speedingcheetah 39 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) I have noticed when playing back standard definition channels with Emby for Android, their is a green bar on the side of the screen. Both in portrait and landscape mode. Does not do it on HD channels. Attached image. Also, the touch swipe option to adjust brightness and volume is still way too sensitive and pretty much not usable. (been that way for some time now).... Edited June 17, 2017 by speedingcheetah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Hi @@speedingcheetah i have not seen this but will do some testing. What device is this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedingcheetah 39 Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Hi @@speedingcheetah i have not seen this but will do some testing. What device is this? Thanks. LG V10. Also does it on my Moto X Pure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 The same here on android TV. Ebr said it had something to do with vlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I don't see it on my test devices but am continuing to test and monitor for it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I don't see it on my test devices but am continuing to test and monitor for it. Thanks. hi luke, that is fortunate for you because i see it every single time. per this https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/37574-green-vertical-line-on-android-tv-only-mkv/ , my experience and other reports ive received, this seems to extend to multiple external services for multiple european countries. the alternative is to stream the live tv through the server, but the channel start times are twice as long at a rough estimate, the channel plays for a second and then pauses for anything up to 10 seconds before playing normally. thats not really an alternative is it possible to look at how vlc is invoked to see if something can be done to solve this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I don't see it on my test devices but am continuing to test and monitor for it. Thanks. i see elsewhere the discussion on dropping the probe for live tv. i think this will be helpful here as it will allow the internal player to be used rather than vlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 @@Spaceboy and @@speedingcheetah We are investigating this. Thanks for reporting the issue. Just be aware that dropping the probe won't affect it one way or the other. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 @@Spaceboy and @@speedingcheetah We are investigating this. Thanks for reporting the issue. Just be aware that dropping the probe won't affect it one way or the other. thanks ! you didn't read properly. The green line only appears with vlc, but vlc has to be used because of the issues probing causes. Lose the probe and the internal player becomes functional again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 vlc has to be used because of the issues probing causes. Why do you think this is the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 the alternative is to stream the live tv through the server, but the channel start times are twice as long at a rough estimate, the channel plays for a second and then pauses for anything up to 10 seconds before playing normally. thats not really an alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pünktchen 1241 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) @@Spaceboy probing takes place if you use VLC or not [emoji6] @@Luke i don't know if it's the same for Spaceboy, but for me the green bars only occur in the Android TV app, not in the mobile app. Edited June 26, 2017 by pünktchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedingcheetah 39 Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 i'm confused.....i am using Emby app itself to stream the channel feed...not an external player....like VLC or MXPlayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pünktchen 1241 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 i'm confused.....i am using Emby app itself to stream the channel feed...not an external player....like VLC or MXPlayer.Both Android apps have integrated the VLC player engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 @@Spaceboy probing takes place if you use VLC or not [emoji6] @@Luke i don't know if it's the same for Spaceboy, but for me the green bars only occur in the Android TV app, not in the mobile app. Thanks for the info on that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14850 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 @@Spaceboy probing takes place if you use VLC or not [emoji6] @@Luke i don't know if it's the same for Spaceboy, but for me the green bars only occur in the Android TV app, not in the mobile app. This is an artifact in VLC of deinterlacing of some content. Perhaps the mobile app wasn't deinterlacing in the app or maybe there is actually some overscan on the device hiding it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pünktchen 1241 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 This is an artifact in VLC of deinterlacing of some content. Perhaps the mobile app wasn't deinterlacing in the app or maybe there is actually some overscan on the device hiding it..Maybe you should provide some kind of default overscan for interlaced sd content. Most people will not recognize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedingcheetah 39 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 This is an artifact in VLC of deinterlacing of some content. Perhaps the mobile app wasn't deinterlacing in the app or maybe there is actually some overscan on the device hiding it.. But its not deinterlacing....I have never seen the Emby Android app actually deinterlace the few standard def 480i channels i have(no HD versions of them for some reason). I still see the scan line effect. I posted about that observations some time ago, but it never got resolved. When i set an external player, MX Player loads the stream and deinterlaces fine...no green bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 @@Spaceboy probing takes place if you use VLC or not [emoji6] @@Luke i don't know if it's the same for Spaceboy, but for me the green bars only occur in the Android TV app, not in the mobile app. fair enough! But if it's not the probe that causes the delays on stream starting, what is it? The green bar was annoying me so much I'm using the internal player now but these pauses on start up are not great either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2484 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 But its not deinterlacing....I have never seen the Emby Android app actually deinterlace the few standard def 480i channels i have(no HD versions of them for some reason). I still see the scan line effect. I posted about that observations some time ago, but it never got resolved. When i set an external player, MX Player loads the stream and deinterlaces fine...no green bar. I'm not certain what the effects of this should look like but I have noticed horizontal lines coming out of moving objects on these sd channels, I think that's something to do with interlacing? It's not a great picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pünktchen 1241 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 fair enough! But if it's not the probe that causes the delays on stream starting, what is it? The green bar was annoying me so much I'm using the internal player now but these pauses on start up are not great either Without VLC the stream probably gets either transcoded or remuxed by ffmpeg. Just look at your taskmanager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phenix 0 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Any updates on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 It's being looked into, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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