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Player process info

Introduction

Kodi can display information about the system and the media that is currently being played. This information is available through a number of on-screen overlays.

Player Process Info

The Player Process Information OSD details the static information (metadata) of the Audio and Video streams in use.

The OSD can be activated using one of the following methods...

Pressing o on a keyboard
Pressing the equivalent key on your remote control. This is not a standard button press and will need to be mapped to your remote control. See: Keymap Editor
Using one of the remote control Apps, special functions are available to activate and deactivate this OSD

Image 1 - The Media Process Information overlay
Image 2 - The Player Process Information overlay
Image 3 - The System Process Information overlay

The following is a brief description of the information being displayed:

Media

This screen provides details of the Audio and Video streams of the media file currently playing

Player

Video decoder: Describes the video decoder currently in use. The decoder will vary depending on operating system. See... Intro to FFmpeg Decoders; The item in brackets indicates whether decoding is currently being performed by Hardware (HW) or Software (SW). See... Platform Specific Hardware Acceleration settings

Pixel format: The pixel format in use.^[1] ^[2]

Deinterlace method: The method used to deinterlace the currently playing video stream, if required.

Video stream

A number of items detailing the properties of the video stream. The values shown in the image are an example and will vary with the media being played.

1,920x1,080p - Resolution of the image in pixels based on the Storage Aspect Ratio (SAR), and scan type identifier - p for progressive scan or i for interlaced scan

1.78 AR - The aspect ratio of the image. Based on the Display Aspect Ratio (DAR)

25.000 FPS - The frame rate of the video stream

Player cache: The status of the cache. 100% = fully utilised

Audio decoder: ac3 - The audio coding format

Audio channels: FL,FR - The audio channels in the audio stream. When using Audio Passthrough settings, the channels will be displayed as raw

Audio stream

32 bits - The bit depth of the audio stream

48,000 Hz - The sample rate

System

Screen resolution: The resolution and refresh rate of the display

System rendering speed: Frame rate

System memory usage: The memory currently being used on the system. This is a total usage by all processes, not just Kodi

System CPU usage: The CPU currently being used on the system. This is a total usage by all processes, not just Kodi

CPU temperature: Where available, will display the core temperatures.

Player Debug Info

The Player Debug Info screen displays real-time dynamic data of the current audio/video streams.

Note - What is displayed will depend on your settings for Sync playback to display and Adjust display refresh rate

The OSD can be activated using one of the following methods...

Pressing ctrl+⇧ Shift+o on a keyboard
Pressing the equivalent key on your remote control. This is not a standard button press and will need to be mapped to your remote control. See: Keymap Editor
Using one of the remote control Apps, special functions are available to activate and deactivate this OSD

Image 4 - The Player Debug Information overlay

The following is a brief description of the information being displayed:

Line 1

aq:95% - The audio queue saturation

Kb/s:379.70 - Current audio bitrate reported by the player

a/v corrections - The corrections required to sync the audio and video streams. ^[3]

The (50ms) is the out-of-sync delay to align the streams. It is calculated at the start of playback.

The count, 0 in the image, indicates the number of times corrections have been made during playback.^[4]

Line 2: vq:95% - Video queue saturation; Mb/s:0.26 - Current video bitrate reported by the player; fr:25.000 - Frame rate; drop:23 - Number of dropped frames; skip:11 - Number of skipped frames; pc:1 - Pullup correction pattern length

Player: a/v:-0.022 - Audio/video sync difference in real time; forward: 22.06 MB / 92% / 38.433s / 1.329% - Cache amount in MB / % of cache filled / number of seconds cached / percentage of movie cached; 100% - Percentage of cache in use

VSync

VSyncOff: -11.2 - Indicates the offset between the vertical sync signal of the display and the timestamps of the video frames. This offset is used for audio visual synchronisation. ^[5]

If VSyncOff is greater than zero and constant, then synchronisation is all good.

If the value shows 0.0, the framerate (fps) of the video does not match the refresh rate (Hz) of the display which may cause micro-stuttering of the video, especially during panning shots.

Latency: 0.080 - Adjustment in seconds required to sync audio and video

Video Debug Info

This display is available on MS Windows systems only.

