Hello, I am dropping frames like crazy using TV Everywhere on an AppleTV HD (Not 4K).
I am watching CNBC via DirecTV TV Everywhere and I show in the stats:
Dropped Frames: 0 (Decoder) 3922 (output) — and of course the output number is rising constantly.
Anyone else experiencing this? Any suggested fixes?
Attached screenshot:
Try the experimental video driver under Settings > Playback > Advanced ?
@tmm1 - thank you. Just tried and its better, but still dropping a pretty substantial number of frames.
I found the best results with experimental video driver and default audio driver — but again, it's still dropping a lot of frames (just not as much as with the standard video driver).
Any more information I can provide?
Thanks!
How about if you use Blend or Experimental for the deinterlacer?
We've seen this happen in the past with major OS updates where older devices are much slower. Usually they track it down and fix it in the .1 release.
You're right. Looks like as I continue to tweak and test with those settings it gets better and better. A reboot of the AppleTV after moving to the experimental video driver helped a lot too.
Thank you!!! Marking this as solved. 
How did you get that info on dropped frames?
Or put more precisely: How did you get that data overlay showing in your picture of your TV screen?
Thanks!
Swipe down while watching TV. Scroll to the right to Options and select Show Stats.
I’m having the same issue on my Apple TV HD. I have tried restarting and changing my video, audio, and deinterlacer but still dropping tons of frames. Is this more of an issue on 14.5 because I wasn’t having an issue before?
We were getting only the occasional dropped frame (like 19 over several minutes) on our ATV 4K. I tried the experimental deinterlacer, anyway. Dropped the dropped frame rate to about 1/4 of that.
My ATV 4K’s are fine, it’s the “HD” (older) ATV’s that are dropping a LOT of frames. Totally unwatchable at times.
I’m seeing the same on an “HD” model. I’ll try out some of the advanced settings when I get a chance, but at the moment some recordings are unwatchable.
Using the experimental video driver and the experimental audio driver seemed to be better in a quick test last night. I couldn't find an option for an experimental deinterlacer as mentioned by @tmm1 above (in Dropping frames on ATV HD since 14.5 Update), and I haven't tried Blend yet.
Im having same issue on uk hd channels only. Ive tried changing settings as in post they sometimes help but overall problem still exists.
I have submitted logs
Issue Judder / staccato playback / missing frames
App Channels dvr
Ap Version 5.1.1
Device apple tv a1625
Device Software version 15.1.1
Server Windows 10 Pro
Version 20H2
Channels server version 2021.10.25.1801
Tuner HD home run quattro
Model HDHR5-4DT
Firmware 20210624
Other This is also happening on playback in other apps: Plex and HDHR. Also similar issue on iPad and screen goes blue. Apple tv 4k problem exists but not as obvious. similar to an issue I had previously on Nvidia shield cube
Other This seems to be a recent issue
Other No issue on sd version of same channel
Other Problem exaggerated when first starting channel and transitioning from pip.
Screenshot of dropped frame count is about 5-10mins of watching
Have you given the testflight version a try?
This is the issue:
FPS: 25 (specified) 50 (estimated)
Same as this:
