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[Android Apps and Games] myfirstapp:
Hi everyone...this is our first game that was launched yesterday for Android. We have ben working on it for a couple of months now and decided to put a FREE version up for the community. We would appreciate any support that we get from you guys and girls. I am from New Zealand so apologises in advance if I don't reply straight away

Search for "Base Defence - GZ Free" on Google Play please.

Description

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Get ready to unleash carnage on your enemies in Base Defence - Ground Zero! Taking a classic tower defence game to a whole new 3D world!

The rebellion army has located all our research stations! They are in search of our main communication satellite which will take our research back decades if destroyed. Take command of turrets with special abilities to hold your defence against wave after wave of enemies! This is what your training was all about. Prove that all those hours of blood, sweat and tears was worth it!!!

This game is ad supported and FREE to play for:

-> The first world map under Campaign game mode

-> The first 3 levels under Open Field game mode

Features

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-> 3 world maps (Forest, Desert, Snow)

-> Over 50 levels with more coming soon!

-> 2 different game modes (Campaign and Open Field) with more to come!

-> A massive collection of 21 turrest to choose from

-> 18 turrets (6 unique turrets with 3 upgrades each)

-> 3 supporting turrets

-> Defend against 14 enemy types

-> Ground units

-> Flying units

-> Fast units

-> Firing units

-> Carrier units

-> This game only supports English at the moment
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
I have a codec called ARM v7 Neon, but my tablet's processor is Exynos 5 Octa.

Since I am having stuttering issues with HD video streamed over AC WiFi, I figured maybe the codec was an issue.

If I aim my AC-enabled laptop at the same HD video file over the same WiFi connection it plays on Windows Media Player without a hitch.

MX player is good for about 25 seconds of "good" playback before the audio clipping (?) sets in. It's not horrendous - the speakers are legible and the image looks perfect. Pausing playback for five seconds and then resuming gives another 25 seconds of good playback.

So.... have I got the right codec?

Some other issue?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
Can you tell me what the total bit rate is and is in an .mp4, .mkv, .avi or .mov?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Cirno5:
It's rather your WiFi than a codec issue
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
But wouldn't that beg the question of why the AC-capable laptop connected to the same router in the same location can play the same .MPEG with no problem?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
Rates According To Windows

It is a .MPG file recorded straight from the over-the-air stream.

Windows.Properties.Video says Total Bitrate = 16,408kbps, Data rate = 16,216kbps

Windows.Properties.Audio says Bit rate = 192kbps, Audio sample rate = 48 kHz

I've got a trimmed version (2 minutes/200 megs) that I could post somewhere, but to reproduce the problem it would have to be viewed over 802.11AC.

Video looks a-ok, it's the audio that is problematic. Over N, audio is almost unintelligible right from the start. But over AC it's perfect for about the first ten seconds and then playback has to be paused for five seconds to get perfect playback for another 20-30 seconds. But even when it's "bad" under AC, it's not nearly as bad as under N.

But I have to keep coming back to the fact that an AC-capable laptop has no problems at all.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] GldRush98:
Exynos is an Arm proc.... The problem is not the codec.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
Video stream playback issues are hard to track down so it may take a lot of trial and error. So get ready for a lot of questions.

I think this could be an audio codec issue not video.........

If you give me a link to that trimmed file I can test it as I have an AC1300 router.

Are you making these video files or are you downloading them? If your making them can I ask why are you using .mpg over say .mkv or .mp4 as I believe those have better audio codec choices.

When you go into your tablets wifi settings what is the link speed in Mbps?

Are you the same distance from the router when you use the laptop and the tablet? Are you streaming this from your computer or from a drive on the router?

Have you installed an app like Wifi Analyzer to see what your signal stream looks like.

Have you tried a few of the other video players in the play store like the ones below to see if they may work better.

Mobo Video Player Pro

HD Video Player

iMPlayer+

VPlayer Video Player

.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
The forum will not let me post a link until I've put up "approximately 10 posts".

Flip me an email address or just wait until the forum is happy.

They are coming right off the air via a SilconDust tuner.

It's all over the place. Seems like it returns some recent figure rather than the max speed.

I've seen well over 400kbps and the Ubiquiti "UniFi Controller" app used for setup and oversight of the WAP is reporting "40.0M" right now as the tablet is playing the video.

Yes, approximately 3 feet - on the corner of a kitchen table next to the TV stand where the WAP lives.

From a hard drive on my 24-7 computer - running Windows 7.

