[rexian]

Let them fix their stuff and then we can see which bugs remain. Working on a broken firmware with random effects will produce random effects. If "that one sample is played" when the box is in a bad-firmware-state already, it will break.  If for example startup of kodi (OpenGLES gui, etc.) brings the box in this state already (as display is reinited), you won't find the issue in kodi.

Therefore: Fix what you know as a firmware bug first and then concentrate on workarounds, else you might just fish for big macs ...

Is this behavior consistent across the applications though? Or just specific to Kodi? If other applications are also experiencing the same, Nvidia needs to fix it. I can't talk about DV playback at 59/60Hz as my TV is not capable. But setting the display frequency to 30Hz in Kodi Setting > Display eliminates any playback issue with the 59/60Hz samples (P5 / P81 / demolandia).

If I set the Kodi display to 23.98, the P4/P7 samples play fine. I can also play the P81 sample in this setting as well but I feel (could be a mental thing) it's not very smooth - there is no crash though. I am still using Fangdangos 12/22 build.

Based on JGrana01's experience today after the last restart, it seems as long as the frequency is set within Kodi display matching the content (and adjusting on start/stop disabled) it plays fine. This has been my experience as well and I haven't restarted my Shield in days.

The Shield issue that I experience is probably when the player tries to adjust the refresh rate before playing a file. I experienced it in Plex too. Plex doesn't have an application level refresh rate setting like Kodi - it uses the one set at the device level but can adjust it at start/stop of playback if that setting is enabled.