2018-01-01, 11:49
Hi,
I'm trying to fix an issue I've been seeing for quite a while, where Kodi will leak memory while playing live TV (via TVheadend). Disabling hardware decoding in Kodi's settings will work around the issue, but my CPU isn't up to the task of decoding HD TV streams.
I've sought help here, in the TVheadend section of the forum, and on the TVheadend forum. There it was suggested that I try an updated graphics driver from an unofficial PPA, however this driver turned out to have it's own issues, where Kodi would just quit after a couple of minutes of playback.
I've been able to reproduce the issue using the same setup on another computer, with a similar AMD graphics card.
What should I try next?
My setup is:
Ubuntu 16.04
Kernel 4.4.0 (or 4.10.0)
Kodi 17.6
TVheadend 4.2.5
AMD Radeon HD6450 (or HD6250)
Kodi's player information says:
Video decoder: ff-h264-vdpau (HW)
Pixel format: vdpau
Deinterlace method: vdpau-temp
Video stream: 1,920x1,080 px, 1.78 AR, 25.000 FPS
Audio stream: FL,FR, mp2, 16 bits, 48,000 Hz
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=322181
https://tvheadend.org/boards/14/topics/29949
Cheers,
Jon
I'm trying to fix an issue I've been seeing for quite a while, where Kodi will leak memory while playing live TV (via TVheadend). Disabling hardware decoding in Kodi's settings will work around the issue, but my CPU isn't up to the task of decoding HD TV streams.
I've sought help here, in the TVheadend section of the forum, and on the TVheadend forum. There it was suggested that I try an updated graphics driver from an unofficial PPA, however this driver turned out to have it's own issues, where Kodi would just quit after a couple of minutes of playback.
I've been able to reproduce the issue using the same setup on another computer, with a similar AMD graphics card.
What should I try next?
My setup is:
Ubuntu 16.04
Kernel 4.4.0 (or 4.10.0)
Kodi 17.6
TVheadend 4.2.5
AMD Radeon HD6450 (or HD6250)
Kodi's player information says:
Video decoder: ff-h264-vdpau (HW)
Pixel format: vdpau
Deinterlace method: vdpau-temp
Video stream: 1,920x1,080 px, 1.78 AR, 25.000 FPS
Audio stream: FL,FR, mp2, 16 bits, 48,000 Hz
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=322181
https://tvheadend.org/boards/14/topics/29949
Cheers,
Jon