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(2018-01-31, 21:01)tjost Wrote: [ -> ]Ignore my SSD1306 error. It was an hardware error. Sorry for confusion.

What I notice on Video/Audio sync problem on LiveTV is that some station had Dolby Digital 2.0/5.1 Sound but while the advertisement it is only mp2 stereo. On switching it starts the desync. After switching the audio the Audio and Video is back in sync.

I use a Raspberry Pi 3 with Pifi-Digi (hifiberry clone) on optical sp-dif

Does a recording of the channel have the same de-sync issue?

Same is happening on android fyi. Even backing out to the gui and going back fullscreen the audio is horribly out of sync.
Iirc it started several days ago after some videoplayer merge

I noticed the black-screen on live-tv and interlaced material issue goes away, when I switch to 50hz instead of 60hz in the video settings

Hi Milhouse

With the weekly #0129x build I have found an issue. Playback of Blu-ray MKV's from USB is stuttering. With normal #0129 build it's playing fine.
I make two debug logs-
kodi-#0129.log
kodi-#0129x.log

(2018-01-31, 23:32)herrmeier01 Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Milhouse

With the weekly #0129x build I have found an issue. Playback of Blu-ray MKV's from USB is stuttering. With normal #0129 build it's playing fine.
I make two debug logs-
kodi-#0129.log
kodi-#0129x.log

Thanks. It would be worth testing the 4.15-rc's to see if they also have the same issue. Presumably this behaviour is repeatable and consistent with 4.15?

Hi,

i have also a black screen issue, but playing netflix using widevine lib. after 15 sec. i got a picture. a still picture.... after some time the system is stopping when i skip forward or backward a few times in the movie.. i need to go back to the last working version #127.

New LibreELEC.tv Leia build #0131: RPi / RPi2
(Supercedes previous build)

SHA256 Checksum: 7d03546bfdc640183b6e975c23d11f6099cdcc96be6b0cef2bfb1bae634cb8ea (RPi)
SHA256 Checksum: 3d32a4c2cb86a5164cf586aabbe6bfbae2f85897a3eb6da76cd029c0588b9e77 (RPi2)

text:
# uname -a

Linux rpi512 4.14.16 #1 Wed Jan 31 21:46:22 GMT 2018 armv6l GNU/Linux



# vcgencmd version

Jan 31 2018 18:12:16 

Copyright © 2012 Broadcom

version 02bc3b27e848b39400b1685b6d24b3bca45dffcb (tainted) (release)



# lsb_release

LibreELEC (Milhouse): devel-20180131214508-#0131-gdc276f8 [Build #0131]



# Kodi version

(18.0-ALPHA1 Git:b33ba4d). Platform: Linux ARM 32-bit

Based on tip of LibreELEC.tv master (dc276f8, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (cdabc29, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock5 patches
  
• Excludes the LibreELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-4.14.y
  
• Includes latest bcm2835-driver master (58395c1, ahead +6)
  
• Includes latest kodi-platform master (36fb493)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (8adc786, ahead +26)
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (f6e51c3, ahead +115)
  
• Includes latest p8-platform master (a822e19)
  
• Includes latest addons: inputstream.adaptive (b28d3f0), inputstream.rtmp (b3ffc49), peripheral.joystick (0a20d01), pvr.argustv (a4d3ec7), pvr.demo (0224cbd), pvr.dvblink (4ac2f2d), pvr.dvbviewer (c2275e1), pvr.filmon (e754b4b), pvr.hdhomerun (7379fbc), pvr.hts (774943f), pvr.iptvsimple (a00d008), pvr.mediaportal.tvserver (0c5ece3), pvr.mythtv (3200b09), pvr.nextpvr (11dfdbb), pvr.njoy (67b837d), pvr.octonet (689afbf), pvr.pctv (c7a13d7), pvr.stalker (c91421d), pvr.teleboy (3ae0297), pvr.vbox (24126fd), pvr.vdr.vnsi (4db947c), pvr.vuplus (020e1d2), pvr.wmc (920ade6), pvr.zattoo (fed0aea), vfs.libarchive (568a2a1)
  
• Include [env] compare (perma): kodi: reduce arm memory fragmentation
  
• Include [env] compare (perma): busybox: 2nd attempt at disabling busybox parallel build
  
• Include [env] compare (perma): dmidecode: initial package
  
• Include [env] patch: RPi/RPi2: enable Broadcom WiFi debugging (see details)
  
