Bit of a nightmare this fortnight. Mid-playthrough of Clair Obscur from a while back, so that will be my focus. Haven't played Plague Tales: Innocence, so likely will not have time to do that and then the sequel. Pacific Drive looks really good. Also heavily recommend Evil West for a PS3/4 style action game.
Need to try and finish Another Crab's treasure, but my latest save is in amongst giant laser firing crab dudes and I keep getting smoked trying to get past them. Haven't played it in months, but highly recommend. Brilliant little game.
Just switched to POV after the recent Trakt API issues, as Seren was no longer seeing the Next Up/Progress Trakt info.
Coming across an issue with some 4K files. It seems to nearly always be the top file - size is negligibly smaller than the other files that are working. The stream hangs every 10-30 seconds for about 4-6 seconds. I copied the log, but cannot paste it all, so just adding some of the main parts where the issues are happening. On a Firecube 3rd gen, Ethernet at 60Mbs, Cache set at 192, using Premiumize. Only some files are doing this.
2026-07-08 14:04:03.762 T:26475 info <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile:
2026-07-08 14:04:03.768 T:26694 info <general>: Creating InputStream
2026-07-08 14:04:03.984 T:26694 info <general>: Creating Demuxer
2026-07-08 14:04:24.514 T:26694 info <general>: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
2026-07-08 14:04:24.515 T:26694 info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 24.000, 3D: false
2026-07-08 14:04:24.515 T:26694 info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 24.000000 - Full Screen (24) (weight: 0.000)
2026-07-08 14:04:24.538 T:26475 info <general>: CAndroidUtils: SetNativeResolution: 8: 1920x1080 3840x2160@24.000000
2026-07-08 14:04:24.548 T:26475 info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-07-08 14:04:24.548 T:26475 warning <general>: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
2026-07-08 14:04:24.548 T:26475 warning <general>: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
2026-07-08 14:04:24.598 T:26430 info <general>: CAndroidUtils: Current resolution: 1920x1080 3840x2160 @ 24.000000 - Full Screen
2026-07-08 14:04:24.599 T:26475 info <general>: GLES: Maximum texture width: 8192
2026-07-08 14:04:24.600 T:26694 info <general>: Creating video codec with codec id: 173
2026-07-08 14:04:24.601 T:26694 info <general>: CBitstreamConverter::Open bitstream to annexb init
2026-07-08 14:04:24.602 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.audio.decoder.ac3
2026-07-08 14:04:24.602 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.audio.decoder.ac4
2026-07-08 14:04:24.602 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.audio.decoder.eac3
2026-07-08 14:04:24.602 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.av1.decoder.awesome
2026-07-08 14:04:24.602 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.avc.decoder.awesome
2026-07-08 14:04:24.603 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Testing codec: OMX.amlogic.dolby-vision.dvhe.decoder
2026-07-08 14:04:25.077 T:26430 warning <general>: CPeripheralBusAndroid: failed to update input device with ID 7 because it couldn't be found
2026-07-08 14:04:25.077 T:26430 warning <general>: CPeripheralBusAndroid: failed to update input device with ID 11 because it couldn't be found
2026-07-08 14:04:25.184 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open Using codec: OMX.amlogic.dolby-vision.dvhe.decoder
2026-07-08 14:04:25.196 T:26694 info <general>: Creating video thread
2026-07-08 14:04:25.200 T:26715 info <general>: running thread: video_thread
2026-07-08 14:04:25.290 T:26694 info <general>: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
2026-07-08 14:04:25.291 T:26694 info <general>: Finding audio codec for: 86056
2026-07-08 14:04:25.296 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open() Use default handling for non encrypted stream
2026-07-08 14:04:25.306 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder eac3
2026-07-08 14:04:25.307 T:26694 info <general>: Creating audio thread
2026-07-08 14:04:25.307 T:26718 info <general>: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
2026-07-08 14:04:25.308 T:26694 info <general>: Opening stream: 9 source: 256
2026-07-08 14:04:25.310 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Using libass version 1701000
2026-07-08 14:04:25.310 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating ASS library structure
