I am not sure if I would have to use an external SSD drive on the RPI4, and in doing so, would that not be a slower option to run LE, as oppose to the Micro SD drive, which appears to be insufficient in regards to capacity?
An SSD will typically be faster than a micro SD card.
sdcards can be up to 1TB, so it's not limited in capacity, but I wouldn't recommend an sdcard that large.
An SSD is likely cheaper and faster at that capacity.
10 / 12 bit deinterlacing is a know issue. As a workaround, disable deinterlacing at playback menu (gear icon).
I don't see anything in the original report about files being interlaced.
Interlaced content at 10/12-bits is incredibly rare.
You are really only talking about studio master files - nothing sold, broadcast, or streamed is in this format.
Can you try a nightly build? That has improvements for handling unusual pixel formats (like more than 8-bits/pixel).
RPi0/1/2/3 are 32-bit SoCs
Not quite. See here for more details.
32-bit: RPi Zero, RPi1, early model RPi2
64-bit: RPi Zero 2, late model RPi2, RPi3, PRi4
RPi2 was launched with a 32-bit Cortex-A7. RPi2 v1. 2 switched to using the 64-bit Cortex-A53 from the RPi3.
Also note all 64-bit RPi processors also support 32-bit. And you can run a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userland.
32-bit userland has historically been the choice of LibreELEC as widevine (needed for DRM playback of netflix/amazon prime etc)
was only supported on 32-bit, but there is now a 64-bit solution that LE 12 can use.
Can you explain why you have 125fps video files?
You say "video recorded from UK Drama using TVHeadend".
That won't be 125fps. It will be 25 interlaced frames (50 interlaced fields) per second.
Possibly you'll be deinterlacing it to 50 progressive frames per second.
But 125fps makes no sense.
Do any other players play this file? Does kodi on windows/linux play it?
This looks strange:
Format : V_MS/VFW/FOURCC / HEVC
Codec ID : V_MS/VFW/FOURCC / HEVC
This would be the mediainfo output a normal hevc encode:
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L4@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Can you upload a short sample file encoded that way?
This doesn't look like a typical hevc file:
2023-07-31 22:33:58.744 T:1118 info <general>: ffmpeg[0x417b128]: [matroska,webm] Unknown/unsupported AVCodecID V_MS/VFW/FOURCC.
2023-07-31 22:33:58.753 T:1118 debug <general>: ffmpeg[0x417b128]: [matroska,webm] Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: none (HEVC / 0x43564548), none, 1280x540): unknown codec
2023-07-31 22:33:58.753 T:1118 info <general>: ffmpeg[0x417b128]: Stream #0:0: Video: none (HEVC / 0x43564548), none, 1280x540, SAR 1:1 DAR 64:27, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default)Note that it probes "Video: none (HEVC / 0x43564548), none"
When I play a hevc file I see:
Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, bt709),Can you confirm if you can play a typical hevc file? e.g. this?
Can you post output of mediainfo for your file?
Seems to be a problem with the EDID reported by the AVR.
I'd suggest you connect it to directly to the TV (with working full hd),
and then run getedid create.
Then when you reconnect the AVR it will use the working EDID.
The reason for the faulty EDID may be the AVR itself, or it may be the extra HDMI cable used when going through the AVR.
It might be worth trying with that replaced.
If you issue is with the universal movie scraper, then you'll be much better off asking in their support thread.
There will be no HDR support with 9.2.8.
Personally I'd suggest you get a second sdcard with 9.2.8 for the rare occasions you play 3D videos.
And use a recent build the rest of the time.
We'll need a debug enabled log to have any chance of answering your question.
I've updated a build I made from current head of master here.
A quick test updated, and ran, and included the deinterlace support.
copy to /storage/.update and reboot to update. Be aware this is a master build, rather than nexus.
I don't think much has changed that would cause an issue with updating, but as always having a backup is useful.
Recent LE12 nightly builds (since this PR) now support bwdif deinterlace, which has had recent neon optimisation in ffmpeg.
The quality of this deinterlace is much better than the previous firmware accelerated bob deinterlace.
In fact it's generally thought to be better than yadif.
See here for deinterlace comparisons.
bwdif is shows as "Bob-Weave" in the table.
To use it you want to disable settings/player/video/Allow hardware deinterlace with DRM PRIME
which allows the better quality software deinterlace to be used. We may make this a default option if feedback is positive.
You really want a Pi4 for HD resolution (Pi2/3 should handle SD).
Did this previously work on LibreELEC? When was the most recent version where it was working?
Does the display report a valid edid? ssh in and report output of "kmsprint" and "kmsprint -m"
Does it display an imagine using latest RPiOS bullseye image?
The previous edid provided is probably fine, but it does report a large number of display modes supported, including 3D modes, and support for multichannel and passthrough audio formats which a basic display won't support.
I've created a more basic edid for 1080p50 and 1080p60 support, plus stereo PCM audio support.
You can grab it here.
I used AW edid editor to create this. It can be downloaded for free here.
This tool could be used to create an accurate edid for any display (with some work).
Obviously using a working display and/or working hdmi cable would be the simpler solution, but this is the workaround.
Possibly this thread is useful:
