yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] remcosuer:
no subs when streaming video

Hi all,

Diceplayer is, for me, the best player for all the thousands of anime eps I have. Most of these are placed on my NAS. Normally if I want to watch these episodes I download them to my tab, open them with Diceplayer, it extracts the english subs and I can watch them without conversion on the tab. I finally found a way to stream the files to my tab and open them with Diceplayer. However it can't show the subs as it doesn't extracts the subtitles? Is there anyway to stream videofiles from the nas and to watch them with subs using diceplayer?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers Remco
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] CazeW:
According to the developer of Diceplayer, support for integrated subtitles without needing to extract them is coming.

You could also just save the subtitles on the tab and select them when you're streaming.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] rlarsen462:
I thought 3000kbps was the maximum bitrate?

I haven't even been able to get mkv's with bitrates as low as 1500 to play, let alone 5000 or 8000.

I usually transcode everything to MP4 at 3000kbps. I guess you are saying I could probably get away with a higher rate? At some point you run into the file size limitation if you're talking about movie-length content, right?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] ichangelo:
No, you're talking about average bitrate, average means that it can be lower then 3000 and on some scenes it can be much higher. Thats why some lagging can occur just in some places of a video while in general everything is pretty smooth. Average bitrate increasing will likely result in more lags or may be not, it depends on a movie and its complexity for encoding/decoding. Scenes with huge amount of moving objects, like falling snow or splashing water all over the screen, are the most complex.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] rlarsen462:
In general, I have just had trouble with MKV's straight, at any bitrate. However, I have recently been using Mediainfo to indentify MKV bitrates and just re-encoding them at the same bitrate in MP4 through DVD Catalyst. A video at 4000 was successful even during a scene that was full screen TV static "snow".

Part of the problem is I probably don't entirely understand what I am doing, but for now, the quality seems decent and converting to MP4 isn't all that tedious. :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Kasha:
Just wanted to say that latest update + Tegra update works great, but the 720p high-bitrate file I mentioned above is still unplayable - there are skips of 2-3 seconds here and there in action-packed scenes.

P.S. pershoot's latest kernel with 1400 MHz setting improved things a bit, but still it takes more than that to play high-profile MKVs smoothly.

rlarsen462, downloading DVD catalyst ah the moment and will give it a try.

Otherwise, diceplayer is still the best player out there, one of the best investments of SGT10.1 owner!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] UK BRIT:
couldn't agree more...got a scare though last night when updated the update...it wouldn't load...kept crashing...you have to download the tegra 2 app (free) too for it to work...not quite sure why two apps are needed when prior to this update it was just he one that you pay for...but happy as no other player out there works for me...every other has audio/video synching issues and Diceplayer was the only one that worked.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] rlarsen462:
I suspect it is the developer being forward-looking. Separate the core program from individual modules that can be coded for different upcoming processors (Tegra3 for example). Probably makes things easier for him to manage.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] tabbiex:
The same file that I used to play with Dice player now no longer smooth. Try different video format HL 3.1 also not working. Not sure if it is the new update to 1.7 or XXKI1 ROM/pershoot/kernal. I even go back to the stock ROM/kernal, still not smooth.

Anyone having same issue with version 1.7?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] markdj57:
I think the last couple of updates have made things worse as big bang theory 720p used to play ok o dice, now its like a photo gallery!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] anrichp:
Mx video player

Apparently with a bit of overclocking you can get mx video player to play mkv files using the software acceleration.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] lubopenerz:
man, you don't wanna use SW acceleration.. HW's better. And no need of overclock, MX got this feature a few updates ago!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Kasha:
Actually, bsplayer lite plays my 720p mkv files quite fine, it still lags on high profile ones, but so far it's the best result on 3.2. Dice started lagging really badly for some reason (

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I tried mx, but it says hw not supported
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] vibecatalin:
Installed Dice Player yesterday, and copied two mkv files (tv-shows) with built in subtitle. Both working great, no lag, no nothing, no problems. With MX player one of the file cannot play and the other is very laggy.

