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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
well... after playing around with some settings in TCPMP the framerate has improved from 0fps to around 10fps (guess), but obviously thats still pretty unwatchable.

In TCPMP I went to options>video, and changed the driver from Drirect Draw.

Raw Framebuffer runs at ~10fps but with bad tearing.

GDI runs at ~12fps with no tearing.

I tried all other options with no luck. I havnt tried any buffer settings yet in TCPMP or WinMo.....Got any suggestions for buffer sizes? :)

One setting that did give DirectDraw the same performance as GDI was to disable "Use Device stretching for blitting".

I have no idea what this does though so it doesnt help me when it comes to gaining some more fps.

Just gotta find that mortscript to try now and see if that helps too.

Any help on any of this would be greatly appreciated. I AM trying to find the answers for myself but Im having no luck.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
only just saw your reply redpoint, lol. Thanks for that though.

I'm still only getting low framerates with GDI though, lower than you get by the sounds of it.... and this is only with a ~170mb Simpsons episode @624x352 resolution.

There must be another setting I need to tweak, somewhere. Hopefully the script to disable sense will give an acceptable framerate.

Thanks for your help.

PS... Is WMP not worth trying? Where can I get codecs for it? any searches for codecs keep coming up with links to coreplayer.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] djr83:
You should use Qtv in Coreplayer. The playback will mostly be good but not 100% of the time.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
Qtv is not available on the version of TCPMP that is cooked into the Energy ROMs. And using Qtv when I was on the stock ROM had tearing down the middle of the screen constantly, that was not watchable for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
doh! so thats why I cant find any mention of qtv in TCPMP.

Can someone PLEASE do me a big favour?

Point me in the direction of the mortscript which shuts down TF3d/sense while coreplayer is running and then re-enables it when CP closes?

I cant find it anywhere and Ive spent the last hour trying.

Does this scrupt exist? I read about it earlier - was it just speculation/ wishful thinking?

Anyone know where to find this script :confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
Here are my buffering settings that I am currently using. No real reasoning here, just trial and error. And its something I always seem to be messing with, just to see if I can get it a bit better.

Normal buffer size: 4992

Preload at underrun: 5%

Preload for audio: 128kb

Microdrive unchecked.

Make sure you different videos from different sources. Some (a minority) videos will stutter and freeze no matter what. But most of the TV shows and movies I've obtained from "sources" on the internet play fine on Core.

Don't feel alone that you are confused by the Core settings. I was searching around, and found a post on the Core official forums, and it basically said that their documentation is terrible, even for the pay version, and it something they are working on. So there is no official documentation explaining the setting options, and not much better info on the internet from users, aside from trial and error experiences. Pretty much most users have no idea what many of the options even mean.

And no, WMP is not worth trying. Codecs are pretty non-existant. And even for formats which are compatible, the playback is usually not watchable. Most everyone on these forums and elsewhere will tell you Core is the best player on WM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
I can't help you as far as the script. But what I can say is that some users will swear that unloading TF3D/Sense got them better Core performance. But I tried this on the stock ROM (unloading TF3D), and it made zero difference to Coreplayer performance.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
Thanks for the help peeps.

Just tried those buffer settings and it did seem to help slightly....will play around with those some more.

And yeah, I'm gonna try a whole load of vids tonight see if there is a encode configuration which plays smoothly.

I'd even be willing to convert my movies (from similar sources to what you probably use, redpoint) if I can find the right encoding settings for good framerate and reasonable resolution.

If you have any suggestions for a good converter and some good encode settings, I'd love to hear them :)

I still REALLY want to try coreplayer with sense disabled.

Anyone know where to find that script :confused: please?

I notice that CHTEditor restarts Sense when it applies changes, Is there any way to use the editor to shut down Sense and then let me start it after playing a movie?

Failing that...

IS THERE A SIMPLE WAY TO TEMPORARILY DISABLE SENSE?

What about video drivers? Is it worth updating them or does the latest energyROM come with the latest and greatest drivers included?

