Is there a way to set the output resolution to less than 1080p on the slimport?? I'm trying to stream some 1080p live content and it's too laggy.
Hello everyone,
I am thinking about replacing my old media player with something more powerful. Ideally, I want to be able to play AVC, VC1 and MPEG-2 encoded video files (1080p) with AC3, DTS, DTS-MA, FLAC and TrueHD audio tracks without any slow downs. If I am not mistaken, Fire TV supports neither hardware decoding of VC1 nor DTS-MA and TrueHD passthrough. So, my questions are the following:
1. Shouldn't a quad core CPU combined with the Adreno 320 GPU be able to play VC1 content without stuttering even if there is no hardware decoding? If so, could a future update to XBMC/VLC/{insert player name} fix this?
2. Is there a chance that a custom rom will be developed for Fire TV which will allow the core tracks of DTS-MA and TrueHD (i.e. DTS and AC3) to be passed through instead of stereo?
If the answer to #1 and #2 is "No", then could you please suggest a decent media player that can run XBMC and plays all 1080p content without a hitch? I've looked into the latest Amlogic based devices such as Minix Neo X8 and Tronsmart Vega S89, but they too seem to have issues with playing some high definition content (I am not sure whether it is the fault of hardware or software).
Thank you
I used to use Apple TV to play youtube and 1080p content looks great. But when I tried youtube on Fire TV, it is at most SD, not 720p, not 1080p and it looks blurred! I assume Amazon crippled it (Same is true to XBOX 360 and one).
Is there anyway to let Fire TV to play youtube 1080p? Or I still have to use Apple TV for youtube.
Amelia2006 said:
I used to use Apple TV to play youtube and 1080p content looks great. But when I tried youtube on Fire TV, it is at most SD, not 720p, not 1080p and it looks blurred! I assume Amazon crippled it (Same is true to XBOX 360 and one).
Is there anyway to let Fire TV to play youtube 1080p? Or I still have to use Apple TV for youtube.
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I just passed my Fire TV internet connection through Wireshark, a packet analyzer, and played several videos through the YouTube app that had 1080p as an option on the website. The "itag" parameter (which determines the video resolution) of the HTTP requests to YouTube was always either 136 or 137. It flip flopped between these two values randomly. According to this document, 136 refers to 1280 x 720 MP4, and 137 refers to 1920 x 1080 MP4. I verified the video resolution matched the itag value by pasting the requested video URL into a browser and downloading the returned video segment.
That leads me to believe that the video quality is variable and selected based on your connection characteristics. So if you're seeing poor quality video, then either your ISP is throttling you, or YouTube has decided your connection is insufficient for 720p or 1080p.
You can test your connect to YouTube here: https://www.google.com/get/videoqualityreport/
AFTVnews.com said:
.....That leads me to believe that the video quality is variable and selected based on your connection characteristics. So if you're seeing poor quality video, then either your ISP is throttling you, or YouTube has decided your connection is insufficient for 720p or 1080p.
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I tried both Apple TV and Fire TV, with the same youtube account with the same video program saved in playlist. I can easily tell with ATV the video quality is 1080p (I can tell the difference on ATV with 1080p/720p/480p). But on Fire TV or XBOX, it is always lowest quality (maybe 480p). So I am pretty sure it is not ISP issue. I am using cable and I can get 30Mbps.
A good thing that works without root:Youtube HD Mod
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
I even once had this working perfectly on my Sony NSZ-GS7!
It works without needing anything else,just sideload using any preferred method and you get access to 1080P!
Just adjust the extra settings to gain access to the 1080P resolution.
retroben said:
A good thing that works without root:Youtube HD Mod.
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Define "works" when you cannot log in to use your subscriptions. This whole Youtube /Amazon BS is irritating: somehow I can't even install the "blue" Youtube app...FireTube works fine...go figure.
Almost like they're hell-bent to drive us crazy.
I only used the YouTube HD Mod without subscriptions.
UC Web Browser works amazingly with the desktop YouTube videos.
I watched all five of somecallmejonny's Sonic hack showcase videos with almost zero issues. (YouTube error once)
SHEGA...Thomas was everywhere.
I've managed to side load xbmc kmodi onto my fire TV and everything is working great except for it won't display any of my 1080p content. I have the content in the same movie or tv shows folders as my 720p content which it finds ok. So why doesn't it display a file if its 1080p? Is there a setting that I need to look for in order for it to find that content?
So I have a Samsung tablet and it streams local 1080p content fine, but my Asus zenfone selfie, buffers okay the first 10 seconds at 5 mb/sec but then the upload streaming speed seems to get stuck at exactly 1 mb/sec. This makes 1080p content stutter a lot. I'm clueless why this happens. The Samsung tablet plays 1080p content at an average speed of 2.5 mb/sec. So it's 1080p files played from sdcard. Thank for any help
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So I have a Samsung tablet and it streams local 1080p content fine, but my Asus zenfone selfie, buffers okay the first 10 seconds at 5 mb/sec but then the upload streaming speed seems to get stuck at exactly 1 mb/sec. This makes 1080p content stutter a lot. I'm clueless why this happens. The Samsung tablet plays 1080p content at an average speed of 2.5 mb/sec. So it's 1080p files played from sdcard. Thank for any help
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Try using Local cast from the app store. I had problems with both my Zenfone 2 and Zenfone 2 laser. Chromecast said it was not optimized for my device. Local cast solved that for me. Plays all of my content now.
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