2019-01-08, 21:17
Also having the same issue on a HTPC with a Core-i5 4670K, NVIDIA (EVGA) GTX950, Windows 10 (x64) using a HDHomeRun Connect (HDHR4) and Kodi 18.0, RC4.
Also affects SD channels (576i) as well as HD channels (1080i) for me.
EDIT: Of the 3x systems I have Kodi installed on (1x Desktop PC, 1x Laptop, and 1x HTPC). Only the HTPC suffers from this issue. It is connected to the TV (See my sig for model) via a Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter to the amplifier, then to the TV itself. The other two systems have dedicated "monitor" devices. The amplifier is set to "pass through" the video signal without modification or upscaling.
EDIT2: Just had a look at "Player Settings" on the HTPC. I had the option "Sync Playback to Display" set to "On Start/Stop" and "Render Method" set to "Auto". Since I use portable installs on all my systems that run Kodi, with the configuration of the desktop manually copied to the other two, the settings on all systems match (with some minor variations for specific add-ons like backup paths for XBMC Backup, etc.) Either way, by turning off "Sync Playback to Display" completely, and changing the render method from "Auto" to DXVA explicitly (The setting "Allow DXVA2 Hardware Acceleration" was already enabled), this cured the issue for me.
I still get a 1/4 second black screen / flicker at the same time into the stream as the de-interlacing was stopping previously, but once the picture returns, it is being handled properly (i.e: de-interlaced as expected). The same is true of both SD (576i) and HD (1080i) terrestrial Freeview TV broadcasts.
Also affects SD channels (576i) as well as HD channels (1080i) for me.
EDIT: Of the 3x systems I have Kodi installed on (1x Desktop PC, 1x Laptop, and 1x HTPC). Only the HTPC suffers from this issue. It is connected to the TV (See my sig for model) via a Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter to the amplifier, then to the TV itself. The other two systems have dedicated "monitor" devices. The amplifier is set to "pass through" the video signal without modification or upscaling.
EDIT2: Just had a look at "Player Settings" on the HTPC. I had the option "Sync Playback to Display" set to "On Start/Stop" and "Render Method" set to "Auto". Since I use portable installs on all my systems that run Kodi, with the configuration of the desktop manually copied to the other two, the settings on all systems match (with some minor variations for specific add-ons like backup paths for XBMC Backup, etc.) Either way, by turning off "Sync Playback to Display" completely, and changing the render method from "Auto" to DXVA explicitly (The setting "Allow DXVA2 Hardware Acceleration" was already enabled), this cured the issue for me.
I still get a 1/4 second black screen / flicker at the same time into the stream as the de-interlacing was stopping previously, but once the picture returns, it is being handled properly (i.e: de-interlaced as expected). The same is true of both SD (576i) and HD (1080i) terrestrial Freeview TV broadcasts.
