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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mackaby007:
Hi all.

Recently got the new Coreplayer (formerly TCPMP but now commercial version with built in codecs).

Please feel free to download the .zip file which contains 4 differently encoded 1 minute video files taken from a vob/DVD source file for benchmarking/comparison purposes.

I've had mixed results and would appreciate any feedback, especially with regards to the AVC test video, as I simply cannot get it to bench past 106% successfully on my Hermes. Considering the H264 codec is supposedly the way to go in terms of great balance between quality and file size, I'm really trying hard to achieve this. It has been achieved by many across many other platforms, but I've not heard from anyone with a Hermes having had good results as yet.

Sorry about the poor quality jpeg of Benchmark results, but the .zip file has a larger and better copy within it.

There's much discussion going on over at:

http://www.corecodec.com/forum/index.php?topic=3324.0

Please feel free to join in and contribute.

Downloads at the bottom of this post (hopefully). No, sorry Uploads failed! Will try again when I hear back from webmaster. Unless anyone knows where I can upload a 14mb zip file (4 small video files).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mrvanx:
I havent used coreplayer yet but the version of tcpmp im running (and using the imate ROM) REALLY likes avi files encoded with xVid mpeg4(2 pass)....using auto gordian knott technique.

managed to get a decent few hours of synced playback no problem with that encoding method.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
The Wiki seems to allow bigger uploads

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] darkjedi:
I found that if the video res is higher than the screen, it chugs like no other...haven't tested with regular res yet.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mackaby007:
DivX 6.4.0 & DVDx....excellent on Hermes!!

I've had some pleasing results at last, but not through CoreAVC. Instead I'm having much better results using CoreASP. I'm now using Divx 6.4.0 with DVDx and am encoding using Divx's High Quality setting 4. This omits the need for choosing the appropriate bitrate and the resluting file still ends up smaller than MP4 H264 or x264 etc.

In the Divx codec settings I choose 'Auto detect' for 'Noise Reduction' and 'Bicubic Sharp' for 'Resize Filter' on the 'Video properties' page and 320x240 resolution. On the 'Main' page I choose 'HQ 4' setting....that's it. It takes a little longer to encode than I would like e.g. 55 minutes for a 80 minute movie, but it really does look like High Def on a small screen, Benchmarks comfortably in excess of 125% and more and additionally plays with the type of fluidity that leaves no room for complaint. 277mb for 80min of VERY HQ with no blocking/artifacts of any kind.

I've only tested an animated film at this stage but will encode an action movie to see if I get the same pleasing results. If I do, my quest ends here. I'll post my findings shortly, either way.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mackaby007:
Thanks mike, but I've found a much better way of encoding IMHO, so I don't need to upload anymore.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mackaby007:
Hi all.

After some more testing and lots of encodes, i thought I'd share my findings.

In short, I encoded to low and high bit rate vids:

1) AVC MP4s using Nero Recode and Super (.mp4)

2) Standard MP4s using ImToo DVD to Ipod Converter (.mp4)

3) PocketDivxEncoder (.avi)

4) 3GP Converter v031 & 034 (.mp4 AVC & .avi)

5) DVDx and DivX 6.4.0 (.avi)

Best results were still no.5 DVDx and DivX 6.4.0 nothing else even came close in terms of quality but AVC by far generated the smallest filesizes, as did PocketDivxEncoder.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] foo:
I wonder how you guys managed to run a video on TyTN using the CorePlayer at all, as it does not support the ATI Graphics chip in the right way.

When I try to start a video playback, I get a real shaked display that is unreadable.

See also here: http://www.corecodec.com/forum/index.php?topic=3333.0
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] JmJ17:
I'm having same problem. Any other alternative soft meanwhile?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
That's a known bug. Picard & BetaBoy are aware of it and are waiting for information from ATI. ITMT use Raw Frame Buffer.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] y2whisper:
what is the difference in size between pocketdivxencoder and dvdx? (trying to determine if i should switch over now, or wait till i get a 2gb card.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mackaby007:
Hi y2whisper. Sorry about the long delay, but been tied up. Not literally.lol.

Anyway....pocketdivxencoder is great and results in fairly small filesizes due to its 2 pass encoding process. You can achieve the same with DVDx & DivX 6.4.0 by specifying one of the multi-pass functions (haven't actually used though). From my experience (using other software), you'll get better quality vids with 1 pass encodes, but smaller files with 2 Pass. The choice is yours.

