[Q] Choppy video playback/stutter (Lags) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So,I've got another problem.
Suddenly,my 720p video playback got choppy while watching in web (no issues in gallery),and again,this happens only on stock ROM. Can anyone tell what can be the cause,please? This is getting annoying,I can't enjoy watching videos on youtube anymore. The worst thing is,that changing ROMs didn't help.

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AssassinGEO said:
So,I've got another problem.
Suddenly,my 720p video playback got choppy while watching in web (no issues in gallery),and again,this happens only on stock ROM. Can anyone tell what can be the cause,please? This is getting annoying,I can't enjoy watching videos on youtube anymore. The worst thing is,that changing ROMs didn't help.
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Check your internet speed, that should be only issue looks here.

KSKHH said:
Check your internet speed, that should be only issue looks here.
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Nah,man. All videos stutter. In gallery and in internet,too. Also,camera recording isn't smooth anymore,and is also having some lags.
Guess there's something with GPU. Wondering if it can be replaced? Or replacing everything under the hood could help?

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video recording stutter in 720p and 1080p ,why ?

hi guys
video recording stutter in 720p and 1080p
???
all stored in phone memory not SD
KE2 stock
EDIT
using software to monitor the frame rate
sometimes its 25 but then it goes down to 14 Fps !!!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7fghlb
qwerty warrior said:
hi guys
video recording stutter in 720p and 1080p
???
all stored in phone memory not SD
KE2 stock
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That's really really weird, I have recorded a lots of lots of footage and I never ever experienced that even using a slowish sd-card as storage.
Is it the same if you are playing the files back on your computer?
Are you using stock player for playback?
If you download MediaInfo and right click a file on your computer does it say 30 fps for all of them which it should?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediainfo/
it stutters WHILE recording
and also stutters while playing it at the same place it stuttered in the recording area
all upload a vid soon
ok uploaded
Sometimes i have same issue
Never had this problem and i always record videos.
djase said:
Sometimes i have same issue
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i always have this issue
i hope it isnt a hardware issue
this issue happen in indoors with low condition but works great outdoor
aufocus problem i guess.........
Never had this problem, but i'm not recording in low light condition.
I'm getting this problem is really annoying, running lightening rom 1.5 and recording videos in perfect light and still stutters.
any ideas?
I'm having the same issue in low light conditions. No problem outdoors or indoors with lower resolutions.
I think djase is correct that it's a autofocus problem, because the stutter occurs during camera focusing / after the focusing.
I have contacted Samsung (Finland) about this and I'm waiting for an answer..
Hope this will be fixed with firmware update/patch..
(using non-rooted/stock phone)
admanirv said:
I'm getting this problem is really annoying, running lightening rom 1.5 and recording videos in perfect light and still stutters.
any ideas?
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Someone posted the camera apk from 1.4 as an update zip and it works great on 1.5. You'll have to search for it.
Anyone knows an alternative video recorder that allows HD (720p & 1080p) video recording?
Samsung (Finland) asked me to test the problem with another video recorder software, but I'm not able to find any which support HD recording.. Noob I am I guess
for solved indoor low condition issue i put expostion -2 and works
djase said:
for solved indoor low condition issue i put expostion -2 and works
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Ah, so it seems indeed! Hmm.. So the problem is in the contrast based autofocus I guess.
Thanks for the info! I'll forward this also to Samsung for analysis.. someday
any news about this issue ?
djase said:
any news about this issue ?
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Not from Samsung.. I'll try to bombard the Samsung Helpdesk with calls about this problem, but maybe we have better luck, if others with the same issue could also contact Samsung about this problem.
any news ?!
did u try to update camera firmware ?
when i record in 720x480 no more drop fps only in 720p & 1080i
very strange !!!
djase said:
any news ?!
did u try to update camera firmware ?
when i record in 720x480 no more drop fps only in 720p & 1080i
very strange !!!
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Not from Samsung..
I'm not able to find the camera firmware update from Samsung Apps, but I ran the KF3 firmware update and the stuttering still happens..
Cam FW Ver: SCEE07
Phone FW Ver: TBEC28
(I've attached the device general information)
same version as you !
it seems only SCEE** have this drop fps !
cheers

