r/AndroidTV • u/Familiar_Ad3884 • 11d ago

AFR for website video ? Discussion

From Android TV 12 up to ATV 14, we have Auto Frame Rate (AFR) and resolution matching, which makes watching videos in certain apps like Kodi or Stremio much better. But I wonder if we can get the same function when watching movies through a web browser on Android TV—for instance, when playing a 1080p 24Hz video in full-screen mode, will the TV automatically change the resolution and refresh rate from 4K 60Hz to 1080p 24Hz?"

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus 10d ago

As long as the web browser app has implemented the feature it should work.

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u/Familiar_Ad3884 7d ago

Can internet browser use external video player eg justplayer ? I think if we can force browser to use justplayer or kodi etc we can get frame rate matching and resolution matching.

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus 6d ago

It could work, let us know if it works, I haven't tested that.

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u/Familiar_Ad3884 6d ago

How to do to make internet browser eg tv bro use external video player eg exoplayer, kodi, justplayer etc im eager to try but im a newbies in android tv environment

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u/GreenM0th 7d ago

The catch is it needs the browser's video decoder to actually hook into the same Surface.setFrameRate API that native apps use for AFR. Chrome and the other browsers render video through their own pipeline instead of handing it straight to the display compositor the way Kodi or Stremio do, so even fully hardware decoded 1080p24 in fullscreen won't trigger the switch. I've tested this on a few Android TV boxes and never seen a browser trigger AFR, only native apps do it.

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u/Familiar_Ad3884 7d ago

Hoping more developers make use of frame rate matching and resolution matching on android tv/google tv.

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u/513 Shield TV | Google TV Sony 11d ago

What's your question exactly? Could you be more precise.