I received my new Tab S 8.4 LTE just this morning at work, I plugged in the power and fired up the bad boy.
After some quick setups and downloaded some apps, I went to test how the video looks. Took out my 128GB MicroSDXC from the Tab PRO 8.4 (yes, it works in my PRO), it has some high variable bit-rate short music videos I encoded with H264 + AAC (Variable 8Mbps - 40Mbps, 23.97 fps).
First, I used the built in player... and to my surprise.. the video is noticeably playing at a lower frame rate and audio is sliiightly out of sync. Not sure the right word for a video playing a lower frame rate, it is not jittery, not stuttery. I tried all the other videos, the same.... including the Samsung video in the internal storage, which showing ~14Mbps data rate.
I then tried MX Player with all H/W+ deoder switched on, same thing. Then I tried BSPlayer, also with Hardware acceleration, no good. I was disappointed. I searched this forum and googled but I only keep seeing people with micro stutters, but not the issue I'm looking for. Restarted the Tab S, same thing.
I don't understand... the videos are working fine in the PRO. I was thinking maybe QS800 is superior ?
Eventually I decided to just Factory Reset and redo the whole thing again, to see if that fixes it. And it did fix it. Videos are running as smooth as it should again, yay :laugh:
So in case anyone else having video frame rate issue, Factory Reset. Case Closed.
How do you test your video framerates?
That's what I was looking for earlier, but since I was at work, I couldn't look for long enough. Was hoping something like Fraps is available, but I just went ahead and Factory Reset it while I only had a few apps installed.
But the video frame rate issue was noticeable as long as you have watched the video with different means (Computer or another working tablet) to compare.
To check the video's original frame rate itself, and since I use MX Player, I just tap and hold the video file, then tap Properties. It shows frame rate, bit rate, video resolution, codec, etc.
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Hi!
I've been reading alot on this forum and im very intersted in the S730, and by reading your posts here the majority seems to think the s730 is a great phone, but noone has said anything considering the video-driver issue in tytnII, whether its a problem in the s730 too?, So how is the video playbak in s730, is it possible to watch a 320x240 movie or TV-series, because i always downsize my shows to 320x240 will i not have any problems?, i currently have an Dell axim x30 which i often use to listen to music or watch movies and it has a 624Mhz processor which gives me smooth video playback, and would hate myself if i bought the s730 and the video playback would be lagging in 320x240...
And also, how is the call quality? is it clear and is the sim-card automatically set up?
thanks in advance...
/Johan
Watching 320x240 is no problem. CorePlayer (TCPMP) handles it well, all is smooth, the cpu power is enough up to 30 - 33 FPS (MPEG-4 ASP, 300 - 400 kbit/s).
What program are you using to downsize the videos?
They way I am currently doing it is too slow
However video playback is perfect. Even with the full resolution video's it only studders on the video and my audio is solid. (core player as well)
Thanks for the answers, and im pleased to hear that watching videos on th S730 is smooth. I'll probably go for this phone, and hope that you guys continue finding good ways of maximizing the performance in the phone!
An btw when I downsize my series or movies i often use pocketdivxencoder found here http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/ . But most of the videos i downsize are Family guy and American Dad so im not really sure on how the result of a real movie would be, but i guess if you maximize both the video and audio quality , you would still end up with a reasonable small file with nice quality!
But to my other question, is the call quality good? in other words does it perform well as a phone?, and i read about the memory leak which i hope will get fixed, but will it cause any trouble if i listen to music via the bluetooth A2DP profile when not using any other programs?
Cool, filesize isnt a problem with my 6gb sd card. I'll play with it. My way works but too much hassle.
My old phone was not very good, so I cant speak too much about call quality. I find its very good overall, I had one occation where my connection was bad (kinda remote location with 1 bar signal) and the person on the other end said I was full of static, did clear up though.
Thats the only issue I have had. The earpiece speaker volume could go up a little higher but I have never had problems not being able to understand people.
i used TCPMP with mine, and the 400mhz makes a huge difference
i barely have to convert any video now when i'm watching my shows (usually in 700x200 or something like that)
with steady framerate and quality
if it starts to stutter or slowdown, i just turn the quality a bit lower in the player and it plays back just fine
yeap
Ic watched normal divx's on the phone, so yeah its very good
Posted all those vids and have been testing more and more and here is what i came up with:
2 Videos, 1 CorePlayer DivX, 1 WMP MP4
CorePlayer:
.AVI
DivX
400x300
768Kbps
WMP
.MP4
H.264
400x300
768Kbps
Downloading and testing. Will update later.
cool thanks
Low Quality (Using SUPER): (Could be smoother, not as good as coreplayer)
Smooth, but very bad quality. Worse than CorePlayer.
