Transcoding to Shield When DirectStream avaiable

[TheDreadPirate]

What handbrake settings did you use? Levels are important for encoding to set correctly as each level is intending for certain resolution and frame rate combinations. In your example, level 153 is intended for higher frame rate content.

1,920×1,080@256
2,048×1,080@240
3,840×2,160@64
4,096×2,160@60

Even if something supports HEVC, they often don't support all levels of the codec. Especially streaming devices like Shields and Chromecasts and Rokus and Android phones.

I'm assuming you did not leave the level drop down to auto in Handbrake.