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[Nexus 10 General] MrGrimace:
The only ones who can answer that are Google. All ROMs will have this issue. If a new tablet is released with Exynos 5250, hypothetically its codecs could be used. But that is more of an educated guess.

Edit: EVERYONE try out the new BS Player. Plays everything I throw at it IN HARDWARE MODE including flv and mkv. YAY!
[Nexus 10 General] hurrpancakes:
Thought you guys would like to know that Archos has released a video player app. It's $5, and you have to install an additional codec for AC3 audio (it'll open the play store, and show you a couple options, I selected the All Archos Codec app, can't quite remember the full name).

It is performing excellently. BSPlayer, Dice, any many other players i've tried cannot play a 26Mbps 1080p Dark Knight Rises mkv file I've got, and this is playing it perfectly!

EDIT: This is the codec pack that I installed to get audio working.

EDIT 2: As mentioned below, BSPlayer was updated, and now plays the Dark Knight copy I have fine as well! I was able to get a refund for the Archos app.
[Nexus 10 General] akhan47:
BS Player's latest update notes new hardware decoding for the N10.
[Nexus 10 General] Rinzler:
Yep...and it works really good.

Some folks might have to check "use alternate hw encoding" like I did.
[Nexus 10 General] dadebue:
Hey guys! I just stumbled across the archos Video player APP and i have to say it is smokin hot!!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.archos.mediacenter.video

It even plays my 30gb mkv files with an uncompressed bit rate over WiFi without buffering...add the poster and fan art support and you have yourself the perfect media player O.o ah plus: after installing the codec pack it plays DTS too hahahaha. Just to good to be true. No stuttering at all!!!
[Nexus 10 General] PMShodan:
I can confirm that BSPlayer works in HW mode now after the newest update. MKV with 1080p and DTS play fine now, no stuttering. Control of the app during play (volume, brightness adjust) ist just a bit laggy at the moment, but other than that, I'm happy now.
[Nexus 10 General] Hellmet:
Archos Video Player can't play TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4 properly.
[Nexus 10 General] khal_nayak:
it says working in HW mode but is it truely working in that mode? how to check this?

i have issues playing xvid files in HW mode, always switches to SW for almost all players

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not to mention xvid files dont play with android stock player at all, says not supported
[Nexus 10 General] JPW1:
Out of curiosity, why avoid the software mode over hardware? Video quality perhaps?
[Nexus 10 General] khal_nayak:
software mode wil drain ur battery faster as cpu will be used more for it compared to hardware mode which the gpu handles and cpu usage is very less, gpu works at lower frequency and specially designed for it operating at lower voltages compared to cpu which could run at more than 50% requiring more frequency and voltage and thats y the battery drain.

hardware mode also improves quality and removes lag etc at lower power requirements therefore video is not jittery or frame drops
[Nexus 10 General] Bru87tr:
Something weird with this player. HW worked the first time and with the same movie later it played SW. It is cheked to use HW first so not sure why it is using SW. It was an mp4.
[Nexus 10 General] khal_nayak:
just now there was an update but overall experience is not so good compared to mxplayer which is much smoother in its interface and overall experience. cant wait for vlc and mxplayer to have hardware acceleration sorted out

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also noticed some of my xvid files play with hw mode in mxplayer but totally jittery, switching to sw works fine but same file in bsplayer initially works fine with hw mode but when u try to seek a lot switches to sw mode and other times crashes, mxplayer hasnt crashed for me till now, if it cant play in hw it switches to sw and almost everything plays in sw mode
[Nexus 10 General] adoute:
Time Stretching

I won't have access to my N10 until Christmas, but have a question. I use a PC based PVR to record TV, and typically watch it using VLC on a PC at 1.6x speed (has great audio pitch correction so the voices sound normal). Odd, I know, but once you get used to it, its almost hard to watch things at normal speed. Pluy sit has the added benefit of allowing me to watch 2 1 hour shows during my lunch hour...

Other than VLC for Android, do any other players support variable playback speed with audio pitch correction?

Thanks -
[Nexus 10 General] KillerElohim:
One more...

Just update BSPlayer, runs every movie i have, very nice :)

