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[Galaxy Tab General] bert269:
limited video format support.....What am I missing?

What format video files can you guys play on the G-Tab?

Mine plays only: .wmv and .3gp

I have tried .avi, .mp4, and everything else - it is just not supported.

I'm currently on MoDaCo's Beta5 but I have restored my original JJ7 stock rom also and it's the same, can only play .wmv & .3gp

Ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] quasyl:
My Tab read very well mp4 encoded with nero or handbrake, I use QQPlayer but the stock player and others plays files successfully too. With Handbrake I use normal profile, constant quality, RF 27 and maximum width 640 with "keep aspect ratio" anamorphic none. If the first file is very good quality (mkv 720p or 1080p) the result file is very good and not very big (near 500Mb), if I start from a std quality file the result is anyway very acceptable. Audio 5.1 is converted into aac (faac) 160kbps 48 samplerate. I'm also currently on MoDaCo's Beta5.

Important: with handbrake the final file is a name.m4a change it into name.mp4 too be accepted....
[Galaxy Tab General] Hanson68:
I have zero issues playing 720p mkv files with zero stutter or skipping at all. I don't even bother converting the files unless they're over 4gb. This is on a stock Sprint SGT.

If you can't play them, perhaps you are using a custom ROM does not have the codecs the stock has by default.

I use ripbot to reencode mkv files and it can burn subtitles onto the file, but if you have an srt file, just make sure it has the exact same file name as the video file and the stock player will display the subtitles. You can find srt files online for practically any language.

Again, if you're not using the stock ROM, this functionality may be broken.
[Galaxy Tab General] ronnieho:
any advice ? I converted a few of my .mkv HD movies using handbrake, I also imported .SRT subtitles, but so far none of the converted movies completed with the subtitle in it. am i missing any here?
[Galaxy Tab General] Hanson68:
If you have the srt file already, have you tried putting it in the same directory as the video file with the same exact name? Like if you have "avatar.720p.mkv", the srt must be named "avatar.720p.srt" and in the same folder. The media player will then display the subtitles. srt files inside the mkv container will not display -- they must be a separate file.
[Galaxy Tab General] ronnieho:
you are describing what needed to be done to play a say .mkv movie on PC using say KM Player. Yes I know.

I was talking about buring and converting .mkv movie using Handbrake, the converted movie could not play subtitles. pls advice.
[Galaxy Tab General] perrin4869:
What H.264 are incompatible with the tab?

Hi, I was wondering if someone knew exactly what H.264 videos are incompatible with the tab? I got some fansubbed anime that, whenever I try playing it, I get a black screen, and only the audio works. The thing is, that some of it is 720p, so it probably is not a performance problem. I understand that playing High Quality videos in the Tab is pointless, and I agree with it, but unless I absolutely have to, I'd prefer not to waste time on re-encoding my media. I am pretty much a noob when it comes to video encoding, so I don't know how to give you the properties of the videos that get me a black screen. I am running Ubuntu 10.10, if anyone got instructions on retrieving the properties. My Tab is from Docomo, running the stock ROM. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hanson68:
It works exactly the same way on the SGT. It works the same way with mp4 files as well. This is with the stock ROM anand stock player.

The subs have to be external files and not in the video container.
[Galaxy Tab General] mcfiddish:
Deinterlacing

Thanks for the guide. All of the clips I've converted with Handbrake show interlacing when I play them back on the Tab. I turned on the slow deinterlace option in the filter tab in the picture window and it helps a lot.
[Galaxy Tab General] Digiguest:
I just put it on HIGH QUALITY. Works perfectly for me.
[Galaxy Tab General] conlinlord:
In the first place, u need to know, there are two standard DVDs, one is PAL DVD with 720*576, the other is 720*480. If u upscale to 720P, the quality can't change, but the size change more larger.

So I suggest u main the original resolution, and convert them to MP4, H.264, 1500kbps, AAC audio codec. u can enjoy DVD in full screen, and the quality is OK.
[Galaxy Tab General] conlinlord:
MP4 can't be played? I tried it, all are OK! I think the video coding is wrong. u need to convert the mp4 that can't play to G-tab compatible formats, like H.264.