I chose a new 2GB card and the 1 Pass method outlined in my previous post. There's no looking back for me. Hope it works out for you.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] y2whisper:
Hey thanks for the response, i will try it and and see the actual size of files, haven't done movies in a while, normally just shows i taped and recap while on the treadmill
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] tdream:
thx mackaby007, i'm going to try DVDx now.

tried with nero and avc, but it just doesn't play smoothly with LVSW 5-20-07

have you tried any more combinations?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mrvanx:
Suggest you give AutoGK a go.

Ive already posted about my findings in this thread (see post 19 onwards) ;) MUCH success with it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] tdream:
AutoGK rocks, got some great results with it, thx mrvanx

compared the results with avc and avc is pretty good for filesize/quality but the hermes can't play it without jerkiness. autogk+xvid=awesome quality :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mrvanx:
No problem. I figured it would be widely known!?!

Im currently updating my hermes upgrade guide to have a tutorial on making decent looking vids.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
Guys is it just coniencedence. This doesn't seem right I showered this morning and got out and by then my phone went from 100 to 95... And I just charged it. Listened to 5 songs on Pandora and browsed for new batteries and this is where I'm at... Bad? Am I just using it more? Feels way worse
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moin786:
Everybody has the same problems with battery and radio on the NC4 Kitkat...

what i have done to minimize the battery usage is removed all the unnecessary apps by using Titanium Backup ( U need to have root access to use it)

Follow this thread to remove the bloatware & applications which u dont use: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794481
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
Thank you dude, all I needed to hear was that I'm not alone. I'll check it out
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMcGuire:
I wonder if going back to the MJE modem helps any?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
I have before . I think my.broghtness is up too much .. Samsung asked me.too put it on safe mode for a few hours. Little drain .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
I got better 4G it seemed on mje. Just frustrating that over the last few months signal has gone from always having weak 4g at least to now not even getting it after toggling airplane
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moin786:
Many customers have raised complaints regarding signal issues to Verizon after updating to Kitkat and they got free phone replacements which solved their signal problems...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
I am on my 1st replacement. I used to drop calls like CRAZY. replacement has been great for calls, just doesn't have as strong of data signal as I had in the past, even with different radios.. So the replacement solved my issue really just frustrated with dads "ONE' getting such a strong 4g signal while I go between 3 and 4g
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjh68:
Part of the reason I am hesitant to replace mine. It could get worse for me ?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npaladin2000:
The glass goes all the way down to the bottom of the phone, anyone figured out if the digitizer extends that far or if it stops at the bottom of the screen? Just thinking that if it goes further it could be really handy...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chites:
Sorry if this is the wrong forum for my question but I thought I would start here. I have an Nexus 5 and love AOSP style SMS applications. I don’t like how most show incoming pictures as a slide show. To be specific if someone sends 1 picture it displays as normal, if someone sends 2 pictures at one time it displays as a slide show. Hate it! I know some SMS apps don’t do this but it has been my findings that AOSP style SMS apps do. I really like Slide SMS for the customization and the close AOSP styling but the incoming photo processing drives me nuts! Is there and easy fix for this? Any input from the community would be great. Thank you in advance.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
[Q] "Mobile network not available" on Sprint with fresh install of Cyanogenmod 11

I have an HTC One M7 on Sprint, and I just installed the latest snapshot build of CM 11 from four days ago... And now I have no mobile network connectivity. :crying: I'm very new to the custom ROM scene, so I'm thinking (and hoping) there's just some very obvious step that I've missed somewhere, but I don't know enough to know what I should be looking for, so my search for similar problems didn't yield much useful information.

When I look at the mobile network settings, it's pretty much Greek to me. Do I need to change the preferred network type? It's set to "Global" by default. Is there anything else I should try?

Or should I just try a different, more stable build?

Thanks in advance.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
I hope you didn't flash the m7_ul cm11 if so you need to ruu back to stock and flash the Sprint version
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
No, I only flashed the Sprint version. I used the file cm-11-20140708-SNAPSHOT-M8-m7spr.zip

But on that note, could you give me a push in the right direction for how to go back to the stock ROM in case it comes to that? I'm guessing that going back to stock will not quite be as simple as just installing one of these zip files from recovery mode.

