2015-08-28, 17:18
Ever since I've updated to Isengard, I am experiencing a very weird bug.
The system starts perfectly normal, the GUI is responsive and animations look smooth.
I can browse my library and other menus and the system looks as it should be.
CPU-KODI remains under 10% according to the debug output.
When I start a video playback, everything still looks normal and the CPU load is still perfectly fine, for instance reaching a maximum of around 40% when watching a 720p x264 encoded MKV.
BUT once I stop the playback, or the playing file comes to an end, Kodi's CPU load jumps to 100% (and even over 100%)
The entire GUI becomes extremely slow and unresponsive, keyboard/remote clicks can take several seconds to register, and even if they do, the menus on the main screen appear not to scroll as they should.
I might for instance be shown the Videos submenu (files, add-ons), while the weather menu is selected.
Perhaps the most distinctive thing I've noticed is that the scrolling text effect, such as in the RSS feed (which I have already disabled with no result) or where a file name is too long to be displayed, is going into overdrive. The text is racing by so fast it's near impossible to read.
The only way to restore everything back to normal is to exit and restart kodi altogether. Until the next playback, after which the system sure as anything c**ps itself again.
Here is a pastebin dump of a debug.log for a clean session: start application > play a file > stop playback > CPU load 100% > Quit kodi
http://paste.ubuntu.com/12214624/
I have even already reinstalled my entire OS (Kubuntu 15.04) and Kodi, but the problem hasn't disappeared. All started with v 15.0.
These are the specs of my system:
Kubuntu 15.04 64-Bit up-to-date as of today 2015-08-29
Kodi 15.1 Git:d496682 installed directly from the vivid repository using
KDE Plasma 5.2.2
Kernel 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
CPU: Intel® Core i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz x4
GPU: [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition]
using fglrx driver 2:15.200-0ubuntu4
12GB RAM (always more than 10GB free)
The only add-on I am running is the TVHeadend HTSP client v 2.1.17
It's really frustrating, so I am considering downgrading to 14/Helix again, but of course I'd rather help finding a bug, that makes Kodi totally unusable on what I reckon is some pretty grunty hardware for a media PC.
The system starts perfectly normal, the GUI is responsive and animations look smooth.
I can browse my library and other menus and the system looks as it should be.
CPU-KODI remains under 10% according to the debug output.
When I start a video playback, everything still looks normal and the CPU load is still perfectly fine, for instance reaching a maximum of around 40% when watching a 720p x264 encoded MKV.
BUT once I stop the playback, or the playing file comes to an end, Kodi's CPU load jumps to 100% (and even over 100%)
The entire GUI becomes extremely slow and unresponsive, keyboard/remote clicks can take several seconds to register, and even if they do, the menus on the main screen appear not to scroll as they should.
I might for instance be shown the Videos submenu (files, add-ons), while the weather menu is selected.
Perhaps the most distinctive thing I've noticed is that the scrolling text effect, such as in the RSS feed (which I have already disabled with no result) or where a file name is too long to be displayed, is going into overdrive. The text is racing by so fast it's near impossible to read.
The only way to restore everything back to normal is to exit and restart kodi altogether. Until the next playback, after which the system sure as anything c**ps itself again.
Here is a pastebin dump of a debug.log for a clean session: start application > play a file > stop playback > CPU load 100% > Quit kodi
http://paste.ubuntu.com/12214624/
I have even already reinstalled my entire OS (Kubuntu 15.04) and Kodi, but the problem hasn't disappeared. All started with v 15.0.
These are the specs of my system:
Kubuntu 15.04 64-Bit up-to-date as of today 2015-08-29
Kodi 15.1 Git:d496682 installed directly from the vivid repository using
KDE Plasma 5.2.2
Kernel 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
CPU: Intel® Core i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz x4
GPU: [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition]
using fglrx driver 2:15.200-0ubuntu4
12GB RAM (always more than 10GB free)
The only add-on I am running is the TVHeadend HTSP client v 2.1.17
It's really frustrating, so I am considering downgrading to 14/Helix again, but of course I'd rather help finding a bug, that makes Kodi totally unusable on what I reckon is some pretty grunty hardware for a media PC.