I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
I don't have any major issues but I don't use Netflix much. Sound is in sync and I don't see any frame drops after about 30 seconds of playback. I was watching The Avengers and noticed a green flicker sometimes but that's it.
I have the exact same problems, the sound is slight un-synced and the video quality is not that good at all, i love Sony, but i really am disappointed about this.
I didn't even notice it because I throw my Netflix onto my TV, but I just checked and the sound is definitely not synced up. No dropped frames here, but it's almost unwatchable with how off the sound is.
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I also installed the directv app to stream live channels, and I am still getting the exact same problem.
Netflix works great on my xperia tablet z 321, no issues at all. I use Meow ROM and kernel on my tablet. Make sure you back up DRM keys before unlocking boot loader. Only issue with this 4.3 jb ROM is video cam record is broken, still takes pics fine. I prefer using my gs4 for video record anyways. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, babby!:cyclops:
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I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
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I have had no issues with Netflix on this tablet, even with stock rom. I haven't noticed any sync problems or bad image quality (except maybe the first 30 seconds). Haven't mattered whether I used 3g/4g or WiFi.
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30Seconds said:
I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
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Mine is running fantastic. I just received my Z a few days ago and absolutely love it!
Still on 4.1 though.
I am experiencing exactly the same problem. I wonder is it something to do with the Bravia Engine being enforced which is causing the delay whilst it performs extra processing on the image? Is there a way to turn this off? It's the only issue I have with this tablet as it is otherwise absolutely fantastic. I also use Plex and Qloud Media Player to stream from my PC and I don't get any lip sync issues with this. Netflix is unwatchable on the Tablet Z.
Just got my Xperia Z Tablet yesterday, and immediately noticed this issue. Came here and I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed to see that others have the same problem. At least I'm not crazy, but neither does it seem like something I can just return my unit over and get one that works.
I had the same thought about the Bravia Engine and you can turn that off in display settings, but it didn't seem to do anything for me. I also tried turning off all sound processing; nothing works, still out of sync.
Very disappointing as Netflix is one of the big things I use a tablet for.
Yeah it didn't work for me neither. Very disappointing. We should expect this to be repaired with the next Tablet Z up yet but that is for certain. This is the only issue I have with the tablet
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I stream netflix on my tablet almost everyday and its perfect, no issues here
Running Stock 4.3
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Just upgraded to 4.3... no change.
I wonder if this is something some people just don't notice. I wouldn't say it makes Netflix unwatchable like some others, but to me it's definitely noticeable. It's about a 50ms delay between the picture and sound. Ironically my Xoom plays Netflix better than the Xperia Z.
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Just upgraded to 4.3... no change.
I wonder if this is something some people just don't notice. I wouldn't say it makes Netflix unwatchable like some others, but to me it's definitely noticeable. It's about a 50ms delay between the picture and sound. Ironically my Xoom plays Netflix better than the Xperia Z.
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Trust me, if those things were happening to me i WOULD notice, specially audio sync issues
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Trust me, if those things were happening to me i WOULD notice, specially audio sync issues
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That makes me wonder if I should try exchanging mine. You're running totally stock 4.3? I have not rooted or made any other changes to mine, just installed a few other apps that I normally install. It seems really weird that only this one app would be affected, but I guess if not everyone has this problem, it could be a batch of defective audio chips or something. The strange thing is the audio is actually *late* on mine, so it's not the picture lagging, it's the audio.
Is anyone else running totally stock 4.3 that has *no* sync issues in Netflix? Perfect sync?
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That makes me wonder if I should try exchanging mine. You're running totally stock 4.3? I have not rooted or made any other changes to mine, just installed a few other apps that I normally install. It seems really weird that only this one app would be affected, but I guess if not everyone has this problem, it could be a batch of defective audio chips or something. The strange thing is the audio is actually *late* on mine, so it's not the picture lagging, it's the audio.
Is anyone else running totally stock 4.3 that has *no* sync issues in Netflix? Perfect sync?
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Yeah mine is totally stock completely unmodded, perfect netflix sync, no late audio, i just used it for an hour an i had no issues
Though im curious, does locking the device mid video and then unlocking it trigger the delay? It hasnt happened on netflix but sometimes when im watching anime using MX player and i lock the device while its playing and then unlock it the audio starts to lag but it fixes itself by rewinding the video a bit
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Mine is really noticeable. I'd estimate it's about 300ms out. Totally ruins watching Netflix. Plex works perfectly however
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Though im curious, does locking the device mid video and then unlocking it trigger the delay?