Finally ....
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Updated to version 1.1 with a small bug fix and a few other changes listed in the OP.
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
The "Ad free version" link isn't working matey
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Heh, I forgot I was in the middle of updating my webserver software last night and forgot to restart my screen session on my server so I didn't realize it was still shut down. Fixed things now though and the link should work :)
[Android Apps and Games] Gillion:
No it doesn't
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Updated to 1.1.1. Array out of bounds error fixes for devices like the Galaxy Y and ZTE Warp. If you never had crashes, then no reason to update as there's nothing else new.
[Android Apps and Games] ganseki70:
Thank you for the app, latest release seems to work just fine :good:
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Not sure why it does not work for you offhand (it really does download I can assure you). This is my personal server so I do block a lot of subnet blocks when they're known for spam/malware and some innocents might get blocked in that as well. I may have your current subnet block "blocked." If you PM me your current IP (http://whatismyip.com or google "my ip"), I will whitelist it in iptables. I don't want to unblock everything (especially not for a free app), but I can help out any user that is willing to help me to help them.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Hopefully fixed a crash issue with the Galaxy Note when it pressed the additional info/settings button and also fixes for random devices that are running Android and not totally compliant (can't describe much better as they show as OTHER on the market).
[Android Apps and Games] BrainRex:
Very useful app
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Anyone that would like this translated to their native language and is willing to work with me to do so, please contact me here or at my email listed in the Android Market. For what it's worth, you'll also get credit for the translation :)
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
UPDATE (2013-01-13): Performance tweaks through code cleanup and restructuring. If nothing else is needed, next version will have some new information for GSM users and maybe some other things if I have time.

A few users were getting a permission denied error/crash when accessing additional settings (Huawei M865C & Samsung Galaxy Ace). Access problem is with your phone's current OS and the manufacturer so I cannot fix it. However, the crash will no longer happen and you get a friendly message.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
I need some help from anyone currently using my app. The RSSI in my app has to be manually calculated due to limitations of information in the Android OS. Many carriers are not using the same channels/frequency for LTE and it operates on many different ones, which causes the RSSI to be different. In order to make it easy on all you guys, I would like to try to calculate what your RSSI is for you so you don't have to select it as an option (though I will still add that as well for any that are not covered by automation).

Finding the channel bandwidth offline is not hard (as many sites show what carriers use). However, figuring what carrier you guys are on is a bit tougher if I don't know 100% what the carrier name will appear as (example: Tmobile versus T-Mobile or ATT versus AT&T). I currently have devices for AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile at my disposal, but other carriers I need some help with. I want to have this done before the next update if possible, but I will add more as I get them.

I wish there were a more elegant way to do this, but that's the best there is for now

--What I need from you guys (those not on Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T or Sprint with LTE)--

Simply paste your carrier name as it is shown in my app under "carrier" (punctuation included) in this thread or PM it to me. That's all I need and I can properly show you your RSSI signal for LTE. Right now it's set to only show properly for 700mhz LTE, but that's mainly due to legacy purposes as only one carrier had LTE at the time of making the app over a year ago.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
UPDATE (2013-06-02):

Lots of improvements (see screenshot below):

- New ways to monitor your signal quality via easy to read percentages %

- Monitor your signal based on 0-100% percentages

- ActionBar + options area for all

- Performance/stability improvements.

Compare your signal quality based on % instead of just decibels. Now, you can instantly see how great each signal reading is for your device based on a scale of 0% (worst) to 100% (best). Percentages are configured to give the best reading for your carrier by default.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
UPDATE (2013-06-03):

Bug fix that would cause the app to close when rotating the screen.

Relative percentages were adjusted a bit based on feedback.

Assuming no other issues, should be working on adding some more features useful for those on GSM carriers (mostly calculating some additional readings that are possible).
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Fixed a bug for anyone on Android 2.2. Google for some reason in their wise choice decided to leave out Arrays.copyof() in Android 2.2, despite it being a core part of the Java JDK. I decided to use it for something, assuming it was there (because why wouldn't it be, heh). Anyways, if you're on Android 2.2, it should show up in the Android Market later today :)
[Android Apps and Games] Morningstar:
The adverse version downloads, but won't install for me. Says "App not installed" every time. Play store version of installs fine, though.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Hmm, it can happen for a number of reasons.

Switching between the market version and non market version without uninstalling first is the primary reason though. I sign the market one with my key, but I don't sign the one on my server since it could complicate things for me later on doing that.

Some more info about your error though if it's not because of that: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4226132/application-not-installed-error-on-android

Let me know if you get it worked out though (or don't). I mostly keep the server version up for people that don't have access to the Android market, since some countries don't.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
If the app crashes when you open it (I see a few of you guys in error reports every now and then), it's probably something I would need you guys to contact me to fix. The reason why is your phone/tablet most likely deviates way too much from the standard radio interface layer for Android and I need specific information that an error report you send me will not give. If I don't have that information, then I can only guess as to why it's not working and most of the time, a guess is no better than not doing anything at all. I try to account for most of the random possibilities without killing performance, but like a leaky dam, I plug one hole and then another opens up.
[Android Apps and Games] kidFromBigD:
Hello- Really hoping this app will begin working for me. I have a CDMA Samsung Epic on Sprint, and once installed, the app always shows EVDO and 1XRTT signal strength exactly the same, all the time. My modem version is EC05 on the Epic, and I'm currently running MIUI 2.3.23 so if you could advise, let me know.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
I'm willing to provide any fixes if one is needed in the next release (probably a 1-2 weeks from now and pending you provide it soon enough) if you're willing to run some tests for me.

