@Adam-93 wrote:
HI all. I'm aware that Sky Stream uses catch up apps for many of it's 'recording' features, but I wondered if there is any improvement on them over standard catchup apps on other devices?
For example, my other half likes to watch Coronation Street later in the evening, but because of the difference in frame rate, on ITVX it never looks as good as watching it live.
Is that the same on Sky Stream?
There is no difference in frame rate with ITVX. All UK produced content is at 25fps. The ITVX app outputs natively and is one of the few UK apps which actually streams all of its live content in 1080P. Depending on what device your ITVX app is hosted on, it may be that it is set to output a non-native frame rate which is affecting picture quality.
In the case of Sky Stream, the likes of Coronation Street will commonly play back from the ITVX app if not watched live. This is the case with most content you want to watch later. Rather than you having a list of recordings, all content you want to watch later will play back from the appropriate broadcaster's catch-up app. So BBC content will play from iPlayer, ITV from ITVX, Channel 4 from Channel 4, Channel 5 from My5, etc.
This has the disadvantage of losing out on 5.1 sound which often accompanies the live broadcast/stream of drama series and movies on the likes of BBC1. All UK catch-up apps only output stereo audio.
All the apps on Sky Stream are hosted on Sky's server so they can sometimes be sluggish to respond, depending on your network connection. It is also good practise to fully exit each app when finished with it rather than leaving it running in the background which can lead to sluggishness of the Entertainment OS which Sky Stream runs on.
