when the interruption is done. I believe it is called Audio -> Audio Focus in the Poweramp settings. Try disabling Short Audio Focus Change.

I tried that option today, but it did not solve my problem. It also does not only happen with Poweramp. Every sound producing app I have tried behaves the same way ( Spotify, Samsung's Music app)
There is no shutter sound from the camera since I have my phone on vibrate. The sound just temporarily switches to the speakers and back

feli151 said:
I tried that option today, but it did not solve my problem. It also does not only happen with Poweramp. Every sound producing app I have tried behaves the same way ( Spotify, Samsung's Music app)
There is no shutter sound from the camera since I have my phone on vibrate. The sound just temporarily switches to the speakers and back
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This is by design. Every stock Android phone I've owned/used works like this; but then I've always rooted and then removed the sound files.
It's not an "issue", but a feature. One that most people don't want.

You are telling me that my music switching to my speakers for half a second is an intentional feature ? When taking a picture ? I feel like those two things should not have anything to do with eachother

feli151 said:
You are telling me that my music switching to my speakers for half a second is an intentional feature ? When taking a picture ? I feel like those two things should not have anything to do with eachother
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feli151 said:
At this point I realized that when taking a picture the sound switches to speakers for a second and then comes back to the headphones.
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You didn't say the "music" did, you said the sound did. Music switching to speakers is an issue. Sound switching to the speakers, such as the camera sound, is normal.

alright... sorry for phrasing that wrong. The actual music that is playing at that point can be heard through the speakers for a moment.

feli151 said:
alright... sorry for phrasing that wrong. The actual music that is playing at that point can be heard through the speakers for a moment.
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Oh, the music. I have definitely heard that issue occurring before, but it's always gone away after I've flashed another ROM. Not sure what feature or bug this falls under.
Are you on stock?

Yea I'm on stock. Happened right from the beginning after installing only a few apps

feli151 said:
Yea I'm on stock. Happened right from the beginning after installing only a few apps
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This has happened with every Samsung I've owned (S3, S4). I forgot about this little bug when I switched to LG. This did not happen on the G2/G3. I'm really surprised this bug is still rearing its ugly head. It can be quite awkward to have the music come on for a second while taking a picture when in public.
Samsung, why haven't you fixed this yet?!?

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Huge thx to rocker00 and Cirra92. We worked on this for weeks, it was an adventure starting from scratch trying to reverse engineer this what Xiaomi did. A lot of frustration, hours of testing and comparing and finally getting to this point that for me, us, we have the sound that we want.
I am a huge fan of 'what you hear is what you get ' recordings. This has been done with the changes... BUT ... read below for further technical information and limitations.
Also to be precise, Xiaomi messed up the left and right microphone. Easily tested in recordings and a headphones, so that was changed in the config files.
As I already wrote in the other (original) topic, AGC can be a good thing. AGC stands for automatic gain control which makes all the sounds sound at the same level.
Most people will like that you hear birds in the background really well and that conversations will always be at the 'good' level. Now our human ear can hear the slightest noise and still cope with loud things. Our brain adjusts the volume in a sort of way. If you technically translate the difference in sound levels this means an unbelievable dynamic range. Now some of us remember a VU-meter and that ideally peaks will go to 0dB to avoid distortion and get the best signal to noise ratio. AGC normally regulates this ... but due to the huge levels in our environments it is almost technically impossible to always do this. There is always a technical limit. You can look at it like HDR, it can be fantastic but useless in a complete dark environment were the sensor doesn't get light or gets way to much light.
AGC is switched off in the modded files so what you hear in dynamics is what your ears hear . BUT!!!! there is the technical limit of 0dB and the opposite side of the scale which is almost silence. The goal is to keep within these two and to aim at the 0dB. That setting can easily be controlled by DEC1 and DEC2 levels in the files which are easily modifiable.
There is another technical thing which you cannot control and which are the microphones themselves. They might have a hardware limitation to how loud they might record without distortion. Even in a professional environment microphones have limits.
The microphones that we have in our devices are really excellent and the difference between original and modded is day and night, no magnifying glasses or angel dust needed to hear it with headphones.
To bad Android hasn't got a recording mixer to set the level like the playback mixer. For the moment I found 1 application which can change the level and which is called Footej camera. It also has a VU meter which is a must, especially in loud environments.
So people give it a go and please provide feedback. Without positive or negative feedback there is no progress.
Now let me get back to my coffee.

