tman 47 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Is there any foreseeable way to handle automatic refresh rate changing on the NP (or FTV)? Everything seems to playback at 1080P/60 in Emby, which is horrible for 24P movies or 50hz live TV (in the UK). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reluctantflux 38 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 They would need to use a different player instead of the native Android player. This is a pretty huge task, and that's how Kodi gets around it. You may want to look into Emby for Kodi on your streaming box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tman 47 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Interestingly, it seems like Google have just opened the app floodgates for the Nexus Player, and loads of other media related apps are now available, inc MX Player, which is very good. I guess if there is a native Android player that can switch refresh rates, Emby for Android TV would need to support external players to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice pube 20 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 i thought Android couldn't handle refresh rate changes at all...can Kodi do it on the android tV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbeat 0 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 i thought Android couldn't handle refresh rate changes at all...can Kodi do it on the android tV? Yeah, it can, but Kodi for Nexus Player doesn't (yet) do it. I believe there is a build for Nvidia shield that does. There's an app for ATV called TVHZ that lets you choose the refresh rate on the fly. On Lollipop, I only had 50Hz and 60Hz option, and there was a bug with audio dropping out when switching. On the M preview, I get 24, 25, 30, 50, and 60Hz, and the audio dropout bug is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tman 47 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Just following this up. Tried the TVHZ app on my NP, and like you, only get the 50hz/60Hz option with Android 5.1.1. Trying to switch to 50hz for UK TV switches ok, but I also get the audio drop problem. Pretty ridiculous to expect to have to manually change the refresh rate as well. So, as far as I'm concerned, and this isn't the fault of Emby per se, using the NP for anything other than 60hz source media (and in the UK, that actually means 'none'), it's pretty much unwatchable. If Android M has the auto-refresh rate change feature, that can't come soon enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice pube 20 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) I tried that tvhz app and I was able to see 24p when I rebooted the device. I haven't had much time to play around with it yet though. Hopefully it works... I suppose I am on Android M... Edited November 24, 2015 by ice pube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerika 16 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Is there no hope for Emby for Android TV to have an automatic refresh rate switching option like Kodi? I have branched out to Emby on Kodi for that purpose alone (watching movies that are 24p) in addition to using the Emby app on the Shield TV for other media content, but it would be nice to consolidate our usage to the Emby app for everything. Edited January 20, 2016 by Kramerika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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