Here is what WiFi Analyzer shows - with the tablet in the same position as when playing the vid:

CH36 5180 MHz -45dBm

I've tried the native Samsung player, MoboPlayer, BS Player, and a couple others whose names escape me at the moment. On all, the playback was worse than MX Player's. I will try the other three on the list and report back.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
Here is a workaround - URL munged to fool the forum:

doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyou dot filedropper dot com slash charlierose-4476563-0truncatedto2minutes02

This is my first time using FileDropper, so let me know if there is any problem and I will put it someplace else.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
OK, got the file.

Voice to lips is off on desktop pc, converted to.MP4 voice is right on and file went from 200mb to 145mb with same compression. What model SilconDust tuner are you using as the picture is great. So is your stream from a recorded file on your hard drive or a direct live stream from your SilconDust tuner.

How are you getting the signal to your tablet, with an app?

Streams to my SM-P600 using MXplayer on a 5GHz N router voice is out of sync a little but no audio clipping for entire 2 minute clip.

Will update later about the 5GHz AC router as it is at my home.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] valexi:
Download the newest XBMC alpha and try that one.

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/android/arm/

It has the full hardware decoding to Eyxynos processor.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
All I can find on the devices is "Silicon Dust HD HomeRun Dual ATSC Tuner". No model numbers. I have two boxes. Each box has two tuners in it.

I use SageTV to schedule and record. As I understand it from the SageTV docs there is zero processing/transcoding going on. Sage just takes the signal from the HD HomeRun and writes it to disc. Voice/video synch for the local PBS station is not always that wonderful - even when viewed directly on my TV.

That one may have gone over my head.

I am using FX File Manager to link to the Windows-shared drive on the PC where the files live. When I "Open" a .mpg file, Android turns it over to MX Player unless I do an "Open With". So I *think* the answer is that the tablet app is reading the file directly.

Unencumbered by any knowledge of this stuff, I'm starting to think I have a problem with my tablet. If it plays OK on your P600 over the AC router maybe you can share the exact filenames of both your video and audio drivers and, hopefully, there will be a difference against mine....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
I wound up with something called xmbc-13.0-Gotham_alpha11-armeabi-v7a.apk.

But MX Player Pro | Settings | Decoder | General | Custom Codec | (navigated to folder containing abovementioned .apk) threw "Cannot Load Custom Codec. Use Default Codec Instead."
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] valexi:
I mean install the apk and try to play the video with XBMC.

Definitely best player out there.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
Your file plays in a stream without any clipping over my AC router.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Cirno5:
Nope, especially not when we're talking about Samsung
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
Can you say what "drivers" you are using for audio and video?

Quotes because I am not cure of the terminology.... "Codecs" ?

I'm thinking that if it plays ok on your P600 over AC, the problem must be in my P600 - especially since it plays ok on my Windows laptop over AC.

We are both using MX Player, right?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
Please tell me were your files reside (computer, laptop, router??) and how your laptop gets and plays them VS. how does you tablet get access to those files.

My files are stored on a hard drive that is attached to a USB port on my AC router, my tablet uses MediaHouse UPnP / DLNA browse to gain access to those files and then MX Player opens the video file for viewing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
The problem file resides on a 2-TB hard drive that is connected to a Windows 7 PC.

I *think* the laptop and the tablet access the file in the same manner: via a Windows connection as in NET USE - but I don't know enough about Android (or, for that matter, Windows) to say the methods are exactly the same. All I can say for sure is that, in both cases, I specify a DeviceName\ShareName to make the connection. The tablet is using v2.3.0.10 of the "FX" file manager with the FX "Network" add-in. I get the directory list in FX, tap on the file name, and MX Player takes over.

On the laptop, I'm using Windows Media Player.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
I tried your file again using FX file manager and I get the same results, smooth playback entire time.

The 2tb drive your using is it a portable drive? How many hard wired devices are sharing your network? How many wireless devices share your network?

I have a tivo, TV and a computer hard wired on my network and only my table uses my wireless connection. Have you tried using Media House that I mentioned in one of my other postings, you may get a different result and it shows album art and shows a photo from video as an icon.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
I think we may be getting somewhere.

Using Media House, I got smooth playback after copying a file to my NAS box (Media House did not recognize my PC as a media repository).

Then I used MX Player via FX to play the same video from the NAS box and the audio problem appeared as usual. Aimed MX via FX at the same video on the PC just to be sure and got the same bad result.

Media House's introduction dialog contains words to the effect of "Media House does not play video itself, instead it uses one of your installed video players.".

When using Media House to play the vid, I selected MX Player from it's menu - getting good, clear playback.

Looking at it from the outside, that's telling me that the problem is somewhere in the way that FX reaches out over the LAN and retrieves the problem file that it then feeds to MX Player. Media House must use a different method of getting the data before it feeds the same file to MX Player.