So I will buy this software and hope it will get better in time.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] juanej:
I tried to watch the walking dead 720p mkv yesterday with the last version of dice player and it is too painful to watch, stuttering, lots of frame skipping, it's just unwatchable. I really wanted to like my galaxy tab 10.1 but if i can't watch my 720p mkvs on it I really can't.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] trevytrev100:
Sorry if this is an obvious question but I assume i would need to download the Tegra 2 plug in as well as the original app, is that correct?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] vibecatalin:
Yes. You have to download the plugin after you install dice player.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] trevytrev100:
I thought as much. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] CazeW:
I experienced the same problem when I recently updated to 3.2. I've contacted the developer of Diceplayer and he is fixing the problem (already sent me a test version where he fixed mkv files).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] styxx:
This app is now off the market. I just made a decision to buy the full version. Hopefully it will be back on the market with 3.2 fully optimized.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] CazeW:
The developer already fixed the problems I was having in 3.2. Why the full version isn't on Market anymore is most likely just temporary.
[Atrix 4G General] xorpion:
I hate the new color. What do you guys think?
[Atrix 4G General] daneren2005:
Agreed. In fact I can't find a single thing changed that I actually like more than how it was before. The whole new theme is a step backwards :(
[Atrix 4G General] enomai:
I like it better but that's just me. The coloration is a bit closer to the Honeybread theme that I have running on my NC. The dark status bar, the new dialer, new social media widget, all are more to my liking. To each his own though.
[Atrix 4G General] suleiman.aql:
I like it.....
[Atrix 4G General] gammite:
i would prefer a choice of a darker theme. i don't like my phone to be super bright.
[Atrix 4G General] DroidBabe:
I think it looks nice. I love it. :)
[Atrix 4G General] dandmcd:
I really love the new look of Blur on Gingerbread, I think they did a fantastic job, and it will make the phone an easier sale on the sales floor as it will catch new customers attention.
[Atrix 4G General] graemegb:
most of the colors are lighter IMO, because our screen is more efficient with whites instead of blacks. our pentile screen actually has a white subpixel, which means that if we use more whites, our battery life is better because the phone isnt turning on all of the other pixels to make white.
[Atrix 4G General] Viamonte:
I think its ugly as hell too. Just needs some theming.
[Atrix 4G General] Sir_Brizz:
I like the dark notification bar. I really like the stock Android theme. Wish we had the option of using it.
[Atrix 4G General] Jotokun:
I'll take this over their froyo theme, and I really like the dark blue. But the white menus are just ugly.
[Atrix 4G General] bsnandan:
I am hating the new update

I just feel my phone looks so cheap and the design is very raw. I did not like the edgy menus. I some how feel Eww... Very bad job MOTO, its does not look professional at all...
[Atrix 4G General] Magnetox:
It's called "theme your phone".
[Atrix 4G General] retroe:
Personally i think it looks a lot better now. Before it just looked old now it looks much cleaner
[Atrix 4G General] stratax:
agreed, this is pointless. just ranting about motos ui isnt going to do anything.. everyone has their own opinion on it, i love it. moto blur has been the same since release. pretty much that said. same color etc. it is nice to see moto change thing up a bit if you ask me. they had to do something, every other company did, samsung, HTC, lg didnt really lol but sony did as well.
[Atrix 4G General] theonedub:
I like the new setup better than the old. Sure there are somethings from froyo that I liked, but overall this update appeals more to me.

Sent from my Atrix
[Atrix 4G General] JLHumbert:
I think it sucks and I don't like anything about it, but that's just me. I especially hate the look of the notification bar. I couldn't figure out what the black square with a checkmark in it was for. Then I finally figured out it was the alarm symbol (the old symbol actually looked like a clock). I used to be able to easily see the "H+" and "E" symbols. Now it's an ugly grey square with a microscopic H that looks like a symbol for a floppy disk.
[Atrix 4G General] mojo7:
lol..I like it to, I think the whole update in General is a nice modernization<<<if thats a word...of the whole phone...
[Atrix 4G General] mpalatsi:
Quit whining about the theme, put on your big boy pants and theme your phone!

