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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ttkyles:
ok after a month with my note 2,

I've been reading thread after thread. It works perfectly .

I initially took the ota update to 4.1.2 then read xda for a week , to finally root and debloat.

And to top it all off 4g lte is

finally in the D.

4g connects seamlessly compared to my old mopho!

Anyway I think I've struck gold with the gn2 cause I almost got the htc one ( being an old OG evo user).

The note 2 just seems well put together !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noc_t:
I use Google play music with the streaming option. Whenever I install a new ROM the music I have downloaded no longer appears on my device to play. Anyone else know a work around besides deleting the music off then re downloading it all?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
At the Risk of Asking the Obvious...

Have you tried reinstalling the app? I don't use it, but I have spent the last few minutes Googling the question and it does not appear to be a common issue.

I will try it out when I get home, since I have been wanting to kill Rhapsody for a LONG time, but the song selection is massive...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
It's because the device isn't authorized. Log in to Google music from your computer. Hit the little cog wheel in the upper right corner. Go to devices and delete ALL of the devices. Then wipe data on your Google music app. Then open it. Authorize it by selecting your email address when it first boots. Profit
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Very Nice...

Had the same problem for the few days I was on Google Voice, which drove me nuts. When I switched back to a ROM that had SVVM, I had to kill the device from my Google account.

FYI: Lovin' the new avatar; it is, needless to say, bad@ss.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
Thanks! Had to be myself! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Lol, I just noticed what it said:thumbup::thumbup: Me too brother

Team Rejectz
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
Happy to hear that bro! We're coming out of the shadows slowly but surely!!!

Stick together!

http://m.facebook.com/#!/abadasstanker69?__user=744580260
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
I Just Like the Simple Humor of It...

I love the little feet on the ichthys sign. Quite funny indeed.

And hey, if it expresses something about you, then I'm full on that is awesome!

Thumb up!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Couldn't send you a request cuz of your privacy settings... Check your pm box
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
Problem solved! Sorry about that guys...just didn't want any weirdos on there. Good to go now!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
This is not related to your problem but it is related to Google Music. If you wish to play Google Music on a 3rd party music player then try GMusicFS. once downloaded just log onto your account & sync. GMusicFS
[Android Themes] Jarmezrocks:
For the Diehard Rotary & Performance car nuts - Mad Mike Drift Boot Animation+Sound

For those of you who don't know who this guy is or who have been living under a rock, Mike Whiddett is one of the world's best drifters. He may not be THE best, but he goes down in history as being possibly the greatest show man of them all. He has a hand built Quad Rotar Naturally Aspirated Mazda RX7 generating in excess of 580hp at the wheels (pretty decent for an NA 2.6 litre engine don't you think?) soon to be running 200+HP shot of nitrous oxide! He also runs in competition a 20B Triple Rotar Turbo Mazda RX8 in it's current form generates in excess of 850hp. The RX7 is by far the most popular due to the atmosphere it brings and the intimidation it creates amongst his peers and fellow competitors

Mad Mike Drifting Mt Crown in NZ in his Quad Rotar RX7

Preview

Note: Apologies for it being landscape, I had no other choice as the footage is from YouTube not my own, I had issues trying to keep the car in frame when cropping the video....resulting in either too much black space and/or car out of scene. The GIF is much larger than the animation.

Download

Note:The current screen config is 720x1280 so you may need to edit the desc.txt inside the zip.

Bootsound (click on the speaker icon to preview the sound from this beast)

If you don't want the animation and just want to hear/see the car in action, then feel free to check out my favorite vids below:

Seeming XDA's YouTube function is crapola click on the thumbnail gif previews to take you to the YouTube Link
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sofakng:
I was looking for a cheap Android tablet to function as a dedicated podcast and video playing device.

Basically, I just want to download video podcasts (automatically, overnight) as well as play some 1080p bluray MKV files.

The Nook HD+ with 32 GB and a micro-SDHC slot for $179 seems like an amazingly good price.

What is the catch?

