I rarely consult the TV guide when watching something, but no, it doesn’t really bother me.
Sorry to press this point, but need to understand for future reference
Isn’t the Vero designed to do exactly this without issue? I thought whitelisting was a user choice rather than necessity, if you prefer your tv to do all upscaling rather than the Vero?
Regardless, whitlelisting 576p didn’t solve the issue. Is this worth pursuing in case there is an underlying issue which can help others? Would rather not send you down the rabbit hole on this one if it’s more likely an issue with my setup, and can always revert to previous firmware which will fix these issues. Thanks.
Sorry to sound like a broken record but is there any way you can reproduce this with a recording at all?
In a separate PM, I will give you and Graham direct access to my DVB-S2 connection via a Wireguard connection with full instructions on how to connect for testing.
Do you mind watching through this connection for a while to see if you can reproduce the issue?
Cheers
Sam
Vero implements the logic that Kodi has with only some small adjustments (eg better handling of 3D modes). This logic has received many screensful of debate among Kodi devs and us. We have kept close to the way Kodi does it so that users have a similar experience on different platforms although many Vero users have asked for changes. You can read all about how it works and why it matters here [HowTo] Guide to the Kodi whitelist function and related settings
In summary, the default whitelist (ie if no resolutions are added) includes the GUI resolution and all ‘bigger’ resolutions so that 4k works OOTB but SDTV (eg) is upscaled to GUI resolution if the GUI is set to 1080p.
Sure is! At the moment we can’t nail what changed between March and August that might have affected this. All I know is if the received signal is at all poor you get that blocking. But you say your recordings are OK? I don’t have line of sight and reception is marginal in certain weather conditions so I’m quite sensitive to this. But I’ve not noticed a deterioration since August.
A thought: if recording is OK, can you try recording and playing back the recording while a show is on (aka timeshifted). If that works, then perhaps we can rule out a poor signal. Sam’s suggestion might also rule out a poor signal.
Thanks for taking the time to explain Graham.
Sam - I’ve tried several times to reproduce this with a recording. Caught plenty of examples of poor picture quality, but same recorded footage always plays without issue.
Appreciate the offer of access to your connection. Just PMd you, as I ran into an error setting this up. Thanks both.
Have replied, the dynamic DNS can be a bit dodgy.
Sam
This is now fixed in the staging repository.
Thanks for your help testing this 
Sam
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