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No, it's just always there. I've tried starting and restarting Netflix in a bunch of different ways, including booting clean, waiting until everything's finished loading and then starting it up; closing down every single running service and then starting it; starting a video, backing out and then resuming it; starting a video and scrubbing to different points; pausing and then resuming; killing the Netflix process and then restarting Netflix; alternately turning on and off every single audio and video processing feature (by which I learned that the Bravia engine actually makes the PQ worse, but that's another issue); I mean no matter what I do, it's still out of sync. And it is the only video app that is. YouTube, Play Movies, the Sony Movies app, MX Player, etc. all play fine. It's just Netflix. It's bizarre.
I am seriously thinking about returning mine and just trying another one. (Problem is I always seem to buy tablets right before going on trips, and I need it.) Since *some* people seem to have good playback, and absolutely none of the reviews I've seen have mentioned this, I really wonder if there's not some weird defect with the ones that are affected by this problem. But it's just really strange that it's only in this one app. OTOH, it definitely does not happen on any other Android tablet I've used, so it seems like a tablet problem rather than a Netflix problem.
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No, it's just always there. I've tried starting and restarting Netflix in a bunch of different ways, including booting clean, waiting until everything's finished loading and then starting it up; closing down every single running service and then starting it; starting a video, backing out and then resuming it; starting a video and scrubbing to different points; pausing and then resuming; killing the Netflix process and then restarting Netflix; alternately turning on and off every single audio and video processing feature (by which I learned that the Bravia engine actually makes the PQ worse, but that's another issue); I mean no matter what I do, it's still out of sync. And it is the only video app that is. YouTube, Play Movies, the Sony Movies app, MX Player, etc. all play fine. It's just Netflix. It's bizarre.
I am seriously thinking about returning mine and just trying another one. (Problem is I always seem to buy tablets right before going on trips, and I need it.) Since *some* people seem to have good playback, and absolutely none of the reviews I've seen have mentioned this, I really wonder if there's not some weird defect with the ones that are affected by this problem. But it's just really strange that it's only in this one app. OTOH, it definitely does not happen on any other Android tablet I've used, so it seems like a tablet problem rather than a Netflix problem.
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Maybe its a problem with the netflix app itself? Maybe its conflicting with some of your settings or something and that's why only some users have the issue
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Maybe its a problem with the netflix app itself? Maybe its conflicting with some of your settings or something and that's why only some users have the issue
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Well, I just did a factory restore and the first thing I did was run Netflix, totally clean system. Same result - out of sync. This thing is going back to Best Buy. If the next one is the same, well, then I've gotta decide what to do... my Xoom plays Netflix better than this and it also gives me live TV (which the XTZ doesn't)...
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I am just wondering if anyone has any tips or mods I can do to lower the nasty pixilation I see when streaming over netflix or other movies sometimes.it happens on wifi and 3g.
it drives me insane when im watching a movie over hdmi output and it even gets "blurry" on my tv screen. Am I alone? Is there anything I can do to make it look clearer /sharper?
I didn't think it should show up like that on my tv also but it does. And the tv isn't a bad tv.
Just looking for a little more clarity. Mainly just a bit more consistent clarity. I don't mind it once in a while but it happens more than I like.
Thanks for any input.
There was a post this week (previous page ) called "Encoding settings for video playback" that was also addressing this issue (i believe). It was a little over my head technically, so I'm not sure what was concluded, but it sounds like what u r saying.
Oh, and I have the exact same experience (annoying), so lemme know what ya find out ; )
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it's highly compressed streaming video.... garbage in, garbage out.
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it's highly compressed streaming video.... garbage in, garbage out.
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That applies for netflix as well? I mean, I know its streaming, but that has to be due to hardware shortcomings, no?
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it's highly compressed streaming video.... garbage in, garbage out.
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See I don't understand this statement because it happens with ANY video/movie I watch with my x2. Have even viewed highly rated quality movies from "certain nameless " websites and get the same problem.
