Studdering after a few minutes of live playback

Server is Win10.
Client is Shield 2019 Pro.
Speedtest between the two is 1Gb.
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Now, if I stop playback and then restart playback, it's smooth again for a few minutes.
Repeat over and over.
Works great for a few minutes.
Starts herky-jerky playback.
I stop and restart playback.
And it's great for several minutes.
I've rebooted both server & client.
And am running the latest pre-release.

Consider submitting diagnostics from the shield so the devs have something to use to investigate.

Are you using Tailscale by any chance? I enabled Tailscale and has similar stuttering issues. I disabled Tailscale and everything went back to normal. Since I didn't need Tailscale I never explored the issue further, but I know it shouldn't have that effect.

Also, did you run the troubleshooter support>troubleshooting>re-run with resource intensive tests? Are you seeing any errors/issues there?

Have never enabled Tailscale.

Diagnostic logs submitted as: 6db22551-140b-424d-a26d-5e45e52df014

TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS:

  • I moved my Nvidia Shield 2019 Pro from one switch directly to one of my router's ports via Cat6.
  • I moved from a Windows VM Channels Server to Ubuntu Channels Server.
  • I restored my Shield back to factory defaults.
  • Reinstalled Channels and left hardware configuration options at defaults.

But there is no change in problem. Everything is nice and smooth for awhile and then suddenly I get random stuttering.
When I switch over to the Sling TV app on Shield I don't get any stuttering from the same live TV show.

Diagnostics from the client app are needed, immediately after the issue occurs.

Under Settings > Support in the app

Thank you, I just submitted them! The client didn't give me a code # like the server did.
During this playback episode, I noticed the stuttering occur ~15 minutes into playback.

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Is there any improvement with Settings > Playback > Advanced > Surround Sound: Off

Unfortunately, there was no change in the issue after I disabled Surround Sound.
I wasn't watching as closely this time but once again it seems the stuttering started somewhere around the 15 minute mark.
Submitted diagnostics again just in case you need them.
Thanks!

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Were you folks able to find anything interesting in the logs?

Unfortunately not, there's nothing unexpected in the logs.

It could be related to some shield settings like AI Upscaling