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[Q] Flickering background in video playback!

Hey!
I hope this question hasn't been already been posted and answered. Only recently I got my Galaxy Nexus and so far I'm seriously in love :laugh: On thing that bugs me though, is the crappy video playback, whether on YouTube or directly played from the internal storage. There's always a lot of background artifacts and noise where's only supposed to be a plain color, e.g. black (compared to playback on a PC or other devices). Could someone play this video (search on YT for Perfect Balance Pedal, first video from 0:14 on) on their Gnex and report if they face the same problem or have a solution? Thanks a lot!

I don't have any bug like that..
I'm using JB ROM and with stock ICS ROMs I didn't have that problem too..
Are you using stock ROM with stock kernel, or..?

mindfever91 said:
Hey!
I hope this question hasn't been already been posted and answered. Only recently I got my Galaxy Nexus and so far I'm seriously in love :laugh: On thing that bugs me though, is the crappy video playback, whether on YouTube or directly played from the internal storage. There's always a lot of background artifacts and noise where's only supposed to be a plain color, e.g. black (compared to playback on a PC or other devices). Could someone play this video (search on YT for Perfect Balance Pedal, first video from 0:14 on) on their Gnex and report if they face the same problem or have a solution? Thanks a lot!
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Never experienced this issue. However, since it's occurring on both videos contained in memory as well as streaming services like YouTube, it's not likely an issue with the connection. The only thing I can come up with is something in your graphics drivers (hopefully) or GPU (hopefully not) is messed up. Have you tried downloading all of the stock software, checking md5sums and reflashing stock?
If a fresh and clean install of stock continues to have this issue, it may be an issue with the hardware and may need to be replaced.

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm currently on mike1986's Android Revolution 5.01 (JB) with Trinity Kernel, but I don't think the problem relates to that because I previously got this on stock 4.04 also. So it could just be a defunction of my screen?

mindfever91 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! I'm currently on mike1986's Android Revolution 5.01 (JB) with Trinity Kernel, but I don't think the problem relates to that because I previously got this on stock 4.04 also. So it could just be a defunction of my screen?
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An issue with the GPU blobs / GPU itself or possibly the CPU is more likely than the screen itself. If there was an issue with the screen you would likely see problems outside of video playback.

Camera and YouTube freeze screen

Hi everyone.
I have a Moto G 2015 with LineageOS (14.1-20170511-NIGHTLY-osprey), after the Update both my camera and my YouTube app don't refresh the screen.
The camera takes pictures but I can't see the live preview. On the YouTube, videos play normally, when I change to fullscreen, the image freezes but the sound continues.
The software runs but don't render or refresh the screen.
Someone else having this problem?

Swilly09 said:
Hi everyone.
I have a Moto G 2015 with LineageOS (14.1-20170511-NIGHTLY-osprey), after the Update both my camera and my YouTube app don't refresh the screen.
The camera takes pictures but I can't see the live preview. On the YouTube, videos play normally, when I change to fullscreen, the image freezes but the sound continues.
The software runs but don't render or refresh the screen.
Someone else having this problem?
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i have the same problem :/
edit: btw i have a moto x play

Swilly09 said:
Hi everyone.
I have a Moto G 2015 with LineageOS (14.1-20170511-NIGHTLY-osprey), after the Update both my camera and my YouTube app don't refresh the screen.
The camera takes pictures but I can't see the live preview. On the YouTube, videos play normally, when I change to fullscreen, the image freezes but the sound continues.
The software runs but don't render or refresh the screen.
Someone else having this problem?
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I have the same problem too :/ - moto g4 play - LineageOS

looks like a motorola problem with lineage :/

Same problem, just flashed from resurrection in the hopes it would be better
Hope a fix is soon found.

Shoaloak said:
Same problem, just flashed from resurrection in the hopes it would be better
Hope a fix is soon found.
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UPDATE:
Found a fix that doesn't even require re-flashing.
banerjeeayan1996 said:
To fix video issue enable gpu rendering for 2d and disable hw overlays
Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk
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Camera and Youtube now work for me!

Hi, thanks a lot for this hint!
I just checked the changelog of the fresh nightly 20170518, but I think I didn't spot a fix for this issue.
Can someone confirm that the new nightly build fixes it?
Thanks!

I've just updated it today and it works flawless to me now!
- Moto G3 -

Thanks everybody!
Went to Xperience Rom for a week, and yesterday I flashed the last version of LineageOS, everything is working just fine.

YouTube app not allowing me to play videos at 60fps

Hello ,
I've been using Redmi 1S since last 1 year. I'm currently running CM 14.1 and I always switch between roms.. Few days back I reverted back to miui 8 v.8.2.1.0 and everything was working fine until I figured out this issue with the Youtube app which is not allowing me to play videos at 60fps while I was able to do so on every other rom I've tried & yes I make sure that the video was in 60fps.. The same video was playing at 720p 60fps on other roms but not on miui 8.. I did everything to figure out the solution.. I can play at 720p but not at 60fps.. I've also searched everywhere to solve the problem but none of them worked.. If anyone else facing the same issue or know how to solve this, please do let me know..
Thank you for reading, have a good day.