• Include [env] patch: libcec: fix PR390
  
• Include [env] patch: libcec: don't link non-existant libtinfo
  
• Include [env] patch: rev hack for kodi
  
• Include [env] patch: HACK: Disable multiple PVR addons during migration. Always enable inputstream.* and os.*
  
• Include [env] patch: Add experimental splash video for RPi
  
• Include [env] patch: Bump included addon versions to prevent online updates
  
• Include [env] patch: Add kodi binary addons (pvr, adsp, inputstream, vfs, other)
  
• Include [env] PR:2382 (perma): linux: DVB fixes
  
• Include [env] PR:2384 (perma): kodi: updates for Feb 2018
  
• Include [env] PR:2432 (perma): buildsystem: avoid if/then/else boiler plate when accessing hierarchy [RFC]
  
• Include [env] PR:2454 (perma): config: enable CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL and CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF
  
• Include [env] PR:2456 (perma): xf86-video-nvidia: update to xf86-video-nvidia-390.25
  
• Include [env] PR:2466 (perma): linux: update to linux-4.14.19 (-ish)
  
• Include [pkg] compare (perma): Updated RPi3/ZeroW(H) WiFi firmware (version 7.45.98.38) (forum, github) (brcmfmac_sdio-firmware-rpi)
  
• Include [pkg] patch: remove after PR13258 is merged (kodi)
  
• Include [pkg] patch: skin.estuary: reduce system info font size (kodi)
  
• Include [pkg] PR:13274 (perma): Mode whitelist
  
• Include [pkg] PR:13435 (perma): Fix broken ctrl+shift modifiers
  

Build Highlights:

1. New firmware
   
2. New 4.14.16 kernel
   
3. [xbmc] refactor instantiation of storage provider and power manager syscalls
   

   Quote:The power manager refactor means the end of Virtual Suspend which is no longer supported.
   
   Use https://github.com/asavah/script.pidisplaypower by @asavah as an alternative to switch off the display when the system is idle.
   
   It will however switch off the display during music playback, so as a workaround install a visualisation (such as Waveform) and enable the "Use visualisation if playing audio" option in the Screensaver settings.

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Jan 31):
   • firmware: Install interface/peer headers. See: link
     
   • firmware: gx_create_window error cleanup fix. See: link
     
   • bootcode: Insert delay between disconnect and reconnect for USB device booting
     
   • firmware: IL ISP: Fix the black level control to do sensible things
     
   • firmware: IL ISP fixes for JC
     
   • firmware: raspividyuv: Fix saving timestamps. See: link
     
2. LibreELEC.tv:
   • projects/Amlogic: a bunch of cleanups and fixes (PR:2458, 5 commits, 10 files changed)
     
   • include dvb utils from v4l-utils in image, add v4l2-ctl (PR:2460, 2 commits, 4 files changed)
     
   • linux: update amlogic-3.14 kernel to 7951748 (PR:2462, 1 commit, 4 files changed)
     
3. XBMC:
   • Revert "compile fix" (PR:13459, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • Revert "[AML] compile fix (#13450)" (PR:13460, 1 commit, 6 files changed)
     
   • Fix for DVDs not playing under Linux when using UDisks. (PR:13451, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [VP] Add Reset method to VideoPicture which has changed from struct ... (PR:13461, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [AML/ANDROID] Make Android / AML work again after recent Renderflags (PR:13462, 1 commit, 4 files changed)
     
4. newclock5:
   • New commits in this build:
     • re-factor creation of platform specific powersyscall instance. (c4c50e29)
       
     • re-factor creation of platform specific storage provider instance. (e1080f29)
       
     • ffmpeg: hevc: Update to latest Neon SAO optimisations (348166d0)
       
     • Move several of the platform specific threading mechanisms to C++11 standard. (bffb5b1e)
       
     • Don't assign picture stereomode when mono (44c963b2)
       
   • Updated commits in this build:
     • Revert "rbp: Use common function with lock for gencmds" (d2a7c8a4 => fdb732b9)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • Added methods SuspendVideoOutput() and ResumeVideoOutput() to CRBP class, which can be used to power down the Raspberry PI's video interface, and restore it at (6051167c)
       
     • PowerManager (and its IPowerSyscall instance) now gets called from CApplication::OnKey() and can process and suppress key presses. This is a requirement to impl (a328674b)
       
     • Added CPowerSyscallVirtualSleep class, which acts as a base class for devices that have no native standby mode, and need to fake it in some way. (5edf9c42)
       
     • Added power management support for the Raspberry Pi. Since it doesn't support true standby, we fake it by turning video on or off, and ignoring remote inputs du (0619851f)
       
