Nexus 5 media player issue

mnjrupp · 5 Aug 2020, 14:20

Re: Installing UBports on a Nexus 5
I just installed on a Nexus 5 a few days ago. It is the D820. Everything seems to work ok (Calls,bluetooth,wifi..) except for the camera. Actually it might be the included media player. I can create a video, which is an MP4 format, but the media player doesn't recognize it. I am able to view my videos using the OpenStore app "UTmedia".
I hope this helps.

rocket2nfinity · 5 Aug 2020, 14:47

@mnjrupp This is a known bug. UTMedia is the current fix

mnjrupp · 5 Aug 2020, 14:48

@rocket2nfinity Is the bug in the media player?

rocket2nfinity · 5 Aug 2020, 14:52

@mnjrupp https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1092

malditobastardo · 5 Aug 2020, 17:12

There is a hope that this issue will be fixed using the halium version for the N5.

stanwood · 5 Aug 2020, 20:09

@mnjrupp Detailed workaround (Nexus 5): 1) Open UTmedia 2) Tap and hold "Select file" till a popup shows "select all / close" 3) click on "close". 4) Click "select file" again 5) Browse on "files" and select the required video to play 6) Video is successfully loaded in UTmedia and can be played!

Rebecca58 · 6 Aug 2020, 06:24

Funny, I can't film at all. I get an error message if I try to. it generates mp4 videos too that I can't read.
nexus 5 with Stable on it.

rocket2nfinity · 6 Aug 2020, 12:50

@Rebecca58 You must use UTMedia exactly as Stanwood described in the post above yours or it won't work.

Rebecca58 · 7 Aug 2020, 06:58

@rocket2nfinity I get this error message:
Media error. formats not supported or sources not found.

Download File: file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/utmedia.nfsprodriver/0.14/www/index.html

rocket2nfinity · 7 Aug 2020, 13:32

@Rebecca58 I'd first try to re-install UTMedia from the openstore. If that doesn't work, file a bug report and let the devs look at it. Something seems to be missing.

Rebecca58 · 10 Aug 2020, 20:24

@rocket2nfinity probably, as when I try to read a video from my device, it loads every second and stutters. impossible to watch anything ...

AppLee · 10 Aug 2020, 21:13

@Rebecca58
The problem is that the GPU does not work.
So UTmedia uses the CPU to play videos ; your video is probably too high res for the CPU and causes the freezes.

As stated before, a good chance is that it will be solved with the halium port for the Nexus5.

Rebecca58 · 11 Aug 2020, 06:32

@rocket2nfinity I see... I'm presently using my other phone to wats videos offline.
I don't have this problem when I watch online.