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Hey thanks for reporting! We're just starting to dig into this.

Can you run

$ adb version

and also

$ which adb

$ adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
$ which adb
/usr/bin/adb

BTW - "adb kill-server" also does the job, so it's really the server restart, not "adb logcat" that kicks off logging in AS again.

Please provide the bugreport For us to further investigate this issue.

1 On your TV go into Settings, Device Row, Click on About. Tap "Build" seven (yes 7) times. Developer options will then appear in Settings.
2 Still on the TV, go into Developer Options, select Debugging, then enable "USB Debugging".
3 Grab your Android Phone with an @google account on it**. Install the Android TV Remote Control App on your phone.
4 Open the Android TV Remote Control App and connect to your Android TV.
5 Open the left drawer and select capture bug report.
6 About 20 seconds later, the bug report collection will finish.


Note: Please upload the files to google drive and share the folder to android-bugreport@google.com, then share the link here.

Hey Torsten, can you refresh my memory? You're using a Nexus 6 device, right?

No, Nexus7 (2013), Android build MMB29K dev-keys.

We got another report from an external dev posted in dup issue 36949180 :

confirming this bug
Nexus 4, Android 5.1.1, Android Studio on Windows 7

+Tom as this may be an internal plugin issue. I've gotten two external reports that they're seeing this behavior as well, so they may add their idea.log files to this bug, which I can use to see if they have any non-standard plugins installed as well.

BTW, there used to be a bug in the platform where clearing the log will cause it to stop producing logs anymore. IIRC, it was only present in 1 version of the platform, probably a couple of years ago.

I'd check if all these reports are from the same API level, and if so, also try this from the command line:

In one terminal:
$ adb logcat

From another terminal:
$ adb logcat -c

See if the first terminal continues showing logs after you do the clear from the 2nd one.

Siva, this may be critical, WDYT?

Already has fix, just need to merge.

It's merged;

We still need to merge into 2.2-release

CL is up for review to be cherry picked into 2.2

Triage: Madiyar has a CL for this, Esteban is reviewing.

Triage: This is a regression in an important workflow but fix is not ready.
Still not blocking Beta3 for this. Esteban is working on fix, will have by RC1.

Triage: Esteban: The fix should be landing today and we will test it today or Monday.

We have shared this with our engineering team and will update this issue with more information as it becomes available.

Triage: Fix checked in

Also still waiting for some reply.

I just updated my Sony ATV1 based TV to Nougat yesterday. YouTube app is still 2.02.08 and stuttering of 1440p60 and 2160p60 is still apparent. At least the web frontend of YouTube has changed so that you can select Quality again manually, enabling you to switch to 1080p.

Total shame that Google cannot get 2160p60 playing smoothly on those MediaTek based sets.

SmartYouTubeTV (which is based on the native YouTube 1.x app) plays 4K@60fps without a single frame drop or micro-judder. It can even do VP9.2 YouTube HDR on Sony Android TV. Why can't Google get the job done? This is a total embarassment. Still haven't heard a thing from Google. So this is how you treat your own platform? You should probably bury it. Bought an Apple TV 4K. Every app runs so much smoother and is so much better integrated with the OS...

I find it also sad that the google coworker doesn't even feel like answering, so i guess this "issue" is buried for good.

@google
TV-Model:         KD-65XE9005
TV-Firmware:    V6.2858
TV-Android:       7.0

App:                  Youtube (com.google.android.youtube.tv)
Version:             2.02.14

Retested and still micro-jitter present. Also another thing worth mentioning, the GUI is lagging terribly (almost unusable) while playing a 4k 60 FPS video. This is not the case with "SmartYOuTubeTV" app or even YouTube 1.x app.

Same problem here, using Sony KD-49XE9005, TV-Firmware 6.2858, TV-Android 7.0, YouTube App 2.02.14.

Very unimpressed, my old Panasonic running Firefox OS and the corresponding YouTube App worked perfectly.  Google, you can reproduce this with ANY 4k 60fps demo on YouTube.

Richard

@google
TV-Model:         KD-65XE9005
TV-Firmware:    V6.5603
TV-Android:       7.0

App:                  Youtube (com.google.android.youtube.tv)
Version:             2.02.14
System-App-Version has been updated to 2.02.08 (Meaning, now it's not even possible to go back to YouTube v1.x!)

Retested and still micro-jitter present. Also another thing worth mentioning, the GUI is lagging terribly (almost unusable) while playing a 4k 60 FPS video. This is not the case with YouTube 1.x app.

To anyone from @google, can you please get some update or a sign of life?????? Does anyone on here care for google products at all?

Congrats Google on the latest YouTube update. Video playback does not go above 720p60 anymore. App stats say that this is the 'Optimal Resolution'. Really Google?

@google
TV-Model:         KD-65XE9005
TV-Firmware:    V6.5603
TV-Android:       7.0

App:                  Youtube (com.google.android.youtube.tv)
Version:             2.03.06

While the 2.03.xx versions are a huge improvement, some micro-jitter is sadly still present while playing a 4k 60 FPS video. However the GUI is now usable and not lagging as much anymore, so good job on that.

In a direct comparison between 1.x and 2.03.06 the older version still performs way smoother, as it doesn't show any micro-jitter whatsoever.

