Hi,
I have been trying to watch videos streamed from my PC to my tablet but so far I have had little success...
I am using MX Player Pro to watch videos and ES Explorer to access my PC contents. I have no problems with opening any files including videos and streaming of small files (~300MB movies) works perfectly. The problem is - I would like to watch my Blu-Ray and DVD rips, which are 10GB +. Alas, in this case, it buffers 1 second of movie per 20 seconds in real life. It is unwatchable.
So, the question is - how I could I speed it up? The signal is full (I run the tests with PC and Nexus next to my router, Netgear), the PC has all other connections turned off (mail/browser, antivirus updates etc. all turned off) though it shows the connection speed of only ~80-120Mbps. I guess I am lacking ideas...
Thank you for help,
Theriel
theriel said:
Hi,
I have been trying to watch videos streamed from my PC to my tablet but so far I have had little success...
I am using MX Player Pro to watch videos and ES Explorer to access my PC contents. I have no problems with opening any files including videos and streaming of small files (~300MB movies) works perfectly. The problem is - I would like to watch my Blu-Ray and DVD rips, which are 10GB +. Alas, in this case, it buffers 1 second of movie per 20 seconds in real life. It is unwatchable.
So, the question is - how I could I speed it up? The signal is full (I run the tests with PC and Nexus next to my router, Netgear), the PC has all other connections turned off (mail/browser, antivirus updates etc. all turned off) though it shows the connection speed of only ~80-120Mbps. I guess I am lacking ideas...
Thank you for help,
Theriel
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Are your computer connected through wireless? If streaming BR movies you need a lot of bandwith which maybe you won't get if you have a bad wifi connection.
theriel said:
Hi,
I have been trying to watch videos streamed from my PC to my tablet but so far I have had little success...
I am using MX Player Pro to watch videos and ES Explorer to access my PC contents. I have no problems with opening any files including videos and streaming of small files (~300MB movies) works perfectly. The problem is - I would like to watch my Blu-Ray and DVD rips, which are 10GB +. Alas, in this case, it buffers 1 second of movie per 20 seconds in real life. It is unwatchable.
So, the question is - how I could I speed it up? The signal is full (I run the tests with PC and Nexus next to my router, Netgear), the PC has all other connections turned off (mail/browser, antivirus updates etc. all turned off) though it shows the connection speed of only ~80-120Mbps. I guess I am lacking ideas...
Thank you for help,
Theriel
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Have you tried VLC player? Don't know if it will help with your problem. I'll be getting my N10 tonight, so I'll be checking on that aspect of it for sure.
Hi all,
Is anyone else experiencing stutter on their NP no matter where you play videos. Local memory or over network, for me is the same. I tried with 1080p and 720p and both stutter like crazy, upon to an unwatchable point for high bitrate mkvs.
I reflashed 511 via fastboot erasing userdata but no luck, same annoying stutter.
Any idea/suggestion is appreciated.
Thank you
I tried playing MKVs over network with Kodi, but they stutter incredibly bad. I don't think the support for MKV is there, but I could be wrong. Sticking with MP4 for now.
The OP doesn't provide any info about setup or apps tested.
But FWIW, all MKVs that I've tried - 720p, 1080p, inc. 10-bit encodes - have worked flawlessly on Kodi, whether locally or over network (smb or DLNA, WiFi AC/5Ghz).
So you need to isolate your problem to your setup. You could start by enabling the Codec Info OSD in Kodi ('c' key on a keyboard, can be remapped to e.g. remote back button) to see what's happening with your currently playing videos.
You could play with the hardware decoder settings in Kodi's System config to see if toggling any of the options might help. Also try different apps, of course. There are lots of possible variables really ... isolating the problem is the key.
I have not had issues with playing 720p or 1080p H264 / x264 MKV files with Kodi over 5 GHz wireless AC. I usually go through an SMB server to stream the files from another PC on my LAN or the USB drive plugged in to my router. Which video codecs are your files encoded in and how high are the average bitrates of those files?
It would be good to know if OP is using Kodi or a different player..
Hi All, sorry for the delay, I think I managed to track the cause of my stutter. First of all, to answer your question, it is happening with all players, including Kodi.
After some more testing, I came to the conclusion that it is related to the framerate output that is not in sync with my TV refresh rate. I have a Samsung that goes to 60Hz max, and video sources at 24fps stutter/judder like hell. I cannot watch any 24fps movies no matter their format. I tested with 60fps content and all was playing fine.
Really not sure why AndroidTV/Nexus Player does not allow automatic framerate switching, but watching anything at 24fps is basically impossible for me. TVHZ app allows me to go to 50 or 60 Hz, but I read this bug is fixed in M dev preview. Did not tried it yet.
Kodi is supposed to be able to auto switch framerate, at least in one of their build (for Shield if I recall correctly), but even if I have the option enabled in the menu, video playback is still stuck at 60Hz.
Does anyone know if auto framerate switching is going to be added in 6.0 ?