The Video Debug Info screen displays additional video stream and HDR metadata, shader and swapchain information (flip, discard / sequential), Windows HDR state, all of which are not available elsewhere in Kodi^[6]

The OSD can be activated using one of the following methods...

Pressing alt+o on a keyboard
Pressing the equivalent key on your remote control. This is not a standard button press and will need to be mapped to your remote control. See: Keymap Editor
Using one of the remote control Apps, special functions may be available to activate and deactivate this OSD

Image 5 - The Video Debug Information overlay

Display Info

The Display Information screen displays the View Mode, Aspect Ratio and other display related data.

The OSD can be activated using one of the following methods...

Pressing z on a keyboard
Pressing the equivalent key on your remote control. This is not a standard button press and will need to be mapped to your remote control. See: Keymap Editor
Using one of the remote control Apps, special functions are available to activate and deactivate this OSD

Image 6 - The Display Information overlay

The following data is displayed

View Mode: The zoom/crop/stretch mode currently in use. For available options see: Video Settings.

Sizing

Information about the output display of the video stream

(720,576)->(1920,1080) = (Resolution of video)->(Output resolution) Reveals any upscaling or downscaling. The example shows upscaling by Kodi and your TV may further upscale. eg in this example a 4K TV will upscale from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160.

(Zoom x1.00) Reveals if any zoom has been applied

AR:1.78:1 Aspect Ratio of video

(Pixels: 1.00:1) Pixel ratio in use

(VShift: 0.00) Amount of Vertical Shift applied

See: Video Settings for more information.

Screen resolution: Reported resolution to Kodi. Usually the resolution set on the graphics card, and the TV may then further upscale. Also displays the type of Full Screen in use.

Debug Mode

Although normally used to enable debug logging in the Kodi log files, the overlay provides additional useful information.

The Debug Mode can be activated using one of the following methods...

Enable the setting Enable debug logging in the settings page located at Settings > System Settings > Logging
Pressing ctrl+⇧ Shift+d on a keyboard
Create an entry in the advancedsettings.xml file. See: Advanced Method

Image 7 - The Debug Mode Information overlay

LOG: Reveals the location of the debug log

MEM: System memory available / Total system memory in Kilobytes

FPS: The refresh rate of the display

CPU: #The CPU thread : The work load on the thread as a percentage of maximum rated

References

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[1] ttps://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh2-007

[2] ttps://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.2/pixfmt_8h.html#a9a8e335cf3be472042bc9f0cf80cd4c5

[3] ttps://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22770

[4] ttps://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=371292

[5] ttps://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=332156&pid=2737399#pid2737399

