I reverted back to 8.2.5. Now everything looks good. Hopefully, 9.0.2 with Kodi 18.2 will fix the issues with Intel-based systems.
VAAPI on Intel has gained some corrections for interlaced content that toggled interlaced flags during playback, and therefore caused stutter by reconfiguring the decoder.
Others on the Kodi forum have noticed video issues in the upgrade to Leia.
This discussion on the LibreElect forum is the most datailed and mentions that Kodi 18.2 might have a fix.
I just did a backup/install/restore upgrade from 8.2.5 to 9.0.1 and now my mkv rips of HD (1080p) television shows are choppy. I don't have any audio problems, but the video appears to be running a low frame rate. I am running on an Intel NUC with a USB connected Seagate hard drive. I haven't yet captured any debug logs.
Update:
When I turn logging on, it shows a 30fps frame rate and about 30%-60% CPU usage. When I exit out to the video with logging on, I see a displayed frame rate of 60fps. The log file shows several of the following error messages:
CDVDClock::ErrorAdjust - CVideoPlayerAudio::OutputPacket - error:-10076.633064, adjusted:-10076.633064
I don't know if that has anything to do with the strange motion artifact. Perhaps this is a kodi issue.
I had the double press problem with my Intel NUC and the Harmony 650 remote after upgrading from 8.0.2 to 8.2.0. I disabled Lircd using the LibreELEC Settings Add-On as mentioned in the post about the 8.2.0 release.
