[popcornmix]

I use the rp1 with LiveTV and HD channels (1080i 50) and the channels mini OSD ('c' key) is painfully slow. It doesn't matter if I change the GUI updates limit to 10, 25 or unlimited.

Can you be clear if this has always been the behaviour, or if this is a regression in a recent build? If it's a regression can you indicate which build?

[MikeKL]

Regarding comments on sluggish Kodi interface with Live TV video running in Background. My experience today with #0416 installed on my Pi's

I quickly tested on RPi 2 with TVHeadend backend running in background and Live TV HD channels playing via TVHeadend frontend. I don't personally see any problems with stock confluence interface overlaid over video etc. I can move about the interface easily/speedily with TV remote via CEC and/or Wireless USB keyboard (interface does not feel sluggish at all)

Then additionally I tested on RPi B with same Live TV HD channels over network connected to other TVHeadend backend on RPi 2 using TV remote via CEC and again standard confluence interface was not sluggish at all with Video playing in background. I thought that I would really notice a difference, but honestly I was presently surprised by how similar it was to RPi 2 (but of course I have no TVHeadend backend needed/running on RPi B)

I have not made any real changes at all to video settings from standard as installed Testbuild settings, with exception of making sure RPi B is running with suggested modified config settings that are well known to speed up processing generally to help interface etc on lower processing power of RPi B.

[zaphod24]

For me, the 0416 build is one of the best I've seen on my RPi2 for video playback. I'm only using dvdplayer and have disabled omxplayer. Everything just worked quite well... Skipping back and forth by large and small amounts, deinterlacing 1080i60, playing back 1080p60. I'm totally fine with the GUI updates being a second priority when video is playing.

Thanks for reporting. Please continue to report when things improve in builds as well as when things get worse.

I don't typically use PVR/live tv/deinterlace, but from time to time I test files using the IPTV PVR addon (which behaves somewhat like real PVR) and may make changes that appear to improve its behaviour. However I'm never very sure if the changes help real PVR use, and so if no one comments on the change, I may drop it as not having a proven benefit.

Well thanks for what you're doing! I only saw a few smallish-looking changes for MMAL in the latest build but recorded and live TV using the MythTV PVR plugin as well as video files played via NFS (huge mix of SD and HD content, most h264 encoded) are really working well with 0416. The "intentionally stessing for hardware" test files from http://solidrun.maltegrosse.de/~fritsch/ play just fine also.

[Misch]

Hi.

I'm new to the world of kodi/openlec and the raspberry pi2. i've build a raspi2 with a hifiberry digi+ and have a problem with my old yamaha receiver. (RX-V595RDS). the sound/passthrough still brings the receiver to "data error".

yesterday i found a probably solution in the hifiberry forum but i dont know, if this patch / firmware is used in build 0416.
i've tried to find this over google, but ...
now im here :-)

so, is: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/899 compiled/used? if not, could i ask for it?

thanks & best regards

[popcornmix]

so, is: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/899 compiled/used? if not, could i ask for it?

That commit was missing from 4.0 tree, but I've just added it, so should be in next build.

[Misch]

wow, thanks for the very fast answer! is it in 3.18 / 3.19 builds so i could try it?

[popcornmix]

wow, thanks for the very fast answer! is it in 3.18 / 3.19 builds so i could try it?

It was in 3.18. Not in 3.19.

[Misch]

so it should be in openelec 5.0.8 wich has the 3.18.10 kernel?

[doldi]

Hi Milhouse and popcornmix,

i am switching now backwards in the builds, because in the time about easter i can play my Audio 5.1 DTS CDs over HDMI convert to opto/spdif (do you remember?)
...well, since that time (i think #402) all new builds would not support this.

hmm, never touch a running PI2 system ;-)

DTS on DVDs will work perfekt.

[popcornmix]

so it should be in openelec 5.0.8 wich has the 3.18.10 kernel?

I don't think so. I think this is used for 5.0.8, which doesn't include the Hifiberry patch.

[popcornmix]

i am switching now backwards in the builds, because in the time about easter i can play my Audio 5.1 DTS CDs over HDMI convert to opto/spdif (do you remember?)
...well, since that time (i think #402) all new builds would not support this.

If you can identify the build that stopped it working, I can probably fix it.

[Misch]

so it should be in openelec 5.0.8 wich has the 3.18.10 kernel?

I don't think so. I think this is used for 5.0.8, which doesn't include the Hifiberry patch.

thanks again. makes me hopefully that the hifiberry patch could work. all the builds i've testet are without that patch. so i must wait for the next build.

best regards

[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Isengard build #0417: RPi / RPi2
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 4.0.0 #1 Fri Apr 17 21:02:19 BST 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Apr 11 2015 17:37:07
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 311b05fb4e33655a083a6f65b645e6a14e322803 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20150417210127-#0417-gacf36ec [Build #0417]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001520.512: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (acf36ec4, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (7f0425c7, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock4 patches
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches due to conflicts with newclock4
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-4.0.y
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled (new installs only) [patch details]
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• Includes latest dcadec master (5c223409)
  
• Includes libcec master (707bd51c)
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (77e3d80f)
  
