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Their web player has also started to have stuttering and frame dropping issues for me. It only works smoothly on Microsoft Edge, so hopefully they get it figure

Their web player has also started to have stuttering and frame dropping issues for me. It only works smoothly on Microsoft Edge, so hopefully they get it figured out before Microsoft swaps out the rendering engine for Chromium.

pureliquidhw 8y ago
I've noticed Netflix stuttering on Edge too. I think there is a combination of web player and compression issues happening. The quality is really good on some titles, like the latest F1 docu-series. Others have terrible quality, like the original planet earth. Lots of stuttering and compression artifacts. Like another commenter somewhere, I'd be happy with smooth, artifact free 1080p over 4k any day.
frozenport 8y ago
Edge is better at enabling hardware accelerated video processing. Check if it's enabled in Chrome.
mrob 8y ago
Most people use 60Hz monitors, which means you'll always get uneven frame-timing with 24fps content (3:2 pulldown). Modern TVs support 24Hz for 24fps Blurays so the motion looks better.
- fireattack 8y ago
  > you'll always get uneven frame-timing with 24fps content (3:2 pulldown) Uneven frame-timing, fo sure, but does it really use 3:2 pulldown? IIRC the monitor, at least when using most of players on PC to playback, will just display/repeat each video frame uneven times, but no 3:2 pulldown, i.e. interlacing two frames together to generate 1 more frame every 4 frames, is involved. I'm definitely not an expert on this topic though so please feel free to correct me!
  - mrob 8y ago
    It does not use interlacing. It seems my understanding of the term was wrong, and interlacing is required for it to count as real 3:2 pulldown.
josteink 8y ago
> Their web player has also started to have stuttering and frame dropping issues for me. I never understood the appeal of watching Netflix in a browser? Why let DRM infect your browser? Why not use closed media services in dedicated, closed-source apps for such things and keep your browser clean? To date I’ve honestly never seen anyone access Netflix through a browser. It’s all native apps. What’s the appeal?
- chinathrow 8y ago
  Not everyone has a TV. I used to watch Netflix on my laptop only - on Ubuntu.

pureliquidhw 8y ago

I've noticed Netflix stuttering on Edge too. I think there is a combination of web player and compression issues happening. The quality is really good on some titles, like the latest F1 docu-series. Others have terrible quality, like the original planet earth. Lots of stuttering and compression artifacts. Like another commenter somewhere, I'd be happy with smooth, artifact free 1080p over 4k any day.

frozenport 8y ago

Edge is better at enabling hardware accelerated video processing. Check if it's enabled in Chrome.

mrob 8y ago

Most people use 60Hz monitors, which means you'll always get uneven frame-timing with 24fps content (3:2 pulldown). Modern TVs support 24Hz for 24fps Blurays so the motion looks better.

fireattack 8y ago
> you'll always get uneven frame-timing with 24fps content (3:2 pulldown) Uneven frame-timing, fo sure, but does it really use 3:2 pulldown? IIRC the monitor, at least when using most of players on PC to playback, will just display/repeat each video frame uneven times, but no 3:2 pulldown, i.e. interlacing two frames together to generate 1 more frame every 4 frames, is involved. I'm definitely not an expert on this topic though so please feel free to correct me!
- mrob 8y ago
  It does not use interlacing. It seems my understanding of the term was wrong, and interlacing is required for it to count as real 3:2 pulldown.

josteink 8y ago

> Their web player has also started to have stuttering and frame dropping issues for me. I never understood the appeal of watching Netflix in a browser? Why let DRM infect your browser? Why not use closed media services in dedicated, closed-source apps for such things and keep your browser clean? To date I’ve honestly never seen anyone access Netflix through a browser. It’s all native apps. What’s the appeal?

chinathrow 8y ago
Not everyone has a TV. I used to watch Netflix on my laptop only - on Ubuntu.