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Jimboblang · 2017-12-17, 22:12

Hi All....i have kodi 17.6 on a gen 1 fire stick pointing to a very very old nas310 and although the infamous judder/stutter was there to start with after changing the "normal" settings, adjust display refresh rate etc etc this played any of my local movie content flawlessly....then in steps Santa..with a new 4k fire TV hangy diamond thing, i apply exactly the same settings and voila..judder..no matter what i change and whatever way i do it i cannot shift the judder except for 1 way...go to fire TV, press the up and rewind for 10 seconds until the hidden menu appears and manually change to 24Hz, this plays the content beautifully....but kodi and the fire TV are obviously near on impossible to use with the delay..so was wondering if anyone has had the problem and came up with a solution or maybe even point me in the right direction...thank you all for your time
cheers

**Klojum** · 2017-12-17, 23:44

To receive meaningful assistance you will need to provide a full debug log.

The instructions are here... debug log (wiki)

If you are using the Basic Method, then ensure the following is applied...
1.Enable debugging in Settings>System Settings>Logging,
2.Restart Kodi
3.Replicate the problem.

If you are using the Advanced Method ensure you have correctly created and applied the advancedsettings.xml file.

In both instances, you should see the word DEBUG throughout the log.

Note: Full logs only. No partial or redacted logs
Do NOT post your logs directly into the forum. Always use a paste site like pastebin.com. Post the link to your pasted log in the forum

Jimboblang · 2017-12-18, 20:33

Thanks Klojum much appreciated, hope its worked....
LOG

voyager62 · 2017-12-19, 17:50

Having exactly the same problem. 1080p 29.97 fps plays smoothly, but 720p 59.94 fps plays smoothly for a few seconds and and then stutters to a stop. Frame rate never reaches 59.94 fps and video eventually freezes showing most frames dropped. Despite the opinion of the 4K Fire TV on here, there is no problem playing any resolution on Perfect Player, so nothing to do with hardware. I've tried every combination of settings, including advanced xml and no difference.

Jimboblang · 2017-12-21, 22:28

I know you guys are busy but I don't suppose you have managed to look at this log as yet? Its driving me nuts as im using the old firestick with a new one sitting doing nothing...it seems to point at the adjust refresh rate not changing the tv..even though it's enabled I can see it's still on 60hz when playing a 24fps movie...thanks all..

voyager62 · 2017-12-22, 18:14

(2017-12-21, 22:28)Jimboblang Wrote: Its driving me nuts as im using the old firestick with a new one sitting doing nothing...

Same here, Kodi runs properly on the my old Amazon Fire TV Stick with the entry level MediaTek 8127D and Mali 450 MP4 GPU, but on my brand new Amazon Fire TV 4K Stick with the Quad Core Amlogic S905z and similar but 150 MHz faster Mali 450 MP3, I can't watch basic 720p 60fps videos. I probably shouldn't bother getting a 4K TV.

How is it Perfect Player can play these videos on both sticks without a problem, patch or upgrade? Maybe they'll add a way to use Kodi add-ons.

FXB78 · (This post was last modified: 2017-12-22, 18:27 by FXB78.)

From your log I can see it's not switching to 24hz but trying 3:2 pulldown:

Code:
25:58.118 T:18446744073178978592   DEBUG: Resolution 1920x1080 @ 59.940060 - Full Screen (16) not a very good match for fps 23.976 (weight: 0.167), trying 2:3 cadence

25:58.119 T:18446744073178978592  NOTICE: Display resolution ADJUST : 1920x1080 @ 59.940060 - Full Screen (16) (weight: 0.000)

25:58.214 T:18446744072800749856   DEBUG: ActiveAE::SyncStream - average error of 52.127534, start adjusting

25:58.215 T:18446744072800749856   DEBUG: ActiveAE::SyncStream - average error 20.127534 below threshold of 30.000000

No idea why it's doing this though, what does Full Screen (16) mean Huh

**fritsch** · 2017-12-22, 19:11

It's just the ID of the resolution (kodi internal) - nothing to wonder.

Jimboblang · 2017-12-23, 10:53

Thanks for the help guys much appreciated, am i right in assuming that the new 4K fire is dead in the water and a return? i intend to keep using Kodi which ever way it pans out..

**fritsch** · 2017-12-23, 14:45

(2017-12-23, 10:53)Jimboblang Wrote: Thanks for the help guys much appreciated, am i right in assuming that the new 4K fire is dead in the water and a return? i intend to keep using Kodi which ever way it pans out..

Return it, yes. Get something else - the HW forum has plenty of things with their pros and cons.

Jimboblang · 2017-12-23, 22:05

Cheers fritsch its gone mate, heading over to HW now...and a Merry Xmas to you all Wink