yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Try different settings...somethings wrong with yours.

Ooh do I detect a tone of anger or possibly sarcasm in that last statement/question? hehe

OK, the reason is probably that when you use Coreplayer or TCPMP, you have the Imageon Decoder activated...No good, NOT fixed to work with Coreplayer or TCPMP as yet.

Coreplayer: Under your video settings, ensure you have the following settings checked or enabled:

Video Output: ATI IMAGEON

Video quality: High

Smooth Zoom: On

Dither: Ticked

Acceleration: UNticked (else you'll be using the hardware decoder - no good)

Under Preferences select Direct Draw options page and select the following:

Overlay with colorkey - Ticked

Use blitting instead of overlay - Blank

Use device stretching for blitting - Blank

Overlay format - YV12

There you have it. Last but not least, don't encode videos much beyond 480x320 otherwise the Athena cannot handle it.

Try that my friend.:)

Same set-up for TCPMP:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] ranj9119:
not it wasn't anger i just want to call u in first name and see what's ur reaction :D ok tnx but i prefer DirectDraw as an Video Output not ATI IMAGEON :P
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Haha ROFL. Sorry for the confusion, hehe. Mark's fine. That is my name after all.;)

Did you actually try those settings though? GDI might bench faster, but there is a clearly visible improvement in picture quality when you use the Imageon software renderer. Anyway,... one mans food is ......:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Moskus:
Excellent! :)

However; "The same settings for TCPMP"... am I blind or maybe the "Acceleration"-option can't be found?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Hi Moskus.

In TCPMP look under options/Video/Video Driver/ATI Imageon

NOT ATI Imageon Decoder (that's the non working Hardware accelerator)

Also under Options/Settings/Direct Draw....choose 'Overlay with colorkey' only.

Hope that helps.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Moskus:
Thanks for the help! :)

So I check the "Overlay with colorkey", set "Overlay format" to "Auto" and leave the other two checkboxes unchecked?

How about Options -> Settings -> ATI Imageon -> "Disable OS Bitmap Caching". Checked or unchecked?

And then hopefully my audio and video will stay in sync? (I've have issues with audio and video going more and more out of sync).
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] johnwalk:
Ive tried all of these settings, my video size is now down to 528*336, excellent picture, but still audio video sync issues, I do get slightly better results using AAC, rather than mp3, Last night I even tried changing the hard, soft drop tolerence, still went out of sync, the best I can get is about 3 minutes, then you start to see it going.

I was thinking the lag was because of the proccesor power getting used instead of ATI, isnt there anyway to get these guys to talk to each other and get a fix for this, its the only thing lacking in my Ameo, everything else is sweet.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
My sentiments exactly. That's all we need...the Imageon working in Coreplayer/TCPMP. I've evn e-mailed several departments of ATI last year, but they didn't even have the courtesy to reply! No wonder Corecodec can't get them to play nice.:(
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Tick Disable OS Bitmap Caching (setting 1) and also tick box 3,4 & 5, but omit box 2.

Moskus you mentioned "Overlay format" to "Auto", I don't have that in my version of TCPMP. What other settings are there other than 'Auto'? If there is a YV12 setting, use that instead.

As for lipsync issues, that has plagued me ever since the Hermes came out, but in Coreplayer v1.1.1 I believe the issue to be resolved by manually adjusting the M'Manual A/V offset =/-' setting.

I have 2 settings that always fix my lipsync issues as some videos are encoded differently to others. Funniliy they are minus settings.

1) -0.200 sec

2) -0.600 sec

With just these two settings I always achieve perfect lipsync..simply brilliant after all this time of suffering. LoL

Not sure if these exact settings work in TCPMP as I mostly use Coreplayer theses days and only use TCPMP for torrent DVD Rips (as these usually have AC3 sound encoded and Coreplayer has no codecs to support it at present).