Will it play 1080p MKV files (and stream across a network) quickly? How badly does it lag?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rushless:
It depends on how they are encoded, since might correctly leverage the hardware and might not.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Danrarbc:
It'll depend on which exact version of h.264 high profile is used, audio shouldn't be a huge issue - though surround would cause useless extra processing for something that'll only output stereo. Native DTS or Dolby Digital may also be an issue but I haven't looked at Android support for those.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] SteveCoops:
I use mine (with the CyanogenMod) to play back videos. Not tried big 1080p files yet but smaller demo clips work fine. I often play back 720p TV rips mkv files no problem.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sofakng:
Would the Nexus 7 be more powerful at decoding 1080p videos?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] extrem0:
It won't play 1080p as 1080p. Nexus 7 resolution is 1280×800. So it has a better performance anyway as it has a lower resolution and better hardware.

Unless you're talking about Nexus 7 2nd generation, which will have 1080p screen and will probably perform better than hd+ too, but I don't know when it'll be released
[Nook HD, HD+ General] srgibbs99:
I just tested an MP4 file with the following info (windows):

It seemed to play wonderfully using MX Player on my HD+. Does that help?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sofakng:
Thanks so much!

I think for $179 (32 GB version) it's an amazing deal.

How big is the letter-boxing when watching 16:9 videos? (I think it will be a little worse than the full iPad which is unfortunate, but not terrible)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] hirent:
There is no catch.

They were originally priced at $279(16GB) & $300(32GB). Even with that kind of pricing it was kind of a no-profit deal for B&N. Their hope was to build an ecosystem akin to Amazon, hence the low prices on the devices.

Since that didn't pan out, they are now stuck with a boatload of these devices (I'm guessing). To clear them out, they dropped the prices; first from $279 to $179 (Mother's day) and now to $149 (Father's day).

Since they are selling so well at these prices they decided to extend the sale for an undisclosed period of time.

The internal hardware is not top-shelf, kinda average and mid-range specs.

However, most of the money is in the screen, which is top-notch.

Since these are meant to be ereaders, B&N devoted a major chunk of the budget to the screen.

The resolution is not standard 1920x1080; it is 1920x1280. With a screen size of 9", it translates to a pixel density of 257ppi, compared to the 264ppi of the Retina Display iPad.

For $150, you can't get such an LCD panel. You could buy 3 of these for less than the price of 1 iPad.

Also, note that the next Nexus 7 is rumored to be priced at $230; that's an $80 difference if you compared the 16GB models.

My suggestion: buy the 16GB model and invest $30-$40 in a 64GB card. Its a no-brainer.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] srgibbs99:
Here is a screen shot of a 1080p mp4 trailer:

and here it is cropped:

Both using MX Player.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Danrarbc:
It's a 16:9 screen. 16:9 video will display with no bars.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ilal2ielli:
The screen is actually closer to 16:10, the resolution is 1920x1280.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] pdx1138:
There are a lot of 64gb cards that don't work well with the Nook HD+

The most reliable one is the 64gb Sandisk Class 6 and I have one that works perfectly.

Lowest price I found was amazon for $ 80. still worth it though. I bought the 32gb Nook HD+

so now I have a 96gb awesome tablet for way less than a Nexus or Samsung would be

with that much storage.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] pdx1138:
ndnusta her

ya 3:2 ratio.

the great part is HD video still fits very well and the real bonus is, you

can do a zoom with MX player with 4:3 content that clips only a very

slight unnoticeable amount of the top and bottom for full screen playback.

the combination of 3:2 aspect screen and 9" size is perfect for that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
Nice thread. I've just ordered a Nook HD+ for watching TV/movies on my regular train journey (4hrs).

I plan on installing CyanogenMod: any good ideas for optimisation for speed? I really don't care how pretty the UI is, I just need it to be snappy and bulletproof when watching MKVs.

Does the Nook HD+ have any problems if the soundtracks are DTS or DD? Will I have to transcode before transfer?

On a full battery will the Nook HD+ play OK for 4 hours (1080p AVC/VC1/x264 MKVs)?

Any recommendations on a video app? I use MX Player on my HOX but if there is anything that performs better (i.e. hardware acceleration?) I'd love to know.

Does using USB OTG drain battery more than reading from internal memory?

Thanks for your time.

Edit: Read this thread, looks good! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2434493
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
If you want zero hassle, use 720p vids. There is no visual difference on a 9" screen, it's smaller size than 1080p (read: you can pack more vids onto a SD card), and HD+ can handle most of them with either hardware or software decoding.

