Posts: 39
Joined: Aug 2017
Reputation:
0
I'm using the latest Kodi 18 nightly on a Firestick 4k. I noticed that, in the video settings, I don't have the option to select the video scaling method. Is this expected behavior?
I believe I'm experiencing lost frames (the playback is quite choppy) and am wondering if tweaking the video scaling method might be a culprit.
Posts: 23,376
Joined: Aug 2011
Reputation:
1,089
fritsch
Team-Kodi Developer
Posts: 23,376
That's normal. Mediacodec Surface decides for you.
If you don't like that, disable Mediacodec Surface - but most likely the performance for advanced scaling shaders will be ~ 20 fps on your device.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
Posts: 39
Joined: Aug 2017
Reputation:
0
I went ahead and disabled both mediacodec options. That seems to have fixed the issue. Oddly enough, I never had problems with mediacodec enabled in Krypton.
Posts: 23,376
Joined: Aug 2011
Reputation:
1,089
fritsch
Team-Kodi Developer
Posts: 23,376
You say, you had the scaling options in Krypton while using Mediacodec Surface? I really don't think so.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
Posts: 23,376
Joined: Aug 2011
Reputation:
1,089
fritsch
Team-Kodi Developer
Posts: 23,376
There was a very loud guy on the kodi forum demanding us to enable HW acceleration ... so we did it ... :-)
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.