Thank you
Well, there's nothing unusual about playing 24fps sources on a 60Hz TV, and you shouldn't be seeing such severe juddering even with 3:2. This forum would be full of complaints otherwise, since 24fps sources are so common.
Are you able to test with another TV than your Samsung, perhaps? And enable the Codec Info OSD in Kodi to see if that reveals anything. I'd also try toggling the "Sync playback to display" option in System settings. For comparison: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=219796
Ladduro said:
Does anyone know if auto framerate switching is going to be added in 6.0 ?
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Yes, that's one of the new features available in Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexusplayer/comments/39td0v/kodi_15_beta_2_supports_auto_refresh_rate/
GabbyWC said:
Yes, that's one of the new features available in Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexusplayer/comments/39td0v/kodi_15_beta_2_supports_auto_refresh_rate/
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What about other players? Kodi made this possible via their internal player, not Android's as far as I know.
@Ladduro, I'm not sure what you mean by Android's "internal" video player or if there even is such a thing on the Nexus Player. If other popular apps like MX Player and VLC support auto frame rate switching in the future, then you'll have more playback options beyond Kodi.
I've been playing plenty of 24fps sources on my 60Hz TV without the pulldown causing an unwatchable judder as decribed by the OP. I still think he's misdiagnosing the problem, but I guess once an idea gets in your head it's hard to shift it.
Maybe you cannot see the judder. I can, and it is bothering me a lot.
Is there no way to activate the "Sync playback to display" option for the NP? A different Kernel maybe?
Ladduro said:
Hi all,
Is anyone else experiencing stutter on their NP no matter where you play videos. Local memory or over network, for me is the same. I tried with 1080p and 720p and both stutter like crazy, upon to an unwatchable point for high bitrate mkvs.
I reflashed 511 via fastboot erasing userdata but no luck, same annoying stutter.
Any idea/suggestion is appreciated.
Thank you
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Mine has always stuttered. I have never found a solution. I watched a google play movie just last weekend and I noticed it. My wife and kids don't notice it but I sure do. I've tried wired and wireless connections and it doesn't make a difference. And I don't have barebone internet speeds. Debating RMAing it since it is from an early batch to see if the newer ones work better.
EDIT: Seems to be working just fine now. Getting sustained 80mbps across my network for playback, no issues. In the settings, I migrated everything to the SD card, but I think Kodi (and thus Plex temp files) are still on the internal storage. Maybe this fixed it, who knows.
I'm having trouble getting 4k video to play back continuously without pausing and skipping. I occasionally get the message that the source is too slow. Here is a quick overview of my setup.
- Media is on an UNRAID server running plex. It's an AMD A6-3500, 8GB memory, 3x 4TB WD Red (1 parity).
- UNRAID server is connected by ethernet to my Asus RT-AC87U. My shield was connected on 5g, but I ran a temp ethernet cable and still see the issue.
- Kodi 17 is running on my Shield TV using the PlexKodiConnect plugin. Video playback is direct play, no transcoding (verified in Plex).
I'm not sure where the trouble lies and exactly where to work.
I did test by using SolidExplorer to copy the 4k file to the device to see what rates I get. Speeds are about 6-8MB/s but its very inconsistent and drops below 1MB/s often. I'm not sure if this is a good test to go by or not. Is the Shield capable of streaming and playing 4k over a network? Or is the hardware not fast enough to do this?
As the title states, does the nvidia shield require faster internet than other devices to stream smoothly? I just got my shield, but have noticed that streaming content is not near as smooth as when I cast from my phone to my gen 1 chromecast. Both devices are plugged into the same TV, the same distance from the router. When I stream on the shield, especially using hulu or YouTube, the stream is a little choppy and quality dips. Many times, the audio does not seem to be synced with the video (I have adjusted the sync audio option in the menu). However, when I stream the same content on my phone and cast it to my chromecast, the quality is better and does not get choppy or laggy. Also, I don't notice the audio/video sync issue. My internet speed is low, but it doesn't make sense that the gen 1 chromecast streams smoothly on the same network.
Mine works fine. Almost exactly like my Chromecast. Maybe try a factory reset and start fresh?
Hi Everyone,
So I was watching a YouTube video on my PC and then decided to switch to my SHIELD to watch on the big screen, on my PC which is hardwired, YouTube was playing fine at 1080p, I switch to the SHIELD and it streams at 480p... I thought whats going on here? Checked my network I'm the only one in the house and nothing else is running...
So I went back to the PC played the same video again boom 1080p checked stats for nerds connection speeds are good...
Did the same on the Shield and the connections speeds are bad...
Tried the same on my iPad streams fine at 1080p again connection stats are fine?
Tried the same video on my Fire Stick.... bad connection....
My Shield is hardwired... and Fire Stick is wireless and I even tried switching to the ethernet cable from my PC... nothing change?
I thought maybe its an issue with the YouTube app on the Shield and FireStick since it uses the YouTube.com/TV version, so I tried the website on my PC connection speeds fine?
Here are some Screenshots.
imgur.com/a/Z7pZk
Any Help would be great.
Afaik it's an android TV problem. But did you have the latest version of the YouTube app?