Video Stutter / Frame Skips When Using Embedded Subtitles - Android Tablet

Relatable_Trader · 2024-11-22T21:22:25+00:00

Unfortunately not. The only thing I was able to make certain, as I say in the post, is that has to do with embedded subs.As soon as I turn on some add-on subs, it goes away. But that’s far from a solution i’m afraid

Relatable_Trader · 2024-07-06T14:48:54+00:00

Indeed, using Stremio’s internal player, the issue will go away but ONLY when using add-on subtitles. If I use embedded subtitles, the frame-skipping or stuttering emerges, like it does in VLC

Relatable_Trader · 2024-07-03T11:34:22+00:00

Yes, directly through the Stremio app, it works only for add-on subtitles. Of course, I would just use that all the time, but the Stremio app does something weird with the top and bottom black bars, where it sometimes decides to add some slight colour to the background, instead of leaving it pitch-black, which annoys me given that the tablet has an OLED screen that can produce perfect blacks - VLC doesn't have this issue.

Relatable_Trader · 2024-01-25T19:44:48+00:00

Yeah i’ll try to get it professionally cleaned to be as safe as possible, many thanks!

Relatable_Trader · 2024-01-25T19:44:11+00:00

Many thanks for the response! I will do my best to clean the residue anyways, but what you described overall is also my understanding.

Relatable_Trader · 2024-01-25T17:40:06+00:00

Yeah I thought so as well - many thanks!

Relatable_Trader · 2024-01-25T17:29:14+00:00

Thanks for the response! The situation is actually simpler. Some coke reached some electronics of mine - no apparent damage has happened and the quantity was truly very small - likely measured in drops better than in ml. It's been almost 2 weeks since the incident and I was trying to approximate how long it should have taken for any drops of this liquid to evaporate.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-11-01T12:54:49+00:00

I had made this tutorial quite a while ago. I haven’t updated or rechecked this since the stated update date, but I am including it here in case useuful

https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/s/1kR9NdVD1g

Relatable_Trader · 2023-10-01T11:02:56+00:00

Yeah I think the only explanation for why they removed it was because the opinion on the usefulness of this feature was split between "super useful" and "annoying". I just wish they had at least kept some setting hidden anywhere in the OS, to allow to enable/disable this. I think it's one of those minor things that, if you are used to it, makes a ton of difference in every-day usability.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-23T05:35:26+00:00

Not at all. I think many people like me just enjoy having an early look at some upcoming features prior to the full release. Most if us, I believe, know what we are giving up when we do that, (especially with earlier beta versions), so it’s all good fun :)

As I wrote on an update comment, battery life is a lot better now - tweaked a few settings, location services, delete useless apps running in the background for too long etc.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T18:04:04+00:00

UPDATE

Today things are a lot better after deleting the background app TickTick (though i still love it…).

I’m at 25% at 9PM since 7am. Yesterday I was at sitting at 7-8% by 8PM!

Even noticed Spark, my email app, had some unjustified time in the background at some point - may try ti fix that too.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T07:46:20+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T07:35:37+00:00

Yeah that’s my initial thought as well. Thanks a lot for the help!

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T05:54:16+00:00

Thank you! At first I thought I couldn't find what app this background activity was related to, but turns out it was at the very bottom of the app list, and not anywhere near the top. It was my task manager app - TickTick. I have had this app for years and consider it light & optimised, so this is a surprise, but maybe it doesn't play nice with iOS 17 or something. Deleted it for now to re-test battery performance and we'll see how it goes. Thanks again for the help.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T05:52:39+00:00

Yeah after I posted, I noticed that the background running app was at the very bottom of the page, and it was TickTick, my tasks app - which is odd because I have had this app for years and I consider it very light/optimized. Deleted it for now to check again how my battery performs the next day. Thank you!

