How to disable digital effects and upscaling?

[xe` 45]

I am the proud new owner of  Roku 4k streaming stick. It is a lovely little device and the Emby app is performant and intuitive.

However I have real issues with the video quality when comparing to the previous open source player LibreELEC.

After some effort I discovered the Roku OS options to not enforce HDR and to allow the frame rate to remain native e.g. 24fs rather than applying soap opera 60fps.

The problem I have now is that I cannot work out how to disable up-scaling, noise reduction and edge enhancement.

 

Whilst the Roku user experience is infinitely better than LibreELEC the video performance is significantly worse.

Is this something the Emby client can control?

 

Edit: For reference this is how I disabled soap opera refresh rate

 

Edited May 14, 2024 by xe`
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[ebr 16169]

6 hours ago, xe` said:

Is this something the Emby client can control?

Hi.  No, the app does not control those things.

[xe` 45]

Thanks for the answer, I was worried but pretty certain it would be the case.

For posterity anyone looking at getting a Roku you need to accept that for the convenience and price you are accepting sub standard video quality. Its not bad, far from it, its just by default a prime example with all thats wrong with the TV industry, extreme artificial processing and soap opera effect. You can make this a lot better but as per the topic you cant completely opt out.

I am especially sensitive to this as I pretend I am a buff so the Roku is going to be relegated to a casual TV.