Any and all videos keep stuttering and pausing repeatedly.

[zhiznnagi]

I use Scorpio player every day on Xbox One to watch and listen to the news shows I record. Today, for no reason (I did nothing different), I noticed the news I was listening to was stuttering and was harder to understand voices. I saw that the pause/play button on the main hub was repeatedly pausing and playing (I'll provide a video of the issue). I tried different videos on Scorpio, same thing. I tried Scorpio and Scorpio X, same thing. I tried restarting the Xbox (hard restart), same problem. I tried reinstalling both Scorpio Player and Scorpio X, same problem. I tried disconnecting all controllers, still same problem. I tried the videos with another video player on my PC and on my Xbox (Files&Folders Lite) and the videos worked fine as normal, so the problem is only with Scorpio and Scorpio X.

video I made of the issue, I point at the pause/play button (but no sound to hear the stuttering, unfortunately)

https://github.com/ScorpioPlayer/Feedback/assets/107817449/7eb298d3-4192-4b43-ade2-b5f4db786569

[bosxixi]

Is the file playing through the network? If so, which protocol are you using? Try playing the file from the local file system instead.

I saw the video you provided. Did you change the playback rate to 2X? Does it stutter at 1X as well?

Things to try:

• Make sure the EQ is not enabled for audio by checking the context menu => Sound => EQ set to None
• Switch the FFmpeg version to 3.x or 5.x from the context menu => Settings => Advance => FFmpeg Version
• Try switching to Use System Decoder from the button you used to change the playback rate

[zhiznnagi]

No I wasn't playing through a network. I was running a file off of an HDD like I always have for years now without this issue.

And you can see before I switch to 2X, the pause/play button already is flickering, so it does stutter at 1X, I only switched to 2X to show the problem more clearly. I actually watch the news at 2X so it matters to me that the problem is worse at 2X.

EQ was set to none, and I tried FFmpeg 5.x and that didn't help...

but I think switching to Use System Decoder actually fixed the problem! I don't understand why this happened now after I never had this issue for years, but this somehow fixed the problem I think. I'll let you know if it goes bad again. Thank you. But unfortunately, I have to manually select this option every time I start a video in order to be able to watch the video properly now.

But I do have another new problem, sorry. I can't play certain files, usually MKV. See the attached image for the error message:

[bosxixi]

Hello, I have a solution for this, but it is a kind of workaround. You can use Game Mode in Xbox to access 5GB of memory and 4 exclusive and 2 shared CPU cores. This might help with the situation.

https://blog.scorpioplayer.com/blog/scorpio-player-on-xbox-series-sx-game-mode/

[zhiznnagi]

I use an Xbox One, not an Xbox Series S or X, but thanks for the suggestion anyways. Since I couldn't find an acceptable solution for the stuttering playback problem on my Xbox One, instead I use Scorpio X on my PC (laptop) and hook it up to my TV through HDMI. But I have other problems now...

Issue 1: I mentioned in my previous comment with the screenshot. I get an error message when I play certain files (usually MKV), it says

"The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)"

Issue 2: Since the last Scorpio Player update, I found that I can no longer increase or decrease playback rate with + or - keys anymore. I used that function a lot every day, so this has been a big problem for me. I tried to change hotkeys but I found that hotkeys can't be changed?

I also want to change the hotkey for Play/Pause, because when I use the Space button, it always causes a highlighted option on the menu bar (the last button I left-clicked with the cursor) to get pressed at the same time (so when I press space bar, it pauses or plays the video, but then if [skip forward] button is highlighted on the menu bar, it skips forward and pauses/plays at the same time). When I press the hotkey on my keyboard for pause/play I want it to always only pause or play, not do something else by mistake too.

Thanks for continuing to update and make Scorpio better. I think it can be the best and most flawless video player ever if issues continue to get resolved. Thank you for finally fixing the URL files issue.

[bosxixi]

Thanks for the feedbacks, I will look into it.

A quick note about the game mode:

It is actually available for Xbox One as well, but there are some disadvantages:

• You need to register for a Microsoft Partner Center Developer Account (which may cost 20$).
• You need to restart the Xbox and use the DevKit app to enter dev mode. In this mode, you cannot play video games.
• Exit Dev Mode and restart the Console to play video game.

However, there are also some advantages:

• Game Mode in Xbox allows you to access 5GB of memory and 4 exclusive and 2 shared CPU cores.
• I have tried to play 4K HDR 60+GB video and it was really quick and stable.
• The app is much more stable in Game Mode because the memory is no longer limited to 1 GB and the CPU usage is not shared with other apps and system.

You can refer to the flycast app, which also does this.

flycast app

And for how to get a Developer account and activate Game Mode, there are plenty of tutorials and videos if you search “xbox one how to activate dev mode” on Google or Bing.

[zhiznnagi]

Thanks, I will look into flycast and see if I can use that to help me.

Please get back to me about other issues, thanks.

[bosxixi]

2.10.1216.0/70 released fixed playback rate hotkey issue fixed space key pause/play focus on other buttons issue