2026-07-08 14:04:25.310 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS Renderer
2026-07-08 14:04:25.315 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS library font settings
2026-07-08 14:04:25.376 T:26694 info <general>: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating new ASS track
2026-07-08 14:04:26.133 T:26430 info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnLostDisplay received
2026-07-08 14:04:26.376 T:26430 info <general>: VideoPlayer: OnResetDisplay received
2026-07-08 14:04:26.377 T:26499 info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-07-08 14:04:26.377 T:26499 info <general>: Trying to open: samplerate: 44100, channelMask: 12, encoding: 4
2026-07-08 14:04:26.379 T:26499 info <general>: Minimum size we need for stream: 22640 Bytes
2026-07-08 14:04:26.379 T:26499 info <general>: Audiotrack buffer params are: period time = 32.086 ms, period size = 11320 bytes, num periods = 4
2026-07-08 14:04:26.379 T:26499 info <general>: Created Audiotrackbuffer with playing time of 128.344671 ms min buffer size: 45280 bytes
2026-07-08 14:04:26.397 T:26718 info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio: display reset occurred, checking for passthrough
2026-07-08 14:04:26.398 T:26718 info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open() Use default handling for non encrypted stream
2026-07-08 14:04:26.399 T:26718 info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder eac3
2026-07-08 14:04:26.399 T:26718 info <general>: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86056, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)
2026-07-08 14:04:26.408 T:26499 info <general>: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::Initializing with: m_sampleRate: 44100 format: AE_FMT_FLOAT (AE) method: PCM stream-type: PCM-STREAM min_buffer_size: 45280 m_frames: 1415 m_frameSize: 8 channels: 2
2026-07-08 14:04:26.503 T:26499 info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-07-08 14:04:26.507 T:26499 info <general>: Trying to open: samplerate: 48000, channelMask: 12, encoding: 4
2026-07-08 14:04:26.508 T:26499 info <general>: Minimum size we need for stream: 24608 Bytes
2026-07-08 14:04:26.508 T:26499 info <general>: Audiotrack buffer params are: period time = 32.042 ms, period size = 12304 bytes, num periods = 4
2026-07-08 14:04:26.508 T:26499 info <general>: Created Audiotrackbuffer with playing time of 128.166667 ms min buffer size: 49216 bytes
2026-07-08 14:04:26.516 T:26499 info <general>: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::Initializing with: m_sampleRate: 48000 format: AE_FMT_FLOAT (AE) method: PCM stream-type: PCM-STREAM min_buffer_size: 49216 m_frames: 1538 m_frameSize: 8 channels: 2
2026-07-08 14:04:26.554 T:26475 info <general>: Instancing CRendererMediaCodecSurface
2026-07-08 14:04:26.555 T:26475 info <general>: CRendererMediaCodecSurface::Configure
2026-07-08 14:04:26.981 T:26475 info <general>: Loading skin file: VideoFullScreen.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-07-08 14:04:27.072 T:26475 info <general>: [WHITELIST] Searching the whitelist for: width: 3840, height: 2160, fps: 24.000, 3D: false
2026-07-08 14:04:27.076 T:26475 info <general>: Display resolution ADJUST : 3840x2160 @ 24.000000 - Full Screen (24) (weight: 0.000)
2026-07-08 14:04:31.772 T:26498 warning <general>: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -89466.648461
2026-07-08 14:04:31.779 T:26498 warning <general>: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -89466.710962
2026-07-08 14:05:25.939 T:26718 info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-07-08 14:06:03.673 T:26718 info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-07-08 14:06:13.016 T:26475 info <general>: Loading skin file: special://home/addons/plugin.video.pov/resources/skins/Default/1080i/next_episode.xml, load type: LOAD_ON_GUI_INIT
2026-07-08 14:06:37.192 T:26718 info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-07-08 14:06:52.957 T:26498 warning <general>: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -89462.615890
2026-07-08 14:06:52.960 T:26498 warning <general>: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -89462.740390
2026-07-08 14:07:06.386 T:26718 info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-07-08 14:07:17.376 T:26475 info <general>: Loading skin file: VideoOSD.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-07-08 14:07:18.771 T:26475 info <general>: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()