24Hz feature useable?

[Holger]

First of all let me comment that I have a Nvidia Shield TV as well and appreciate the feature of auto display refresh rate adjustment (mainly to 24Hz) by SPMC a lot.

So I was glad to hear that same will be supported by MrMC as well. But the result is poor...

The image is much smoother with playback at 60Hz. I am using the AFTV 1 gen. and I am facing studdering, asynchronity and slow-motion effects in 24Hz although the AFTV is switching to 24Hz and my TV is well supportng this rate. I am not sure if this is a software issue or a hardware limitation.

Therefore my question is: is 24Hz running well on a 2nd gen AFTV? This might be a good reason for me to upgrade the AFTV HW

Thanks for feedback in advance

Holger

[davilla]

it works very well for me, AFTV2. Should be fine on AFTV1, mrmc.log please, debug enabled.

[Holger]

it works very well for me, AFTV2. Should be fine on AFTV1, mrmc.log please, debug enabled.

You will get it. But needs some time because first I need to find out how to do (there to enable debug, location of file). Maybe this is something for the FAQ!?

[davilla]

http://mrmc.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=373

[koying]

Would the OP have "sync to display" enabled together with refresh rate?

I noticed aftv1 is giving bogus vsync info in 24p.

[davilla]

That's why I want to see mrmc.log. It will tell me all

[Holger]

Hi, you can find my log at:

http://pastebin.com/fUe7cQxm

But let me add some more findings.

I tried 24Hz auto switching with my fire TV Stick and it worked fine. At least as long as passthrough was not activated. After activating passthrough I also had problems with the stick.

Next I disabled passthrough at my 1st gen AFTV. But there are still problems in 24Hz mode. So this points to a HW problem with the 1st gen AFTV.

Davilla ist 24Hz working buttersmooth with yout 2nd gen AFTV with passthrough activated?

[davilla]

19:28:13 T:18446744072510944800 DEBUG: CEGLNativeTypeAndroid:ProbeResolutions: 1280x720 @ 50.00 - Full Screen
19:28:13 T:18446744072510944800 DEBUG: CEGLNativeTypeAndroid:ProbeResolutions: 1280x720 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:28:13 T:18446744072510944800 DEBUG: CEGLNativeTypeAndroid:ProbeResolutions: 1920x1080 @ 50.00 - Full Screen
19:28:13 T:18446744072510944800 DEBUG: CEGLNativeTypeAndroid:ProbeResolutions: 1920x1080 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:28:13 T:18446744072510944800 DEBUG: CEGLNativeTypeAndroid:ProbeResolutions: 1920x1080 @ 24.00 - Full Screen

So 1080p/24 is reported right.

Now a mrmc.log that shows the switch to 24. How long is your pause after switch ? If not long enough, that can cause initial a/v issues.


Passthough is fine for me, my stupid Denon W3200 can only handle DD, it has issues dealing with DTS (a Denon issue). I'm thinking of replacing it with a Denon 4200 which is reported not to have issues.

For now, stick to non-passthrough until we sort out 24hz issues.

[Holger]

Now a mrmc.log that shows the switch to 24. How long is your pause after switch ? If not long enough, that can cause initial a/v issues.

For now, stick to non-passthrough until we sort out 24hz issues.

I tried Auto-switch with the standard 4 seconds on my 1st gen AFTV.

The stick is normaly set to non-passthrough and 60Hz. Just changed it for testing on my TV in the living room.