[ashlar]

Hi.  I'm taking interest in your project although it's not clear to me what your goal is?  Every external player I use has a resume function to pick up where I left off the next time I launch the player from Kodi.  I think MPC-BE calls it a 'file position' setting.  Others call the setting something else.  This data is stored in each player.  What gain will your new compile and build offer that doesn't already exist besides maybe displaying partially watched status for the title in the Kodi library since the timestamp data will be copied to Kodi?  I use 5 external players and just added a 5th, VLC.  I doubt it but, if I was to launch playback using a different player could or would they resume at the same timestamp also since Kodi will be telling them to?  Whether all players will oblige is a different story but I take it at least the one that provided the original metadata to Kodi might?  Thanks for taking the time and interest.  Will your compile and build offer anything else of interest?  TIA.

As far "anything else of interest is concerned", I had some requests that seemed "not too hard" to me (with the caveat that I'm no programmer and that I could seriously be misjudging this).
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2850685
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2850419

As far as playback status, what purpleman is working on would mean have Kodi retain all functionality Kodi users have come to expect. That is having a clear view of whether a video has been watched completely or partially, having Kodi ask whether one wants to start from the interruption point or from the beginning, etc. I am aware of the partial workaround with the current situation. But they are workarounds and they are partial.

[MKANET]

This might be an ignorant question... But, does the new internal video player for Kodi 18 even have the ability to accept post-processing video add-ons that could be cross-platform capable?  Maybe, something with just smooth-motion playback?

[Warner306]

Smooth motion was added to version 18. There is no ability to add video shaders. Would be nice given mpv and FFMPEG have the code for many video processing tasks available for free online.

[MKANET]

Thanks for letting me know.  I just search Google for Kodi 18 Smooth Motion; but, couldn't anything about this new feature.  Instead, I found a bunch of forum posts complaining about video stutter and judder.  Any chance you could point me to the info talking about?  I'd really appreciate it.
 

Smooth motion was added to version 18. There is no ability to add video shaders. Would be nice given mpv and FFMPEG have the code for many video processing tasks available for free online.

[Warner306]

It is supposed to kick-in automatically when needed. It was in the release notes for the Windows version.

[ashlar]

It is supposed to kick-in automatically when needed. It was in the release notes for the Windows version.

I don't see anything here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Kodi_v18_(Leia)_c...s_Specific

[MKANET]

It is supposed to kick-in automatically when needed. It was in the release notes for the Windows version.

I don't see anything here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Kodi_v18_(Leia)_c...s_Specific 

I also didn't find anything.  If it was the equivalent to Smooth Motion on madVR, I'd think that there would be fewer people complaining about stutter/judder for Kodi v 18.x; not the opposite.  Maybe, the feature is there but not working correctly?  Anyway, it seems significantly more people are seeing video stuttering on Kodi 18 (in general) than Kodi 17; at least, when searching Google.

[madjockxbmc]

It is supposed to kick-in automatically when needed. It was in the release notes for the Windows version.

I don't see anything here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Kodi_v18_(Leia)_c...s_Specific  

I also didn't find anything.  If it was the equivalent to Smooth Motion on madVR, I'd think that there would be fewer people complaining about stutter/judder for Kodi v 18.x; not the opposite.  Maybe, the feature is there but not working correctly?  Anyway, it seems significantly more people are seeing video stuttering on Kodi 18 (in general) than Kodi 17; at least, when searching Google. 

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=332100


https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/compare/18....8.0b1-Leia
afedchin
VideoPlayer: WinRenderer - add smooth motion
5470f87

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5470...6b7f370b39

[ashlar]

I don't see anything here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Kodi_v18_(Leia)_c...s_Specific  

I also didn't find anything.  If it was the equivalent to Smooth Motion on madVR, I'd think that there would be fewer people complaining about stutter/judder for Kodi v 18.x; not the opposite.  Maybe, the feature is there but not working correctly?  Anyway, it seems significantly more people are seeing video stuttering on Kodi 18 (in general) than Kodi 17; at least, when searching Google.  

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=332100


https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/compare/18....8.0b1-Leia
afedchin
VideoPlayer: WinRenderer - add smooth motion
5470f87

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5470...6b7f370b39 

Just tried the first segment of Planet Earth s01e02 (Mountains) and... there's no comparison between madVR's Smooth Motion and whatever is supposed to be happening in Kodi 18.2 with playback at 60Hz refresh rate.
The first is smooth, the second is not.

[TheBuz]

Update: DSPlayer 17.6 Krypton26 November 2017 (x86-b654205) (x64-13194ec)

• Added some workarounds for Windows Fall Creators Update
  
• Updated madvrsettings v1.0.6 (madVR 0.92.9)
  
• Fixed DSPlayer audio delay was not properly applied in some case
  
• Merged with the official Kodi 17.6 Krypton Final
  

 

Your Last Post, Thank you for everything.

[fandangos]

A few years back I've started this thread and we finally have it https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=316378.
Blu-ray and UHD Blu-Ray menus. 

Still we face the problem that Windows and Nvidia use a private API for HDR and this goes against the open source concept of Kodi. 

This is not a problem for Madashi and MadVR. The problem is that even adding the newest libbluray into DSPlayer it won't render the menus. 
Even adding DSplayer as a Kodi external player this won't work. What I'm looking for is an all in one solution and if we could have HDR this would be finally possible. 

