I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
I don't have any major issues but I don't use Netflix much. Sound is in sync and I don't see any frame drops after about 30 seconds of playback. I was watching The Avengers and noticed a green flicker sometimes but that's it.
I have the exact same problems, the sound is slight un-synced and the video quality is not that good at all, i love Sony, but i really am disappointed about this.
I didn't even notice it because I throw my Netflix onto my TV, but I just checked and the sound is definitely not synced up. No dropped frames here, but it's almost unwatchable with how off the sound is.
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I also installed the directv app to stream live channels, and I am still getting the exact same problem.
Netflix works great on my xperia tablet z 321, no issues at all. I use Meow ROM and kernel on my tablet. Make sure you back up DRM keys before unlocking boot loader. Only issue with this 4.3 jb ROM is video cam record is broken, still takes pics fine. I prefer using my gs4 for video record anyways. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, babby!:cyclops:
30Seconds said:
I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
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I have had no issues with Netflix on this tablet, even with stock rom. I haven't noticed any sync problems or bad image quality (except maybe the first 30 seconds). Haven't mattered whether I used 3g/4g or WiFi.
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30Seconds said:
I have had a great experience with my new Xperia Z1 phone and wanted the Sony tablet as I love the form factor. My primary use is to watch video and do a few emails.
I'm pretty disappointed to find that Netflix works extremely poorly on this tablet and has constant issues with sound sync and dropped frames during playback. We have literally tried everything to improve it including a repair through PC Companion but nothing helps. It may be a wi-fi issue specific to this tablet and I am looking at that today, but it doesn't seem like something we can fix. We have a Nexus 7 and a few phones here and they all work just fine.
Does anyone have flawless Netflix playback on this tablet?
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Mine is running fantastic. I just received my Z a few days ago and absolutely love it!
Still on 4.1 though.
I am experiencing exactly the same problem. I wonder is it something to do with the Bravia Engine being enforced which is causing the delay whilst it performs extra processing on the image? Is there a way to turn this off? It's the only issue I have with this tablet as it is otherwise absolutely fantastic. I also use Plex and Qloud Media Player to stream from my PC and I don't get any lip sync issues with this. Netflix is unwatchable on the Tablet Z.
Just got my Xperia Z Tablet yesterday, and immediately noticed this issue. Came here and I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed to see that others have the same problem. At least I'm not crazy, but neither does it seem like something I can just return my unit over and get one that works.
I had the same thought about the Bravia Engine and you can turn that off in display settings, but it didn't seem to do anything for me. I also tried turning off all sound processing; nothing works, still out of sync.
Very disappointing as Netflix is one of the big things I use a tablet for.
Yeah it didn't work for me neither. Very disappointing. We should expect this to be repaired with the next Tablet Z up yet but that is for certain. This is the only issue I have with the tablet
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I stream netflix on my tablet almost everyday and its perfect, no issues here
Running Stock 4.3
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Just upgraded to 4.3... no change.
I wonder if this is something some people just don't notice. I wouldn't say it makes Netflix unwatchable like some others, but to me it's definitely noticeable. It's about a 50ms delay between the picture and sound. Ironically my Xoom plays Netflix better than the Xperia Z.
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Just upgraded to 4.3... no change.
I wonder if this is something some people just don't notice. I wouldn't say it makes Netflix unwatchable like some others, but to me it's definitely noticeable. It's about a 50ms delay between the picture and sound. Ironically my Xoom plays Netflix better than the Xperia Z.
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Trust me, if those things were happening to me i WOULD notice, specially audio sync issues
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negrobembon said:
Trust me, if those things were happening to me i WOULD notice, specially audio sync issues
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That makes me wonder if I should try exchanging mine. You're running totally stock 4.3? I have not rooted or made any other changes to mine, just installed a few other apps that I normally install. It seems really weird that only this one app would be affected, but I guess if not everyone has this problem, it could be a batch of defective audio chips or something. The strange thing is the audio is actually *late* on mine, so it's not the picture lagging, it's the audio.
Is anyone else running totally stock 4.3 that has *no* sync issues in Netflix? Perfect sync?
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That makes me wonder if I should try exchanging mine. You're running totally stock 4.3? I have not rooted or made any other changes to mine, just installed a few other apps that I normally install. It seems really weird that only this one app would be affected, but I guess if not everyone has this problem, it could be a batch of defective audio chips or something. The strange thing is the audio is actually *late* on mine, so it's not the picture lagging, it's the audio.
Is anyone else running totally stock 4.3 that has *no* sync issues in Netflix? Perfect sync?
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Yeah mine is totally stock completely unmodded, perfect netflix sync, no late audio, i just used it for an hour an i had no issues
Though im curious, does locking the device mid video and then unlocking it trigger the delay? It hasnt happened on netflix but sometimes when im watching anime using MX player and i lock the device while its playing and then unlock it the audio starts to lag but it fixes itself by rewinding the video a bit
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Mine is really noticeable. I'd estimate it's about 300ms out. Totally ruins watching Netflix. Plex works perfectly however
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Though im curious, does locking the device mid video and then unlocking it trigger the delay?
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No, it's just always there. I've tried starting and restarting Netflix in a bunch of different ways, including booting clean, waiting until everything's finished loading and then starting it up; closing down every single running service and then starting it; starting a video, backing out and then resuming it; starting a video and scrubbing to different points; pausing and then resuming; killing the Netflix process and then restarting Netflix; alternately turning on and off every single audio and video processing feature (by which I learned that the Bravia engine actually makes the PQ worse, but that's another issue); I mean no matter what I do, it's still out of sync. And it is the only video app that is. YouTube, Play Movies, the Sony Movies app, MX Player, etc. all play fine. It's just Netflix. It's bizarre.
