Howdy Sam & friends,
After spending time on v19 / 2021.08-01 with the RPI 3, Vero4K, and the new out of the box Vero4K+ I finally can give deep feedback for product improvement at your leisure.
While I must say that MOST of the major transition from v18 to v19 is really nice, I did find a few gremlins.
If you would like logs or additional info on anything below, kindly ask. My timeliness of response is still highly constrained, but I will do what I can over weekend block sprints as able (sorry ahead of time if this is slower than what you might like, life is nutty busy).
---------- On 1080p & 4K TV RPI 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Snappier Menu feel than v18
Player/Video
Adjust Refresh Rate Off
Sync Playback Off
Display 4:3 Normal
System/Display
No Whitelist
*Generally Buttery Smooth playback with crisp clear upscaled images:
Movie DVD.ISO – No Menu
Movie DVD.ISO –Menu (v18 was good, this is better)
TV DVD.ISO – Menu (v18 was good, this is much better)
Movie BD.ISO – No Menu
Movie BD.MKV 1080p – No Menu
Movie BD.MKV 720p – No Menu
*Generally Buttery Smooth BUT…
(Item 1) DVD.ISO has a very slightly almost unnoticeable stutter like behavior… almost like a single frame is skipped every few seconds. It is not bad enough for the remainder of the family to notice and it is not horrible.
Oddities
(Item 2) Movie BD.ISO – No Menu, resume from X:XX fails to frown face reboot
(Item 3) Movie BD.ISO – Rarely screen goes black while sound continues
---------- On 1080p TV V4K & V4K+ Differences from 1080p TV RPI 3 -----------------------------
Player/Video
Adjust Refresh Rate Off
Sync Playback Off
Display 4:3 Normal
System/Display
No Whitelist
Even Snappier GUI
TV DVD.ISO – Menu (v18 still had some troublemakers, v19 is much better)
(Item 4) Movie DVD.ISO Upscaling looks even better however randomly through the movie for about 1-2 seconds the entire picture is filled with scrambled colors. Used the original PSU with the Vero 4K and the new PSU with the new 4K+
---------- On 4K TV V4K & V4K+ Differences from 1080p TV V4K & V4K+ -----------------------------
Player/Video
Adjust Refresh Rate Off
Sync Playback Off
Display 4:3 Normal
System/Display
No Whitelist
Movie BD.ISO & MKV looks even better than on the 1080p
(Item 5) DVD.ISO & TV.ISO are unwatchable.
If I turn off MPG2 acceleration then the movie is smooth but SLOW and eventually drops to a black screen.
With acceleration and upscaling on the picture is very choppy and frequently pixelated. A movie with letterbox, the letterbox will ripple like a wave on the top and bottom.
Followed the OSMC Whitelist guide which results in a low resolution picture that is still too choppy and frequently pixelated.
I had to stop (nauseating actually)
---------- Some More RPI 3 notes ------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
The RPI3 now has a significant heatsink array.
The Codec Status under OSMC App shows MPG2 & WV1 as both enabled when updating from 2020.11-1 in 2021.08-1.