[Android MiniClient] Now in BETA

[jamesdisco]

Finally got round to uploading a sample of HD broadcast in the UK. The SD (MPEG2-PS[MPEG2-Video]) stuff plays fine but HD is a black screen but does play audio.

MPEG2-PS[H.264]

Just tried it with version 1.01

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jamesdisco

Finally got round to uploading a sample of HD broadcast in the UK. The SD (MPEG2-PS[MPEG2-Video]) stuff plays fine but HD is a black screen but does play audio.

MPEG2-PS[H.264]

Just tried it with version 1.01

Thanks I'll grab this sample tonight and try to do some testing. I need some additional info though.

1. Player (IJK or Exo -- IJK is the default player)
2. Hardware (Nexus Player, Shield, FireTV, etc, etc)

Thanks

[jamesdisco]

IJK player, ive tried EXO but cant get any files playing with that.

Using a nexus 4, so no hard mpeg2 decoding.

Ive also tried it on a nexus 7 and another cheapo pad and both cant play the HD files.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jamesdisco

IJK player, ive tried EXO but cant get any files playing with that.

Using a nexus 4, so no hard mpeg2 decoding.

Ive also tried it on a nexus 7 and another cheapo pad and both cant play the HD files.

And are the HD filese mpeg2 or h264?

[jamesdisco]

I think h264 in a MPEG2 wrapper. Here's a screengrab.


MPEG.JPG

[KarylFStein]

Originally Posted by stuckless

So, what I'd like is for people to do some testing with this trying to install it on various phone/tablet/tv devices and see what happens. In the emulators it appears to do what I what... let's see how the realworld works.

BTW... ExoPlayer is also updated in this release.

I installed on a Galaxy Tab 10 and a Galaxy S6, and it works fine with (very) limited testing. I like the new layout of the swipe-right remote. Not sure what all the options do like the box with 4 arrows and the square below that.

[KryptoNyte]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Do I have a sample of one of those vidoes? I have about 15 samples from people, but I don't recall I have one from you or not. If I do, then, all the samples that I have, I can play.

I'll see what I can find for a file and get a download link setup. I'll play with it a bit - I do see some of the strange activity that ENE mentions, mainly when trying to switch players without going all the way back to the Sage homescreen, or exiting the UI entirely. I can say that the HDPVR file that I tested was a previously recorded shown, not live, when I experienced the black video with audio.

[KryptoNyte]

DOWNLOAD LINK

I can only get Exo to play the above file, whereas, I need IJK player for my usual mpeg2 TV streams (and on a sidenote, now IJK is playing both 720p and 1080i without any issue whatsoever).

File attributes
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 58.6 MiB
Duration : 36s 79ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 13.6 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=32
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 36s 203ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 12.5 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 20.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.202
Stream size : 54.0 MiB (92%)
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 36s 192ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -100ms
Stream size : 1.66 MiB (3%)

[KryptoNyte]

... and I'll echo what others have said and go one step further - this miniclient is getting really good. It's even smoother in operation today than when I tried it a month ago.

Thank you.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

... and I'll echo what others have said and go one step further - this miniclient is getting really good. It's even smoother in operation today than when I tried it a month ago.

Thank you.

Thanks... I've actually swapped out 2 of my HD300s with ShieldTVs. (Actually in both cases I'm replacing a HD300+ROKU with a single ShieldTV. I've been using this exclusively for over a month, and I watch TV every night. Sort of like eating my own dog food It's not perfect, and I make notes of things that bother me, and things that I know is wrong, but I can live with it, for now.

I don't think this setup is going to work for everyone... but for my, my recordings are h264 720p and it's pretty good. My biggest hold-ups would have been if comskip didn't work, or if the seeking was sluggish... but seeking is as responsive as it is on the HD300, so I'm happy there.

At first I didn't think I would get by with the "dumb" remote, but, I've actually adjusted quite nicely to that as well. The dumb remote is not perfect, and I have occasional hangup, but, for the most part, it's all working better than I actually thought it would

[KarylFStein]

The only thing keeping me on the HD300 is surround sound .

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by KarylFStein

The only thing keeping me on the HD300 is surround sound .

I might take a stab at getting audio passthrough working with IJKPlayer... just not my strength

[ptzink]

Originally Posted by stuckless

I might take a stab at getting audio passthrough working with IJKPlayer... just not my strength

Stuckless, I just contributed to your Indiegogo campaign, mainly because I am using the Android client quite a bit now and appreciate your continued work on this, but also in part because I would love to see the audio passthrough for IJKPlayer. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ptzink

Stuckless, I just contributed to your Indiegogo campaign, mainly because I am using the Android client quite a bit now and appreciate your continued work on this, but also in part because I would love to see the audio passthrough for IJKPlayer. Thank you and keep up the good work!

Thanks... CC +Subtitles and Audio Passthrough are the next 2 "big" things that I'll be tackling. Unfortunately, due to my real job... I don't get much of a chance to work on this throughout the week

[EnterNoEscape]

I wanted to add to my previous issue that would make the ijkplayer stop working after stopping live content.

I think I narrowed the trigger down to being too close to live tv. I was able to start watching live tv and by skipping backward before I stopped the recording, the spinning circle did not appear and the player was not broken. If I start a recording, then seek as far in as I can towards live, then stop watching, ijkplayer stops working the same as if I was watching live tv and stopped it at the live edge of the recording.

When I set the client to pull and watch something live, ijkplayer doesn't crash either, but of course it stops the instant it reaches the end of what was available when I started watching it stops. When I set it to fixed which I believe is what is selected automatically by dynamic mode, the issues return.

I'm just throwing a wild guess out there, but based on the behavior this has the appearance of the player asking for more bytes than actually exist in the recording and when the recording stops, the "future" bytes that it's requesting will never be provided causing the player to hang indefinitely.

[hvymetal]

I thought I would try a cheap China Andriod Box with the client. So far everything from both HDHR and HDHR Prime is playing flawless. The only problem seen is at the start or during a commercial skip there is some stuttering for few seconds. Payed $40.84 with free shipping. The description for the unit I purchased is as follows:

Amlogic S905 Android 5.1 TV BOX Mini MX Quad-Core 64-Bit 1GB+8GB Gigabit LAN WiFi


If anyone wants any more info let me know.

[hvymetal]

Been playing with Mini MX Box and not sure why but I have some ripped DVDs but some reason the client closes without playing.


Also I have some BluRay quality MKV and they play correctly

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Been playing with Mini MX Box and not sure why but I have some ripped DVDs but some reason the client closes without playing.


Also I have some BluRay quality MKV and they play correctly

I don't believe the Android miniclient has any DVD support.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Been playing with Mini MX Box and not sure why but I have some ripped DVDs but some reason the client closes without playing.


Also I have some BluRay quality MKV and they play correctly

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

I don't believe the Android miniclient has any DVD support.

That is correct... there is no native dvd playback... nor is there likely to be any.

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Been playing with Mini MX Box and not sure why but I have some ripped DVDs but some reason the client closes without playing.


Also I have some BluRay quality MKV and they play correctly

Going to have to rip your DVDs to H264 MKVs to play them back from the sound of it.