If you're unfamiliar with how to do this, I suggest you head over to the development and theming boards to grab some insight. Nottach has some brilliant themes he's ported that should remedy your hatred toward moto's UI.
[Atrix 4G General] Javi97100:
Amen
[Galaxy S I9000 General] juicyhusk:
I have two Galaxy S gt-i9000m both with Bell and I live in Newfoundland which is the 850mhz radio as well.

One phone became bricked few months ago when I started getting random reboots I changed rom, it converted fs from rfs to ext4 and recovery gave some screens to go through but at this time I was only new, I messed up and my internal sd started causing issues. It was when gingerbread first arrived

I used odin to flash a number of firmwares, but now I feel I was not doing odin correctly, regarding bootloader and partitioning, anyway what ended up making the actual "BRICK" was when I flashed a vibrant rom and rebooted, now its a perm black screen.

If I have a fully charged battery and leave in, it dies overnight, If i plug usb in, the motherboard heats up very noticably, but no sound, no connection through device manage, nothing at all, no matter what tricks or buttons I try.

So not I have another identical phone that works perfectly. I have been researching if there was a way using my good phone to flash a chip, or solder something together could I fix it but I could not find any relevant info.

So I am left with the jtag/riffbox.

Can someone do this service for me, I dont want to actually buy one just to use it once, or can someone help me fix my bricked galaxy s, I will pay you for info that helps as well as put videos up, etc.

Please I have been last 4 months trying when I have free time, someone that knows how to help me, please do!!!

Thanks,

Dave Husk

709.764.7890

**EDIT**

I would love to work with someone, I attached pictures of my phone's internal parts including chip shots, and i also took a picture of my sim card writer, which is a serial to usb device and I'm sure somehow I can solder together to make a device to help unbrick our SGS's, I am even willing to send free of charge to the next person in need, and pay for shipping to continue the good will as every bricked SGS owner deserves HELP!

**EDIT 2**

I also already have a Download mode jig, the 301k resistor here as well
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
Does the download jig do anything?

If not your into specialized territory with the jtag stuff. I would add to an existing thread on that and hope someone is still watching it.

G

There are jtag shops in TO that can do it (on xda somewhere) and you could likely ship it to them and get the service.
[HTC Sensation] incident:
Hi,

I just got a sensation from t mobile and it's come with this rom:

Software number : 1.29.531.2

Basehand version : 10,42.9007.00p_10.11.9007.15m

Can i upgrade to a newest offical rom? If yes, what is recomended?

Btw

I dont need any tmobile services,cus She isnt a carrier in my country.

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
FFS, no you can't flash any other ROM except the T-Mobile versions, or which you're on the latest

PLEASE read other threads before posting ****
[XPERIA X8 General] lopman:
I have installed minicm6 1.0. 2 with cwm Recovery

How can install the backup that i made
[XPERIA X8 General] deedii:
Hmm how did you backup your files? did you used apps? If you backup using xrecovery,im sad to that if you flash your backup you will wipe minicm as well and returned back to your older rom.
[HTC Desire S] glubber008:
Hi everybody,

i am sure, that everybody except me seems to know how to install this awesome recovery...

I already renamed the zipfile to PG88IMG.zip, have put it into the root of the sd card, rebooted, the bootloader says 'parsing PG88IMG.zip', then nothing happens...

So, could someone please enlihgten me how to flash this thing? (if possible without creating an expensive brick ;-)) thanks a lot
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Who told you to do that?

EDIT:

This should be a one click zip.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130004
[HTC Desire S] glubber008:
Hi,

wow, that was fast ;-) thanks a lot...

Hmm, no, i already installed ClockworkMod via the method i described above.

i also -successfully- installed the saga LBC mod - both are running fine.