So, the thing is, how hard since Kodi is open source, to implement DSPlayer seamless into Leia 18.2?

We could say just wait for Kodi 19 Matrix but since the API is closed we might never get HDR passtrought. 
And even using the Nvidia Shield that supports HDR passtrought it does not support Java, so full blu-ray and uhd blu-rays playback isn't possible. 

The only final option is Jriver Media Center which uses MadVR for libbluray still Kodi interface is way better compared to it and the integration of external addons make it a an awesome candidate for a all in one solution. 

So.. any idea how we could integrate DSPlayer into Leia or how we can integrate libbluray into krypton?

[brazen1]

Abandoning Kodi for JRiver is not the only final option.  I agree, the JRiver interface isn't for me either after enjoying Kodi and becoming accustomed to it.  So, I use Kodi v.19 Matrix with external players.  6 of them.  Recently I've added PotPlayer to the mix enjoying madVR with it and a couple other players.  This is probably the most customizable player I've encountered.  I like DVDFab Media Player v.3 for passthrough HDR with full menus and PowerDVD v.18 for frame packed 3D with full menus although the other players can play main movie with madVR.  They can both be obtained on eBay for about 5 bucks and produce very good pictures on my 65".  I launch them from Kodi seamlessly by just pressing enter on any title including full rip iso's and transcoded mkv's.  This setup certainly isn't the all-in-one solution you want someone to come up with but it is a solution.  A diverse one at that.

[ashlar]

Update: DSPlayer 17.6 Krypton26 November 2017 (x86-b654205) (x64-13194ec)

• Added some workarounds for Windows Fall Creators Update
  
• Updated madvrsettings v1.0.6 (madVR 0.92.9)
  
• Fixed DSPlayer audio delay was not properly applied in some case
  
• Merged with the official Kodi 17.6 Krypton Final
  

 

Your Last Post, Thank you for everything. 

Yes. This is as good a moment as any for me to thank aracnoz too. I've abandoned hope he'll come back to Kodi. But it's impossible to forget what he did and that he gave us Krypton while we thought DSPlayer was going to be stuck at Jarvis. Leia is not going to happen from him but, at the end of the day, I've decided to stick with Krypton for as long as it'll serve my needs (quite likely as long as madVR keeps on being compatible with it).

So thank you aracnoz! You'll always be the man.

[Warner306]

A few years back I've started this thread and we finally have it https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=316378.
Blu-ray and UHD Blu-Ray menus. 

Still we face the problem that Windows and Nvidia use a private API for HDR and this goes against the open source concept of Kodi. 

This is not a problem for Madashi and MadVR. The problem is that even adding the newest libbluray into DSPlayer it won't render the menus. 
Even adding DSplayer as a Kodi external player this won't work. What I'm looking for is an all in one solution and if we could have HDR this would be finally possible. 

So, the thing is, how hard since Kodi is open source, to implement DSPlayer seamless into Leia 18.2?

We could say just wait for Kodi 19 Matrix but since the API is closed we might never get HDR passtrought. 
And even using the Nvidia Shield that supports HDR passtrought it does not support Java, so full blu-ray and uhd blu-rays playback isn't possible. 

The only final option is Jriver Media Center which uses MadVR for libbluray still Kodi interface is way better compared to it and the integration of external addons make it a an awesome candidate for a all in one solution. 

So.. any idea how we could integrate DSPlayer into Leia or how we can integrate libbluray into krypton?

A merge of DSPlayer's GitHub (on page one) with the original Kodi GitHub might work. You'd have to manually move code around to deal with merge conflicts to determine if it will work.

[fandangos]

A few years back I've started this thread and we finally have it https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=316378.
Blu-ray and UHD Blu-Ray menus. 

Still we face the problem that Windows and Nvidia use a private API for HDR and this goes against the open source concept of Kodi. 

This is not a problem for Madashi and MadVR. The problem is that even adding the newest libbluray into DSPlayer it won't render the menus. 
Even adding DSplayer as a Kodi external player this won't work. What I'm looking for is an all in one solution and if we could have HDR this would be finally possible. 

So, the thing is, how hard since Kodi is open source, to implement DSPlayer seamless into Leia 18.2?

We could say just wait for Kodi 19 Matrix but since the API is closed we might never get HDR passtrought. 
And even using the Nvidia Shield that supports HDR passtrought it does not support Java, so full blu-ray and uhd blu-rays playback isn't possible. 

The only final option is Jriver Media Center which uses MadVR for libbluray still Kodi interface is way better compared to it and the integration of external addons make it a an awesome candidate for a all in one solution. 

So.. any idea how we could integrate DSPlayer into Leia or how we can integrate libbluray into krypton?

A merge of DSPlayer's GitHub (on page one) with the original Kodi GitHub might work. You'd have to manually move code around to deal with merge conflicts to determine if it will work. 

The hard part is understand what was changed to incorporate DSplayer. 
I kind of understand the dsplayer portion itself inside the players folder but it seems more likely it got integrated as an external internal player than part of kodi itself. 
It got all the integrations with estuary and this is a great help since it's the skin still being used with Kodi 19 Matrix. 

But just as an example, when playing a full blu-ray even with Dsplayer it will only use it if playing the main movie only, if you want to play the disc it will default for videoplayer.
That leads me to believe that it needs a huge portion of integration with Kodi system.

And tbh, this is way over my head.