Codecinfo

Whilst Kodi is playing media on screen you can activate the codecinfo overlay key on a keyboard. This normally appears as white text on a black background bar located near the top of the screen (dependent on the skin being used). The codecinfo overlay displays a number of real time variables describing detailed information on the codecs currently in use.

Current stable builds

 * Video codecinfo window as seen in stable Kodi v14.x and newer builds.

Information is split into 6 lines of text:
 * Audio information - Demuxer
 * Audio information - Player
 * Video information - Demuxer
 * Video information - Player
 * General playback information C
 * Windowing and System CPU information

Breakdown
Samples from the screen(s) above:

Further information/discussion

 * See the Video Diagnostic Screen forum topic for discussion and more information.