I'm getting some pretty choppy video when watching BBC shows. Extras (iTunes), Stephen Fry in America (iTunes), and That Mitchell and Webb Look (Netflix) all play choppy.
Does anyone else have this problem, or know of any solution to it?
AppleTV 2, iOS 4.3.3
While I use AppleTVs almost every day and find the great for convenience they are not up to the quality of DVD/Blu Ray and even in some cases digital SD broadcasts when it comes to smoothness.
I assume you are in US if using Netflix.
It could be that some of these BBC Shows are mastered for 50Hz TV not 60Hz and this is introducing motion artefact if TV is displaying 720p 60Hz from AppleTV - try changing teh video setting if you can to 50Hz for these and see if it helps.
TV motion processing can also have a very detrimental effect and if you have a set with this enabled try disabling as it can often do more harm than good.
Poor video encoding also doesn't help and some iTunes video is poorly encoded (esp from a few years ago when they were targetting handheld devices I think and reduced quality).
There is at least one poster who claims AppleTV2 has an intrinsic hardware fault that causes stutter, but I have no idea if this is true or not. I honestly think in most cases it's video encoding coupled with refresh rate that causes most issues. While h264 is touted as the bees knees for encoding it is more compressed than MPEG-2 and something presumably gets lost to achieve the better compression even if it supposed to be imperceptible.
AC
Ah! It was a TV thing. I turned of Motion Enhancer, and some other buried Cinemotion setting, and now the video displays fine.
Thanks!
It's amazing how 'enhancements' actually mess thinsg up isn't it!
What Tv make was it by the way?
This was happening on my Sony Bravia XBR TV for any BBC TV shows on my ATV ver 3. As stated above, turning motion enhancer off fixed the problem.
I just turned off the Cinemotion and Motion Enhancer options on my SONY Bravia for the HDMI port for my Apple TV and now I have a smooth, jerkless picture on everything, including the BBC classics and (wonder of wonders, Downton Abbey) through Netflix.
Thank you for the above suggestions!!
Probably a SONY, Alley_Cat. I have the same options on mine.
Thank you very much. Turning off Cinemotion and Motion enhancement on my Sony Bravia XBR fixed the jerky motion on Downton Abby. Prior, it was unwatchable.
I've been having this issue with my Sony Bravis TV! Turning off Motion Enhanver and Cinemotion did the trick! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
BBC shows choppy on Apple TV2?