I am seriously thinking about returning mine and just trying another one. (Problem is I always seem to buy tablets right before going on trips, and I need it.) Since *some* people seem to have good playback, and absolutely none of the reviews I've seen have mentioned this, I really wonder if there's not some weird defect with the ones that are affected by this problem. But it's just really strange that it's only in this one app. OTOH, it definitely does not happen on any other Android tablet I've used, so it seems like a tablet problem rather than a Netflix problem.
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No, it's just always there. I've tried starting and restarting Netflix in a bunch of different ways, including booting clean, waiting until everything's finished loading and then starting it up; closing down every single running service and then starting it; starting a video, backing out and then resuming it; starting a video and scrubbing to different points; pausing and then resuming; killing the Netflix process and then restarting Netflix; alternately turning on and off every single audio and video processing feature (by which I learned that the Bravia engine actually makes the PQ worse, but that's another issue); I mean no matter what I do, it's still out of sync. And it is the only video app that is. YouTube, Play Movies, the Sony Movies app, MX Player, etc. all play fine. It's just Netflix. It's bizarre.
I am seriously thinking about returning mine and just trying another one. (Problem is I always seem to buy tablets right before going on trips, and I need it.) Since *some* people seem to have good playback, and absolutely none of the reviews I've seen have mentioned this, I really wonder if there's not some weird defect with the ones that are affected by this problem. But it's just really strange that it's only in this one app. OTOH, it definitely does not happen on any other Android tablet I've used, so it seems like a tablet problem rather than a Netflix problem.
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Maybe its a problem with the netflix app itself? Maybe its conflicting with some of your settings or something and that's why only some users have the issue
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negrobembon said:
Maybe its a problem with the netflix app itself? Maybe its conflicting with some of your settings or something and that's why only some users have the issue
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Well, I just did a factory restore and the first thing I did was run Netflix, totally clean system. Same result - out of sync. This thing is going back to Best Buy. If the next one is the same, well, then I've gotta decide what to do... my Xoom plays Netflix better than this and it also gives me live TV (which the XTZ doesn't)...
Hey, I purchased a Sony z2 tab the other day and noticed it was on the early firmware so I updated it to the. 69
It'd an LTE model, and it All seems to work perfectly except for one or two things.
Netflix, for some reason the audio and the video is badly out of sync by about a second, which makes it pretty unwatchable.
And when I watch movies I downloaded on the video app it has the occasional video stutter also making it difficult to watch.
Any idea what the problem could be and how it could be fixed.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks
xX_o2_Xx said:
Hey, I purchased a Sony z2 tab the other day and noticed it was on the early firmware so I updated it to the. 69
It'd an LTE model, and it All seems to work perfectly except for one or two things.
Netflix, for some reason the audio and the video is badly out of sync by about a second, which makes it pretty unwatchable.
And when I watch movies I downloaded on the video app it has the occasional video stutter also making it difficult to watch.
Any idea what the problem could be and how it could be fixed.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks
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I have audio delay issues in Worms which I've seen other people have too so it's likely that if I tried Netflix I would find it there aswell.
Rooted mine as soon as I got it and I'm willing to experiment with it due to its age. It also developed some dead spots for which I've never seen an actual fix, so regardless I have to turn it upside down (U button up) to use navigation on screen "buttons."
Any recommendations on trying a new ROM (that is worth the effort) or other mods that will make this increasingly slow and stuttering devide worth toting around? I am on:
11-20141112 - SNAPSHOT- M12-acclaim
Kernel 3.0.72
Android 4.4.4
I was recently given an 8Gb Nook Tablet, and I finally got that very same Rom you are using onto mine. So far I have had very poor luck with the tablet. I have tried playing Elune Saga, Starwars Commander, and WWE Supercard. The first two will not load all the way into the game before crashing. Supercard will run really slow and crash within a few minutes. I understand these games are new and this tablet is old. Is this tablet simply not capable of playing these games?
Hi everybody, i've got a xiaomi redmi note 4 snapdragon 4/64 gb. Around 1 week ago has start to get slower in navigation, i've found lags in the settings menu and the whole phone is full of little lags never seened before, at the start has always had an impressive quickness. I was thinking that shoulded be the update to miui 9 done few days before, i've tried to downgrade, downloading the package from the miui website miui 8.5.8 snap and doing every necessary step (wiping) but nothing has changed. At the end i've remembered that the phone has falled from 40-50 cm one time, and the sim slot has pop out few millimeters from the case, but my note have a silicon cover and the sim slot has came back on its own place without problems. I've update again to miui 9 using ota, and casually playing a movie on vlc player the app has told me "hardware accelation rendering problem, switch to software rendering" before to start, and after the mkv movie was playing slowly and lagging. Then i ve downloaded 3d marks and here the surprise, with slingshot extreme test looks like a slowmotion movie with heavy lags, obviously not normal on a phone like this. I ve tried other gpu test and always the same response, with StabilyTest on cpu/gpu test goes slow with low details settings as well. Just to know, for few times has pop up with no reason the volume adjust and the google search in the meanwhile that i was watching a video, this happens for an half an hour and has never done it other times. What problem can be??? Can the hardware acceleration disabled for a problem in the update or after falling, and it is just working the software acceleration?? I was thinking to install a recovery mode and install another rom or flash the official rom just to see if the problem is hardware or software. The phone have the warranty. Please help me, or just explain me how this hardware/software acceleration works. Thanks a lot guys !!!
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