r/GoogleTV

When I play a DVD remux MKV with my Google TV Streamer and fast-forward the video, the Google TV Streamer completely shuts off and reboots.

I have a UGREEN Revodok Pro 100W PD hub connected, with the MKV on a SanDisk USB 3.0 drive.

At first, I thought it was because of the power, that it was browning out because the plug that came with it didn't supply enough power for both the Streamer and the hub.
So I bought a 30W power adapter and a 100W USB-C cable, but it still happens.

When I play the file with VLC - HW Decoder and fast-forward with the remote, not the slider, the Streamer reboots.
With SW Decoder, it plays and fast-forwards like it should, but the image isn't great.
Just Player and Next Player also reboot.
Kodi and Nova Player both play fine.

So when playing the MKV normally, every player plays it.
Only when fast-forwarding with the forward button on the remote, and after 5–10 seconds of holding it, the Streamer reboots.

I also tried copying the file to the internal storage of the Streamer, and it's still the same; it reboots.
I also tried different files, and they all have the same result.

Kodi is very heavy for my simple use, and I would like to use Next Player because of its simple navigation.

Does anyone know why this happens?
Is the RAM full and the Streamer reboots?

Hi

I have the Hisense 75M7SG that has Google TV on it. I noticed that Disney+ is weird. First, I don't know if it is just me but the picture does not seem smooth.

Second, I don't know if it is because I am on the ad version. I say if I am watching a show that is 20 mins long, the first couple of ads will go fine, but near the end of the show, and what I suspect is the last set of ads, the screen goes dark and there is no sound.

I can sit there and wait a few minutes and still be black, If I "skip" ahead, I will see the show seems to have continued playing, but like I say, I just see a dark screen.

If I try to "skip back," it goes weird and does not play properly. I have to skip like 10 seconds past the "dark" spot, and I will see a picture, and then like 20 seconds later, sound will return.

Been on multiple shows like this. I have the latest version of Disney+ and of the TV. This does not happen on Amazon Prime or Netflix.

I've been using a NTFS drive on my strong leap S3 Google TV box happily for over a year.

This week it now refuses to read any NTFS drive (fat32 works) these drives are reported in Google as "corrupt" and safely ejected as soon as read, these same devices are read fine I. Windows pc and TVs.

I was wondering if Google TV had a recent update and corrupted this? I tried to report it I get settings/help & feedback but that part just has a spinning icon now too.

So my android tv box that I've had for years stopped working so i ordered another and then everyone said no no no get the Onn and if be able to put all my apps on it. So I bought one.

Couldn't even get chrome on Google TV framework.

It picked and chose what apps i could have. (Yes i enabled unknown sources, opened developers options, turned off play protect.)

Needless to say I returned it.

If i wanted a walled garden of have just got apple or now fire TV.

Whatever happened to being able to put the TV and movie apps we want easily onto our android boxes?

Got 3, 2 for parents 1 for aunty

Dropping wifi at least once a day. I'll turn living room one on and be watcing nuvio and the wifi will drop out of nowhere and won't reconect have to futter with it turning wifi and box off ect

Kitchen one used mainly by my da is the same, today he turned it on and it was disconnected

All other devices work, phones, tablets, xbox, smart tvs, even the old firecube all connect to probs no issue

This is driving me mad

Can't watch HEVC videos on Nuvio, or use h265 encoding on webcams, etc.

Chromecast with Google TV 4K (sabrina), Android 14 build UTTC.250917.004 intermittently fails to register its Amlogic hardware Codec2 video decoders during boot.

On affected boots c2.amlogic.hevc.decoder, AVC and VP9 hardware decoders are missing and HEVC falls back to c2.android.hevc.decoder. The Codec2 HAL and IComponentStore remain running.

USB devices attached during boot greatly increase reproduction rate.

Same exact camera+keyboard+hub+140W PD configuration produced 2 GOOD / 3 BAD boots.

I posted the issue here with the full data dump: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/568850685

[Full disclosure, I posted this awhile ago on the TCL site with no replies. I found the answer myself actually, as shown in the first reply. Turns out it is a Google TV OS setting, so I'm dropping this here for future reference. Perhaps I'm (very) late to the show?]

I cannot, for the life of me, locate a setting on my Nxtvision A300 to change the duration of time before the Screensaver kicks in. This is a Google TV, not an Android. TCL's own website doesn't help.

Might someone else with this model be able to help me?

Thx