How to optimize Shield TV Pro for 4k playback??

[Rew452 20]

4 minutes ago, Neminem said:

But you did set the limit to 30mb/s your self......

So why should the Server not do that, even though the shield can do more.

You set that....

And the server is doing what you told the client to tell the server

If you want it different make a FR.

No, I did not set Quality to 30 mb/s, it was the default that was set by Emby. I changed to 100 mb/s when I saw the problem with buffering during movie playback and then no more buffering after that movie played correctly.

[Rew452 20]

10 minutes ago, Lessaj said:

The bitrate for this file is something like 61 Mbps, so if you have it set to 30 Mbps then yes it's going to transcode down to that bitrate. I'd recommend setting quality to Auto, the Shield should be able to direct play everything.

I see you're running Emby for Android TV. How does Emby for Android compare?

I have not found any Auto setting for bitrate or I would. Emby seems to set it on playback. Which means when I play any UHD movie I have change bitrate in settings for every movie watched.

I've used both versions and as I remember both had the same issue.

 

[Neminem 1981]

What is set here?

Under the user?

[Lessaj 611]

3 minutes ago, Rew452 said:

I have not found any Auto setting for bitrate or I would. Emby seems to set it on playback. Which means when I play any UHD movie I have change bitrate in settings for every movie watched.

I've used both versions and as I remember both had the same issue.

 

I'm sorry I'm not familiar with the quality options on Emby for Android TV I don't use that app and would have to check, but there should be an auto option. I am familiar with Emby for Android and it's what I use on my Shield, you should be able to use Auto just fine with that app, it should see your device as being local and not apply any limits - unless you set limits or the device is on another subnet and you have to add that to LAN networks since it may treat it as remote. I see your server is 192.168.50.5 so if your shield is on that same subnet it should be considered local and Auto should not have any limits.

[Neminem 1981]

3 minutes ago, Rew452 said:

I have not found any Auto setting for bitrate or I would. Emby seems to set it on playback. Which means when I play any UHD movie I have change bitrate in settings for every movie watched.

I've used both versions and as I remember both had the same issue.

Screen shot of what you see....

Here is what I see in the Universal Android App 

[Rew452 20]

14 minutes ago, Neminem said:

What is set here?

Under the user?

Thanks

Nice find, I set it to 100 mb/s, saved and restarted Emby. Then played UHD movie and Quality still defaulted to 30 mb/s on playback of movie.

So does not seem to work.

 

[Neminem 1981]

Jep, mis config by admin not knowing what things does.

Admin did not read the help test, under the setting again..

[Rew452 20]

19 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Screen shot of what you see....

Here is what I see in the Universal Android App 

 

Edited October 26 by Rew452

[Luke 43533]

9 minutes ago, Rew452 said:

Thanks

Nice find, I set it to 100 mb/s, saved and restarted Emby. Then played UHD movie and Quality still defaulted to 30 mb/s on playback of movie.

So does not seem to work.

 

HI, what makes you think the quality defaulted to 30 mb/s ?

[Rew452 20]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI, what makes you think the quality defaulted to 30 mb/s ?

Because when the movie starts and you go to settings it is what is set every time regardless of the UHD movie

[Luke 43533]

10 minutes ago, Rew452 said:

Because when the movie starts and you go to settings it is what is set every time regardless of the UHD movie

It's just showing you the bitrate of the movie. Even if you configure 100 mbps, if the video is 30 mbps, then that's what you will get.

[Luke 43533]

If you still think there's an issue then please show screenshots to demonstrate what you're thinking. Thanks.

[Rew452 20]

Hi Luke,

The first screenshoot is using resume and then checking in settings. This always shows Quality at 30 mb/s when starting any UHD movie.

The second one is clicking on Quality it gives these selections and where I select 100mb/s to play the UHD movie without any buffering.

[Luke 43533]

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

How to Report a Problem

Thanks!

 

[Lessaj 611]

I just freshly installed the Emby Android TV app and it was set to 30 Mbps by default. Try scrolling all the way up and change it Auto.

With it set to auto this is what I see on playback. It is direct playing the file.

[Rew452 20]

Thanks Lessaj!

That fixed the issue

[ebr 17020]

17 hours ago, Lessaj said:

I just freshly installed the Emby Android TV app and it was set to 30 Mbps by default

Really?  That's quite odd.

[Lessaj 611]

53 minutes ago, ebr said:

Really?  That's quite odd.

I also thought it would be auto by default but seems not. Happy to try again I uninstalled it immediately after I took those screenshots.

[ebr 17020]

On 10/27/2026 at 9:54 AM, Lessaj said:

I also thought it would be auto by default but seems not. Happy to try again I uninstalled it immediately after I took those screenshots.

This was an unintended change and will be fixed in the next release.

Thanks.