Pixelation and Picture Breakups

[dawsonjw]

Hi,
    just wondering if anyone has some thoughts on this one.

I am running latest versions of Nextpvr V5 and Kodi add-on under Windows 10 and Kodi 18.9 using a HDHomerun Quad tuner.  Generally free to air works OK however at times pixelation starts.  I have noted that if you pause the live TV for a few seconds then restart it (using TimeShift option) the pixelation goes away.  If you show the kodi debug screen (shift+ctl+O) the video queue generally sits at around 20-30%.  If you pause for a few seconds the video queue goes to 100%. Maybe this says something.  I have the pre-buffer set to 3 seconds and have moved this up and down a bit but it doesn't seem to help.  Also noticed that putting both chuck sizes to max helps with the problem but does not totally eliminate it.  Maybe these settings could be increased to fix the issue, I don't know.

Any thoughts on repairing this

cheers

John

[mvallevand]

Does it work ok in real time mode?

Martin

[dawsonjw]

Hi,
thanks for replying. To be honest I am not sure. Let me check and I'll get back to you in a day or so

regards

John

[dawsonjw]

Hi Martin,
after a few days of testing it seems to work fine (no pixelation) with the addon set to real-time and the other settings at default. Back to TimeShift and you get the odd pixelation.

cheers

John

[mvallevand]

Thanks. After you upgrade to Kodi Matrix, I'd be happy to look at your Kodi debug logs to see if I can see anything that might help.

Martin