Is it just me or does Kodi not work on 120hz? I cannot seem to get it to work unless I go back to 60hz. Is there anther version or a work around?
Please do not any info about add ons. I just simply want Kodi to work on my s20 without having to toggle 120hz every time I open it.
mmafighter077 said:
Is it just me or does Kodi not work on 120hz? I cannot seem to get it to work unless I go back to 60hz. Is there anther version or a work around?
Please do not any info about add ons. I just simply want Kodi to work on my s20 without having to toggle 120hz every time I open it.
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Ai think you've answered your own question.
Until 120 really does become mainstream I think you're going to have to revert to 60.
Any way to make a role so that Kodi only runs in 60hz? Saving you from having to change it manually?
I guess this would affect most streaming services and probably other apps that haven't took 120 into account
dladz said:
Ai think you've answered your own question.
Until 120 really does become mainstream I think you're going to have to revert to 60.
Any way to make a role so that Kodi only runs in 60hz? Saving you from having to change it manually?
I guess this would affect most streaming services and probably other apps that haven't took 120 into account
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Thank you for this info. I was hoping you'd tell me there is a setting in missing or there is a modded version of kodi that works with 120hz. But i guess I'll just have to wait. Thanks for the info.
mmafighter077 said:
Thank you for this info. I was hoping you'd tell me there is a setting in missing or there is a modded version of kodi that works with 120hz. But i guess I'll just have to wait. Thanks for the info.
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I'd love to see 120hz movies as I've got a 120hz TV. But I don't think there's that much call for it just yet.
Maybe in time.
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Got my FTW today with the latest actual firmware - so no point in downgrading.
I just installed the latest KODI nightly (helix based) within FTV. There's no chance in selecting 1080 @ 24hz, because the resolution-options are greyed out. Also SPMC is not able to select those setting. So - is this version not able to select resolution options at all? Is there ANY way to force XBMC/KODI to use [email protected] constantly? With 60 (or 50) native 24hz movies are nearly not smootly watchable.... stutters every few secs
fattymcdirty said:
Got my FTW today with the latest actual firmware - so no point in downgrading.
I just installed the latest KODI nightly (helix based) within FTV. There's no chance in selecting 1080 @ 24hz, because the resolution-options are greyed out. Also SPMC is not able to select those setting. So - is this version not able to select resolution options at all? Is there ANY way to force XBMC/KODI to use [email protected] constantly? With 60 (or 50) native 24hz movies are nearly not smootly watchable.... stutters every few secs
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its 60hz only, afaik its not possible to change refresh rates in android.
Android L has auto frame rate switching, so hopefully the Fire TV is updated to that OS. Its not a Kodi thing, but and Android issue which has not supported 24hz till this day
ars_92 said:
Android L has auto frame rate switching, so hopefully the Fire TV is updated to that OS. Its not a Kodi thing, but and Android issue which has not supported 24hz till this day
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Seeing as it's still on 4.2... somehow I doubt that. Custom AOSP builds is a different story though.
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rbox said:
Seeing as it's still on 4.2... somehow I doubt that. Custom AOSP builds is a different story though.
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Openelec and AmLinux have auto-refresh rate switching. How hard would it be to get a Linux build on the Fire TV?:fingers-crossed:
zahir32 said:
Openelec and AmLinux have auto-refresh rate switching. How hard would it be to get a Linux build on the Fire TV?:fingers-crossed:
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They already have Fedora running on it. But it's more about kernel support and the kernel video driver than the Linux dist.
rbox said:
Seeing as it's still on 4.2... somehow I doubt that. Custom AOSP builds is a different story though.
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The 2013 kindle hdx was updated from 4.2 to 4.4 when the 2014 kindle hdx was launched. So who knows, when the fireTV 2 launches with android L/android TV next year they might just update this device with the identical firmware too. Just trying to be optimistic here lol.
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Hi,
is there any news on this? My Raspberry supports it perfectly, so I would like to get a faster hardware, and the Fire TV seems to be a nice option, but without framerate switching, its worthless
could someone port this script over from another android tv setup to help with the 24p /24hz
http://www.freaktab.com/archive/index.php/t-14440.html
ars_92 said:
Android L has auto frame rate switching, so hopefully the Fire TV is updated to that OS. Its not a Kodi thing, but and Android issue which has not supported 24hz till this day
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My asus cube running google tv was able to output at 24hz.
Hello
When I use the Live TV via Kodi, as soon as I change the channel, it crash
Since logs are better than randoms word, here the full log of kodi, where I simply launched Kodi 14 and started streaming TV (to make sure it's as clean as possible) : http://pastebin.com/z1Ly3zxL
Anyone has an idea to fix that?
Thanks
Try to use different PVR client or switch to SPMC. Works there for me.
Try the hts addon I posted on the kodi forums...
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=187521&pid=1880970#pid1880970
desmopro said:
Anyone has an idea to fix that?
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Two questions, please:
1) Did you find a resolution?
2) What are you using for a tuner?
wellersl said:
Two questions, please:
1) Did you find a resolution?
2) What are you using for a tuner?
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Unfortunately, nope, I don't watch TV that much so it's not really critical for me, but it still bugging me.
