Refresh Rate Problem

[jcjefferies]

On my main TV although my RPi2 runs 1080p at 50Hz OK both my AMD E450 and Intel Celeron powered nettop PCs will only run at 24Hz or 30Hz. It seems to be some incompatibility between this particular TV and LibreElec/KODI as both PCs when connected to other TVs run at up to 50Hz & 60Hz at 1080p.

As a work around I am using the KODI Player setting “Adjust Display Refresh Rate” which seems OK. Will it be best to run at 24Hz or 30Hz for best results or wont it matter? The other option is to playback at 720p which offers 50 Hz playback.

Chris

[mvallevand]

Did you try different HDMI ports on your TV? Often they use different chipsets with different functionality. Note the GUI resolution and video resolution may be different too.

For playing your 25/50 PAL videos you probably will be the best critic.

Martin

[jcjefferies]

The problem seems to be with the Linux driver not correctly detecting what refresh rate that particular Sharp TV can do as I ran Ubuntu on a live USB drive on the same setup and that also only offered 24Hz and 30Hz refresh.

Running with “Adjust Display Refresh Rate” set seems a good work around as I cannot detect any objectionable flicker on SD or HD recordings. I dont know if its running at 25Hz or 50Hz at unlike my Samsung TV the Sharp does not report changes in the video signal.

The RPi2 has played all SD and HD without a problem for about a year but at some point possibly when I installed LibreElec 8 Alpha/Beta to run Kodi 17 "Skip" became irritating as it would miss about 1 in 4 skips.

Chris

[jcjefferies]

Running at 30Hz which is the highest refresh offered I was not able to detect any problem during any programme except the credits at the end which don't move as smoothly up as they should! However yesterday son came to visit and while we watched a Simpsons HD recording he complained about the picture flicker! On closer examination I could see it also and was most noticeable on thin horizontal lines which jitter up and down a bit like slow interlacing! Perhaps the temporary solution is until I find a fix is to use the RPi2 if I want to watch the Simpsons!! This jitter is not noticeable on other recordings so far even with close examination so will use the Nettop PC while looking for a solution!!

Chris

[jcjefferies]

This web page solved my problem:-


http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=...#tab=Intel

Created xorg.conf in .config directory and in my case copied Intel data to the file and after reboot 1080p x 50Hz is an option in Kodi.

(Link should now work!)

Chris

[jksmurf]

This web page solved my problem:-

http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=...#tab=Intel

Chris

Hi Chris - bad link?