Moreover, the resolution can't be too high. 720P is OK. Try it!
[Droid X General] zeeyo987:
so i have a droid x i just used z4root to root and installed rom manager to put to flash clockwork recovery, but when i boot into recovery it wont work it just goes to the locked bootloader and also when i try to use adb i see the $ symbol not #, so i just wanted to know what i can do in order to put the liberty rom on my phone, thanks!
[Droid X General] chaoslimits:
Hi and welcome. I believe you needed the Droid X bootstrapper (from market or free from Kousch's website

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html

pay for it if you can cos you will use it a LOT).

Also make sure you follow the instructions to the letter. Installing a rom isn't hard but it's easy to screw up.
[Droid X General] zeeyo987:
awesome so i installed boostrapper and got to the clockwork recovery screen but when i try to press the home or power buttons to select wipe or install from sd card it just goes to a black screen and stays there, any ideas? thanks!
[Droid X General] drewoid:
go on youtube and search xdroidrom that's the channel with the info you're looking for
[Droid X General] kdkinc:
most folks use the volume button for selection and the camera button to activate the selection and the power button to back track:eek::eek:
[Desire HD General] jayfarnsworth:
Hi folks, my first test run of the xda on Android. Whoo. All feels along way from my previous tytn ii :-)

Anyway, I have also just got a Citroën c3, brand new with built in Bluetooth. The DHD and the car have paired up fine and the calls and in-dash contacts is amazing. But the media option on the Bluetooth settings for the car (long press options in Bluetooth settings menu) keeps re-enabling its self when I disable it!

I don't want the media option enabled, the car has usb, mp3 etc etc so I don't use the phone. And when media is enabled Google nav sounds go through the stereo but not when on anything other than the phone set as the input. I.e. cd, radio, usb, mp3 on, no Google nav sounds.

Any one know why the media settings in Bluetooth options for the car (in the phone) keep reseting?

Thanks for reading, pointers appreciated as much as direct advice :-)

Cheers

Jay
[Desire HD General] jayfarnsworth:
Sorted it. It was one of the options in the car's settings!!!
[Nook Color General] BunnyJ:
Since I can't post to the development forum, I'll have to post here.

But I think I may have found the web address that the Nook looks for it's OTA updates.

I was exploring in root explorer and came across this:

/data/data/com/bn.devicemanager/databases/devicemanager.db

Looks like this database is what determines OTA updates.

under registry, there is an entry that has a description of "URL for checking for updates" and gives a value of h**ps://csqaint.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/serciceG

Should be h**ps://csqaint.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/serviceG

There is another entry that has a description of "URL to get other URLs" which is h**ps://bncs.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/prefServlet

I typed that url into my desktop browser:

PREF,BNCLOUD_URL,https://bncs.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/serviceD?version=1
PREF,BNCLOUD_OAUTH,https://bncs.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/oauthpage/BnOAuthMgmt.jsp
PREF,BNCLOUD_URL_UPLOAD,https://bncs.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/multiPartUpload.do
PREF,AKAMAI_ENV,Cloud
PREF,BNCLOUD_INSTORE_URL,https://bncsis.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/serviceDI
PREF,BNCLOUD_URL_UPLOAD_V2,https://bncs.barnesandnoble.com/bncloud/RESTUpload
PREF,INSTORE_ENVID,001
PREF,HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL,15

I'm a total noob when it comes to Android. Maybe this will help?

Perhaps we can change the website that it looks for the updates, or even change the the FOTA operation mode entry to false.
[Nook Color General] colorado_al:
Not sure if the urls that you list are indeed where it looks, but you can simply modify the hosts file to include

127.0.0.1 csqaint.barnesandnoble.com

Located at /etc/hosts
[Nook Color General] fatfingered:
I added "bncs.barnesandnoble.com" into my home router to block access from my network. Any others?
[General Questions and Answers] Cyrus221:
Hey guys. I'm trying to convince my girlfriend to let me attempt to hack her phone, but she won't let me. However, she found a website that she wants to use instead: unlockcellular. Has anyone ever heard of these guys and if they are legit? I personally don't feel comfortable giving my card and (her) IMEI to an outfit that I never heard of.
[Vibrant General] Globespy:
Ok, first up I am not a developer, not would I know how to develop for the phone.

With that said, I've noticed a repeatable chain of events that I think have caused at least in my own situation poor battery life from certain modems.