Sorry for all the questions people. I just really want to get this playing smoothly and its driving me nuts :eek:

Thanks again for all your help.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
Well... I couldnt find the script I was talking about but I did find one for the HD2 which disables sense while Youtube is running (Created by 'HJ200' here on XDA).

regWriteDword HKLM, Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\HTC Sense, Enabled, 0
RedrawToday
Rotate(270)

RunWait "\Windows\YouTube.exe"

Rotate(0)
regWriteDword HKLM, Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\HTC Sense, Enabled, 1
RedrawToday
Exit

So i simply changed the RunWait so that it waits for TCPMP.

Ran the script and I get the warning about disabling SENSE, I click OK and nothing happens :confused:

It doesnt shut sense down like TCHEditor does.

Can any of you coders/devs tell me why it doesnt shut sense down?

Or can someone please tell me a simple way to temp disable sense?

Come on guys, Im trying ;) Ive spent all day on this and I'm getting nowhere fast lol.

If I can try playing vids with sense disabled then I can rule that out (or not) and move on to something else :eek:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fishel:
I too was frustrated with poor playback with divx. Even after re-encoding for TCPMP. So I just bit the bullet, and encode with the "Ipod touch" settings and have excellent quality with the built in (but limited featured) players.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
yeah, I'm pretty much ready to give up on it too :(

Looks like I might have to buy a cheap Portable media player that takes a micro/sd card, even if only for decent TV-out.

I'll definitely try encoding to "ipod touch" standards though.

What do you use to encode? Are the settings basically .mp4 @ 480x320?

Ive tried half a dozen different divx files now and all are slow/stuttery. Some are better than others tho as redpoint pointed out.

I also found a few semi-interesting things out.

On the files that play 'resonably' well, lowering the volume to 0 seems to help quite a bit (good for buster keaton movies? lol)...indicating a sound driver or codec issue?

Also, in the buffer settings of TCPMP....

Setting the "preload at underrun" to 1% seems to help quite a bit with some files, especially the ones which were helped by the volume=0 thing.

Setting the "Normal Buffer Size" to 5120 and the "preload for audio" to 192 SEEMED to help all videos VERY SLIGHTLY.

I'll try encoding with ipod touch settings and see what its like, but I'm guessing that resolution will look horrible stretched to 42" making the TVout almost useless? :(:(:( Gutted.

Can anyone tell me how to disable sense please? Once I try that and the re-encodes, I give up

Cheers fishel
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shaolin95:
With CORE player select GDI it was VERY choppy. I selected QTv and it plays ultra smooth. This is a youtube Avatar HD trailer btw. My normal video files on the card play smooth too as long as I get the right enconding..which I am still trying to figure out.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] chazco:
Very surprised to hear that...

I use the TV-out functionality on my Touch Pro 2 quite a bit. The quality is excellent for things like presentations and pretty good for videos when using the built in album to play them. The setup I'm using is the 2.07.401.1 stock ROM with PAL output via the official HTC store TV-out cable.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fishel:
by built in players I mean the windows media player or the HTC player (by Photos and Videos) and it plays great, I never tried video out.

You disable sense by un-checking sense in the item tab in the today icon in settings and choosing "windows Default", (or anything) instead.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
Well first of all I'm an idiot :o When I was mentioning coreplayer earlier, I was actually talking about TCPMP... I didnt even realise there was a difference lol.

So now I have aquired coreplayer :D with mixed results :(

QTV seems to help on some videos and doesnt seem any quicker than GDI on others.

The only thing is... I tried one vid which has AC3 audio and of course coreplayer gives me a codec error. But it lets me play the file with video only and it runs SMOOTH AS SILK.

Benchmarking gives around 150% on this file compared to ~60% on most of the others ive tried.

So I'm guessing this is mainly (soley?) down to the greatly reduced total bitrate (looking at the benchmark results).

SO...COULD THIS POINT TO A PROBLEM WITH MY SD CARD?? OR EVEN A PROBLEM WITH THE SD DRIVERS ON THE TP2???

My SD card is a transcend class 6 so I doubt that is the problem.

The only thing I'd like to test now is An AC3 codec for coreplayer and/or a QTV plugin for TCPMP.

Anyone know if either of those exist?

Searches turn up nothing.

Thanks for that fishel! Tried tcpmp without TF3d and there was very little or no difference.

Was worth trying anyway.