EDIT: And in case it helps, here is the the fastboot getvar all output:

$ fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: xxx

(bootloader) imei: xxx

(bootloader) meid: xxx

(bootloader) product: m7_wls

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0720000

(bootloader) cidnum: SPCS_001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4196mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-1f512bb6

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.034s

EDIT 2: One other thing is that I did not install the firewater S-OFF and HBOOT tools that seemed to be recommended on the cyanogenmod wiki. They weren't necessary from what I could tell. Could that be part of the problem?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
i dont think that could be an issue, but i would recommend using firewater to s-off, it'll make all processes alot easier.

if it comes to you needing to RUU back to stock, heres a link to the M7_SPR RUU: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407573774

to flash it you will likely need to be s-off

run "fastboot oem lock"

unzip it and run the exe

also, make sure you install all ota's (BE S-OFF SO YOU ARENT STUCK WITHOUT ROOT) so you get the latest radio.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
So does this mean you'd recommend going back to stock to fix the problem? There aren't any obvious solutions for fixing my problem while keeping CM 11 installed?

Also, when you say "be s-off", does that mean that I should have some kind of setting configured before flashing the stock ROM? Or that I should just make the device s-off (i.e. run firewater s-off successfully) before flashing? I don't know my terminology here very well yet.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
It might, yes, run firewater to s-off, and then fastboot oem lock then flash. then install all OTA updates, then try again with unlocking and flashing.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
So you mean following the above steps you gave me for flashing the stock ROM will re-lock the bootloader?

Also, when you say "OTA" updates, you mean the OEM updates for my OS? That would take me from Android 4.3 to 4.4.x?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
Exactly, they also bring new firmware, like radio and hboot versions. go up to the latest version then try the unlock procedure and flash CM11 again, its that doesnt work then im not sure
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
Hmmm, ok, cool. I'll give that a try. I'm pretty sure I was running the latest OEM software before I began the update process since I always did any system updates as soon as I was notified about them. Only thing is that when I unlocked the bootloader, factory reset, and rooted, somewhere along the way, it took me back from 4.4.x to 4.3... so maybe that's where the problem was.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
Two other [hopefully] quick questions about this. I just realized you mentioned running an exe, but when I look in that zip, there are several. Which exe are you referring to? The fastboot-htc.exe? Also, does one of these utilities exist for macos? I could run it on a Windows machine, but I'm guessing I'll need to install the Android SDK platform tools and whatnot for it to work properly.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
Should be aruwizard

---------- Post added at 02:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:23 PM ----------

And no, but you may be able to use fastboot on your Mac and boot into fastboot then run "fastboot oem rebootRUU" then run "fastboot flash zip ROM.zip"
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
That exe was getting my hopes up. It started running fine on my windows PC, and then I got an "htc_fastboot.exe has stopped working" dialog of death. Happened on consecutive tries. :/ So I tried the method you described for my Mac, and I got another failure:

$ fastboot oem rebootRUU

...

(bootloader) Start Verify: 0

OKAY [ 0.042s]

finished. total time: 0.042s

$

$ fastboot flash zip rom.zip

target reported max download size of 1514139648 bytes

Invalid sparse file format at header magi

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 122174151 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

sending sparse 'zip' (1478258 KB)...

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 122174151 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 122174151 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

OKAY [ 66.233s]

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) zip header checking...

(bootloader) shift signature_size for header checking...

FAILED (remote: 32 header error)

finished. total time: 66.446s

Any ideas what the problem could be here?

BAH. I hope I don't have to buy a new phone.

EDIT: And just to be sure I had the steps right, I was supposed to re-lock the bootloader via fastboot BEFORE attempting to image the phone back to stock, right? And I shouldn't try to use the TWRP recovery to install the rom.zip file the same way I installed CM11?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
If you haven't s-offed yes, but I've not seen that error, maybe your zip is corrupt did you make sure to extract all the files from the archive with the exes in it?

And no you can't flash that kind of zip in recovery, try to open the rom.zip and make sure you see like, system.img sp1.img radio.img, things like thay
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
Yeah, I extracted all the files. But wait, I wasn't supposed to s-off before locking the bootloader and imaging? Because I did s-off the phone. Do I need to s-on again? Or should I just be following a different procedure with s-off?

EDIT: Good call on checking the rom.zip file. Apparently it's corrupt:

$ unzip rom.zip

Archive: rom.zip

warning [rom.zip]: 1131492323 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile

(attempting to process anyway)

file #1: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1131492323

(attempting to re-compensate)

file #1: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1131492323

file #2: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 171

(attempting to re-compensate)

file #2: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 171

file #3: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1299614395

file #4: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1467750400

file #5: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1467752388

file #6: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 1467755030

inflating: dzdata_64g.hdr

inflating: tp_HMX852XD.img

inflating: boot_signed.img

The md5 hash checks out, and I tried re-downloading the RUU zip with no luck.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
No, If you s-off it just means you don't have to relock your boot loader to flash an RUU, youbcant unzip it because its encrypted by HTC, here's a decrypted version, try flashing this instead, http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407573741

