By default what is enable?
8, 10 or 12?
420, 8bit
The standard setting is 444, 8bit - not 420.
YCbCr 4:2:0 is not officially supported by the HDMI standard (except for 2160p50 and 2160p60).
However, it might still work in some cases.
Posts by jd17
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Unfortunately, I have not received any answer from Amlogic (yet).
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Email to [email protected] is sent:
QuoteDisplay MoreAmlogic HEVC decoding: image quality flawed, double contours
Dear Madam or Sir,
Would you be so kind as to forward this request to your development department?Popular Amlogic S905(X) and S912 SoC devices have an unfortunate flaw:
The image quality of HEVC (H.265 / x265) video is impaired.
With hardware decoding enabled, HEVC videos show stained double contours.
This is not the case when HEVC is software-decoded.
AVC playback is not affected, comparing both shows the issue with HEVC.
Another side effect is that the bottom edge (a few pixel lines) of videos is distorted.
Both Android Marshmallow and Nougat Kernels are affected.
This is also being discussed here:[BUG] S905X (maybe all AMLogic?) HEVC decoding is flawed: bad image quality
It is a LibreELEC discussion, but Android is also affected of course.
Sample videos are attached to test and see the difference.
The community would really appreciate you getting in contact and solving this issue.Hardware HEVC decoding is one of the main selling points of these SoC, it should work properly.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards
Let's hope it helps.
If it does, we should also try to address the vertical lines in 2160p playback... -
Is there a setting for sharpness (or similar) somewhere in the AMLogic Kernel?
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Amlogic modifies their decoder from one kernel release to another and it's quite possible that the issue was not present at some point.
I am happy to test various older generations of your builds (before 7.0.3.012) - maybe I will find an "HEVC decoding gem".
Could you make these accessible to me? The old download links are all down (7.0.3.011 and older)... -
A type of edge enhancement could certainly be responsible for the double contours.
Maybe another route to investigate:
wrxtasy recently told us about AMLogic's always-on Noise Reduction...Maybe something similar applies to HEVC decoding?
Something like (pseudo):for hevc
edge_enhancement=1
...or...
for hevc
sharpness=+2Just an idea...?
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Have you ever tried just getting in contact "the usual way"?
Amlogic -晶晨Technical: [email protected]
I mean... all they can say is no.
Best case scenario - they actually refer you to a developer.
I'd offer to do it, but all I can do is link to this thread.
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OK, sorry to hear it.
I know that Marshmallow would technically be a step back, but I would prefer flawless HEVC playback over the benefits of Nougat.
Do you have any other ideas?
What about contacting AMLogic? Is that somehow possible? -
I am desperately grasping for straws.
Could you create a LibreELEC build based on that Kernel?
That was my idea... -
Could you extract the Kernel from boot2k3's Android?
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In box KIII Pro (S912) with Android 7.1.1 this issue is presented.
The box from boot2k3 uses Android 6 and the issue is not present, yours is on 7 and it is.
Could we not compare the code for HEVC decoding on these two to identify the difference?
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If you can pause the video with the stained letters, can you also get us a screendump?
Attach a usb keyboard and press 'PrtScrn', the file will be in the screenshots folder.
Or try kodi-send --action="TakeScreenshot"via SSH.
Taking a screenshot works fine with x264, but I just get whatever was displayed in x264 before when I try to take a screenshot of the x265 video....
I can also confirm that the issue is not present when hardware decoding is deactivated.
That is however not an option for HEVC of course...I would really appreciate if fixing this issue could become a priority.
HEVC hardware decoding is one of the biggest selling points of these boxes. It should work right.If the S912 Kernel 3.14.29 route does not work, is there a way to address this with AMLogic?
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I had already checked 8.0.2e and 7.0.3.012l (Marshmallow Kernel) on the S905X box, same result - image is flawed.
But you probably meant 8.0.x on an S912 box kszaq?
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If it really is OK on Android for S912 - maybe there is a way to port HEVC decoding parameters/settings etc. to S905 and LibreELEC for both?
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Ohh noooo...
Does "only fixed by AMLogic" not automatically mean it will never be fixed?
But why is there a disconnect between your statements?
Is it possible this is OK in Android for S912 and NOK in Android for S905?
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But I don't see this issue on android Kodi
Great that you checked that!
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User "2re" confirmed the issue on his Nexbox A95X 2G/8G.
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Thank you for testing.
I will mention in the bug report that you confirmed the issue.
