Camera panning not smooth

[Petrolsmasher]

This really bugs me and i cant figure out the issue.

When watching netflix on my fire stick 2nd gen the camera panning scenes always juddered.

I have now upgraded to a fire tv 4k stick and the scenes are a lot better but there is still some slight juddering on camera panning scenes.

When i watched netflix on another tv when i stayed away 2 months ago it was so smooth, there was no juddering at all it was amazing to watch. I dont know if the netflix app was built into the tele, dont know if this would improve it.

What could be the issue?

[MikeyC]

OK, just to point out I don't use NF or have a Fire TV stick...
I do use a WD Live TV & an Alfawise media player and they do suffer judder

For me, juddering invariably occurs when the source video frame-rate is different from what the playback device (Fire TV) frame-rate is set to

eg: If it's a US show, then the video is invariably 60Hz, so it's best to set the frame-rate the same on hardware (Fire TV stick).
The TV needs to be able to accept these different frame rates, but nowadays most TVs are multi-sync & don't have a problem
Changing this usually stops the judder for me
For films (and sometimes other shows) I try 24p, fixed a judder I had last night watching something

The resolution isn't particularly important ie, if video is 720p, then having the hardware outputing 1080p won't be a problem

Best to experiment
HTH

[Petrolsmasher]

MikeyC said:

OK, just to point out I don't use NF or have a Fire TV stick...
I do use a WD Live TV & an Alfawise media player and they do suffer judder

For me, juddering invariably occurs when the source video frame-rate is different from what the playback device (Fire TV) frame-rate is set to

eg: If it's a US show, then the video is invariably 60Hz, so it's best to set the frame-rate the same on hardware (Fire TV stick).
The TV needs to be able to accept these different frame rates, but nowadays most TVs are multi-sync & don't have a problem
Changing this usually stops the judder for me
For films (and sometimes other shows) I try 24p, fixed a judder I had last night watching something

The resolution isn't particularly important ie, if video is 720p, then having the hardware outputing 1080p won't be a problem

Best to experiment
HTH

theres a setting on the new stick where it can match the source fps, isent helping still, its not horrendous just could be a lot smoother.

My tv is modern and was marketed at something stupid like 400hz refresh rate.

[TX1]

Is your internet speed or WiFi up to scratch ?

[Petrolsmasher]

TX1 said:

Is your internet speed or WiFi up to scratch ?

yep 40mbps a second constant wifi never an issue, to be honest ive changed the display settings to 60hz on the new fire stick, looks a lot smoother now, wonder if its hardware limitations in the last fire stick.

[TX1]

Seems like it is a common problem, have a look at this link as might help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF2g8s7AmQ8

[Petrolsmasher]

TX1 said:

Seems like it is a common problem, have a look at this link as might help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF2g8s7AmQ8

cheers for the link, 24fps only gives me a lower resolution unfortunately though so i think i will make do.

[TX1]

Yes sometimes cannot win, had a similar problem when streaming from my Nas drive to my tv which is in another room.
One day it was great and the next day the panning and juddering was terrible, fortunately for me it was the crap virgin wifi so got a Netgear powerline kit and now all is fine.

[ecsrobin]

What TV is it? This could be caused by the settings like noise reduction or eco settings.