[Nox Nebula]

Hi Folks,
I got some problems with playing the whole Elfen Lied series in 1080p mkv on my raspberry pi B (1).

The Raspi is running Kodi 14.2 and is connected with my TV.

I notice some weird artefacts, colorgradients or picture glitchs, I don't know how to describe it, so I got some Images (Warning: May contain "comic" gore (Album)):
http://i.imgur.com/ZfhaVhx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aVHmfE6.jpg - 1
http://i.imgur.com/2n72icY.jpg - 2
http://i.imgur.com/yBsp57s.jpg - 3
http://i.imgur.com/VWIFMRd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qf3rjh0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZZSeZC4.jpg

If I play the same file on my Notebook with VLC there are no glitches or visible artefacts. I got some scenes to compare with:
http://i.imgur.com/mi181kt.jpg - 1
http://i.imgur.com/FuAAvDO.jpg - 2
http://i.imgur.com/Qt8RkEa.jpg - 3

I didn't notice this with other videos in kodi but with all of elfen lied.

Maybe you guys could help me to get rid of these artefacts.

[Milhouse]

Can you upload the mediainfo for your video, or a debug log (wiki) when playing the file.

For the debug log, upload the file to a pastebin site, eg. pastebin.com/xbmclogs.com (the easiest method is to use ssh and "cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit").

[Nox Nebula]

Here is the log while playing (like 3 minutes): http://paste.debian.net/169438/

Media Info: http://pastebin.com/PLqvKd47

[Milhouse]

Hi10.

Code:

23:33:54 T:2730300432    INFO: ffmpeg[A2BD1410]:     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High 10), yuv420p10le, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)

Not supported by the Pi/Pi2.

[Nox Nebula]

MI: http://pastebin.com/PLqvKd47

The Profile High 10 isn't supported by the Pi? How can I make the Video supported?

[Milhouse]

Hi10p (wiki)

You could try an Intel NUC, or something of that level.

Also see this thread, amongst many many others:

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...id=1874689

[Nox Nebula]

thanks for your help, but I want to stick with my raspi,
so only re-encoding all the episodes with 8bit could fix the problem, am I right?

[Milhouse]

so only re-encoding all the episodes with 8bit could fix the problem, am I right?

Yep.

[da-anda]

@Milhouse - shouldn't the PI2 be able to software decode Hi10P? Probably not for 1080p but 720p might work, right?

[Milhouse]

I've had some Hi10 stuff decode OK at 720p, but the colours are a bit "off" - I've assumed this is because of the 10-bit nature of the material which is being handled incorrectly by the non-10bit decoder.

1080p Hi10 isn't really playable, not even on Pi2, irrespective of any color issues.

[popcornmix]

Turn off all hardware acceleration and Hi10P will decode correctly. It will be slow.
Hi10P need more CPU than normal h.264 and you can't software decode normal h.264 @ 720p on Pi2.

I don't know if any arm platform will software decode Hi10P 720p. It is expensive to decode.
You really need a decently specced x86 processor. I believe even a NUC struggles with some Hi10P @ 1080p.