Firestick 4k, video stuttering with h265 codec on Kodi 18.
#1
Hello

When i try to play any h265 files (23.976fps) i see a lot of stuttering but only with autoframerate on. If i try to start a video at 60hz instead of 23.976hz there is no stuttering, obviously it's not smooth because the pulldown conversion, but nothing in comparison with the autoframerate on.
I did a test with perfect player app and any h265 files are played correctly at 23.976hz with autoframerate on. It must be something in kodi i guess.
Here is my log if somebody want to look into it.

https://paste.kodi.tv/ajewatufas.kodi
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#2
What is this "perfect player app"?
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#3
It's another android media player.
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#4
Hi, same very problem here, please help us! Sad
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#5
I'm still not able to watch any h265 files without stutter. I've try different version of kodi/fork but it's the same for any of those. Any 23.976fps has stuttering on my firestick 4k.
Like i said, if I use another application that it does autoframerate, like Perfect Player, i've no problem at all, just Kodi Sad
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#6
Jep - then use the other player for the time being.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#7
Unfortunately it doesn't support SMB, just local files in the internal storage. Sad
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#8
Today i went back to kodi 16.1 just for a test but unfortunately auto framerate doesn't work.
I tried spmc 16.6 after that; afr works and there was no stuttering at all for any h265 files.
No way to reproduce correctly on kodi 17/18 or spmc 17.6 alpha.
But i noticed it only occur with hevc 1080p, no stuttering with hevc 4k.
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#9
I did others test today with Kodi 18 RC3 but there is stuttering everywhere. I tried 720p, 1080p and 4k at 24p, same kind of stuttering for the hd and fullhd version, less stuttering for the 4k version. 
Here the new logs.

720p
https://paste.kodi.tv/jozaxiloko.kodi

1080p
https://paste.kodi.tv/soberagoke.kodi

4k
https://paste.kodi.tv/umuhazepac.kodi
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#10
For anyone still having issues with this. I managed to resolve the stuttering by disabling “mediacodec-surface” in playback settings. Hope it work for y’all
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Firestick 4k, video stuttering with h265 codec on Kodi 18.0