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Broken/Stuttery Playback on ChromecastTV 4k Due to Hardware Overlays #773

Open fgaleko opened 2 months ago

fgaleko commented 2 months ago

Describe the bug By default, Stremio playback on Chromecast with GoogleTV 4K is stuttery with a lot of dropped frames. The solution is to go into developer mode and click on "Disable HW Overlays".

https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options#:~:text=ES%202.0%20apps.-,Disable%20HW%20overlays,-%3A%20Disables%20the

The issue is that with this device, the setting doesn't stay on and gets reset every time your turn it off, making a trip deep into the settings a part of the startup ritual, which is just stupid. For 99% of users who don't care to find out about this issue on this device, Stremio app is unwatchable because of the stutters.

Why doesn't Stremio play along with HW overlays? All other streaming apps work fine.

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