NVIDIA SHIELD TV PRO – Frame drops when playing high bitrate 4k content (Kodi v21.1)



Long time lurker and first time poster here. I’m somewhat competent with Kodi, but am at the end of my troubleshooting capabilities.

When watching high bitrate 4k content from my local media source plugged directly into my SHIELD via USB, playback starts dropping frames at a seemingly random interval for some unknown reason. I suspect that it has something to do with A/V sync trying to correct itself, but it happens regardless of me seeking or pausing.

I have audio passthrough turned on and a capable receiver connected directly to my SHIELD. I also have adjust refresh rate on start/stop enabled within Kodi.

If I need to provide any addition information, just let me know. Here is a debug log I created when observing the issue.

I would greatly appreciate any insight regardring what I could do next!