HD+ can do 1080p if it can use hardware decode, which may or not happen depending on where you get your nuggets. If you roll your own flicks, you can adjust encoding params to allow hardware decoding (mainly, keep ref frames < 14). The problem area is with animes, which commonly use VFR and ref=16. Again, keeping it to 720p should solve most probs.

Some have their existing libs of 1080p flicks that they want to watch. If you have the knowledge and spare PC cycles, I would batch transcode the lot to 720p, which also makes streaming via wifi possible. Recoding VFR animes does require some reading.

>Does the Nook HD+ have any problems if the soundtracks are DTS or DD?

For standard 5.1 DTS/AC3, MX requires installing a custom codec (link within the app) because of legal issues. I haven't tried with 7.1 stuff (DTS MA, etc).

>On a full battery will the Nook HD+ play OK for 4 hours

Generally, yes. It may vary depending whether hardware or software decoding is used.

>Any recommendations on a video app?

I use MX, and it seems to be the most popular at the moment. I tried BS a few weeks ago in trialing various players, but it wasn't on par with MX.

>Does using USB OTG drain battery more than reading from internal memory?

If HD+ has to power the USB device, then it uses more battery.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sofakng:
I purchased a Nook HD+ a while ago and have recently purchased a Nexus 7 (2013).

The Nook HD+ has a fantastic screen, SD card slot, and a great size, but it's incredibly slow. I have problems playing many video files. For example, MX Player won't do HW decode on MPEG-2 video and even 1080p MKV (H.264) videos often play choppy, etc. (I'm using CM 10.1)

It's really too bad because the Nexus 7's screen is just a bit too small for me. I'm thinking about picking up a Nexus 10 but I'm guessing a refresh is probably coming soon...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rushless:
Might want to hold off and get the ASUS 701. Tegra 4, 32gb, sd slot and even higher res than HD+ for $400. Like the A6X, Tegra 4 has robust hardware scaling, so should not have gpu issues pushing all the pixels. Plus great video support for media.

The HD+ is bogged down by the very thing attracting most of us (the display). Well, that combined with price.

I agree with 720p being a better option. Less resources and less space. Not seeing how anyone could tell the difference with 1080p unless on a 24" or larger display.

I am a tad tempted in returning my HD+ and getting the 701. That way I can use one tablet for everything rather than using other tablets for 3D gaming. Then again, the HD is a nice size and convenient.

Will probably keep the HD+ since it is great for everything but heavy 3d gaming........ Yep, I am keeping it. The positives outweigh the one main negative. Price helps too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rhyang:
I do two things with blu-rays: rip to mkv format, then convert to mp4 via Handbrake. I haven't had problems with 1080p but 720p works great too, and set audio to ffmpeg. My WiFi router has a uPnP server built in, so I just put the movie on a USB stick, plug it in, for streaming over WiFi. Then I watch using MX player and bubble upnp.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jrioux:
Nook HD+ vs iPad

Actually, the Nook HD+ should be as good as the iPad because both machines are the same width (when watching movies). The iPad is taller, but that extra screen area is not used for viewing a movie.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>I have problems playing many video files. For example, MX Player won't do HW decode on MPEG-2 video and even 1080p MKV (H.264) videos often play choppy, etc.

Android video players aren't as capable as PC players, and older codecs aren't as well supported. HW decoding pertains only to H.264, not H.262 (MPEG-2). 1080p plays choppy when HW decode isn't available, which isn't a surprise given the myriad ways to encode a video. I think expecting a $150 tablet to play every video under sun is a tad unrealistic. It wasn't so long ago that 1080p was a "hard case" for PCs/laptops, which has much more powerful CPUs/GPUs and better players.

IME, the OMAP 4470 is a little better than Tegra 3 with respect to video playback. That still means HW-decoding is required for 1080p. The Exynos 5 Dual in Nexus 10 has its own performance issues (thermal throttling) keeping up with the 2560x1600 display for gaming. It's a crappy SoC that was soon discarded by Samsung in favor of the Exy5 Oct and S600. In fact, Nexus 10 aside, I don't recall any Android tablet from last year that is capable of high-bitrate 1080p without HW decoding. Tegra 4 and the current gen of SoCs may allow that for this year, but I doubt any of them will be sold for $150.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Jorakal:
1080 p videos play fine on my nook HD Plus. I am currently using the Carbon ROM. I ripped my blurays and made the 1080p mkv file using handbrake's default setting for my video library. The first track is Dolby Surround for compatibility with my tablets and smartphones. The second track is either DTS or Dolby Digital depending on the source. MKV video player plays them correctly. It does not play the DTS audio. Diceplayer plays DTS with no problem.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
Great replies thanks. I take the point about 1080p being overkill for IQ. I Just wondered if I could use the same library for both portable and home cinema.

