thanks for the link. I installed https://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download//installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_vero3_20201227.img.gz on a spare 4K, and my goodness, what an improvement on interlaced MPEG2. I see now why @angry.sardine has kept pushing on this. Much better than the current image for the V. It’s not ideal for me to run a K18.9 box given I have a shared database, but the current OSMC on a Pi 3 is delivering similar MPEG2 performance to 18.9 on a V4K, so between them they’ll cover my MPEG2 playback needs pending an update for the V or 4K.