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I built kodi v16 on my Linux System:

- SW decoding + Deinterlace looks the same shit on v18 and v16, it seems to jump around like hell, especially the icon / logo looks very worse
- VAAPI 16 with MCDI + VAAPI 18 with MCDI look very same for me -> no difference


What I really wonder: This is SD TV why is this transmitted in h264 and with so many reference frames? There is definitely something very fishy with this sample. I tried with mpv + yadif -> totally the same issue.

 Thanks for checking that. But still, I cannot figure out what is wrong with my system. I thought that having NUC is a good choice quality wise. I think I was wrong.

The sample video is a untouched stream from my TVH server. Most polish channels transmit in h264 no matter SD or HD.  

The issue you face has nothing to do with the intel gpu, but with the data you receive. See: Even year old field proven YADIF causes heavy issues for you (and for me) which has absolutely zero to do with intel. The channels you playback are bad quality with sw decoding + yadif, you can easily verify this with e.g. mpv or other desktop players (most likely also with vlc).

Edit: Verified with VLC ...