[FIX] Hardware Video Decoder Lag Fix [2.3 / xRecovery]

If you watch videos encoded in high quality resolutions above 854x480, H.264 or MPEG4 and a pretty high bitrate, you might notice that video playback is laggy and not fluid with custom ROMs. This flashable zip package is supposed to fix that.
Tested
Stable - Any ROM based on stock 2.3.3 (Wolfs TW Gingerbread, Blue Sparks, Ultima GB etc.)
Stable - Most xRecovery-based CM7 ROMs (ZMOD, SpaarcMOD, FreeXperia Sony UI Achotjan etc.)
Stuck on boot - MIUI ROMs
Untested
FXP CM7 (won't work anyways since it uses CWM)
Special thanks to
zdzihu
EDIT: I've uploaded a test video to check whether video decoder lag is present or not.
http://puu.sh/5j8h/SmoothnessTest.mp4 (854x480, H.264, 5 mbit/s)
If it stutters during playback, that's an indication that the video is lagging.
This fix will not eliminate the problem but will reduce the lag by a huge margin.
I noticed this while watching videos with camera panning, they looked very juddery.
Anyone tried this? Just wondering what the original problem was.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
So, this should enable me (us) to play 720p Youtube vids?
never notist a problem and if there whas a problem, Z would have notist and came with the solution.
I think i would not flash this before making a back up.
Puck24 said:
So, this should enable me (us) to play 720p Youtube vids?
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You already play hd youtube.
Guys, please play the video in the OP on your phone and see whether it lags or not.
blacklistedcard said:
Anyone tried this? Just wondering what the original problem was.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
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The original problem was playback of high quality videos were very laggy.
robertberma said:
never notist a problem and if there whas a problem, Z would have notist and came with the solution.
I think i would not flash this before making a back up.
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Why do you feel like discouraging people who try to offer something to the community?
On the one hand, there are tons of threads in General section
whining about people moving on from the X10 and development stalling,
and then there are post like yours... It's just not right.
Anyway, @OP, I played the test video and noticed no lags.
Could you explain what is it that you changed in the .so libraries please?
And why some people have the issue and others don't?
Thank you very much!
Okay. Downloaded the files. Tested the video. It does stutter a little.
Tested with scary gov. Running video twice... 22sec at 128mhz. And none over 500mhz! So its not decoding over cpu
P.s. Yes, also did with performance. Same problem.
Now gonna make backup. And then flash file.
Noticed the lag myself. So maybe it's missing a video codec, so it's not using hardware rendering.
I'll flash the fix and see if it works.
Dwaine
My_Immortal said:
Anyway, @OP, I played the test video and noticed no lags.
Could you explain what is it that you changed in the .so libraries please?
And why some people have the issue and others don't?
Thank you very much!
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It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
doomed151 said:
It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
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So, it will give us back the audio lag while listening to music then?
doomed151 said:
It depends.
On modded stock ROMs, if the dev included z's audio lag fix, this problem will surface.
On custom ROMs (CM7 for example), the issue is already there.
This zip simply replaces the libs with those from stock ROM.
PS: It was one of the reasons why I didn't use Froyo custom ROMs.
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You could have also said this in first Post, right?
flashed it and saw no big difference. I'm on WB4.0.4
Maybe he already included it.
P.s. Your test video is not realy high res ^^ does 1080p work on our phone? Depens on bitrate i guess.
My_Immortal said:
So, it will give us back the audio lag while listening to music then?
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Technically, yes. Personally, I rarely get any audio lags while listening to music except when there's CPU heavy stuff going on like installing a large app from the Market.
doomed151 said:
If you watch videos encoded in high quality resolutions above 854x480, H.264 or MPEG4 and a pretty high bitrate, you might notice that video playback is laggy and not fluid with custom ROMs. This flashable zip package is supposed to fix that.
Tested on
Any ROM based on stock 2.3.3 (Wolfs TW Gingerbread, Blue Sparks, Ultima GB etc.)
Most xRecovery-based CM7 ROMs (ZMOD, SpaarcMOD, FreeXperia Sony UI Achotjan etc.)
Untested
FXP CM7 (won't work anyways since it uses CWM)
MIUI ROMs
Special thanks to
zdzihu
EDIT: I've uploaded a test video to check whether video decoder lag is present or not.
http://puu.sh/5j8h/SmoothnessTest.mp4 (854x480, H.264, 5 mbit/s)
If it stutters during playback, that's an indication that the video is lagging.
This fix will not eliminate the problem but will reduce the lag by a huge margin.
I noticed this while watching videos with camera panning, they looked very juddery.
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Doesnt work on MIUI Rom got stuck on bootlogo ,
doomed151 said:
Technically, yes. Personally, I rarely get any audio lags while listening to music except when there's CPU heavy stuff going on like installing a large app from the Market.
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I see...
But I got terrible audiolag before Z's fix when listening to music, even when this was the only thing I did (no other tasks running, screen off).
Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
My_Immortal said:
I see...
But I got terrible audiolag before Z's fix when listening to music, even when this was the only thing I did (no other tasks running, screen off).
Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
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It may be because I'm running a custom kernel. Barely any audio lag.
Is it possible to play the pps.tv with h.264?
robertberma said:
You already play hd youtube.
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Not really. We play HQ YT vids aka 480p
Try DL-ing a 720p or even a 1080p vid and play it... see what happens. Not to mention HD divx/xvid content
P.S. regarding audio lag. I still experience it while underclocking to 128MHz. It's doesn't happen while the sleep FQ is at 245, though