Thanks for this module. But I wonder, why no one has noticed the rubbish quality xiaomi has implemented in the camcorder video recording. Don't know if it's only with the Indian variant or others too.
The issue is that the quality is very bad even at 20mbps bit rate. The video has artefacts all over. I also own a Samsung galaxy note 3. Quite old device but with a great camera. Although note 5 Pro still camera beats it's old sensor, but videos come out great on my oldy Galaxy note 3.
Another biggest bug is that the continuous auto focus in camcorder works like in photo mode. Quick auto focus ruining all the video. I am talking about the lack of smooth continuous auto focus. The lens focuses back and forth quickly instead of slow smooth focusing. This ruins the whole quality and is quite irritating. I have tried many camera apps but the same bug. That means it's in the libs and nobody seems to notice it. The dynamic range is also very poor.
Such a great sensor, crippled by xiaomi's bad software. Can you guys fix it? It will make this already great camera greater. Thanks.

All the videos I took with this phone were ruined because of this issue .. I'm surprised to know there were minds working on it in the background.
I've never edited the build.prop on the vendor folder so I was digging through the lines in the /system version at first before double checking your note.
I've tested before and after the mod and I can confirm this is working with Pie pr1..
Huge thanks.

Thanks bro i installed miui version, all excelent good audio quiality but with earphones for test the module, i hear more loud in right ear, and the left ear the sound is low, it's only perceptible with earphones, it's normal?

fed_xD said:
Thanks bro i installed miui version, all excelent good audio quiality but with earphones for test the module, i hear more loud in right ear, and the left ear the sound is low, it's only perceptible with earphones, it's normal?
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Normally the volume should be the same. One way to easily tell is to export the file to your pc (if it is a windows one) and use this meter during playback.(VLC player or so) http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php
If you play the file it shows the left and right output from the file to the amplifier (end stage) of the pc. Should show about the same values at once.

lukesan said:
Normally the volume should be the same. One way to easily tell is to export the file to your pc (if it is a windows one) and use this meter during playback.(VLC player or so) http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php
If you play the file it shows the left and right output from the file to the amplifier (end stage) of the pc. Should show about the same values at once.
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i made a test with both mics the inferior and superior (superior is beside IR)
1.-without the module the inferior mic sound is the left ear, and superior mic is the right
2.- with the module installed, ocurs a inversion of mic, the inferior mic is the right ear, and the superior is the left ear
i'm going to faculty, and don't have time to test with vumeter right now bro, sorry
when i back from the faculty i will check with vu meter
edit: the module works fine bro, the quality is better than stock audio

fed_xD said:
i made a test with both mics the inferior and superior (superior is beside IR)
1.-without the module the inferior mic sound is the left ear, and superior mic is the right
2.- with the module installed, ocurs a inversion of mic, the inferior mic is the right ear, and the superior is the left ear
i'm going to faculty, and don't have time to test with vumeter right now bro, sorry
when i back from the faculty i will check with vu meter
edit: the module works fine bro, the quality is better than stock audio
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The mod changes left and right modules since they are wrong in the roms. Might be that a case is messing up the levels in recordings. Try without I would say.
If not fixed it might be your phone itself. We tried on 3 phones here (mine, rocker00 and Cirra92) and all were good. Quality of left and right mic should be the same ... so if volumes are not equal then you might need to change the DEC1 or DEC2 value, we'll say the correct location where they are if it doesn't work for you.