Anyway nuff said. Hope this helps a bit.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wgary:
tcpmp woes

Tcpmp loads in portrair rather than landscape... and forces a tall skinny picture. I can force landscape by unattaching then attaching keybhoard, but the video is still orented portrait. None of the settings seem to have any effect. aadvice, anyone??

0.82 btw
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] warriorvibhu:
Guys try this for videos..

Hey ppl to encode well just use the latest divX converter fro. divx labs ... use the option DivX mobile....... encode files @ 320*240 resolution for HTC touch (other mobiles with the same screen resolution as touch or any other screen.. this will be good enough for most of the pocket pcs and smartphones..)and keep the bitrate around 200 for videos and same 200 for audio or ...else you can also limit the file size then the program will auto select the bitrates.. so limit the file size so as to get the bitrates as mentioned above.....i have tested it extensively works very well with minimum size.....Play the encoded videos with TCPMP player.......

Have fun
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
At that resolution (320x240) we might as well stick to QVGA devices as it will be stretched to fit the VGA screen. Result? = soft looking videos and that the bitrate you mentioned, it will be pixelated all over the place ...200kbps? It'll bench fast, but will look worse than QVGA devices.

No disrespect, but you either don't have an Athena or you have not yet seen how good it can look, Divx is an awesome codec, no probs there, but their encoder is only good for smaller PPC resolution devices or Smartphones.

Why noy upload a sample video clip of what you have encoded (a one or 2 minute clip will suffice) just to show us how it looks? I already know.:)

If I had to watch all my vids at that resolution and bitrate, I'd rather buy an Archos or PSP with a dedicated accelerator for vids etc.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
That's why I don't like that version of TCPMP, it's the unofficial version and Corecodec won't give any support regarding it.

Try the 0.72rc version (official) it will display the GUI in landscape by default...only downfall is you have to install all the necessary codecs individually. I posted them here somewhere before...I think.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Moskus:
I have "Auto", "YV12", "YUY2" and "RGB". Setting it to "YV12".

This is gold! Now it works just beautifully! :D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] johnwalk:
I dont know what you guys use to encode, Ive been encoding video for years, more of a hobby than anything else, But I use an old program called FlaskMpeg

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/FlaskMPEG

Its really only good for DVD's that are ripped to your hard drive, but you can control everything from size to what codec you use, I find using divx which is optomised for dual core, I can encode at 528*336 at about 95 fps, which is converting a film in about half an hour.

I remember when I started it took 24 hours. Mind you I believe my Ameo was about twice the speed of that PC.

Another thing I was thinking about is on my MP4 player, you have to convert the film using VirtualDub. and rotate the movie 90 degrees. using xvid with B frames disabled, I wonder if any of these settings would speed up playback.

No thinking about it I dont think it would, I can bench at 128% or more and still lose sync. But might see what the difference is with tcpmp not having to pre rotate the movies.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] johnwalk:
I tried these settings, a bit better, the video seems to freeze then jump to catch up with the audio, which is what its ment to do. I mostly use tcpmp, I find it better for streaming. than coreplayer.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
@ Moskus. Glad it's working for you.;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Nice tools there johnwalk.;)

I was an old fan of Tsunami MpegEncoder and Virtual Dub too amonst others, but really started off with Pinnacle software taht came with my card back in the late 90's. Still, I find it's all moved on so much now, that many less complex apps can yield the same results, or near enough.

Wish I could rely on just 1 encoder, but currently I use any combination of;

3GP Converter - Fast and Industry standard spec encoding of PSP, iPod, QVGA or VGA devices as well as all mobile phones. Great little utility for a quick drag n drop conversion.

DVDx - Great for using Divx codec to encode ripped DVDs.

Handbrake - Probably my favourite for encoding ripped DVD's because of speed and ease of use. Front end has GUI processing strictly through DOS. Similar speeds to FlaskMpeg.:)

Any Video Converter Pro - is fab for most formats including Hi Def files and the quality of the encoded file is great.

there are so many more, but I'm even starting to bore myself now. LoL.