[Q] YouTube App Lag?

When I use the Youtube app on my 3vo, it scrolls smoothly and all, until I begin playing a video on it. Once a video begins playing, when I try to switch tabs when holding the phone in portrait mode, the transitions suddenly become choppy and laggy, whether it be scrolling through comments, or pulling down the notification bar, the entire phone seems to lag once a Youtube video is playing, regardless of it being HD or not. Is anyone else having this issue or have a possible solution? Thanks (Stock ROM)
Maybe upgrade YouTube app.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
I believe it already is the newest. 2.3.4 from the market. Do you think it could be a device issue? I've tried wiping 2 times, and the same issue is happening.
No its not device issue. What r u streaming YouTube videos 3/4g or WiFi??
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
I use WiFi and 3G mainly, but I've experienced the issue regardless of the connection type, and also whether it be in HD or SD format.
njd.sina said:
I use WiFi and 3G mainly, but I've experienced the issue regardless of the connection type, and also whether it be in HD or SD format.
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Ok are you rooted? Have you cleared cache and data on the app??
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
I am not rooted, I also cleared the data and cache as you suggested, but I have the same issue. I noticed that when I pause the video, however, it seems to respond faster.. Not as fast as no video playing, but a noticeable improvement over when the video is playing and I attempt to scroll.
I hate to be a downer but this phone does not handle a few things very well, namely the youtube app and it also is slow as hell when you get thousands of texts. I think this is a sense issue personally.
I thought Sense may be the cause to it. I'm not sure if other people are experiencing the issue though, whether it be that a custom ROM solves it or my device is just 'special'..
njd.sina said:
I thought Sense may be the cause to it. I'm not sure if other people are experiencing the issue though, whether it be that a custom ROM solves it or my device is just 'special'..
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The problem you are experiencing is universal. Scrolling while watching a video causes lag in the youtube app.
DDiaz007 said:
The problem you are experiencing is universal. Scrolling while watching a video causes lag in the youtube app.
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Thank you. I thought it was just my device that did this, because there were no other threads which mentioned this, which I find strange because my old HeroC did it smoothly, and now the 3VO is struggling with it. Do you know if a custom ROM or kernel resolves this?
I have the same problem as well. When playing videos in the youtube app, I get a lot of lag.
I can actually navigate the desktop version of the youtube site with less lag than the youtube app.
njd.sina said:
Thank you. I thought it was just my device that did this, because there were no other threads which mentioned this, which I find strange because my old HeroC did it smoothly, and now the 3VO is struggling with it. Do you know if a custom ROM or kernel resolves this?
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I've experienced this problem on numerous ROMs. In regards to kernels, I don't even know. I doubt that a kernel will eliminate the lag, but I'm not one to say.