To developers, please test with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4QzGeaaQ

Another major feature that is missing is HDR. Sadly on our TVs all videos are shown in SDR.

I guess nobody at google cares about YouTube experience on Android TV, sad story really.

It's been so long since this got reported. Sony released next FW: ATV2 FW 6.6510

YouTube 2.06.06 still does not run smoothly on 4k 60 FPS content. However Sony has fixed using the correct HDR-Profile/Settings.

Yes indeed. Despite YouTube's promising changelog of version 2.06.06, 2160p60 video still suffers from stuttering (frame dropping and jittering/micro-stuttering). Quad-core Cortex A53@1.1GHz still does not seem to be fast enough.

Wow! This issue hasn't been resolved since 2017.

Android TV is a huge disappointment. There are too many optimisation issue on this platform.

Just tried YouTube 2.07.02 on an ATV2 based (MediaTek MT5891 with quad ARM Cortex A53 @ 1.1GHz) BRAVIA XF90 (X900). 2160p60 still drops frames and ehibits frequent micro-stuttering. Looks like the problems will never get fixed.

My ISP is 120mbps which I do get according fast.com opened via VEWD browser on the BRAVIA. YouTube app nerd stats attest a bandwidth of around 70mbps to their servers. So that's plenty for YouTube 4K (2160p60).

Just bought a cheap LG UM7100 for my parents. Amazing how buttery smooth 2160p60 playback is on those sets. Why is app video playback such a problem on Android TV?

assignee changed due to member moving out of team.

I can confirm that YouTube 2.07.02 still drops frames / has microstuttering on 2160p60 content.

Can you @google guys at least leave us some "short" feedback? Is this ever going to be fixed? Are you planing to optimize the YouTube experience on your own Android TV platform for all those thousands of sold Sony ATV2 devices?

I also have massive performance issues with Youtube on my Philips 55PUS6581 with anything over 60 fps. Audio is fine but the framerate is all over the place.

I could try a recent Sony BRAVIA XG95 at a local MediaMarkt store. This TV is equipped with a MediaTek MT5893 with quad ARM Cortex A73@1.5GHz. While there is no frame dropping compared to MT5891 based BRAVIA XF90 (quad ARM Cortex A53@1.1GHz) when playing 2160p60 content while in parallel navigating the menu (down key while playing a video), both suffer from micro-stuttering in the same way which especially becomes obvious in panning shots. IMHO there is something wrong with the VSync handling. Dunno whether it is app or OS related. Many apps struggle with 2160p60 on Android TV. YouTube playback on a rather cheap LG UM7100 with webOS is perfectly fine!

Too sad that Google is not commenting on the matter anymore.

Below is the comment received from development team, kindly check and share your feedback:
"We have optimized quite a bit on media playback and network on Android TV. Can you please check on the latest build."

I use latest available YouTube app version 2.07.02. Yes, network and playback optimizations have been mentioned in the changelog. But it does not solve the frame-dropping while navigating menus and general micro-stuttering for 2160p60 video on Sony BRAVIA (especially those based on the MT5890/MT5891).

@google,

See https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/70065368#comment34

I've already reported that it didn't solve the issues completely.

I just installed new version 2.08.10. This version seems to decrease network throughput again. YouTube connection speed is only 20-30mbps according to nerd stats with playback never going higher than 1440p60. Internet/network speed (tested on fast.com via Vewd browser) on my BRAVIA is at about 140mbps (over 802.11ac).

Not sure whether Google will ever get their YouTube app for Android TV right. Real shame considering that YouTube and Android TV both belong to the same brand.

I am not sure why I was referred to this as my support request was regarding the first gen Chromecast which is not the same thing as Android TV?

The newly released 2.09.07 is the best YouTube2 version so far. It fixes the network throughput issue for me. Playback quickly rises to 2160p60 resolution, only occasionally exhibiting micro-stutters, probably depending on the running background tasks on the BRAVIA which is still quite bloated. 2160p60 content is at least watchable now, even though 2.09.07 is still not on par with the ancient YouTube1 app versions.

What is still a major disaster is playing 2160p60 via Chromecast. Hope this player can be brought to the same foundations as current YouTube (and maybe fix the last micro-stutters).

Thanks for the update, we have a made significant changes to improve the performance for YouTube 2.X. We are continuing to explore ways to improve performance of the app.

Nope, still a massive issue. Moving from "horrendous" to "just terrible" may be an improvement but it sure isn't "fixed"

August 2021. Sony Bravia. Youtube version 2.13.08. Still a huge problem, the only thing to fix it is to u install updates.

Date: 2023-08-23 01:23:37
Build: Sony/BRAVIA_ATV3_4K_EU/BRAVIA_ATV3_4K:9/PTT1.190515.001.S52/672101:user/release-keys
Serial number: 501517016020239

08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.sony.dtv.sonyselect, PID: 4806
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.sony.dtv.sonyselect.provider.LaunchAppInfoProvider: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCantOpenDatabaseException: unable to open database file (code 14 SQLITE_CANTOPEN): , while compiling: PRAGMA journal_mode
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6445)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5987)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5902)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:200)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1656)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
08-23 01:11:44.761 10125  4806  4806 E AndroidRuntime:  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)

i have this problem with youtube

I have the same problem with YouTube 4k 60 fps  on TCP 745 tv. (GoogleTV).  Stutters and micro-freezing.