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[Xoom General] muyoso:
When you sell 15 million iPads in 9 months and over 100 million iphones, websites generally will make sure their content plays kindly with your devices. All of those websites detect if you are on an iPad and display content that works well on the ipad (HTML5 video for example). Some websites go into a special ipad tablet mode when you go to them. I think the NYT does this. That is why Steve Jobsy says flash is unnecessary, because he has 115 million devices in the wild and he knows websites will do what they can to accommodate those users instead of potentially missing out on that giant block of traffic. That will not be changing this year when the iPad2 really takes off either.
[Xoom General] ahmadddd:
Yup and frankly speaking HTML5 is much better as videos looked much better than our flash with less battery consumption and very smooth scrolling.

But the question is I thought that Honeycomb supports HTML 5 , so why we can't play the videos without flash and just like the ipad ?
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
Sell it and get an iPad. Get what makes you happy. I'm fortunate, my wife and I currently have iPad 1s and I'm selling both of them. My wife is getting a new iPad 2 and I have a new Xoom. This way we have both in our house and I can use an ipad 2 whenever I feel like it (its actually my account so all my apps are on there anyway :D ).

Reality is, this religious war people have is freaking ridiculous. Just buy whatever makes you happy. One thing to note though about market share, last year when the iPhone 4 came out it blew away every Android phone on the market in benchmarks, specs, screen, apps, etc. and Apple was dominating the smartphone market.

Guess who's leading the smartphone market with leaps and bounds 1 year later? ;)
[Xoom General] rjoudrey:
The power of a free people.
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
HTML5 video works on Android 2.3, however I don't know about Honeycomb. I set my user agent to iPad with Dolphin Browser HD and HTML5 video worked perfectly.

Edit: You don't even have to do this. Just try HTML5 only video websites. I assume the same should apply to Honeycomb as well, if not that would be odd... I don't think I'm going to be using Flash for a while actually, as long as the site supports HTML5.
[Xoom General] ryan562:
i'm using dolphin HD browser and have it set on IPAD for user agent. works wonderfully..

too bad you can't switch user agents on IOS. shhh, don't tell the OP of this thread that you can do things like this on ANDROID.
[Xoom General] ryan562:
i'm using dolphin HD browser and have it set on IPAD for user agent. works wonderfully..

too bad you can't switch user agents on IOS:cool:
[Xoom General] ahmadddd:
Thanks for the.advise, tried it and it worked but provided that I disablebthe flash plugin the choose Ipad agent. The videos plays using the Xoom video player in a new full size page which is fine but still not like the ipad that can play the embedded video within the same page with a full screen option.

But if I enable the plugin it will use flash even if I choose Ipad agent.

Thanks again
[Xoom General] alex2792:
Actually you can download browsers from the app store that support user agent switching.
[Xoom General] kalfou:
Lololol
[Xoom General] checkbox111:
Keep on rockin in the free world.
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
Are you kidding??

I would hardly call the iPad 2 a quality built device:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1114606

After seeing all the pics in that thread, and hearing that Apple Geniuses are telling people that all iPad 2's do this so it's normal, I wouldn't pay a hundred bucks for one. It's obvious from that thread just why the iPad has a good price. Apple used cheap parts and POOR quality control. I considered an iPad 2 to go with my Xoom, but not now...it's crap.
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
You sure that isn't just a manufacture error that will be fixed?
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
Wow that is really bad.
[Xoom General] eviltuna:
I have both the Xoom & the iPad 2, and to be honest, I'm using the iPad 2 a lot more than the Xoom, design wise they both have their pros and cons, same thing with hardware and build quality, I do however like the design of the Xoom a bit more and i like the feel more than the iPad just seems like its better put together to me. As for the power button on the Xoom, I'm not sure why people hate it, coming from the Viewsonic Gtab & a variety of other chinese tablets I think the button is great, I've never accidently hit it before. Anyways, I've got my Xoom about 3 days after it launched and only played with it for about 2 days max, cause frankly the apps just aren't there yet since it is a new device after all and there are still lots of bugs to work out this I understand. I've never owned the original iPad and was on the fence about the iPad 2 until I saw the specs for it, the dual core processor was what sold me on the iPad 2. Since getting it on launch day, I haven't been able to put it down, great device (yes, i hate the stupid iPhone UI) but the apps are years a head of the android apps, I love tinkering and customizing my devices with custom roms etc, but I find for daily use right now, the iPad 2 is a much better device since it has so much app support right now. Of course this could all change in about 6-12 months when more developers make apps for Honeycomb. Still, I find the overall quality of iPad apps/iPhone apps are better than android apps. My only gripe with the iPad is the crappy screen resolution on the iPad, sure the IPS screen has better viewing angles then the Xoom screen, but when you're looking straight at it you can tell the Xoom screen looks much sharper because of the resolution, if only Apple increased the screen resolution.

