The FireStick 4K has no Problem at all... but I like the FireTV cube for remoteless control of my equipment. The part I do not get is that it is only Channels DVR having problems on the Cube.
No its not just Channels for me. Cube absolutely sucks. All videos on Amazon Prime and other straming apps has audio sync issues for me. I can't play anything with mine.
On the bright Side I found a great tool "Developers Tools Menu" for firetv devices that is what showed me dropped frames etc.. Recommend it.
Well any tool does not fix the issue with audio being out of sync.
Just paired my Sound System with Firestick 4K will stick it no pun intended.
One thing to keep in mind is that Channels is one of the few solutions that doesn’t try to transcode everything. Especially for OTA content, it’s sending the complete stream untouched, and the client decodes it. This consumes more network bandwidth, and also taxes the client more, at least in some cases I believe. The benefit of this approach is great performance and quality, assuming the network and client are up to the task.
EMBY PLEX SageTV or HDHomeRun App do not transcode locally and they play just fine. So Channels is not the only one that does that.... oops forgot KODI with Channels DVR plays just fine also... on the FireTVCube.
As a matter of fact Channels uses less bandwidth then any of the above when watching livetv as it uses the local storage for its livetv buffer.
You’re correct about the hdhomerun app not transcoding. In my experience with Plex, it wanted to transcode everything. As far as channels bandwidth for OTA streaming, it should be exactly the same as hdhomerun, since both are sending the original Mpeg2 stream that broadcast stations use. That’s typically much higher bandwidth than other streaming services that use more modern codecs like h264
Well, after one day of using the cube and it working properly, I'm getting stuttering and out of sync audio again. There is something definitely going on with the stereo pair that is causing the issues. I'm not seeing this issue with Plex, Kodi, HDHomeRun, or Emby. Just Channels unfortunately. This is potentially a big deal breaker for me because I really can't change up my sound system.
Same Problem I have.... It must be the way Channels is rendering the Audio. I am considering other options at the moment.
have you guys heard any update on this? i am having the same issue with my dual echo studio(home theater)
any help would be much appreciated
Sadly no ... I have resorted to use KODI or EMBY to play back the recordings ... which have no problem with my ECHO Studios... It definitely is a Channels DVR problem but I guess no one cares. I have a years subscription ... but if it is not fixed I will have to stop using Channels DVR.
it is doing it for live programming for me also
Channels DVR is useless right now on the Cube with Echo Studios.
EMBY, PLex , SageTV , Hdhomerun APP and KODI all play fine no sync issues.
How does Channels behave when you switch to the software decoder?
Same it still drops frames
Look at the frame rate difference too.
You are correct it is a different frame rate ....
So why is the Channels app changing it?
Edit: Did you try the Beta?