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fantasticn · 2016-03-23, 10:50

Hi koying,

thanx for providing SPMC (again). I like it because it starts making use of functions only available on Android TV devices (e.g. the voice search - hope you expand to Music library as well). However, I am having difficulties in using the remote control of my Shield TV box:

I used to configure the keymap.xml so I can make use of the long-press function of the remote control. I configured the return button so a short press will go to the previous page and have th current video still running while a long press will return to the previous page and thereby end the video playback. but ever since updating to firmware 3.0 (Marshmallow) the long-press of the return button does not seem to work anymore.

However, Since I used to have Kodi as the launcher (using XBMC launcher) I was able to use the homescreen button instead. Pressing it ended the videoplayback and brought me straight back to the main menu of Kodi. But now that I switched to SPMC (using the launcher version as well) even that is not wirking anymore. Pressing the home button just seems to trigger nothing besides a refresh of the current screen.

So is there a way of
a) restoring the home button so it will lead directly to the SPMC main menu (when used as a launcher) and maybe even end the current playback of the video?
b) restore the the long-press functionality of the return button?

Btw.: Though they announced that the Android version of Kodi 17 will have a working fix for audio passthrough included (not implementing it in the official Kodi 16 version seemed to be one of the major reasons why we now have SPMC again as I understood) it seems that Kodi as a matter of principle will not support many "Android TV specialities" (launcher, voice search etc.) - if they find a new developer for Android at all. So I hope that SPMC will coexist for quiet a while. Do you already have plans for an SPMC 17 as soon as Kodi 17 reaches beta stadium? Wouldn't it make sense to have the settings-folder of SPMC not including the version number "16" then?

And another question: Do you have list of SPMC specific triggers that can be included in either the advancedsettings.xml (like "disableminimize") or the xbmc_env.properties file?

Thanks for all your hard work!

iMak · 2016-03-23, 11:12

SPMC Recommendations seem working in the latest version. Nice feature.

Koying · 2016-03-23, 11:12

(2016-03-22, 23:29)Tinwarble Wrote: Go to the Play Store from a PC or web browser and push it to your Android TV device.

Google informed me that SPMC was "Android TV approved", so it now shows up directly in the device store.

sunnyfunny · 2016-03-23, 12:00

Good News

Do-It-Yourself · 2016-03-23, 13:26

I would like to support a paid version of SPMC via Play Store, if passthrough via toslink will work fine on my Beelink M18 box (Amlogic S905).

tocinillo · 2016-03-23, 13:27

Works like a charm in my Shield TV. DTS, DD, DD+, DTS HD MA, autoframe perfect. Just two question:

- What kind of deinterlace use Shield TV? I thinks is adaptive (if you choose Auto, that the work does in VPU).

- None of my TrueHD is working, my Anthem MRX710 show the "TrueHD label" and sounds fine, but only 10 seconds, then you can hear "shhhh" sound, after 10 seconds works again and repeat again the same process.

Thanks for you work Koying Wink

unclewilly6988 · 2016-03-23, 15:48

Hello, thanks for your work on this.
Out of curiosity,
Do you have any plans to add retroplayer support to spmc once it gets merged into the standard kodi builds.

I saw that they are already adding some of the retroplayer stuff to kodi 17 like the controller configs, etc.

Just asking as I'd like to eventually use this to control and launch my emulators on my shield tv

Hiphopopotamus · 2016-03-23, 17:05

(2016-03-23, 01:39)delcidgt Wrote: These are my settings on the nVidia Shield, works flawlessly all the audio formats including Dolby TrueHD + Atmos:

Adjust display reflesh rate = Off

Why would you have this turned Off? Do you have issues with it, to most of us it is vital to ensure playback is in the correct refresh rate.

BluHD · 2016-03-23, 17:16

(2016-03-23, 17:05)Hiphopopotamus Wrote:
(2016-03-23, 01:39)delcidgt Wrote: These are my settings on the nVidia Shield, works flawlessly all the audio formats including Dolby TrueHD + Atmos:

Adjust display reflesh rate = Off

Why would you have this turned Off? Do you have issues with it, to most of us it is vital to ensure playback is in the correct refresh rate.

