some old videos lose sync with Kodi 18.6

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nha

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Am I the only one who finds that old .avi videos are basically unplayable with Kodi Leia? Every 8 minutes the video races ahead for a few seconds, and the audio is then wildly out of sync. I can prevent this by disabling the firmware assists (mediacodec), but that presents problems for other videos. My work-around is to go back to Kodi Krypton.
 
Thanks for posting this... I was just about to do a similar post.. I do not think it's just AVIs over the last couple of months I've found real issues with MX Player with similar issues... Today, we were watching a series of MKV videos that we have had for years that use to run smooth... Now we are seeing that some of the files are unwatchable. We use Plex as our storage on our NAS device, out Network backbone is all 1GB feeds so I don't see that being a problem. About 2 weeks ago someone suggested to update MX Player and we did.. but it seems to be worse..

So, I guess the question is, what is the best video player that can be installed on the U1 and do a better job than MX player... I am beginning to believe MX player is the problem. I can take any one of the files that don't play on the U1 with Plex and use my Roku Ultra with Plex the same files play flawlessly...

I have 3 U1s and have been extremely pleased with them until I started to have this issue... I have an alternative but I'd like to get the U1 back to not having the video files. IF I use VLC media player... I have no issues either...

Dave
 
Kodi 18.7 is available to download.

I don't have a U1 device to test but my U9-H is working very well (SD videos included).

U1 is a rocksolid device.
You should review your setup (kodi, network, etc).

The information that i have is that U1 works well with SD videos.
 
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Marty thanks for the link... looks like a lot of information, I am not sure but I think I just used the Google Store to update the MX Player that was on my U1 when I bought it... so, would I have to delete this version and re load another version? Sorry, Im a bit new on navigating all this.. I'm more PC orientated .. so It takes me a bit more brain power to think of these things... :) Dave
 
So, when I go to MXPlayer app, In All Apps I go settings, Codec. decoder and then under general here is what it says... Use ARMv7 NEON type custom codec
 
notrui said:
Kodi 18.7 is available to download.

I don't have a U1 device to test but my U9-H is working very well (SD videos included).

U1 is a rocksolid device.
You should review your setup (kodi, network, etc).

The information that i have is that U1 works well with SD videos.
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Unfortunately it's not a user configuration or network issue in this instance & obviously you don't have all the necessary information lol ;). It's a long term issue that repeatedly pops up with Kodi for both U1 & U9-H users with many older SD media files either encoded by a certain means or by certain older software.

nha said:
Am I the only one who finds that old .avi videos are basically unplayable with Kodi Leia? Every 8 minutes the video races ahead for a few seconds, and the audio is then wildly out of sync. I can prevent this by disabling the firmware assists (mediacodec), but that presents problems for other videos. My work-around is to go back to Kodi Krypton.
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No, you're not alone at all & sadly it's actually a common issue that's never been rectified.

It's not restricted to either Kodi 18.X or the U1 alone too. (You'll find multiple threads/posts about it on this forum alone affecting both the U1 & U9-H also in conjunction with Kodi 17.X & 18.X, & also with certain other similar Android devices too if you surf around enough for the info.)

Both Kodi versions 17 & 18 with my U9-H, & more recently with the T5 & the U22 have always struggled with decoding specific batches of some of my older SD DivX/Xvid .AVI collection. These tiny SD files can cause such big problems yet Kodi with either device can decode & process 100GB Blu-ray rips without so much as a single stutter ;).

My "problem" .AVI files (like yours) always de-sync the audio & video almost precisely at 8 minutes every single time, or at increments of 8 minutes thereafter, 16, 24, 32, & obviously so on.

As you've discovered, one workaround is to disable the hardware decoding in Kodi but obviously that's generally better left enabled for best results with certain other codecs/formats such as H.264/265, etc.

Another option is to just put up with it & manually rewind the problem media back a few seconds every time it de-syncs & it will then correct itself (for another 8 minutes), but as you've undoubtedly discovered for yourself that option gets really old incredibly fast indeed lol ;).

The last option (if you truly want to remain with Kodi for this problem media of course) is to attempt a remux of the problem .AVI files into something like .MKV containers instead. (I've often had success with MKVToolNix as an example, remuxing some of these problem .avi's into .MKV, but as is often the case if the files themselves are the root of the problem there's simply no guarantees of a 100% blanket fix & some files will still continue to exhibit problems regardless of what you do. Often, these problems were actually encoded into the files. It's also a bit of a chore remuxing if it's some or all of a sizeable TV box set collection with hundreds or even thousands of episodes involved. (However, there may be ways of batch converting but you'll need to get Googling for the info there ;).)

As above (thanks to @Marty), the last option is some different software to Kodi altogether but again also no outright guarantees there either. However, many users experiencing such issues have reported a vast improvement with certain alternatives such as MX Player or VLC or problems solved :).

Obviously, you can continue to use Kodi as before for your other media if that's your preference & just run a second app by its side for any of your media Kodi is otherwise struggling with.

Ultimately, you're not going mad, doing anything wrong, or have an unexplained hardware fault ;)!! Invariably it's these particular/certain SD files themselves.

Hope you're able to continue enjoying your media with MX :).
 
Thanks for the confirmation, comprehensive discussion, and analysis. For myself, I have no problem simply sticking with 17.6 until they get this sorted. The fact that the relevant bug hasn't even been assigned yet means that 18.7 is unlikely to float my boat.
 
Thanks for all the great info and suggestions... fortunately I have so few of the vids that are causing me an issue I'm not in a big hurry.. but will look at your suggestions to update my MX Player, thanks... So in the mean time I found out that my smart TV works well with Plex as does my Roku player... both of these devices play the vids just fine, so I'm watching the ones I had issues with on using Plex through one of the other options.. Glad I found it as it tells me that I probably don't have an issue with my Network system or NAS devices I have and that would have been a big issue for me... but I have options and that works for me. By the way, I am really interested in getting an U22... I just want to let the experts figure out the issues and get all the updates running before I plunk down a couple of hundred dollars... but, I"ll get there when it's ready.
 
nha said:
Am I the only one who finds that old .avi videos are basically unplayable with Kodi Leia? Every 8 minutes the video races ahead for a few seconds, and the audio is then wildly out of sync. I can prevent this by disabling the firmware assists (mediacodec), but that presents problems for other videos. My work-around is to go back to Kodi Krypton.
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Have you tired the fixes that have been posted above for the MX player and are you now able to watch the AVI files.. For me, I think I've found my optoin to just use a different device for these files that are few and far between.... but, I thought I'd ask if you have made the updates and changes to your Minix and how the files play on your system now...
 
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