HTC Touch HD Video Converter v1.21 (Poor Quality but frame rate is okay)
I have some weird "blinking" effect while playing this, especially at the beginning. Frame rate is ok though.
Low Quality 1200 (Using Super) (Not as smooth as CorePlayer Video)
Same.
Medium Quality (Using Super) (Runs Quite well but frame rate is low)
Runs smooth here. On par with CorePlayer. The quality is not the best possible though.
HTC Touch HD Video Converter v1.21 (Runs but poor quality and not great framerate)
Frame rate is perfect, but I get the same "blinking". I guess the encoding is messed up.
High Quality (Using Super) (Cant get a decent framerate and runs unwatchable)
Same.
My Normal Encode Settings (Using Super) (Played just as good as the CorePlayer but seemed to freeze on the areas where lots was happening)
Same here. I would say it is unwatchable.
DIVX Low Quality (For Coreplayer) (I found to run best)
A couple of stutters on some viewings. Good quality.
I would say that the CorePlayer video has performed the best. Second place goes to Touch HD video (second one) and the SUPER medium settings one comes third. I don't like the CorePlayer one, because it is not WVGA.
Anyways, I use the Touch HD converter and usually convert HDTV files (tv series mostly). The results are brilliant. Normal frame rate with superb quality.
so u think maybe my encoder is messed up and thats why im getting this weird blinking thing?
comeradealexi said:
so u think maybe my encoder is messed up and thats why im getting this weird blinking thing?
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I have no other explanation . I'm using it all the time and this is the first time that I see this. Reinstall it and see what happens.
I could have sworn I used to be able to watch HQ videos in the YouTube app. But now, it's like my Hero can't handle it. When I try enabling HQ, the video doesn't show, I hear jittery audio, and my phone becomes very unresponsive. Unchecking HQ fixes all of this, but... SD is so blurry
If it matters, I'm running CM6.
I notice this problem if the video is available in 720p/1080p on YouTube. But if it's only available in 480p or lower, the video plays fine. I think it may be a problem with the app (plus our phone being underpowered).
I never tried the HQ option with the new builds. I'll see if I get the same issue.
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I notice this problem if the video is available in 720p/1080p on YouTube. But if it's only available in 480p or lower, the video plays fine. I think it may be a problem with the app (plus our phone being underpowered).
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I suspected this was the case... too bad there is no way for us to set 480p to be the maximum. I have tried playing 720p .mp4 files and indeed they experience the same problem, problem solved when using 480p.
Yeah. It's definitely choppy. No way to correct it?
Hey guys!
Recently I bought the Note 5, couldn't be happier about it, but there's one thing that seems off. When trying to watch a 1080p 60 fps video in the YouTube App, even tough it says 1080p 60 fps, I fell like it's dropping frames like crazy, not really playing the media at 60 fps. When playing the video in the small windows while searching for other videos, or even if I download the video and then play it, then I get the smooth reproduction.
Same thing happens to me on my PC when watching 1080p 60 FPS videos on Chrome in full screen, on my 1440 Asus RoG Swift. In the stats window I can see it's loseing frames, but if I watch it in window mode it plays fine.
Maybe it has to do with 1440p displays and 1080p 60 fps compatibility or something like that?
Anyone has noted the same thing?
Anyone?
Galaxy note 4 here, same problem, still occuring as of August 2016. There is a google products forum which started on August 8th, and according to everyone who's posted there, this is a problem isolated to samsung devices.
I have new Snapdragon unlocked Note 8 and videos from youtube/netflix/local have stuttering/judder. It seems to effect 24fps content most. 60fps videos generally look smooth. It also does not seem to make a difference if I play them locally vs streaming.
These videos displays the issue well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1IUiVknwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vigX3H7WX5Q
Watch them in 360p/480p so it forces a lower framerate. On my phone the RTINGS logo has stutter/skips.
If you change the quality to 720p(60) the judder goes away on my phone.
Does any one else have this issue? I am comparing the results with my Axon 7 and PC and neither have this issue.