Display resets

[damnms]

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup

• Add-on Version: v7.4.2+beta.1.unofficial.1
• Kodi Version: v22.0 (Kodi Piers)
• Kodi GUI Language: german
• Operating System: Coreelec
• Operating System Language: german

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Expected Behavior

I would like to be able to watch a video without stuttering/black screens

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Current Behavior

When i start a video, after about 10 seconds it stops. It looks like buffering, but that cant be a "normal" buffering, i have a 10gbit symmetrical ftth connection. When i do speed measurements, i get enough traffic to stream multiple 4k streams from youtube without problems.

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Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. start e.g. the latest gamer nexus stream about amd

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Log

2026-03-14 12:19:02.008 T:1623     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] plugin_runner:130(run)
                                                   Running v7.4.2+beta.1.unofficial.1 (unofficial)
                                                   Kodi:   v22.0 (Kodi Piers)
                                                   Python: v3.14.3
                                                   Handle: 1
                                                   Path:   '' (new)
                                                   Params: {}
                                                   Forced: False
2026-03-14 12:19:02.049 T:1623     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] login_client:127(set_access_token) - User is fully logged in
2026-03-14 12:19:05.418 T:1525     info <general>: PVR Manager: Starting cleanup of cached images.
2026-03-14 12:19:05.997 T:1525     info <general>: PVR Manager: Cleaned up 0 cached images.
2026-03-14 12:19:09.635 T:1623     info <general>: CPythonInvoker(8, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): waiting on thread 545369922976
2026-03-14 12:19:11.812 T:1631     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] plugin_runner:130(run)
                                                   Running v7.4.2+beta.1.unofficial.1 (unofficial)
                                                   Kodi:   v22.0 (Kodi Piers)
                                                   Python: v3.14.3
                                                   Handle: 2
                                                   Path:   '/special/recommendations' (new)
                                                   Params: {'category_label': 'Recommendations'}
                                                   Forced: False
2026-03-14 12:19:11.852 T:1631     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] login_client:127(set_access_token) - User is fully logged in
2026-03-14 12:19:12.137 T:1631     info <general>: CPythonInvoker(9, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): waiting on thread 545192406432
2026-03-14 12:19:14.353 T:1442     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogContextMenu.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-03-14 12:19:16.441 T:1646     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] plugin_runner:130(run)
                                                   Running v7.4.2+beta.1.unofficial.1 (unofficial)
                                                   Kodi:   v22.0 (Kodi Piers)
                                                   Python: v3.14.3
                                                   Handle: 3
                                                   Path:   '/play' (new)
                                                   Params: {'video_id': 'uJcf2UGCH1w'}
                                                   Forced: False
2026-03-14 12:19:16.482 T:1646     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] login_client:127(set_access_token) - User is fully logged in
2026-03-14 12:19:16.621 T:1646  warning <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] player_client:1804(load_stream_info)
                                                   Failed to retrieve stream info
                                                   Status:        'UNPLAYABLE'
                                                   Reason:        'The page needs to be reloaded.'
                                                   video_id:      'uJcf2UGCH1w'
                                                   Client:        'tv_unplugged'
                                                   Auth:          'user'
                                                   Valid visitor: True
2026-03-14 12:19:16.705 T:1646  warning <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] player_client:1804(load_stream_info)
                                                   Failed to retrieve stream info
                                                   Status:        'UNPLAYABLE'
                                                   Reason:        'The page needs to be reloaded.'
                                                   video_id:      'uJcf2UGCH1w'
                                                   Client:        'tv'
                                                   Auth:          'tv'
                                                   Valid visitor: True
2026-03-14 12:19:17.763 T:1646     info <general>: CPythonInvoker(10, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): waiting on thread 545323937184
2026-03-14 12:19:17.787 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=uJcf2UGCH1w
2026-03-14 12:19:17.787 T:1442     info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Using libass version 1704000
2026-03-14 12:19:17.787 T:1442     info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating ASS library structure
2026-03-14 12:19:17.787 T:1442     info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS Renderer
2026-03-14 12:19:17.788 T:1442     info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS library font settings
2026-03-14 12:19:20.385 T:1442     info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating new ASS track
2026-03-14 12:19:20.390 T:1651     info <general>: Creating InputStream
2026-03-14 12:19:20.463 T:1651     info <inputstream.adaptive>: [Repr. chooser] Resolution set: 1920x1080, max allowed: 3840x2160, Adjust refresh rate: 1
2026-03-14 12:19:20.477 T:1651     info <inputstream.adaptive>: Manifest successfully parsed (Periods: 1, Streams in first period: 10, Type: VOD)
2026-03-14 12:19:20.477 T:1651     info <general>: Creating Demuxer
2026-03-14 12:19:20.478 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1001 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:19:20.627 T:1651     info <general>: Creating video codec with codec id: 167
2026-03-14 12:19:20.630 T:1651     info <general>: DVDVideoCodecAmlogic: Opened Amlogic Codec
2026-03-14 12:19:20.630 T:1651     info <general>: Creating video thread
2026-03-14 12:19:20.630 T:1655     info <general>: running thread: video_thread
2026-03-14 12:19:20.630 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1010 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:19:20.752 T:1651     info <general>: Finding audio codec for: 86018
2026-03-14 12:19:20.754 T:1651     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:19:20.754 T:1651     info <general>: void CVideoPlayerAudio::OpenStream(CDVDStreamInfo&, std::unique_ptr<CDVDAudioCodec>): Allowing max Out-Of-Sync Value of 50 ms
2026-03-14 12:19:20.755 T:1651     info <general>: Creating audio thread
2026-03-14 12:19:20.755 T:1657     info <general>: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
2026-03-14 12:19:23.599 T:1655     info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAmlogic::AddData: Open decoder: fps:60000/1001
2026-03-14 12:19:23.611 T:1657     info <general>: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86018, channels: 2, sample rate: 44100, no pass-through)
2026-03-14 12:19:23.614 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:19:23.649 T:1655     info <general>: CAMLCodec::OpenDecoder Amlogic device does not support DV, DV is enabled by user, display does support DV, DV system is disabled
2026-03-14 12:19:23.780 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:19:23.781 T:1442     info <general>: CAMLCodec::Enable_vadj1 - vadj1 brightness/contrast control got enabled
2026-03-14 12:19:23.820 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.820 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.834 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.834 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.834 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.834 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.835 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.844 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:19:23.845 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:23.846 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:19:23.846 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:19:23.857 T:1442     info <general>: Loading skin file: VideoFullScreen.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-03-14 12:19:23.861 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 59.940, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:19:23.862 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 59.94 - Full Screen (19) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:19:24.099 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.153 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.166 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.166 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.166 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.166 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.166 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.171 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:19:24.173 T:1668     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] login_client:127(set_access_token) - User is fully logged in
