HEVC issues with Vero4K+

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Try sudo apt-get install --reinstall vero3-userland-osmc.

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osmc@osmc:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall vero3-userland-osmc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 654 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/apt buster/main armhf vero3-userland-osmc armhf 2.0.1 [654 kB]
Fetched 654 kB in 4s (186 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 37000 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vero3-userland-osmc_2.0.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking vero3-userland-osmc (2.0.1) over (2.0.1) ...
Setting up vero3-userland-osmc (2.0.1) ...
osmc@osmc:~$ md5sum /lib/firmware/osmc/video/video_ucode.bin
c592fa18ef2e10cd42baa31bc5805126  /lib/firmware/osmc/video/video_ucode.bin

I will try x265 files with this clean reinstall

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It seems ok with one warm reboot and one cold reboot.
More tests this week-end.
I’ll report then.

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Everything seems fine on x265 front now with the latest userland release.
Thank you for your efforts !

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Thanks for confirming this. I’m glad to hear.

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I just registered to say I have had the same issues as the OP - ALL HEVC files (sdr, hdr, sd, hd, 4k) stopped playing (audio plays, video is about 10 seconds per frame) since the December update. Long press of info shows hardware decoding of the Vero 4k+ is still in use.

Initially the cold reboot method worked, but this stopped eventually and was a pain to completely disconnect anyway.

I checked the version of the userland package and it was already 2.0.1. The video_ucode firmware binary was the correct hash (starting c5…) of the latest release Sam mentioned above.

I tried reinstalling the userland deb as well as per the earlier messages and this did nothing.

The only fix which worked was to replace the firmware binary with that one linked directly above (the one in the initial fix starting with 2a…).

So at least in my case, the current packages which are available do not solve the issue, and only the earlier video_ucode firmware file that was posted in this thread solves it.

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Some logs and knowing whether you have a Vero 4K or 4K+ would be useful.

Which version were you on before the update?

Cheers

Sam

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Hello,
Has there been any update ? It is broken again for me.
I have redownloaded the “not garanteed fix” here and no problem : HEVC issues with Vero4K+ - #28 by sam_nazarko
Here are the logs : https://paste.osmc.tv/kirosezewu

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I have reinstalled vero3-userland-osmc 2.0.1 and it seems ok again.

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It seemed OK but in the end is not.
Back to /lib/firmware/osmc/video/video_ucode.bin with a md5sum of 2a9a9020529342dff875fd2e60d9d615 that works everytime

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Can you post fresh logs so I can check your update history?

Thanks

Sam

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Is the hotfix in the latest disk image? Vero 4K / 4K + 2021.12-1

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There you go : https://paste.osmc.tv/idaxetujor

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What hotfix are you referring to?

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Your system looks up to date.

md5sum checksum should be c592fa18ef2e10cd42baa31bc5805126.

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c592fa18ef2e10cd42baa31bc5805126 does not work anymore.
I use the hotfix with the md5sum 2a9a9020529342dff875fd2e60d9d615

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Have you tried with a fresh install?

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I meant the fix to the choppy HEVC problem

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The latest images should not give you playback issues and contain the latest OSMC updates.

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Perfect, thanx