diff --git a/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md b/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md index 313f485..6ac7378 100644 --- a/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md +++ b/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md @@ -210,4 +210,21 @@ Notes about these numbers: - Frames dropped due to network jitter - This indicates the percentage of frames dropped because they are too early or too late to render. - Rather than coming at a smooth 16ms-16ms-16ms-16ms... for each frame, network variance may cause patterns like 20ms-12ms-18ms-14ms... which forces Moonlight to skip or drop frames to stay in sync with the client display. - - It is typically caused by high network jitter but it can also be caused by hardware limitations or software issues (especially if very high). \ No newline at end of file + - It is typically caused by high network jitter but it can also be caused by hardware limitations or software issues (especially if very high). + +## What do the frame pacing options on the Android client mean? + +- Prefer lowest latency + - Renders a frame immediately after it has been decoded (dropping the last frame if it hasn't been displayed yet) + - Keeps the display refresh rate as high as possible +- Balanced (recommended) + - Uses a [Choreographer frame callback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Choreographer.FrameCallback) to render when the next frame is due + - Up to 1 frame is buffered to smooth over network jitter and v-sync drift between host and client +- Balanced with FPS limit + - Limits the FPS value to the display refresh rate - 1 and never drops frames + - If FPS > display refresh rate, it will behave like Balanced + - Devices with variable refresh rate displays may have issues with this pacing method due to fluctuations in display refresh rate + - This was the default frame pacing behavior before v10.0 +- Prefer smoothest video + - Never drops frames, even if the frame rate is equal or higher than the display + - Frames queue up until they hit an OS-defined limit, potentially leading to very high latency \ No newline at end of file