[SOLVED] Strange Video Playback Problem

[Nachteule]

(19th Apr, 2018 11:17 PM)Skywatch Wrote:  I copied the file from the server 1 (the one with the issues) to server 2 via windows file manager, no problem.

I meant copy file from server 1 to Kodi client

Quote:The pi plays it fine from server 2, but from server 1 I get bad video distortion.

Same file? Same mount parameters?

What's the difference between server 1 and server 2?

Quote:More testing shows that if the file is already playing on the laptop from server 1 then the pi plays it without fault. ???
If the pi starts play from server 1 then I get the problems, but they go away if I play the same file on the laptop.

Files from either server play fine on windows laptop.

I set acceleration for both OMX and MMAL in kodi and no change in the video problem.

How do I select which video player I want to use?

Good question, my experience is if OMX and MMAL is checked, Kodi prefers OMX

Have you already played with kodi's video caching?