Rpi-3b Can't play h.265 after upgrade to 10.0.3

Awaredev · January 2, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Hi All-

Just upgraded my LE install on my RPi3b from LE 9.2 to 10.0.3.

On 9.2, I was able to watch 10bit h.265 without much issue (sometimes video would drag, but rebooting would fix this). Now, with 10.0.3, I have the following issue:

1. If 'allow DRM Prime decoding' is on (with or without hardware support), then the screen goes black, then shows the spinning busy icon over the library for a few seconds before the spinner freezes and audio starts to play. If I stop the playing, then the screen goes black for a second again and the audio stops.

2. Without 'allow DRM Prime decoding', the video and audio play, but the video is extremely slow and choppy.

I've checked the logs and there are NO errors or warnings or significant events around the times I tried to play the h.256 video.

Any idea what might be out of sorts here?

Thanks

**HiassofT** · January 2, 2023 at 11:38 PM Best Answer

Yes, that's expected and mentioned in the RPi2/3 section of the release notes
https://libreelec.tv/2022/10/17/libreelec-matrix-10-0-3/

Code

Note that GPU accelerated H265 decoding is no longer available in LE 10 and future versions. If this is important to you stay at LE 9.2.

so long,

Hias

Awaredev · January 3, 2023 at 1:09 PM

Ahh- Thanks! that clears it up.