yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color General] 12paq:
On 4/13c video works well and my wifi loosing connection issues have slowed to only one or two drops per hour from every few minutes or so. The wifi connect issues can come and go regularly with kernel changes, this latest seems good, thanks.

However, on all test kernels from 4/04 - 4/18c, I have a curious issue in a specific app. With the CNN app I can only get sound from part of the audio mix. The narrative track does not play, only the background sounds play. I have run the CNN app on my Vibrant Android phone and all the tracks play including the main narrative announcer. All other video plays fine including streams from other news apps.

I found this issue a bit odd and curious that it seems specific to the CNN app and all kernels tested and odd only half of the audio track plays. I have know idea if it is kernel related, but thought I post my findings here.

Thanks for all your work and time!
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
I think he said his name is "Thor"??

This trailer I encoded via HB at 10RF looks insane on my NC...check it out if you want and let me know how it plays on yours.

(Me: #41, 4/18C, 300/1100/Interactive).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0SQNUQBK
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
Excepting the video is a bit sqooshed looking, that's just... wow. I cannot wait to show this to someone who cares (spouses don't count) ;).
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
My thoughts on this, after encoding video over the years on various devices, is that for areas that are large, vast, and dark, there is a "wash out" effect and my experience tends to lead me to the notion that this is part of the encoding process. Taking a full DVD, per say, and shrinking it down to a manageable file size and on a smaller scale, something has to give and it tends to be backgrounds. I see this too, say for instance, in the Fellowship of the Ring, where there are night scenes and when they show the sky, there are parts of it that do not look crisp and dark, but rather blotchy and gray. However, the details (up close scenery and faces) look amazing. I think it is a give/take.

With the 4/18C kernel, the video is probably the best I have seen it, even though it is not 24-bit, as dalingrin points out. Whatever is happening behind the scenes with CM7 and the OC kernel, I am very pleased with my Handbrake settings now and I am going full steam ahead with getting my private collection of DVDs encoded for my NC.
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
I agree. The original 720p trailer was a .mov at 1280x544 and I put it through HB at 854x480. That probaby messed with the original resolution and in hindsight, I probably should have let HB keep the Aspect Ratio intact. I was just trying to get the entire screen filled for those that are just using the stock video player and not Act 1, which will allow for full-screen sizing.

That being said, the trailer is gorgeous and the colors really pop on the NC, IMO.
[Nook Color General] a.fenderson:
Wow, that's almost (almost!) impressive enough to make me give up my hopes of finding a combination of encode settings and playback environment that plays flawlessly at native 1024x600 or even downscaled 1280x720 resolution. I played it via Moboplayer, default (hardware) decode method, and, with the exception of one randomly-placed audio click* per playback over 3 plays, it's flawless (apart from the AR, but it looks as though you did that intentionally). 10 Mbps 854x480 AVC playing in hardware with excellent upscaling--awesome! Is there a known theoretical max bitrate the DSP decoding can handle?

I tried soft-decode: first few seconds were OK, but then it became a mute slide-show.

* I'm running the 04122001 nightly, which I don't believe has the ASLA fix...?
[Nook Color General] LarcenQ:
Using the exact same setup/settings I get the occasional jitter once or twice during repeated replay. There is some other jittery/jumpiness in the beginning that I believe is inherent to the video itself, need to watch on my PC to confirm since it is there -every- time I watch the video.

Otherwise, exceptional quality.
[Nook Color General] rick09:
How are you downloading these trailers? I downloaded a few from the posts and from hdtrailers before I installed Moboplayer and they worked fine. Now after installing Mobo when I try to download them to my SD card it just opens Mobo. Is there a setting I can change to stop this? I'm using Dolphin HD, I've looked through all the settings related to plugins and downloads and can't find what to change.
[Nook Color General] crea78:
This video has been the best playback I've had on my NC... no stutters whatsoever!! I will try out the settings you provided on my own movies and see how it goes. How big of a file size should we expect on a 2 hour movie set at 854x480?

