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Hey guys. I'm running Kodi on a Pi Zero W with RetroPie. Whenever I try to play a video that is stored on the Pi, it crashes. I have gotten it to stream one other video from my PC just fine.

Here's a link to my crashlog: https://pastebin.com/raw/87Q43kZF


Here's the codec information for the video causing Kodi to crash (Provided by VLC):

Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265) (hevc)
Resolution: 1920x1088
Display Resolution: 1920x1080
Framerate: 30.000300
Decoded Format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV

Stream 1
Type: Audio
Codec: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Channels: 3F2R/LFE
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
AAC extension: SBR

Stream 2
Type: Subtitle
Codec: Text subtitles with various tags (subt)


And here's the codec info for the video I was able to stream from my PC:

Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (H264)
Resolution: 864x462
Display Resolution: 852x480
Frame Rate: 29.970030
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV

Stream 1
Type: Audio
Codec: MPEG Audio layer 3 (mp3 )
Channels: Stereo
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bitrate: 192 kb/s


Thanks for any help!

23:05:21.709 T:2659185584   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
23:05:32.722 T:3019931648   ERROR: Previous line repeats 6 times.

11 seconds of 'nothing'? Or did you conveniently cut out some bits of the crashlog?

Quote:Codec: MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265) (hevc)
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (H264)

Those are two different videos.

Is the 2nd one a h264-10bit video? Because a Raspberry Pi GPU is likely incompatible with that format.
Also, 1080p HEVC on a RPi3 is stretching its capabilities very much.

(2017-10-23, 08:46)Klojum Wrote: [ -> ]23:05:21.709 T:2659185584   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
23:05:32.722 T:3019931648   ERROR: Previous line repeats 6 times.

11 seconds of 'nothing'? Or did you conveniently cut out some bits of the crashlog?

Quote:Codec: MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265) (hevc)
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (H264)

Those are two different videos.

Is the 2nd one a h264-10bit video? Because a Raspberry Pi GPU is likely incompatible with that format.
Also, 1080p HEVC on a RPi3 is stretching its capabilities very much.

part 10 != 10 bit.

But yeah - the h265 (hevc) won't for sure work NOT on the Pi

UPDATE

It was due to the H.265 codec. It played fine after converting the video.

fritsch wrote:

part 10 != 10 bit.

But yeah - the h265 (hevc) won't for sure work NOT on the Pi

part 10 does not relate to the 'Bit' encoding

Hi10p is 10 bit

MPEG-4 PART 10 is H.264 ... which can be either 8 Bit or 10 Bit which you'll find under "Bit Depth:" using mediainfo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC

and for H.265 on the RPi3 i would recommend using LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.2 MR

as this version and higher has added performance enhancements to HEVC support on Raspberry Pi.

Have personally tested dozens of 720p and 1080p HEVC files and they fine without any stuttering or glitching.


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