Thank God the days of 24 hour or overnight processing are a thing of the past.:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wgary:
Hey man, thank for not yelling! :) Here is the link if anyone needs it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=308952

I had remembered seeing the post and thought that is what I downloaded, but this is definitely different. Here's hoping... and thanks again!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Cheers for that wgary. ;) Yeah I switched back to the official 0.72 version also, because of the portrait issue. Yuk! :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
That's it...I concede

In light of recent discovery from the service manual....I give up with video playback on the Athena unless someone can get some dedicated acceleration going in this thing.

Read here if you haven't already...I'm dissapointed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=326085
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Martincyborg@gmail.com:
which converter did you use for best results from DVD to .MOV?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Menneisyys:
Just posted my Lyrics Bible to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=414279 iuf anyone is interested
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] HoggerJeff:
Any new developments in getting the ImageON hardware acceleration to work nice with apps like Coreplayer? I needed an all-in-one and it looks like I may have been premature to dump my trusty old x50v when it comes to vid playback....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
lipsync problems

I read about setting A/V offset option manually in a topic and it says that after 5-10 minutes playing, lipsync problems will occur again,anyone tested it??
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] kramerica2:
couldn't get past it... no matter which format, which length, which settings, the audio slowly gets out of sync, and 5-10 mins in the movie, its very annonying. the only solution I found was to pause and play the movie. The sync is good for another 5-10 mins, and so on...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
Awful,that means there is no way to watch a video on Athena without the audio sync problem???
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cktlcmd:
I don't have the audio sync problem. I believe it is a matter of what converter you use.

I use DVD Player for Palm.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
Does this problem have any thing to do with the ROM version???
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cktlcmd:
To be honest, I have no idea. Mine just works without the adio sync problem. No need for me to stop the dvd or change any setting in Core Player.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
I've tried several converters,TCPMP & Core Player,but the problem is still there,got really confused!!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] berk_bear:
bihal

Use "Manual A/V offset" (in "menu" => "tools" => "preferences" => (select page) "advanced") in CorePlayer.

You can change this value for audio/video synchronization. But for more effective results, take the time of audio/video lag after no less than 5-10 minutes of playing your video (this is very useful fix from Taxist).

Good luck! I think, it will help you. :)

(sorry for my bad English :))
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] techntrek:
In TCPMP "Manual A/V offset" exists under Options > Settings > Advanced
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
I've tried Manual A/V offset,but after about 5-10 minutes,the audio slowly gets out of sync again.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
At last:

When the video starts,the audio begins getting out of sync slowly and after about 20-30 seconds,it is clearly obvious that video is ahead of the audio.

I set A/V offset to -0.600,then I started a full length movie.In this case at the first 20 seconds of the video,audio is ahead of the video,but as the video continues,sync problem slowly disappears and the audio video sync will be OK till the end of the movie.

Thanks to everyone who helped me on this topic...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] synapse13:
I just want to say thanks to mackaby007. I followed the instructions that you listed to the letter, and I was able to get movies looking great on my Advantage x7501.

I had some audio sync issues, but I tried manually setting the audio and it seems to have helped. I'll be watching a movie on the way home to test it out. ;)

As a side note: I'm using a combination of AnyDVD and Handbrake for the ripping/encoding.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] arstical:
D900 doesn't have video chips,but why can it play VGA movie very well? Its cpu speed is only 520, our X7500's is 624!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] berk_bear:
In my opinion, only the standard Windows Media Player can give the best results. Perhaps it will use hardware acceleration for the HTC Advantage, which does not support any CorePlayer or TCPMP for the moment.

