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(9th Mar, 2021 11:40 PM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for the feedback and good luck with testing

Everything looks great with this version

Can confirm - kodi crashing every hour since updating to v19 has stopped completely.


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Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

You should put up a bitcoin wallet address so I can put my money where my mouth is


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(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

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(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

I have tried Start
(<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>)
but same flickering
any other settings on player I might need to set different?
thank you

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(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

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(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

I have tried Start
(<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>)
but same flickering
any other settings on player I might need to set different?
thank you

<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" default="true">true</setting>
does fix the problem!
But I have other problems if I set that ...

ok
<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" default="true">true</setting>
<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoderforhw" default="true">true</setting>

with these set to true the problem seems solved
no flickering!
and
<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>
thankyou

Will test now

(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

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(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

I have tried Start
(<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>)
but same flickering
any other settings on player I might need to set different?
thank you

---

(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(12th Mar, 2021 12:17 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. Positive feedback is always nice to hear

Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

---

(27th Mar, 2021 03:37 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(20th Mar, 2021 12:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]

(19th Mar, 2021 05:03 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]Thank you for your precious work!

I am testing extensively and I use same xbian (latest image) on RPI4 and RPI3b+

PVR IPTVSIMPLE works fine on both
BUT
on rpi3 when switching channels via up dwn it smoothly blacks screen between changing
WHILST ON
rpi4
I press up or down and old channel stays visible and flickers (annoying while next channel starts up
then everything is fine again
any suggestions?
thanks
raf

I have just set up the pvr iptvsimple for our free channels.
Works here with me absolutely flawless, no flickering or anything else recognizable

The picture of the old channel stays as long as the new channel continues, that's right

I'm using Settings->Player->Adjust display refresh rate->Start, what do you use?

I am using None
Let me try Start

I have tried Start
(<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>)
but same flickering
any other settings on player I might need to set different?
thank you

<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" default="true">true</setting>
does fix the problem!
But I have other problems if I set that ...

ok
<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" default="true">true</setting>
<setting id="videoplayer.useprimedecoderforhw" default="true">true</setting>

with these set to true the problem seems solved
no flickering!
and
<setting id="videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate">3</setting>
thankyou

Will test now

The problem with these settings is that some streams NOT PVR will not open and even crash kodi...

Would be good to know which ones these are

(30th Mar, 2021 12:54 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Would be good to know which ones these are

yes... still testing....

(30th Mar, 2021 01:24 AM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(30th Mar, 2021 12:54 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Would be good to know which ones these are

yes... still testing....

For example youtube
If I leave settings to avoid flickering
and I open a youtube video
it will play BUT when I forward or back (left or right or up down - 10 min skip) it will freeze video and only audio can be heard and sometimes it just hangs

Ah, interesting. i guess the stream is h.264 encoded. there was a seek problem with h.264 PRIME hardware decoding for a long time. looks like this is not completely resolved yet

popcornmix Wrote:
Known RPi4 issues:

1 pixel wrap (2020-04-08: fixed with temporary hack)
HW decode for stateful v4l2 (h264) disabled by default. Can be enabled in acceleration settings but seeking doesn't work.

After a quick search I haven't found the thread in Kodi forum where this issue has been solved

We must not fool ourselves. Kodi and Raspberry Pi4 is still a huge construction site, in my opinion, the Kodi team has overshot the mark by miles.

Since everything working on the Raspberry Pi was broken or removed (OMX, MMAL acceleration), the kernel 5.10 is not for Pi < 4 to use and just to name a few things

The Pi1 architecture is practically useless (ok, you can argue that this architecture is very old) but when I see how well the decoding of h.264 streams worked on a Pi1, I think this is a huge step backwards and it will take a long time to catch up again.

But all this is called progress

(30th Mar, 2021 09:34 PM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Ah, interesting. i guess the stream is h.264 encoded. there was a seek problem with h.264 PRIME hardware decoding for a long time. looks like this is not completely resolved yet

Exactly!

so what I'm doing now if anyone is interested, is changing the setting when I enter PVR


(true for no flickering, false for any other stream NON PVR)
only way to solve now unless you have a better suggestion...
thanks Nachteule

The issue with inputstream adaptive that I have followed for our italian plugin seems to be fixed with this version:
https://github.com/xbmc/inputstream.adaptive/issues/615#issuecomment-809117916

https://jenkins.kodi.tv/blue/organizations/jenkins/xbmc%2Finputstream.adaptive/detail/PR-564/7/artifacts/

could you please tell me how to test this in xbian?
https://jenkins.kodi.tv/job/xbmc/job/inputstream.adaptive/job/PR-564/7/artifact/cmake/addons/build/zips/inputstream.adaptive+android-armv7/i...-2.6.8.zip

Is it enough to copy in?
/usr/local/share/kodi/addons/inputstream.adaptive

please help me understand
thank you

(30th Mar, 2021 09:48 PM)rafhtl Wrote: [ -> ]

(30th Mar, 2021 09:34 PM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Ah, interesting. i guess the stream is h.264 encoded. there was a seek problem with h.264 PRIME hardware decoding for a long time. looks like this is not completely resolved yet

Exactly!

so what I'm doing now if anyone is interested, is changing the setting when I enter PVR

Code:

xbmc.executeJSONRPC('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Settings.SetSettingValue","id":1,"params":{"setting":"videoplayer.useprimedecoder","value":true}}')
                    
                  xbmc.executeJSONRPC('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Settings.SetSettingValue","id":1,"params":{"setting":"videoplayer.useprimedecoderforhw","value":true}}')

(true for no flickering, false for any other stream NON PVR)
only way to solve now unless you have a better suggestion...
thanks Nachteule

Looks interesting
Please tell me, where an how do you call the xbmc.execute statement?