Edit: After encoding Tron Legacy, hate to say the file was way too big to put on my 8GB card... turned out to be 5GB. What is another good RF to use that has very good quality but comes to less than 1.5GB in size?
[Nook Color General] skwalas:
... However, the details (up close scenery and faces) look amazing. I think it is a give/take.

Agreed. I kind of came to that conclusion last night, after about 5+hours of tinkering with every combination of HB settings on the same (now nauseating) 2min clip of Matrix. The detail, especially with full-size settings, is absolutely fantastic, and i noticed that when actually watching something, i almost never actually noticed the blotchy/washed bits of the image, so it's maybe not really a big deal in the larger scheme of things.

and i really, truly, see no point in encoding at 150 MB/minute just to reduce the blotches, which you can get with RF6... jeez!

I'm devising some settings of my own in HB. Care to share? I'll show you mine if you show me yours... :rolleyes:
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
I am downloading from here via my PC: http://www.hd-trailers.net/

The 720p links are for .mov files. Once downloaded to my PC (Win7/64-bit), I then use Handbrake to encode them into .m4v files, which are playable with hardware support in either Act 1 (my choice) or the stock video player.

I have never tried to download the movies from within my NC, as I enjoy the hardware acceleration and a .mov file will not play using Act 1.
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
Sorry, I will re-post my settings for HB. The 10RF is wayyyyy too big for a movie, so you are right about that. I have diff HB settings for trailers vs. movies because the trailers are much shorter lengths and it is feasible to do 10RF.

EDIT: I am encoding "Tron Legacy" now also, using the 'Movies-NC' settings I just posted below. My file size is set for 2Gb in HB, so it shouldn't go much over that, which is good for my NC. If you want to make yours at around 1.5Gb or less, then just tell HB what you want in the Video tab > Quality > Target Size (MB).
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
For those who want to give these settings a try using Handbrake. There is no magic here, but just some tinkering I did and found these tweaks to be appealing for my NC (and my old eyes).

If these settings don't import correctly (as HB is saying exporting presets is "experimental"), then let me know and I can breakdown my settings individually by tab in a separate post.

Again, these settings are just appealing to me and work well with my NC...individual results may vary. Also, these settings are in no way set in stone, so if anyone has any recommendations for making my HB settings better, then please share...thanks!
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
My NC cannot play a full-length movie at 10RF. 15RF is tolerable, but not quite as smooth. I honestly don't know if it has to do with file length, bitrate, or some other hocum, but I know that if I keep my full-length movies at around 2Gb, then I am good. Anything over that and Act 1 or my NC (or both?) seem to go wonky real quick. So, knowing that, I just set HB to be a 2Gb file and all seems well so far.

Why are you choosing software vs. hardware?

Why not on 4/18C by now? Which version of CM7 are you on? Just curious....
[Nook Color General] 360Razir:
I exposed mine...now let's see your goods :p
[Nook Color General] LarcenQ:
When I did 'Tron Legacy' from BD Source the other night it looks phenomenal at just under 2gb file size.

I'll have to check out your settings and compare.

Signed,

Forever tweaking. (No pun intended. :rolleyes: )
[Nook Color General] LarcenQ:
With it and Avatar the colors pop right off the screen. I used the BD Extended edition of Avatar, and though it looks great, there are moments where the dark areas start to pixelate, but that's because its such a long ass movie. It isn't that bad, and barely noticeable, but I can be as anal about movies as those photographers are about their pictures in the Kernel thread. lol
[Nook Color General] a.fenderson:
Thanks for the info.

As for software vs hardware: I've seen one or two instances of people saying they got a 720p file* to play flawlessly, which I'm assuming would be done in software (or some hardware/software combo) since the DSP has a supposed limit of 854x480. So I always try playing everything in both modes just to compare.

