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Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - ryerye - 2017-06-24
I am running KODI 17.3 on Raspian, the only functionality is to show the slideshow on a DIY pictureframe.
Unfortunately it does not show large images (> 1MB), looks like it is a performance issue, the screen remains black. Also it does not show a single photo without slideshow mode.
I have tried Raspberry Pi 2 and 3, network mounted folders and local folders also wired and wireless network. Also changed SD cards and made several fresh installations, recently also a new version of Raspbian, all without any change.
Smaller, 10 years old photos are shown without any problem.
KODI 17.1 running on Libreelec does NOT have this problem. However I need to control the backlight of my picture frame over the PWM signal from GPIO by Wiringpi and unfortunately this is not supported by Libreelec -> so I need to run KODI on Raspbian.
Any Idea why KODI 17.3 on Raspbian is not able to show simple jpg slideshow and not even a single jpg photo if it is larger than 1MB?
Any workround possible?
Should I try KODI 17.1 (which works on libreelec) on Raspbian? How can I install older one as I have installed 17.3 by "sudo get-apt install kodi".
I really don't want to run two separate Pi's behind my picture frame, one showing photos on libreelec and other controlling the backlight on raspbian.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - ryerye - 2017-06-25
Now installed Raspbian lite without Pixel desktop.
KODI 17.3 on top of that. (apt-get install kodi)
Now EXACTLY every second jpg photo will be shown in the slideshow showing a black screen between them.
If I open the photo manually without slideshow, then sometimes I get a black screen and second or third time I am pressing enter I get the photo opened.
Even the Pi zero should be able to play Full HD videos and now I am struggling with simple jpg photos.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - nickr - 2017-06-25
Debug log (wiki)
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - ryerye - 2017-06-25
Here we go with log: https://paste.ubuntu.com/24950939/
It was in slideshow mode during logging. Only few photos were shown during 10 minute test run.
All the remaining time the screen was black. I started the same slideshow second time and I noticed that the visible photos were mostly the same. All others did produce black screen.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - nickr - 2017-06-25
You need to allocate more video memory in config.txt.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - ryerye - 2017-06-26
Thank you - increasing GPU memory solved the problem.
Maybe it would be helpful for others to mention that here as well: http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_on_Raspberry_Pi#Raspbian
I spent days for troubleshooting however I am pretty newbie.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - nickr - 2017-06-27
Hmm I thought it was documented, but I'll fix that on the wiki.
RE: Kodi 17.3 on Raspbian does not show large photos? - Annmathew - 2017-07-08
Your video memory should be increased to resolve this.
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