I do make my own files from purchased discs and so will take care on encoding. I'm looking forward to getting it. I don't mind so much a juddery ui as long as the vids are smooth.

I'll report my findings once I'm using it!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] j0a0a7:
Using MX Player didn't have any issues playing 1080p movies.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m1complex:
I have some home mp4 movies captured from a Kodak Playful HD camera that are 1920x1080 resolution (full 1080p) @29fps and a bitrate of 10551kbps that play fine from a local source, but stutter a little over the wifi connected at 65Mbps. VLC on my laptop will stutter with this file. Laptop is a Intel Core2 duo 1.83GHz with GS 8600M nvidia card.

So far it has played any file that I've tried that plays on my RaspberryPi running Openelec.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
My Nook hd+ has now arrived. The original nook os was pretty sticky, with hitches and stutters all over the place. Installing cm10.1 was a piece of cake, sd card was read first time.

Now it is very snappy, fewer ui stutters than my HOX really, but not perfect (I've not seen a perfectly smooth android desktop yet).

As expected browsing and emails are fine.

With my limited testing it's great with videos, both 720p and 1080p. BS player was even happy with a 1080p DTS soundtrack movie, 7gb over 1hr 45m whatever bitrate that is.

I'm pleased.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
And.... It's doing a grand job. Great pq, seems very smooth, and it's at 30% after 3.5 hours of 1080p video, one with DTS sound.

Happy :D
[Nook HD, HD+ General] chili81:
I've got the 32GB + 64GB so for storage you can't do much better!

The screen is also perfect - beautiful coloring for a tablet (not blown out iPad blues) and full 1080p looks fantastic.

I'm running CM10.1.3.

Running XBMC on my server and Yatse on the Nook to control the streaming to MXPLayer. It's sick! Also tried BS Player and DICE player which seem decent. VLC needs work. I've tested with files local, vs. streaming and not much performance difference.

1080p plays well when using hardware rendering. Sucks without it.

720p with only software rendering is watchable but not perfect.

For DTS, you there are licensing issues, so for at least MX Player, you need to download a codec manually and point your player to it to downmix to software audio on the nook (it will only allow passthrough). That's also only a problem if DTS is the only stream available.

The big downside is that hardware rendering seems extremely picky about MKV's. Most of mine don't work, so the 1080p's are unwatchable. Hopefully I can find some settings that do work and just re-encode them (just remux if I'm lucky). Not terribly convenient, but if I can figure it out, it won't be a problem going forward.

So it's perfect if I can figure out how to get hardware decoding working consistently. If not, I'd probably hold off in hindsight.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
I use my hd plus to play mkv 1080p with the Archos video player. The file sizes are usually more than 10 gb. No problem at all. The Great Gatsby looks fantastic on the screen. For 140, this is the best value for an android tablet.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Non_Sequitur:
Best Video setting MX Player Pro for Nook HD+

Dear Forum,

Greetings! -I own a Nook HD+ (32 GB + 64 GB via a SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSDXC card), and I love to use this tablet to play movies on my HDTV using the HDMI video interface. The video files are mp4 format 720P or 1080P (comparable to what you would find at w w w yify torrent), and my video App of choice is the MX Player Pro.

The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD+ 9 inch tablet specifications are as follows:

OS: Android (4.0.3)

System Chip: TI OMAP 4470

Processor: Dual core, 1500 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9

Graphics processor: PowerVR SGX544 @ 384 MHz

System memory: 1 GB RAM, Built-in storage: 32 GB (+ 64 GB MicroSDXC card)

Resolution: 1920 x 1280 pixels, Pixel density: 256 ppi

My question is, what would you suggest are the best MX Player Pro "Decoder" settings for my Nook HD+? I mean, there are various "HARDWARE" (H/W), "SOFTWARE" (S/W) decoder and "Deinterlace" options available, what specific settings would work best for my device?

Curiously,

Non Sequitur
[Nook HD, HD+ General] barth2:
You want to use hw decoding if possible and fallback to ws only if necessary. 720p and 1080p are not interlaced so you can turn off deinterlacing.