Chazco, I'm glad to hear that about the TV-OUT. But It will be useless for me unless I can get a smoother framerate on some vids.

Looks like I'll just have to start converting my movies.... :(

either that or try a stock rom :(:(:(

Bad times.

Thanks for all the help anyway peeps.

I'm off to try and get TomTom working instead....maybe that will cheer me up :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] fuxbox:
I installed the cookies editor and was messing around with the lockscreen options. now I cannot get my default lock screen back. the one that is supposed to be my default is now a tiny unlock button at the bottom left
[HD2 General] fuxbox:
bump i guess :D
[HD2 General] anhphe076:
Try Install Smartlock v1.7E to Main. Reset PPC.

Check WM6.5 new lock in Start/Settings/System/Smartlock!
[HD2 General] fuxbox:
thanks but that didnt work either. looks like im gonna have to do a hard reset to get this damn phone the way i want it.
[HD2 General] lquigley:
Remove

Take cht off, then see if lockscreen is ok? if so, reinstall cookies, & don't make same mistake again,, lol
[HD2 General] ephestione:
first thing that comes to mind is to install S2U2 (in the end you might even decide to keep it, so problem solved altegether), and have it set to disable the standard lockscreen, then after softreset, uninstall it,and it *should* re-enable your stock lockscreen ;)
[HD2 General] fuxbox:
Amazing app! thank you I been waiting for something like this. I especially like the gif wallpaper option!
[XPERIA X10 Accessories] Tectonic:
This case is freakin amazing.

http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/products/accessories/shagg-bag

I bought the small version and it's perfect to hold the x10 (and probably any phone for that matter). I wanted a case that can attach to my bag strap or to my belt. This thing is it. Also for the quality you get for $18, it's hard to beat.
[General Questions and Answers] tokyo78:
Anyone know of a great app that allows for G Chat/Talk to stay open for wm6.5+? Currently using SE x2 MR3...

thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] chelsea_fc:
here you go
[General Questions and Answers] tokyo78:
thank you kinldy!

And go bluuuuuuuuuuuue!
[General Questions and Answers] BRAIN_STEW:
There is no MR3 for the X2, the most recent release is MR2 (R3AA035)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thesweeney:
edit: double post ...SORRY :'(
[Touch CDMA General] grantemsley:
I already fixed this, posting it in case it helps someone else (or I forget next time it happens).

Short version: If your touch won't turn on, check if any of the other buttons are stuck down.

My touch just wouldn't turn on. I tried pulling the battery. Tried all the possible startup buttons like going into the bootloader. Nothing.

It would charge through USB, but that was it. Power button seemed broken.

It was the volume slider. I've had issues with the volume randomly turning itself down. The volume slider is starting to die. And apparently if the volume switch is in just the wrong place, the phone will refuse to turn on. Moving the volume slider up and down then trying to turn it on again fixed it.

Maybe this will help someone else.
[Touch CDMA General] radar5:
glad to hear it but next time you can just update your other thread
[XPERIA X10 General] mcduck99:
When I connect my X10i to other PCs, it beeps and will show me the USB-connection-Manager on the phone (you know, USB Mass storage...).

when I connect the phone to my Win7 x64 PC, there is no beep on the phone nor will it shows the USB-link icon.

the entries in the device manager are the same: Attention Symbol, Other Devices, X10i

Any hints? Without this initial signal, I can't activate the Mass storage Mode...

thanks
[XPERIA X10 General] bobosky520:
Download PC Companion from SE website and setup. it will include a x64 win7 driver.
[XPERIA X10 General] mcduck99:
thanks a lot - it works!

:D
[XPERIA X10 General] Jonnie5:
i tried to download pc companion and it doesn't work for me... wuts my problem.. checked my ports with other usbs and it works fine... with my phone it says it does not recognize
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
Roufianos.com V1.1 (Updated 07/06/2010 11:50 Greek Time)

SUPER SUPER FAST... A lot of built improvements

All Features Working... :D

FULL ROOTED

Custom OC Kernel up to 690 Mhz (need Overclock Widget from Market)

Multi language support

Huge APN List Of All Providers

Superuser

Busybox

Apps2SD - 100% working

Dalvik Cache Working

HTC modified keyboard (Villain Source)

