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Milhouse · 2015-12-03, 15:59

(2015-12-03, 15:14)Ipaddle Wrote: In another Fritsch-thread I can read, that A/V sync problems are related to enabled pass-through at the moment, right?

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=231955&page=155

Yes, passthrough delay (audio sync) is currently a problem. According to @fritsch:

(2015-12-03, 09:24)fritsch Wrote: but AE is currently redone cause of non IEC passthrough for android. Here it seems - passthrough delay is currently broken. Wait until the weekend - I will report when it's fixed.

Hopefully some new fixes at the weekend.

In the meantime, try testing/listening with passthrough disabled.

**fritsch** · 2015-12-03, 16:01

Passthrough is always a problem sync wise ... it is package aligned. You can only drop or dupe - no soft resample or something. If you really want perfect sync - then just don't use passthrough.

Ipaddle · 2015-12-03, 17:08

(2015-12-03, 16:01)fritsch Wrote: Passthrough is always a problem sync wise ... it is package aligned. You can only drop or dupe - no soft resample or something. If you really want perfect sync - then just don't use passthrough.

Ahh. I forgot this option (drop/dupe)! Thanks.

Mettbrot · (This post was last modified: 2015-12-03, 21:04 by Mettbrot.)

Hey! Testing the new built 1201 here. Besides the passthrough audio sync problems I have quite a bad TV experience.
1. http://sprunge.us/IYXZ
Kodi crashed when I tried to change the channel.
Crashlog: http://sprunge.us/PaUT

2. http://sprunge.us/AJIK (maybe not a debug log, but i can reproduce this if needed..?)

When I select "record now" (OSD) on a program the recording starts. When I try to stop it kodi freezes and after a while shows "PVR-Backend-Error: For more details see the log."
Looking at the tvheadend server I see that it has crashed:

Code:
Dec 3 19:56:32 Server tvheadend[13713]: dvr: entry a8db8a2d6c17ca8e802a26f648d86506 "Börse vor acht" on "Das Erste HD" starting at 2015-12-03 19:54:30, scheduled for recording by "kodi"

Dec 3 19:56:32 Server tvheadend[13713]: dvr: "Börse vor acht" on "Das Erste HD" recorder starting

Dec 3 19:56:32 Server tvheadend[13713]: dvr: unable to create new channel streaming chain for 'Das Erste HD'

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: Signal: 6 in PRG: tvheadend (4.0.7) [80e05f16130b8a7076abce9fe78935a65ca3f25a] CWD: /

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: Fault address 0x3591 (N/A)

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: Loaded libraries: linux-vdso.so.1 /usr/lib64/libdvbcsa.so.1 /lib64/libssl.so.1.0.0 /lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 /lib64/libz.so.1 /usr/lib64/liburiparser.so.1 /usr/lib64/libavahi-common.so.3 /usr/lib64/libavahi-client.so.3 /usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3 /lib64/libdl.so.2 /lib64/libpthread.so.0 /lib64/libm.so.6 /lib64/librt.so.1 /lib64/libc.so.6 /usr/lib64/../lib64/libssp.so.0 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/libnss_files.so.2

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: Register dump [23]: fefefefefefefefffefeff2bff092d63000000000000000800000000000002020000000000a08c910000000000a08d10000000000124b098000000000000000d0000000000003591000000000000377200002b31034af0b800002b31015100000000000000000006000000000000000000002b310336197900002b310691944800002b31033619790000000000000202000000000000003300000000000000000000000000000000fffffffe7ffbba130000000000000000

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: STACKTRACE

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x461df9

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x2b3102c13670

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: gsignal+0x39 (/lib64/libc.so.6)

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: abort+0x148 (/lib64/libc.so.6)

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x2b310335a966

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x2b310335aa12

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x492936

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x4905da

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x490be1

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x45886a

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x45824c

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x4393cd

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x435fcf

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: 0x2b3102c0bce2

Dec 3 19:56:42 Server tvheadend[13713]: CRASH: clone+0x6d (/lib64/libc.so.6)

clicking OK on the PVR-Backend-Error freezes kodi completely as it tries to reconnect to tvheadend. Tvheadend version is 4.0.7 maybe this problem comes from the server?