Now i want to just replace the ClockworkMod, (not the LBC Mod - i know how to install a new ROM ;-)) with 4ExtRecovery.

basically the question is:

how can i flash 4ExtRecovery from within the bootloder.

the PG88IMG.zip Method seems to fail here...

you know, i basically followed the instructions found the lbd mod homepage

[lbc-mod-homepage]/custom-recovery/modded-clockworkmod-recovery/

install-instructions for on this page

(i cannot post links to outside the forums, sorry)

can somebody help me?

EDIT:

yes, i found the one-click-zip but dont want to use it; i don't want to flash via the adb tool, i don't know why, just personal preferences ;-)
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
................... You'll need to extract the images from the zip images and I suspect, with respect :) that you don't know what your doing. :D

So leave that method well alone!
[HTC Desire S] glubber008:
yes, of course - i don't know how to flash this recovery ;-)

i already know that

that's the reason, why i'm asking here, you know... ;-)
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
try doing this

1.put the zip on your sd card

2.reboot into recovery

3.go to install from sd card

4.choose the zip from sd card

5.select the zip file & choose yes

the phone should flash the recovery & restart again into recovery

choose reboot
[HTC Desire S] glubber008:
ah, thanks a lot ;-)

btw, exploring the zip, i found the following in the updater-script:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "saga" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "saga" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "saga");

assert(package_extract_file("recovery.img", "/tmp/recovery.img"),

write_raw_image("/tmp/recovery.img", "recovery"),

delete("/tmp/recovery.img"));

So, you are right, it flashes the recovery.img correctly to the recovery partition, then reboots again into recovery, all understood now, thanks again...

btw:

i might be new to android, but not to computers - i am actually a programmer ;-)

that's why i'm usually asking before doing something i don't understand completely...

anyways,

it worked, thanks again for pointing me into the right direction
[HTC Desire S] glubber008:
Ah,

i found out, that the PG88IMG.zip method only works, if there's an android-info.txt file in the archive, so it seems, that the parser of the hboot checks the contents of this file and if this thing is valid, it continues to the builtin flash routine.

That's the reason, why this method fails with the 4Extrecovery zip file.

on the other hand, if you want to flash from the recovery system, there must be a folder called META-INF with 'some' defined structure in it, a file called updater-script (i dont know, what this update-binary file is - it is a binary ELF executable, maybe the interpreter? maybe the compiled form of the updater-script? - will run 'strings' on it...); anyways, this file is then executed and contains basically the information how to install / flash this thing.

So, thanks for helping me doing the first steps on this awesome platform ;-)

EDIT:

it seems, the update-binary file is the interpreter for the updater-script:

the relevant strings are:

wrong updater binary API; expected 1, 2, or 3; got %s

failed to open package %s: %s

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

Ok, enough for today... ;-)

EDIT2:

...and update-binary is part of the recovery, as found here for example:

https://github.com/arco/android_bootable_recovery/blob/gingerbread/updater/install.c

nice, nice...

EDIT3:

...currently building my own recovery, this thing is plain c, so not a big problem for me, we'll see...

EDIT4:

..flashed this thing, it's working, so i guess i can now start hacking on it ;-)
[HTC Desire S] realies:
is it possible to install 4EXTRecovery to desire s with s-on? and how?
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
no, it is not possible

you need s-off to install recovery
[HTC Desire S] greenster4470:
does CWM have to be removed to install this?
[HTC Desire S] Deleted member 2496007:
No. Use CWM to flash it like any other mod! It'll automatically re-start recovery, and you'll in be in your shiny new 4EXT recovery. :)
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
As log as we are on this topic, I have a few doubts too:

1) Can I use my CWM nandroid backups with 4EXT without any conversion?

2) Will the paid 4EXT app from the android market automate the changeover process?

3) As our phones have a decent internal memory, it is advisable to convert the partitions to ext3/4 including the SD card or not and if done will a ROM/backup have to be reflashed?

4) Other benefits over CWM?

Could someone please enlighten me. Thanks
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Answers:

1) Yes you can.