2026-03-14 12:19:24.173 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:24.174 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:19:24.174 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:19:24.182 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:19:24.184 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:19:27.073 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:19:27.091 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 60.000, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:19:27.091 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 60.00 - Full Screen (18) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:19:27.332 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:19:27.455 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:19:27.455 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:19:27.456 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:19:27.456 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:19:27.456 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.456 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.469 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.469 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.469 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.469 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.469 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.474 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:19:27.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:19:27.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:19:27.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:19:27.483 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:19:27.485 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:19:31.976 T:1507     info <general>: plugin.audio.spotify:main_service:run: Main loop continuing. Loop counter: 10.
2026-03-14 12:19:34.996 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-03-14 12:20:31.981 T:1507     info <general>: plugin.audio.spotify:main_service:run: Main loop continuing. Loop counter: 20.
2026-03-14 12:20:46.865 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1001 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:20:46.866 T:1651     info <general>: Creating video codec with codec id: 167
2026-03-14 12:20:46.867 T:1651     info <general>: DVDVideoCodecAmlogic: Opened Amlogic Codec
2026-03-14 12:20:46.867 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1010 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:20:50.698 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1001 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:20:50.699 T:1651     info <general>: Creating video codec with codec id: 167
2026-03-14 12:20:50.699 T:1651     info <general>: DVDVideoCodecAmlogic: Opened Amlogic Codec
2026-03-14 12:20:50.699 T:1651     info <general>: Opening stream: 1010 source: 256
2026-03-14 12:20:53.551 T:1655     info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAmlogic::AddData: Open decoder: fps:60000/1001
2026-03-14 12:20:53.551 T:1655     info <general>: CAMLCodec::OpenDecoder Amlogic device does not support DV, DV is enabled by user, display does support DV, DV system is disabled
2026-03-14 12:20:53.591 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:20:53.608 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 2560, height: 1440, fps: 59.940, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:20:53.610 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 1920x1080 @ 59.94 - Full Screen (28) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:20:53.889 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:20:53.996 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.010 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.011 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.011 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.011 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.011 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.016 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:20:54.019 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:20:54.019 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:20:54.020 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:20:54.024 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:20:54.025 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:20:56.966 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:20:56.984 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 2560, height: 1440, fps: 60.000, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:20:56.985 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 1920x1080 @ 120.00 - Full Screen (17) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:20:57.223 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:20:57.331 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:20:57.331 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:20:57.331 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:20:57.332 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:20:57.332 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.332 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.344 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.344 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.344 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.344 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.345 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.350 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:20:57.351 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:20:57.352 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:20:57.352 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:20:57.357 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:20:57.359 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:21:15.367 T:1655     info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAmlogic::AddData: Open decoder: fps:60000/1001
2026-03-14 12:21:15.368 T:1655     info <general>: CAMLCodec::OpenDecoder Amlogic device does not support DV, DV is enabled by user, display does support DV, DV system is disabled
2026-03-14 12:21:15.407 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:21:15.416 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 59.940, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:21:15.417 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 59.94 - Full Screen (19) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:21:15.659 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:21:15.766 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:21:15.766 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:21:15.766 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:21:15.767 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:21:15.767 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.767 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.778 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.778 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.778 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.778 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.778 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.783 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:21:15.784 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:21:15.784 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:21:15.784 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:21:15.788 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:21:15.790 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:21:19.070 T:1442     info <general>: Constructing CRendererAML
2026-03-14 12:21:19.087 T:1442     info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 60.000, 3D: false:(0x4), stereo mode: 0
2026-03-14 12:21:19.088 T:1442     info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 60.00 - Full Screen (18) (weight: 0.000)
2026-03-14 12:21:19.339 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:21:19.462 T:1442     info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-03-14 12:21:19.463 T:1655     info <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo: display reset occurred, clear skipped frames
2026-03-14 12:21:19.463 T:1442     info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 16383
2026-03-14 12:21:19.463 T:1470     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-03-14 12:21:19.463 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Configure simple control for "AUGESOUND"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.463 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Use card "hw:0" and set codec format "2 CH PCM"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set Spdif to HDMITX to "Spdif_b"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif_b format"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio I2S to HDMITX Format"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Set codec for "Audio spdif format"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.476 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.481 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00" for playback
2026-03-14 12:21:19.483 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "surround71:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0"
2026-03-14 12:21:19.483 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2026-03-14 12:21:19.483 T:1470     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2026-03-14 12:21:19.489 T:1657     info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-03-14 12:21:19.490 T:1657     info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2026-03-14 12:21:31.984 T:1507     info <general>: plugin.audio.spotify:main_service:run: Main loop continuing. Loop counter: 30.

