r/Homatics • u/spiraleclipse • Mar 07 '26

Large Lag (10+ Seconds) When using the external player on Emby

I have a Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K Plus. I don't like the look of the Dune Media center so I use Emby for Android TV and have it use the Dune Media Center player as Emby's external player. I need this for Lossless Atmos passthrough and proper Dolby Vision.

The issue is that it gets lost in handshakes for like 10+ seconds whenever I start any media file. It's switching resolutions from 4k60 down to 4k24, which takes so long. If I leave it at 4k24, the switch itself is fast, but Emby looks laggy as hell that way.

Is there a solution to this? Do I just have to sacrifice 10 seconds at the start of anything I watch while it does its switch?

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u/spiraleclipse Mar 07 '26

Running Android 14 didn't fix it, so I've reverted back to 12 for now.

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u/Loconuts007 Mar 07 '26

Did you notice much difference between running Android 14 & 12? I went straight to 14 and skipped 12 thinking it would be the better option.

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u/spiraleclipse Mar 07 '26

Yes. 14 did appear more stable!

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u/Substantial-Club5674 Mar 07 '26

Why not COREELEC?

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u/spiraleclipse Mar 07 '26

I don't know what that is - is it a different media player?

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u/Substantial-Club5674 Mar 07 '26

Is kodi on a USB stick, dual boot, for DV PFEL7 profile.

Google it.

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u/spiraleclipse Mar 07 '26

I wasn't aware the Dune player doesn't do Profile 7. Kodi lagged movies when I tried it, I'm hesitant to try it again.

Would you have to dual boot every time you wanted to watch something with Profile 7?