2021-10-12, 01:52
Need some help on figuring out how to fix the below issue. I am running the latest Kodi 19.2 on my Nvidia Shield Pro 2020 Using it with My 55" LG Oled CX, connected via HDMI Cable. The problem below has happened on all versions of kodi i have had for past 2 years. I have all my movies on an Ext HDD which i plug into the USB Port of the shield.
for past 1 year - 18months or so i have noticed something quite annoying with kodi on my Android 2020 Shield, but just been putting up with it as i could not seem to find out why it was happening, so now i'm asking if anyone has noticed this or having same issue. Its relating to having a 720p encoded movie and then if i upgrade/replace that movie with a 1080p movie of the exact same name the video info specs stay the same as whatever the fist name was.
so let say i have a movie called The Legend Of Bagger Vance and the video specs at the bottom of the screen on kodi when you scroll through to that movie are the following:
02.06.18, H264, 720HD, 2.35, Dolby, 5.1
now i want to upgrade the move to a higher resolution ( example: from 720p to 1080p ) so i get the movie in 1080p and i put it into the folder where the 720p version is and overwrite it with the new 1, well after doing that the specs of the movie still stay the same , saying its 02.06.18, H264, 720HD, 2.35, Dolby, 5.1 etc..... it still says 720HD and not the new dimensions 1080HD it does this with every single movie i replace with new ones that have the exact same name, The only fix i found which i did for a while but became annoying was to change the name of the movie by adding a gap or dot ect.. then the new specs are would be displayed correctly. but i dont want to add a dot or space somewhere, as i want the name to be displayed as it is. even if i delete the 720p movie first , then put in the new 1080p movie in that same folder it will still display the previous files specs still, saying 720p. even the thumbnail screenshot to the left of the menu keeps the 720p 2.35 aspect dimensions. so if the original movie The Legend Of Bagger Vance was 720p and aspect of 2.35 , and i replace it with a new 1080 16x9 ( open Matte ) version then the thumbnail still shows the 2.35 aspect not updating it. the only way i found a fix was to completely uninstall kodi and reinstall it then all the movie spec would refresh correctly, but as u know you cant keep doing this each time u get a new movie in 1080p.
to reproduce this error you should be able to check for this on your kodi simply make a 1 minute 720p movie sample call it anything you want "Movie 1" , then re-encode it to 1080p put that file into the same place the 720p file is and over write it , then u should see what i am talking about hopefully. or i can upload a sample file if i work out how to upload here.
i dont know how to produce those log files everyone talks about, you may also be able to reproduce this issue with any movie you have that is 720p 2.35 aspect, and find another movie you already have that is 1080p or 1080p 16x9 aspect and just rename it , so u can see what im talking about.
for past 1 year - 18months or so i have noticed something quite annoying with kodi on my Android 2020 Shield, but just been putting up with it as i could not seem to find out why it was happening, so now i'm asking if anyone has noticed this or having same issue. Its relating to having a 720p encoded movie and then if i upgrade/replace that movie with a 1080p movie of the exact same name the video info specs stay the same as whatever the fist name was.
so let say i have a movie called The Legend Of Bagger Vance and the video specs at the bottom of the screen on kodi when you scroll through to that movie are the following:
02.06.18, H264, 720HD, 2.35, Dolby, 5.1
now i want to upgrade the move to a higher resolution ( example: from 720p to 1080p ) so i get the movie in 1080p and i put it into the folder where the 720p version is and overwrite it with the new 1, well after doing that the specs of the movie still stay the same , saying its 02.06.18, H264, 720HD, 2.35, Dolby, 5.1 etc..... it still says 720HD and not the new dimensions 1080HD it does this with every single movie i replace with new ones that have the exact same name, The only fix i found which i did for a while but became annoying was to change the name of the movie by adding a gap or dot ect.. then the new specs are would be displayed correctly. but i dont want to add a dot or space somewhere, as i want the name to be displayed as it is. even if i delete the 720p movie first , then put in the new 1080p movie in that same folder it will still display the previous files specs still, saying 720p. even the thumbnail screenshot to the left of the menu keeps the 720p 2.35 aspect dimensions. so if the original movie The Legend Of Bagger Vance was 720p and aspect of 2.35 , and i replace it with a new 1080 16x9 ( open Matte ) version then the thumbnail still shows the 2.35 aspect not updating it. the only way i found a fix was to completely uninstall kodi and reinstall it then all the movie spec would refresh correctly, but as u know you cant keep doing this each time u get a new movie in 1080p.
to reproduce this error you should be able to check for this on your kodi simply make a 1 minute 720p movie sample call it anything you want "Movie 1" , then re-encode it to 1080p put that file into the same place the 720p file is and over write it , then u should see what i am talking about hopefully. or i can upload a sample file if i work out how to upload here.
i dont know how to produce those log files everyone talks about, you may also be able to reproduce this issue with any movie you have that is 720p 2.35 aspect, and find another movie you already have that is 1080p or 1080p 16x9 aspect and just rename it , so u can see what im talking about.