CCwGTV 4K update to Android 14 broke TV stream playback

[gurabli]

My CCwGTV 4K received the latest update UTTC.241218.004, now I have Android 14.

This update broke playback of direct live TV stream in all the apps. It looks that all the h.264 FullHD streams are affected. The playback is like slow motion with judder and audio out of sync. All these apps worked perfectly fine before the update. Many users report the same (Reddit). 

Source is DVB-C, TS stream from my cable TV provider.

Is this a known problem from Google's side? All the devices still on Android 12 are perfect. 

[Artan]

I only received the update on my Chromecast Google TV 4K today, June 27, 2025. Since then, there have only been errors — the picture stutters on Live TV, Netflix, Disney+, and others. Please fix this. Android 12 was much better.

[jonicunha]

Hi,

Information sent. The latest update did not resolve the issue.

[Artan]

Yes, I can confirm that. It hasn't worked since Android 14. Live TV

[rogalesko]

Still no luck with update? Guys, its really frustrating!

[gdeamon]

Throw away the crap. Google has programmers who have been through remote learning, they don't know anything, don't expect a fix. The broken one suits them, they count on buying a new one.

[rogalesko]

Would do that immediately, trust me, but that's not the way of solving this problem 😕

It's really a no way out situation. 😕

[rogalesko]

@GoogleNestTeam it's not funny at all.

It's been a while since the first person here wrote his problem.
Most of them have issue with h.264 codec. It's practically useless now to use this stick. Cmon!

[gurabli]

I sent the logs, feedback again, as you asked for. Please do something, it is really making the device unusable.

[rogalesko]

@GoogleNestTeam we are still wating for Your participation. You have to fix this problem. Do not be indifferent. People are wating for You actions!

[Blackkarl]

Dzieje się kto samo na wszystkich aplikacjach Chromecast stał się bezużyteczny dopóki tego nie ogarną 

[pipi20]

And same issue on Googl TV Streamer 4K!

[Jukebox8]

Hope it doesnt take much longer

[Robert28]

Witam, u mnie to samo. Obraz slow motion.

[QBA_WTF]

Still nothing. We demand repairing our product! Chromecast is not usable since a few weeks!

[Ricleiroz]

Hi Google Nest Team, any updates in relation to fix this issues with android 14? Thank you

[michcio]

day number 4224245 of google employee incompetence 🙃

[damngoogltt5]

Waiting for the update!

[reillysc]

How was Google comfortable pushing this update when deinterlacing was still broken? This is one of the most basic requirements for any TV streaming device, and it is surprising that ATV14 was released without such a fundamental capability being verified. For testing: Google devs need access to real DVB-T2 1080i25 H.264 content. The simplest reproducible setup is to use an HDHomeRun Flex Quattro (or similar) with an OTA antenna in Europe, and stream into an ExoPlayer-based client. Without DVB-T2 input, this issue will not reproduce in the US. 

Can you please confirm whether these tests are actually being run in Europe with DVB-T2 input, or are the devs only US-based? Without testing real interlaced DVB-T2 content, the issue will never be reproduced or resolved.

[borislip]

They don't need a real DVB-T2 stream at all to reproduce this, it reproduces just fine 1080i/25 mkv sample from Kodi's wiki.

[tsoltan]

Yeah and zero release notes - what was actually fixed in case of any has fixed.

[klajstus]

Issue with codec and IPTV still exists!

[Artan]

I also have the same problem.

[Kouseri]

I can confirm that the latest update did NOT fix the codec issue.

[NautilusX]

Everything has been working properly for me for two days.

[Artan]

And what did you do? It worked again.

[MartinBayard]

Video playback with some codec is still broken, absolutely no improvement.

[jonicunha]

Are you sending the logs to Google as requested on 6/24?

Will help in the resolution if everyone sends the logs 

[Szonmario]

Witam u mnie tak samo nie działają kanały live po aktualizacji na android 14. Obraz slow motion. 

[Artan]

what do you mean

[Artan]

Yes, I have the same problem.

[RasJaras]

Dlatego wymieniłem już to badziewie na NVIDIA shield pro, zero problemów I dużo szybszy. 

[klajstus]

Chromcast też był super, zepsuli go updatem. NVIDIA może zrobić to samo 😄

[RasJaras]

Nie ma planów na Android 14, a jak będą to mam nadzieję że już będzie naprawione 😄

[cheesysock]

Has this been fixed yet?

[Artan]

no still not

[Grz3chu]

Same on streaming from enigma openatv 7.5.1 and dreamPlayer. 

[gurabli]

Yes, since the problem is with Google device and not the source.

[nsa]

Typically I'm actually a defender of google stuff and prefer to stick with goggle rather than Apple. But unfortunately I think something like is very unlikely to happen on Apple devices. It's a disgrace how they allow an update to break something so fundamental that pretty much turns the device unusable for tons of users.

 More unfortunate is that they really don't seem to care about it... Oh well, it seems nowadays only AI matters

[arkoss]

You are right about everything!
The most absurd thing is that more than 2 months have passed, they asked for system logs, said they were aware of the problem but yet they release an update that solves NOTHING and ask again to send more logs.

[ataberk]

@GoogleNestTeam This issue occurs when the video is an interlaced stream.
Reproduction steps are as simple as reencoding the same video in both interlaced and progressive format and playing thru the device.