The only thing I don't really get nearly as much.pixilation while viewing is quality videos on youtube when viewing in high quality mode ((go figure))
Even when I was complete stock unrooted and rented a movie from google market I got the same problem.((I can't remember how constant it was but I KNOW pixilation was there))
Also im not really speaking of my videos I recorded.((of which I had great quality and playback was great also when atv720p and DVD quality )) but that was when using blur camera...I haven't tried any video recording on eclipse miui camera yet
Too many variables are involed with streaming. Every company may say streaming is the way to go when its not. Your internet connection, how many people are streaming on Netflix, plus SD vs hd, settings in Netflix, crappy HDMI chord. Bought an HDMI chord from an August zed retailer for Verizon and everything was pixilated. Didn't even get to the video when I saw how bad it.was.I just unhooked and returned. Rent or download the video. That's how you get the best quality. Streaming is 50/50 usually better hardware also makes the difference. Its probably recognizing that its mobile and is giving you crap cause they need to make sure their videos need to work within the fragmentation of android as a whole. Best to leave streaming on laptops hooked to your HDTV and streaming on mobile on you cellphone screen.
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Too many variables are involed with streaming. Every company may say streaming is the way to go when its not. Your internet connection, how many people are streaming on Netflix, plus SD vs hd, settings in Netflix, crappy HDMI chord. Bought an HDMI chord from an August zed retailer for Verizon and everything was pixilated. Didn't even get to the video when I saw how bad it.was.I just unhooked and returned. Rent or download the video. That's how you get the best quality. Streaming is 50/50 usually better hardware also makes the difference. Its probably recognizing that its mobile and is giving you crap cause they need to make sure their videos need to work within the fragmentation of android as a whole. Best to leave streaming on laptops hooked to your HDTV and streaming on mobile on you cellphone screen.
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The thing is the "blurry" picture on the tv screen looks EXACTLY like the image on my phone screen. It is an exact mirror. Im trying to figure out if there is a way I can fix that.
It was worse on eclipse 7. Something in one of the init.d scripts caused my gjjellyfish test to max at 22fps and my mandlebrot score to be horrific. So now that those are back to normal it doesn't happen as often but it is still noticeable. Just wondering if there is a way to improve that.
Do you get the problem with a video file on the phone itself? Cause so far all I can say is that blur is from the servers if it is not happening with the video file on the phone. I don't stream Netflix on my cell and when I used the mirror to an HDTV it looked horrible on TV but perfect on my cell.
It streaming depends with the host servers and overall quality of the video for mobile since they most likely won't be the same video files for computer's cause they meed to make sure it can stream on a 3g network and have the customer not die from old age waiting for it to load. Even though you use wifi it will still send the IP of a mobile which will get you the mobile version which may not be as good.
Only fix is to stream over a laptop instead. If you went through the apps and this did nothing then there is nothing you can do on your end.
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Has anyone tried using dolphin hd spoofed as a desktop to see if they can stream from netflix website? I think I may try this later on to see if that helps anything ...
Hi,
I've just noticed something strange on my machine: When I watch HW accelerated 720p video the screen glitches every so often, maybe once or twice a minute. It doesn't happen on SW decoding. The glitches are , for example, part of the picture appearing corrupt or in the wrong place for a fraction of a second.
Does this suggest my Tegra is on the way out? I had a quick play of a game to see if it caused glitching but couldn't see anything. Are there any decent video stress test apps out there that could maybe reproduce this?
I hadn't actually noticed this before the new update, but I expect it is just coincidence.
Can you please post the video player you use and maybe some more infos about the video file you used?
The problem you described seems to be similar to what I experience while using Dice Player with mkv files that contain x264 video and ac3 sound. This happens with pretty much every tv series (all made with the standard release rules used for the illegal releases) I watch on my prime.
I get the same with Dice player. I will try others when I get a minute and see if it's the same. Never put two and two together because it happens when I'm not watching a video. But the last few times I noticed it happening it was after I had been playing a video and the player was still "live" in the back ground.
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I get this all the time when watching 720p / 1080p. Its only for a split second.
I was watching How I met your Mother which was 720p last night and a small square where a persons face was kind of corrupted for a second, then went back to normal.
Its also happened with 'A very Harold and Kumar Christmas' which is 1080p.
Both were Mkv files and I use a combination of MX player and BSplayer, because MX player sometimes doesnt play sound for some reason
Same problem here. I have come to the conclusion that the Prime is unable to play 720p or 1080p smoothly. Every single file on every player skips frames every 10 seconds or so when using HW decoding.