I'm experimenting in an attempt to find a format that can get near-perfect quality and clarity at native 1024x600, but can be decoded--hardware or software--without causing problems like stutter etc. I've had moderate success with M-JPEG: the video bitrates are comparable to Blu-ray, but when it works, it's pretty crazy--as are the file-sizes. But that's what they make 32GB SD cards for. ;-)

As for not running 418c, I'm a complete Android and NC noob--got my NC Monday from nfcrocket on this forum, and it was running this daily. I've been familiarizing myself with everything and playing around with it prior to attempting to upgrade to a more recent daily. In "About Tablet" I show Mod Version as CyanogenMod-7-04122011-NIGHTLY-encore, Build number GRI40.

* I'll have to go back and check, but some of these might be "720p" files that are actually 1280 wide but far fewer pixels high due to ARs higher than 16:9--I wonder if the DSP might actually be able to decode a given areal quantity of picture data, instead of being restrained to actual maximum widths and heights...?
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Hey 360, are you seeing much different file sizes with low RF's? I haven't been able to do that. in fact, I encoded something at .25 RF and the size was tiny (as was the file.)

RF:0 was huge though.

Are you using windows or linux to encode? I'm on windows (which seems to be just behind build versions vs the linux version.)
[Nook Color General] mkm1126:
I am on cm#41 18c 800/1100 interactive. I use the default nook color profile in DVD Catylst and every movie I've ripped plays beautifully. FWIW.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Use 300/1100 and you will save a ton of battery. It isn't going to make a big difference in responsiveness with the interactive kernel (it would with on demand.)
[Nook Color General] danegerous25:
has anyone used total video converter?

i used it before i installed CM7 stable and everything was fine on 2.1.

i just followed the same size regs (854x480) under TVC mp4 settings. kept everything the way it was.
[Nook Color General] mkm1126:
Thanks for the tip! Will do that now.
[General Topics] Nexus04:
I`ve just found an old sim card I used to use in my drawer and thought I would see if it had any credit left on it,but I cant for the life of me remember the pin code I used with it.

Would I be able to find it with a sim card reader or would I need hardware and software(that is a file recovery program) to use the sim card again.?

The same question would I need a sim card reader to restore deleted text messages from this or other sim cards or are they recoverable from the phone memory?

I assuume its the same method for all android phones

TIA
[General Topics] Product F(RED):
You need a PUK code from your network. Call them up and ask them.

This should help: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f41/puk-code-forgot-your-sim-card-pin-7687/
[General Topics] Nexus04:
Thanks for the reply!

Sorry i think you mis understood the question,it is not the phone that is locked just the sim card that is protected with a pin number.If I enter that incorrectly 3 times then the phone will lock and I will need the PUK from the service provider.but I dont want to lock the phone as I`m using it with a differant providers sim card.

I just want to read the old card to see the contacts and sms messages that may be saved on it.But I cant remember the pin I protected it with for the life of me!
[General Topics] ichey103:
there alot of things you can do with a reader even clone the sim or so im told
[General Topics] Product F(RED):
Which is illegal I believe, if you use both at the same time.

Sent via my iPhone 4G...LOL JK iPhone doesn't do 4G.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Realorasz:
I'm on WolfBreak's Froyo ROM, and im kinda missing the popup that SE had in their 2.1 ROM when you connected usb cable. Does anyone know of an app that can give me something like that?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
Thank you.. but that's standardly in wolfbreaks..

You must have a botched flash.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Realorasz:
No, I don't think it is. If it was, I'm pretty sure he'd mention it.

_______________________________________________

From my X10a running WB CM 6.1.3 V054
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
dude... its there..

i use wolfbreaks rom every day.. i copy stuff over usb every day... considder the fact that no one else has replied.... yeah you suck.

please for the love of god flash the updates.

Sent using sub space burst.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Realorasz:
Hey now no need flaming me. I'm talking about a popup that pops up right after you plug in the usb cable. Like in the SE 2.1 ROM it has three options. Connect to PC, Install PC COmpanion, and Charge Phone. Not the one in the notification pulldown(if that's what you're referring to).

I AM on the latest version of the ROM... signature.

There is no flashable zip mentioned. Anywhere.

