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I recently started using Kodi for my linux distro collection, but some videos look terrible in comparison to when played in VLC. See attached picture with screengrabs from VLC and Kodi of the same frame in an MKV 1080p h.265 file. What could be the issue? I didn't change any video settings in either

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

My problem with Kodi is even if I start at the top of a list of streams and just pick on down until one works they rarely do. The ones that do work are 180p with high contrast korean subtitles every time. I know its not like this for everyone. I have seen someone play a stream on it in good quality with nothing weird. But it seems whenever I specifically use it nothing I want to watch has a good stream.

[-] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Kodi doesn't supply streams and the addons that people make to try and integrate them are pretty much all garbage. Now if you have your own local media library, that's where kodi can shine..

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I have only seen it downloaded on a firestick and people search some sort of online database. I never knew it was more than that. Interesting.

this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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