2020-01-01, 16:49
Hi all,
First, some info about the setup: Kodi 18.5 running on Android TV 9 (Pie) on a Sony KD-75X9500G (Same as X950G). HT-X8500 soundbar connected via HDMI eARC.
Debug Log is here: https://paste.kodi.tv/hitificebe.kodi
The issue is that the image freezes for a couple seconds in a very noticeable way. Here's a short video showing the issue:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uaalmgimgtt86e...2.MOV?dl=0
It seems to be affecting pretty much every video that I watch, from SD to 4K, but I can only see that in longer videos, as it seems to be happening every 20-30 minutes or so (but it might be another frequency, as I didn't really clock it). I don't remember seeing that for example when watching Simpsons episodes (~23 minutes long).
Sound passthrough is activated in Kodi but I don't think it's being passed through in most cases because of other problems of the Android TV implementation in this set that I've read about in other threads and also from what I could understand of my own logs (e.g. at line 427 or 429).
The video in the example is 4K @ 23.976. As far as I can tell the video is playing at 4K but the refresh rate is not being matched and seems to be stuck at 60Hz (another Sony TV Android limitation?). For some reason Kodi outputs that it's running at 1920x1080 @ 60 (line at 433) and that's the only option available in the whitelist list (but I didn't enable anything there).
Another thing I noticed is that the Kodi FPS counter hovers between 45 and 55FPS most of the time (which is neither the 60FPS you'd expect from 60Hz nor the 23.796 from the video). The CPU stays between 60% and 90%, knowing that I've seen it go beyond 100% at times, as I presume the theoretical maximum would be 400% (4-core CPU), unless I misunderstood something.
As far as I can tell the problem is linked to the message at lines 549 and 550. I've paused and stopped the video right after seeing the issue around that time.
Finally, I think this might be the same issue as the one on this thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=350435. The TV set is not exactly the same but they use the same "cheapset" from Mediatek (MT5893).
Guess that's it. Any help is appreciated.
First, some info about the setup: Kodi 18.5 running on Android TV 9 (Pie) on a Sony KD-75X9500G (Same as X950G). HT-X8500 soundbar connected via HDMI eARC.
Debug Log is here: https://paste.kodi.tv/hitificebe.kodi
The issue is that the image freezes for a couple seconds in a very noticeable way. Here's a short video showing the issue:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uaalmgimgtt86e...2.MOV?dl=0
It seems to be affecting pretty much every video that I watch, from SD to 4K, but I can only see that in longer videos, as it seems to be happening every 20-30 minutes or so (but it might be another frequency, as I didn't really clock it). I don't remember seeing that for example when watching Simpsons episodes (~23 minutes long).
Sound passthrough is activated in Kodi but I don't think it's being passed through in most cases because of other problems of the Android TV implementation in this set that I've read about in other threads and also from what I could understand of my own logs (e.g. at line 427 or 429).
The video in the example is 4K @ 23.976. As far as I can tell the video is playing at 4K but the refresh rate is not being matched and seems to be stuck at 60Hz (another Sony TV Android limitation?). For some reason Kodi outputs that it's running at 1920x1080 @ 60 (line at 433) and that's the only option available in the whitelist list (but I didn't enable anything there).
Another thing I noticed is that the Kodi FPS counter hovers between 45 and 55FPS most of the time (which is neither the 60FPS you'd expect from 60Hz nor the 23.796 from the video). The CPU stays between 60% and 90%, knowing that I've seen it go beyond 100% at times, as I presume the theoretical maximum would be 400% (4-core CPU), unless I misunderstood something.
As far as I can tell the problem is linked to the message at lines 549 and 550. I've paused and stopped the video right after seeing the issue around that time.
Finally, I think this might be the same issue as the one on this thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=350435. The TV set is not exactly the same but they use the same "cheapset" from Mediatek (MT5893).
Guess that's it. Any help is appreciated.