Can someone sum up how to fix video playback on the Touch Pro2?

[Karmashock]

No trial version that I can see...

Ultimately, HTC screwed up with the TP2. The drivers are wrong or disabled or there's some kind of licensing problem with the CPU maker. Either way HTC f'ed us. I'm kind of used this sort of thing so it doesn't even make me mad anymore. I take it for granted that I have to put in some time to make crap work. I could have gotten a iphone and had everything work out of the box but I wanted a PPC and the freedom to control how my machine worked. I pay the price for that.

In any event, either HTC or qualcomm got cheap and the result is that the device has very conditional hardware acceleration.

Coreplayer found a way around the problem... and they'll sell it to you for a price.


You could try an "unofficial" demo of their product but that's between you and your internet connection.

[sparks.calvin]

Thanks I may try to find a UNofficial Demo.
I certainly enjoy finding ways to make mine work also. It was between this and the MotoDroid. The droid while easy to use and with alot of fun extras still does not compare in my opinion to a PPC

[lipidfats]

can someone tell me full settings that work well for coreplayer and tp2... i'm loooking for other peoples opinions than the ones stated above. just want to see if there are other customizations people are using. thanks.

[Karmashock]

Tools > Preferences > Video
Qtv Display
High
Only for 50%
<unchecked>

Buffering
Normal buffer size: 2400

Qtv display
"TyTN II" Driver Mode


I don't think I installed anything besides Coreplayer and the Sprint TP2 cleanup pack found on this website. I still have some videos that run slow but it's rare. 95 percent of the stuff I have plays perfectly.

[lipidfats]

Originally Posted by Karmashock

Tools > Preferences > Video
Qtv Display
High
Only for 50%
<unchecked>

Buffering
Normal buffer size: 2400

Qtv display
"TyTN II" Driver Mode


I don't think I installed anything besides Coreplayer and the Sprint TP2 cleanup pack found on this website. I still have some videos that run slow but it's rare. 95 percent of the stuff I have plays perfectly.

when i play in qtv and uncheck dither, the picture sort of overlaps in the middle when theres motion... i have to play on gdi with dither on. any other settings? what about pixel aspect ratio, zoom and those options?

[Karmashock]

did you install the sprint clean up patch from this site?

[lipidfats]

Originally Posted by Karmashock

did you install the sprint clean up patch from this site?

no, im on a custom ROM. and the sprint cleanup has way too many configurations that i dont want. it's just a package of cabs and edits, so im sure if it really does something to improve video, theres a way to get the changes without installing clenaup... i don't understand why its not working nicely out of the gatees. on the tp it worked flawlessly. is it the extra length of resolution?

[japper88]

I initially had the same terrible playback problems other people have had and I did the following, which solved my problems using both the Sprint stock rom and multiple versions of EnergyRom.

Here is what I did:
(1) I got CorePlayer, it was worth it for me because I watch a lot of movies when I ride the train and when I fly. (not sure if there is a free alternative)

(2) I installed the gfx booster mentioned in Post #7.
-run the cab
-soft reset
-look for the program in your settings and open it and make sure it's enabled

(3) I installed some D3D drivers, you can also use the ones from Post #7.
Or you can use newest NeoS2007 driver pack. (here is the xda thread where I got them) [I actually installed both, to see if it made a difference, I did not notice any, so I think installing the gfx booster and one of these D3D drivers is good enough, I have no idea if these make any difference for other programs, as I only was trying to get CorePlayer to play my xvid movies properly].
-run the appropriate cab
-soft reset
-DONE!

I have installed the 3 items in random orders with the same results. Just remember to soft reset after installing the drivers and gfx booster.

After that using CorePlayer I was able to play 700mb xvid files flawlessly, the audio was in sync there were no weird distortions or skipped frames.

I hope that helps some people .

[Karmashock]

Originally Posted by lipidfats

no, im on a custom ROM. and the sprint cleanup has way too many configurations that i dont want. it's just a package of cabs and edits, so im sure if it really does something to improve video, theres a way to get the changes without installing clenaup... i don't understand why its not working nicely out of the gatees. on the tp it worked flawlessly. is it the extra length of resolution?

I'd look at what it does then and find out. Because I know it does something. All I installed was coreplayer and the clean up pack.

Coreplayer alone was slow and choppy. I installed the clean up pack and it went from 87 percent speed to 113 percent speed.


Either install the cleanup pack or examine it in detail to find out what it does.

[nycxhobbes]

Hey guys just got my touch pro2 yesterday. I'm wondering a few things about video play back on the TP2. I have re-encoded my avi files to H264 mp4 as some people have suggested using videora converter. Files play flawlessly in the album and even in WMP and it looks awesome but the only problem is when I try to scan (like forward to a different part of the movie) the album player and WMP freezes the image but sound continues. I know I am not being so clear on this so let me clarify a bit. If I am at 1:00 min of the movie and I forward to minute 5:00 the image stays at the image shown at 1:00min but the sound continues from 5:00 mins. I was wondering if anyone else has this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks again!