Problem to play mp4 generated by samsung note

**Jean-Claude Tergal** · November 11th, 2013

Hello,

I can't play mp4 generated by samsung note.
The sound is ok but the video freezes after a few seconds.

I've tried with vlc and dragon player: the issue is the same.
I've no problem with other videos (includes mp4 generated by another platform).

I've installed the following packages according some tracks i found on forums but still not working:
ffmpeg
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
libavcodec-extra-53
libavdevice-extra-53
mplayer
mencoder
ubuntu-restricted-addons
ubuntu-restricted-extras
x264

Has anybody an idea?
Thank you in advance.

He are the details of the file:

Code:

cyrille@ordi-cyrille:~/Brouillons/Miguel$ avconv -i 20131108_224537.mp4
avconv version 0.8.8-4:0.8.8-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the Libav developers
  built on Oct 22 2013 12:35:42 with gcc 4.6.3
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '20131108_224537.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: isom3gp4
    creation_time   : 2013-11-08 21:46:37
  Duration: 00:00:50.30, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 17064 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1080, 17014 kb/s, 30 fps, 90k tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-11-08 21:46:37
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 124 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-11-08 21:46:37
At least one output file must be specified

**ajgreeny** · November 11th, 2013

Install mediainfo from the universe repos and run the command mediainfo /path/to/20131108_224537.mp4 which may give a lot more information about that file.

**Jean-Claude Tergal** · November 11th, 2013

Thank you for the answer.
Here is the result:

Code:

cyrille@ordi-cyrille:~/Brouillons/Miguel$ mediainfo 20131108_224537.mp4
General
Complete name                            : 20131108_224537.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 102 MiB
Duration                                 : 50s 304ms
Overall bit rate                         : 17.1 Mbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 50s 61ms
Bit rate                                 : 17.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 30.000 fps
Minimum frame rate                       : 22.283 fps
Maximum frame rate                       : 30.010 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.274
Stream size                              : 102 MiB (99%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37
Material_Duration                        : 50073
Material_StreamSize                      : 106494297
Material_FrameCount                      : 1502

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 50s 304ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 767 KiB (1%)
Title                                    : SoundHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-11-08 21:46:37

**ajgreeny** · November 11th, 2013

That is, I presume an HD video; it is certainly very large for just 50secs and I wonder if

You have hardware that is high enough spec to decode such a video, and
You have all the necessary codecs for decoding them.

I see you have installed restricted-extras package so I imagine codecs wouldn't be a problem, but can your graphics decoding manage about 110MiB/sec

**Jean-Claude Tergal** · November 11th, 2013

Finally, my video card seems not to be enough powerful.
So, I converted the videos to a smaller bitrate and it works!
Thanks for your help.

Code:

avconv -i 20131108_224537.mp4 -r 30 -b 10000k -vcodec mpeg4 -ab 320k -acodec mp2 cible.avi

**SeijiSensei** · November 11th, 2013

You might try telling the Note to use 720p rather than 1080p for recording video. I can do this on my Galaxy S3, so I'm guessing the Note has the same set of options. Most things in life don't really need full 1080p resolution to look good on small screens. 720p is usually sufficient.