Gallery 3D - SUPER FAST

Wifi Tethering via Wireless Tether AND aNetShare

Extra Software incuded in (you can remove all this if you dont like it...):

HTC modified keyboard

Gallery 3D

aNetShare For Wifi Tethering

Superuser

Busybox

YouTube

Xda - tapatalk Client

Wifi Analyzer

Terminal Emulator

Skyfire Browser

Unit Converter

ROM Manager (Dont Use If you DONT KNOW What is it)

Overclock Widget

Network Info

Opera Mini 5

Os Monitor

Metal Detector

Ip Manager (Very Usefull if you using the wifi with statick in office and Dynamic at Home)

Google Goggles

Compass

Install Instructions:

Full Wipe + ext partition + batery status + screen Ratation

Move roufianosV1.zip to sdcard

Install it from sd.

Wait to Full Load The Android. I RECOMEND TO RESTART THE HERO BEFORE THE 1st USE

AND ENJOY THE SUPERFAST 2.1 Oficial Android

http://www.roufianos.com//index.php?pageid=chathttp://www.roufianos.com
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iRobert:
which su is included? this seems to be kinda nice:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682828
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
in 3-4 minutes the upload will finish...

The rom is just the best...

im playing 10 minutes, and going very very fast...

a big BRAVO to HTC :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
The Rom Is UP and READY....

Please give a try... and please give feedback

I think is very very stable and ready...:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] McKriss:
downloading now

μπράβο μεγάλε!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chinoyy:
download limited~
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] butterdori:
Download limit reached :(

Anyone willing to put this up as torrent?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
Now its ok.... IVE UPDATE THE LINK much more fast with optimazation (png):):):):)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Seidr:
Mirror up at 100mbps server.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Don`t lose recovery and can flash back to

other custom ROM?

Then I will try ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
THIS ROM IS CUSTOM, after this you can do anything...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danne_jo:
anyone tryd thisone yet?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Ok,downloading now,but takes time to flash and test!

Bad internet speed ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
try it please danne...

i have it more than 2 hours, and all is really fast...

Please flash it and send me a feedback and suggestions!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Verenjano:
Re: [ROM]Official ROOTED 2.1 .ZIP SU enabled - Wireless Tether & APP2SD|PNG OPTIMIZED

Awesome! Rooted roms already, great stuff!

Just some questions:

What's the difference with the other rooted ROM and how does it cope with morelocale?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fabioff:
Hi,

sorry for asking this question but can someone explain to me what I have to do before installing it? I know how to do a wipe but what is meant by "ext partition + batery status + screen Ratation"?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
Its your flash to hero?

i ask you because maybee you have more steps before wipe...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fabioff:
Sorry, what do you mean? My Hero is already rooted and I'm running a ROM which uses the ported HTC Legend version (forgot the name)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
then you have to boot in recovery mode, make a wipe (full format/hard reset) and flash the *.zip (in wipe manu has 4 wipe options... select it all... one after one)

thats all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lam3010:
hello, may u provide a zip for app2sd?

ive flash a tw official rom, no app2sd..thank u:)
[Desire General] dougsdir:
I have the Desire on a UK TMobile tariff with Unlimited Web.

I get a strong HSPDA signal , the connection symbol is an 'H', but when i run the Speedtest.net app i only get 0.35Mbps download and 0.12Mbps upload. i have run the test a few times in different locations and these figures are about average for me.

should my download for mobile broadband not be more than that?

the tmobile websites say speeds up to 4.5Mbps, so i would have thought i would have at least got half that.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
Yes they should - it is possible that your account/SIM is not correctly enabled.

Right now, with just a single bar, I'm getting 1.7Mbps up and 0.5Mbps down.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] Smith2001:
doesn't that mean your on the lower end web and walk not the plus version i think its called?
[Desire General] dougsdir:
not sure, i pre-orderd the phone thru mobilephonesdirect, and chose the £25 Unlimited Mobile Internet tariff which i assume would be full HSDPA

0.35Mbps equates to about 45 kilobytes per second, is this similar to 3G speeds?
[Desire General] toastyghost:
You have to pay £5 a month more on any T-Mobile service for the Web n Walk Plus to get full speeds, because it allows tethering.
[Desire General] cnic:
this is the speed that I achieve through Vodafone with "H" ..

exactly the same ... not quite the 3G i expected honestly..
[Desire General] dougsdir:
not true, i can tether no problems at the moment
[Desire General] Aitese:
With T-mobile I've found location is very much a factor. My Desire gets varying speeds depending where I am and it's consistent too. In my home I'm lucky to get HSDPA speeds at all. If I do they're about what you're getting.