Pixelated/Jagged Video Issue with Redmi Note 5 Pro (Facebook, Instagram, Twitch)

Hi I just got my Redmi Note 5 Pro, everything works fine but one thing that I'm really frustrated with is when I'm watching videos (not photos) on native apps like Facebook, Instagram or Twitch, the video is super pixelated and horrendous even at highest quality chosen. However, when I try to visit these sites on browser (Chrome) and watch the video, everything works fine, the quality is perfect. Here is some sample screenshots that I've taken: https://imgur.com/a/BwyBL3z (notice the pixelated and border of the text, it's actually horrible)
And here is my phone specs (About phone): https://imgur.com/a/vhg2OY1
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this because of MIUI 10 or some problems with my phone?
More information: Youtube and Twitter in-app video seems to work fine, at least visually to my eyes. By the way, please don't tell me it's the internet issue because my internet is great and everything loads at highest quality option. Thanks for reading.

ynw_xx said:
Hi I just got my Redmi Note 5 Pro, everything works fine but one thing that I'm really frustrated with is when I'm watching videos (not photos) on native apps like Facebook, Instagram or Twitch, the video is super pixelated and horrendous even at highest quality chosen. However, when I try to visit these sites on browser (Chrome) and watch the video, everything works fine, the quality is perfect. Here is some sample screenshots that I've taken: https://imgur.com/a/BwyBL3z (notice the pixelated and border of the text, it's actually horrible)
And here is my phone specs (About phone): https://imgur.com/a/vhg2OY1
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this because of MIUI 10 or some problems with my phone?
More information: Youtube and Twitter in-app video seems to work fine, at least visually to my eyes. By the way, please don't tell me it's the internet issue because my internet is great and everything loads at highest quality option. Thanks for reading.
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I think its a software issue and it sucks, try uploading something in Instagram (instagram stories) and experience the 3 fps video and the worst quality ever, I dont know why this happens, but I'm thinking of selling my xiaomi redmi note 5 pro, for these tiny but very important problems for me.

ynw_xx said:
Hi I just got my Redmi Note 5 Pro, everything works fine but one thing that I'm really frustrated with is when I'm watching videos (not photos) on native apps like Facebook, Instagram or Twitch, the video is super pixelated and horrendous even at highest quality chosen. However, when I try to visit these sites on browser (Chrome) and watch the video, everything works fine, the quality is perfect. Here is some sample screenshots that I've taken: https://imgur.com/a/BwyBL3z (notice the pixelated and border of the text, it's actually horrible)
And here is my phone specs (About phone): https://imgur.com/a/vhg2OY1
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this because of MIUI 10 or some problems with my phone?
More information: Youtube and Twitter in-app video seems to work fine, at least visually to my eyes. By the way, please don't tell me it's the internet issue because my internet is great and everything loads at highest quality option. Thanks for reading.
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intelliGentxx said:
I think its a software issue and it sucks, try uploading something in Instagram (instagram stories) and experience the 3 fps video and the worst quality ever, I dont know why this happens, but I'm thinking of selling my xiaomi redmi note 5 pro, for these tiny but very important problems for me.
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For the Instagram:
It is software issue, but not hardware-software problem, its more like software-rom problem, because i used to experience that too, atleast for the Instagram. But..... it was when i use MIUI 10, right after i tried custom rom, (i use PE) the problem is gone, and Instagram is capable to upload at the highest quality too (2k @ 60fps). So the conclusion is that, instagram not fully optimized for MIUI yet, because it has a lot of bugs in it. by the way, if you really wanted to fix that ig problem and dont want to change rom, i can suggest you to try GBinsta (look it up at google search you can find one), i dont know why, using the modded apk seems to work better at MIUI. So good luck, have a nice day :good:

Hacksfallout said:
For the Instagram:
It is software issue, but not hardware-software problem, its more like software-rom problem, because i used to experience that too, atleast for the Instagram. But..... it was when i use MIUI 10, right after i tried custom rom, (i use PE) the problem is gone, and Instagram is capable to upload at the highest quality too (2k @ 60fps). So the conclusion is that, instagram not fully optimized for MIUI yet, because it has a lot of bugs in it. by the way, if you really wanted to fix that ig problem and dont want to change rom, i can suggest you to try GBinsta (look it up at google search you can find one), i dont know why, using the modded apk seems to work better at MIUI. So good luck, have a nice day :good:
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Thanks for the advice. I tried Instagram version 51 and the upload quality is superb, and it sucks that such a great spec'd phone has so tiny annoying problems I even sent bug reports to Xiaomi via e-mail and didn't get a single reply, before this phone I had a Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and the camera in snapchat was HORRIBLE to say the least. I think android in general has these problems, because when I use my friends iPhone 6S Plus, the picture quality or video quality in every app is superb, and video quality in apps like IG or Facebook is superb too. Literally thinking about switching to iPhone even though I love the freedom of android.
Thanks for your reply.

slightly off topic but i've noticed photos i share in facebook messenger look very jagged , especially screenshots .

