DVD playback looks bad Emby on Firestick

[rms8 14]

Trying out Emby on an Amazon Firestick.  Blueray playback is perfect.  But DVD not so much.  The picture is washed out and has the odd green lines across the image.  See pic.

 

Should have added, all rips to server are in native folder structure.  No MKV's.

 

Any suggestions?

Edited August 16, 2022 by rms8

[Luke 42078]

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[rms8 14]

15 minutes ago, Luke said:

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

Attached is the server log and the transcode log for each DVD I tried playing as a test.

 

TY !

ffmpeg-directstream-5e9ce843-70d1-4c5c-b18d-9c63c9e828fe_1.txt ffmpeg-directstream-c9b871ab-31d2-4a14-b4c7-c3c795fd4a6e_1.txt embyserver.txt

[Luke 42078]

Hi, can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and let us know how that compares?

https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html

There's a good chance it will direct play the file without any transcoding.

[rms8 14]

11 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and let us know how that compares?

https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html

There's a good chance it will direct play the file without any transcoding.

Dumb question....how would I side load Emby app for Android?  If I go to the app store from the firestick it's just shows me the EMBY app which is what I already have installed.

[ebr 16184]

4 hours ago, rms8 said:

Dumb question....how would I side load Emby app for Android?  If I go to the app store from the firestick it's just shows me the EMBY app which is what I already have installed.

See here:

 

[rms8 14]

4 hours ago, ebr said:

See here:

 

Not having any luck getting the app-amazon-release.zip to the firestick.  I downloaded to my PC and tried searching the PC from Firestick via ES File Explorer, but ES won't open the folders on my PC (yes the folder in question was shared with "everyone" with read/write privileges).  I tried going straight to the app from your website via Downloader app on Firestick, but it wont download it.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2022 by rms8

[ebr 16184]

Hi.  Unzip it so you have an APK.

[rms8 14]

8 hours ago, ebr said:

Hi.  Unzip it so you have an APK.

I don't think that's it.  I uploaded the APK to my dropbox.  I accessed dropbox from the Downloader app on firestick and got the same error message.  I tried accessing dropbox from ES File Explorer and clicking on the APK caused an error message.

Edited August 18, 2022 by rms8

[Luke 42078]

Maybe this will help?

https://www.howtogeek.com/336602/how-to-sideload-apps-on-the-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick/

[rms8 14]

13 hours ago, Luke said:

Maybe this will help?

https://www.howtogeek.com/336602/how-to-sideload-apps-on-the-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick/

Hi Luke,

 

Unfortunately I already followed that guide from the link in another thread in these forums.  The only option I did not try was loading the app to my android phone and sideloading that way.

 

Are any of these the Beta file you want me to try ?  I don't see the latest 2.0.79

 

 

 

[FrostByte 5392]

The latest ATV beta is always in the below pinned post in the testing area

 

 

[rms8 14]

40 minutes ago, FrostByte said:

The latest ATV beta is always in the below pinned post in the testing area

I am aware of that but you cannot sideload from the forum.

 

 

[Luke 42078]

1 hour ago, rms8 said:

Hi Luke,

 

Unfortunately I already followed that guide from the link in another thread in these forums.  The only option I did not try was loading the app to my android phone and sideloading that way.

 

Are any of these the Beta file you want me to try ?  I don't see the latest 2.0.79

 

 

 

The APK you should use is the one I linked to earlier. I was only pointing you to this article in case it might help you with the side loading process.