Once upon a time I had a field day downloading HD movies without bothering about the size of the files but now that Etisalat has long shut down that service, I have reverted to watching my data consumption again. I now focus on downloading HEVC formatted movies as they come in high quality while keeping file size really low. Unfortunately not many android video players out there support this format. MX Player being the best android video player out there supports this format by default BUT unfortunately it lags on some devices.
To fix the lag issue simple go to Settings >> Decoder and click on CPU Core Limit. For dual core devices set it to 2, quad core 4 and octa core 8.
Also tick Use Speedup Tricks and then reboot your device.
Now when playing files like HEVC or MKV which lag, simply switch the decoder from HW decoder to SW decoder.
HEVC/MKV files should now play well without lags.
NOTE: If the HEVC file’s audio component was encoded with dts/dtshd/ac3/eac3/mlp codecs, you will not get audio. To fix this issue do please check out MX Player Custom Codec with DTS & AC3 Support
Also do please note that switching from HW decoder to SW decoder will consume your battery a lot faster as SW decoding makes use of the CPU while HW makes use of the device’s GPU. Increased CPU usage = Increased battery usage.
Please let us know if this works for you or not. Thanks.
Enjoy and Happy New Year Folks
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Says HW or HW+ is not supported, its 1080p HEVC
@Bhanu I get that error for some files too and I hear not all HEVC files or video files in general support hardware acceleration (HW & HW+)
Gt i9505
Not working still lagging .
I’m using Samsung galaxy s4 GT I9505
Mx player version 1.7.40 .
@Azz: That’s strange considering I’m working with the same MX Player 1.7.4.0 on a phone with specs far lower than the Samsung Galaxy S4. So you’re saying the lag hasn’t reduced even in SW decoder mode?
Yes it didn’t
Btw I’ve saved Video files in Sd Card & Does it matter ?
I’m trying to play games of thrones.m4v
I just downloaded mx player pro still no luck tho :/
M4V playback works fine for me too. Have you tried other m4V files and still they don’t play without lag? I’m wondering if its an encoding problem.
@Azz Try renaming the file extensions to .mp4 instead of m4v. Mysteriously that worked for a friend of mine.
It’s not working. Same problem of lagging even after these tweaks.
Please what device are you using?
Kindly share websites where I can download such movies.
@Mark na torrent things. Kat.cr