Before you flame someone like you just did me, please consider that you maybe misunderstood their question.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
oh sorry my mistake...

well that popup was anoying... so good luck.

it had 3 options...

connect usb "but cm already shows this."

charge phone "same as just pluging in your phone"

install pccompanion.. "removed from CM."

also pc companion is crap. serves no purpose.

Sent using sub space burst.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Realorasz:
Yeah but I like it. My question was if theres an app out there that gives me 'do nothing' or 'mount usb' options when i plug usb cale in.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
yeah.. its easy.. plug in your phone.. now when the usb dialog shows up.. press the back button.

Sent using sub space burst.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Realorasz:
There is no dialogue. There is the notification in puldown. I'm On Wolf's Froyo, remember.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
hmmmm.

guess your gona need a app.

sorry for wasting your time..

best of luck.

Sent using sub space burst.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Adolf1994:
@OmegaRED^, y u so mad?

@Realorasz, Multi-Mount SDCard have such option in paid version and/or in lite, but I'm unsure cuz I have used only the paid one
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
all apologies.. we all have bad days.

please ignore my mental moment.

Sent using sub space burst.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] karankyb:
I just rooted my phone via oneclickroot and i wanted to get rid of some of the stock apps. By mistake i uninstalled geniewidget using titanium and now i want to get it back but there seem to be problem. It will install fine but when i try to open it, my phone will vibrate once then again 2 moretimes then foreclose the app. Any idea how to fix this ?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FrankyFiggz27:
Check this out - http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-987777.html

- If you just want to get the Genie Widget back (which is all I wanted and it took me forever to figure out how to do), just download the zip on that post, unzip the system_app.zip file, go to genie widget.apk, put it on your phone, and use Root Explorer to put it in the system > app folder. Don't install it. Just leave it there and try to add a widget to your homescreen. Worked on my Epic running froyo w/ Viperrom 5.0.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saha14913:
Sorry for the long post guys, but just want to let you know all the facts so that you can advice me. I bought my HTC Desire from Dubai recently. The phone is new, never rooted, unbranded. The details are as follows

Andriod version 2.2

Baseband version 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Kernel version 2.6.32.15-gd96fc0 htc-kernel at and18-2 # 1

Build number 2.32.415.3 cl283905 release-keys

Software number 2.32.415.3

Browser webkit 3.1

Only when I started using it, I got to know it’s the Arabic version and there is a software called Al-Moazin which sends out a prayer call at various times of the day. (Very helpful to Muslims I’m sure, but I’m not a Muslim, wears down the bat and suddenly goes off during meetings ). Tried everything (forced stop – it auto restarts, software uninstallers, startup blockers etc) but could not uninstall it.

Took it to the store I bought it from, they have no clue, recommended a factory reset, which did not work.

Reading up on all the help you guys had given others in this forum, got to know that I need to get a stock RUU (WWE) since this software is bundled in the ROM. Downloaded RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed, (I prefer to go Stock since I’m still new to this and not yet brave enough for custom ROMs) created a goldcard (to be safe) got as far as the Bootloader version Error (140). Based on your advice, I got to know that this due to my existing ROM build being 2.32 and I’m trying to flash 2.29 (lower version, could not find anything higher than that) hence wont work…

My question is, is there any other option there for me to get a stock RUU (WWE) froyo, or do it need to wait until Gingerbread gets released and you guys post a stock RUU for that… or is there a safe way to get the source of this problem Al-Moazin uninstalled?

Thanks a lot for your help people, all the old posts helped a bunch.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
checkout post 5 here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189

you can use adb commands to remove applications from roms, but, according to the tut, you need to be rooted.

all you will need to find out is tha apps name - might be as simple as Al-Moazin.apk. and you can simply delete that app without having to worry about replacing the entire rom.

another option for you to consider anyway.
[Android] burtyy:
Where do I begin in rom cooking for the galaxy s? Because theirs like hardly any information on it? And yes, I've searched the forum ...
[Android] dsixda:
Check the dsixda Android kitchen. On the first page is a link to the Galaxy S version of the kitchen..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marckarasek:
Just wondering if the OTA servers are back and if a new update is available?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
They have been down several days. You can be patient and wait, or you can go over

to one of the threads in Developers and download the file version -- say 3588.

