its in 4k (ish) on fox now and fox sports app in the meantime.
Hitting Record on the world series then watching the recording plays great ... another reason to move the buffer to the DVR.... No Pauses unlike when watching Live.
I have the same experience. Live TV is unwatchable because of frequent pauses and glitches. Rewinding I can see that those pauses and glitches are actually in the buffer. Recording live TV and playing it back from the server just a few seconds behind live works pretty much flawlessly.
Using v 20201022 of the HDHR-4k firmware, video and audio are working good. Only issue are small pauses on occasion. The latest firmware tunes the ATSC 3.0 channels much faster.
Please submit diagnostics from the app after a few of the pauses. How often are they occurring?
Will do. How often seems to depend on the channel.
Submitted at 4:02pm. 4-5 small pauses within 1 minute (channel 5.1 / CBS)
Submitted at 4:07pm due to a crash. (I sent an email abt this yesterday). While playing an ATSC 3.0 channel, the Channels App crashes and reloads.
Android TV / Shield.
It seems to me like the video/audio is playing at the wrong speed. I did a back and forth test between the same channel with mpeg2 and HEVC. The announcers for the football game sounded slightly higher pitch on the HEVC channel, and I'm still seeing minor glitches with the latest hdhr firmware and the latest Channels beta on my Chromecast with Google TV. The audio is also much quieter on the HEVC stream, but that could be a difference in the encoding.
@tmm1 - One of my Shields just updated to a new version of the Channels App (10.22.2355). Sound is gone. The Shields that haven't updated yet have sound but pause or crash.
Update: After further observation and tests, while the sound is gone using the latest update on the Shield, I'm seeing playback at the wrong speed. Also, the playback jumps (not the small pauses). If I turn the volume to 100, I can hear some sound but it is garbled.
Not sure what process we are supposed to perform to ensure when we tune we get the ATSC 3 feed. I finally was able to get channels to play ATSC 3 version by rescanning in ATV app and then going to "all channels."
I have multiple tuners (Quatro x 1 and a few of the new 4K editions) and was wondering if I have to rescan for all of them in the app?
Second, when I play back the ATSC 3 versions I am also getting breakups on the audio on bluetooth headphones connected through my TV. This results in TV dialogue mostly in my left ear. There is a mix of sound and dialogue that sounds like it was run through a "voice changer/masker" device as if to hide the speaker's identity in my right ear.
Is there a way in the ATV version to keep the stats view on and force me to turn it off? Would prefer this over having to pick "show stats" over and over again.
Confirmed no sound. Sill pauses watching LIVETV.
I have multiple tuners as well. My approach to testing is to enable/disable the HDHR-4k but it is the first in the list of tuners (first priority). My other HDHRs are below the 4k unit. When enabled, I get the ATSC 3.0 channels, when I disable it, the non 4k tuners are used.
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Release 20201023
- HDHR5-4K: Improve TS timestamp precision.
That firmware update now allows the HDHR App to run perfectly on my Shields. No issues with audio or video. The firmware update didn't help the Channels App for me though.
I am still waiting on a Channels update to the Android Beta the last one had no sound ... to try with that firmware.
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I think you need to have a phone that supports AC-4 if you're using the mobile app. I know audio doesn't work on my Pixel 3a. Audio does work on the Android TV beta, but as of yesterday it still had some issues with glitches.
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The latest beta released late yesterday has no sound on my FireTV or Google TV. Don't upgrade if you want to keep the sound.
I updated the beta yesterday at 5pm PST, and I was still getting audio on my Chromecast.
Are you sure you are getting the ASTC 3.0 broadcast ? What version are you on ?