It is behaving weird for me i cant even play 4k videos it keeps on freezing mine is vim3
4K split into a quarter here as well. After downgrading to 9.2.0 there are major sound issues now. I assume this has to do with updated drivers?
Not at all, you need to select HDMI as your output audio device in Settings.
There is many posts already on how to solve the 1/4 screen issue.
Thanks for the reply. I thought CE was using the same kernel as the official firmware? If that’s the case, then why would video playback be broken on CE and not on official firmware?
Just to be clear, my issue is different from the one where you pause the video and it’s frozen on the screen once you unpause it. I have a lot of .mkv videos that are basically clip shows of dozens of short clips joined together. So the bitrate/framerate changes during playback because of that and that’s when it freezes.
On downgraded 9.2.0, I can only select HDMI (no multi ch.) and it sounds very weird. It generates high frequency distortion sounds and doesn’t play audio correctly. With 9.2.1 I tried all the suggested approaches but none of them seems to work. (I think others are still stuck too). The guisettings adjustment gets reset after loading any movie, resetting display calibration is not possible because I can’t see the controls. I’ll try to set the HD video calibration as default tomorrow. Maybe that works…
Oh thanks, that didn’t catch my eyes. I’ll try that tomorrow!
Sorry that is not the case, we are using the Amlogic buildroot kernel presently which is completely different from the Amlogic Android kernel. Video playback is not broken on CE.
This discussion is out of the scope of this thread however I’m fairly confident that your content will work on our upcoming kernel, if you message me a link to some content you have trouble with now then I will be able to confirm it for you.
I also have occasionally experienced an odd audio issue with my N2 running 9.2.0. The very first time I ever attempted to play a 4K .mkv file w/ Atmos, there was a very loud ‘buzzing’ sound. It reminded me of when video/audio drivers would crash on PCs years ago and a buzzing would continuously sound until the PC was forced to shut down.
The most recent time it happened, I confirmed it happened for any 4K Atmos .mkv file I tried to play. I was able to resolve the problem by switching the Sound Mode on my receiver (Denon X8500H) to Dolby Surround while navigating the KODI menus before launching any content. No other system settings were changed. After doing that, each file played correctly in regards to audio. This second occurrence happened after a power cycle of the receiver, so I don’t know if something got fouled up there and if it will continue to behave now that I’ve changed the Sound Mode. I’m not sure what the root cause is, but if it happens again I will try to play varied content (ex. 1080p without Atmos) to see if I can narrow it down.
New guy here. I updated to 9.2.1. and thought all was fine till I went to play UHD movie. The movie appeared too large on my screen and not centered correctly. I tried everything I could but no result. I have now reverted back to 9.2.0 and everything is fine again. I have odroid n2 and LG TV with Onkyo receiver. I have disabled auto updates for now.
Ant suggestions ?
@umbala does turning off Settings > Player > Videos > Adjust Display Refresh Rate make any difference with your problem files?
Thank you. Worked perfectly.
I cannot use the built-in debug log in latest coreelec 9.2.1 on my n2 that’s fresh installed, “pasting log failed, please try again” anyone had this issue?
If the log is too big then it will fail, you have to reboot, reproduce issue and then produce the debug log, this will minimise it’s size and also make it easier to read.
WOL on Odroid N2 seems to be broken since the 9.2.1 update ! Do you have the same issue ?
9.2.1 download and install, working fine. android s905x x96 xgody box.
strange in the menu coreelec updates dosesn’t show. All 9 versions except the current 9.2.1.
Otherwise all good.
Thanks for the reply. I’ve always had that option turned off (as well as Sync playback to display) on both CE and Android version of KODI.