Follow up. Yesterday I also tested Altered.Carbon.S02E01.2160p.NF.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x265-NTb (6.09GB) again with similar issues - pixellation/artifacting in the video at the exact same parts as all the other versions.
After finding this thread, today I tried disabling Direct Play on my TV (leaving Direct Stream enabled), and it now appears to have solved the issue, but why?
This is now what the local server is showing when playing back the above file:
Could it be that with Direct Play on, it’s attempting to Direct Play the EAC3 5.1 but that isn’t actually supported by the TV and it’s causing glitching? (also keeping in mine that Emby is glitching too). EDIT: Actually I find it hard to believe that the TV doesn’t support EAC3/Dolby Digital Plus.
As of yet, I’ve not tried playing the file back from a USB device plugged directly into the Smart Hub.
My remote server has enough CPU grunt to handle this without issue (and support the users I share with). My local server (Intel Core i5 4460) I’m a touch more concerned about as to whether it’ll stream without buffering for an entire movie.