@lukesan I really wished to have half of your patience! Great explanation man!
@unisol107 I don't think we've that kind of bug on the global version, or maybe i didn't notice it! and if it's really about libs then unfortunately i can't do anything about it, you need a programmer (C++), Thanks for your kind words
@Half Alive It's good to hear that buddy.Enjoy it
@fed_xD NOOOOOOWAAAAAAAY , this part exactly you can ask luksan how much time i spent on fixing it! the top microphone was the main one from Xiaomi's genius engineers..lol!! but i think those bugs are intended..this is how to run the business! i tested this module on MIUI 9.5.19.0 and Masik 2.3 and it's bug free, so again noway especially in this part

Thanks for these fixes.I tried it on miui 9.5.14 and the difference is huge.The video's background noise has significantly reduced which I think Xiaomi should do from the start though.Anyways excellent writeup @lukesan and thanks for the awesome work @rocker00

unisol107 said:
Thanks for this module. But I wonder, why no one has noticed the rubbish quality xiaomi has implemented in the camcorder video recording. Don't know if it's only with the Indian variant or others too.
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Such a great sensor, crippled by xiaomi's bad software. Can you guys fix it? It will make this already great camera greater. Thanks.
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Not really audio related and haven't really played with video yet. I was about to ask to put a small clip on Youtube but they compress video so I would not see the issue.
The global version also has different cam modules.
Thinking as I type:
EIS : crops picture and uses sensors to define shakiness. Could cause less sharp images. Try without anti-shake to determine that issue.
Default video bitrate : 20mbit/s. Could be too little for a real time simple encoder. Check with green grass, like a football (soccer) field, and pan the video. If low bitrate grass will be like blocks and not sharp. Solution would be simple and even trying H.265 in Aranova's gcam (developer settings and activate) might fix that. 13.3mbit/s but H.265
Dynamic range. I have a S7 which is worse I think. Taking pictures sometimes clouds not visible in the sky while my whyred (lets call it that way) shows everything. Might be because of the Sony sensor in your devices. Use of Masik rom. which has HDR recording might mask this issue.
The fast AF, yes it can be an issue but I guess it is a compromise for taking pictures fast. People love a fast camera ... mm Masik rom also has object tracking.

@rocker00 I've found how to change the prop from magisk... Just add:
Code:
resetprop ro.vendor.audio.sdk.fluencetype none
in common/post-fs-data.sh and enable it in module.prop with
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POSTFSDATA=true
Attached my modified version of yours module.

This module affects mic for calls? I talked and I have to talk in the top mic hahahaha the other person don't heard when I talk in the inferior mic maybe is my phone? Haha

fed_xD said:
This module affects mic for calls? I talked and I have to talk in the top mic hahahaha the other person don't heard when I talk in the inferior mic maybe is my phone? Haha
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Just disable module and check if still same happen

fed_xD said:
This module affects mic for calls? I talked and I have to talk in the top mic hahahaha the other person don't heard when I talk in the inferior mic maybe is my phone? Haha
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I noticed the same too.I'm in miui ROM and the other person has difficulty in hearing my voice.So ,even though this fixes video problem,but it creates another problem

@fed_xD @Subhashis Now I am confused! i don't have that bug!
Please try this one, now mics are the same like before, please report back!
Edit: You are right guys, looks like i didn't test the call in a proper way since i was focus on the camera but i've found a quick fix for this issue , now the mics adjustments are on the path which is being used by camcorder only without touching the calls, tested with 2 calls and camcorder audio quality is the same
Sorry guys but it was really a tough job.
Thread updated.