Whether the file will play smoothly will depend on how high the bitrate is. From my experience, 720p files are fine, 1080p files are more iffy, again, depending on the bitrate.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Korgy:
HW+ has been my go to setting for MX player. Most 720 and 1080 videos run smooth on that setting. That goes for my HD and HD plus.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] B23X:
1080p Video playback

I know most of the posts are 6 months+ old but I just wanted to point out that 1080p files play absolutely perfectly with BSplayer.

I see some people having some problems, and it isn't the Nook's fault, just use BSplayer and everything is perfect.:good:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] demi9od:
Dredging up an old post, but it seems the most relevant here. I have been traveling with a Nexus 7 2013 for .mkv playback, but am hoping the Nook HD+ will improve on my current set up.

First Issue: The Nexus 7" screen is just too small for 2.35:1 format films. It's OK for 16:9 but letterbox on a 7" screen is painfully small.

Second Issue: Volume output of the Nexus 7 is lacking. I prefer a pair of HD 380s or ATH-M50s over IEMs for air travel. Even with MX Player set to 30, quiet dialogue on the Nexus 7 can be hard to hear over a jet engine. Neither of these headphones is high impedance, it's just that the AC3 or DTS tracks have so much more dynamic range than music. I could fix this with a $30 headphone amp as a stopgap.

So I am researching an inexpensive device to replace the Nexus 7. I wanted a Chromebook to work, but they just doesn't seem to be there yet. The HP Stream 11 or 13 both seem like OK options, but the dull TN screen is a major turn off, plus they are bulky. Samsung 10.1" tablets aren't too much more expensive, and if the Nook doesn't work, that seems to be where I have to go.

A gamebreaker consideration for the Nook is it's battery. Is it capable of being charged by a portable charger while playing movies? This is the brick I've got: amzn.com/B00DFWRZCG. This would triple the battery if it worked.

tl;dr

Is the Nook HD+ audio output louder than a Nexus 7(2013)?

Can the Nook HD+ be charged by a portable battery charger, while playing movies?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] extrem0:
I can't tell about audio output volume because I don't own a Nexus 7. I find its output volume good, louder than previous devices (smartphones) I owned. But if you're in a public space I strongly suggest using headphones.

If you use it in airplane mode, I think Nook hd+ can play videos for about 5 hours. Never tried before, just a thought. In airplane mode, I can get screen up to 11-12 hours of reading with 30-40% brightness. B&N Nook HD+ says 9 hours of video playback and 10 hours of reading.

I have a RAVPower 10000mAH that can charge my nook as it was plugged in power outlet. Both 2.1A / 1A ports works good. I think yours might work too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
I routinely use my Nook HD + for watching movies on the train. I do a five hour trip and often have 50% leftover watching stereo 720p. 1080p with DTS eats more battery but still over 5 hours. I use a cyanogen mod 12 rom. I highly advise getting rid of stock rom.

Volume is acceptable but I'd like it louder using my dt1350 phones. I'm tempted to try a headphone amp or dac but it doesn't bother me enough to spend that cash.

Finally, I see no reason why it wouldn't charge. I myself have used a small power bank to extend the battery.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] demi9od:
I definitely plan on booting another ROM, and see no benefit to the 32gb model since everything will be on SD anyways. I prefer 720p/AC3 but don't want to bother with re-encoding 1080p/DTS when that's what I've got.

The dt1350 are 80ohm where the HD 380 are 54ohm, so they may go a little louder. I've been totally spoiled by the amp in my HTC One M8, that thing has real power.

Nice on the charger, I was worried about 5v vs 5.1v.

Now I just need to find the best deal on one of these. Looks like $105 from Nomorerack.com on the 16gb.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Bossk128:
The screen is 1080 and looks lovely with full HD material :)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] tnsai:
Hey all just noticed something whilst i was messing around with the button settings of my XdaIIs.. i noticed that there is a button called rotate screen.. is taht anywhere on the unit??

here's a screenie
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] veletron:
Hi

I've got an original rommed XDA IIs and no such button listed. I just have buttons1-9 listed on the left. I use the 'record' button (button 8) to switch the screen around. 'Button 9' is the O2 button on the slide out keyboard. I suspect this is your rotate screen button.

Nigel