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renojim's avatar
renojim
Community Streaming Expert
14 years ago

Video issue

I don't know if it's specific to 3.0 firmware, but I never noticed it before. Most of the time when I start a new video, I get about a second or two of whatever video I was previously watching morphing very pixelated into the new video. It happens across channels and across live/archived videos. I also see it sometimes when using the Replay button.

Anyone else? Does it happen on 2.9 firmware?

-JT
Roku Developer Program

7 Replies

  • RokuKevin's avatar
    RokuKevin
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    This happens on v2.9 as well as v3.0. It occurs when you video does not start on an I-Frame.

    --Kevin
  • KeelinJ's avatar
    KeelinJ
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Is there a way to fix this other than re-encoding your video to start on an I-frame?

    I'm getting this in my app also, and re-encoding is not an option.


    Thanks,
    -Keelin
  • destruk's avatar
    destruk
    Streaming Star
    14 years ago
    You could probably set the playstart of the video to a set frame number (rather than second position) in a future firmware update.
  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert
    14 years ago
    Another question I have is what about the Replay button? Since that button is entirely handled by the firmware, Is there anything that can be done to avoid this issue?

    -JT
  • RokuKevin's avatar
    RokuKevin
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    The replay button searches back for an I-frame, so this issue does not occur when the replay button is pressed.

    --Kevin
  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert
    14 years ago
    I beg to differ. I've seen it happen many times using the Replay button with the 3.0 firmware.

    -JT