[8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

still crashing when libreelec config is launched

I dont have crashes when launching libre config, but i have had that in the past when i mistakenly used a wrong dtb.

Did you use the correct one?

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I was as kazaq's last 8.2 build and updated using the .tar file. via the .update directory.

Now when i boot up it gets stuck on the libreelec logo and doesnt go any further.

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If you forgot to use a new device tree or used wrong one and your device doesn't boot:

don't panic!
if booting from SD/USB, simply connect SD/USB to your computer, download a proper device tree, rename it to dtb.img and place on SD/USB

if booting from internal:
Boot this build from SD card or USB with correct device tree.
Login over SSH and execute dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dtb bs=256k count=1 then dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/dev/dtb bs=256k
Power off, remove SD/USB, boot from internal.

Downloads: here

Choose .img.gz file for burning to a new usb drive or SD card and choose .tar if you are upgrading

External DVB tuner support is experimental via driver.dvb.crazycat which can be found under LE repository>Services.

Device trees: here

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test release updated, module issue with wetek should be resolved now, wrxtasy sound patch has been removed also

see above, the Netflix issue is a problem with the addon and the developer needs to update it, latest releases can be found here

thanks GDPR-2

Thanks for your work.

I tested 8.90.4 and 8.2.2.3 on two boxes with s912:

H96 Pro+ and Tanix Tx92 (aka Vorke Z6)

Both works fine, 8.90.4 with few bugs at Samba drives, but with workaround it's okay.

But

Wifi / Wlan is really slow. So I can't stream from my network a testfile with ~600MB ~2mins.

So with 5ghz and even with 2.4ghz, should it work theoretically. No Problems with Lan RJ45 but at this location I don't have one.

On my other box the "Qbox S905" it's no problem to stream even bigger files like ~2GB ~2mins over 5ghz at the same place.

(Maybe an older version of Libreelec?)

hopefully someone has a solution for this problem, thanks!

Quote from atreyu

I dont have crashes when launching libre config, but i have had that in the past when i mistakenly used a wrong dtb.

Did you use the correct one?

Yep its the one for the VIM2.

Shoog

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This could be down to deinterlacing or noise reduction, have you tried turning them on/off?

Let me know how the patch goes for you.

No, it has nothing to do with noise reduction. The issue is caused by faulty round/dither options. 8.2.2.3 with the patch mentioned by wrxtasy just compiled successfully. Going to test it in the evening, results will follow.

Side note: The anti flicker/noise patch is already included in the new kernel you are using now.

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test release updated, module issue with wetek should be resolved now, wrxtasy sound patch has been removed also

hi GDPR-2 i tested this is work fine tuner wetek play2 after active crazycat driver with not instaled

wifi work fine

thanx men

GDPR-2

As far as I testet: Only with 8.2.

The flicker only appeared on S905 devices, not on S912 and it is mostly recognizable on OLED TVs. On other TVs and projectors you have exctly to know where to search for and stand next by the screen.

The noise is very very hard to be recognized on small screens (TVs). The first time I recognized it was when I compared my UHD player with my Minix U9 using my projector: I missed the sharpness of my UHD player in the picture and so went near the screen where I recognized the mentioned noise and that it even exists while playback is being paused.

This may explain why there are only a few complaints about it.

GDPR-2 , Now with new test build everything works good on wetek play 2 Only sometimes when I open 4k channel (on hotbird 13e, especially Fashion 4k) I lost hdmi signal with my wetek/tv. I checked on my second sd card with Your older build 8.90.3 , this same channel and there is no problem. Anyway Big Thx

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Let me know how the patch goes for you.

The patch for the old kernel in order to get rid of flickering/noise is now fully functional. The formerly patch from Sam's OSMC github commit which was posted by wrxtasy was not complete, so I made a new one (see attachement).

This patch also includes the new debug options (dither/round/REC709/BT2020) developed by Sam. Round for avoiding banding on S905(x) and REC709/BT2020 in order to use KodiGUI in 4k. Both needs some (not yet finished) changes to the Kodi code in order to work.

I tried to fix the green issues with e.g. 422-10Bit but was not yet succesfull. Will try some changes later.

forum.libreelec.tv/core/attachment/3325/

Thanks GDPR-2

Everything works well except for dolby sound (Allow passthrough).The sound is interrupted when the channel is changed.

TRT 4K,Astra 19.2 Travelxp 4K,Fashion 4K and Astra UHD 4K all works well.

I am using Driver Hauppauge.

It has been a while since I built Amlogic S905 aarch64 LE 8 or 9 ...

This time again it went just fine. Solid build environment! Kudos!

... but one thing is odd : I cannot build tvheadend, in fact all below commands just do nothing:

PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.tvheadend
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.tvheadend42
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.tvheadend43
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.tvheadend44
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.multimedia.tvheadend
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.multimedia.tvheadend42
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.multimedia.tvheadend43
PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon service.multimedia.tvheadend44

many other addons just build fine.

update

PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon tvheadend44

seems to be the right command now, sorry ...

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Have a read, you might already have the answer

That isn't the issue.

Besides i have updaed the build many times before on 8.2.

wrxtasy's dtb file works just fine on the new build when i do a new SD card.

I ended up reverting back afterwards because the remote.conf file doesnt seem to work on 8.90.5 either.