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@Matt I guess I was able to fix it. At least for myself. Looks like it’s a timing issue between the videos. The 3 seconds of the “next.mp4” file are “sometimes” not enough what results in next video is being skipped. So I replaced this file with a 7 seconds file now and no skipping anymore. Maybe 7 seconds is too much and 4-5 seconds would be fine as well. If I get some free time I will experiment with less seconds. So this can be marked as fixed. 7 seconds “black video” file attached. Just rename to “next.mp4” and replace with the one in the Plugin Folder! Regards Christian black_video_7s_1080p_24fps.mp4

Well, not really. If „allow skipping” is enabled the feature plays fine but it does random skipping for Trailers, Commercials etc. If its disabled all the Trailers etc playing fine but the feature isn’t…

But it seems it does. Please see the other thread with external player. So enabled: I have sporadic skips during trailers, bumpers and commercials etc, but feature works. When disabled: Trailers, commercials and bumpers etc work without sporadic skips. But feature is stopped after few seconds, always!

Hi @Matt , I Tested right now and can confirm it’s also happening with a sequence with just one feature and YouTube plugin disabled. I than enabled “allow skipping” again and voila it’s back working. Do you need to have 2 new logs with both “allow skipping” enabled as well as disabled? Thanks Christian

Yes, sure, I will disable YouTube and try again. I am using external player with playercorefactory.xml as well. But I am playing everything inside PSE Folder Path with internal player and everything else with external player. Strange is that I can, when ignoring playercorefactory.xml, play trailers and commercials with external player just fine. It just stops when sequence is “feature” Will revert back with new infos. Thanks for your help!

Hi Matt, seems finally I was able to solve my random skipping issues like discussed here: https://preshowexperience.com/forums/topic/1913-feature-is-being-skipped/#findComment-2902 I disabled “allow skipping” in PSE settings. So far so good! Now I have the next issue. I am using external player in Kodi for windows. Kodi launches MPC-HC to play a file. Now it seems when starting the feature from PSE playback in external player stops after some seconds. Could it be that PSE does not get the current playback status from Kodi? Please find a debug log attached. Movie starts on line 5783. In line 5853 I can see: PSE: Fullscreen Video Closed. Can I get you to have a look? Many thanks kodi.zip

No it isn’t the skin as well. I used Kodi default skin now. I can see loading/busy icon between the videos. It’s strange. On my shield I did not have any of these issues. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I have disabled “allow skipping” in the settings now and so far it looks like it is working fine now 👍

Could it be the Skin? Using Aeon Nox. I also had the feeling that, between each video PSE also tries to play something else!? Maybe some “loading or working” info? https://preshowexperience.com/forums/topic/441-skins-for-preshow-experience/#comment-698

Seems I am not alone: https://preshowexperience.com/forums/topic/1588-having-trouble/

And one extra info. I dropped external Player and just used Kodi internal Player. It’s only happening to the internal Player!

Hi, I played around today again but even with starting with a brand new installation and sequence from scratch it’s still happening. I also have resetted all the settings it’s not related to a specific Video. It can happen with a trailer or a commercial video. Sometimes it happens once in a sequence, sometimes it does happen multiple times. It also doesn’t matter if I disable the actions I am using. And it’s also happening if I put the content directory locally on drive C: So I am out of ideas to be honest. Do you have any suggestions? If not, I thank you guess I need to drop PSE :( Thanks Christian

Usualy, I am using madVR with MPC-HC as external player launching Files from KODI. If PreshowExperience is used, than KODI is using internal player as configured in playercorefactory.xml in userdata folder. Dont know if this might play any role?

Hi, many thanks for reverting back. I tried disabling DXVA but the issue still happens. Please find a debug log attached. Sorry for sending a ZIP Archive, but pastebin doesnt seem to allow more than 512KB. The problem happened when the TRON Ares Trailer started. It started for a second or two and than was skipped to the next trailer (Fantastic Four). Hope this helps a little bit. Let me know if I can do more! REgardskodi.zip

Hi, any News regarding this? I seem to have the same issue. Features are skipping randomly no matter which content is played. SDR, HDR etc can happen with any content. I am using HTPC on Windows 10 with latest Kodi 21.2 version. Anything I can share to help fixing this? Thanks 🙏

OK, got it working. Just add the following two files into your PSE Folder under Actions! Name you can choose whatever you like, but the extension must be „.pseaction“! disable "adjust refresh rate": # disable "adjust refresh rate" in KODI for now http://IPtoKODI:PORT/jsonrpc POST: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "Settings.SetSettingValue", "params": { "setting": "videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate", "value": 0 } }enable "adjust refresh rate" again: # enable "adjust refresh rate" in KODI again http://IPtoKodi:PORT/jsonrpc POST: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "Settings.SetSettingValue", "params": { "setting": "videoplayer.adjustrefreshrate", "value": 2 } }The "disable" Action should be placed directly in the begging of PSE Setup/Sequence. The "enable" Action should be placed directly in front of the Feature (the main movie) Thats it. Make sure that you have enabled "Allow remote control via HTTP" in KODI Settings as described here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Services/Control#Allow_remote_control_via_HTTP regards

I guess its possible via actions. I will investigate here as well...

Hi, pretty nice Addon!! I was also a Big Fan of Cinemavision and I do remember that there was an Option to stop adjusting refresh rate while Trailers and Bumpers were playing. Did I missed the setting somewhere? If not, is it planned to include this in a later Version? thanks and regards