Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 07 Sep 2014 19:18

Hi,

Have the following problems:

1. Android Box (Rockchip RK3188 SoC) - sound and video async.
2. Android Box (Amlogic s802 SoC) - no video, only sound.
3. Nexus 10 (CM 11) - got the dialog 'HW decoding failed'

Should I start debug build and post some additional info?
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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 07 Sep 2014 23:11

We don't support #2 as of now since Amlogic doesn't use MediaCodec.

It should work fine on #3.

Not sure about #1 since none of us have that kind of hardware.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby maxgsands » 09 Sep 2014 02:33

Hi

I have a Nexus 10 tablet running KitKat 4.4.4. I am unable to access my PC local files via smb://iP adress/folder. All other apps such as ES File Explorer, Chromecast, etc can access them fine. Please advise.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 09 Sep 2014 04:43

We don't support SMB on Android yet.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby BortolottoLuciano » 22 Sep 2014 13:51

Hi Team of VideoLAN Org. I have a Samsung S4mini (I9190) and I can not stream the video to my ChromeCast.
Im never post anithing in a posts (becouse my bad English) but pls you can help me?

Its one of your features :( "Support for network streams, including HLS."

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 23 Sep 2014 07:00

You can play network streams, but streaming to ChromeCast is not supported yet.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 02 Oct 2014 11:52

Due to the problem with audio delay on Rockchip RK3188 SoC: I've uploaded logcat it shows that I use core libvlc: revision 2.2.0-pre3-33-g465acb4. Is any new version that I can test or should I compile vlc libs myself or maybe there is any nightly builds of android libs?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 02 Oct 2014 16:25

Does the stream play fine on desktop?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 02 Oct 2014 16:40

Does the stream play fine on desktop?
Yes, it hasn't any sync problems on desktop, on Nexus 5 and Nexus 10. By the way - stock player and MX Palyer haven't such problem on Rockchip RK3188 SoC.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 14 Oct 2014 11:09

We don't support #2 as of now since Amlogic doesn't use MediaCodec.
Back to the problem - got MINIX NEO X8-H today (would say - the best android box of the 2014) and VLC still doesn't support it. It looks strange (I understand that "Amlogic doesn't use MediaCodec" etc) but MX Player works flawlessly, XBMC works flawlessly. Any plans to fix the situation? :)

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 14 Oct 2014 21:15

XBMC has their own module to handle amlogic.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby soistheman » 14 Oct 2014 23:38

When I connect to my Bluetooth speaker I get as much as half sec audio lag. I tested to play different videos with different video players, the audio lag doesn't happen, so I am pretty sure it's VLC issue.

My environment:
* Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 (SM-T900)
* Android 4.4.2
* VLC version 0.9.9 (revision 8b6ff6b)

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 15 Oct 2014 12:20

XBMC has their own module to handle amlogic.
I know, but MX Player has the same codec and it just works :) Anyway back to VLC - I've found that old vlc version works on amlogic!!!

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D/VLC ( 3998): core libvlc: VLC media player - 2.2.0-git Weatherwax D/VLC ( 3998): core libvlc: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team D/VLC ( 3998): core libvlc: revision 2.1.0-git-2722-g5428d0e D/VLC ( 3998): core libvlc: configured with ../configure '--host=arm-linux-androideabi' '--build=x86_64-unknown-linux' '--enable-neon' '--disable-nls' '--enable-live555' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-avformat' '--enable-swscale' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-opus' '--enable-opensles' '--enable-android-surface' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--disable-vlc' '--disable-shared' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-vlm' '--disable-dbus' '--disable-lua' '--disable-vcd' '--disable-v4l2' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--disable-dvdread' '--disable-dvdnav' '--disable-bluray' '--disable-linsys' '--disable-decklink' '--disable-libva' '--disable-dv1394' '--disable-mod' '--disable-sid' '--disable-gme' '--disable-tremor' '--disable-mad' '--disable-dca' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-zvbi' '--disable-fluidsynth' '--disable-jack' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-alsa' '--disable-samplerate' '--disable-sdl' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-atmo' '--disable-qt' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-mtp' '--disable-notify' '--enable-libass' '--di
So the video and audio are there!

and new version hasn't any video on amlogic:

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D/VLC ( 3752): core libvlc: VLC media player - 2.2.0-rc1 Weatherwax D/VLC ( 3752): core libvlc: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team D/VLC ( 3752): core libvlc: revision 2.2.0-pre3-114-g0a17587 D/VLC ( 3752): core libvlc: configured with ../configure '--host=arm-linux-androideabi' '--build=x86_64-unknown-linux' '--enable-neon' '--disable-nls' '--enable-live555' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-avformat' '--enable-swscale' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-opus' '--enable-opensles' '--enable-android-surface' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--disable-vlc' '--disable-shared' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-vlm' '--disable-dbus' '--disable-lua' '--disable-vcd' '--disable-v4l2' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-dvdnav' '--disable-bluray' '--disable-linsys' '--disable-decklink' '--disable-libva' '--disable-dv1394' '--disable-mod' '--disable-sid' '--disable-gme' '--disable-tremor' '--disable-mad' '--disable-dca' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-zvbi' '--disable-fluidsynth' '--disable-jack' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-alsa' '--disable-samplerate' '--disable-sdl' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-atmo' '--disable-qt' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-mtp' '--disable-notify' '--enable-libass' '--disa
and old version (revision 2.1.0-git-2722-g5428d0e) generates no "HW Acceleration failed!" error message on my Nexus 10 (CM 11).

Should I open an issue in bug-tracker?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 15 Oct 2014 18:23

No, because we don't have am amlogic module (yet) and they don't expose iomx/MediaCodec.

Probably you are seeing software decoding.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 17 Oct 2014 11:34

You're right - software decoding (HW_ACCELERATION_DISABLED) works fine on amlogic ever for HD 1080i iptv streams. Why VLC doesn't switch from HW_ACCELERATION_AUTOMATIC to HW_ACCELERATION_DISABLED on amlogic as before?

By the way it's ro.board.platform=meson8 (for MiniX neo 8) or ro.hardware=amlogic in order to add it to the class HWDecoderUtil :)

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 17 Oct 2014 18:36

HWDecoderUtil is a new thing.

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Help me to start Vlc for android

Postby nysochn » 21 Oct 2014 10:45

Hello!

My Name is Nysochn.
I have a small difficulty to run Vlc Sample Demo for Android from gitbucket.
i've compiled demo code succesfully in eclipse.
But when i run it on Genymotion an error occures on mLibVLC = LibVLC.getInstance(); in onCreate() function.

What's the matter?
I can't fine the answer by myself.

Please help me.

thanks in advance.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby cat_baxter » 22 Oct 2014 11:30

@Nysochn,

wrong topic I'm afraid, but I think you forgot to add compiled vlc libs libvlc-android-sample\libs\armeabi-v7a:

libiomx-gingerbread.so
libiomx-hc.so
libiomx-ics.so
libvlcjni.so

you can extract them from http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/android-armv7/ apks :)

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby Royofgef » 24 Oct 2014 00:28

Hi,

I have downloaded VLC recently and I have a problem.
I have music stored on my phone via Google drive but when I want to read it directly from VLC, it does not work. VLC locates files but can not read them. My files are .WMA .ogg .mp3.

I have a nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby Royofgef » 24 Oct 2014 16:40

Sorry maybe I did a mistake. I actually think the problem is with google drive and no VLC. I have the same problem with .jpg files and the original viewer. The files I downloaded may not be exactly the ones I sent in the cloud via my PC and that's why VLC can not read them, elsewhere VLC does not read either the meta data of these audio files.

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby mdchemlab » 25 Oct 2014 07:01

The vlc player for Android can't seek time for hls streaming , is it a bug?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 25 Oct 2014 08:34

Does it work on desktop?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby mdchemlab » 05 Nov 2014 03:45

Yes, it can seek any time on desktop ,vlc 2.1.5

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby edwardw » 06 Nov 2014 01:14

Strange. What is in the logs?

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Re: Help us test VLC for Android and report bugs

Postby ovidiuletu » 10 Nov 2014 14:36

Hi,

I am using VLC beta for Android on my xtreamer Sidewinder 4 box with an Airmouse remote.
The problem is that every time I move my remote on the screen the video image is forwarded a couple of seconds. Maybe this option works fine on mobile phones with big screens but it is not ok for devices like Xtreamer box or other boxes that are using Android.

Thanks!


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