Anyways, both great devices but like I said the only thing that sucks on the Xoom is the app support right now which should be fixed in a few months once more devices are available. Totally different platforms, anyways, in my opinion the Xoom probably wont do 1/10th of the iPad sales just because the mass market wont get this device. Cause at this moment the iPad 2 is a much better functioning device, browsing is easier, and smoother, no (atleast I haven't had one) forced closes, it just seems like a more complete device for the mass market and I really think apple is smart for having their tiered pricing. So don't expect any SD card slot or anythign like that, cause if they do add an SD Card slot, then there is no incentive for people to buy the 64GB version.
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
Well who knows? But more than a few users have commented in that thread saying the ipad 1 had the same issue but to a lesser degree and that apple never did fix it. They are now seriously worried that they won't fix it this time either. Look how apple reacted to the iphone 4 antenna issue. Maybe they should stop looking at the ipad2 that way :D At any rate I'm not risking my time and money on a device with a screen that looks like that.
[Xoom General] papapena25:
i got to mess around with a i pad 2 and it wasn't very good.
[Xoom General] jvs60:
I did too, not impressed. The rear camera was suprisingly bad
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
It's supposedly the same one as what's in the iPod touch.
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
I used one of the new ipads in bestbuy yesterday and was honestly surprised at how noticable the weight differnce was (compared to my xoom). I was also surprised that it actually did seem like a big iPhone. Obviously, people say that all the time, but all I could think of was how it looked and worked exactly like the iPhone I had 2 years ago. Pretty lame considering how everyone "raves" about its UI.

It really reinforced in me how different the Xoom was and that Apple has yet to make a tablet os...hardware, you bet, software... not so much.

3 cheers for a giant grid of icons!
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
After having an android phone for a year now I can't live without Widgets of some kind. Icons only is so 90s
[Xoom General] backtothemac:
I bought the iPad 2 after standing in line for 3 hours. Only to find that it was one of the ones effected by the backlight bleeding. It was friggin horrible. I tried to return it and they were out of the iPad 2's. So I got a one. Now I am considering returning the one and getting a xoom.
[Xoom General] angermeans:
And that my friend was my exact same opinion. It seemed fast but I can't tell a difference between the ipad 2 and the Xoom. There is a reason I left iOS a little over a year ago and that is the same reason I will never look back. I bought the nexus one about 14 months ago and it was the same thing at the time. Not enough apps, didn't scroll as well as the iphone, android will never catch on blah blah blah. It (and the droid) brought android to the mainstream and i personally will never own an apple ipad or iphone ever again unless they consider making a tablet friendly OS. I will sacrifice the apps cause that will come (and much faster I would expect as most the apps are already built and just need to be optimized with fragments to support honeycomb) I expect apps to pick up at an amazing pace just like phones did this past year. Android in my opinion is the best platform and i won't turn my back on it. The ipad may have a better gpu, but it is underclocked, has half the ram, will never have 4G or expandable memory, lower Res screen (I know the contrast ratio is supposedly better, but playing with both side by side I would choose the Xoom especially since it is widescreen), and most of all is unlockeable and open. The things that devs will do with the Xoom will make many ipad users wish they had went with the other platform. I am seeing the same *****ing as a year ago with the nexus one/droid vs iphone debate. The ipad is great hardware but the software is severely lacking and i am willing to bet will never change much from what it is today. In six months the ipad will be yesterdays news and android will again be on top.
[Xoom General] greenrocks:
Sorry to hear that you are disappointed with your Xoom. Considering Xoom is kind of under baked, plus Honeycomb still has bugs to get ironed out so I'm greatly patient with Motorola and Android getting them to fully function.

