i'm in chicago. rcn is my isp. i have their internet-only 50 mbps service.
i've been binge watching orange is the new black thru the netflix app on my firetv. it's been lagging quite a bit. the video freezes but audio continues unlagged. then the video jumps to catch the audio. rinse and repeat every few minutes.
i went to my pc and fired up chrome. went to netflix' site. started watching orange is the new black. no lagging whatsoever.
any ideas what might be causing the lag on the firetv?
thanks in advance.
I tried to watch Braveheart the other day on Netflix.
The sound was a bit distorted, especially with the music making it intolerable.
I tried side loading the play store version.
The sound quality was better but remote control did not work the same.
Maybe give a try. It might be the app.
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I also found Braveheart on the web and played with XBMC. That was also better than the Netflix AFTV app.
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I tried side loading the play store version.
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i don't know what this means. i'm watching it on amazon's firetv.
I am sorry i did not read the last part of the post. Disregard my reply
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Hello, i just switched all my RPI's/OpenELEC combo boxes to the Amazon Fire TV. I was having issues using Gotham 13.1 stuttering during streaming, last night i installed SPMC (spmc-armeabi-v7a_12.4.2.apk) onto one of the boxes and its seems to be better. Will need to watch a few more things to make final judgement. What version is everyone running on there AFTV?
Should i download grade to the first original AFTV firmware then try again?
please advise.
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Hello, i just switched all my RPI's/OpenELEC combo boxes to the Amazon Fire TV. I was having issues using Gotham 13.1 stuttering during streaming, last night i installed SPMC (spmc-armeabi-v7a_12.4.2.apk) onto one of the boxes and its seems to be better. Will need to watch a few more things to make final judgement. What version is everyone running on there AFTV?
Should i download grade to the first original AFTV firmware then try again?
please advise.
Thanks
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The official 13.1 build from XBMC doesn't work properly for me either. The volume cannot be adjusted, it remains at a fixed level regardless of how much it's reduced or raised
So I am looking for something better as well
Please report back with your findings!
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Hello, i just switched all my RPI's/OpenELEC combo boxes to the Amazon Fire TV. I was having issues using Gotham 13.1 stuttering during streaming, ...
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Same here.
It starts very well, but after ~15-20 minutes, the stuttering starts....
Been using 14.0 helix for a month without probs. Aeon Nox skin.
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Same here.
It starts very well, but after ~15-20 minutes, the stuttering starts....
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Are the stutters you see the buffering or just frame skips? I see a lot of buffering but I assume it is the servers
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Are the stutters you see the buffering or just frame skips? I see a lot of buffering but I assume it is the servers
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Frame skips i guess, its not buffering. does that mean the skipped frames are normal?
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LilSnoop4O said:
Hello, i just switched all my RPI's/OpenELEC combo boxes to the Amazon Fire TV. I was having issues using Gotham 13.1 stuttering during streaming, last night i installed SPMC (spmc-armeabi-v7a_12.4.2.apk) onto one of the boxes and its seems to be better. Will need to watch a few more things to make final judgement. What version is everyone running on there AFTV?
Should i download grade to the first original AFTV firmware then try again?
please advise.
Thanks
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I have been using 13.1 for weeks without the issue you are having. How do you have the video acceleration settings? If you dont have MediaCodec turned off, that may be causing it.
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Frame skips i guess, its not buffering. does that mean the skipped frames are normal?
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Recently I changed from my 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz wifi and the buffering issue is gone now. I do see very rare occasional frame skips, but it is very minor. It visually looks like it drops below to around 25 FPS for about half a second once in a while.
with 13.1 I have choppy playback when viewing xvid files with libstagefright or mediacodec enabled, regardless of software or hardware acceleration ticked. I also have to enable libstagefright for correct playback of anything greater than 720p or a lot of mkv files. (0:00 time/skip issue)
have not gone to helix 14.0 permanently, I tried that about a month ago but it seemed buggy to me.
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I have been using 13.1 for weeks without the issue you are having. How do you have the video acceleration settings? If you dont have MediaCodec turned off, that may be causing it.
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i do have this set to off as other forums have stated, does it make a difference that i side loaded xbmc and didn't root it?
Also my TV in my bedroom the Amazon FireTv is plugged right into the tv. as the other are plugged into soundbars. i noticed that the sound quality on the one that is plugged directly into the tv sounds bad... the audio sounds muffled almost, i messed around with the settings and can't make it wound correct. any idea?
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i do have this set to off as other forums have stated, does it make a difference that i side loaded xbmc and didn't root it?
Also my TV in my bedroom the Amazon FireTv is plugged right into the tv. as the other are plugged into soundbars. i noticed that the sound quality on the one that is plugged directly into the tv sounds bad... the audio sounds muffled almost, i messed around with the settings and can't make it wound correct. any idea?
