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We can only hope that Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and others take advantage of these capabilities in the near future. This bodes well for future implementations by bigger companies. After informing him of the possibilities offered in this specific field, he already managed to produce, in a couple of days, a beta version of his app capable of detecting supported video modes, with automatic refresh rate switching planned for the future. ryken100, developer of the myTube! app, by many considered a better alternative for YouTube videos watching than the official Google app for Xbox One. It’s also worth mentioning that during our analysis we got in touch with Christopher Blackman, A.K.A. Display settings for the new beta release of myTube! with planned refresh rate switching functionality. A more proactive approach toward developers might help, we might add. And from all we have seen, they are right. Microsoft responded to our inquiries on the subject by simply stating the fact that Xbox One supports 24Hz and 50Hz switching from its launch. Their decision so far has been “not to alter the behaviour because it would introduce issues that would disrupt the user experience.” This likely refers to the momentary screen blanking that happens when a screen switches refresh rate but that can be “solved” by letting users decide, through an option, whether to opt in or out of refresh rate switching. Test app displays all available video modes and allows for automatic refresh rate switching.Ī Netflix representative told us that the company is aware of the problem and that is working with its partners for a solution.
#NETFLIX ON XBOX MANUAL#
It allows manual selection by a user of the desired refresh rate and can automatically switch to the correct refresh rate, in order to accommodate different framerates. With it you can simply see what the console is capable of. The app (Test HDMI display modes) is ready and you can find it on Microsoft Store at this address.
#NETFLIX ON XBOX TV#
At these addresses ( first here, second here) one finds specific reference to instructions a dev can use to interrogate the TV on the video modes it supports and instructions to set the output of the console to each and every one of these modes, 24Hz and 50Hz included.Īs such, I contacted an UWP (Universal Windows Platform) developer, Pasquale Pignataro, who kindly offered his collaboration to create a demo app, to illustrate the console capability. Just a quick search proved that there was something to this. I decided to get to the bottom of this and started studying Microsoft’s developers documentation. On the Xbox User Voice platform one can find several requests for Microsoft to add autoswitching capabilities to Xbox. Some said it’s impossible, some said that it was the other company’s responsibility.
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I’ve contacted them multiple times and, while very nice, they simply hadn’t the foggiest idea what I was talking about. Microsoft and Netflix customer care are not able to help. Instead, they’re simply ignored by all the tested apps. It would be logical to expect these to solve all of our problems. Xbox One offers in its “Advanced video settings” section a plethora of settings, among which we find the “For games & apps allow 50Hz and/or 24Hz”. Looking at available settings gives the illusion that everything is in order to achieve smooth playback.
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Xbox One is locked at 60Hz for its apps, while it’s perfectly capable of switching to 24Hz and 50Hz for Blu-ray playback. 50Hz for 25fps, 24Hz for 24fps and so on and so forth. To have smooth playback your refresh rate needs to be an exact multiple of the video framerate.
#NETFLIX ON XBOX SERIES#
Movies and TV series are shot at 24fps, US video content is shot at 29,97Hz, European TV Series (BBC ones, for example) are shot at 25fps. The problem stems from the different framerates used for video production.