(2024-10-09, 19:20)jogal Wrote: As usually happens this thread has become a wildcard for anyone who has it's own issue and does not want to provide information (just blame kodi).

(2024-10-09, 20:51)-locha- Wrote: Recently, Fritsch (Kodi developer) wrote: “ [...] the cache doesn't really work as it should. [...] I think it [the buffer code] needs to be completely replaced at some point because the internal knowledge has been lost and we see a lot of problems, especially in non-Gbit setups.” https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=371292&pid=3166668#pid3166668

(2024-10-09, 19:34)jogal Wrote:

(2024-10-08, 21:41)Lunatixz Wrote: I don't believe factory resetting will help... The only two solutions i'd recommend is either rip your collection at lower bitrates or disable TrueHD in Kodi's audio settings.

No offense, but whenever there was even the slightest glitch with TrueHD there were hundreds of complaints every week.

Does anyone think it's possible that everyone has to disable TrueHD for Kodi to work and no one else has complained?

Kodi works on Shield with 4K Dolby Vision + TrueHD passthrough + Cache enabled (all at same time) at least for 99% of people.

(2024-10-09, 19:39)jogal Wrote:

(2024-10-08, 21:41)Lunatixz Wrote: I don't believe factory resetting will help...

 

Quote:I've had the most recent Shield TV Pro since the day it released. It has been working pretty much perfectly. Over the past month or so, I'm starting to notice random stutters in video playback. It doesn't always happen and it seems to occur more regularly with HDR content (it affects both standard HDR and Dolby Vision content). At first I thought it was an issue with Plex, but I've now seen the issue with Kodi, Netflix and Disney+. I have other streaming boxes that aren't experiencing this issue. Unfortunately, I don't have another Shield TV to test with.
I'm going to try doing a factory reset, but I was wondering if potentially a recent update might have caused this. Has anyone else started experiencing stuttering in the past several weeks?

EDIT:
Cleaning the fan, as suggested by someone here, unfortunately didn't fix the problem.

EDIT 2:
Another suggestion of enabling Dolby Audio Processing also didn't help, as I got stutters again tonight.

EDIT 3:
I performed a factory reset tonight and it was the first time in a while that I watched a movie without stutters. I'll be watching more over the weekend, so fingers crossed it continues to work. If not, it's time to decommission the Shield TV.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/12b79lz/shield_tv_pro_has_started_stuttering_on_video/

(2024-10-10, 01:28)APIPerfi Wrote: Not to necro an old thread, but I was reading this and it sounds an awful lot like my current issue.

I wonder if the NVIDIA Shield Pro has some inherent USB limitations and my drive is choking on itself during playback in Kodi.

(2024-10-10, 01:28)APIPerfi Wrote: Although somewhat illogical given my current findings, a factory reset might have to be my next step. A pain in general, but especially if it changes nothing.

(2024-10-10, 00:15)Lunatixz Wrote: I find it hard to believe with the Shields current firmware that 99% of Kodi users playing high bitrate Atmos or TrueHD don't have dropped audio or video.

(2024-10-10, 16:53)jogal Wrote: I recommend updating to beta firmware 9.2.0

(2024-10-11, 21:29)APIPerfi Wrote: I tested playback of my local files using Just Player (Legacy) in order to rule out Kodi.

Like Plex, my understanding is that Just Player's decoding backend is ExoPlayer, so I wanted to see if it would work as flawlessly as my remote test. Long story short, it still exhibited frame drops.

(2024-10-11, 21:31)APIPerfi Wrote: I'm hesitant about this, as the firmware isn't considered stable.

(2024-10-11, 21:31)APIPerfi Wrote: Are you saying that if I were to factory reset after installing said firmware, I would be back to 9.1.1?

(2024-10-02, 22:25)APIPerfi Wrote: I have audio passthrough turned on and a capable receiver connected directly to my SHIELD.

• Dolby processing: OFF
  
• Match content resolution: ON (only in FW 9.x)
  
• Audio video sync: 0 ms
  
• Play comfort noise on HDMI: OFF
  

• WiFi scanning: disabled (Settings > Network & Internet > Scanning always available = OFF)
  
• Bluetooth pairing requests: disabled (Settings > Apps > security & restrictions > Allow all Bluetooth pair request = OFF)
  

• Adjust display refresh rate: On start/stop
  
• Sync playback to display: OFF
  
• Whitelist: All 4K resolutions only (if you want use Shield's AI upscaling for 1080p videos)
  
• Allow Passthrough: ON
  
• Passthrough output device: AudioTrack IEC
  
• Capable Receiver: Turn ON the audio formats that your AVR/SoundBar is capable of playing (check your specs)