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Won't Fix
Votes
1
Found in
2018.4.1f1
Issue ID
1170214
Regression
No
[Android ] Videoplayer with 1080p freezes when being transcoded with codec H264 and built on Android 9 devices
To reproduce:
1. Open attached project
2. Press on video and make sure that transcode is checked, dimensions set to Original 1920x1080, Codec H264 Bitrate Mode- High, Spatial Quality - High Spacial Quality
2. Build and run to Android 9 devices
Actual result: The video player freezes in the middle of the video
Expected result: Video plays smoothly till the end
Reproduced in: 2017.4.30f1; 2018.3.4f1; 2018.4.5f1; 2019.1.12f1 2019.2.0b10; 2019.3.0a10
Tested devices:
Repro:
VLNQA00231, Huawei HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro (LYA-L29), Android 9, CPU: HiSilicon Kirin 980, GPU: Mali-G76
VLNQA00123, Google Pixel 2 XL (Pixel 2 XL), Android 9, CPU: Snapdragon 835 MSM8998, GPU: Adreno (TM) 540
No repro
VLNQA00155, Meizu PRO 7 Plus (PRO 7 Plus), Android 7.0, CPU: MediaTek Helio X30 MT6799, GPU: PowerVR Rogue GT7400 Plus
VLNQA00096, Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F), Android 8.0.0, CPU: Exynos 9 Octa 8895, GPU: Mali-G71
VLNQA00004, Meizu - (MX5), Android 5.0.1, CPU: MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795T, GPU: PowerVR Rogue G6200
Note: logcat attached
Note: with other video settings can not reproduce the issue.
Note: if transcoded is unchecked no repro as well
Note: video setting image is attached below
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