2021-04-08, 21:31
Hi everyone,
Just to mark a short notice that, starting with Kodi 19 Matrix, I tried to modify the systemd unit using:
This was a great success. A little faster startup, no more sound hiccup on screen off (due to xrandr?), and a little bit faster decoding.
If I understood correctly, GBM is a technique to use the display driver directly, without any X11 or Wayland. The main drawback is that… only Kodi can run, no other graphical application, even launched within Kodi.
Just to mark a short notice that, starting with Kodi 19 Matrix, I tried to modify the systemd unit using:
ini:ExecStart=/usr/bin/kodi-standalone --windowing=gbm
This was a great success. A little faster startup, no more sound hiccup on screen off (due to xrandr?), and a little bit faster decoding.
If I understood correctly, GBM is a technique to use the display driver directly, without any X11 or Wayland. The main drawback is that… only Kodi can run, no other graphical application, even launched within Kodi.
