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That "was" the proper fix and it's supposed to correct a bug that has been removed from OpenElec 5.0.

Of course,... I guess if you are running Kodi off a full Ubuntu install that's a different config. either way turning off prefer Vaapi Render is known to fix that problem.

And,... if you do the "Broadcast RGB" "Full" tweak to get the right video output then the Prefer Vaapi Rendered is supposed to be off also....

Selecting software decoding fixed the problem, but that is probably not the best solution. I'll try changing the render method tonight.

Alright, I updated the Ubuntu kernel to 3.18.4, I am using Kodi 14.1, and checked my Acceleration settings. I do not see the option for "Prefer VAAPI Rendered". My options are:

Render Method: Auto-Detect, Basic Shaders (ARB), Adv. Shaders (GLSL), Software
- Enable HQ Scalers for scalings above: 0%, etc.
Decoding Method: Hardware Accelerated, Software
Allow Hardware Acceleration (VDPAU)
Prefer VDPAU Video Mixer
Allow Hardware acceleration (VAAPI)
Reset settings to default

My settings level is "Advanced"

Can someone please tell me what settings I need? I want to play SD to 1080p videos via external SMB source, and play live HD TV via a HDhomerun tuner.

Can you tell me how you did that? (update latest kernel) The code in the post from Fritsch does nothing.

I get an error with wget. So I put file manually in dir 3.18 then it says Sudo not necessary.

Where you fill in the code? Ssh I guess?