[Sound Hound]

Before anybody drops on me like a ton of bricks - yes - I have read the "before you post please read this" etc

I believe my issue to be a very unusual one and I will supply, to the best of my ability, any information that could be pertinent to solving the issue.

My issue is ....

All I do (or ever want to do) is stream HD movies, ripped from BluRay discs, over my network. I'm running KODI 15.2 and for the most part it runs flawlessly - smooth video, navigation etc etc - perfect. Until that is, after a couple of different movie selections, I select a movie that's previously played fine - but now, for some unknown reason, it does NOT - it's totally unwatchable - the video is extremely garbled to the point that you can only just about tell what it is. From this point on, if I go back to movies I've just played, they are totally garbled too. A reboot of the system does NOT fix this - several reboots do not fix this !! By shear trial and error, I have found that one particular bluray rip ALWAYS plays fine, and if I play this particular rip and then play any of the other "unplayables" immmediately after, they play just fine !! Until that is I switch movies about 4 times and then I'm back to square one - totally unwatchable has "locked" back in. When a movie is playing properly, it can be watched all night long, navigated perfectly, not a hint of judder/buffering. The issue isn't network related as I can repeat the exact behaviour perfectly from an attached USB drive.

I'm running KODI 15.2 with the basic Confluence skin on a 4 yr old dedicated, not a cheap and cheerless Ebay knockoff. I have not downloaded any fancy add-ons.

As I've said above, I have a fix for my issue - but it's clearly messy having to play my "Golden Rip" before proceeding with a nights entertainment, but I'd really like to know if anyone has the slightest clue what's going on and how to fix this annoyance ? None of the rips have ever failed to play on another network player I have (which is not running KODI)

Thanks

[fritsch]

No Debug Log no issue.

[Sound Hound]

Fritsch, you are clearly some kind of grand master. I am not, and from your reply, the impression I get is that I am unworthy to be using your software. I accept this as fact. However, I also understand from your curt reply that a Debug Log will throw some light on my issue. I humbly accept the challenge to supply same. At what point to start recording such a log and how to achieve it etc, at this point in time, are akin to asking me to juggle soot. But I will try.
Meanwhile, thankyou for your support - minimal as it is, it's better than nothing

[fritsch]

Just read the link: Debug Log post what it wants and we can help you.

[Sound Hound]

Good Morning Fritsch and thanks - as it turns out, I'm much better at juggling soot than I thought....

http://xbmclogs.com/p2tut59yc

I believe my issue may lie in lines 7 & 8 of the log ?

[fritsch]

Hi - VDPAU is used fine in your log - it's okayish :-)

Though the mesa version OE 6.0 is running is not good at all on the amd rigs -> can you retry with the builds Milhouse provide just here in this linux forum, pinned at the top? latest version is at the end of this thread.

[Sound Hound]

Thanks for your reply Fritsch. So you are saying OpenElec 6.0 is giving problems when running on an AMD rig such as mine ?
I think I can find the Milhouse build you are talking about, however this is a build of what exactly- KODI? - sorry but I am WAY out of my depth here - I don't believe I could even retry with the Milhouse build - I simply wouldn't know where to start - I bought my player from a retailer who is willing to help if I could give him the correct information.

[fritsch]

What I said is: nobody tests OE on AMD hardware ...

Here is an OpenELEC build: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid2173125

[Sound Hound]

Though the mesa version OE 6.0 is running is not good at all on the amd rigs

Now I'm really confused. From the above quote I understood somebody did test OE on AMD platforms - otherwise how could you make the statement above ?!

[fritsch]

By following the OE bugtracker :-) full of AMD bugs ... I did development for amd / vdpau in another life not too far away ... though that it does not work reliable for you proofs what I say - right?

[Sound Hound]

OK - Now I understand what you are saying - Which is basically if I'm running OE on an AMD platform, then I can expect problems - even if all I want to do is stream HD movies over my network - correct?