thefirstofthe300 291 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I just upgraded my Nexus 7 to 4.4.3 last night and it seemed to introduce a problem with video streaming. After approximately 15 minutes of playing SD video, the video stream begins to stutter while the audio continues to play just fine. I also use Plex on my Android (mostly for the sync feature, a must-have for me as my upload speed is awful) and I noticed that it has a similar issue where it will stutter after about 8 minutes of playback. I can provide logs if you think you will need them. PS How is the player rewrite going? I am wondering when the next update will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Had to wait for my device update I'm seeing it too. Looks like 4.4.3 breaks HLS. If you go into the client settings and turn off HLS support then playback should work as expected. The unfortunate thing about HLS being broken is that it lowers device compatibility some. Some HTC devices for example, just don't like to play a progressive H264 stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 OK. I will try it out when I get the chance. That would also explain why plex has trouble streaming. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Finally got around to testing the client with HLS turned off and it streamed perfectly. I guess that means it is a Google problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6733 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I forgot to post, but I tested a few videos on my Nexus 5 running 4.4.3, including a transcoded 1080p video, with HLS on and didn't have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 @@CBers How long where you watching the videos for? It took 15 minutes for the stuttering to show up but it always did. No matter what the video quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 For my testing it happened in first few minutes. I hope Google pushes an update quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6733 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 15 minutes? No, wasn't watching them that long. I'll have a play later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Ditto. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A8ree 0 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Having the same issue....Where do I find this setting? Is it on the server or Nexus7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It's in the settings for the Android client. The Cog on the homescreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen 0 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I've experienced the video stuttering as well (using the latest Mediabrowser server, a Nexus 5 running 4.4.4, and the latest available Android client). I've gone into the stock Android profile on the server and did an "X" on the HLS support (it's a stock profile so it automatically created a new one also called Android). The confusing thing is that when I then went back and played my movie on the N5, it still shows up as HLS (or at least that's what the details on the screen said). Sadly, the stutter comes back after 8 to 9 minutes. I realize that this is probably an Android (ie googlie) issue, but is there any else that I can do? My Sony Tablet Z running 4.4.2 works wonderfully. Oh...I also played with Chromecast this weekend and wow does that work great with Mediabrowser or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36817 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Currently the android dlna profile is only used for the upcoming mobile sync feature. I can understand why you'd go to that area though so I think that's an area we need to work on. You can disable HLS within the app itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen 0 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Currently the android dlna profile is only used for the upcoming mobile sync feature. I can understand why you'd go to that area though so I think that's an area we need to work on. You can disable HLS within the app itself. Oh dear. I guess I completely missed it. That would explain why it came back as HLS. Sure enough, I located the "HLS Support" slider in the settings menu of the Android App and viola, it works, no more stuttering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I am happy to say that Android L fixed this issue for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm having the stutter issue happening again with Kitkat 4.4.4 and Emby server 3.0.5597.1. I'm using the latest android client 2.2.36 with HLS support turned off and the stutter is now happening quite severly. Not sure why, the video playback says "transcode: hls, ts, h264, aac. This issue was solved sometime back and I think the video said something like "vorbix"? Any ideas on making this work again? Its depressing to go back and see the same issue re-occur again after things were working so well. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) The problem is actually not in the Emby app. Android 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 broke the HLS streaming implementation for anything that wasn't Google related. Google didn't get their $#!+ together until Lollipop and Lollipop finally introduced a fix for this problem. You should be able to disable HLS streaming under the settings menu and the issue should go away. The other solution is to either upgrade to Android Lollipop or rollback to 4.4.2 or earlier. EDIT: Wow. Didn't realize all of this had already been iterated. *sheepish face* If disabling HLS doesn't work, you will need to post logs for the app and server. Edited May 6, 2015 by DaBungalow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen 0 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Yes indeed. I was sad to leave my beloved Kitty Kat behind and did the upgrade to Lollipop. It did solve the stuttering issue (Yeh!). Now I only have to deal with all the other issues that Lollipop created. Sigh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36817 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Please report on how it goes with the new app: http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1-emby-blog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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