This tablet is useless.
I've been noticing the same thing, using the ad version of Dice Player. Most of the video I watch is 720p, h264 or x264.
But I have to disagree with Fizzerr -- I only noticed it after the .28 update. I'm fairly certain this wasn't a problem before -- I'm very picky about video quality -- so I don't believe this means the Prime's hardware is incapable of playing hi-def video smoothly.
I get intermittent frame and sound skips, very jarring. Happens in default player as well as Dice.
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Can you please post the video player you use and maybe some more infos about the video file you used?
The problem you described seems to be similar to what I experience while using Dice Player with mkv files that contain x264 video and ac3 sound. This happens with pretty much every tv series (all made with the standard release rules used for the illegal releases) I watch on my prime.
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Sorry - I meant to add the player info, but forgot.
I'm using 720p AC3 MKV container files.WEB DL essentially. The problem doesn't seem to happen on non 720p files.
I'm using Dice Player AD, BS Player lite amongst others. Essentially any that use HW acceleration seem to have the issue. I thought it was caused by a bump the machine received as I didn't ever notice this item the bump. Mind you, I did update to the latest firmware around the same time, so this could be the cause.
Essentially is looks like artifacts produced by a dodgy card, but if others are seeing it then there is maybe hope. Perhaps I'll try a non-AC3 720p vid.
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Same problem here. I have come to the conclusion that the Prime is unable to play 720p or 1080p smoothly. Every single file on every player skips frames every 10 seconds or so when using HW decoding.
This tablet is useless.
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My tablet played 720p fine until very recently (either a bump or the new firmware seems to have caused the issue). Hell, I even used the Prime to play SBS video into my Sony HMD and all was fine. I only get stuttering on 720p when I use software decoding.
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But I have to disagree with Fizzerr -- I only noticed it after the .28 update.
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In my case I can definitely say that this problem occurred from the very beginning with honeycomb.
I find it only mildly annoying because the happiness about a tablet playing high def videos smoothly (at least almost...) outweighs the glitches. It's THE main reason why i bought this thing.
At least now we know that we are not alone with our problem. Maybe Gary takes a look at this thread and puts the issue on his to-do list
I really want to think this is a firmware issue. I don't recall this happening until I upgraded to the .28 firmware. I also believe it happens at any time using any app (no restricted to just videos), only that it is easier to detect when video watching.
I see similar visual glitches sometimes when web browsing (stock browser) and sometimes see it on my calendar widget on the home screen. Once again, I don't recall having these issues until upgrading to .28 firmware.
The thing is, it is random and doesn't happen at the same spot when I watch again.
It looks like artifacting caused by a GPU that is too hot! Hope I'm wrong.... Or maybe right. Asus'll have to give me a new machine! :laugh:
I would like to weigh in on this
Oh, it's the .28 firmware alright, this coming from someone who has had the Prime since release date, on Honeycomb. Other than .15 which also gave me some video ****ery, all other firmware releases have been fine as far as video. I have been able to watch both 720 video and 1080 Blue Ray mkv files without a hitch, a glitch or a twitch. >28, which took close to 3 months to spit out is the absolute worst release yet, as they focused on a couple of issues, and screwed up a whole bunch of stuff in the process. ANR reduced greatly, WiFi is cranked to the max (so it works only SLIGHTLY sub-par, instead of hugely, but video? The worst. I went back to .21, added my custom build.prop (from Seanzscreams) SIO scheduler, and I am good for the moment. Can't WAIT to see how bad 28.5 or it's successor is. I swear, the longer they take to release, the worse they are, no ****.
In January-March we had FW being pushed every 7-15 days, like clockwork. Then they slowed to a snails pace, and the FW sucks. Lends credence to the theory that they took developers off the Prime, and put them either on Nexus 7 or other tablets such as the 300, and the "new" Infinity. Maybe we SHOULD all start screaming for "free upgrades to the Infinity again, LOL. Mark my words, I saw 32 gb Infinity for $499. If that's correct then the Prime is about to be pulled. I know exactly how they will do it. They will trickle out all the remaining (fixable to a degree) Primes, and keep saying "We arre NOT discontinuing the Prime" Then, when they have dumped the stock, they will say: "Well, we tried, but it just wasn't SELLING" so we HAD to stop production.