I noticed that after flashing for instance KA7 on top of a previous installation of KA5, KA6 or even JK6 that battery life of the new KA7 modem was horrific. My base ROM was usually always Nero or Bionix

Then I completely changed to the new Bionix-V ROM which is based on KA7 and voila, my battery life is great.

Could it be that the process of flashing different modems causes some kind of internal confusion with the phone that relates to undesirable battery life?

Just an idea, but it's like I said something I have been able to repeat, and perhaps others have had the same experience.
[Vibrant General] Sdobron:
Doesn't belong here. Should be in q and a.
[Vibrant General] phantomzer0:
Instead of responding with a useless post and armchair modding, you could just not post at all and let the moderators do their job. It's posts like yours that cause people to run out of here. Just blatantly rude.
[Vibrant General] SuperJMN:
I don't know, but I think it's possible. Sometimes, flashing over causes every kind of problems. Why not?
[Vibrant General] jmatic:
Isn't that the reason why we clear battery memory after a flash? So that there is no confusion. :-\
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
Never underestimate the power of placebo :-p

Reset the battery stats via recovery and after a full cycle or two you probably won't notice poor battery.
[Vibrant General] Globespy:
I should have added that I ALWAYS wipe battery stats when making modem/ROM changes - following the usual guidelines.

However, my experience still exists.

Specifics:

Nero V3 Running Voodoo+JK6 = Approx 30 hours battery on light/medium use

Nero V3 Running Voodoo+Updated KA7 = Approx 12-16 hours with same usage

Bionix V running Voodoo+KA7 = Approx 30-36 hours with same usage

It's not placebo - it's a measurable, noticeable difference.
[Vibrant General] bartek25:
i get good battery ;life out of stock ka7 no bloat prolly around 30h and for instance i had bionix and my battery was sucked up llike no tomorrow thats why i am back on stock
[Vibrant General] oka1:
I think the PLACEBO may more correct answer, Since JK2 and on battery has been not a real issue. Every time you flash a new modem etc, if you think you need to (I do not think it is all that important) go into recovery and go in advanced and do the clear battery stats and go from there......

The only Time i have ever had a real issue with the battery life with custom ROMS is when using over-clock roms.

Other than that, I would guess you are using the phone different every day, and do not think so imho. That is a more likely cause of battery performance or lack thereof.
[Vibrant General] bartek25:
with bionix my battery lasted half less
[Vibrant General] Monk4Life:
Is has a lot to do with how much battery you have left when you flash a rom. I always flash with a complete full charge and never really see a difference in battery life going from rom to rom. My battery always last about a day and a half with every rom I have tried. Also I have not once wiped battery stats. This is only needed if you do flash with a battery that is not fully charged.
[Vibrant General] bobbbb:
I apologize but take away about 10 hours of just idling while your sleeping at night, that doesn't count... I could keep my phone asleep with no widgets, 0% brightness, etc. but what's the fun?

As long as your phone lasts you the day, or as long as you need it to, you shouldn't be worried about it going for a week on one charge...
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
exactly.

Your battery needs to last maximum of 15 hours, unless if you work 24/7.

your going to end up charging it at night so why the hell do you care?
[Vibrant General] Haxel:
I'm curious about the 20+ hour battery life cases if you have background sync enabled.

I just requested a new battery as my old one I believe is going bad. Running JFD --> JK6 --> JK7. Charged battery to 100% while off over 3 days. (Letting sit all day at 25% 75% and 100%). Resetting battery stats tonight and staying at 100%. I'll see how the new battery compares. (My old battery life was 8-10 hours max).
[Vibrant General] bartek25:
can we mod the vibrant so if we shake it hard and long enough battery will charge like in those those flashlights ,
[Vibrant General] helikido:
good idea, how about we also build a solar battery cover for the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] ewidtfeldt:
I actually have plans drawn up to do just that. If anyone is seriously interested let me know and I'll share the plan.
[Vibrant General] bartek25:
ether that or you can just foillow me

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=931351
[Vibrant General] nomadrider123:
Na I would rather use my phone as it was intended a smart phone. One should get a day out of it Then plug it in at bed time.
[Vibrant General] Haxel:
Follow up to this. Leaving everything the same but changing the battery with the new one Tmo sent me. I'm getting 14-18 hours battery life. I think if I change it to 2g only I'll get closer to 20. So yes, new battery was alot better. This is with stock KA7

