Picture break-up whilst streaming????

Lord Farquart

Lord Farquart

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I have a weird problem. Been streaming fine on my old MyGica. Replaced it with a H96 Pro+, which also worked fine as long as the stream was OK. Then I got myself a Real-Debrid account, which sorted out the bad streams. This lasted about a month.

I started experiencing picture break-up. Mostly like a negative image on the screen, sometimes the previous frame ghosting on the next, and even green dots and lines on the screen. Does not last long, maybe a few seconds. Sometimes the video would freeze, but the audio would carry on. Stop and start would sort that one out.

Picking different streams does not alleviate the problem. I then went and bought another unit, as I thought this one was packing up. First night all OK. Last night this one started with the same schitt. I've had the units on 2 different TVs, through 2 different amps and one on Wifi, the other through a cable. Same results. Will try not taking it through the amp today, but have no hope there. Also happens using Kodi and Terrarium TV.

My daughter watches through Kodi on her PC and no such issues there. The issue sortof coincided with my renewal of Real-Debrid, but I can not see how that can be an issue. All fingers point to the H96 Pro+ devices, but I am not sure.

Anyone else experience crap like this, or have some advice for me?
 
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Lord Farquart

Lord Farquart

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My logic is screwing with my brain here. So this picture break-up issue is continuing. On the new device I have now taken the HDMI straight to the TV, bypassing the amp. No change. As we speak, I have this same unit running on a screen here in my office, using office internet. Not actively watching, just casting an eye every now and then. Second movie and not a single break-up.

I put the "broken" unit on the other TV at home through the amp and watched a movie fine over the weekend. So it seems that this issue comes and goes.

I have put Youtube on and watched for half an hour without issues. It never has issues with Youtube videos. Only when watching streams via Kodi or Terrarium TV. When the OSD is on, like Play, Pause etc, the video break-up would only happen on the video stream, not on the OSD.

Everything points to the stream received, but then why would the PC my daughter watch on not have issues???? She is watching on Kodi with the exact same add-on.

Only thin I can still think of is the media player used for/in Kodi and Terrarium TV, but I am pretty sure they use different players.

I have also tried watching the same movie with an Openload and another provider stream. Both break up, and not in the same spots. Even if there is a break-up and you rewind, the break-up would then be gone or in a different place.

Faark, I am confused. The only thing I have not tried is a different streaming device.
 
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