I suppose that if most of your Viewing is only 24hz material then switching the shield manually to 24hz would do the job and bypass the refresh rate switching

chocco · 2016-03-23, 18:06

Didn't Fritsch say that refresh rate switching in Android is irrepairably broken at the moment and that it should be switched off if you want playback to work smoothly? Or have we advanced from there?

BluHD · 2016-03-23, 18:23

Apparently it works for some but not others, Well for me it does anyway as the Shield HMI 2.0 is fed into a 1.3a version amplifier and then into a 1.3a TV and i have no problems with refresh rate switching but others using a combination of both HDMI 2.0 and 1.4 and above etc.. are experiencing some problems

**fritsch** · 2016-03-23, 18:44

Fritsch talked about the v17 version, which needs some love after internal changes.

Crypter · 2016-03-23, 20:49

Refresh rate switching causes DTS-HD / TrueHD to be delayed (this is defeatable) but with the refresh rate switching OFF there is no delay from the moment you hit play. Although in my case, I have the occasional TrueHD track that seems to be cutting in and out at times. Not sure why that is happening on some TrueHD tracks... only happens on SPMC not on the KodiPT test build from 3/8 or prior.

Karkas66 · 2016-03-23, 22:50

(2016-03-19, 15:36)Karkas66 Wrote: After a first quick look at the latest SPMC where everything was working, I found another problem today:

I have a 4k Dolby Atmos/DTS-X 7.1.4 Setup, with a Samsung 4k TV and a Marantz SR-7010. I can Switch between an Chromebox with openelec (that lacs 4k60hz Support) and the Shield TV for comparision.

When I play a Dolby Atmos Video via ShieldTV I hear audio pausing for some milli seconds every 10-15 seconds. The same video on the Chrome Box works flawlessly!

I´m playing Movies with some features in this order:

Filename - Sound - Video - Status

Dolby.Atmos.Enabled.Movie.German.1080p.DL.TrueHD.BluRay.AVC.Remux-pmHD - Dolby Atmos - 1920x1080 - Sound Shuttering

tearsofsteel_4k.mov - Stereo - 3840x1714 - Everything OK

hd_dolby_atmos_amaze_lossless-DWEU.m2ts - Dolby Atmos - 1920x1080 - Sound Shuttering

Dolby Atmos Demo August/DoAtDeDi.iso - Dolby Atmos - 1920x1080 - Sound Shuttering

DTS Blu-ray Demo Disc 19.iso - DTS-X - 1920x1080 - Everything OK

Here is my Log File
http://pastebin.com/YthMVFnR

Here are some interesting errors:

Code:
13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - AUDIOTRACK Initialized: 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Output Device : android 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Sample Rate : 3072001 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Sample Format : UNKNOWN 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Channel Count : 8 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Channel Layout: FL,FR,FC,LFE,BL,BR,SL,SR 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Frames : 61440 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Frame Samples : 491520 13:43:41 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Frame Size : 1 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio::HandleSyncError - average error -140811.660639 above threshold of 100000.000000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-195699.905663), clock(1078510.835000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1078508.642000, should be:1058510.835000, error:-19997.807000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-259685.919663), clock(1162761.588000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1162759.760000, should be:1142761.588000, error:-19998.172000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-223810.111471), clock(1160051.332000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1160049.451000, should be:1140051.332000, error:-19998.119000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-203806.693471), clock(1159841.925000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1159839.993000, should be:1139841.925000, error:-19998.068000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-241849.697760), clock(1226977.721000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1226975.109000, should be:1206977.721000, error:-19997.388000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-204362.436412), clock(1223502.229000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1223498.363000, should be:1203502.229000, error:-19996.134000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-170288.300974), clock(1220814.031000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1220812.098000, should be:1200814.031000, error:-19998.067000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-153596.954974), clock(1224333.310000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1224330.540000, should be:1204333.310000, error:-19997.230000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-121893.540421), clock(1221506.599000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1221503.726000, should be:1201506.599000, error:-19997.127000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-123635.204421), clock(1243461.856000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1243459.976000, should be:1223461.856000, error:-19998.120000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-101144.081421), clock(1240766.828000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1240764.216000, should be:1220766.828000, error:-19997.388000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-77882.012421), clock(1237983.665000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1237981.732000, should be:1217983.665000, error:-19998.067000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-62699.913421), clock(1242296.930000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1242293.952000, should be:1222296.930000, error:-19997.022000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket forcing clock sync for passthrough - skip error(-39830.119421), clock(1239526.459000), correction(20000.000000) 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDClock::Discontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - was:1239524.108000, should be:1219526.459000, error:-19997.649000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio::HandleSyncError - average error -44483.994021 below threshold of 50000.000000 13:43:42 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:43:43 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times. 13:43:43 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:43:46 T:1514092848 DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 41705.78, frameduration: 41708.333333 13:43:59 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:01 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:44:05 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 3 times. 13:44:05 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:08 T:1503648048 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 2 times. 13:44:08 T:1503648048 DEBUG: Thread JobWorker 1503648048 terminating (autodelete) 13:44:08 T:1491065136 DEBUG: Thread JobWorker 1491065136 terminating (autodelete) 13:44:11 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:15 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:44:17 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x2b, sym: 0x006f, unicode: 0x006f, modifier: 0x0 13:44:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): o (0xf04f) pressed, action is CodecInfo 13:44:21 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:44:23 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 3 times. 13:44:23 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:25 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times. 13:44:25 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x2b, sym: 0x006f, unicode: 0x006f, modifier: 0x0 13:44:25 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): o (0xf04f) pressed, action is CodecInfo 13:44:25 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:44:26 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times. 13:44:26 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x2b, sym: 0x006f, unicode: 0x006f, modifier: 0x0 13:44:26 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): o (0xf04f) pressed, action is CodecInfo 13:44:27 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:44:37 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 4 times. 13:44:37 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Dropping packet of 20 ms 13:45:18 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 2 times. 13:45:18 T:1515137328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Duplicating packet of 20 ms 13:45:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x17, sym: 0x000d, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0 13:45:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): return (0xf00d) pressed, action is OSD 13:45:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (VideoOSD.xml) ------ 13:45:20 T:1393072432 INFO: Loading skin file: VideoOSD.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY 13:45:20 T:1393072432 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------ 13:45:21 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x16, sym: 0x0113, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0 13:45:21 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): right (0xf083) pressed, action is Right 13:45:21 T:1393072432 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x17, sym: 0x000d, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0 13:45:21 T:1393072432 DEBUG: bool CInputManager::OnKey(const CKey&): return (0xf00d) pressed, action is Select 13:45:21 T:1393072432 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile() 13:45:21 T:1393072432 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit 13:45:21 T:1441560880 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() 13:45:21 T:1441560880 NOTICE: Closing stream player 1 13:45:21 T:1441560880 NOTICE: Waiting for audio thread to exit 13:45:21 T:1515137328 NOTICE: thread end: CDVDPlayerAudio::OnExit() 13:45:21 T:1515137328 DEBUG: Thread DVDPlayerAudio 1515137328 terminating 13:45:21 T:1441560880 NOTICE: Closing audio device 13:45:21 T:1396300080 DEBUG: CActiveAE::DiscardStream - audio stream deleted 13:45:21 T:1396300080 DEBUG: CActiveAE::ClearDiscardedBuffers - buffer pool deleted 13:45:21 T:1401940272 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times. 13:45:21 T:1401940272 INFO: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink 13:45:21 T:1401940272 DEBUG: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::stopiing audiotrack 13:45:21 T:1401940272 DEBUG: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - trying to open device AUDIOTRACK:AudioTrack 13:45:21 T:1401940272 DEBUG: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::Initialize requested: 0x42f6d600, sampleRate 44100; format: AE_FMT_FLOAT(15); channels: 2 13:45:21 T:1401940272 DEBUG: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::Initialize returned: m_sampleRate 44100; format:AE_FMT_FLOAT(15); min_buffer_size 30208; m_frames 1888; m_frameSize 8; channels: 2; m_audiotrackbuffer_sec(0.085624), m_sink_saplerate(44100)

I tested the 16.1.2 Release today, but the issue stays the same. Did anyone find a problem in the debug log?

**fritsch** · 2016-03-23, 23:22

Please turn of "Sync Playback to Display" - that makes absolutely no sense in combination with Passthrough. Restart kodi after disabling it.