Current State of Frame Rate Matching in Android TV 12 Actually Tested!

by jwort93

Picked up a CCwGTV HD today because my curiosity got the best of me and I wanted to put it through its paces as the only retail Android TV 12 device at the moment.

First with the bad news. As expected, none of the major streaming apps that I tested (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Apple TV+) support the frame rate matching feature on Android TV 12 yet. It will require updates on their end, and I can't say I'm too optimistic that they will come very quickly.

On to the good news however, the feature is already working on Kodi and semi-working on Plex! For some reason videos never actually played on Plex, they just spun forever after the refresh rate switched, but I'm sure that will be resolved soon enough. There are no issues with automatic frame rate matching in Kodi.

It looks like they didn't half-ass the feature either, as it supports both integer and fractional frame rates. I personally tested content at 23.976fps, 24.000fps and 30.000fps and all played back at the correct frame rates as confirmed by reading the output on my HDFury Vertex 2 ( see some screenshots here ). Furthermore, Kodi reported all the correct refresh rates as available options in its setting (23.976Hz, 24Hz, 29.97Hz, 30Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz and 60Hz), so I have no doubt that all content will play back correctly.

Last but not least, with regard to resolution/frame rate options manually selectable via the Android TV System UI, the following show as available: 1080p 60Hz, 1080p 50Hz, 1080p 24Hz, 720 60Hz, 720p 50Hz, 576p 50Hz, 480p 60Hz. While the UI shows them as integer rates, I can confirm that in the case of 60Hz, and 24Hz, when you choose them via the system settings, they are actually fractional rates, I.E. 59.94Hz and 23.976Hz respectively.

If anyone has any questions, just let me know!

ISaidGoodDey

I could've sworn Plex and Kodi supported frame rate switching on Android 11 already but I could be wrong

Dagz1

Great. Now Google needs to update CCwGTV 4k...this fix/improvement is long overdue. There is no reason they haven't pushed it yet as this fix should have come long ago.

lionn016

That endless throbber after a refresh rate switch in Plex was previously an issue with my Mi TV Stick (FHD) but has been resolved through a system update. Hopefully, ATV 12 will make any other device beside the Mi Box/Stick and Nvidia Shield a decent option for home theater.

latinriky78

Did you use the seamless or non-seamless option.

Fr3shRadish

Out of curiosity, do you know which of those major streaming services support match frame rate on apple tv?

Fire sticks and Roku have had frame rate matching for awhile, but most services don't support the feature. If the services support it on apple at least there's hope this feature might eventually get implemented on the Google counterparts.

theothernt

I make a free video screensaver for Android TV, would it be ok if I suggested a couple of things to try? (as I don't have the hardware myself to test)

b3nzu

For me, settings only show 1080p60/50, 720p50. Might be the AVR not communicating all the possible display modes.

looun
  1. Kodi and Plex use API "Display.Mode"(Android 6.0) not androiid tv 12 "Frame Rate Matching" ,they have internal developer for Match Frame Rate
  2. like apple tv app need be update to use new API Frame Rate Matching :a) app must call API only when playback movie , not when start trailer/preview

b) app must be support 23,976/24... fps internal decoding

Netflix version 8.3.4 should the first app to support Frame Rate Matching
https://www.aftvnews.com/netflix-finally-adds-frame-rate-matching-for-amazon-fire-tvs-and-fire-tv-sticks/

latinriky78

Can you please do me a favor?

Please try to find the Google Play Movies and TV app, if you find it, try to uninstall it, not the updates but the whole app instead the way you would do with any other app.

If you can't find it let me know anyway.

Thanks.

kamil950

So you can't choose manually 24.000hz (only 23.976Hz)? Is it correct?

anonymostest

Are you able to play HDR content at 23.976fps? Like some others said, frame rate switching was working for me on Kodi prior to Android 12. I've now made the unfortunate discovery that the switch to Android 12 was actually a downgrade for Kodi -- 24fps files no longer play in HDR when the frame rate has switched. If I leave frame rate switching off, the file plays in HDR (but at 60fps).

Are you observing this behavior on your device as well?