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Practical viewing guide

Use Kodi Player Process Info for a precise playback report

Capture the current media and decoder details while the symptom occurs. Keep source-stream information separate from a television’s final output mode.

Media software, clearly identified
Media software, clearly identified

Kodi / documented application workflow · Publisher-documented application guidance; UK IPTV account compatibility not tested. Instructions are based on publisher guidance; a UK IPTV account was not tested on this platform.

Reproduce one clear case

Choose an authorised sample and record what happens: no picture, no sound, regular judder or another specific symptom. Note the Kodi version, operating system and output arrangement. A report about one known sample is more useful than a collection of unrelated screenshots. Keep programme identity and private file paths out of public captures where they are unnecessary.

Open the documented overlay

The Kodi wiki describes Player Process Info and the keyboard shortcut o. It explains that a remote button is not standard and may need mapping, while some remote applications expose the function. Do not assume a button shown on another device’s remote already has the same role. The overlay is information about the current playback process, rather than a television’s independent input-information menu.

Label the fields you use

The official explanation distinguishes media details from player details, including the active video decoder and hardware or software indication. Audio channel information, frame rate and other values apply to the media and process shown. Capture the actual values rather than copying the wiki’s illustrative screenshot. A source resolution field should not be promoted into proof that every part of the external HDMI chain is outputting that same format.

Describe the observation without overclaiming

If the decoder changes between two documented tests, preserve both cases and the settings that changed. Do not interpret a hardware label alone as a guaranteed cure for every stall or a certification of account compatibility. Share the few relevant fields and exact symptom with the player maintainer when needed. This guide supplies a reporting method, not a claim that a UK IPTV sample was played or benchmarked in Kodi.

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