2022-01-14, 18:11
Hi all,
I am using a Pi 4 4GB and LibreELEC 10.0.1 with the Arctic Zephyr - Reloaded skin. When I enable the skin's option to play a trailer (all files available locally) in a Netflix-style - in the upper right corner of the screen - it just doesn't work. The very first trailer I try to play always results in a black area where the video should show and from the second trailer onwards I get to see the video but it flickers extremely. And when I enable the option to display the currently playing video in the background it results in flickering as well. I also noticed the same problems a couple of weeks ago when I tried out various other skins (e.g. Titan Bingie Mod).
I have Kodi 19.3 installed on my Windows 10 PC as a test system and there everything works as expected so I am guessing the problem must be somehow connected to the Pi. While searching the forum for possible hints I came across similar issues and one suggested solution was to change the PRIME render method from "Direct To Plane" to "EGL" or to disable the DRM PRIME decoder. And while especially switching to "EGL" does solve the flickering issue it unfortunately also makes playing any HEVC files almost impossible. Either the screen stays black (EGL) or the video stutters (DRM PRIME disabled).
Looking for some input now wether I will have to live without Netflix-style trailers or if there is a possible solution available?
And here is a logfile to show what is happening when I try to play a trailer (I played two trailers, first one only produced the black area on the screen and the second one played with heavy flickering).
I am using a Pi 4 4GB and LibreELEC 10.0.1 with the Arctic Zephyr - Reloaded skin. When I enable the skin's option to play a trailer (all files available locally) in a Netflix-style - in the upper right corner of the screen - it just doesn't work. The very first trailer I try to play always results in a black area where the video should show and from the second trailer onwards I get to see the video but it flickers extremely. And when I enable the option to display the currently playing video in the background it results in flickering as well. I also noticed the same problems a couple of weeks ago when I tried out various other skins (e.g. Titan Bingie Mod).
I have Kodi 19.3 installed on my Windows 10 PC as a test system and there everything works as expected so I am guessing the problem must be somehow connected to the Pi. While searching the forum for possible hints I came across similar issues and one suggested solution was to change the PRIME render method from "Direct To Plane" to "EGL" or to disable the DRM PRIME decoder. And while especially switching to "EGL" does solve the flickering issue it unfortunately also makes playing any HEVC files almost impossible. Either the screen stays black (EGL) or the video stutters (DRM PRIME disabled).
Looking for some input now wether I will have to live without Netflix-style trailers or if there is a possible solution available?
And here is a logfile to show what is happening when I try to play a trailer (I played two trailers, first one only produced the black area on the screen and the second one played with heavy flickering).