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So I have a strange issue when playing some media. I get audio, but a black screen. However if i pause, switch to another source (for instance Sky Q on HDMI) then switch back the video is paused and on screen. It then plays perfectly.

 

This is with videos that Direct Play. It does not occur with most videos and I cannot spot a pattern from the media info. The files play fine on every other device I have (Amazon FireTV/Chrome browser) An example file is:

VideoCodecH264
AVCYes
ProfileMain
Level40
Resolution1920x1080
Aspect ratio16:9
AnamorphicNo
InterlacedNo
Framerate23.9760246
Bitrate3117 kbps
Bit depth8 bit
Pixel formatyuv420p
Ref frames1
NAL4
AudioLanguageeng
CodecAC3
Layout5.1
Channels6 ch
Bitrate384 kbps
Sample rate48000 Hz
DefaultYes
TitleEng Dolby Digital 5.1 Default
SubtitleLanguageeng
CodecSUBRIP
DefaultYes
ForcedYes
ExternalNo
TitleEnglish (Forced)
SubtitleLanguageeng
CodecSUBRIP
DefaultNo
ForcedNo
ExternalNo
TitleEnglish
SubtitleLanguageeng
CodecSUBRIP
DefaultNo
ForcedNo
ExternalNo
TitleEnglish (SDH)
SubtitleLanguagepol
CodecSUBRIP
DefaultNo
ForcedNo
ExternalNo
TitlePolish

 

 

My TV is a Samsung UE49KS9000. Firmware is the latest 1203.6 (from 27 September 2017). I only just updated the firmware in an attempt to fix this as it would seem to be a problem with the TV decoding the file rather than with Emby streaming it.... but I figured i'd start on this forum as I assume Samsung support will be useless!

 

The emby client version is: 1.0.25 from 25/05/2017

Posted

Hi, yea if it's direct playing then i'm not really sure. Having said that, 1.0.25 is actually fairly old although it happens to be the latest available for your particular model. We'll be submitting an update for review very soon. Thanks !

FrostByte
Posted

Have you tried playing the same files having issues using DLNA and do they still show the black screen on your TV?

Posted

@Luke: I'll look forward to it. I had to switch to the USA store as i can't get my TV into dev mode - something i need to contact Samsung about as their own guide doesn't seem to cover this model.

@FrostByte: Even though this was the 2nd top TV of 2016 it can'd do DLNA. Everything is via Apps.

Posted

Update on Developer Mode - it works now!

 

So either it works after I switched regions to USA (to get Emby) or it works since I upgraded firmware.

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