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Xvid files are stuttering or all files?
For sound issue, all files or only files with Dolby digital or DTS.
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Xvid files are stuttering or all files?
For sound issue, all files or only files with Dolby digital or DTS.
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For stuttering any add-on i use to streaming it stutters.
For sounds i have tried everything setting from 2.0 to 5.1 enabled passthrough or not etc. and any movie or show i play from any add-on. weather its 5.1 or 2.0 its sounds like crap. just on the box plugged directly into the tv...
didn't have either of these issues using the RPI and openelec setup. hoping it all gets fixed.
Thanks
I found a possible bug today using Chromecast. My phone is a Nexus 5 stock ROM, not rooted. I was casting a youtube video to my TV and the controls to pause, next/previous pop up on my Moto 360. Love that feature. However, if the Nexus 5 screen goes dark, the controls stop working. If the Nexus 5 is active, then the Moto controls work.
Has anyone noticed this and/or found a solution?
Just tested with my rooted Moto X, yes same fail on YouTube, BUT works on Play Movies with screen off, so think the bug is in YouTube?
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Further testing: if paused in play movies and phone off, then watch times off, watch loses the play pause control entirely, have to restart from phone. So a few bugs here.
Good to know it is not just me. I hope they iron these bugs out in the next OS update.
Still not working (December 2014)
Has anyone figured out a fix? It was working great then stopped a few days ago. I've rebooted, reinstalled, etc. but still cannot get my 360 to control my chromecast. Volume works but controls ringer, not Chromecast volume (enen when in Chromecast app).
Playing music from my online Google Play account. Streaming over Att and wifi get same results:
Song will start playing and then it will jump to the next song after 2-3 minutes. Usually happens when I start playing an album but today it did it on the 2nd track.
I'm set at normal stream quality and cache during playback. I think I've also experienced this issue with cache unchecked.
Didn't have this problem with last phone (first gen Moto x) and gf doesn't have the issue with her ATT S5.
Any similar experiences?
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No. No problems here. I've been using google play music subscription since it launched. Have you tried clearing cache, uninstalling and reinstalling?
i have this same issue but it only happens sporadically. I think its a bug.
Have had this problem VERY few times, just clear the google play music cache and you should be g2g.
i've had the same issue. i notice it when i pick a playlist or radio station; first song gets cut short and it skips to the next one.
i'll try clearing the cache and see if it still happens. have only noticed the problem on wifi so far
Mine does that also very annoying sometimes it skips 2 or 3 songs
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Sometimes I have to keep hitting the play button till it works, then it will work for a while and skip the song ?
I have the CL model Zenfone 2. I have a number of short videos on my phone of my son playing etc. Some I have shot myself using the default camera app, some shot using Google's camera app and some I have downloaded from Google+. All of them stutter quite badly to the point they're unwatchable. I also have the same issue when playing back videos sent to me from other people via WhatsApp etc. These videos are max 2 minutes long. Mostly around 30 seconds. There should be absolutely no issue playing these files.
Is anyone else having video playback issues, or does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
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I have the CL model Zenfone 2. I have a number of short videos on my phone of my son playing etc. Some I have shot myself using the default camera app, some shot using Google's camera app and some I have downloaded from Google+. All of them stutter quite badly to the point they're unwatchable. I also have the same issue when playing back videos sent to me from other people via WhatsApp etc. These videos are max 2 minutes long. Mostly around 30 seconds. There should be absolutely no issue playing these files.
Is anyone else having video playback issues, or does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
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yes im having video playback issues with my zenfone 2 ze550ml. i first noticed it on instagram videos. you know on instagram the videos replay automatically right, however mine will stop n play only once while the sound continues to go on repeat. later i noticed whatsapp videos does not snyc with the sound. the sound will be heard first before the mouth moves. many more video playback issues like on fb or others that occurs randomnly. anyone out there care to help?
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yes im having video playback issues with my zenfone 2 ze550ml. i first noticed it on instagram videos. you know on instagram the videos replay automatically right, however mine will stop n play only once while the sound continues to go on repeat. later i noticed whatsapp videos does not snyc with the sound. the sound will be heard first before the mouth moves. many more video playback issues like on fb or others that occurs randomnly. anyone out there care to help?
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getting same issue, also i tried in dubsmash, same its not sync to audio
Guys I just ordered mine from Amazon . Could you please try MX Player to play videos. if it is still an issue i might cancel my order cause it needs 2-4 weeks to be shipped. It is an upgrade of my Mate 7 which has an issue on recording vidz on Instagram, path, and snapchat.
I have the same issue on my device. Happens with YouTube videos as well. I found that immediately after reboot studio is synced up again. It's definitely a software issue.