4EXT will restore CWM backups to the file system they were taken in (most probably ext3 {default of CWM}). But you can even restore old ext3 backups as ext4 without any data loss or corruption with 4EXT Recovery. You'll need to tweak a few things, but i can help you if you want.

2) Yes it will, and so will the free app, 4EXT Recovery Updater..

I suggest you try out the free app first, which includes the features of the paid app for the first 3 days, and then still remains functional enough to let you update your recovery whenever you want. Then you can go ahead and purchase the paid app from the market.

3) No, do not try to change SD Card file system. Just convert the system, data and cache partitions to ext4. No need to touch the SD card, as it works only in the Fat32 format.

4) There are numerous benefits.

Prominent ones include MD5 cheksum verification, Theming support, option to remain in recovery after flashing zips or taking backups, better interface and menus, auto ROM name detection and labeling of Backups unlike CWM and great developer support from Madmaxx.

I suggest you read THIS.

Hope this helps you.
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Thank you, make a lot more sense to me now.
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Everyone in doubt about 4EXT, go through enigmaamit's post, you will be sorted. Have flashed the new recovery and am totally satisfied. No clobbering needed... LOL :D
[HTC Desire S] zeekiz:
4EXT Recovery Control

https://market.android.com/details?id=ext.recovery.control

Although the free version is available, I highly recommend an investment in the application that supports this incredible recovery. The added features in the market version outweigh the free version drastically.
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Thank you very much for the detailed tutorial, I think the following 3 posts should be compiled and made a stickied tutorial for all the others here and to come.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18562457&postcount=14

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18593426&postcount=18

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18565951&postcount=437

With your and madmaxx's help, I have changed over to 4EXT without a single hitch. Thanks once again.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
You're more than welcome. This is what all of us are here for...
[HTC Desire S] Colbrand:
Since there is a topic can anyone confirm if we need to recalibrate the battery after every recovery or battery stats also recovered too?

Swyped from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riqz:
OK i am on gingerbread 2.3.3 and KE7 italian sgs2.

I can't seem to find any info on the new android 2.3.4 update and how to do a non wipe update.

I've downloaded the files but i don't know what to do with them.

Also, if i update, will it wipe the root? Will my italian language swype be deleted? Will anything else be deleted?

Thanks and sorry if this question bothers anyone but i tried going through most forums and couldn't find much.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
If you have downloaded the files then use Odin and flash, afaik, you only need to flash the PDA file and nothing else. But I can't be sure that if it will wipe your data or not. Some says it deleted all data, some says not.

But upgrading via Kies will NOT delete any data. After any firmware flash your root will be lost, so you need to re-root.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riqz:
Ok...but if I re root will titanium backup re appear with all its settings or will I have to re install it?

Will my italian swype keyboard still be installed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gustopher:
You'll need to reinstall it.

2.3.4 seems to include Swype v3, but I don't know whether it supports Italian - I'd be surprised if it didn't. Your settings will need to be restored via Titanium.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riqz:
Ok. I did everything. Updated and rooted.

I can confirm that swype has italian even though it has changed a bit. It doesnt have a popup window when you need to choose a word out of a list. I think it's just stock swype.

Titanium backup REMAINED INSTALLED i just had to root again to be able to use it. It even kept my frozen apps in memory without needing to backup anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Congrats, you've done everything successfully then.

Glad to hear that Swype has updated to version 3.0. You can always enable the Word Choice Window by enabling it from Swype settings, of course if it is there.

So does the accuracy of Swype improved? I mean I find it hard to type some words, like OR, OUT, That's, I could never typed them on the previous version, i.e- 2.72.

Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] goldeneyeonline:
Hey Guys,

I just wanted to ask you if I am the only one to experience this.

I already have my second Motorola Milestone, because i sent back the first one due to a broken headphone-port. But the port of the new one ain't any better at all.

No matter how deep i plug headphones in, I just have to touch them a bit and the sound starts to rustle or the sound quality is going far down.

That already happened on the newly replaced phone. It's impossible to use it as an mp3 Player that way...

Is that a common hardware-bug on the milestone, or did they just send me back my old device??