2015-10-09, 11:48
Hi everyone,
Have been reading through the posts and thought I would post up my own experiences with Kodi and Sony android to see if somebody might be able to shed some light.
I've recently bought the KDL43W755CBU model (non 4k / non 3D). I also have a tvheadend server (TBS Moi Pro) and NAS box on my network. I have another HTPC running openelec and kodi 14.2 in another room.
When I first setup the tv I installed Kodi from the play store and loaded the library from the Openelec box onto it using upnp. My videos (mostly HD mkvs) seemed to play fine with no real obvious issues.
I also setup the TvHeadend PVR client and began testing. With deinterlacing set to BOB, channels like BBC 1 HD and BBC 2 HD played well. However I ran into issues with SD channels being displayed in 4:3 format rather than 16:9. I tried the various suggested methods of disabling hardware acceleration but when I did that, while it managed to resolve the issues with the SD channels, the HD channels wouldn't play without stuttering and pixelating.
Having read up a little, I decided to uninstall the offical Kodi app from the Play store and instead try the Kod 15.2 RC 3 app from the site. This is where I have started to run into major issues. Using this version I couldn't get any of the HD content (tv or video files) to play at all without stuttering and pixelation. SD was fine. Last night I tried every version of the app from 14.2 to 15.2 RC3 and have the same results. In fact what's even more unusual is that I have now reverted back to the official app from the Play store and it is having these same issues where previously it didn't.
I looked at the system info summary and noticed that even at idle, the cpu seems to be running at anywhere between 75 - 90%. I think this is probably having an effect on being able to play content. In fact when I tried the Zephyr skin (beautiful by the way) the CPU was pretty much constantly at 100% when in idle.
I'm probably going to do a factory reset on the tv when I go home this evening and start fresh with the official app to see if that makes any difference, but if anyone else has had these issues I'd love to know if you've been able to resolve them.
Thanks
Henry
Have been reading through the posts and thought I would post up my own experiences with Kodi and Sony android to see if somebody might be able to shed some light.
I've recently bought the KDL43W755CBU model (non 4k / non 3D). I also have a tvheadend server (TBS Moi Pro) and NAS box on my network. I have another HTPC running openelec and kodi 14.2 in another room.
When I first setup the tv I installed Kodi from the play store and loaded the library from the Openelec box onto it using upnp. My videos (mostly HD mkvs) seemed to play fine with no real obvious issues.
I also setup the TvHeadend PVR client and began testing. With deinterlacing set to BOB, channels like BBC 1 HD and BBC 2 HD played well. However I ran into issues with SD channels being displayed in 4:3 format rather than 16:9. I tried the various suggested methods of disabling hardware acceleration but when I did that, while it managed to resolve the issues with the SD channels, the HD channels wouldn't play without stuttering and pixelating.
Having read up a little, I decided to uninstall the offical Kodi app from the Play store and instead try the Kod 15.2 RC 3 app from the site. This is where I have started to run into major issues. Using this version I couldn't get any of the HD content (tv or video files) to play at all without stuttering and pixelation. SD was fine. Last night I tried every version of the app from 14.2 to 15.2 RC3 and have the same results. In fact what's even more unusual is that I have now reverted back to the official app from the Play store and it is having these same issues where previously it didn't.
I looked at the system info summary and noticed that even at idle, the cpu seems to be running at anywhere between 75 - 90%. I think this is probably having an effect on being able to play content. In fact when I tried the Zephyr skin (beautiful by the way) the CPU was pretty much constantly at 100% when in idle.
I'm probably going to do a factory reset on the tv when I go home this evening and start fresh with the official app to see if that makes any difference, but if anyone else has had these issues I'd love to know if you've been able to resolve them.
Thanks
Henry