I'm using that as tuner : http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=519 - version A835.
desmopro said:
Unfortunately, nope, I don't watch TV that much so it's not really critical for me, but it still bugging me.
I'm using that as tuner : http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=519 - version A835.
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Have you been here?: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia
The last line says the A835 is supported under Linux, so I'd say your chances of getting it to work are better than nothing. FWIW
wellersl said:
Have you been here?: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia
The last line says the A835 is supported under Linux, so I'd say your chances of getting it to work are better than nothing. FWIW
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It work perfectly under linux, I use TVHeadend without problem anywhere else, but on the FireTV, it crash if I change the channel (Let say that I'm watching the 1st channel, and want to change to the second, well, then, Kodi crash)
desmopro said:
It work perfectly under linux, I use TVHeadend without problem anywhere else, but on the FireTV, it crash if I change the channel (Let say that I'm watching the 1st channel, and want to change to the second, well, then, Kodi crash)
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Now I feel very bad. I swear I just read about a solution for that. From feeble memory, it was in TVHeadend - not in Kodi.
I'll go pick through my browser history. Maybe I can find it again...
EDIT: This is pounding on my head - 19:15:45 T:1716336336 ERROR: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: Failed to create Android MediaCodec
Maybe?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56230354&postcount=9
wellersl said:
Maybe?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56230354&postcount=9
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It work, but it's not really usable as a solution, CPU get overloaded and video drop frames: http://i.imgur.com/qYRBVTd.jpg , however it would indicate a problem with the hardware video decoder, in that case, out of luck for me, no chance of fixing it without at least having root.
desmopro said:
... no chance of fixing it without at least having root.
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Well, damn.
If it's any comfort, we may be in this together. I ordered a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q today. But at least I know if it doesn't work with the Fire, it will work on my Pi.
wellersl said:
Well, damn.
If it's any comfort, we may be in this together. I ordered a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q today. But at least I know if it doesn't work with the Fire, it will work on my Pi.
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It's a boring but not critical issue, the TV is working fine as long as you don't change channel. beside, it might still be fixable by adding a delay to the channel switch. I know TVHeadEnd is a bit special (I also had issue on the Pi (RPi 1 B 256MB Ram) that I needed a proxy to fix.)
Does the CPU get overloaded if you just turn off libstagefright? What doesn't work if you do? (I don't even know what it does.)
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=217301&pid=1914923&highlight=fire+tv#pid1914923
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Does the CPU get overloaded if you just turn off libstagefright? What doesn't work if you do? (I don't even know what it does.)
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=217301&pid=1914923&highlight=fire+tv#pid1914923
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I've tried turning off libstagefright on my FireTVStick and it seems to work most of the time - occasionally the audio and picture go out of sync on the BBC HD channels* and quick channel change fixes it for a while. Alas, as with Kodi on my Nexus 7 and Z1 Compact Kodi just exits on it's own occasionally (presumably memory management). With stagefright on the picture was awful (3-4 fps). This is with TVHeadend connected to a DVB-S2 Sat>IP Tuner (via HomePlugs), a DVB-T2 USB tuner and 2xDVB-T USB tuners.
I have to point out that I've used it massively as it's connected to the same TV as my media centre PC (was more interested in seeing if the stick would be a viable alternative for the Raspberry Pi in the kitchen), and well the Fire TV Stick has only been available for two days!
* Not seen this on BBC ONE East Midlands SD or any other SD channel, or indeed Channel 4 HD. The BBC HD channels are rather high bit rate and didn't work properly on my Pi before over-clocking that so might be hitting the limits of what is possible here too.
Hi,
since changing FPS is finally possible, i was thinking of having an app to switch it?
right now, it works like this: http://www.aftvnews.com/fire-os-5-adds-partial-24p-25p-30p-video-support-to-the-amazon-fire-tv/
For the final version of Fire OS 5, the button combination to bring up resolution cycling has been changed to holding REVERSE and UP
But doing so, will take 10sec for each framerate/resolution until you can set it (60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p + 1080p-480p).
Is there an App which can set the desired refreshrate by one click?
I believe at this point even if you could switch the refresh rate more easily it wouldn't really be worthwhile as the output is literally 24p which in reality is not what you want. For true 24p on a TV the actual refresh rate output needs to be 23.976fps (not sure why some apparently brain-dead engineer at Amazon thought 24.000fps is a good idea).
Yes please. I want to try swapping to 24p.
But i have a broken remote. Can only controll AFTV via ir remote(keyboard commands)
Anone have tip?
myphone12345 said:
I believe at this point even if you could switch the refresh rate more easily it wouldn't really be worthwhile as the output is literally 24p which in reality is not what you want. For true 24p on a TV the actual refresh rate output needs to be 23.976fps (not sure why some apparently brain-dead engineer at Amazon thought 24.000fps is a good idea).
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Honestly on my 4k tv my ftv2 only seems to have the smoothest playback with the 24p(2160p) setting. Anything else and it's bad jerking or stuttering, at least with kodi.
d3adpool said:
Honestly on my 4k tv my ftv2 only seems to have the smoothest playback with the 24p(2160p) setting. Anything else and it's bad jerking or stuttering, at least with kodi.
