topic Re: Android 7 video playback issue in X Series

Android 7 video playback issue

XperaUser93 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:57:27 GMT

Hi,

there's an issue (lag? slowly playing?) when playing any video (using stock player or mx player with hw decoder) with those encoding details

Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV

Writing library : x264 core 148 r2762 90a61ec

any video with other than those is fine

and yes i've tried software repair, factory reset and safe mode still the same.

same videos played without any issue on Marshmallow, so any idea to fix this? (sorry for my english)

EDIT: the extension of all videos which is lagging is MKV

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

Newsh23 — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:22:43 GMT

I am also facing the same issue while playing videos. I checked on PC and the videos are running fine while on xperia x it is playing in slow motion that also back and forth.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

Christofer — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:57:44 GMT

Hi @XperaUser93 and @Newsh23, I'm sorry to hear this.

Would it be possible for any of you to capture this in a bug report? I can then forward it internally for investigation.

To do this:

1. Go to Settings > About phone > Build number, tap 7 times on the build number.
2. Go back and select Developer options then turn on "USB debugging".
3. Select Logger buffer size and change it to "4 M"
4. Restart your phone, then replicate the issue
5. Go back to Settings > Developer options, select "Take bug report" followed by "Interactive bug report".

When the report is ready you will receive a notification. Tap the notification to share it. I suggest you upload it to Google Drive and then choose to share a public link to the upload and include the link in the PM.

It would also be very helpful if it would be possible for you to share a short clip (1 minute or so) that this can be reproduced with.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

aedmeral — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:28:54 GMT

Hi, i'm having some issues playing some videos too, it's playing like slow ( the sound is ok)

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

Mehrdad_Ataee — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:46:02 GMT

Hi, I'm having the exact same issue on my Z5P after the nougat update.

Tested the videos on my dad's Z5P too and it was the same there aswell.

All videos with .h264 and .h265 codec plays slowly with so much stutter.

I haven't had this issue on previous android versions and also tried software repair and reset factory with no hope.

Sony if you hear me, i think it's the multimedia chipset software issue, because MX player can play videos nicely in SW decoder which only uses CPU but HW decoder which use multimedia chipset plays laggy just the same as Album app.

My phone model is E6833 and rom region is Middle-East.

Please help us,

Thanks.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

Last-man — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:41:04 GMT

Same problem here, all of the Xperia Z5 series have get this issue after android 7. Mine is E6633.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

XperaUser93 — Thu, 04 May 2017 21:06:13 GMT

any news about this?

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

Christofer — Fri, 05 May 2017 12:07:04 GMT

@XperaUser93 Not yet, sorry to say. As I mentioned earlier, if anyone could provide a short file that this could be reproduced with it would be very helpful.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

XperaUser93 — Fri, 05 May 2017 13:07:30 GMT

I've sent the file to you 3 weeks ago

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6WAqPgqnWO1RGdUeGJMa3hzMHc/view

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

pupumi — Wed, 24 May 2017 12:49:21 GMT

Same problem here. Since updating to Android 7, my Xperia Z3+, which still heats up like as usual, now don't play mkv videos fluidly. I don't have time for reverting updates This is my last Sony product, for sure.

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

missNoongi22 — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:35:56 GMT

hey guys!

i had the same problem and i couldn't watch my movies with MKV format.. because it was playing piece by piece (both the audio and video)

and yes... this happend after that i updated my phone

but i fixed this tonight ^^

i advice you to do this

download the new version of mx player... then play your video and touch the buttom below which includes the signs : SW / HW

after that choose the HW + in the menu... i hope your problem will solve too ^^

check this photo:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c9I-3OM0kzuV0WVNGmsUVHyv1Gbcq60s/view?usp=drivesdk

sorry about any wrong grammer ^^

Re: Android 7 video playback issue

XperaUser93 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:19:47 GMT

Well thanks but unfortunately Sony's built-in equalizer doesn't work with any 3rd party apps.