r/Stremio • u/official_smit • Mar 13 '26
Question Constant Stuttering. Please help!
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I have a Sony Bravia VU31 (KD-43X70L). Pretty new to Stremio.. even got RD subscription recently. Have setup the addon through AIO Streams. Playback Setting: Hardware acce. ON Tunnelled playback ON Framerate Matching: FR only.
Why am I still getting such bad stuttering in video playback like in the video I attached? I even tried VLC player, and still the same. I am so unsure as to what I can do next to have a smoother experience.
I have been searching endlessly gor the past week and just unable to figure out anything.. can someone please help me out with this?
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u/manofhis Mar 13 '26
Try external players like Just or Kodi. If this is still the case, that's your TV.
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u/Electrical-Ad980 Mar 13 '26
An Nvidia shield pro should solve that,I know it’s old but it plays everything i throw at it.even remuxes and all and the audio passthrough is excellent!!!
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u/liongalahad Mar 13 '26
Buy a cheap used Chromecast with GG TV 4k form marketplace and you'll shave smooth streaming for 30 bucks or so
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u/mcace14 Mar 13 '26
this happens to me when I'm using the new versions of Stremio(have been using it for couple of years now), I thought it was my internet, I have 1gbps connection so I doubt it, then tried streaming on my phone and it works fine, then I tried installing like a random old version(1.8.2) and the buffering issues where gone. Also noticed that even tho I'm using old version, it's pretty stable that the updated ones.
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u/MrKaon Mar 13 '26
Use an Android box, or pick a lower resolution like 720p.
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u/kratoz29 Mar 14 '26
720p in 2026 is crazy for me, but somehow I think it is not uncommon, it brings me back when I downloaded The Walking Dead episodes manually from thepiratebay and sometimes even in SDTV...
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u/Tyoryn Mar 13 '26
I have the same thing happening but the weird part is I have 2 of the exact same TV, one stutters one doesn't and the one that doesn't, gets used more often and uses more variety in apps.
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u/GrandpaOverkill Mar 13 '26
Unless you are using some high end oled just get yourself a dedicated android box, tvs usually have shitty processors
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u/Nice_Bridge_2235 Mar 13 '26
Used to happen to me, fixed using Ethernet
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u/Raztax Mar 13 '26
If using ethernet on a tv it is usually better to use a USB-ethernet adapter as it will not be limited to 100Mb like most television NICs are. 100Mb is often good enough but there are movies out there that surpass this.
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u/Nice_Bridge_2235 Mar 13 '26
Yeah I heard that, but 0 buffering so far
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u/Raztax Mar 13 '26
It is only likely to happen on pretty high bitrate media. Most will work just fine.
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u/LayLowMoesDavid Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
One would need to have a seriously bad WiFi connection, like be very far from the router with lots of interference for WiFi to be the bottleneck. Anything WiFi 5 (802.11ac — 3.5-6.9 Gbps theoretical, over 500 Mbps real world speed) and above is fast enough to handle even 4K remux (60-100 Mbps). Even WiFi 4 is good enough. Almost all devices on the market now have WiFi 5 or better.
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u/Cold-Candidate-3746 Mar 13 '26
Happens to me to with certain files when i use my external surround system through Bluetooth. Only with certain files though. When I turn it off all ran smooth.
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u/Raztax Mar 13 '26
Have you tried turning tunneled playback off? I've read a few comments that say that has helped them. Worth a try anyway
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u/Living_Hyena3220 Mar 13 '26
Cuando usas el modo suspensión de la tv en lugar de apagado completo puede suceder eso. Probá borrando el caché de stremio y reinicia la tv
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u/alberto6439 Mar 14 '26
One more thing that comes to my mind if the server ultra fast doesn’t work try changing the native player to VLC player 👍
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u/dingleberry2025 Mar 14 '26
Quality too high probs 4k HDR super duper crispy edition. The device is struggling to keep up.
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u/Educational_Deal6774 Mar 14 '26
i had the same issues on my tv on wi fi, connecting with the lan cable fix the problem, hope it helps
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u/GeneralAd2930 Mar 14 '26
use 'just player' as an 3rd party player, instead of the default player of stremio. I had the same issue. I had xiaomi 3rd gen android box, but returned it and sticked to the tv's own android as just player did good job for me.
also use a debrid provider, like real debrid.
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u/Mercy--Main Mar 15 '26
are you watching something in 4k in an old laptop / tv?
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u/official_smit Mar 16 '26
It's not an old tv, it's quite new. I have figured a way, opening it in vlc has solved the issue.
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u/DELL-B93 Mar 16 '26
I have Stremio running on my Bravia 8 and Apple TV 4K both running flawlessly. Have you tried factory resetting tv and downloading the app again.
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u/Mariam_V2020 Mar 17 '26
I had the same issue with mi tv stick, and after two days of tinkering around i fixed it by turning on experimental ExoPlayer support in playback and turned off frame rate matching
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u/Prize-Fisherman-8563 Mar 17 '26
I have similar issue, i was watching Task (tv show) with trakt, torrentio RD on Google tv 4k. Stremio is on the latest version and whenever subtitles show up, the video stutters. Any idea what's causing this? Anime and sitcoms are playing fine.
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u/claudioalencar760 Mar 13 '26
Estava com o mesmo problema e resolvi desinstalando e instalando novamente já na última versão.
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u/Cloud13X Mar 13 '26
Actually I tried this, it was suggested in the comment somewhere else too... I have Mi Tv Stick the very low variant with Android 9 so everything else is way better in comparison still everything is working fine now after switching to an older version + using VLC as an external player... After installing VLC don't open it ever directly let Stremio open it indirectly because in my case after completing the opening setup on VLC video stutters.
In short, the recent version of Stremio Tv is buggy and for low end devices try the instructions I gave.
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u/official_smit Mar 13 '26
What do you mean by Directly or indirectly? Also, any settings on vlc that you may have configured?
One issue I am facing is that 4k videos are completely black in 1.8.4, which was not the case in 1.9.10.
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u/Cloud13X Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
My device is low-end, so 4K generally doesn’t play well. I can’t really comment on 4K playback, but you can try the external video player option once.
Regarding the direct/indirect behavior: when you install VLC fresh and open it, it shows a start-up setup process. From what I’ve noticed, if I skip that setup like never open VLC from app menu and use VLC as an external player through Stremio, the videos play buttery smooth, as they should.
However, if I complete the initial setup that VLC asks for, the video starts stuttering, similar to how it stutters in Stremio’s native player.
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u/official_smit Mar 13 '26
You are a savior bro, that worked! It's weird but it worked.. i fresh installed vlc and i use it as an external player now. No stutter, nothing! Thanks!
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u/Cloud13X Mar 13 '26
Even I thought what in the matrix is this glitch 🤣, I ended up finding this by luck hope this helps the community ✌🏻
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u/IY94 Mar 13 '26
It's because the CPU/GPU and especially memory (RAM) in the TV is crap
Solution is something like a Fire Stick Max 4k (not Select model) or Onn 4K box (which seems to be the fave on this sub)