2015-10-30, 16:17
These test builds could possibly be unstable. Proceed with caution and always backup (wiki) your settings!
What is this:
How to help:
Please include in your post:
Where to download:
Specific VideoPlayer test builds are listed below. Other files in the "test-builds" directory are unrelated to this testing.
Builds will be updated on regular bases. Make sure you always try the most current one listed below before reporting problems.
Windows:
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Any irrelevant post will be removed without notice!
Changes:
These builds are work-in-progress so need to list all changes.
(2015-09-03, 13:22)FernetMenta Wrote: Kodi's video player is one of the oldest and most important components of the application. New features and ports to new platforms have long outgrown the original architecture of player. From its internal name "dvdplayer" you can tell how old this component is. In order to cope with current and future requirements like Ultra HD, MVC, 10bit depth, or PiP some elementary changes need to be done. The problem is that those changes require adjustments of platform dependent code. This dependency tremendously slows down development.
Ideally video player is a self contained component or service with its own life cycle and versioning. This would allow updates and upgrades independently from the main application. One platform could choose to stay with version X while others go with version Y. Maybe video player itself will be comprised of services with its own versions: decoders, demuxers, video/audio renderers, etc.
This is a long way and we need to get started somewhere.
What is this:
- These are test builds for anyone who would like to help with testing the VideoPlayer rework done by FernetMenta and specific fixes/changes done by afedchin
- No new features have been added to this version beside the current development done in Kodi nightly builds.
- Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card installed and the most recent DirectX version. See Microsoft website for more details
How to help:
Please include in your post:
- Say if this was also an issue in previous builds or not.
- A full debug log (wiki) posted on xbmclogs.com or pastebin.com
- Possible crashlogs uploaded for download. Make sure you have the correct .pdb file placed in the install folder
- The build date (in the download URL or in system info on Kodi). Specify which one you tried.
- Details about your system (OS, hardware specs, videocard, driver etc)
- Steps needed to reproduce the issue (play a movie, go to a file list, use an add-on, etc)
- The more details, the better.
- You may also post that everything is working as expected so we known current state of this development. In this case also provide full info.
Where to download:
Specific VideoPlayer test builds are listed below. Other files in the "test-builds" directory are unrelated to this testing.
Builds will be updated on regular bases. Make sure you always try the most current one listed below before reporting problems.
Windows:
- Nightly builds
- please also download the .pdb file here, rename it to Kodi.pdb and place it alongside the Kodi.exe inside the installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi). Re-download the correct file each time you are install another test build. This helps us to identify possible crashes.
Example post
Quote:
- Hardware: Windows 7 64bit, NVIDIA GT275, driver-version 340.52
- Debug Log: pastebin.com/xxxxxxxxxxx
- Crashlog: Dropbox lin
- Description: Video problems while playing back VC-1 files. This did not happen while testing KodiSetup-20150213-1f521fb-master.exe
- Screenshots: Dropbox link
- How to reproduce: Playing back a VC-1 video file. I have provide a sample file for download.
Any irrelevant post will be removed without notice!
Changes:
These builds are work-in-progress so need to list all changes.