Do I sound a bit jaded, LOL? I see a bunch of posts from new forum members in this thread, and I wonder: How much crap are THEY willing to take. I have had more than my share from Asus.
In which case.... how the duck do I go back to the previous firmware?
So I got the White Sony 32 GB in today. For $600 bucks, I was still kind of sketchy.
First thing I did? Arrested Development on Netflix. It looked like crap. I tried Hulu, only slightly better.
The pre-loaded videos and HD videos from YouTube on the other hand were amazing.
So my question is.... Why does Netflix look sooooo horrible? How can I fix it? I have it on the highest quality. My Note 2 and my Wife's GS4 slays the Xperia Tablet Z on Netflix, although it is a larger screen.
Basically the colors don't look vivid at all. They look dull and boring.
Please help. Could be the difference of keeping it or not.
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i was just wondering the same thing... this is my first tablet... just got it like an hour ago... and i was wondering is it possible that this netflix app is a phone based netflix app and its scaling the image up to tablet size? that's what it kinda looks like... like when it scales a game up and it gets kind of pixelated... that's what it looks like anyway... don't get me wrong... it'll do since it won't be that often that i'm streaming movies on my tablet... but it looks awful.
I watch Netflix frequently on my XTZ. Generally the video quality seems fine. It does sometimes seems pixelated when it's buffering data at the start up of a show.
If you search the XTZ forums you will find that some people have experienced low wifi speeds on the XTZ. Could this be the cause of your problems? Have you checked your wifi speeds. If that is your issue, you could check out the various suggested fixes. (Personally, my wifi speeds have been fine though.)
Netflix recently launched its version in FULL HD for NEXUS 7 with ANDROID 4.3 , I have a Sony zl and the quality of netflix is horrible, I would like if the netflix FULL HD will work in any device with Android 4.3 or google devices?
Hey, I purchased a Sony z2 tab the other day and noticed it was on the early firmware so I updated it to the. 69
It'd an LTE model, and it All seems to work perfectly except for one or two things.
Netflix, for some reason the audio and the video is badly out of sync by about a second, which makes it pretty unwatchable.
And when I watch movies I downloaded on the video app it has the occasional video stutter also making it difficult to watch.
Any idea what the problem could be and how it could be fixed.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks
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Hey, I purchased a Sony z2 tab the other day and noticed it was on the early firmware so I updated it to the. 69
It'd an LTE model, and it All seems to work perfectly except for one or two things.
Netflix, for some reason the audio and the video is badly out of sync by about a second, which makes it pretty unwatchable.
And when I watch movies I downloaded on the video app it has the occasional video stutter also making it difficult to watch.
Any idea what the problem could be and how it could be fixed.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks
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I have audio delay issues in Worms which I've seen other people have too so it's likely that if I tried Netflix I would find it there aswell.
My Netflix audio has been out of sync since I first got my G3. My network is fine as Netflix works perfectly on PC, iOS devices, Chrome casts etc. The audio seems about 1 second behind the video. Anyone have a solution or have the same problem?
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I typically watch on my chromecast, but the few times I have watched on the phone everything has looked good. If you're running ART try switching back to Dalvik. Other than that, try the typical force stop/restart on the netflix app and then a full on reboot. If it's still laggy then I'm out of ideas.
Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I've tried all or them. So far
I'll update if u get it fixed. (and yeah casting is fine for me with my phone because it isn't really my phone doing the playback but rather the actual chromecast)
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I have been getting the same problem
Maybe its because the image quality is much better than on most other devices that its arriving slower than the audio? That's my best guess. Its not super annoying, the delay is small enough that if you don't pay attention to who is speaking then you cant really tell. But it is noticeable. And if there is a fix that would be awesome.
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Maybe its because the image quality is much better than on most other devices that its arriving slower than the audio? That's my best guess. Its not super annoying, the delay is small enough that if you don't pay attention to who is speaking then you cant really tell. But it is noticeable. And if there is a fix that would be awesome.
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I have this problem too. Tried downgrading Netflix but no luck. Tried different Roms too and nothing. It's pretty annoying. Funny thing is I don't have these issues with video players or videos streaming from YouTube.
Just found this thread researching this issue. Just got my G3 yesterday day. Everything is still on stock. Anyone notice if other video apps suffer the same problem? I ask because to me it feels like video generally looks a bit like overprocessed motion-interpolated modern tv sets. And if the g3 uses stuff like that it might be related...