Usually you have to win-rar the download to get the update.zip and recovery folder.

Hook up your PC to you G-Tablet and copy both files to the /sdcard directory.

The shut down and boot into recovery using power/volume + and that you cause the update to load.

Hope this helps.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marckarasek:
I was just hoping (maybe plz)

That a new release would bring us some honey happiness!

I am content with VegaN for now..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
Sorry, but I don't frankly think we see honey-anything for a long while

unless its an out and out hack.

Google is being stupid and it seems to me the tablet companies are not

moving that fast either.

IN THE END, I think whether you are really happy with something -- as in

tablet -- depends on how you use what you've got to work with.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnerb123:
Its not google that is holding up things. Its the tablet manufacturers. We could have honeycomb if viewsonic released source code for the drivers we need. What viewsonic should be doing is using the developers here to improve there products!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyLateNite:
But couldn't you....

I'm not an expert or anything, but if the Xoom and the G-tab are as close in hardware as I've read, couldn't someone extract the drivers from a Xoom and use them in a G-tab? I hope I'm asking this correctly. I'm not sure how the dirvers are implimented in Android since I come from a PC background.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
They aren't the same, that's the problem. Completely different system boards - the only thing the "same" that we know of is the CPU, and I believe the Wifi. The only issue is that the frame buffer seems to have moved to either the kernel or the bootloader, so even though we can boot up Honeycomb on the GTAB, no one's been able to activate the LCD (yet).

What we really need, from my "hacker" perspective, is another Harmony device like the Adam or VEGA to get Honeycomb. That's something we can use on the GTAB, since the boards are similar. Or, at the very least, for Nvidia to release a Honeycomb dev kit for the Harmony board. But so far none of these things have happened yet.

Imo, don't go on Honeycomb as your reason to own / keep a GTAB. I'd be more concerned about optimizing Froyo at this point. Google (and Nvidia) have really locked down Honeycomb so far, so who knows when a Harmony-based version will show up.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyLateNite:
Thanks for the explaination. I'm very new to the Android world so I'm still struggling to get a "windows" reference to everything. I've tried a few of the gingerbread roms and really don't see much diference than the stock one. Apps appear to work the same and other than a speed increase, it was the same "experience" if you know what I mean. I just wish there were apps that took full use of the tablet experience.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
I had the same learning curve - Android is more like Windows CE than Windows, imo. As for Gingerbread, it's not a major update but it is a bit more polished and there are speed improvements - think of it as a "service pack", almost.
[Nook Color General] gyzer:
when I go to a blank home screen I try to add the default weather widget or the Google search widget and I get the message at the bottom of the screen saying there isn't enough room. Anyone. have any idea on what's going on?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ins0dus:
Hi, I was Running CM 7 Nightly #36 and everything was Well, When I updated to Nightly #37

My MMS Messages where not able to Download.. I tried going back to Nightly #36 and still no fix. Did a Cache Wipe and Dalvik wipe before each update and No fix can someone please direct me in the right direction!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
Try making a nandroid of your cm7 rom then installing a sense rom and update profile a few times, prl, etc. Update them all except firmware update then try installing cm7 fresh or restoring your cm7 nandroid.

~ d3rk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attiffe:
my phone reboots and jst stucks on lockscreen ..

it only shows the notification bar and it shows dialoge box [ complete

the action using .launcherpro or .twlauncher ] and it jst vibrates when i

choose and option .. i cant use buttons ... plz help

before last boot i installed launcerpro

help ... plz

( on android 2.2 rooted )
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Have you tried getting into the download mode

get odin up and running

connect you usb cable to your computer

pull your phone battery

press the volume up and down

hold the power button all at the same time

put your battery then plug usb into your phone

let go of the power button and see if Odin found it?