Use Xilisoft 3GP Video Converter (ver. 5.1.22.0305 or higher) and convert video with profile "BlackBerry MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)" - set resolution to 320x240 or 352x264 (in "Profile Settings"). It may be appropriate and another converter with BlackBerry mp4 support and with resolution 320x240 or 352x264. This will give the best results for playback of video in standard Windows Media Player in HTC Advantage (I think it use hardware acceleration). Better than CorePlayer or TCPMP!!! Recommended for all! Complete synchronization of video and audio, smooth and excellent quality without lags.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Ponder:
What's the point in getting a VGA device if you're only going to play QVGA video on it?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] berk_bear:
Because only video in this format (BlackBerry profile, 352x264 with any bitrate(!) and framerate) plays EXCELLENT on our WMP on Athena.

1) Full synchronization audio/video

2) Really smoothly video (i think, it use ATI Imageon hardware acceleration), more, more smoothly than can get any TCPMP or Core!

3) With good bitrate (from 900 kbps and more) picture scaling in full-screen mode more than quite good.

4) might be economy of energy, because they use GPU

Just try it and compare... :)

After all I deinstall my TCPMP and play converted for BlackBerry video (352x264, 1500kbps, 25 frames per sec) in standart Windows Media.

p.s.: x7510, stock WM6.1 (3.29) ROM
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Ponder:
Trouble is, conversion takes time, a precious commodity for me. With my old iPAQ hx4700 I used to just copy full-size video and play without frame drop or audio lag. Now I have to make do with jerky video and out of sync audio on a far more powerful device and I'm not exactly pleased. This is the only gripe I have with the X7510 and the other features make up for this, but it's irritating that HTC have provided a device without a proper driver for a major piece of its hardware.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cktlcmd:
This is why I am staying away from HTC for my next upgrade, or at least wait about six months before really investing on another HTC device, just so I get really accurate reviews from people who actually bought and used it.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] berk_bear:
I understand you. I think at this time converting video for Athena is the most viable option for watching movies and clips.

For example, I was convert the "Matrix" advertising to format for the our WMP (BlackBery, 352x264, 1500 kbps, 24 fps). You can download and view:

http://rapidshare.com/files/211370712/RL_XQ_352x264_1500_112.mp4.html

or

http://rapidshare.de/files/46224820/RL_XQ_352x264_1500_112.mp4.html

(And remember, open only with WMP - in full screen)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
I completely agree with you...It seems so disappointing that such PDA with high specifications and price,has such problems...Audio lag also exists in games and programs and really disturbs me.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] pdajoy:
Am disappointed too, no wonder not getting much help from CorePlayer team.

Now always use TCPMP instead.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] kramerica2:
Unbelievable.... I've been trying to solve it for more than a year. Your solution does work, I don't know how and why, it doesn't make much sense to me, but it works.....

At last full divx/xvid movies are playing almost perfectly on my Athena. No conversion needed. I can deal with bad audio sync for the first minute....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Xotic_X_tremist:
Happy to hear that :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mlambert890:
Its not a driver issue. This isnt the same as the HTC issues with the Qualcomm chipset.

There IS a driver on the HTC for the ATI. The problem is the ATI chip on the Advantage is slower than the one on the HX4700. The bigger problem, the BIGGEST problem really, is Windows Mobile.

The hardware accelerated driver is utilized by DirectX. The problem is DirectX on WinMo sucks for video playback. WMP uses it which is why some folks find that WMP is the only thing that works. Possibly the mobile DivX player uses it also.

CorePlayer/TCPMP always managed to get far superior performance by writing THEIR OWN HARDWARE support old school style. The problem there is that they must code for EVERY piece of hardware.

Piccard has said that for certain ATI chips he just cannot get any additional help from ATI to optimize OR the support is as good as he can do for whatever reason. That is the case with the Advantage.

That said, you have to look at more than just resolution. Bitrate is HUGELY important.

I find that the old TCPMP torture test clip, The Matrix trailer @ 640x480x1.5Mbps can run at about 80% with video set to high quality and decoder set to Imageon. "Hardware Acceleration" still doesnt function even with CP 1.3.

On the HX4700 that clip benched at 109%. On a Dell Axim, it benches at 123%.

If I kick the video down to MEDIUM quality, it benches at 168% on the Advantage.

