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HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT errors on Android Samsung Tab S

Discussion in 'Android' started by liortal, Apr 13, 2015.

  1. liortal

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    When we play our game (built with Unity 5.0f4) on Android, specifically on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S (SM-T700):

    04-12 18:17:23.282: E/(2209): HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_2_V4L2_PIX::unmatched HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT color_space(0x108)
    04-12 18:17:23.282: W/hwcutils(2209): unrecognized pixel format 264

    Has anyone else encountered such an issue?
    The log (logcat) is bombed with thousands of these...
     
    liortal, Apr 13, 2015
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  2. bitter

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    Looks like error output from a video stream. Are you interacting with the camera somehow?
     
    bitter, Apr 13, 2015
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  3. liortal

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    No, the game doesn't interact with the camera in any way.

    We do have integrations with video ad providers, maybe some of them are opening video streams in the background ?
    There's no real info where this is coming from.
     
    liortal, Apr 13, 2015
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  4. bitter

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    I guess it could be a problem with the EGL configuration we pick. See if you can reproduce the issue using an empty scene.
     
    bitter, Apr 13, 2015
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  5. liortal

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    Hi, thanks for responding.

    I tried and the same occurs also with a blank project.
    I opened a bug for this including the project, APK and logcat output. Hope it's enough for you to check out this issue.
    Note i've only seen it on this specific device.

    The case number is 689286 in case you want to check it out.

    Thanks again.
    Lior
     
    liortal, Apr 14, 2015
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  6. dbyst

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    Have same issue on Samsung S5. Any ideas how to fix that ?
     
    dbyst, May 19, 2015
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  7. liortal

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    Martin from the Android team @ unity remote connected to our device and ran a bunch of tests.
    He said he will prepare a patch with some fix, but that was a few weeks ago, so i am not sure where that stands.

    I tried pinging them by commenting on the bug report with no success...
     
    Last edited: May 19, 2015
    liortal, May 19, 2015
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  8. ProfDrDoom

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    are there any news regarding this behaviour?
     
    ProfDrDoom, Jun 2, 2015
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  9. liortal

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    Can someone check if this was ever fixed in any patch? @bitter ?
     
    liortal, Jun 2, 2015
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  10. gydronik

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    HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_2_V4L2_PIX::unmatched HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT
    Galaxy Note 3 Unity 5.1.0f2
     
    gydronik, Jun 4, 2015
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  11. zhdanov-pix

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    Samsung Galaxy Tab SM-T700 + Unity 5.0.2p3 = not fixed
     
    zhdanov-pix, Jun 5, 2015
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  12. leni8ec

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    Samsung Galaxy Alpha SM-850F + Unity 5.1.1f1 Personal
    Same issue...
     
    leni8ec, Jun 25, 2015
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  13. agw360

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    Samsung Galaxy Tab S SM-T800 Unity 5.1.2f1
    Same issue...
     
    agw360, Jul 20, 2015
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  14. wuhuan

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    Same issue... Can anyone solve?
     
    wuhuan, Jul 29, 2015
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  15. RagemodeEntertainment

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    Same issues here also
     
    RagemodeEntertainment, Jul 30, 2015
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  16. khardey

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    I get this error when using a mobile video player I wrote. It happens on our Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 which has an Exynos chip, and the videos do not play. The Galaxy S4 with a Snapdragon chip did not produce the error and played the video just fine. None of our other non-Samsung Android devices produce the error either. (Unity 5.0.1f1)
     
    khardey, Jul 31, 2015
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  17. Deleted User

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    We've got the same problem on Meizu MX4 Pro with Unity 5.1.1
     
    Deleted User, Sep 10, 2015
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  18. hugettini

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    Same with unity 5.2.1f1 and Samsung Galaxy SM-T800
     
    hugettini, Oct 7, 2015
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  19. frjtrifork

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    We are seeing the same issue on Galaxy Tab S when building from Unity 5.2.0 - we recently upgraded our app from Unity 4.6.7 and when building from 4.6.7 the issue was not there.
     
    frjtrifork, Oct 9, 2015
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  20. PetroUnityDev

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    We are seeing the same issue with two different Samsung Galaxy S5 devices using Unity 5.2.2. This makes debugging issues via logcat quite tedious. Does anyone know of a solution?
     
    PetroUnityDev, Nov 17, 2015
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  21. bitter

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    5.2.2p4
     
    bitter, Nov 17, 2015
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  22. PetroUnityDev

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    Thanks, Martin. That patch does solve the issue for me!
     
    PetroUnityDev, Nov 18, 2015
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