nikinp
December 29, 2020, 4:11pm
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There have been some discussion on this point on another plex thread, which are other forums, and folks are pointing to this issue on all Andriod Apps (e.g. VLC and Kodi as well as Plex) on certain Sony TV models. I can confirm that for myself, this is the case.
Hi,
My observation is that this is most probably MediaTek’s HW accelerator problem. If I disable it in VLC settings, orientation gets fixed, but unfortunately SW decoder is not fast enough
See posts here referencing Kodi and also references to RealTek hardware in some Sony TVs:
opened 04:13PM - 02 Dec 19 UTC
Platform: Android
Triage: Confirmed
## Bug report
### Describe the Bug
Here is a clear and concise description of … what the problem is:
when playing videos, which were recorded on iphone in vertical position, the displayed video is not rotated correctly (it is roatated by 90deg to the left, but with correct x and y dimensions, see attached snapshot of such video.
Details see also thread [https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=334937](https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=334937).
The issue occurs on Android TV (Sony KD-55XE9005) with Kodi 18.5 installed.
The issue does not occur if MediaCodec Surface is turned off, but in this case video playback is too-slow.
## Expected Behavior
Videos (.mov) recorded on iphone in upright orientation should be shown upright in Kodi on Android TV.
## Actual Behavior
Videos (.mov) recorded on iphone in upright orientation are rotated by 90deg to the left in Kodi on Android TV.
## Possible Fix
Bug in reading the video orientation from metadata.
### To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Open such video that is recorded in upright orientation
### Debuglog
The debuglog can be found here: [https://paste.kodi.tv/berijuxopu.kodi](https://paste.kodi.tv/berijuxopu.kodi)
### Screenshots
Here are some links or screenshots to help explain the problem:
- screenshot: [http://www.mediafire.com/file/qtg65wgd554j4dt/IMG_4285.JPG/file](http://www.mediafire.com/file/qtg65wgd554j4dt/IMG_4285.JPG/file)
- video example (note: 77MB!): [http://www.mediafire.com/file/mwz5gvrw9q0ijfu/IMG_5410.MOV/file](http://www.mediafire.com/file/mwz5gvrw9q0ijfu/IMG_5410.MOV/file)
## Additional context or screenshots (if appropriate)
n.a.
### Your Environment
Used Operating system:
- [x] Android
- [ ] iOS
- [ ] Linux
- [ ] OSX
- [ ] Raspberry-Pi
- [ ] Windows
- [ ] Windows UWP
- Operating system version/name: Android (TV) 8.0.0
- Kodi version: v18.5 - Leia
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Also, see a thread started on the Sony website recently by someone on the github/Kodi post, which some of you may want to add your comments to:
When playing videos, which were recorded e.g. on iphone in vertical position, the displayed video is not rotated correctly -> it is rotated by 90deg counter-clockwise, but with correct x and y dimensions, see attached snapshot of such video: ...
Edit: I copied some videos that orientate correctly on PC onto USB and plugged into Sony TV to use the native Sony App on my Sony Andriod TV. They have the wrong orientation
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