Since recently, when I hit "play" on any file on Kodi, it loads for like 2 second, then a glitch screen/green screen is displayed for like 0.1 mil second, then it starts.

by IdanTs

It's not a big deal, but I used to just hit "play" on any video file (Access is throught SMB, on a Mi Box over the LAN, but that's not the issue) and it worked like a charm after 1 second or so,

Now, it loads (black screen) for like 2-3 second, then like a wierd glitched screen (or sometimes plain green screen) for very very short period, like 0.1 seconds, and then it starts the video.

Same thing when I try to close the video and return to the previus menu.

Pretty sure it started when I upgraded to the latest Mi Box firmware (or android firmware, not sure if there's a difference)

Thank you. I'm not even looking for a fix, just wanted to know what causes this out of the blue.

Edit:

Can it be related to the refresh rate changes? as mentioned here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/b4xzv4/refresh_rate_switching_on_xiaomi_mi_box/

Soul_Assassin_

It's your TV's refresh rate changing to match the file. If your TV has a info button press that and it should show your current resolution and refresh rate.

BiggussDikkuss

They is exactly what it is - Kodi's auto Frame Rate Matching triggering a TV refresh rate change to match the source video's Frame Per second.

End result should be nice smooth video playback if you also have your TV setup correctly.

Ucla_The_Mok

Did you happen to change your skin, in addition to updating the firmware?

Some skins can cause that issue in Kodi.

FoferJ

See what happens when you go to Kodi's Settings -> Video -> Acceleration, and toggle OFF "Allow hardware acceleration" for AVFoundation, VideoToolbox, or both. Awhile back I had a similar thing happen with Kodi on my Android TV. As well as more recently with MrMC, a Kodi variant for AppleTV. Toggling off hardware acceleration for AVFoundation seems to be what fixed it. For me, at least. And at least for the content I'm playing and my aging eyes, I haven't noticed any negative changes as a result.

Note that you will have to switch Kodi's settings from Basic or Standard, to Advanced or Expert, for the Acceleration tab to appear.

Anyway, this might help, it might not, just thought I'd toss it out there.