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Additional Information

I am not sure if this is a bug in this plugin or a bug in something else. If required, i can provide a full debug log.
I disabled MPEG DASH and i set the frequency change in the player to "Off", that helped a lot but unfortunately, some streams are then out of sync.

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[MoojMidge]

Nothing can or will be done about your issue report without a complete debug log.

It is not enough to include an excerpt of the ordinary Kodi event log.

Details on how a debug log can be produced are available on the Kodi Wiki: https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file.

If required, i can provide a full debug log.

It doesn't seem that the instructions in the bug report template are ambiguous, so why completely ignore them and ask this question?

[damnms]

Because i dont have debug logging on by default. I will try to reproduce that error with logging enabled in the next days. I thought those logs might be already enough, if not, i will upload the debug log. In the next days.

[damnms]

attached is the debug log, bit later than expected, had to do some other stuff.
what i also noticed, i tried to play the video 2 times with "resume", did not work. maybe thats also in the log.
the htpc is connected by ethernet, so it can not be a connection issue. when i watch from my gaming pc (thats 30 cm away from the htpc and also connected with lan) i have 0 problems. the htpc shows with speedtest.net that i have about 4gbit/s down and +- the same up speed.

kodi.debug.log

[MoojMidge]

Your log shows a whole bunch of the following entries:

debug <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo - video decoder returned error

Try disabling VP9 video in the addon stream settings and see if the same thing happens. It seems likely there is an issue with the AMLogic VP9 video decoder as used in CoreELEC.

[damnms]

there was a firmware update for the am9, could this be related? i will do the firmware update in the next days and see if that helps in any way. if not, i will disable vp9