TV Portal

[matt]

A buck is about 63-5p here in the UK but TV Portal want £1.29 to upgrade, what's with that? Okay so £1.29 isn't allot but why are you guys paying $1 USD and here in the UK we pay $2 USD.

I'm not tight, it's principle...

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Looks like they got the exchange rate backwards, email the dev. The British monetary system can be confusing, Terry Pratchett had a hilarious explanation in a Discworld book. Pounds, shillings, crowns, quids, farthings, sovereigns, thruppence. So 63-5p is 58 pence? Or 63 & 1/2 p.

I've been watching Corner Gas, a Canadian sit-com. It's pulled from youtube servers.
Also catching up on episodes missed due to news prioritization. (Slow car chases, rain clouds, etc.)

I generally pay my traffic tickets, instead of spending a lot of time in arguing and postponements. Can't eat principles, and they don't keep me warm and dry.

[Bigtroutz]

That's one of the things I don't quite get about Android, bjs, the fact the too often you must uninstall the old app in order to upgrade successfully.

And that was the case when I updated by TVportal as well as so many others.  At this point, I just do it automatically - uninstall -- install --- update completed rofl

[bjs229]

@Matt
I tried to eat my principal once, I got an extra day of suspension.
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[bjs229]

Your right Troutzy, although I still like a little twist and turn along the way sometimes. It keeps things interesting.
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[JayJ]

I've been using Android for about three years now and there's only been a couple of occasions where I've had to install a new version of an application?

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[MrFound]

I've been using Android for about three years now and there's only been a couple of occasions where I've had to install a new version of an application?

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never happened to me,  the "most annoying"  thing was that I've had to manually update few apps even if they were supposed to do it automatically

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[JayJ]

See I don't do automatic updates, I like to know what updates brings so read the changelog before or whilst updating...

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[bjs229]

I don't auto update either. Sometimes I never get notification that an app has changed though.

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[Bigtroutz]

I've been using Android for about three years now and there's only been a couple of occasions where I've had to install a new version of an application?

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I had quite a few that would not update properly when 4.2 updated.  Reinstalls all worked fine however.  I do use alot of apps, I have to say, mostly just trying alts out to see which I prefer, like I have 4 eReaders, had 4 music players, etc.

most recent ones were FireFox (Beta) and TV portal tho. Both needed a reinstall.

[JayJ]

I had quite a few that would not update properly when 4.2 updated.  Reinstalls all worked fine however.  I do use alot of apps, I have to say, mostly just trying alts out to see which I prefer, like I have 4 eReaders, had 4 music players, etc.

most recent ones were FireFox (Beta) and TV portal tho. Both needed a reinstall.

That would due to new file system structure, where apps data and caches were stored changed and some apps probably didn't like to new file structure.
I recommend a factory data reset with any major OS update, to some degree 4.2 wasn't a major update but with the change in the layout of the internal storage the best way to update would include a factory data reset.

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[MrFound]

See I don't do automatic updates, I like to know what updates brings so read the changelog before or whilst updating...

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i usually check afterwards,  which i know is a bad habit... usually they get better with updates tho.  except skype,  which i don't automatically update cause some of them are useless

I don't auto update either. Sometimes I never get notification that an app has changed though.

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that's what pisses me off the most about!  i have few apps that i don't automatically update and some (skype for example lol)  sometimes doesn't notify me

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[Bigtroutz]

what's even more annoying is when I tell an  app NOT TO AUTO-UPDATE and it does that anyway !!

Firefox beta was the latest offender - it updated like WinXP and would not let me boot the device in peace.  When I turn on my puter to use, I want to USE it not wait forever for it to pig the internet connection and cpu. 

[matt]

I finally got dsl when it took 3-5 hours to access my email on dial up. On the computer, Zonealarm firewall can block quite a bit of the updating. I don't update anything until I see reviews. Except antivirus.

[loociddreemr]

Does anyone else encounter horrible skipping and stuttering with this app?  Sometimes it runs flawlessly but then it just is unwatchable. I use MX like suggested and my Wi-Fi is strong. I go down the line of the other sites serving the show and it seems hit or miss. Just as a test I open YouTube when the skipping is happening and it runs fine. Any ideas?
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Barry,

I get the horrible skipping with TVPortal as well.  I've been working with the developer to try and resolve it.  We went through the steps to attempt to get MX Player to work, but could not remedy the skipping.  He recommended taking the switch to BS Player and changing the following settings. 

Settings > Preferences > Playback Preferences > Video decoding options (HW mode) > Make sure "Drop frames if decoder can't keep up" is unchecked

Settings > Preferences > Playback Preferences > Decoding mode > System decoding mode (system player)

Settings > Preferences > Playback Preferences > Codecs played in HW mode > Check ALL codec boxes

Settings > Preferences > Network/Streaming > Network buffer size > Large

Settings > Preferences > General Preferences > Check "High performance WIFI mode"

Settings > Preferences > Other > Clear cache AND Clear history AND Clean database

Reboot and test for a difference....

I seem to have a mild improvement...

[matt]

He's added a few since my response. Drop frames should be checked, otherwise stutters keeping up.
I've seen little difference with buffer sizes other than long loads. Just moves the skips later on.
Also h/w decode works best for me. I'm guessing system is android os decode, s/w is bsplayer decode, h/w is tegra3 decode.