There's a few reasons though as to why you're seeing the same for both, which may be something I can fix or something caused by your device.

1) Samsung half assed the RIL and did not provide separate readings. Sadly, some OEMs do this for unexplained reasons (or worse, totally screw up the spec that it crashes my app on starting it). It seems to happen more often with Qualcomm modem chipsets I have noticed though. If that's the case, nothing we can do. My app follows the RIL guidelines Google wants OEMs to use in their provided AOSP code, but not every OEM feels they need to do that, unfortunately. I make special conditions for such devices that deviate so much that the data comes out wrong when possible, but sometimes I cannot unless a user with such device contacts me first (like you :) )

2) Since you're not on stock firmware at the moment, there's a possibility whomever ported your RIL from touchwiz to MIUI messed up configuring things. If that's the case, you would have to ask the person that ported it to clean up the hacky RIL configuration. Readings not showing up in such cases generally means the RIL communication is not optimal as well and I've seen that happen for a few AOSP ports.

3) Going with #1, the readings on your device are not aligned in the standard way google defines for the RIL. If that's the case, then I can fix it.

How can you test for me?

-You can test #1 and #3 by giving me a screen shot of all the signal info with debugging info showing. Enable it under settings in my app and wait for it to show the debug info with the next signal update (it doesn't appear instantly until a new reading shows). Then take a screenshot of both with the same readings. I can determine from that if #1 or #3 are the issues.

-You can test #2 for me by temporarily going back to the last near stock, stable version of touchwiz for your device and giving me the same information from the previous test, only for touchwiz.

If you like, you can send me the info when you collect it to my PM box or email it to info at codingcreation dot com

Sooner you do it the better though if you wish any potential fix to be added to the next version.
[Android Apps and Games] kidFromBigD:
I have sent a screen capture with debug option turned on to the e-mail specified. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] chrcol:
in the additional info I see I am on hsdpa.

but the main screen is all n/a except GSM signal strength (30db), network type unknown and carrier says DEFACE.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
I appreciate the information, but none of that helps without telling me what phone you have, what version of Android it is running, what carrier you are using, and what ROM you are running if not stock.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] chrcol:
well I have s3 with neatrom (touchwiz) based rom 4.1.2.

however it was all caused by xprivacy blocking the id of the phone, so your app is fine :)
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
UPDATE (2013-09-03):

Added RSSI signal for GSM/HSPA devices

LTE SNR and CDMA/EVDO ECIO are now listed in decibels instead of the Android default of centibels.

Few bug fixes for devices crashing on startup. If it still crashes for you, you need to contact me for fixes.
[Android Apps and Games] nixuspix:
Problem to run this app

Hi!

My story in brief first: have bought the Galaxy Note 3 EU model with Spain localization PHE. Have tried to use it in Latvia with LMT provider, providing LTE as well. But in More networks Setting did not found LTE option, but only WCDMA and GSM. Then i brought the phone to LMT local Samsung service center, where they put on :

Model: SM-N9005

Country: Baltic

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 1628120

Build date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:38:57 +0000

Product Code: SEB

PDA: N9005XXUBMJ1

CSC: N9005OXXBMJ2

MODEM: N9005XXUBMJ1

but since the CSC was not changed ( it still showed PHE in Kies), the LTE option did not appear as well.

Then i found your app Advanced Signal Setup and it provided me with LTE! Excellent and great!

But then i have brought the Note 3 to service center again asking them to do smth. with CSC and they returned it back now with firmware

Country UK

Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 2019540

Build date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:58:12 +0000

Product Code: BTU

PDA: N9005XXUDMJ7

CSC: N9005OXXDMJ4

MODEM: N9005XXUDMJ7

and which is important now Kies show:

Latest firmware version: PDA:MJ7 / PHONE:MJ7 / CSC:MJ4 (BTU)

Current firmware version: PDA:MJ7 / PHONE:MJ7 / CSC:MJ4 (BTU)

So looks OK, but still no LTE option to select for LMT provider and the MAIN thing when Advanced Signal Status is started,

when i press Additional Info tab, i get the error:

The manufacturer of your device either did not include access to this feature in the OS version used or restricts access to it ( Permission denial)

Can You help me please?
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Hi, some carriers block access to the means I give users to reach that information, such as what you have likely observed yourself. However, there are a few ways you can help me to be sure there are no alternatives:

1) Send me a logcat before pressing the button and showing that message that you cannot access it. This should show me if there's an error with the OS blocking my app from accessing things. If you're new to using logcat, here's is a guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726238

2) Give me a link to the firmware you are currently using so I can decompile it and see what it is doing.

