RetroPie freezes in UI with video preview

Clyde

@loggahead said in RetroPie freezes in UI with video preview:

the PI is not in a case and has heatsinks on the chips.

The heatsinks may actually isolate the chips instead of cooling them, if they are attached by normal, non-thermoconducting glue, as many cheap heatsink sets are. If you're not sure what kind of glue you have, it may be a good idea to remove the sinks, clean the chips with high proof alcohol (not water!) and test the temperature of the system.

edit: See this thread for a temperature display in the Retropie menu. I didn't test it, though.

darknior

I also have this problem from the beginning ... many month ago.
All is working fine, and some time when i start my TV i discover my pi has crash, with some time a video glitch, some time the linux console, but all is freeze.
I always think it was the Video Screen Saver that crash ... on some videos.
All my videos comme from EmuMovies and i made some myself like us. And i never see one video crashing ...
Hard to found if it is really a video, what video it is ??? i can't test all my videos one by one, i have maybe more than 3000 videos.

Loggahead

@clyde My heatsinks are just attached using the compound tape that was on them. It's arctic silver or anything and probably isn't transferring heat all that efficiently. Although I have noticed the heatsinks get hot to the touch. I'll monitor the temp display now that I know it's overheating and compare that to the temps I get with the new case / fan.

It's odd to me though that it never has overheated on me while playing games which I have been playing A LOT since I built this cabinet. It only started overheating using OMX player. I guess it really is putting the cycles to the cpu on the pi to play vids!

@darknior Just because I found that my issue wasn't my vids and has ended up being my pi overheating and crashing due to vids being played back, look for a small thermometer icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen the next time your pi locks up. That will indicate it's overheating. It's VERY EASY to overlook even if you already know about it.

Clyde

@loggahead said in RetroPie freezes in UI with video preview:

It's odd to me though that it never has overheated on me while playing games which I have been playing A LOT since I built this cabinet. It only started overheating using OMX player. I guess it really is putting the cycles to the cpu on the pi to play vids!

But that shouldn't be the case if you're using a hardware accelerated player like OMX. Hardware acceleration should remove stress from the normal CPU, not add to it. (?)

darknior

@clyde You are right. I don't have any pi overheating.