The infinity of options that mobile phones have makes it very difficult to detect where some of them come from, although in the case of the video codec in Xiaomi we are going to give you the keys to identify them and try to fix them. The h.264 video codec is the most classic of all and the built-in h.265 codec has brought great innovations and solutions as well as problems.
The newer format offers us a better compression without losses and a performance that gives a significant leap in quality in smartphones, however this affects many other things as we are going to see. Most Xiaomi smartphones with MIUI 10 onwards incorporate the main function to change it and open the options to these inconveniences and solutions.
Content not supported on Xiaomi
The main error comes when we have made a video with our mobile and then when we transfer it to a computer, tablet or even when sharing it with a friend, it cannot be played. This is where the problems with the unsupported content message begin and where the video codec in Xiaomi has a lot to say. This is due to the fact that h.264 compatibility is much more widespread and it will be necessary for us to see it practically anywhere.
To change it we only have to go into Settings> Applications> System applications> Camera and we move to the option called video encoder. We will find the h.264 and h.265 options, keeping h.264 if we do not want to continue suffering the inconvenience.
Problems playing videos
Errors not only occur when importing videos to other devices, they can also appear on the smartphone itself. The situations can be diverse, depending on the model, MIUI version and the content that we have recorded, which can appear only in long videos. We show you some of those situations:
- Video does not load
- There are jerks throughout the video
- Sound and picture are not coordinated
In this case, what we will do is make sure that we have MIUI updated to the latest version in Settings> About the phone> Updates. We will also do the same with the system apps, entering Settings> System application updater and complete them all, especially the Xiaomi gallery .
Other video problems due to the codec on Xiaomi
In addition to the bugs we have seen, other mobile applications can generate problems due to the codec , so that social networks stand out. When we try to publish a video on Instagram, Twitter or other social networks with the h.265 format, we may encounter compatibility or playback errors. In this case we will have to repeat the same process as in the first section so that they do not repeat themselves.