I have found that medium quality with a 640x480x1.5Mbit clip is still quite good.

What's even better is just avoiding encoding (or downloading) that high of a bitrate.

Stick with something like 500-700kbps OR just grab "iPod video"

A GREAT thing about having the iPhone and iPod (and even the PSP) being EVERYWHERE is that there is a TON of video (both legit and not) all over already formatted for those devices. It may not look FANTASTIC, but it is easy and the Advantage can handle it with NO issues.

The other option is to just make sure you always stick with 640x480x700kbps or lower. Thats not so bad at all and the Advantage can do 640x480x700kbps video with no problem at all.

There are so many variables in mobile video and I think there is enough complexity that many people mix these things up and fail to see the root cause. Since the Qualcomm mess it seems like anything involving HTC is blamed on drivers now too. Thats not the case. Long before there were any driver snafus, some of the inherant weakness of Windows Mobile was already causing problems like this.

There are threads on Brighthand re: some of the oldest VGA PDAs that were just the same "no drivers!!!" "wait, there ARE drivers!!!" "but the drivers suck!!!"

The real problem is Win Mo needs to catch up with the desktop OS in terms of DirectDraw optimization and CODEC support.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Ponder:
Very informative, thanks for that :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] beta_boy:
In what regards? We have a 3 fulltime staff just for our support center and I practically answer every post on the CoreCodec forums.

What can we help you with?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] friendraja:
Hi Guys,

My Note 5 has some weird problems. after certain time, when the display goes off, data turns off. No whatsapp / skype/ mails receiving, untill i unlock the device. I have already checked in the Advanced wifi settings and turn off the sleep mode. Even then, i face the same issue.

Lets assume, wifi is sleeping, but it shud work on Mobile data atleast, as i dont turn off my mobile data at all. but it doesn't happens in that way. wifi and mobile data are turning off, as the display is off.

Any suggestions / tips, to avoid this?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arbaz.kagzi:
please be specific..

Device model/root status/any power saving mode or app??

---------- Post added at 06:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:27 PM ----------

maybe u r using samsung's power saving mode..
[Verizon LG G3] APRock:
Why would I want to go to 35B? Currently at 24B, rooted, debloated, phone works fine. Now, I get it. I am always looking out for the latest and greatest update to an app or program, or diver; but more often than not, I can see a text file or info bubble telling me what the update does - Finer control, added features, increased compatibility, etc. What does 35B (including the SkyDragon and Jasmine versions - I am all bout staying rooted) get me that I don't have in 24B?

Whenever these updates come out I am always looking for this info but it rarely is available - Verizon, well, their info is a pretty lame one sentence deal.

Any of you ROM gurus want to pipe in and educate a relative noob who knows just enough to be a hazard to his own phone?!
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Because Android 5.1.1 is much smoother than 5.0.1.

35B fixes all of the stagefright vulnerabilities except the most recently reported one which was discovered perhaps a week before 35B came out.

[VK810.4G] [altev] [ViKtory810ROM] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

[VK810.4G] [altev] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

DEBLOAT SCRIPTS

and copies of all the files they remove

[VK810.4G] [altev] OTAs, .IMGs and KDZs, oh my
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonjon3174:
I really want to get this phone, and one of the main features I was excited about was the fact that it comes with a fingerprint scanner on the power button. But when I look at ATT's website, it doesnt mention it as a feature. And ATT is known for getting versions of certain models of phones without certain features. So I really want to know if it has the fingerprint scanner on the ATT model before I buy it.

Thanks all.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garmbrael:
It does. But I have heard there are issues with the scanner when you are using a case.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chp:
Yes, the fingerprint scanner is there on the AT&T model.

As far as the case-related issues, that is not specific to the AT&T model.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RDI:
I am using the Spigen "Liquid Crystal" from Amazon with no trouble at all. If you are a current AT&T customer and want to upgrade to the LG V10 contact the AT&T 800 #. They have the ability to give current good customers the V10 for $199.99 with no 2 year contract.