Would be interesting indeed to understand this. I have tried to read about this issue on so many websites, but nowhere it is described how this micro-stutter for 23.976 coding is getting created and how to solve it.
It usually happens because the media box is not sending the video stream to the TV at the same rate as it is stored, so once in a while it will have to skip a frame or show the same frame twice to keep the audio in sync. The frequency of the stuttering depends of how much out of sync they are. If 23.976 material is shown at 24 Hz it only happens rarely, but when either is shown at 50 or 60 Hz it happens every second.
Thanks. So let's assume i have a modern 4K LCD TV that would accept any kind of Hz rates, and I would force the Media Box to output on 23.976. Would this solve the issue? So, some questions:
(a) Why is the Media box not sending in right Hz, is this because of TV (which forces the Box to go for another Hz setting), or the Media box cannot handle it?
(b) If the Media Box is wrong, is this because of (1) firmware in correlation with chip-set, (2) Kodi Application settings or (3) Android drivers?
(c) Is upscaling by the Media Box the solution, or is this just "patching" the solution?
I would love to see a complete story around this, so I can understand better, and also better analyze what Media Box and TV to choose :-)