That still leaves the puzzle of why your FX file manager gives smooth playback, but at least it seems to localize the problem somewhat.... and also explain why the laptop with Windows Media Player works.

My FX is v2.3.1.7. Seems to me like, somewhere along the line, I paid extra for network access; but I cannot find anything like an add-on in my ApplicationManger's list, so I must be wrong. All I have is FX (14.45 MB), FX Key (129 KB), and FX Root Access (40.00 KB).

If I can figure out how to make Media House recognize my PC as one of it's repositories, I might have a workaround. I don't have enough free space on the NAS box to move my recorded TV there.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
This is an update for anybody else who has been here.

I replaced FX File Explorer v2.3.1.7 with ES File Explorer v3.1.0.3 and the problem has gone away.

Still using MX Player to render the videos, just changed the middleman.

This still begs the question of why kKretch's playback is OK using FX/MX, and my guess is that the likes of me will never know.

But for me, at least: Problem Solved. (or, at least, worked around....)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] kkretch:
Could be one of many variables............

Glad your up and running now.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] PeteCress:
Oh yeah, one more change since replacing FX with EX: MX Player now resumes where it left off last time it was playing a video. I always had the option set, and wondered why it never worked. Now it works. Go figure...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Glen L:
use diceplayer, its free and way better than MX Player
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Cirno5:
What's better in DicePlayer?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] AMG_Roadster:
What makes it better?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Glen L:
Its free.

it supports FTP playing

it supports SAMBA

its free

no adverts

it supports WebDAV

it supports HTTP bookmarks

its free :)

it supports subtitles

it supports multi window

its free :)

it has popup playing capabilities

it has gestures controls (left side swipe up / down for volume, right side swipe up / down for brightness)

it supports playing from NAS

and did I mention that its free? :)

Why not try it yourself to find out
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] AMG_Roadster:
I will try it again. I used it several years ago but settled on MX. Maybe things have changed and I will like it better this time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drivermcgee:
while getting things ready to update to the new lte nightlys, i was doing a backup. during the backup i realized my sd was almost full but to late already started my backup. well during backup my phone restarted like 2 or 3 times. it finally finished the backup. however my phone will no longer restart without going into a bootloop. i am thinking that my sd is full and hopefully that is the cause. is there a way to delete files in recovery mode. i have never had too many problems while updating. any help would greatly be appreciated. i can get the phone into recovery but i am afraid if i don't get rid of some data my phone will not start back up correctly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Well you could push aroma file manager with adb, or put it on an external sd card, then flash the zip in recovery and have a way to create space.

It's a super easy program, flash it like any file and a file manager opens up. Then you can delete what you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drivermcgee:
thanks for the info. i will add that file manager. i went ahead and did a factory reset. that solved my issue, but having that file manager next time would have saved me some time. if i make the same mistake again i will have that as my go to solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
what is apn?

Definition: APN stands for Access Point Name, a setting on your mobile phone that identifies an external network your phone can access for data (e.g., 3G or 4G Internet service on your phone).

So last 2 days after getting home, I lost lte connections (using cm11 kitkat 2/20 update)...rebooted, nothing, restored, nothing...restored stock rom, instant connection. So I had to update the prl/profile and even did ##72786# refresh just in case...backed up that rom state, restored cm11 and worked. So, there has to be an easier way:

Apps needed:

titanium backup Play Store link

apn backup and restore Play Store link

any root file browser/manager MY CHOICE

Roms required:

your rooted stock nandroid backed up with above listed apps

your cm11 or other kitkat 4.4 + nandroid backed up with above listed apps

Stock rom steps:

-after installing the needed apps, open titanium backup and go to backup/restore

-locate the app apn backup and restore, long press on it and choose to install as a system app

-once a system app, open apn backup and restore and ignore the message stating your device isn't supported

-press the menu key, select to disable ICS check (error message will no longer appear)

-reboot the phone

-once rebooted, open apn backup and restore and choose backup apns, once done exit app and reboot in recovery and restore your 4.4 rom

Kitkat rom steps:

-after installing the needed apps, open titanium backup and go to backup/restore

-locate the app apn backup and restore, long press on it and choose to install as a system app

-once a system app, exit titanium and go to your root file browser

-navigate to: system>app and locate the apn backup and restore apk, long press on it and select move or cut (depending on your browser)

-press back once to return to system folder and navigate now to priv-app folder and paste the apk, exit your browser

-open apn backup and restore and ignore the message stating your device isn't supported

-press the menu key, select to disable ICS check (error message will no longer appear)

-reboot the phone

-once rebooted, open apn backup and restore and choose restore apns...it should locate the stock apn backups right away, once they're restored you must reboot your phone 1 last time for them to take effect

this may seem like a lot to do now, but once you perform all the above 1 time start to finish, this shouldn't be needed to be done for quite some time...but when the time comes and you wanna refresh your signal data it's now always handy.

when you want to refresh the apns, back up your kitkat rom to its most current state, restore your stock rom backup, update the prl/profiles and/or ##72786# refresh your phone. backup your apns when done, backup most current state of stock rom, restore kitkat and restore the new apns and reboot...done, my lte has been completely solid since doing this after 2 days of glitching (plus I flash roms a lot lol so it's good to keep handy)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Grapezombie:
Thanks a bunch!

