Issue playing Gopro 4K video's on Vero 4K+

This is just a fyi topic, as I know the issue is resolved in Kodi 18. GoPro adds extra QuickTime TC info in the audio stream, which Kodi 17 can’t handle very well

Video is recorded with a GoPro 7 Black, with H265 @ 60Hz

Issue’s

  1. Starting the file takes a long time, e.g 20 sec
  2. When it starts playing there is initially no sound, but sound returns somewhere in the middle of the video

General

Complete name : GX010029.MP4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 1
Codec ID : mp41 (mp41)
File size : 231 MiB
Duration : 24 s 747 ms
Overall bit rate : 78.3 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31

Video

ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L6@Main
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 24 s 741 ms
Bit rate : 78.0 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(PixelFrame) :* 0.157
Stream size : 230 MiB (100%)
Title : GoPro H.265
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Color range : Full
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Audio

ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 24 s 747 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 kb/s
Nominal bit rate : 48.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 572 KiB (0%)
Title : GoPro AAC
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31

Other #1

ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 24 s 741 ms
Time code of first frame : 16:18:52:40
Time code, striped : Yes
Title : GoPro TCD
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-18 16:03:31
Bit rate mode : CBR

Other #2

Type : meta
Duration : 24 s 24 ms
Bit rate mode : VBR

Other #3

Type : meta
mdhd_Duration : 24741
Bit rate mode : VBR

Yes, I also got the info this is fixed in kodi v18 meanwhile, see Gopro Hero 6, Stuttering Video - #26 by JimKnopf.

It is indeed fixed in Kodi v18 – and it’s not worth backporting the solution to v17.6

Sam