More over, I'm quite exciting for mods in future to come. It'll be fun ride for all of us, whether old or new to flashing and stuff. My first Android device.

I've yet to play with iPad 2. I'll swing by locally to play with one.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] sagerox:
I need something rugged but too big, I carry mine in my pocket.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] live4nyy:
I would assume the Commuter case would be the thinnest. I have the Impact case and it's pretty thick but the commuter uses a thinner gel skin with a relatively thin plastic shell.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] sagerox:
How thick is the defender with out the clip.I hate to sound annoying, but I can't find anyone that sells them so I have to buy it online.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] live4nyy:
Super thick. I tried it for a few days and it was just too much. Probably makes the phone twice as thick. If you really NEED the protection than Defender is the way to go but if you just want to be protective than either the Impact or Commuter will be fine, it will just come down to preference. The Impact has good grip and is easy to take off/put on but it's a total lint catcher and it doesn't have a tight fit. The Commuter has an added layer with the plastic shell and has a tighter fit but the plastic also makes it slippery and it won't handle "impacts" as well as the Impact. (Seems obvious, right?)
[Atrix 4G Accessories] JayRolla:
I use the commutter on my Atrix and its perfect. Not too thick with very good protection, I'm not scared to drop it at all now.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] lesonal:
Get the defender! I have been using it for two weeks! Dude I dropped my phone from like 7 feet! Nothing happened no scratches nothing! I nearly shat my pants! Defender ftw
[Atrix 4G Accessories] abe1990:
the defender is roughly about 1.8cm

i actually ordered the impact case, but then they sent me the defender instead. however, ive decided to stay with it (since it actually cost more! so i got it for the price of an impact).

and now ive ordered the incipio case. i like the idea of having 2 cases. incipio for general daily use. then i can put it into the defender when im going out drinking (always drop stuff), and also when i go hiking/riding bikes etc.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] lsxrx7:
^^ you should be GLAD

the impact sucks, big time
[Atrix 4G Accessories] lsxrx7:
^^ you should be GLAD they sent u the defender

the impact sucks, big time
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtylarry10:
Hello all...I am currently running cm6....everything works great...mytouch slide 3g rooted, and s-off with alpha-rev

I downloaded the cm7 rc2 and the correct gapps as well...gb-20110307....I reboot into recovery, and select wipe data/factory reset etc....I clear cache etc....I then choose install from sd card....pick the cm7....it says installation complete, I then do the same for the gapps...says it installed....then I reboot phone....and it just sits at the s-off alpharev boot screen.....no cm android screen comes up.....ive tried like 5 times now and I wait like 20 minutes each time, but nothing evr happens.....Can someone give me some advice?...what the heck am I doing wrong?.....Thanks so much for your time.....DIrtylarry
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianstk:
Are you running the latest clockworkmod? No clue if it makes a difference, but an idea.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtylarry10:
ummm....I think so?.....I guess I dont know for sure.....link maybe?....
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianstk:
Download Rom Manager from the market or make sure its updated if you already have it installed.

Open Rom Manager and hit "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". Then try again.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Try the 0120 gb gapps, some people have had issues with the latest 0307 ones.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtylarry10:
ok....so i reinstalled 6.0 cm and now want to go to 7.....so clockworkmod recovey.....then wipe etc....then 7.0 from sd card.....and then gapps?....what i find weird is that 6.0cm has a yellow status bar that goes across screen when installing, and neither of the 7.0 rc and rc2 have this, and neither will install.......make sense?,,ty
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JTownBrewer:
Do you have custom MTD partition sizes setup? If so, it's possible that your system partition isn't large enough..

Have you tried pulling a logcat while booting the phone?

