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I have a Fire Stick 4K. I'm trying to stream a 1080p H264 file, but everytime it plays, it manages to only play for a short amount of time, before the video freezes. The audio keeps playing for a few seconds, but then stops as well. The progress bar shows that it has buffered enough to be able to keep playing, yet it doesn't. I've tried lots of solutions to this, such as setting setting the adjustment of the refresh rate to 'always' and on start/stop. I have 'enable HQ scalers for scalers' set to 100%. I have not tried to play with hardware acceleration disabled, because people seemed to be mixed about whether that's a good idea or not. Is there a way to fix my problem?
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SMB on Android devices in Kodi 18 has its hiccups right now unfortunately. Try a different network protocol.
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I'm streaming from addons such as Youtube. It happens on every addon.
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Couldn't replicate the problem on an allowed addon. I did find out what the problem is, though. Due to a recent Fire OS update, the Fire Stick incorrectly switches to the correct framerate (24fps). Files with a framerate other than 24 fps play fine. A temporary workaround is to hold the rewind button and arrow up button for a few seconds and then in the menu that pops up you can force the display to 1080p 24 Hz. The issue likely can't be fixed by Kodi, as others on the internet have stated. Amazon will need to fix this in an OS update.
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The workaround doesn't seem to work for me now, I'll try to replicate the problem on an allowed addon and see if I can post the debug log.
