RetroPie 4.6 crashing with video snaps on Rpi 4 4GB

[mitu]

@Clyde said in RetroPie 4.6 crashing with video snaps on Rpi 4 4GB:

: With OMX, the videos froze the Pi 4 only in the game list, while VLC froze only in the video screensaver.

Hm, that may be something new. If you disable the audio for video, do you still get the crash with omxplayer ?

[deathr0w]

Ok I have been trying a few more things and this includes the converting of the videos with RetroPie-Convert-Videos so not all of them converted but the ones that did I put in a new videos folder and renamed the old one then rebooted I tested out the new videos and still the same result scrambled video then the system locks.

Current changes to try and fix the crash

1. converted videos and tested with the ones that did convert
2. turned off Omxplayer also tested it with it back on with the new videos
3. turned off audio for videos
4. installed from the official 4.6 retropie image on retropie.org.uk
5. tried multiple SDcards x2 Samsung x1 kingston

So that is the list of things I have tried that I can remember off the top of my head and also read on other posts on what should be done but still same old results for me I don't need video snaps but It's a nice addition to any mans Pi setup with RetroPie.

[Clyde]

@mitu I don't have access to the old system before the re-installation right now (it's on a backup medium that's stored at my workplace). I'll get back to your question when I either get the backup back, or update the new system and the freezing returns.

[Clyde]

@mitu said in RetroPie 4.6 crashing with video snaps on Rpi 4 4GB:

@Clyde said in RetroPie 4.6 crashing with video snaps on Rpi 4 4GB:

: With OMX, the videos froze the Pi 4 only in the game list, while VLC froze only in the video screensaver.

Hm, that may be something new. If you disable the audio for video, do you still get the crash with omxplayer ?

I couldn't reproduce this in my new installation from the official image before the update. In fact, I found out that it was not the videos that crashed, but the navigation sounds from Emulation Station! I did suspect the videos because any time I tried to move to another game in the list, the system froze so hard that only the Magic SysReq keys REISUB or a hard reset could help.

I'll post my further findings in the thread Failed to find mixer elements… since they are definately off-topic here now.