JTB
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitila:
Had a prob like this once b4 on mt3g and I fixed by putting latest radio....do u have the latest radio 7.15 cux cm7 have wifi calling and hotspot.....just putting in my 2 cent
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtylarry10:
thanks for the advice guys....after 6 hours of no solution i decided to go with a different rom....and EVERYTHING worked instantly...I'm sure all this has to do with a size constraint on the mtd?......Now....I need to research this and figure out how to get more space on the internal....as I am almost full again with even moving apps to sd........if I can figure this out...Ill be a happy androider....lol....
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DonJuan692006:
Do what I do and delete all the ringtones/notfications/alarms that you don't use. What radio are you on?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viny2cool:
I guess thats happen when you flash new rom or kernel or modem...you need to wipe battery stats to fix that....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonyfl:
I wish it were that simple =( I already tried that via recovery. Unless the recovery method is bugged and not actually wiping the stats. I will manually delete the battery stats and retry, but I dont think it will work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonyfl:
im just reporting back that manual battery stats wipe did not work =( Any help please? I am absolutely stumped
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonyfl:
sorry to triple post but I thought I should ask something else:

Would extracting the batterystats.bin from another captivate and using that one work? (assuming i set permissions correctly)
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Successful video!!!! I converted Zombieland.720p into the format above and she plays wonderfully in software mode with no sync issues!!! Fantastic!!! :)

If you are looking to convert video for travel or the like, this is the ticket! :)
[Nook Color General] br0adband:
Feed your source material into HandBrake, select the Universal preset, get rid of the AC3 soundtrack if it's included in the source (since all you really need is the 2 channel stereo track), add subs if required, encode, put it on the NOOK Color, you're done.

No need for two-pass encoding as HandBrake's newer CRF based encoding methodology (for the x264 encoder) saves time and gets pretty much equal results in half the time.

People really overcomplicate this encoding for the NOOK Color, way too much. It's not that hard. The Universal preset will adjust the resolution to fit (the NOOK Color has a maximum video pixel width of 854, period), and it uses a good baseline profile (what the NOOK Color is designed to play) without issues.

Everything is already in that preset, ready to go, and you're not really going to get much better quality with all the fiddling, all the command line options, etc.

Source > HandBrake > Universal preset > drop AC3 track, set bitrate as desired for audio > Encode > Put it on the device > Enjoy the movie.

Simple.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I love different opinions!

2 pass is vastly superior for file size. If you don't care about file size, ya you can use a larger file with great quality. But if you care about sizes (ie, using a CR of 40, which I did) it looks like crap. 2 pass encoding is vastly superior because it allows smaller size with dynamic bitrates and higher quality.

I'm not the "lazy" guy. I don't mind taking the time to figure out the way that is best for me. I am simply sharing that knowledge. A google search will reveal tons of different ways of doing this.

That preset is also 720 width, not 854. I'm trying to maximize quality, minimize file size, and stay compatible with the hardware accelerator. Of course, once hardware accel comes out, one can up the kbps to 1000-1200 if you wish, although I do not feel it is needed.

My setup generates files ~ 320mb per hour. Comparable static bitrate quality would be much larger.

Now that Handbrake has the ability to import presets, it's super easy for people. Import the file (once) select the file, select the preset, change the resolution. done. super simple.

Of course this is only intended for CM7 users.
[Nook Color General] TJNooker:
Did it work on Froyo, and if so, did you notice any improvement?
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
It "worked" on nookie froyo and rooted 2.1 (bn 1.1) to begin with (flash 10.1) but I would expect that 10.2 would give a dramatic improvement. The increase on CM7 was dramatic. I don't have a working froyo build to test though. enjoying CM7 too much.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Actually software viewers will play up to a 1024x600 file at full screen. Anything less is scaled (software) up to that.

The hardware encoder will up/down scale to 854x480.

Also I just used your instructions above which is RF:20 encoding. that's ~19mb per minute. Compared to ~5.5 w/ my settings. The quality is noticably higher, but it could be accomplished w/ 1000-1200kbps settings with 2 pass. (9-11MB/min)

Also video sync is still an issue for some reason. I'm not sure what the problem is anymore.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I'm on the new 3/15/11 test version including DSP video support. It works and it stays in sync but the framerate is garbage. It's roughly 5-15dps at any given time. Progress is sexy.