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And now with the latest 5.2.1.0 update the 2160p option is removed entirely as a choice when you use the hidden settings trick. It only cycles thru 1080p, 720p, and 480p but oddly enough it actually outputs 2160p when you get to 1080p 25hz and 1080p 24hz. It still does not output true 4k thru kodi at least with the 4k test image.
Yeah this would be awesome if someone could make this..
Both SPMC and MrMC have auto frame rate switching now, so someone should be able to make a simple app.. like TVHZ but for Fire TV.
Still no "simple" app for this.. would be a great addition!
Kodi v17 can switch the refreshrate too now, just like SPMC.
this makes things much easier! yea
I have a Firestick 2 on which I installed Kodi. It works well but I'm new at this.
Is it possible to record a streaming video for later viewing? How?
Thanks.
You want to view the video offline or cache it? Firestick doesn't have much storage space, so I'd say this is not a supported feature. You need to give details about the stream/plugin you're using.
There is a way to add storage space using a usb. So that's not an unsurmountable obstacle.
Also, though kodi does not have screen recording capability there is apparently a way to view the content on vlc (which does) instead of the kodi viewer but I don't know how.
I would love to watch the content later, the way one does with a tv dvr. That would be really cool.
maybeme2 said:
There is a way to add storage space using a usb. So that's not an unsurmountable obstacle.
Also, though kodi does not have screen recording capability there is apparently a way to view the content on vlc (which does) instead of the kodi viewer but I don't know how.
I would love to watch the content later, the way one does with a tv dvr. That would be really cool.
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Your over complicating things with screen recording. Unless it is live tv. Which you should probably use Mobdro for. On Kodi some Addons let u download stuff while others do not. So try them out & see if download/save is part of that Addons option. Or use Terrarium which will let you do that. Check YouTube for all this options. Hint: Best build for most Amazon devices goggle FireTVGuru . net
Thank you very much. I'm new at this and learning. Will explore the options you suggested. Thank you.
Several people have suggested Exodus as "the" addon to install. Do you happen to know if it will allow you to record its streams?
Thank you again.
maybeme2 said:
Thank you very much. I'm new at this and learning. Will explore the options you suggested. Thank you.
Several people have suggested Exodus as "the" addon to install. Do you happen to know if it will allow you to record its streams?
Thank you again.
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np, Exodus download option is disabled by default. You have to go into settings to enable it. Same in SALTS. Phoenix seems to have that option too.
If you want to get more specific. You should go to w w w.TVAddons.ag
Thank you very much. You are a great source of information and very helpful.
I sideloaded SmartYouTubeTV, and it runs fine. The brightness is normal and easy to view
When I run the native YouTube app, the videos are WAY brighter. So much so they cause eye strain when trying to watch them.
The only difference I can see between the two apps is that if I go to settings, and app version, the TV type is different on each. SmartYouTubeTV is set to a Samsung TV (even though my TV is not Samsung), the native app says it;s the Firestick version.
Any way to adjust the brightness of the native YouTube app, or set the TV version of the app to match what SmartYouTube TV is set to?
emkorial said:
I sideloaded SmartYouTubeTV, and it runs fine. The brightness is normal and easy to view
When I run the native YouTube app, the videos are WAY brighter. So much so they cause eye strain when trying to watch them.
The only difference I can see between the two apps is that if I go to settings, and app version, the TV type is different on each. SmartYouTubeTV is set to a Samsung TV (even though my TV is not Samsung), the native app says it;s the Firestick version.
Any way to adjust the brightness of the native YouTube app, or set the TV version of the app to match what SmartYouTube TV is set to?
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You might want to check HDR settings. In the app and in the Fire Stick settings.
trax7 said:
You might want to check HDR settings. In the app and in the Fire Stick settings.
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I checked the display option on the fire stick, they are set to Adaptive, and not HDR. I could not find anywhere in the YouTube app to turn off HDR, how do you do that?
Thanks
emkorial said:
I sideloaded SmartYouTubeTV, and it runs fine. The brightness is normal and easy to view
When I run the native YouTube app, the videos are WAY brighter. So much so they cause eye strain when trying to watch them.
The only difference I can see between the two apps is that if I go to settings, and app version, the TV type is different on each. SmartYouTubeTV is set to a Samsung TV (even though my TV is not Samsung), the native app says it;s the Firestick version.
Any way to adjust the brightness of the native YouTube app, or set the TV version of the app to match what SmartYouTube TV is set to?
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when you open an HDR video does the menu while playing the video become completely white ?
emkorial said:
I sideloaded SmartYouTubeTV, and it runs fine. The brightness is normal and easy to view
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Hey could you please attach the apk file for SmartYouTubeTV? I'm unable to find a working version
supermutant2299 said:
Hey could you please attach the apk file for SmartYouTubeTV? I'm unable to find a working version
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There is no "working" version in terms of ad blocking. I use it as a viewer since the display is much better than the official YouTube app. But ad blocking has been broken for some time now and the developer had abandoned the project and no one has picked it up