I have been making recordings of TV programs using my Happuage HD PVR and HDPRV2 boxes, editing with VideoRedo and saving as MKV files for a long time now. They’ve played successfully in the past using Kodi on my Amazon Fire TV boxes (1st and 2nd gen).
I have installed KODI 16.1, and I started noticing a problem playing these recordings back…
Please see -> https://goo.gl/photos/hGjsRUtaPE2cJ7hEA for an example…
If it matters… media info is as follows…
General
Unique ID : 267332140510777533721441302270847643369 (0xC91E4C25BA6106680387B85D91366EE9)
Complete name : Y:\1-Test\- Fixed\Legendary Motorcar - Boss 302 - HDTV.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 2.08 GiB
Duration : 31mn 49s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 9 378 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf56.25.101
Writing library : Lavf56.25.101 / Lavf56.25.101
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=32
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 31mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 8 807 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 20.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan type, store method : Separated fields
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.142
Stream size : 1.96 GiB (94%)
Default : No
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 31mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 5 channels
Channel(s)_Original : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 87.4 MiB (4%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
In the past, I was able to play these recordings back just fine… Now they all do this… I don’t recall when the problem started, so I can’t pin point what Kodi version, or if a fire tv update caused it to break.
MKV files that are progressive do NOT exhibit this problem. Unfortunately, all these recordings were from channels that were 1080i natively, thus the recording is 1080i.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get these files playing normal again?