[JanBend]

Hi,
short story :
18.2 does not playback videos if not "standard resolution". Video in e.g. 720*436 do not play, where they were played without any issue on 17.6. 1920*1080 work without issue.
Logfile can be found here :
https://paste.kodi.tv/sanizofeka.kodi

Long story:
I used a Rasp 3B+ with Kodi 17.6 for a while. I wanted to test Rasp 4 and tested it. I noticed the video playback issue but further testing showed it's also on Rasp 3B+ when using Koldi 18.2.
So I started testing and found that 18.2 does have an issue playing video when not in standard  resolution. This independant of codec or container.
I do have log - files from all 4 combinations ( 3B with running 17.6 playing 720*436 and 1920*1080 without any issue; 18.2 playing the same files with issue on 720*436), just posted the failing one from above.
I couldn't find any description or setting to overcome this.
Any idea what to do about this ?
Thanks !!!

[JanBend]

Hi,
short story :
18.2 does not playback videos if not "standard resolution". Video in e.g. 720*436 do not play, where they were played without any issue on 17.6. 1920*1080 work without issue.
Logfile can be found here :
https://paste.kodi.tv/sanizofeka.kodi

Long story:
I used a Rasp 3B+ with Kodi 17.6 for a while. I wanted to test Rasp 4 and tested it. I noticed the video playback issue but further testing showed it's also on Rasp 3B+ when using Koldi 18.2.
So I started testing and found that 18.2 does have an issue playing video when not in standard  resolution. This independant of codec or container.
I do have log - files from all 4 combinations ( 3B with running 17.6 playing 720*436 and 1920*1080 without any issue; 18.2 playing the same files with issue on 720*436), just posted the failing one from above.
I couldn't find any description or setting to overcome this.
Any idea what to do about this ?
Thanks !!!

Hi,
just saw that 18.4 is available.
I installed it but no change.

[popcornmix]

I doubt it has anything to do with the resolution of the file:

Code:

2019-09-15 16:05:06.107 T:1937445744 DEBUG: UPnP: Building didl for object 'smb://NAS-SERVER/video/avi/test/720x436.mkv'
2019-09-15 16:05:06.144 T:1504273264 ERROR: Read - Error( -1, 103, Software caused connection abort )

Looks to be issues with accessing files over network.
Can you try copying the file locally (to sdcard or usb stick) and see if it plays?

[JanBend]

Many thanks for Your replay. Very much appriciated.
I had the same suspecion, but ignored it due to some of my other tests I had done. They let me believe :
If it would be a networking issue only :
Why does 18.2 play back the other testfiles 1920*1080 without any issues ?
See log of such file :
https://paste.kodi.tv/vifowefoki.kodi

Why does Kodi 17.6 does not have any issue with the same file(s) ?
https://paste.kodi.tv/axeyazegey.kodi

In all cases :
- same files
- same directory from same NAS
- same Pi
Only different Kodi versions.

Never the less I tried to play the problematic file (720*436) from internal SD as well as from connected USB.

And just guess. It played !!!!

I started to dig deeper. The NAS was just connected via Windows - SMB as video source from inside the video play menue.
Same principle in both test-scenarios (17.6 vs 18.2).

I wanted to try one more thing :
I mounted the NAS as described here : https://libreelec.wiki/how_to/mount_network_share

I had to use the following setting to get it working :
[Mount]
What=//NAS-SERVER/video
Where=/storage/nasvideo
Options=username=XXX,password=XXX,rw,vers=1.0
Type=cifs

And now the funny part :
- if using the mounted way to get to the file on the NAS it played as well
- if using the video source way it does not play !!!!

This leaves me with some big question mark ....
I really don't get it