I keep getting a quick buffer on my Shield that pops th ebar up for a sec and continues to play. My Google TVs and Onns all play fine with no issue like this. The Shield is my only hard wired device. I had the same issue when I tried to expand storage on my Google TV with a USB drive and am wondering if there is an issue with the internal storage on the Shield. Here is a log from the Shield:
08-26 13:42:31.648 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2697.852 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 33 Cache: 2.171s video + 2.156s audio
08-26 13:42:31.649 14740 14740 V streamstats: strength=0% quality=0% symbol=0% rate=0b/sec
08-26 13:42:34.649 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2700.900 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 33 Cache: 1.295s video + 1.237s audio
08-26 13:42:34.649 14740 14740 V streamstats: strength=0% quality=0% symbol=0% rate=0b/sec
08-26 13:42:37.651 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2703.866 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 33 Cache: 2.464s video + 2.347s audio
08-26 13:42:37.651 14740 14740 V streamstats: strength=0% quality=0% symbol=0% rate=0b/sec
08-26 13:42:40.651 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2706.873 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 33 Cache: 1.295s video + 1.152s audio
08-26 13:42:40.652 14740 14740 V streamstats: strength=0% quality=0% symbol=0% rate=0b/sec
08-26 13:42:41.963 14740 14780 V mpv : event: unpause
08-26 13:42:41.963 14740 14780 V mpv : property: buffering = true
08-26 13:42:41.963 14740 14780 V mpv : [cplayer] Enter buffering (buffer went from 100% -> 0%) [0.000000s].
08-26 13:42:41.963 14740 14740 V PlayerActivity: state PLAYING -> BUFFERING
08-26 13:42:41.964 14740 14740 V mpvstats: demuxer-cache-state: {cache-end=2708.2937555555563, reader-pts=2708.2937555555563, cache-duration=0.0, eof=false, underrun=true, idle=false, total-bytes=95552560, fw-bytes=0, raw-input-rate=817046, debug-low-level-seeks=0, debug-byte-level-seeks=1, debug-ts-last=7752.354722222222, ts-per-stream=[{type=video, duration=0.0, reader=7752.354722222222, end=7752.354722222222}, {type=audio, duration=0.0, reader=7752.397555555556, end=7752.397555555556}], bof-cached=false, eof-cached=false, seekable-ranges=[{start=2567.6435111111114, end=2706.538522222223}]}
08-26 13:42:42.069 14740 14780 V mpv : event: unpause
08-26 13:42:42.069 14740 14780 V mpv : [cplayer] End buffering (waited 0.103594 secs) [1.712389s].
08-26 13:42:42.080 14740 14780 V mpv : property: buffering = false
08-26 13:42:42.088 14740 14894 D AudioTrack: getTimestamp_l(24): device stall time corrected using current time 34894955407052
08-26 13:42:42.094 14740 14740 V PlayerActivity: state BUFFERING -> PLAYING
08-26 13:42:42.099 14740 14740 V mpvstats: demuxer-cache-state: {cache-end=2710.5480444444447, reader-pts=2708.793877777778, cache-duration=1.754166666666606, eof=false, underrun=false, idle=false, total-bytes=94378608, fw-bytes=675664, raw-input-rate=518403, debug-low-level-seeks=0, debug-byte-level-seeks=1, debug-ts-last=7754.651844444445, ts-per-stream=[{type=video, duration=1.754166666666606, reader=7752.897677777778, end=7754.651844444445}, {type=audio, duration=2.0053333333335104, reader=7752.696222222223, end=7754.701555555556}], bof-cached=false, eof-cached=false, seekable-ranges=[{start=2569.695555555556, end=2708.585044444445}]}
08-26 13:42:42.998 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2709.253 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 34 Cache: 1.169s video + 1.109s audio
08-26 13:42:43.652 14740 14740 V mpvstats: AV: 2709.880 A-V: 0.000 Dropped: 34 Cache: 2.506s video + 2.432s audio
08-26 13:42:43.653 14740 14740 V streamstats: strength=0% quality=0% symbol=0% rate=0b/sec
I have minimal apps on my Shield and only use it for Streaming Channels, Plex, and a few paid streamers. No issues with any of th eother apps. Channels DVR is installed on a dedicated Windows server hardwired on the same network.
Surround Sound is ON
Hardware Decoding
Tuner Sharing OFF