[oHUTCHYo]

Hi Guys,

Been using XBMC for some time now and adore it, but have never had this issue before. I typically play 1080p / DTS bluray rips. However as I'm so nice, I've been ripping my Fiancee's old DVD collection too. However when playing the video is showing green colour. The DVD themselves are, I think, Australian as weren't available in the UK. The TV show is 'At Home With The Braithewaits'. All seasons show the green colour overlay with some artifacting. I used MakeMKV to rip them.

I'm running an Acer Revo RL70 and latest OpenELEC Gotham.

Media info one one of the files;

Unique ID : 40367469174032648323604242831305451339 (0x1E5E7DE462BFC9C5403418461E35A74B)
Complete name : C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\At Home With The Braithwaites\Season 1\At Home With The Braithewaites S01E01.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.27 GiB
Duration : 48mn 27s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 6 700 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-08-16 15:55:25
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.8.11 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.8.11 (1.3.0/1.4.1) win(x64-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 48mn 27s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 6 374 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.615
Time code of first frame : 09:59:59:20
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Stream size : 2.16 GiB (95%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics : BT.470 System B, BT.470 System G
Matrix coefficients : BT.601

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 48mn 27s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 24ms
Stream size : 66.5 MiB (3%)
Title : Stereo
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:04:19.600 : en:Chapter 02
00:10:36.800 : en:Chapter 03
00:16:19.400 : en:Chapter 04
00:20:16.600 : en:Chapter 05
00:29:10.000 : en:Chapter 06
00:32:03.000 : en:Chapter 07
00:37:01.200 : en:Chapter 08
00:41:04.600 : en:Chapter 09
00:45:04.400 : en:Chapter 10

[nickr]

I dunno how many times a day I say this but debug log (wiki)

[oHUTCHYo]

I dunno how many times a day I say this but debug log (wiki)

Thank you, I'll arrange one very shortly.

[oHUTCHYo]

Click For: Log File

[nickr]

I can't seem to get into your log page right now, but that my be my internet connection's fault.

[oHUTCHYo]

I can't seem to get into your log page right now, but that my be my internet connection's fault.

It's not you, same here too. Looks like the entire site is now currently offline (even just the home page of http://xbmclogs.com/) . I was going to copy and paste it here but it looked a little too big. Perhaps the site will be back online shortly?

[nickr]

No don't put it here, you'll incur the wrath of the moderators and users.

Try pastebin.org

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Or just wait, it'll be back.

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In fact it's back already!

[nickr]

OK hopefully fritsch will come along and do his guru thing, but I would try for the moment to turn off hardware video acceleration and try again.

[jammyb]

Have seen this problem too on a friends machine. Went back to Frodo because of it.

[oHUTCHYo]

Thanks guys, it plays fine with hardware acceleration turned off. So whats the catch, will my 14GB+ 1080p rips suffer?

[nickr]

Yes they will, in expert mode can you turn acceleration on and off for different codecs? Sorry I don't have those options as I am on different hardware.

[oHUTCHYo]

Yes they will, in expert mode can you turn acceleration on and off for different codecs? Sorry I don't have those options as I am on different hardware.

Yes, in expert mode, you can choose which to turn off. Shall I trial end error or is there a certain codec I should try disabling first...

Prefer vdpau video mixer

Mpeg2 vdpau
Mpeg4 vdpau
Vc-1 vdpau

Mpeg2 vaapi
Mpeg4 vaapi
Vc-1 vaapi
Use sw filter fow vaapi

[teeedubb]

Try mpeg 2, thats what the video is

[nickr]

Try mpeg 2, thats what the video is

As indeed the output of mediainfo shows on the first post

[oHUTCHYo]

Right guys, disabling only 'mpeg-2 vdpau' plays the files fine with no green tinge. To what detriment I don't know as yet.

Wouldnt my 1080p Bluray MKV rips also be mpeg-2 or is that x264? As you can tell, I'm not terribly knowledgable on video codecs!

Thanks for your help, rep awarded. Hope someone can still come along and offer a fix to root cause.