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I dont have this issue but i am not able to use H/W decoder on MX Player Pro...i can only use S/W decoder... It displays an error when H/W is selected... I wonder why it is not able to run.. I mean this device has enough juice to play it using H/W decoder...My previous phone used to play videos while using H/W decoder and that phone was not at all close enough to this device in specs...
Which model do u hve
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Which model do u hve
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ZE551ML on pre rooted 2.15.40
yeahh i want to create a new thread too about this problem to make sure dev or someone else notice this bugs.
i have ZE550ML and this playback issues is irritating me so much. i love to play vine, dubsmash videos and instagram videos so much.
but this playback issues is the major problem for me.
hope ASUS will update their ZenUI ASAP to fix this problems
Alright!
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I dont have this issue but i am not able to use H/W decoder on MX Player Pro...i can only use S/W decoder... It displays an error when H/W is selected... I wonder why it is not able to run.. I mean this device has enough juice to play it using H/W decoder...My previous phone used to play videos while using H/W decoder and that phone was not at all close enough to this device in specs...
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i can play on HW mode just fine.. try downloading the MX player codec for x86 processors in the playstore
Got already 2 threads in zentalk regarding the issue. I hope they'll fix it soon.
Here's my thread in zentalk: http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=8365
Here's from another person: http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=7673&extra=page=1
Thanx, the new update fixes this issue, so far so gud! Hope it remains that way!
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Guys I just ordered mine from Amazon . Could you please try MX Player to play videos. if it is still an issue i might cancel my order cause it needs 2-4 weeks to be shipped. It is an upgrade of my Mate 7 which has an issue on recording vidz on Instagram, path, and snapchat.
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U dun hve to cancel now
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Yes am alsobsufeeing by the same issue..!
Even watching youtube videos, the problem occures.
What i have to do? Any suggessions?
My AFTV2 will not playback video from any source without the playback pausing/stopping for about 1-2 seconds all through the movie. No matter what the source whether streaming from my NAS or streaming from an app, any app. I play the same video back on my AFTV1 and it plays fine. I can't even play 720 video back clean let alone 1080p. I am rooted on 5.0.4 I was thinking of unrooting and going back to 5.0.3 but I would rather not have to do that. Anyone else having issues with video playback on AFTV2? or can anyone suggest what I can try to correct it. I have already tried playing back video using MX Player and VLC. I thought VLC might work because its the one from Amazon Play Store but the result is the same. It's really driving me crazy because it happens all the time. The reason I got the AFTV2 was because I thought I would get cleaner playback of video based on the new hardware, but my AFTV1 which is also rooted blows it out of the water. The Fire TV 2 is connected to a powerline adapter, but I tested it connected directly to my router and the result was the same. Even on the powerline adapter my speed test is about 19-24 mbps which should be fast enough to playback video smoothly. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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My AFTV2 will not playback video from any source without the playback pausing/stopping for about 1-2 seconds all through the movie. No matter what the source whether streaming from my NAS or streaming from an app, any app. I play the same video back on my AFTV1 and it plays fine. I can't even play 720 video back clean let alone 1080p. I am rooted on 5.0.4 I was thinking of unrooting and going back to 5.0.3 but I would rather not have to do that. Anyone else having issues with video playback on AFTV2? or can anyone suggest what I can try to correct it. I have already tried playing back video using MX Player and VLC. I thought VLC might work because its the one from Amazon Play Store but the result is the same. It's really driving me crazy because it happens all the time. The reason I got the AFTV2 was because I thought I would get cleaner playback of video based on the new hardware, but my AFTV1 which is also rooted blows it out of the water. The Fire TV 2 is connected to a powerline adapter, but I tested it connected directly to my router and the result was the same. Even on the powerline adapter my speed test is about 19-24 mbps which should be fast enough to playback video smoothly. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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So.....no one else has problems with video playback on the AFTV2? If not then maybe it's my particular box that has a problem...
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So.....no one else has problems with video playback on the AFTV2? If not then maybe it's my particular box that has a problem...
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I just stream using Kodi & some addon sources you will get buffering problems but to be honest it's fine when you get a nice stream.
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I just stream using Kodi & some addon sources you will get buffering problems but to be honest it's fine when you get a nice stream.
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thanks for the reply. Yes I use Kodi as well, and you're right you have to have a good stream first. But even when I stream movies from my NAS in Kodi, or select a stream from an addon that's say MQ it still stutters throughout the movie. When I play the same movie, same stream, from my AFTV1 it plays perfectly fine. I know I have a fast enough internet connection. It just seems strange to me that the AFTV2 with the more powerful hardware can't come close to the AFTV1 when it comes to video playback. Even Netflix stutters.