3) Try a different firmware/Android OS version (if 1 and 2 fail).
[Android Apps and Games] nixuspix:
1) Yes, i am a total novice in android world; sorry for that. It is written in descriptions of these apps, that the device should be rooted in case of JB. Mine is not rooted yet

2) hxxp://hotfile.com/dl/253765851/60c4675/BTU-N9005XXUDMJ7-20131106115521.zip.html
[Android Apps and Games] TheSmokingAndroid:
Sweet app! You know what would make it even more rad? Having an option to view the info in the drop down notification tray. Instead of opening the app every time, we could simply and easily pull down our notification tray and see it there. Not the end of the world, but if it does get added, would be pretty sweet ;)
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Thanks for the reply

Really need a log cat. Do you have a pc with adb installed? If you're not sure what adb is we'll start there, but I will help you to get the log.

Also, need to know what OS your pc is using that would be using.

From what I've seen though, it's unlikely there's not much that can be done, but I would like to check anyways. If we cannot figure something out, it's not my fault though (or yours), it's the carrier blocking it and it's too difficult for me to filter phones for that functionality outside of giving a message.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
That's not a bad idea. I'll consider adding it for android 4.1+ devices in the near future.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
I'm going to look at that ROM tonight, but don't get your hopes up too high. Pretty much I can only provide means that are within the bounds of the Android API so nothing that tries to use an exploit. My app could be flagged and removed from the market if I tried anything like that even if it was for a good reason and for the user's benefit.

I know the stock android API provides nothing and wouldn't even bother to look at this if I didn't think there was a very slim chance there's some proprietary way to do it via what Samsung changes from stock Android.
[Android Apps and Games] nixuspix:
Hi! No I only have this WCDMA/GSM option!

I have read on another forum, that Samsung in their latest firmware MJ7 closed the hole in modem, which was to start your and all similar programs, like ShowServiceMode or ServiceMode Shortcut and this situation is also on phones Galaxy S4 with latest firmware.

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Hmm, that's a shame. Was hoping you were just overlooking that option. Have you looked into adjusting your APN settings? I know some networks, like T-Mobile in the United States have a separate APN for phones with LTE.

I'm out of workaround options though after trying various things on a borrowed Note 3. I'd love to bring it back for those that lost it, but it's not possible without exploiting the system itself.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
Here's an experimental build (link below) I've been working (only on my server for now as I'm not sure I want to stick with Scala for it or not yet). There are no new user level features in it yet, but I rebuilt the code using Scala instead of Java (the source code in Scala for anyone curious) and the user interface is using the more efficient Android GraphLayout instead of a TableLayout.

Anyone that wants to "live on the edge" and try it, feel free, but if you encounter issues, let me know as it'll help determine which way I go (Scala or Java).

Why Scala? Probably doesn't matter to most, unless you also do some development, but a few reasons:

1) Scala requires less lines of code to do the same thing in Java. Thus less code = more features added faster

2) Works with Java libraries

3) Async / Await > Android AsyncTask

Also, before anyone asks, there is no fix in this build for the "additional settings area" for those on Note3 and Galaxy S3 & S4 devices that were locked out by their carrier. I touched on it before, but to reiterate, there is no way for me to fix it unless your device has root, which by then, you would also likely have a way to toggle your network without needing me to add it :)

http://codingcreation.com/android-apps/SignalInfo-dev.apk
[Android Apps and Games] Olorin14:
Hi Yareally,

Great application! I am trying to do this kind of application but I want to record the values every seconds for UMTS (I am in Europe).

For what I undestood, I have to take the value of the GSM RSSI wich correspond to the UMTS RSCP in 3G (define in Google API).

How did you manage to have this value (GSM RSSI)? Are you using NeigboringCellInfo? I can't get it working.
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
The code for most of the app is on my Github. Currently MIT licensed.
[Android Apps and Games] Olorin14:
OK Thanks, I found the link, I will take a look at it. And thanks for the application, it has been a good help for me to see what I can get working on my device.
[Android Apps and Games] abe_cedar:
sammy broke it

yareally,

Is this block from the modem of from some other place?

I wonder how it could be bypassed.

I am on a rooted bootloader unlocked N3 device.

TIA

Abe
[Android Apps and Games] yareally:
If you're rooted, then I can add functionality back for it. I just can't for anyone not rooted and it will never happen for them. In fact, I'm thinking of removing the feature totally and putting it in a separate app, because I keep getting 5-10 email complaints about it a week + my app review rating has slid from 4.6 to 4.4 over the past month because of users that don't understand I can't do anything about it (despite making it the top line of my app summary and replying to anyone that asks about it).
[Android Apps and Games] abe_cedar:
Always a pleasure hearing from you. I will wait for the root version.

I really like to get into the guts of the network mode. I am interested since verizon is lighting up aws. I want to be able to change cdma lte aws etc.

Thanks for your reply

Abe