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Recommended video settings for SPMC and Fire TV
classicjazz edited this page Mar 1, 2017
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Updated as of SPMC 16.6
Because your content is limited to 1080p, your TV should be configured with limited range of RGB (16-235). You should be able to use both HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 ports though users have reported a few issues due to HDMI 1.4 devices.
| codec \ device | AFTV2 | AFTV1 | FireStick1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.263 | S | H | H |
| H.264 | H | H | H |
| H.265 | H | X | X |
| MPEG2 (SD) | S | S | S |
| MPEG2 (HD) | X | X | X |
| VC-1 (SD) | S | S | S |
| VC-1 (HD) | X | X | X |
Enable 'expert' in the settings menu. Then, make the following changes:
- adjust display refresh rate = on start / stop
- pause during refresh change = 3.0 seconds
- sync playback to display = off
- allow hardware acceleration - Mediacodec (Surface) = on
- allow hardware acceleration - Mediacodec = on
- accelerate MPEG4 = HD and up
- accelerate h264 = HD and up
- set GUI resolution limit = 1080
- vertical blank sync = always enabled
Finally, add the following lines to your advancedsettings.xml. The fanart and imageres elements are optional but enable higher quality jacket art and wallpapers, depending on your source images.
<advancedsettings>
<fanartres>1080</fanartres>
<imageres>1080</imageres>
</advancedsettings>
Videos > Playback > sync playback to display should always be set to off when using passthrough audio.
Refresh rate switching doesn't work if the AVR is HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 and the display is HDMI/HDCP 1.4.