moonlight-stream / moonlight-stream/moonlight-android

[Issue]: AV1 wont work on fire TV gen 3

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Description

Describe the bug

I have a fire TV gen 3 and an RTX4090.

H264 AND 265 work fine but with AV1 i just get a blank screen. I can here the audio but screen is just black.

Steps to reproduce

Every time i try AV1 i get a black screen

Affected games

All

Other Moonlight clients

PC

Moonlight adjusted settings

Yes

Moonlight adjusted settings (please complete the following information)

Ive tried enabling and disabling:

HDR
RGB full
5.1 sound
Equalizer

Moonlight default settings

Yes

Gamepad-related connection issue

Yes

Gamepad-related input issue

Yes

Gamepad-related streaming issue

Yes

Android version

? Fire OS 7.6.6.4

Device model

Fire TV cube gen 3

Server PC OS version

11

Server PC GeForce Experience version

3.27.0.112

Server PC Nvidia GPU driver version

Latest

Server PC antivirus and firewall software

Defender only

Screenshots

No response

Relevant log output

No response

Additional context

No response

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source files or tests are named. Start by reproducing AV1 playback on a Fire TV Cube gen 3 running Fire OS 7.6.6.4, comparing it with H264 and H265, and collect relevant logs; done means AV1 displays video rather than only playing audio.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android
Domain
audio-video-rtc, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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