Suspicions: I believe my display may be causing a large part of the drain. I have one little stuck pixel that stays white on a black screen, and wont display blue either. Battery life still goes down 10-15% an hour at my home screen/internet browsing. I need to try a movie and see how long it lasts.
[Vibrant General] TJBunch1228:
Just solder a couple wires to the terminals on a car battery (or a marine battery if you are really adventurous), then solder the wires to the back of the phone (anywhere will do). You can remove the cell battery completely, no use for that extra weight. Use a tiny dremel tool, to create holes in the back of the battery cover for the wires to pass through.

There you have it; 1,450+ hrs on stand by. 450+ hrs with Avatar on replay 24/7. You just carry the car battery under your dominant arm. Or go balls out and buy a backpack if you want hands-free.

(don't drop your phone in the toilet while texting and peeing at the same time, you will get electrocuted)
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
I would think that lowering the battery voltages to 3.0 before shutoff would double the current battery life. However, this probably would damage the battery in the long term but cyanogen did it on the g1 and greatly improved battery life.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xstreetz:
if i flash my phone will that remove the sim lock?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xstreetz:
if its possible can anyone point me to what file i should use for flashing, i've seen the generic files not sure if they are the right ones.....i have a x10a, thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
Go here.

ALSO SEE BELOW
[Defy General] chaihg:
I thought about sharing this. All those interested to help these guys decode should download a file they have put and run it on their PC so that it helps them compute faster.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921013

Contribute by downloading the application and running it.
[Defy General] doxas:
Only for Milestone :(

But if they can hack the Milestone bootloader, would it have any effect on the Defy Deveploment?
[Defy General] chaihg:
It will affect entire motorola android series.
[Defy General] Step666:
It looks like it won't affect anything - the project folds in ~4 days amidst claims of a lack of funds.
[Defy General] chaihg:
Damn bad implementation. :( I am still hopeful xda will take it.
[Defy General] AgentSmith:
Common people, this project is alive and kicking! Join the XDA team, even if it's just for the fun of it. XDA is only at the 20th place, ranked to total work done. We can do much much better than that! :)

With my relatively modest laptop with Core2Duo 2,4 GHz I already crunched quite a lot in almost 24 hours. And soon the Androinc project will also support ATi graphics cards which will be a huge boost to crunching. My ATi 4570 is now crunching for the Collatz Conjencture project, helping to crack on of mathematics last unsolved mysteries, but as soon as Androinc enables gpu crunching I will switch.

Cracking the Milestone's bootloader key might very well crack the Defy's as well. Who knows, with a little bit of luck Motorola uses the same key for all their models...

Almost forgot to say this: if you're running Windows x64 then make sure you download the 64 bit version of the BOINC client. This way your pc will download 64 bit work units which are processed quite a bit faster. Check the complete list with available versions on the BOINC website.
[Defy General] chaihg:
Cheers! I just downloaded the Mac version and am running it. Lets do it together guys. Download and run the program. As simple as it gets.
[Defy General] Rhyr:
I joined the project too.

But how long it takes to find the key?
[Defy General] AgentSmith:
Could be a day, a week, a month or longer. Cracking a key takes brute force calculations and that means at some point someone's computer finds the key and that's the end of the project. No way to tell when that is going to happen but of course the more data and the longer we crunch the bigger the chance becomes to find this key.
[Defy General] Step666:
From what I read on the AndrOINC discussion boards, the x64 version doesn't necessarily result in more work being done by x64 systems.

Or is that not true?

Also, you make mention of supporting ATI graphics cards, what about nVidia ones?

My card's CUDA-capable, so it may as well be put to good use along with my CPU...
[Defy General] AgentSmith:
On my system 64 bit work units get processed somewhat faster than 32 bit wu's. Strangely BOINC x64 also keeps downloading 32 bit wu's so in practice there is a difference in speed but not that spectacular.

