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    I want to ask some questions about Ubuntu Touch.

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        dobey @domubpkm
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        @domubpkm said in I want to ask some questions about Ubuntu Touch.:

        I'm quite astonished that the problem resists you, given your extremely fussy knowledge!

        To be fair, I don't really know much about the lower depths of the Android/libhybris bits, which is where the video issue occurs. If someone understood well enough what the problem was though, I'm sure it would have been fixed already.

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          Photojoe4
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          Would a Oneplus 3t work for you? It's currently being ported to Ubuntu Touch, and you could run LineageOS on it until it's stable on UT....pretty decent specs and they can be found for a good price.

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            AppLee @libremax
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            @libremax said in I want to ask some questions about Ubuntu Touch.:

            @dobey I believe @AppLee mean morph browser is not using GPU and that is what "makes it painful to watch any video with the phone".
            It's not about the inability to play video with media player on N5.

            It was a total misunderstanding from me :grinning_face_with_sweat:
            I need vacations right now.

            Thanks @dobey for the clarification btw. So it's more related to libhybris and android stuff.

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              linuxadopter @Photojoe4
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              @Photojoe4 OnePlus didn't start selling phones on my country until last year. I don't know can I use Turkish phone operators on it.

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                linuxadopter @dobey
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                @dobey What is wrong with watching videos exactly? Are they slow?

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                  libremax @linuxadopter
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                  @linuxadopter There is an issue specific to N5, video play back is not possible with media player : https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1092
                  With N5, you need to play videos with UTmedia.

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                    Photojoe4 @linuxadopter
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                    @linuxadopter A quick search came up with this https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/TR/oneplus-3t

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                      linuxadopter @libremax
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                      @libremax An HTML5 based video player. What is different about it aside from being web based? Also why web based videos aren't effected by the issue?

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                        domubpkm
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                        A few days ago on the dev channel of a Nexus 5, the playback of a small mp4 video DOWNLOADED was working again (image of the video displayed in the gallery. Now, not again : format not recognized again
                        But, even if the playback was possible, there was still this known problem: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/7 (distorted colours). Rainbow flashi effect...
                        So even if playback is sometimes possible, viewing can make you think of someone who has taken a good dose of... what you want 😉

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                          dobey @linuxadopter
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                          @linuxadopter The web browser is not playing video using the hardware decoding. It's all going through software only.

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                            linuxadopter @dobey
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                            @dobey Understood. One last question: Because it's a web app I'm assuming that it wouldn't work without internet, correct?

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                              AppLee @linuxadopter
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                              @linuxadopter
                              Not really webapp can use locally stored data (like html pages or local db).
                              But a webapp requires networking rights to run.

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                                linuxadopter @AppLee
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                                @AppLee So it does need internet. That doesn't sound good at all. I don't think I'll get an Nexus 5 and... there isn't anything else guys. Right now it makes much more sense to just get a phone with LineageOS and postmarketOS support and switch to postmarketOS when it has replacment apps for the apps I use on my android device. Sorry.

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                                  dobey @linuxadopter
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                                  @linuxadopter No. Local HTML apps do not need to connect to the internet to work. Thus, UTMedia doesn't. You just need internet to use OpenStore app and install it.

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                                    linuxadopter @dobey
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                                    @dobey Oh. Okay, maybe Nexus does deserve a chance after all!

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                                      A Former User @linuxadopter
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                                      For what it's worth, @linuxadopter, I'm very happy with my Nexus5 running UT. 😄

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