[PATCH] Auto framerate switching - KODI

[q10pro1]

with this Petch improves the PQ dvd.iso?

[lusitopp]

I have a question about this, i enabled this yesterday (running the 2.0.4 custom firmware).
If a watch IPTV via the PVR simple client Full HD channels are slow, the audio is good but the picture is in slowmotion. If i choose SD or HD quality instead everything works. If i disable the service and watch the same Full HD channel again, everything works.

Do you know anything about this?

[Mount81]

I have a question about this, i enabled this yesterday (running the 2.0.4 custom firmware).
If a watch IPTV via the PVR simple client Full HD channels are slow, the audio is good but the picture is in slowmotion. If i choose SD or HD quality instead everything works. If i disable the service and watch the same Full HD channel again, everything works.

Do you know anything about this?

+1 I would also like to know if there's a workaround to handle the online IPTV streams and the local videos differently with this patch. ?! I have read other anomalies with simple IPTV client (the frequency is also switching all the time, during TV channel switching, which is slow and not so desired operation).

I have already posted here my question and request according a solution i.e. to have an option in the auto fps add-on, to to turn it off only for IPTV streams, but my post still left unanswered since...

Thanks!

[Mount81]

Hello!

I would like to report a few issues with this patch. I have installed the repo + the latest auto switch version 3.5.9.4 as it is described. I have tried to play a 25fps interlaced DVD iso witch has a  2.35 : 1 aspect ratio, so I get those black bars on the bottom and top of the screen. The TV switched automatic to 50Hz as I started the playback with KODI internal Player. But something is just doesn't right with those bars during playback: they have strange and constant flickering and vibrating perceptible on the edge of the "original picture". It is very noticeable and unpleasant to the eyes. It was constant within the whole video. 

I have tried the same DVD iso with HiMedia Player (no framerate patch installed) and the black bars were OK again. Just as in WMP and MPCHC on my PC.

I have also noticed, that the picture quality was much better both with HiPlayer and on PC. In KOID the Picture color was more  "washed up" and lifeless.

Also it seamed that the fact of switching correctly from 25 to 50Hz doesn't make much impact with KODI regarding the picture quality neither... The edges were still ruff and I still detected the "comb effect" sometimes (on moving objects mostly), just as it had no correct deinterlacing. This all also compared to Windows Media players, which have correct deinterlacing. With HiPlayer (playing on 25Hz) I get almost the same result in PQ regarding the "interlaced" effect.

I wonder if there's a bug in this patch, cause it's just doesn't seam that this effect with the black bars would be normal?! Also maybe there are some other tweaks within KODI i may have to try to get better overall picture quality, and better deinterlacing?!

I hve a plenty of DVDs and would like to playback them as natively and good PQ as possible, therefore I was hoping that this patch would help in this, but I just rather seamed a bit strange and dangerous, since I don't know what or why would cause these anomalies.

And another -final- question: why we have to do the "Clean Up" all the time, before disabling the add-on?!

Thanks you fro the reply! (And for a possible fix!)

Edit: Oh, and have forgot to mention that i'm on 1.0.9 fw and KODI 16.1.

[looun]

Kodi with android non support interlaced DVD video,with all device hisilicon Nvidia and amlogic , so decoding is software = poor quality.
Kodi team/koing not fix this issues because Nvidia shield not support interlaced video at all.

[Mount81]

Kodi with android non support interlaced DVD video,with all device hisilicon Nvidia and amlogic , so decoding is software = poor quality.
Kodi team/koing not fix this issues because Nvidia shield not support interlaced video at all.

So switching 25->50Hz has nothing to do with correct deinterlacing?! Or it needs both the switch and hardware supported deinterlacing?!

I have tried to play some 25fps and interlaced .mkv DVD rips with HiMedia Player, but the "rough edges" effect was still present. Tho' as far as I know HiPlayer support interlaced videos and would deinterlace them. ?!

Will HiPlayer deinterlace DVDs and other interlaced videos properly if I would install the HiPlayer auto switch patch?!

So another chance is passed to have native DVD PQ, KODI just doesn't seam to be fine...

Thanks!

[looun]

Yes, you needs both ;the switch and hardware supported deinterlacing.
Kodi with internal player on ISO dvd non support deinterlacing, you must use other player: himedia ideologues, mxplayer archos ECc.