They mentioned that CUDA is in the pipeline too but first it's ATi.
[Defy General] Step666:
Well, I seem to be churning through the x86 work at a reasonable enough speed so I figure I'll just leave it...
[Defy General] jmoore2:
Running this also. However i dont seem to be getting any credits(im not sure what they are) does this mean thaalt im not contributing?
[Defy General] Sir Flashalot:
You need to join the XDA Team in order for your credits to be added to their total. I joined them today to do something in return for the tons of info I found here. Happy crunching! (F0nz0 from Tweakers)
[Defy General] MDP_1982:
Hi,

I am a defy user contributing with my computer. ;)
[Defy General] burros:
I will be a defy user, and contributing with my computer.
[Defy General] mick711:
I contribut http://androinc.net/show_user.php?userid=2353 but 1024 RSA key :eek:

A lot of computer is needed :rolleyes:
[Defy General] Sir Flashalot:
xda developers at 18th place and counting. :)
[Defy General] burros:
17th place
[Defy General] m0nk3e:
Another Defy user on board. At least some small hope if Moto doesn't change their policy at all...
[Defy General] plaisthos:
I think this a waste of ressources. The chance of breaking the RSA key is near nil.
[Defy General] Step666:
It uses people's computers when they would otherwise be lying dormant, so if anything it's the opposite of a waste of resources.

If you don't want to contribute to this particular project, at least put your computer to work on one of the other BOINC projects like SETI@Home or Rosetta@Home, which is connected to research into possible cures for AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's etc.
[Defy General] chaihg:
Good suggestion.
[Defy General] m11kkaa:
This will took a long time if we have no luck.

It would be very great if we would have access to a super-computer :D
[Defy General] Rhyr:
Alternatively we can try to ask if Lupin can break into motorola's labs to steal the key :D
[Defy General] pbaumi:
hmm... just thinking about installing it on the VMWare farm of my current outsourcing project. The production system isn't yet migrated, so there is plenty of cpu power left :-)
[Defy General] nupi:
But it wastes a lot of energy in doing so. For all intents and purposes, the chances of this being successful are 0. Anyone who disputes this really needs to read up on public key encryption.
[Defy General] Mangraa:
Wow. I bet you're a blast at parties and encouraging kids at little league games. :P

I just stumbled on this after finally getting back onto the SETI project as well. And while yes, the chances are extremely slim, it's still a better chance than if nothing was being done at all. Besides, my computer's just idling a lot of the time anyway, may as well use it, even if it does mean using a little bit more energy than I would if it were truly _idling_.

Not to mention you can customize how much of the cpu it uses at various times, so you don't have to go balls-out with 100%, you could use 10%. Or 50%. Or whatever. And if it doesn't pan out at all, what have I lost in the process? Precious nothing, and maybe a few extra cents on my energy bill.
[Defy General] uzi74:
Unfortunaltely it is really a waste of time, check out the distributed.net project: it is cracking a 72 bit key since 2002 ad no result yet

If we could crack that code our internet banking would be also in danger
[Streak 5 General] yarco89:
hi to all.. i have a problem and i ask to all: "HELP ME!"

I leave in Italy, and i have buy from Ebay an Dell Streak locked from o2.

I have contact their support, but their have write to me that i must call assistant service of o2 from my o2 card and ask the unlock code

i have ask to their, that i leave in Italy, and here the o2 don't work, and i haven't parents or friend's in UK.. but nothing..

then they have write to me: " give me ur Fully UK address with postal code "

but, if i don't leave in UK, how i can give to u a postal address?

they are so stupid?:confused:

can someone call the o2 with my IMEI number to get provide an unlock code?

Please Help me
[Streak 5 General] Troute:
It would not work unless you call using your actual phone and sim. O2 will only give unlock codes to their own customers.
[Streak 5 General] qq67:
I tried 2-3 weeks ago. they not unlocking the streak yet
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garcia09:
Hello, New to the forums and to the android OS. I bought my Nexus S recently (had a blackberry bold), called t-mo to switch me to the nexus s compatible data plan on jan 22nd. It is now Jan 26th and they still haven't gotten me data! I called several times, but all they tell me is that a ticket has been issued (on the 22nd) and that their hoping it can get resolved soon! My account is in perfect standing, I would like to know why their taking so long to hook me up to data...all I can use right now is wi-fi. just wondering if you guys have any Ideas whats happening on t-mo's side, or if you guys had a similar experience that would help me resolve this issue?

thanks in advance.