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aussieaddons / plugin.video.afl-video

Kodi add-on for AFL Video
http://aussieaddons.com/addons/afl/
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bad colours and pixelation on live tv #2643

Closed monty974 closed 4 years ago

monty974 commented 4 years ago

I've noticed on the live afl.tv feed the colours are all wrong and the pixellation is all over the place. the replays are ok but the live is not. I am not sure if the other live feeds will be the same next week or if something has changed, but I also asked someone else to confirm and they get the same result.

glennguy commented 4 years ago

Hi @monty974 I've just had a look and can confirm. If you want a work around for the time being you can set the stream selection to manual in inputstream.adaptive settings, then use the OSD video settings menu to change the stream once playback has begun - choose hevc 9/10 one to get the same quality but without the messed up colors. As long as your device isn't a toaster it should be able to keep up with decoding that.

monty974 commented 4 years ago

thanks @glennguy, i tried that but my raspberry Pi kept crashing every time I changed it.. It's a V4 model and i just re-built the OS from scratch so not sure why it was crashing.

glennguy commented 4 years ago

I've done some very quick research. Are you using 64 bit OS or 32?

monty974 commented 4 years ago

It’s the rp4.arm on raspberry pi.

glennguy commented 4 years ago

The reason I ask is it looks like hardware hevc decoding seems to have limited if at all any support on 64 bit userland OS with rpi4. If you're running raspbian 64bit then this is likely the case.

LibreELEC though seems to have it sorted. Plus being 32 bit userland means you can view widevine DRM protected streams (disney+, netflix, some 9now shows etc.) which for now is impossible under 64bit

Flamples commented 4 years ago

"LibreELEC though seems to have it sorted."

Not so. I have been trying to watch the footy for three days using LibreElec on a RPi and all I'm getting is pixellation and crazy colours.

I have been checking for an AFL Addon update periodically over the last few days, but nothing forthcoming

glennguy commented 4 years ago

"LibreELEC though seems to have it sorted."

@Flamples this remark was relating to the issue that @monty974 had with HEVC streams crashing on rpi4 (non LibreELEC), nothing to do with the color/pixelation.

As mentioned above, the workaround is to select a HEVC encoded video stream. Steps to do this are:

There's no real fix for the h264 streams, the issue is on Telstra/AFL's end. The h264 streams look blocky and weird colors when playing them in a browser or VLC, so to me that says the problem is nothing to do with Kodi or this addon.

I'm sure there will be a lot more reports of this once matches resume. It may not yet have been brought to Telstra's attention as most android/ios devices should be capable of HEVC decoding therfore they don't end up seeing the buggy streams. Hopefully they do notice this and the issue gets resolved at the source.

monty974 commented 4 years ago

Two points to add.. my RP4 is Libelec as the OS. I also can’t change the stream type as it crashes the device every time I try to change it.

Also the NRL live feed last night was fine so perhaps it’s just the live.tv stream?

glennguy commented 4 years ago

Like I said the h264 streams from AFL seem to be decoding fine (no ffmpeg errors in Kodi), so as far as the decoder is concerned that's exactly how the stream is supposed to look. The issue is somewhere on Telstra's end.

I've also just tested on Exoplayer in Android and confirmed the issue is the same there.

I'm not sure what the situation was the other day but right now it appears to only be affecting the 1024*576 h264 stream (stream 10/10), all other h264 streams seem fine.

glennguy commented 4 years ago

Issue now appears to be resolved from Telstra's end