You must be s-off to flash the decrypted ruu I believe
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
So I see the file structure in here is very different from the encrypted version. From what I found on this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2658910

I should cat three image files together into one new system image file. I did that, but can you tell me what the next step is? Do I need to zip that new img file up and then run flashboot flash zip with it? In which case, I have to wonder what all those other files are for.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
not sure, i dont have the sprint model so ive nevefr done this with this file, id follow the directions in the link you posted if i were you
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
I would, but it doesn't seem that they have much more detail about the process other than that cat command from what I can tell. But I'll ask in that thread. Thanks for your help.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
No prob, sorry i couldnt be of more assistance
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketGuy3:
One last question, and maybe my stupidest one yet -- Do you think there is any possibility that Sprint will be able to recover my phone for me if I take it into a Sprint store? I know it's a longshot, but I figure they MIGHT have some canned way of doing this that they teach their employees.

If not, I think I'm about to just buy a Nexus 5 and call it a day.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
I highly doubt it, they typically frown upon flashing custom Roms.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Syflox:
So I turned on USB debugging and made sure the RSA key fingerprint was remembered on my phone. I connected my phone to my PC with the HTC drivers installed and ran "adb devices" to make sure that my PC and phone are communicating with each other, and the device is online. I do "adb reboot", and the phone reboots, but then my phone appears offline to my PC. I've looked around for an hour and cannot seem to find the root of this issue...

I've found toggling USB debugging will make the PC recognize the device again, but then I have issues when it comes to try to S-Off the device. I think this is the main cause of the problem.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Syflox:
It appears when weaksauce re-roots after boot, adb no longer recognizes my device. Any fixes?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pekeño Lukas:
Hi there.

Someone who can help me, I'm in this android operating system and I want to make my own changes to the SystemUI.apk.

I wonder if there is way to transparent notifications curtain and / or putting on any image, and if so if I have to change if they are. Decompile XML that are oh just change the images of the same resolution.

And I hope you can help me, I have the right skills to lead the process but the dilemma is that not where enpesar.:confused:

Thank you:laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPainite:
I believe for you to modify anything, you'd need to first be rooted to have su access in order to overwrite a system app. Second, you'd have to get a apk decompiler that finds the src and unencrypts the class files. Unfortunately, I cannot find any resources to help with this. :(
[General Questions and Answers] mastgraphics:
Good evening everyone!

I have big issues with the Google Apps on my rooted Nexus 4. Two days ago, the standard Google apps like Google Play and Chrome stopped working. I cant load any websites with Chrome or the Cyano Browser and im not able to download apps with the playstore. I isntalled cyano with the installer and it was working great.

I searched some forums for an answer and i only saw some tips like "resync you main google account" and "reboot your phone".

P.S.: I dont want to full wipe my phone, if its possible.

Thanks guys and girls
[General Questions and Answers] eleanor_arroway:
If you haven't taken the advice of those forums, do that.

Wiping your phone probably isn't necessary. You could reinstall the apps to attempt to fix the problem, and if that doesn't work, re-flash gapps using fastboot... If none of that works, then you might have to wipe and re-flash, unless you have a backup from which you can restore.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] lp1527:
I've started to experience extremely severe lag with my m8 and it seems to be correlated to when I began using Android Wear with Samsung Gear Live.

Anyone else experiencing this, or severe lag on the m8 possibly unrelated to AW?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] gokun:
I'm not experiencing anything like that on mine, so yeah, might just be that app or something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinesis:
I used to use this software called Azilink to do a Java-based NAT through my android phone to an OpenVPN tun on my computer. How would I make this happen with C or bash?
[HTC Wildfire S] SulthanSuperTramp:
so I got in to this weird situation

where I can only boot in to rom If i connect usb to power or pc else it bootloop(infinite)

I tried to boot up by connecting usb to pc and once booted up if i remove the usb anytime it goes in to bootloop again

and if i try the same with power adapter it works . so its the only way to boot and work with the phone

I tried changing other stock roms through bootloader . No luck

I thought I should try some custom roms

well theres another problem ~sigh~

sd card doesnt show up in recovery or inside stock rom (I cannot flash custom roms )it says sd card not mounted (works with card reader and formatted in pc ,tried other sd cards still no luck)

But i can access it from bootloader (flashed stock roms in bootloader)

All i can do is flash stock roms in bootloader and and use 150mb internal memory (btw only 20mb is uasble which is pretty much useless)

fastboot works.

Is there anything I can do or just throw this phone away ?
[HTC Wildfire S] SulthanSuperTramp:
~bump