Posts by Fayne

Quick update actually: I'm not sure what I was reading that led me to test it out, but I turned off the acceleration hardware option in the "Player" settings and it seemed to completely fix the problem with those specific videos. There is no longer the constant problem of the video being frozen on one frame while the audio plays. Other videos seem to suffer a bit with the acceleration turned off. so I'll probably only turn it off when I'm going for those specific videos.

Very thankful for all the help, sites like this make a huge difference with all the equipment.

Long story short: I think the cause is how the videos themselves were encoded. The sample videos I downloaded all worked perfectly, so it must have something to do with the files on my end. The only thing I can't understand (and it comes entirely from my lack of any knowledge in this field) is how the files - even if they were encoded improperly - were able to run on older versions of the OS without a problem. Main reason I ask is because I hope for a release one day, once all the pieces have been added, that will again be able to play any tricky file types.

Thanks for the info, it was a huge help. I used the site and downloaded a range of videos (3, 5, 70 mbps) all different types just to try out and be sure. and of course they play perfectly on the newest OS. So its clearly an issue with the files I have.

When I get a chance I will follow the steps you listed and try to post the log to figure out what the problem is. Thanks again for the help.

Hi everybody,

Huge fan of everything on here, I use LE everyday and it is such a great addition to my life. I have a question but zero technical knowledge, so I know that I would be unable to even provide the right answers to the follow-up questions people might offer if the info gets too technical.

I have an idea on how to work around that though - not sure if this was attempted somewhere else on the forum.

I'll jump right in..

over the past year, as I try out new images for my Odroid C2, I notice one consistent issue. Certain files (the only similarities ive noticed between them is they share a either 265 or just HEVC as their type) will go between either working or not working. for example: LE 8.2.5 image that is now available on the USB-SD creator program, that has no issue and plays the files great. but on all the new Leia images over the past few weeks, there has been the problem (always the same course: the video opens and the audio will play without issue but the image is frozen on one frame. if i skip around the same results: audio will run fine and it will be frozen on a single frame).

now my lack of expertise begins to be a problem. i barely know if it is even a problem related to 265 files, i have just noticed it has issues on some files and not others. in the past people have suggested that it may be an encoding issue or something like that - that is totally lost on me, i only know that on certain versions of the OS, the files have played flawlessly.

my long-winded suggestion then is if someone can provide a file or a link to a simple, small test 265 file that we can have as a common piece we can work with. if there was a simple video I could test, I would be able to see if it works on 8.2.5 but not on any of the newer ones; hopefully this could help solve the problem, or it will at least eliminate any questions about someone's personal encoding settings being the problem with the playback.

Any help that can be provided is greatly appreciated.

Chewitt, thank you so much for the information, you have been a great help. I understand the Ethernet issue, that's very good to know; so for my specific setup (playing videos from a hard drive in a playroom - not connected or using the internet at all) is it safe to say that - aside from the Ethernet problem- the LE potato should be a better choice for simple player over a C2 in that situation? Again, im sure im reducing an intricate question into the most dumbed down terms of: which ones better, but i have really no technical knowledge at all.

Also just a question of etiquette on forums, but since you've answered my questions, should i edit the thread title to read something like {SOLVED} or anything like that, never sure how to end the thread after ive gotten the info I need. Thanks again you've been a great help.

Thanks for the information, I really appreciate taking time for an answer. At the moment, the C2 is installed and I cant access it to check anything - the whole thing setup was a gift and its currently working great for them. I guess my only other question (if you have advice) is whether or not there is a good sbc that might function better as a universal player when i purchase a new one. If i was looking to buy a board that had the best chance of playing any video type i throw at it (MKV, WMV, MOV, etc.); in your opinion: would N1 be a good one, or the LE potato, or even a specific ras pi. Thanks again, much appreciated.

Hello, I'll apologize right off the bat for this running long and for any questions with obvious answers I might pose, but I am as inexperienced as possible with any aspect of coding and development, im not even able to use command lines for the work, i always just mount the images ( always praying that the releases are presented in a simple mountable image).

Anyway, I downloaded the most recent Leia ALPHA onto my Odroid-C2 onto a micro sd and so far its been amazing. the one thing i can never understand (and the point of this thread) is: what determines whether or not a newer, high quality file MOV or MKV-h.265, etc can play - is it more to do with a setting or a bug fix, or rather ffmpg work and codecs like that. again, I have very little grasp, so even those words im sure im using incorectly, i dont really have a clue.

For example:

Different releases of LE have either played the .264, 265 MKV files or not, but it seems like some MKV work right now and some dont, thats my biggest question: when a new h.265 MKV might freeze during playback is it always a bug to be fixed or can it just be a setting or codec that needs to be applied?

Hopefully someone has an idea of what I'm talking about, but most importantly could explain it in such a way that a simpleton could understand it.

Thanks for any info, and I can also give you any video file information that you might need to answer the question, at the moment it is h.265 MKV files that work perfect on any other setup, but for some reason certain ones will play an others won't. Thanks again for anything you can do, and also thanks so much to all the people that helped with the release, it was been great so far.