I am also getting this issue with both youtube and vevo app. When i play videos from my sd card with mx video player, they play flawlessly. So hopefully when ics comes out this problem is fixed.... :/
njd.sina said:
When I use the Youtube app on my 3vo, it scrolls smoothly and all, until I begin playing a video on it. Once a video begins playing, when I try to switch tabs when holding the phone in portrait mode, the transitions suddenly become choppy and laggy, whether it be scrolling through comments, or pulling down the notification bar, the entire phone seems to lag once a Youtube video is playing, regardless of it being HD or not. Is anyone else having this issue or have a possible solution? Thanks (Stock ROM)
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This is normal and I think it has been posted a few times. Basically it's the lack of gui hardware acceleration on Android gingerbread. If you try out an ICS rom you will see its smoother. Probably not as smooth as you like but smoother than it is on gingerbread.
Don't think its normal. YouTube works fine for me. HD and normal videos play without an issue. Upload and download works fine as well. I'm running SteelH's rom with Chads#50 kernel. Youtube has never giving me a problem in the app or VIA stock browser. So I don't think it has to do with the hard ware acceleration at all. My wife has my old hero and YouTube works fine for her as well. Also my sister and brother both have the EVO4g and youtube works fine for them. Have you guys tried a different version of the app ??? Like an older ver?? Or a newer one ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
I get this issue too, no way is it normal as this is the first phone I have used to have this strange behaviour.
Sent via carrier pigeon
Yeah its weird for me because all my movies and videos that are loaded onto my sd card work great. No lag or issues but when it comes time to YouTube or vevo and even vimeo.... It will lag or skip the video around the end or halfway but the sound keeps playing.. Very frustrating.
Sent from my evo 3d using xda premium
If you try the YouTube app on ics it works fine and no lag...
I wish I could go on ics.... But I use the camera and 4g a lot haha
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

Is there a fix for laggy, jerky, YouTube app?

I see lots of mentions and complaints about poor YouTube performance with hd videos, especially on cm10, etc. Is there any fix, modded app, setting, etc that alleviates the problem?
tallgrasshawk said:
I see lots of mentions and complaints about poor YouTube performance with hd videos, especially on cm10, etc. Is there any fix, modded app, setting, etc that alleviates the problem?
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I really want to see if there is a fix to this too. I can not watch hd videos at all.
A bump.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
I tried both CM10 (experimental) and AOKP 4.1.2 and both are excellent ROMs, however, I did experience some jerkiness in both the Youtube app and via the browser but not in all videos. I've gone back to a ICS 4.0.4 ROM and HD video via youtube app (4.1.47) and browser (Dolphin) are jerk-free and smooth. I think I'll wait until all the issues and bugs have been ironed out before going over to JB.
Jerky? Laggy? YouTube works fine for me. HD videos sometimes will load slow, but it will do the same on my galaxy s3 occasionally
slapping you upside the head from my galaxy tab 10.1 P7510

YouTube HDR

YouTube HDR
SWEEEEET
ooh i wanna seeee
what's the link so i can seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... :victory:
marctronixx said:
what's the link so i can seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... :victory:
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Wow that's sick here's a link.
https://youtu.be/mkggXE5e2yk
Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk
Anyone have issues with lag? When I select 1440p 60fps HDR, the video will start to slow down and begins to skip. I have even turned on performance mode and it still does it. I've rebooted my phone, made sure nothing intensive is running but no luck. It's not my internet connection either as I have 200Mbps download
Anyone tried this, should look nice:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4QzGeaaQ
Ryya said:
Anyone tried this, should look nice:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4QzGeaaQ
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It looked really good, nd brought back so e good memories.
Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk
The one in OP looks like $#!t on mine ??? Got screen set as high as it will go. The other ones seem to work.
Sent from my SM-N950U using XDA-Developers Legacy app
I have seen some skipping and video lag on the YouTube HDR videos.
both videos look so good!!
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mardukeme said:
Wow that's sick here's a link.
View attachment 4267096
https://youtu.be/mkggXE5e2yk
Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk
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Looks so amazing on note. Thanks for the link!
TPR300C said:
Anyone have issues with lag? When I select 1440p 60fps HDR, the video will start to slow down and begins to skip. I have even turned on performance mode and it still does it. I've rebooted my phone, made sure nothing intensive is running but no luck. It's not my internet connection either as I have 200Mbps download
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No lag while playing, but scrubbing is choppy.
fireguy0306 said:
I have seen some skipping and video lag on the YouTube HDR videos.
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Same the phone heats up and I seem to have fps drop.
Not sure I understand this YouTube HDR video thing...
HDR, in photos, is a high dynamic range from multiple exposures. So shadows are boosted, etc.
How can a video be HDR? So say it's a high dynamic range and colours and shadows are boosted. Okay. But what feature does YouTube "HDR" then apply together with our Note 8 screens that's so special as opposed to viewing it on any other device? Not quite sure I fully understand.
TPR300C said:
Anyone have issues with lag? When I select 1440p 60fps HDR, the video will start to slow down and begins to skip. [...] It's not my internet connection either as I have 200Mbps download
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Is the video buffering when it skips? If so, are you on WiFi or LTE? If it's LTE, some carriers throttle you whenever you're streaming video.
Mine does the same thing. Doesn't matter if it's on Wi-Fi or LTE. 1080p HDR and 1440p HDR both lag. 1440p is a fast slideshow. Unwatchable atm. Until either YouTube or there is a patch it fittest work right. So far have confirmed outs on everyone phone I have tested from people at work. 4 including mine. Netflix hdr seems like outta working fine tho.
Gary02468 said:
Is the video buffering when it skips? If so, are you on WiFi or LTE? If it's LTE, some carriers throttle you whenever you're streaming video.
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I'm on Wi-Fi so I know it's the phone. I'm hoping it's the YouTube app as I have no issue with Netflix HDR content.
TPR300C said:
I'm on Wi-Fi so I know it's the phone. I'm hoping it's the YouTube app as I have no issue with Netflix HDR content.
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I have the exact same issue with YouTube HDR. It's unwatchable and i sometimes lose fps when playing HDR content on YouTube
Sent from my Samsung SM-N950F using XDA Labs
Edit 2: https://www.xda-developers.com/hdr-youtube-app-android-1080p-only/
Edit: It appears since then 1080p is the highest resolution for HDR videos. So they removed 1440p and 4K playback for HDR for now. Which is a good sign, it means they realised the problem, and removed it until they fix it. Hopefully it will be soon.
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I have the same issue on my Xperia XZ Premium. I only now noticed youtube has HDR support, but playing it at 2160p the videos are very laggy, and slowed down and skip around to keep up with audio. Playing it at 1440p, still a problem but not as bad. At 1080p it's okay, but then again you lose 3 quarters of the resolution by going down to 1080p. What's the point of 4K HDR if it doesn't work? This is a YouTube app problem though. I made a bug report, hopefully they notice it and fix it.
These stats don't really show anything, they look normal, but it's 100% not normal, as it slows down significantly for no reason, it's not buffering or anything. It's like the app can't handle all the data.
Which is wierd as 2160p 60fps videos work fine. The problem is with HDR

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