As per title, DV has been working great on the Vero V but recently there have been some files that plays a Black screen in DV:
How.to.Train.Your.Dragon.2025.Hybrid.2160p.WEB-DL.DV.HDR.DDP5.1.Atmos.H265-AOC.mkv
Jurassic.World.Rebirth.2025.2160p.iT.WEB-DL.DV.HDR10+.LATINO.DDP5.1.Atmos.H265.MP4-BEN.THE.MEN.mp4
Most of the other releases from these encoders/group works fine and DV plays back well.
There are two or three threads similar to this already. Have a look to see if those look useful or let us have debug logs.
I updated to the latest staging release and the DV playback is still black for the files - they fallback to HDR10+ if I select āForce HDR (no DV)ā though. I will upload logs in a bit.
How recent is that? I see you updated in March when there was an upgrade - was it working OK after that?
Do both those files have HDR10+? That seems to be giving others some trouble.
I am not too sure, DV playback still works fine on most of the movies but I noticed that some releases would show a black screen in DV. The 2 files do have HDR10+ fallback - but does not fallback to it unless I do a āForce HDR (no DV)ā.
I have also encountered a Black screen playback for a release thatās in MP4 but no HDR10+ fallback, just P5 - Jurassic.World.Rebirth.2025.2160p.WEB-DL.DV.P5.LATINO.FRENCH.Atmos.H265.MP4-BTM.
I did not have any issues before the March update and also cannot verify exactly when some of these issues come up as other DV movies playback file with the exception of a few - which I try to just download another release.
FYI. I tested out this specific movie via my setup [Vero V>Denon X1800-AVR>Sony A95L] and have the same effect: perfect audio (Atmos) but no interpretable image. The Sony doesnāt show a black screen but clearly canāt interprete the video signal, showing alternating green artefacts and snow.
First time I experience this. All other DVās run perfectly.
Note that it could be the mkv. AOC sometimes makes mistakes.
On the other hand, it plays on Windows correctly in VLC and subtitle edit.
Can you or @creativezane upload somewhere a 1-minute clip of this dl which shows the problem?
I uploaded 5 minutes of video. The problem occurs immediately, from TS 00:00:00.
How.to.Train.Your.Dragon.2025.Hybrid.2160p.WEB-DL.DV.HDR.DDP5.1.Atmos.H265-AOC-001.mkv
Link doesnāt work for me 
It worked when I posted it but it seems to have been removed. Iāll check another upload site and will rename the file to something abstract.
I updated above link. It should work now. Sorry for the trouble.
Hi
Hopefully the issue is now addressed.
Iād appreciate it if you (and @creativezane although heās possibly already tried it) could test this and provide feedback before we potentially release this as an update to other users. To test this update:
echo 'deb http://apt.osmc.tv bullseye-devel main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/osmc-devel.listPlease see if the issue is resolved.
I also recommend you remove /etc/apt/sources.list.d/osmc-devel.list after updating.
This will deactivate the staging repository. You can do so with the following command:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/osmc-devel.list.
Please note that we will automatically disable this update channel after 14 days on your device in case you forget to do so to ensure that your system reverts to the stable update channel.
I have already tried updating on the latest staging release and the Black screen DV for the files still persists. Donāt see any new updates since as well.
Iām sorry to say that the side effect has become worse.
Video used: How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Hybrid DV/HDR
Situation before with official Vero V, release [2025.03-1]:
Situation after the latest staging release:
Denon & Sony have the latest updates and are from 2024, able to handle all formats.
I assume Iām experiencing the same use case as @creativezane now. (although other brand of TV and as such other side effect)
Well thatās ā¦ unexpected. Are you now able to play most videos OK or do you want instructions to revert the changes? It will need a reinstall.
Does the AVR indicate a video signal at this point?
Before reinstalling (if needed) - can you try taking the AVR out of the chain? So far all the reports of lost signal except for @creativezaneās have involved an AVR and direct connection to a TV has been OK.
Yes, I tested out some of the other DV videos and they still play ok. Donāt need a reinstall (I hope).
Yes, like I wrote, the AVR continues to play the audio track. No interruption at all. And since itās sitting between the Vero and the TV, itās not choking on the video signal it forwards to the TV.
No error messages on the display or change in the audio. Plays perfectly.
Not easy (cable management) but I did it. (Iām on holiday today so Iāve some time this morning)
Use Case [Vero V with Staging Release > Sony A95L]:
Extra info - Use Case [Vero V with Staging Release > AVR > TV]
I just wanted to say iām having/had the same issue with the dinosaur movie stated aboveā¦ I have not tried the dev or updated OSMC version. Forcing HDR mode helped but looked not as good as DV. Got a different encode, seems to be working fine now. With the first (bad) encode, the issue was at the exact same spot (4 mins in), next day retest of same file had issues at the very beginning. So, not consistent, and probably not an encoded file corruption. Anyway, try different encode. If it is happening on multiple movies, probably not a corruption but some new encoder setting? Just guessing.
Thinking about this, if you have certain settings in the CEC adapter, if Kodi crashes it could turn off other devices and turn them on again when it restarts. I never use CEC so Iām not sure what all those settings mean.
Although CEC is enabled on all devices, Iāve a specific setup to make sure my set top box of my local provider plays nicely with my TV, AVR and the Vero. I cannot disable CEC completely in that box (they blocked that optionā¦) but I made sure none of my devices (box, vero, AVR, TV) react to one of them being turned on or off.
So since the Kodi CEC adapter has that option disabled, I know that Kodi will not be able to force my AVR or TV to switch on or off - even if it wanted to, the TV or AVR would not act upon it because I also disabled that specific CEC option in their settings.
Iām not particularly bothered by that movie not playing in DV as it still will run in HDR modus.
Iām just curious whether these two movies are isolated cases or if they indicate the adoption of a new encoding method that we can expect to see more frequently moving forward.
You and me both. We strive to play anything, wherever it was sourced from, whatever format. But there are so many āstandardsā and plenty of examples of non-compliance even from the main distributors (eg Apple) let alone the remuxers.