Here in my permanent office in Canary Wharf on the 10th floor I'm getting 600/530 kbps. At the office with all my servers in the City, on the first floor I get 1,500/750 kbps. This is pretty consistent as I say. At London Bridge as I wait for my train home I'm back at the mid range 600/530 range.

I can take not having much data speeds at home as I'm on Wifi there as well as at my folks place.

My voice signal stays strong no matter where I am.
[Desire General] Tawm:
Android phones are supposed to be automatically put on the higher Web'n'Walk package so I hear.
[Desire General] alio993:
Im on T mobile, with H signal and 3 bars, I just did a speed test and got:

Download: 590 kbps

Upload: 375kbps

is this normal? seems low compared to others?
[Desire General] claptnei:
I had this exact problem. Its because MobilePhonesDirect have not registered the sim correctly. T-Mobile thought it was in a Nokia 6700. Had to phone T-Mobile direct to change it and add the £5 web and walk unlimited.

MobilePhonesDirect are a crap company and do not explain any of this in their info.:mad:
[Desire General] al89nut:
First, search threads on this - TMobile & Mobile Phones Direct.

It is an old issue with MPD. They sell the phone but with a 1gb unlimited internet fair use policy, which has a significant throttle applied. You may find your phone is actually registered as a Nokia too.

You need to call Tmob Tech Support and argue that you have an Android Phone which needs a 3gb allowance (aka Web and Walk Plus.) If you look on TMob's website for their FUP details you'll find the statement about Android phones to make your case.

Don't be fobbed off, don't call the standard support (overseas and they have no idea what you're talking about), quote TMob's own statement to them and you may succeed.
[Desire General] dibsmjf:
I have recently had a very similar situation with a Desire from Carphone Warehouse, which was on the 1GB limit 0.35Mbps service by default.

I was advised by users in the T-Mobile forum to send an email to cust.rel@t-mobile.co.uk explaining the situation and that the fair usage terms for Android phones specify a 3GB limit.

A couple of days later (today in fact!) I had a nice guy from T-Mobile ring me back, he explained that if you sign a contract other than direct with T-Mobile you don't get the 3GB limit but he agreed that I should have it judging by their terms, he put me on the full speed internet package and replaced the previous internet booster with an unlimited calls to landlines booster-very good service :-)

He also said he would be in contact with CPW to make sure that they were properly advertising the terms of the contract and exactly what you get!
[Desire General] REwulf:
Probably the time of day,try it first thing in the morning.
[Desire General] alio993:
Ok yeh i'll try that!
[Desire General] jamran:
U may want to check this thread out

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656227

If u tweak some of your apn settings ur speed will increase dramatically

:-)

Cheers

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[Desire General] dwj:
Actually, I have found out this issue is not to do with carphone warehouse and definitely not to do with signal strength.

I have a sim only 30 day contract direct from t-mobile for use with a sim-free desire with unlimited internet. After talking with loads of customer support and technical support at t-mobile I eventually found out that the service is indeed capped at 0.36 MB speeds with web&walk. I would have to get web&walk plus which I can only do on a 12 month contract from t-mobile to get full speed HSDPA. As I prefer the flexibility of 30 day contract (for situations just like this for example!) then I think I will try O2 now. I bought a PAYGO sim from them just to test and immediately got over 2MB download speeds. Much nicer.
[Desire General] twogubs:
The day i got mine i was onto T-mobile regarding my PAC and transfer that MPD should have done and tech support were astoundingly good.They corrected all the details supplied by MPD and setup my new account as it should have been(no one month waiting like has been suggested).

My average for the house is 850kbps(with a peak of 1027) and at my work i get 1578kbps.

I havent come close to 3gb usage so may attempt a large download to see if it can be sustained.