I've been looking forever for a guide like this! I needed to restore the apns for 4g and mms on my virgin mobile, and it worked perfectly! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
glad it helped out...yeah I was looking like crazy too for this lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AOD_Corwin:
I can't seem to get this to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
got specifics? I've done this a few times on different roms and never fails me...skipping any steps or not rebooting as I wrote step by step for each rom while I physically performed the steps myself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AOD_Corwin:
Well I load the peoples rom which fixes LTE . I install apn. I use either titanium or system file converter to change it to a system file (titanium hangs sometimes). I back up the APN. Clean install cm11. At this point I will have LTE until the first time I drive into an area that it's not available. Either way I reinstall apn back up. I Crete a folder called ApnBackup in the 0/system folder because the program does not create it itself. I copy the apn.xml files inside. Then I go to the system app folder as you suggest but the apn (long name) is not there. I check the priv-app folder and the apn app is already in place. So I lunch the app. Delete existing apn files, restore from the back up. Reboot and still no Lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
check your area with sprint, they had a major network crash that lasted for days dude...make sure with them all is good 1St, was a coast to coast network disaster, found out 2 days ago myself when same exact things kept happening to my phones lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AOD_Corwin:
Not likely effected I can make let Come back by down grading to a touch wiz. Either way I think tonight's nightly might be a step in the right direction as the are separating the gsm and the cdma ril files
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
yeah their latest d2spr zips are crap and lte dead, you need the d2lte zips now...I just posted links in the last page of the nightly thread actually

I'm using the cm11 2/03 build and never get lte losses or anything, solid for me in every way so I'm staying put on that build release
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesh0317:
File not found error

I followed all of your steps, and even reset my PRL and profile (successfully). I rebooted, made APN backup/restore a system app, told it to skip the ICS check, rebooted, and told it to backup apns. It prompted me for a filename, and I chose the default "apns-<date-time-string>.xml".

It then failed with the following error:

I did a quick google search which turned up nothing, but I will look further.

Stock Rom (rooted): Baseband Version: L710VPUBMK5, build number: JSS15J.L710VPUBMK5. Android version 4.3.

Carrier is Virgin Mobile

As I said, I will keep looking for a solution, but if anyone has a quick answer, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for the write up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
great guide :) finally helped me with viewing and editing the apn's on the slimkat rom i installed.

i had to do a couple different things though.. i used apn manager pro and i had to change its permissions to 777. then it would work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djpabz23:
Titanium Backup always hangs on me while setting APN Backup and Restore as a system app. It stays on processing and nothing happens. :\
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solcam:
Try using a file explorer app to locate and move apn backup and restore from /data/app to /system/app or to whichever directory u need. But, could someone here please upload their apns that were backed up with apn backup and restore? I would like to try this to see if I can get lte. Thanks. I really hope someone replies to this soon like I did lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djpabz23:
I'll upload mine as soon as I do

EDIT: I had no success, I always get the following error.

I included my DNS settings in the archive, just extract and restore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iPenguin02:
I am getting the same issue. Do i need to use titanium? as it says i need to donate to convert to system app.

Instead i tried rom tool box, converted to system app. when look for apk in system > App its not there, and data> App its not there either

I notice it uninstalls it. i have to reinstall it.. So what i did was i installed it. i copied the apk to my sd card. converted to system app, but when i try to paste to system > Priv.app it says failed..

i dont know what to do anymore. I am running beanstalk 4.4

Edit:

I just tried titanium and it just hangs.. 40 mins no progress.

Are we suppose to wipe any data before recovering?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djpabz23:
I tried the very same, no luck whats so ever. I was running on Rooted stock 4.3 did the backup successful. I tried doing the KitKat process on C-Rom with no success. Titanium Backup hangs and restoring APN doenst work for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_original_teknikl:
Works for me... Install like normal on carbon... Use link2sd to convert to system app then fx explorer to move the apk to / priv-app.... Reboot and restore apns..... Got full data and everything on carbon ROM virgin mobile.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crs77:
Same problem, though I'm on Stock rooted MK3, on Sprint.