Builds on first page updated with improvements for menus and switching to 3D.
3D Support builds for Raspberry Pi
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popcornmix -
July 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM -
Thread is Unresolved
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I tried your Pi4 build it with a spare Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB and basically everything worked. Compressed FSBS files (3840x1080) were being processed on the fly and sent as frame-packed. However, as soon as I tried larger 3D MVC rips with higher bitrates of about 42–48 Mb/s, there was severe stuttering during playback. I switched from SMB to NFS and tried various tweaks in Kodi and LibreELEC, but nothing helped. Eventually, I gave up. I think the RP4's hardware is not powerful enough. Should I try again with an RP5?
Yes, MVC is pushing Pi4. You could try overclocking (the arm) but it may not be enough.
I think Pi5 will be fine with these files.
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Can someone recommend a skin that looks nice and is compatible with Piers that isn't quite as plain jane as Estuary, seems to be a lot of issues with the included skins. I know kodi is super constumizable I used a great skin years ago, Not sure if its still active. that was fanstastic. Just looking for something with a bit more eye candy at this point. thanks.
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If you want something efficient that just works and doesn't have the issues: use Estuary. If you want eye-candy and a slower GUI experience and issues: install other skins. I'm probably being mean to some skinner who slaves thousands of hours on their skin project, but 15+ years of Kodi (orig. XBMC) use has taught me that lesson
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If you want something efficient that just works and doesn't have the issues: use Estuary. If you want eye-candy and a slower GUI experience and issues: install other skins. I'm probably being mean to some skinner who slaves thousands of hours on their skin project, but 15+ years of Kodi (orig. XBMC) use has taught me that lesson
I have been using Kodi since it was XBMC on the xbox classic. I appreciate your comments, but with all due respect Kodi is completely about customization and local media treatment. I have been away for about 2 years while using Plex basically. But I do share the love for more local control over media that kodi gives. Having a love for 3D , i am re-exploring kodi. Was just looking for the some of the best options for Piers support and a skin that enriches the experience. Estuary is fine. So is confluence but they live a little to be desired for those wanting more.
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refreshed and experimented with a few commands in libreelec. Had to use ai a bit to refamiliarize myself with kodi via linux. Two commands that work really well during testing were
alt S to bring up settings when skins are broken due to piers 22 builds. and skin shortcuts v3.
The other is "systemctl restart kodi" or "reboot" via ssh. Those kept me out of trouble. Easier than editing the config back to the default estuary skin.
next step, since i am only testing and have not inserted this in my avr chain, I just have the Pi 5 connected to the valerion projector. Sound through the speaker wasnt really doing it for me. While it is not atmos, and no I dont use ARC, I was able to set up BT pairing with the projector to my Denon AVR ....albeit since its a much older denon avr3300w i had to compensate the BT delay in kodi to 1.5 ahead give / take. I set it as default for sync and everything is near perfect now. Turned off ARC> and the shield remote volume works via PCM to the BT speaker. All seems to be working well on that front. I have restarted kodi, rebooted kodi, played atmos streams, dts-hd , truehd, dolby eac3 5.1 etc. Everything syncs at 1.5 with passthrough turned off. A unique situation but helps in testing. I swear the pi5 libreelec video output is better than the shield sans dolby vision. HDR10, 1080p, its sharp. and its pretty easy to see on a projector at 120"
I am looking forward to the next build and where how this progresses forward.
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With the new build, this doesn't show up at all:
It goes straight to the main title, which does play fine framepacked (full over/under). There's no 'DVD Menu' option in the OSD either.
