2015-12-02, 01:04
So I have my rip of Jurassic Park and Kodi 14.2 on all my Amazon Fire TVs...I did a ton of testing under Playback settings (expert) and changing refresh rate to match the TV screen....background window unchecked...everything in the book I possible could. Now I ask for your help, please 
MediaInfo here:
I have perfect wired ethernet to the box. Never have issues with other .mkv's that are about 25 GB...this one is barely 11.5 GB and is giving a huge issue - some scenes of the video LAG behind the audio..then somewhere down the line (it may or may not) suddenly speed up..and catch up.
This happens on all 2 of my Fire TV devices on 2 different TV Screens...
Trying Kodi V 14.2 on my iPad - the file works flawlessly (wtf) - wi-fi connection shows the video better on an IOS device?!?! Uhm...
Same on my PC. The only difference is...the PC and iPad use different hardware accelration codes...or tools.. (ios VIDEOTOOLBOX, PC DXVA2 something).
I'm guessing this is a known issue with some mkv files for Amazon Fire TV / Android based ARM devices? Or I could be entirely wrong. This is most definitely NOT a buffering / bandwidth issue. I can confirm that for sure since the file plays fine on the iPad with its weaker signal.
Update...turns out I ended up playing another file...that used to play perfectly (HD) and it started lagging/stuttering bad. After a lot of searching and a bit of luck and a reboot (thank you Ned!) - it worked perfectly fine. All is well again.
NOTICE to a lot of people if your Fire TV stays on...reboot it time to time. It really affects that hardware! In fact always try putting the device to SLEEP (Not sure if this helps but...reboot definitely did)
MediaInfo here:
Code:
General
Unique ID : 137196291236536457442466934172818 (0xA524DF67847DB10488D4FF70D0B6C92)
Complete name : \\THEMOVIETHEATER\Jurassic Park.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 10.4 GiB
Duration : 2h 6mn
Overall bit rate : 11.7 Mbps
Writing application : Lavf54.63.104
Writing library : Lavf54.63.104
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 6mn
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=17.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 6mn
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 1mn 5s
Default : Yes
Forced : NoI have perfect wired ethernet to the box. Never have issues with other .mkv's that are about 25 GB...this one is barely 11.5 GB and is giving a huge issue - some scenes of the video LAG behind the audio..then somewhere down the line (it may or may not) suddenly speed up..and catch up.
This happens on all 2 of my Fire TV devices on 2 different TV Screens...
Trying Kodi V 14.2 on my iPad - the file works flawlessly (wtf) - wi-fi connection shows the video better on an IOS device?!?! Uhm...
Same on my PC. The only difference is...the PC and iPad use different hardware accelration codes...or tools.. (ios VIDEOTOOLBOX, PC DXVA2 something).
I'm guessing this is a known issue with some mkv files for Amazon Fire TV / Android based ARM devices? Or I could be entirely wrong. This is most definitely NOT a buffering / bandwidth issue. I can confirm that for sure since the file plays fine on the iPad with its weaker signal.
Update...turns out I ended up playing another file...that used to play perfectly (HD) and it started lagging/stuttering bad. After a lot of searching and a bit of luck and a reboot (thank you Ned!) - it worked perfectly fine. All is well again.
NOTICE to a lot of people if your Fire TV stays on...reboot it time to time. It really affects that hardware! In fact always try putting the device to SLEEP (Not sure if this helps but...reboot definitely did)