• Includes latest addons: audiodecoder.modplug (c7e8ca82), audiodecoder.nosefart (c77e5a12), audiodecoder.sidplay (f2e7d985), audiodecoder.snesapu (9fc775b1), audiodecoder.stsound (775c858d), audiodecoder.timidity (bf9ff93d), audiodecoder.vgmstream (0c3a51a2), audioencoder.flac (84acb141), audioencoder.lame (3eb59de9), audioencoder.vorbis (d556a687), audioencoder.wav (40aaedfa), kodi-platform (48bdd985), pvr.argustv (96ee8750), pvr.demo (64749530), pvr.dvblink (5d505b87), pvr.dvbviewer (bd2c01f5), pvr.filmon (413fe9ec), pvr.hts (4bf1a97a), pvr.iptvsimple (000ff75b), pvr.mediaportal.tvserver (6f8ca82e), pvr.mythtv (ef9cf412), pvr.nextpvr (1ecbf87c), pvr.njoy (fcd62943), pvr.pctv (0a0924eb), pvr.vdr.vnsi (3a28e39a), pvr.vuplus (d6abad38), pvr.wmc (37b4b292)
  
• Exclude kodi-999.99-PR6950.patch: Already merged
  
• Include patch: Add dcadec package for DTS HD-MA support
  
• Include patch: Add experimental splash video
  
• Include patch: Enable audiodecoder, audioencoder, pvr and visualization addons
  
• Include PR:6732: [pvr] fixed crash when multiple add-on instances get registered
  
• Include PR:6919: added: also hide thumbs for unwatched episodes if option to show plot is off
  
• Include PR:6969: [videodatabase] fix 'replace file names with library titles' not working...
  

Build Highlights:

1. omxplayer/mmal fixes upstream
   
2. dcadec fixes
   
3. dvdplayer sync/stall fixes
   
4. rpi-4.0.y fixes (truesize - stop kernel warning, disable turbo by default, Hifiberry Digi)
   
5. Add PR696 which may address this issue
   

Build Details:

1. XBMC:
   • CLangInfo: fix GetMeridiemSymbol to return the proper string based on the current 12/24-hour clock settings (PR:6963, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
   • rbp: Use new dispmanx function for vsync callbacks (PR:6960, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
   • [omxplayer] Limit subtitle updates to avoid closed caption stutters (PR:6956, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [pvr] adds missing videoplayer info label for episode name (PR:6970, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [rbp/mmal] A collection of MMAL fixes from newclock4 (PR:6961, 15 commits, 4 files changed)
     
2. dcadec:
   • Add API to calculate padded frame buffer size. (467f9418)
     
   • Fix packet buffer reallocation. (bdd530d9)
     
   • Fix for __builtin_bswap16() unavailability before GCC 4.8. (fbfe177b)
     
   • Simplify sum_b() and sum_d() idct functions (5c223409)
     
3. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • dvdplayer: reduce time for initial audio sync (3d59fbe9)
       
     • dvdplayer: cosmetics (925ffd2f)
       
     • dvdplayer/omxplayer: protect live streams (pvr) from stalling (2980ffd2)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • rbp: Use new dispmanx function for vsync callbacks (253acf48)
       
     • [omxplayer] Limit subtitle updates to 10fps to avoid stuttering with closed captions (d2f18019)
       
     • [omxplayer] Attempt to fix missing subtitles after seek (4ea77be2)
       
     • squash: Move m_output_busy into lock (4300773e)
       
     • [mmal] Explicitly use fast deinterlace for HD and reduce buffers allocated by 2 (26421ae6)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Avoid submitting a buffer to renderer twice (92a8f5d0)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Reset m_buffers on PreInit (37ca1595)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Add locking around m_droppedPics (a4dfa04a)
       
     • [mmalcodec] Allocate more buffers when deinterlacing (d75b13cb)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Fix for inverted check for first frame (f99088ab)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] squash: logging (d0f8f07c)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Avoid blank frame on resolution change (6a61f560)
       
     • [mmalcodec] Also treat VS_INTERLACEMETHOD_NONE as disabled (ed4b61a4)
       
     • [mmalrenderer] Add auto select as explicit deinterlace method (56a271e0)
       
4. kernel 4.0.y:
   • New commits in this build:
     • spi: bcm2835: fix all checkpath --strict messages (1f93a1bb)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: fill/drain SPI-fifo as much as possible during interrupt (0368652a)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: clock divider can be a multiple of 2 (e4913453)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: enable support of 3-wire mode (cf39d752)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: move to the transfer_one driver model (02326c9f)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: fix code formatting issue (eaca8950)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: fill FIFO before enabling interrupts to reduce interrupts/message (db1e62a6)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: transform native-cs to gpio-cs on first spi_setup (c62365f3)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: enabling polling mode for transfers shorter than 30us (f66b21b2)
       
     • spi: bcm2835: change timeout of polling driver to 1s (9359f0b2)
       
     • smsx95xx: fix crimes against truesize (a39c7de2)
       
     • smsc95xx: Disable turbo mode by default (3cc7bbf6)
       
     • HiFiBerry Digi: set SPDIF status bits for sample rate (a82d9527)
       
5. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
   • Added: PR:6969: [videodatabase] fix 'replace file names with library titles' not working...
     

[mckracken]

Hello there, having problem with mvc mkv. I've got several files made with makemkv.
They all play OK and in fullhd 3d as ISO's in Totalmedia Theatre 6.

No such luck with openelec mkv only playback. I have tried build 324 and the very latest, i think 415...
I'm using an EPSON tw6100 LCD projector. Been playing around with the settings for a long time.
Switching back and forth with sbs, oau BOTH on my Epson and Openelec, trying 23 and 24 frames.

Ive gotten 3d to run with sbs but one pic is way too far apart from the other, then in another file
ive gotten 3d with top and bottom but when i turned on 3d i got a black screen.

[slack3r]

OK, I did more testing with build #0417, but the "song remains the same": GUI for me runs too slow - 1 or 2 frames per second. Switching to dvdplayer changes nothing. The workaround is setting 'GUI fps limit during playback' to 'unlimited'.

So, the best build (IMHO) is #0413: fast and smooth.

Anyway, many thanks for your great job: you are the man ^^