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Hello,
I have a GooBang Doo ABOX A1 Plus running Kodi 18.4
I have a problem that I did not have with Kodi 17: the video saccade or freeze when I activate the subtitles of a MKV (srt or other).
This problem occurs in Kodi 18.3 too.
Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance
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I've been having the same problem for awhile. In the beginning I thought it was kodi having trouble with some file types but eventually narrowed it down to the subtitles.
I tried messing with algorithmdirtyregions, nofliptimeout and smartredraw in advancedsettings but none of the combinations got rid of the stutter. I was able to achieve smoother and more responsive interface at best.
Kodi 18.4 on Sony Android TV 8.0
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Lol, mentioning Sony in these forums is like having an invisibility cloak.
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Thanks.
My box is equiped with Amlogic S905X Quad Core, decoding even x265 4k video without problems.
The stutter occurs only when subtitles are present (not image-based. Mostly SRT).
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Convert your srt subs to ssa (sub station alpha) or ass (advanced sub station alpha) using a program like Subtitle Edit. This will eliminate most of the stuttering issues with srt subs. I'm guessing that your sub file contains Asian languages which naturally have more complex characters. You can mitigate the problem by using a smaller font size (smaller than default). Or convert the subs to picture-based subs, but text-based format like ssa or aas should work as well. I don't know why but the performance of rendering srt subs is terrible with Android Kodi, especially if you want to use a bigger font size with Asian languages.
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Just for the sake of it I tried converting srt to sub, ssa and ass. Sub format doesn't display at all, ssa made jitter worse and ass has the same jitter as srt.