@scricccettoni Thanks, i will add to the OP and the credit is for you of course but first lets see this weird issue!

rocker00 said:
@scricccettoni Thanks, i will add to the OP and the credit is for you of course but first lets see this weird issue!
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@fed_xD @Subhashis @Subhashis
Fixed, give rocker00 new files in the openingpost a try.

rocker00 said:
@scricccettoni Thanks, i will add to the OP and the credit is for you of course but first lets see this weird issue!
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I have my own miui camera v2 port and I've added your fix in it. It's working good on LineageOS. The background noise has a really big difference. In few days I'll back home and so will share the module with also your fix if you are OK with that. I've already put link to this thread in the module and will add also in the post.
Thanks for the share, I'll just suggest you to use a unique name for the module in module.prop (see the one I've posted previously) to avoid problems with other modules.
In your new one you changed only mixer_paths.xml right?

rocker00 said:
@fed_xD @Subhashis
, now the mics adjustments are on the path which is being used by camcorder only without touching the calls, tested with 2 calls and camcorder audio quality is the same
Sorry guys but it was really a tough job..
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Thanks for the fixes.Now everything is working perfectly.:good:

Zenfone 6 audio sounds different from everything else?

I'm posting this based on my testing on various sources that the ZF6 sounds with my 3.5mm earphones sound different than my laptop, desktop, and galaxy S7. Desktop, laptop and my S7 sound identical.
Any rock song seem to be overly muffled on the ZF6 on my 3.5mm earphones and I can't seem to fix it. I have tried testing with various settings in AudioWizard and also tried disablling it to no avail.
Not sure if it was like this in Android 9 and also in Android 10.
Anyone else notice this?

I don't have any problem with audio. Have you tried another media player? I use Poweramp.

aleksander002 said:
I don't have any problem with audio. Have you tried another media player? I use Poweramp.
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Tried different media player, youtube, twitch. Everything sounds off on the ZF6 compared to my mentioned examples.

Can you elaborate more about what exactly makes it sound off? Weird frequency response, some kind of sound effect, distortions/cracks? I will try to compare my phone once more.

aleksander002 said:
Can you elaborate more about what exactly makes it sound off? Weird frequency response, some kind of sound effect, distortions/cracks? I will try to compare my phone once more.
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Sorry, English is not my first language.
As far as as describing the problem, there's no inherent "problem" with the sound per se, but most songs I listen to on a daily basis sounds very different and off in a really bad way. I've disabled AudioWizard, and also tweaked with the equalizer, bass, treble in AudioWizard and nothing.
I've kept my best in keeping everything same for testing. Like, listening to the same song, using the same earphones, and pretty much tried my best in keeping things in stock settings and same across my laptop, desktop, s7 and zf6 as best as I could.
I think there's some funky equalizer setting that is muffling certain "tones" in music and I can't access it or something. I have no idea.
Not rooted/locked bootloader if that makes any difference. No funky app or add-on that could possibly affect this.
Edit: try listening to this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x8geNo31yg
the first 30 seconds sounds so obviously different to me. If this is not the case for you then something is wrong with my zf6 whether by some setting or defective

I can't hear any significant difference between my Zenfone 6 and a Acer Laptop without EQs. The music is quite old and not a high quality one but other than that everything plays fine.

Hi,
I do not own a Zenfone 6 but did own a Zenfone 5 last year and listened to a lot of music. I was coming from an HTC 10(the brand I went back to).
I did experience issues with the sound quality on the Zenfone 5 both on the external speaker and through headphones. The problem being an eq setting (which I had no power over) that lowers automatically the volume when low frequencies (any kind of percussions or beats) played fom either a music player or streaming app. The result was a "wavy" sound where volume fluctuated in a noticeable way, plunging down when low frequencies kicked in (I guess it's a way to stay under a certain maximum dB level?). The rest of the frequencies sounded muffled and blended together. Basically there wasn't a good sound separation even through the headphone jack.
No setting on AudioWizard could solve the issue and it was widely reported on the ZenTalk forums.
I remember a software update which claimed to solve the problem but simply ended rising the max volume through the jack, mantaining the sound distortion as it was. I found no solution whatsoever and switched brand.
I don't know if this problem changed on the 6 but what you describe sounds to me almost exactly what I experienced on the Zenfone 5.

It sounds like there was an output limiter of some kind which was altering the sound to avoid speaker distortion. I didn't notice this on my Zenfone 6. I've never had an Asus before though.

I had several problems with the audio from the 3.5 jack after updating to andoid 10, especially with the fm radio. I had to downgrade to android 9 to fix it.