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=265888&pid=2450203#pid2450203

[Mount81]

Yes, you needs both ;the switch and hardware supported deinterlacing.
Kodi with internal player on ISO dvd non support deinterlacing, you must use other player: himedia ideologues, mxplayer archos ECc.

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=265888&pid=2450203#pid2450203

Thanks for the link, I may could find there some better KODI settings for nicer deinterlacing and PQ. Or maybe I will try the same with MX Player.

(It may seam now, that we will never have correct DVD PQ playback in these HiMedia Boxes...)

[looun]

Himediavideoplayer playback DVD iso very nice you not need to use kodi internal player

[Mount81]

Himediavideoplayer playback DVD iso very nice you not need to use kodi internal player

For that I guess I would need the HiPlayer auto fps patch as well, or it won't do the 25->50, 30->60 switching for DVDs. As I wrote, I have tried both with DVD and interlaced 25fps .mkv, and without the patch the PQ was much better than with KODI (+fps patch), but it still had the same amount of "rough and comby" effect on the edge of moving objects (typical sign of insufficient deinterlacing). It obvious if you try to play and compare it with PC players, like MPCHC, where the video is deinterlaced correctly). Does the HiMedia Player support interlaced video playback deinterlacing at all?!

I probably won't install the HiMedia fps patch (juts for DVDs) as I have read here, that it changes the frequency switching in some sort of strange way.

I've got the suggestion from KODI forums to try SMPC.:https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=265888&page=98

I hope i can just simply install it beside the original KODI 16.1, without messing up something.?!

And is this patch working with -the latest- SMPC as well?! As it won't help anything if I couldn't get the same 25->50Hz DVD switching with SMPC...?! :

Thanks!

[looun]

try SPMC but I think is equal to kodi.

This is add-on only for kodi.

The patch for himediavideoplayer is this
http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1043.0

[Mount81]

try SPMC but I think is equal to kodi.

This is add-on only for kodi.

The patch for himediavideoplayer is this
http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1043.0

So this KODI fps patch won't work with SMPC at all?!

Have tried MX Player, but still no 25->50Hz switching nor deinterlacing. So It seams we will never-ever have correct DVD playback on Q10/Q5 Pro?!   

[futeko.com]

Have tried MX Player, but still no 25->50Hz switching nor deinterlacing. So It seams we will never-ever have correct DVD playback on Q10/Q5 Pro?!   

I don't understand why you don't want to install the more auto-framerate switching patch for Himediaplayer? It would set DVD output at 50/60Hz. What do you see as it's disadvantage?

[Mount81]

Have tried MX Player, but still no 25->50Hz switching nor deinterlacing. So It seams we will never-ever have correct DVD playback on Q10/Q5 Pro?!   

I don't understand why you don't want to install the more auto-framerate switching patch for Himediaplayer? It would set DVD output at 50/60Hz. What do you see as it's disadvantage?

There were a couple of complains regarding this on this (and on another) Forum, that it behaves differently than the "factory" frequency switcher. It takes more time to switch after the video starts and when switching back to the "default Hz" after playback it seams like it does a double switch somehow, one after another... That's why I've concluded that it may can have some unexpected effect on my TV after longer period of use. Sorry, but It's just seams a bit "botchy" and strange in practice, according to these descriptions.

I have also detected a "buggy" in this KODI fps patch: sometimes it switches back to 50Hz rather than 60Hz after the playback ended in KODI. And sets the "default" frequency also to 50Hz in the HiMedia Settings menu. Sure I have set "Default frequency" to 60Hz in the add-on settings as well, but it seams it rather likes to "forget it" somehow. May be related, that I have used it while playback 25fps videos, so it switched auto to 50Hz while playback, just didn't switch to "default" 60Hz after it stopped. Happened like 3 times out of 10, approx and so far I had just tried it.

So sorry, but I have some angst and guard regarding these patches as far as the future of my TV's health goes.

Otherwise: I have some .mkv videos that are 25fps and interlaced (showed in the Media Info header). Does anyone have info regarding, that HiMedia Player can recognize the video is "interlaced" and do the proper deinterlacing while playback?! (even if the 25->50Hz switching doesn't work)?!

Thanks for the reply!

[pcristi]

@Mount81

Look like  use this add-on on mixt with external player check wrapper to be set on Kodi player and  playercorefactory.xml to be removed from userdata.
If this already done let me know witch FW have on your box now.