[6] ttps://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/19126

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-=== Media Info ===
+=== Media ===
-This screen provides details of the Audio and Video components of the media file currently playing
+This screen provides details of the Audio and Video streams of the media file currently playing
-=== Player Info ===
+=== Player ===
 ; Video decoder
 : Describes the video decoder currently in use. The decoder will vary depending on operating system. See... [https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro Intro to FFmpeg Decoders]
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 ; Video stream
 : A number of items detailing the properties of the video stream. The values shown in the image are an example and will vary with the media being played.
-:: ''1,920x1,088p'' - Resolution of the image in pixels based on the Storage Aspect Ratio (SAR), and scan type identifier '''p''' for progressive scan or '''i''' for interlaced scan
+:: ''1,920x1,080p'' - Resolution of the image in pixels based on the Storage Aspect Ratio (SAR), and scan type identifier - '''p''' for progressive scan or '''i''' for interlaced scan
 :: ''1.78 AR'' - The aspect ratio of the image. Based on the Display Aspect Ratio (DAR)
-:: ''23.976 FPS'' - The frame rate of the video stream
+:: ''25.000 FPS'' - The frame rate of the video stream
+; Player cache
+: The status of the cache. 100% = fully utilised
+; Audio decoder
+: ''ac3'' - The audio coding format
+; Audio channels
+: ''FL,FR'' - The audio channels in the audio stream. When using Audio Passthrough settings, the channels will be displayed as ''raw''
 ; Audio stream
-: A number of items detailing the properties of the audio stream. The values shown in the image are an example and will vary with the media being played.
-:: ''FL,FR,FC,LFE,SL,SR'' - The audio channels in the audio stream. When using Audio Passthrough settings, the channels will be displayed as ''raw''
-:: ''ac3'' - The audio coding format
 :: ''32 bits'' - The bit depth of the audio stream
 :: ''48,000 Hz'' - The sample rate
-=== System Info ===
+=== System ===
 ; Screen resolution
 : The resolution and refresh rate of the display
-; System rendering speed:
+; System rendering speed
-:
+: Frame rate
 ; System memory usage
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 ; System CPU usage
 : The CPU currently being used on the system. This is a total usage by all processes, not just {{kodi}}
+; CPU temperature
+: Where available, will display the core temperatures.
@@ Line 86: / Line 95: @@
 ; Line 1
-: ''aq:94%'' - The audio queue saturation
+: ''aq:95%'' - The audio queue saturation
-: ''Kb/s:3857.31'' - Current audio bitrate reported by the player
+: ''Kb/s:379.70'' - Current audio bitrate reported by the player
-: ''rr:1.05617'' - Tempo or playback speed. <ref>https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerAudio.cpp#L198</ref>
+: ''a/v corrections'' - The corrections required to sync the audio and video streams. <ref>https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22770</ref>
+:: The (50ms) is the out-of-sync delay to align the streams. It is calculated at the start of playback.
+:: The count, 0 in the image, indicates the number of times corrections have been made during playback.<ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=371292</ref>
 ; Line 2
-: ''vq:94%'' - Video queue saturation
+: ''vq:95%'' - Video queue saturation
-: ''Mb/s:34.69'' - Current video bitrate reported by the player
+: ''Mb/s:0.26'' - Current video bitrate reported by the player
-: ''fr:23.976'' - Source frame rate
+: ''fr:25.000'' - Frame rate
-: ''drop:0'' - Number of dropped frames
+: ''drop:23'' - Number of dropped frames
-: ''skip:0'' - Number of skipped frames
+: ''skip:11'' - Number of skipped frames
 : ''pc:1'' - Pullup correction pattern length
 ; Player
-: ''a/v:-0.299'' - Audio/video sync difference in real time
+: ''a/v:-0.022'' - Audio/video sync difference in real time
-: ''forward:0 B'' - Cache amount in MB <ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=275260&pid=2563813#pid2563813</ref>
+: ''forward: 22.06 MB / 92% / 38.433s / 1.329%'' - Cache amount in MB / % of cache filled / number of seconds cached / percentage of movie cached
 : ''100%'' - Percentage of cache in use
 ; VSync
-: ''VSyncOff: -17.9'' - Indicates the offset between the vertical sync signal of the display and the timestamps of the video frames. This offset is used for audio visual synchronisation. <ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=332156&pid=2737399#pid2737399</ref>
+: ''VSyncOff: -11.2'' - Indicates the offset between the vertical sync signal of the display and the timestamps of the video frames. This offset is used for audio visual synchronisation. <ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=332156&pid=2737399#pid2737399</ref>
 :: If ''VSyncOff'' is greater than zero and constant, then synchronisation is all good.
 :: If the value shows 0.0, the framerate (fps) of the video does not match the refresh rate (Hz) of the display which may cause micro-stuttering of the video, especially during panning shots.
 : ''Latency: 0.080'' - Adjustment in seconds required to sync audio and video
-: ''refresh:50.000'' - Refresh rate (Hz) of the display
-: ''missed:10766'' - Missedvblanks. VBLANK, is the time between the end of the final visible line of a frame or field and the beginning of the first visible line of the next frame <ref>https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/RenderManager.cpp#L760</ref>
-: ''speed:104.271'' - Indicates the playback speed of the video.
-:: If the setting '''[[Settings/Player/Videos#Sync_playback_to_display | Sync playback to display]]''' is enabled, then playback speed may be increased or decreased to match the refresh rate of the display
-:: If the setting '''[[Settings/Player/Videos#Adjust_display_refresh_rate | Adjust display refresh rate]]''' is enabled, then playback speed should be 100%.
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