Milhouse · 2015-12-03, 21:30

@Mettbrot: did these problems start with #1201, or is this the first build you've tested? Testing earlier builds to determine if they have the same problems might be useful information.

Is the tvheadend server on the same client as Kodi? There are updated tvheadend builds in theaddons folder.

Mettbrot · (This post was last modified: 2015-12-04, 02:29 by Mettbrot.)

I tested 1119 for a longer period of time, definately including TV usage. 1128 for a day, don't exactly know if there was any TV usage involved. The tvheadend server is on an unraid machine on the network.

I will roll back this weekend and see if it changes behaviour.

Ipaddle · 2015-12-04, 00:45

(2015-12-03, 17:08)Ipaddle Wrote:
(2015-12-03, 16:01)fritsch Wrote: Passthrough is always a problem sync wise ... it is package aligned. You can only drop or dupe - no soft resample or something. If you really want perfect sync - then just don't use passthrough.

Ahh. I forgot this option (drop/dupe)! Thanks.

Oh, that option is gone in settings!? Can't find it.

**fritsch** · 2015-12-04, 09:27

It's not there anymore ... when passthrough is played it's always drop / dupe.

Ipaddle · 2015-12-04, 14:31

(2015-12-04, 09:27)fritsch Wrote: It's not there anymore ... when passthrough is played it's always drop / dupe.

Ok, then I will wait for a fix. I am not interested in perfect A/V sync, but would like to keep passthrough, because of better sound quality (subjective awareness).

Thomas_AR · (This post was last modified: 2015-12-04, 17:03 by Thomas_AR.)

Hello folks,
just got aware of those builds of Kodi with Openelec. I am running 6.0 on my Asus Chromebox as a single install. So my question is, is it worth installing the beta?I would use Leopolds addon as it has a backup function which hopefully works to go back to the stable version without data loss. I am using Kodi to watch my video collection and favourite TV shows.
Thanks

Milhouse · 2015-12-04, 17:34

These aren't betas - these are test builds. The purpose of the builds is to test new features that are coming in Kodi 16 and even 17 (and OpenELEC 7) - some of these features are still in development, and not yet finished. Other features are proposed for Kodi or OpenELEC, but not yet merged - testing them here increases the liklehood of them merging sooner.

These builds are generally quite usable, but obviously by their nature more likely to have issues than stable releases (any issues will hopefully only be temporary). They may also break add-ons and skins.

If you have problems with one of these builds then reverting to a stable release is quick and easy, although ideally you'll stick with it, reporting problems with debug log (wiki) files so that fixes can be worked out and added to the next build etc.

overdrive69 · 2015-12-04, 17:53

Hello and thank you for your work.
Would it be possible that you build a tvheadend service with transcoding support?

Milhouse · 2015-12-04, 18:03

(2015-12-04, 17:53)overdrive69 Wrote: Hello and thank you for your work.
Would it be possible that you build a tvheadend service with transcoding support?

Sure, if you submit the PR for inclusion in OpenELEC and it's not rejected.

I'm only interested in including features that have upstream support, the idea being that if/when I stop producing these builds you should eventually be able to switch back to a future stable release with no loss of functionality.

overdrive69 · 2015-12-04, 19:34

Ok, i Understand.

I already have a x86 tvh build with transcoding from openelec.tv but it doesn`t work with Kodi 16.
Because tvheadend service is not directly included in OE i thought it would be ok.

Thank you for your feedback.

Milhouse · 2015-12-04, 20:23

It's there as an unofficial addon, so you can submit a PR against the OpenELEC Unofficial tvheadend package. If it's just a matter of using different build options to enable transcoding then maybe there's little reason not to include it, but any discussion for or against can take place in the PR.

If it's merged, or likely to be merged, then I have no problem including it in the tvheadend addons I build. However if it's not going to be merged then it's not something I will be including.