The Mero said:
slightly off topic but i've noticed photos i share in facebook messenger look very jagged , especially screenshots .
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I have this problem across multiple apps in all Pie roms

Redmi Note 8 Pro Video Oversharpening Issues (YouTube, MX Player, and etc.)

So after I bought this phone, I've found an issue while it's small, it's still super annoying.
The hardware video decoder tends to over sharpen the videos. It's happening on YouTube, Netflix, MX Player, and probably any video player that takes advantage of the HW decoder. But if you uses the SW decoder, you won't find the oversharpening effect happened.
I made the comparison there: https://slow.pics/c/39Wjz6wS
if you can't open the link, you can compare it on the attachment below.
The oversharpening effect looks unnatural and ugly. It's even worse if you watched it on the phone. Especially if you use the full screen option. (e.g.: fit to screen on MX Player, and full 1080p on YouTube app)
I'll already reported this on the feedback app, and if you think this a dealbreaker, please report it too on the feedback app.
Thank you.
There's also many people on MI.com thread that complained about this. So yeah...

Yeah this problem is very big for me and I already report the problem long time ago since MIUI 10. They still not fix the problem in MIUI 11.0.3. Let's hope they will fix the problem in Android 10 update.

beelew said:
Yeah this problem is very big for me and I already report the problem long time ago since MIUI 10. They still not fix the problem in MIUI 11.0.3. Let's hope they will fix the problem in Android 10 update.
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With the releases of Redmi Note 8 Pro custom rom, are any of you still have the oversharpening issue, or it's gone when you installed the custom rom?
If it's gone then, it's a MIUI fault.

Fritzkier said:
With the releases of Redmi Note 8 Pro custom rom, are any of you still have the oversharpening issue, or it's gone when you installed the custom rom?
If it's gone then, it's a MIUI fault.
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beelew said:
Yeah this problem is very big for me and I already report the problem long time ago since MIUI 10. They still not fix the problem in MIUI 11.0.3. Let's hope they will fix the problem in Android 10 update.
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Any news on fixing this annoying issue? I've just bought Redmi 8 Pro. Didn't hear about it on any review. Also camera is making oversharpened photo.

Up. .need more attention to this problem, since it's my only daily media device.
*such a bad luck. . .get terribad experience with Xiaomi mediatek powered device twice (Redmi Note 2 be the first)
if, this problem still exist in MIUI 12. .then i'll throw this phone with another Snapdragon thing again.

Copernick said:
Any news on fixing this annoying issue? I've just bought Redmi 8 Pro. Didn't hear about it on any review. Also camera is making oversharpened photo.
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AFAIK for Video Playback oversharpen. .disable HW overlays on Developer Options was help a bit. But need to re-enable every reboot.

Oh i almost forgot this issue, BUT.. It is fixed on MIUI 12 China Beta. Sorry for late reply because i just realizing this couple days ago.
Video Playback on any platform, Like Youtube app is great, not oversharpened anymore. Dunno about AOSP ROM tho', but this must be bug on MIUI 11 i suppose..

Aethermist28 said:
Oh i almost forgot this issue, BUT.. It is fixed on MIUI 12 China Beta. Sorry for late reply because i just realizing this couple days ago.
Video Playback on any platform, Like Youtube app is great, not oversharpened anymore. Dunno about AOSP ROM tho', but this must be bug on MIUI 11 i suppose..
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good news that i've been waiting. . .now i'm just waiting for MIUI 12 update
*for a while, using disable HW overlay as temporary solution.

Problem still exists
I have updated miui 12 in 8 pro,, but in MX player still problem exist ,, but good news is use vlc player and then in setting ( Force on open go es 2.0 ) then your video will work smoothly !! (( But HEVC ( H.265 ) video working in MX player without over sharpening problem (( but for H.264 video problem still exists )

Sorry not solved ( indian rom )
Sorry x265 also showing over sharpening effect .. it means not solved in MX player.. but try vlc trick it will work...

subhadeeprkmv said:
Sorry x265 also showing over sharpening effect .. it means not solved in MX player.. but try vlc trick it will work...
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Don't use HW decoder, use SW decoder to remove the oversharpening effect. I think it's caused by Mediatek hardware decoder settings.

crazyfox21 said:
AFAIK for Video Playback oversharpen. .disable HW overlays on Developer Options was help a bit. But need to re-enable every reboot.
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Please tell me how to do it !?