2021-11-14, 18:03
Hi Windows community,
Seeing that the current main threads for this are in the Android and Linux subforums, I wanted to post a Windows version of this as was suggested by a Team-Kodi members as I'm not seeing any more follow-up on this from Windows users, which may indicate either its a user-specific issue or just not used by many people yet.
Specifically, 19.3 has fixed long-standing significant audio dropouts at fixed/defined points in certain Dolby Atmos movies where the bitrate crosses a certain threshold. However, it appears that shorter/micro dropouts now appear to occur in places where they didn't before.
As quoted above, apparently all Windows issues were fixed. At least one person has confirmed the remaining issue on CoreElec Stable 19.3 with the same film. But also the following (specifically the until proven otherwise):
I am reposting a link by Hitcher in the other thread. It is a sample of Zootopia, in a scene where in the past the scene with the exploding snow geysers would cause obvious dropouts. However, smaller audio dropouts now occur slightly before - so it is not clear whether the fix for frames >2560 has introduced something else. While dropouts can be caused by a number of reasons - in my view this hypothesis can be partially negated where those dropouts did not previously occur on the same system with the same file where the only change was the Kodi version.
It would be great to have Windows users confirm whether or not they have this issue, and also post logs (I will do the same in a separate post later). The old issue was universal (despite people claiming otherwise), but perhaps this one isn't. I'm also sensing what appear to be framerate issues but that is for another day.
Seeing that the current main threads for this are in the Android and Linux subforums, I wanted to post a Windows version of this as was suggested by a Team-Kodi members as I'm not seeing any more follow-up on this from Windows users, which may indicate either its a user-specific issue or just not used by many people yet.
(2021-10-30, 16:25)jjd-uk Wrote:(2021-10-30, 16:12)Deam Wrote:(2021-10-30, 15:54)balkerman Wrote: Try the the test file posted here: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3067831Those appear to be for Android (not Windows 10 as noted) - Yes, I acknowledge this is the Android subforum yet seems to be the main spot for this in addition the Linux thread.
Also just to clarify, microcut I am still referring to audio/sound. Not stutter in the video.
Please create a new post on the Windows forum, as all issues on Windows were thought to have been fixed, the issues being discussed here are Andoid only Although it may sound like similar symptoms it might be a totally different underlying issue so posting here could end up causing confusion.
[edit] Also make sure to have a log file ready see Log_file/Easy (wiki) when creating a new post.
Specifically, 19.3 has fixed long-standing significant audio dropouts at fixed/defined points in certain Dolby Atmos movies where the bitrate crosses a certain threshold. However, it appears that shorter/micro dropouts now appear to occur in places where they didn't before.
As quoted above, apparently all Windows issues were fixed. At least one person has confirmed the remaining issue on CoreElec Stable 19.3 with the same film. But also the following (specifically the until proven otherwise):
(2021-10-30, 21:26)jogal Wrote:(2021-10-30, 19:50)Aemstel Wrote: This issue is clearly not platform-specific, is it? Maybe it's a better idea to move this thread to the "OS independant/ other" subforum instead of creating separate threads for all platforms?
If I understand correctly, what @jjd-uk is trying to say is perhaps @Deam's issue is different from this one, although the effect is similar and it may not have any relationship. So it is better to open a specific thread in Windows.
Note that this patch (the one that is common on all platforms) has also been applied to LibreELEC and CoreELEC distributions and no one has reported any problems: https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/truehd-...te/7569/46 (AFAIK).
Android still has some problem but it is not with the audio but video stuttering.
Until proven otherwise the main issue of audio dropouts in TrueHD Atmos due to frames > 2560 bytes is fully 100% resolved.
Of course people can continue to have audio dropout issues for other reasons: e.g. buffering, lack of bandwidth, corrupted files, bad RAM, bad HDMI cables....
I am reposting a link by Hitcher in the other thread. It is a sample of Zootopia, in a scene where in the past the scene with the exploding snow geysers would cause obvious dropouts. However, smaller audio dropouts now occur slightly before - so it is not clear whether the fix for frames >2560 has introduced something else. While dropouts can be caused by a number of reasons - in my view this hypothesis can be partially negated where those dropouts did not previously occur on the same system with the same file where the only change was the Kodi version.
It would be great to have Windows users confirm whether or not they have this issue, and also post logs (I will do the same in a separate post later). The old issue was universal (despite people claiming otherwise), but perhaps this one isn't. I'm also sensing what appear to be framerate issues but that is for another day.
(2021-10-31, 13:36)Hitcher Wrote: Here's a sample of that part -Thanks, Everyone.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1182gl5newp64u...s.mkv?dl=0
Dropout occurs at about 12 seconds.
