Posts by Da Flex

We have similar reports from other RPi users, so I think it's a bug. Enable pass-through at the audio settings and try again. That expansion board will not fix the bug.

Maybe it's better to start solving the streaming issue first, because that is independent of external hardware. Provide a link to a kodi.log after a streaming error appears. Keep your DVD player unplugged while doing streaming tests.

Wrestler7 IMPORTANT: Open new threads for each of your issues (DVD, streaming). If each RPi 4B freezer lands here, it will be a mess!

Test as barebone now, without the Argon One case.

He probably just wanted to rule out overheating, and that's not his regular setup.

Wrestler7 Sounds like a weak PSU. If you have a PSU lower than 3A, or if it's pretty old, you should replace it. Use 3A or better.

If she got multiple RPi 4's, she can simply switch among microSD cards. If the error still appears with a microSD of a working device, then it's pretty clear a hardware defect. I bet on a broken WiFi module.

Quote from SliMBoy

I've tried the settings which were mentioned in this post:

Here

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Sync playback to display YES

Set it to NO and try again.

billythekid1313 knows the answer meanwhile.

For all other users: Yes, it's a bug. The 3D driver currently gets rewritten, read here. No ETA - stay tuned.

SliMBoy I haven't found errors at your log (you're still at log level 0). Try this advancedsettings.xml. It will change buffering and activates log level 2, which provides more info for future debugging.

Maybe your RC already sends repeating events for up / down keys. The settings of the CEC adapter can eliminate that. Go into CEC adapter settings and try different timings.

If pass-through doesn't work, remux your files to MKV format by using mkvtoolnix or similar. That's approved to work.

Due to your RPi 2B experience and internal dev conversation, I'll move this thread to the Bug Reports sub-forum.

You're currently at log level 0, which is fine for me. In the future, switch to log level 2 by adding this line to advancedsettings.xml:

<loglevel>2</loglevel>

This error appears right before starting the movie, but I don't know whether it's relevant:

2020-09-27 15:40:31.274 T:3011285008  NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: /var/media/XBMC/Pelis/Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle (2017).avi
2020-09-27 15:40:31.279 T:2530136944  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
2020-09-27 15:40:31.306 T:2530136944  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
2020-09-27 15:40:32.443 T:2530136944  NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
2020-09-27 15:40:32.444 T:2530136944  NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 12
2020-09-27 15:40:32.448 T:2530136944   ERROR: CMMALVideo::Open Failed to commit format for decoder input port vc.ril.video_decode:in:0(MP4V) (status=3 EINVAL)

The error is related to AC3 audio decoding at non-pass-through mode:

2020-09-27 15:40:32.452 T:2530136944  NOTICE: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder ac3
2020-09-27 15:40:32.453 T:2530136944  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
2020-09-27 15:40:32.453 T:2478416752  NOTICE: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
2020-09-27 15:40:32.453 T:2504958832  NOTICE: CDecoder::Open - fmt:0
2020-09-27 15:40:32.464 T:2478416752  NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86019, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)
2020-09-27 15:40:32.856 T:2504958832  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::CDropControl: calculated diff time: 41708
2020-09-27 16:05:54.673 T:2478416752  NOTICE: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2020-09-27 16:06:17.636 T:2990429040 WARNING: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -22740.888226

You can try to enable pass-through mode at the audio settings. Then AC3 will be decoded by the receiving device, not by RPi.

Please post a link to a complete kodi.log (log level 2).

Unfortunately you have illegal add-ons installed. This means:

a) those add-ons can be the cause of your issue

b) it stops our support until you have been uninstalled all illegal add-ons

c) because a) is possible, this thread will be closed

Do you have GUI sound or no sound at all?

Do you connect directly to TV, or RPi -> AVR -> TV?

Are you sure <pixelratio> belongs to advancedsettings.xml? I can't find that parameter at the docs.

The Kodi doc says about video calibration:

Quote from 3.2 Video calibration

Note: Always adjust the TV display settings first. Most issues are due to overscan and similar settings being enabled on the TV/monitor. Trying to adjust this setting in Kodi while these settings on the TV are enabled will have you running in circles and never being able to fix the issue.

So I think your issue is related to overscan settings. Read about overscan settings at config.txt (disable_overscan, overscan_scale etc.).

Yes, something like that works for many users with the same issue:

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=16

Configure hdmi_group and hdmi_mode parameters as described at my above link.

PS: If you use hdmi_cvt instead, then hdmi_group and hdmi_mode are not needed.