Hi, I have OSMC in Raspberry Pi 2 and I noticed some problem that I think that can be Kodi’s problem.
Here is the full post that I wrote in OSMC forum: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/some-videos-…-fps/36488
The problem is that I use a addon that have library support for TV Shows (via strm files). When you click in a episode it launch the addon and it has 2 behaviours that can be configured:
Here the code: https://github.com/tvalacarta/pelisalaca…er.py#L534
- Mode Dialog (else in the code): It take links and display in a Dialog Select, finally it play the content. http://imgur.com/LYv1ijF I have no problems with this
- Mode List (“if” in the code): It perform a Container.Update that launch the addon to the correct section. Library Episodes -> Links http://imgur.com/HPeBQmz This is the same window that if you go to the addon -> show -> episode ->[link: this is the window].
The thing is that the second mode, List, produce in my OSMC / Kodi, I’m not sure if since Kodi 17 or since Kodi 17.1 (Kodi 16 had no problems), frame skipping if not OSD is displayed. It reproduces the video like a succesion of photos. Look this succession of screenshots showing the frame skip:
- First screen, time base (586 frame skipped): http://imgur.com/r7u6DlU
- time base + ~1 seconds (615 frame skipped): http://imgur.com/gjr4oRq1
- time base + ~2/3 seconds (646 frame skipped): http://imgur.com/R6S1mFa
The frame skip start increasing until I display some OSD. For example the media information menu, or the controls. With some OSD on skip stops increasing and reproduction is fluid.
When I hide the OSD again it goes again as a succesion of photos and skipped frames start increasing again.
As I said, if I use the “Dialog select” mode it doesn’t happen (no frame skip), and if I go throught the addon to the same links window and reproduce the same link it has no problem. The problem is only when I go throught the Kodi library: TV Show -> [season] -> Episode -[click] -> List of links -> play
I can’t reproduce (or notice) this behaviour in my Ubuntu x64, I don’t know if this is because the computer is more powerful than Raspberry Pi 2, or because I have another build.
I want to try LibreElect to see if the problem is here too (so it will be for sure a Kodi problem), but I can’t at this moment.