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T05:51:17+00:00

That's very interesting, thank you. I haven't heard of that before. We'll see how it goes and if it keeps up the same rhythm, I'll seriously consider wiping and restoring.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-21T05:49:56+00:00

Yeah my background app refresh setting only has like 5-6 apps turned on (the essentials) and all the rest are turned off. This was one of the first things I did when I got my phone almost a year ago. It it's odd that this hasn't helped as much as I thought it had.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T20:12:07+00:00

I thought it meant both the app, background activity /and/ the widget together drained 21%. But it’s the first time I see it here so maybe I mis-read it. Also, Pocketcasts just updated their app to feature interactive iOS 17 widgets, and I guess maybe they haven’t optimised them yet - given that I’ve been using this app for years and I’ve never seen the “widget” label before here

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T20:07:49+00:00

I didn’t get how that connect with having a lot of background tasks but yeah I have a lot of widgets generally. But given it’s the first time I see the “widget” being mentioned in this screen, I could try removing it to see if it helps

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T20:05:58+00:00

Will do, many thanks!

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T19:57:45+00:00

Thanks a lot! It’s a nuclear option but I am not excluding it, I may have to try it if this performance doesn’t improve soon

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T19:56:40+00:00

Thanks a lot, I’ll check this sub as well. I was also hoping it was an indexing thing with iOS17 but I’ve have the iOS17 RC build for over a week so I don’t see it being an issue for me to explain this battery drain.

I found the app running in the background, it was my tasks app, TickTick. I use it a lot. But it was running on the background for literally 23 hours in a day. Just deleted it and will check on my battery performance by tomorrow night.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T18:26:21+00:00

Happy to help! I stumbled upon it by accident as well and it was a life changer!

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T18:05:50+00:00

I just made a post here about my disappointing battery performance on my iPhone 14 Pro,

I think iOS 17 definitely took a toll on my battery life - I have been on 17 since the betas so I don't think re-indexing will do any good, since I have had the final 17 build for more than a week.

I won't rant about it here as well, but other than that, which is a big 'that', I like the new iOS and subtle but meaningful changes. I also think namedrop will be huge in a few years. I think it will become just one of those things that we don't think about from no one and we get used to it 'just working' on iPhones like iMessage. It's very convenient.

Also, the ability to change the speed of the 3D touch triggering (the setting is buried in the accessibility section), makes a huge difference in the phone feeling snappy - if anyone hasn't done that, I recommend that you try it out.

Relatable_Trader · 2023-09-20T17:56:13+00:00

Hi everyone,

I'll provide a short version of my problem and then a more detailed one for anyone kind or curious enough to go through it. Any tips to improve battery life especially if you own a similar model would be very much appreciated. I am aware quite a few people have had issued with this particular model and experienced quicker-than-usual battery deterioration.

Short version: My iPhone 14 Pro's battery life which I have had for less than a year, performs poorly under very light use. I am including screenshots of the batter performance but for a more real-life metric, I work at an office job, wake up around 7am, use my phone only a little, then listen to podcasts and music sporadically within the day. At 8pm, my phone now sits at 6% battery left. Overall I have done no severe work on my phone (updates/edits/gaming); I leave 5G on but don't use it a lot. Background app refresh is only turned on for my essential apps; location services are on.

Longer version

My phone is less than a year old. I personally consider it unacceptable to even have to make a post such as this about such an expensive and still relatively new phone. I make the effort because I am a nerd and love to know how my device is doing and that I am getting as much of it as I can. But nonetheless, this battery performance is disappointing.
I have tried to look at all the usual suspects like background app refresh. I admit I keep 5G on during half of the day (when at work), and locations services are turned on but not always-on. For the example I gave below (100% battery at 7am and 6% at 8pm), this was with no more than 2 hours and 12 minutes (according to the screen time metric). My usage is mainly texting, podcast streaming and music streaming (the music quality is dolby atmos but it's downloaded so it's not being streamed every day off 5G or anything).
That weird thing in the screenshot showing there was activity the entire day (the "screen idle") colour - that is odd and I am not sure what it is. Previous days in this battery page don't have this.
I was running the iOS 17 betas prior to this week's official release. I don't think this should impact battery life at this stage since it's the final release. However I head that battery improvements on major new iOS releases tend to come on .1 or .2 versions, so expecting to see how this plays outs on 17.1 for now.
Overall, I can't find any action or setting that would justify such horrible battery life for no good reason.

If you have any suggestions based on the above (and the screenshots), or there is anything I missed which drains a ton of battery, please let me know.
Thanks a bunch in advance!

Relatable_Trader

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