[mitchell.ross]

Hi all
Strange issue I'm having with both my Raspberry Pi B+ and Pi2. Since I upgraded to OpenElec 5.x - I can't get a picture on the SD channels served up from DVBLink server - either via the PVR plugin or on the upnp server. The same channels would play fine on OpenElec 4.x. I've just tried with OSMC and get the same result - so I don't think this issue is confined to OpenElec. Weirdly, HD channels playback fine.

I've got logs from OpenElec 4.2.1, Gotham 13.2 - which shows it working fine - http://xbmclogs.com/peuni5ypm

And this is the log where its not working on OpenElec 5.0.8, Kodi 14.2 - http://xbmclogs.com/pyb0otofx

Can anyone pick the difference and tell me if there's a simple explanation for what's changed between the old and the new?

[mitchell.ross]

ERROR: ffmpeg[61CF7440]: [NULL] non-existing PPS 0 referenced

Any idea the cause or effect of this? It appears in the log where the stream had no picture.

[popcornmix]

Do recordings fail to play? If so can you upload a sample file?

[mitchell.ross]

Really appreciate you having a look at this issue. Yes, turns out recordings fail to play too. I've put a short sample into dropbox:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3129...cording.ts

[mitchell.ross]

I'm trying to narrow it down - so installed Openelec versions 5.0.1, 2 etc until I found when the problem was introduced. The problem first appears in 5.0.6 - so whatever is causing this, happened between 5.0.5 and 5.0.6. I've tried the 5.95.x betas and problem remains, as it does with the Milhouse nightly.

[popcornmix]

Thanks for sample. Can you create (or add to) ~/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

Code:

<advancedsettings>
    <omx>
        <omxdecodestartwithvalidframe>0</omxdecodestartwithvalidframe>
    </omx>
</advancedsettings>

[mitchell.ross]

That fixed it! Thanks very much indeed.