Creating a bug report/issue
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Yes
Required Information
-DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=14
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
G_GITBRANCH='master'
G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'
G_LIVE_PATCH_STATUS[0]='applied'
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Distro version |
echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
bookworm -
Kernel version |
uname --all
Linux DietPi 6.12.34-current-meson64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 19 13:32:38 UTC 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux -
Architecture |
dpkg --print-architecture
arm64 -
SBC model |
echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAMEor (EG: RPi3)
Odroid HC4 (aarch64) -
Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
15v 4A -
SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)
Sandisk Ultra
Additional Information (if applicable)
- Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
Kodi - Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
Copied .kodi from previous install - Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
I have tried with a clean kodi profile and same problem
← If you sent a “dietpi-bugreport”, please paste the ID here → - Bug report ID |
echo $G_HW_UUID
Steps to reproduce
- Start Kodi
- Check Settings > Playback > Video for HW acceleration
Expected behaviour
- HW Acceleration should be an option
Actual behaviour
- Playback is jittery on HD with panning scenes
- HW Acc option not available
Extra details
I have been trying to resolve this after moving from Coreelec (no issues).
- Testing with flatpak - smooth playback but had other problems
'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:62 do_unlock()
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with operation failed
- Installed kodi from debian-multimedia - ended up with a dependency mess and gave up, uninstalled all included kodi.
- Reinstalled kodi + installing VDPAU and VA drivers-all
- Not running xorg and X not installed
$ kodi
libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri/meson_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1