Issue with some HDR videos

[yeahme49]

Context

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• Add-on Version: 6.8.18+matrix.1
• Kodi Version: 20.0-ALPHA1 (19.90.101) Git:20220115-c69943bdcf (also tested with 19.3 and have same issue)
• Kodi GUI Language: English
• Operating System: Windows 11
• Operating System Language: English

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Expected Behavior

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Play video with HDR

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Current Behavior

What is the current behavior?

Video doesn't play, after a bit the audio will start and the GUI glitches but no video

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Steps to Reproduce

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1. Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPDC9ZxowVo with HDR

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Log

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https://paste.kodi.tv/vejudekowu.kodi

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Additional Information

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If I disable HDR in the addon settings, video plays fine. I've tried 4k HDR, 1440p HDR, 1080p HDR and they all fail.

https://i.imgur.com/j8RIbs5.jpg is what the GUI looks like, multiple mouse pointers, duplicate playbar, time is wrong (1 hour 53 minutes on a 59 second video)

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I have played other HDR videos through youtube and never had a problem, but all the videos on this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoe7QOGeGGrWTvU2ADlkvrg have the same problem.

[david-morris]

I have an issue where if I enable HDR and play a video, my screen goes black or freezes but I can hear the sound of the video. I assumed it was a problem with my HDR view.

Are there any ways you can successfully play HDR through kodi? Apart from anything else, I'd like to get HDR working and I don't have any HDR videos.

I had this issue on the following video, do you also have issues with this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njX2bu-_Vw4

[yeahme49]

The video you linked works fine for me.

[tiagogaspar8]

I'm having the same issue!

I have done some investigation and it seems that video loading is ratelimited at 60mbps while SDR isn't capped, reaching 400+Mbps

Could this be related to the issue we had a while back where the videos were buffering?

[tiagogaspar8]

Some non HDR videos are in the "block" too. Here's an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x543uWA3mTk

Also, this only seems to be true when videos are in 4k, other smaller resolutions aren't affected.