diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
index 88466af2..bbf15b1b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecDecoderRenderer.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
     private MediaCodecInfo hevcDecoder;
 
     private MediaCodec videoDecoder;
-    private Thread rendererThread;
+    private Thread rendererThread, spinnerThread;
     private boolean needsSpsBitstreamFixup, isExynos4;
     private boolean adaptivePlayback, directSubmit;
     private boolean constrainedHighProfile;
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
                 while (!isInterrupted()) {
                     try {
                         // Try to output a frame
-                        int outIndex = videoDecoder.dequeueOutputBuffer(info,
-                                directSubmit ? 50000 : 0);
+                        int outIndex = videoDecoder.dequeueOutputBuffer(info, 50000);
                         if (outIndex >= 0) {
                             long presentationTimeUs = info.presentationTimeUs;
                             int lastIndex = outIndex;
@@ -327,9 +326,6 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
                         } else {
                             switch (outIndex) {
                                 case MediaCodec.INFO_TRY_AGAIN_LATER:
-                                    if (!directSubmit) {
-                                        Thread.yield();
-                                    }
                                     break;
                                 case MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT_CHANGED:
                                     LimeLog.info("Output format changed");
@@ -350,6 +346,21 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
         rendererThread.start();
     }
 
+    private void startSpinnerThread() {
+        spinnerThread = new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                // This thread exists to keep the CPU at a higher DVFS state on devices
+                // where the governor scales clock speed sporadically, causing dropped frames.
+                while (!isInterrupted()) {
+                    Thread.yield();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        spinnerThread.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
+        spinnerThread.start();
+    }
+
     private int dequeueInputBuffer() {
         int index = -1;
         long startTime, queueTime;
@@ -381,6 +392,7 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
     @Override
     public void start() {
         startRendererThread();
+        startSpinnerThread();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -392,6 +404,12 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
         try {
             rendererThread.join();
         } catch (InterruptedException ignored) { }
+
+        // Halt the spinner thread
+        spinnerThread.interrupt();
+        try {
+            spinnerThread.join();
+        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) { }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -697,6 +715,11 @@ public class MediaCodecDecoderRenderer extends VideoDecoderRenderer {
             capabilities |= MoonBridge.CAPABILITY_REFERENCE_FRAME_INVALIDATION_HEVC;
         }
 
+        // Enable direct submit on supported hardware
+        if (directSubmit) {
+            capabilities |= MoonBridge.CAPABILITY_DIRECT_SUBMIT;
+        }
+
         return capabilities;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
index 73075239..66d36b99 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class MediaCodecHelper {
         directSubmitPrefixes.add("omx.brcm");
         directSubmitPrefixes.add("omx.TI");
         directSubmitPrefixes.add("omx.arc");
+		directSubmitPrefixes.add("omx.nvidia");
     }
 
     static {