Playback stuttering

[Guest]

11 hours ago, ebr said:

This is not true.  It is much more likely to cause problems for you if you disable those options.

I'd love to hear more info on this because it makes zero sense to me.  Direct play would cause more issues than transcoding when we are talking about video quality?   He has no issues when using plex so to me it doesn't sound like a network issue.  I understand if someone has poor internet quality transcoding might be required.  By definition transcoding reduces video quality so I'm scratching my head very curious.  I did also instruct him to increase the stream quality on the client too.  So its not like he had transcoding disabled and set the client to 1mpbs. 

Edited December 29, 2025 by embaaa

[yocker 1247]

59 minutes ago, embaaa said:

I'd love to hear more info on this because it makes zero sense to me.  Direct play would cause more issues than transcoding when we are talking about video quality?   He has no issues when using plex so to me it doesn't sound like a network issue.  I understand if someone has poor internet quality transcoding might be required.  By definition transcoding reduces video quality so I'm scratching my head very curious.  I did also instruct him to increase the stream quality on the client too.  So its not like he had transcoding disabled and set the client to 1mpbs. 

Disabling transcoding would cause problems if a remux or transcode is needed for the video to show, not for fixing judder. I bet that is what he meant.

I just installed the Emby for Android TV on my shield and it seems to have fixed the judder in some movies i had problems with.
Could still be a setting that i have forgotten that cause it in the standard app though.

[Guest]

@yockerI experienced same issues on the standard android app too. I have been testing that app for years now and it still sucks for high bitrate video.

The androidTV app does not have the same issues.   It's been silky smooth for 3 years now never had a single issue.  ShieldTV pro.

Edited December 29, 2025 by embaaa

[Luke 42077]

HI, yes we are hoping to have this resolved soon. Thanks.

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI, yes we are hoping to have this resolved soon. Thanks.

Thanks for following up

Edited December 29, 2025 by embaaa

[KodiaK 3]

On 12/29/2025 at 5:47 AM, Luke said:

Hi, did you have subtitles enabled in the video player?

Yes, subtitles are enabled. 

[Luke 42077]

On 1/1/2026 at 4:33 PM, KodiaK said:

Yes, subtitles are enabled. 

As a test, how does it compare with subtitles disabled prior to playback?

[Luke 42077]

For video stuttering, please try Emby for Android 3.5.25 and let us know how that compares:

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

Thanks.