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Originally Posted by JOliver13
videos on youtube and such aren't as clear as I thought they would be.
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That is because most of the apps are scaling the videos' native resolution to full screen (800x600) resolution. This softens the image and slows down the frame rate.
Try the demo version of yxplayer from SlideMe and toggle the resolution to native and you'll see the difference.
I'm still testing video apps but yxplayer 1.5.5 is letting me play at least some 640x480 video smoothly at what looks like 24fps+ without glitches. Rockplayer plays them smoothly but its losing audio sync on me.
Basically the IQ is up to playing SD video fine but it seems to prefer lower-compression codecs like Mpeg and Mpeg2 over the higher compression ones like DiVX and WMV.
I'm still testing though.
Anybody know of other player apps that let you toggle video playback resolution?
Edit:
On browsers: I prefer Dolphin HD overwhelmingly over Opera and Skyfire because it offers the best desktop-like experience and scrolls with the volume buttons.