It looks like we really just need DSP support if we are going to play videos in sync.
[Nook Color General] ace7196:
How did you get flash running on stock eclair?
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I can not remember if I did or not. I believe there is a flash for 2.1 apk floating around if you look.
[Nook Color General] zorvalth:
Chisleu,

why dint you try Vitalplaer neon. It has way better software encoding then rockplayer and moboplayer. Its the best I found so far fo xvid movies
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
It seems to stay in sync more, but it also lags more. It also has ads on the bottom of the screen. I did try it, but as soon as I saw the ad I realized it wasn't for me.

But yes, unless it is lieing and really using the hardware to play, this is much better. I'm going to encode my test file to 1024x600 and see how it does in software with Vitalplayer Neon.

no 1024 didn't fly in software. Looks terrible, and lags/gets out of sync.

IMO, the argument is moot at this point. Vitalplayer isn't free, and software can't play video better than the hardware can (854x480)

Now that hardware acceleration is working the CM7 test it won't be long before it's in CM7, and I personally have no need for software acceleration.

Then again, for lower quality stuff that I don't want to reencode, vitalplayer is much better at staying in sync. Impressively so in fact.

I may buy it. Thanks for the tip.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I uploaded some test videos encoded to Nook specs at various bitrates so you could see and maybe avoid reencoding repeatedly to find a bitrate that works for you.

Original file is a 1080p Music Video for "Good Girl, Bad Girl" by Miss A. This is a k-pop group I love and they encourage redistribution of their music videos, so no issues there.

600kbps video 20mb

http://www.mediafire.com/?d42dmvva9vbigm2

1200kbps video 36.5mb

http://www.mediafire.com/?2lyb5qicpynz13a

2000kbps video 58.4mb

http://www.mediafire.com/?d42dmvva9vbigm2

I can not tell a difference between 1200 and 2000.

There is definitely a difference between 600 and 1200, but is the difference worth 4.3mb per minute? A 90 minute video would be an additional 387MB larger.

Maybe it is for you, and maybe it isn't, and maybe you will just go with 800 or 1000kbps if you want to split the difference.

These are just intended for you to have a jumping off point so you don't have to go to the lengths I have! :)
[Nook Color General] zorvalth:
I don't know what you are downloading but Vitalplayer Neon is definitely free....

Sent from my NookColor
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I miss the "ad" word in that sentence. It was meant to say "ad free".

I can't stand seeing ads. I don't mind paying for software I want, but I hate ads.

I bought the Vital Player Pro but we were unable to get it working and I was issued a refund. It would start up and immediately shutdown. I think there may be a problem with paid apps because I also can not get TapaTalk pro to work on my tablet. It keeps saying it isn't paid for. Tapatalk has much slower customer support than VitalPlayer did.
[Nook Color General] kirbfucius:
So now that hardware acceleration is enabled, do you still do the same handbrake encoding process as before? Or was that just a workaround for the software? Or because hardware acceleration is now enabled, are we able to handle more/different codecs?
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
I apologize. This new 1 pass system is far superior to those of old. I bow to your wisdom. CF25 is about equal to 1200kbps video in both size and quality.
[Nook Color General] jiixin:
Thanks for posting up the sample vids. The first and third link are the same. Both go to Miss A Bad Girl Good Girl - Nook 2000.m4v
[Nook Color General] FletchF:
For me, the preset in the OP produces an image that is compressed horizontally. Anyone else seeing this? Using handbrake 0.9.5 and playing on the latest CM7 stock video player.
[Nook Color General] animatechnica:
Chisleu got to say I am enjoying your thread- very helpful
[Nook Color General] tambourineman86:
Best idea for a thread I've ever seen. Thanks for this, man, wish I had thought of it first!
[Nook Color General] reaper12:
Yeah great thread, please keep it up.

Are other people allowed post things they have learned in this thread??