     • [power] hack - don't kill lirc or cec (0c369603)
       
     • [power] hack - wake on any action (48f5b45e)
       
     • [power] hack - Make suspend toggle suspend state (54053bd6)
       
     • [power] Add back in powerdown and reboot (1c4cdaf6)
       
     • [rbp] Resume video output on startup (c4738fbf)
       
     • powermanagement: Reduce cpu usage when virtually suspended (b7bc2d60)
       
5. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
   • Updated: [env] PR:2432 (perma): buildsystem: avoid if/then/else boiler plate when accessing hierarchy [RFC]
     
   • Added: [env] PR:2466 (perma): linux: update to linux-4.14.19 (-ish)
     
   • Added: [pkg] patch: remove after PR13258 is merged (kodi)
     

The refresh rate / black screen / live tv issues are (mostly) fixed in #0131.

(2018-02-01, 00:40)smp1 Wrote: [ -> ]The refresh rate / black screen / live tv issues are fixed in #0131.

  Not immediately I had to do a reboot, then everything was fine :-)

Can anyone test if there is an audio/video stuttering during a Live TV recording (when you watch and record at the same time)? When I record a 1080i channel to an sdcard or USB flash drive I get a lot of audio/video stuttering. But the recorded stream is ok.

I still see a weird auto refresh rate behaviour during switching of the TV channels. 
When I switch to some 1080i50 channels the video mode will switch to 1080p25 for a fraction of a second and then to a correct 1080p50. This makes TV channel switching slower.

Update: I was able to workaround the issue by editing edid.dat and removing 1080p25 from supported modes list.

#0130 logs http://ix.io/F2C
#0131 logs http://ix.io/F2E

 #0126 was the last version that did not have issues with black screens and the image freezing.

#0127 - #0131 have the issue though a reboot will often resolve these issues for a time but the issues eventually come back

 Handbrake reports "Untouchables S04E17.mkv" as 59.94
 The logs for #0126 & #0131 show the frame rate as 59.94

The logs for #0127 to #0130 show the frame rate as 29.97. As well as this the frame rate for any videos I have played with these versions show at half the frame rate indicated by Handbrake and that reported by #0126

 For Untouchables S04E17.mkv the image quality of #0127 to #0131 is substantially improved on that for #0126 & #0131My TV will not show the frame rate it is display at.

 I have tried #0128 using “editing /storage/.cache/mmap_threshold.conf and put a # at the beginning of the line to disable the mmap threshold” but this has not solved the black screens and the image freezing issue.

Thank you!

Installed the system tools, upgraded to Kodi 18.0 but still no luck with the bulgarian subtitle downloader... could be the problem is with it.

10:48:26.040 T:1545597824  NOTICE: *** ('Download from id', '/test/')
10:48:26.337 T:1545597824  NOTICE: *** (200, 'OK')
10:48:26.425 T:1545597824  NOTICE: *** ('test.rar', 'saving')
10:48:26.527 T:1383986048 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
10:48:26.941 T:1942512640   ERROR: Extract, No archive given
10:48:26.946 T:1545597824   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned th$
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.IndexError'>
                                            Error Contents: list index out of range
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/storage/.kodi/addons/service.subtitles.unacs/service.py", lin$
                                                subs = Download(params["ID"],params["link"],params["filename"])
                                              File "/storage/.kodi/addons/service.subtitles.unacs/service.py", lin$
                                                if xbmcvfs.exists(subtitle_list[0]):
                                            IndexError: list index out of range
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--


But I tested the unrar via CLI and it worked perfectly... I guess it`s the plugin.

(2018-02-01, 10:54)velqn Wrote: [ -> ]But I tested the unrar via CLI and it worked perfectly... I guess it`s the plugin.

If I were you I would contact the maintainer of the subtitle addon and let them determine what is broken. With Kodi 18 there is no longer native rar support, so maybe the subtitle add-on needs updating to use vfs.rar.

(2018-01-31, 19:49)popcornmix Wrote: [ -> ]

(2018-01-31, 19:38)oliaros Wrote: [ -> ]I use the default settings: OMXPlayer: disabled, MMAL: enabled
after a short test it seems to run with MMAL disabled. I'll watch it, thanx for the support.
oliaros 

This isn't a permanent fix - you may find higher resolution video fails to keep up, but it does help to narrow down where the problem is.
Let me know if it is still good after longer testing.  

  so far it seems to work with MMAL disabled.
oliaros