@balbes150 LE images with Kodi-19 for S9xxx

turgus · May 21, 2019 at 3:37 AM

Quote from Gendo

Any update on anlogue audio for s905w? I can help with testing..

..as far as I know no progress for internal av port..easiest way around is a still a cheapo 1$/€ sound card. I tried several, but on libreelec and armbian this one does the best job best for me(there is a black 7.1 device also around that price, which is often not recognized properly and wider blocking other ports little more, so blue one is better choice. If you need both usb ports already, take a simple passive 3-port usb hub (cost under 3€) which works perfect on my tx3mini s905w; on x96mini prefer one with a short cable because hubs(2ports on back and one on top ) are too thick and you need to turn box upside down or place something under box to equalize hub..

Gendo · May 21, 2019 at 11:56 AM

Quote from turgus

..as far as I know no progress for internal av port..easiest way around is a still a cheapo 1$/€ sound card. I tried several, but on libreelec and armbian this one does the best job best for me(there is a black 7.1 device also around that price, which is often not recognized properly and wider blocking other ports little more, so blue one is better choice. If you need both usb ports already, take a simple passive 3-port usb hub (cost under 3€) which works perfect on my tx3mini s905w; on x96mini prefer one with a short cable because hubs(2ports on back and one on top ) are too thick and you need to turn box upside down or place something under box to equalize hub..

thanks usb sound card works fine

Any pointers in getting remote to work??

**chewitt** · May 21, 2019 at 12:19 PM Official Post

TX3 mini should have working 2.0 audio out-of-box - no need for a USB soundcard unless you're chasing multi-channel support. We have a sponsor for that work now, but due to existing commitments with the sponsor and the implementor it will be a while before it happens.

G12A/B hardware now has working 2.0 audio and multi-channel should follow (before we see it on GX). I'm refining the config but it should appear in balbes150 images 'soon' ..

Remotes should work fine as long as you have a keymap configured. Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki] has all the info needed.

Gendo · May 21, 2019 at 12:28 PM

Quote from chewitt

TX3 mini should have working 2.0 audio out-of-box - no need for a USB soundcard unless you're chasing multi-channel support. We have a sponsor for that work now, but due to existing commitments with the sponsor and the implementor it will be a while before it happens.

G12A/B hardware now has working 2.0 audio and multi-channel should follow (before we see it on GX). I'm refining the config but it should appear in balbes150 images 'soon' ..

Remotes should work fine as long as you have a keymap configured. Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki] has all the info needed.

Thanks im testing on an m8s pro w and have no sound out of the box (but usb works fine) will do some more trials on remote once i get home.. Also i cannot see internal storage of box so i must run from sdcard.

If you need any help with testing let me know.

**balbes150** · May 21, 2019 at 2:32 PM Official Post

New image 20190521.

belaid38 · May 21, 2019 at 2:35 PM

hi

kernel 5,2 rc1 is out

When we try lima 450 mali with kernel 5,2

**balbes150** · May 21, 2019 at 2:46 PM Official Post

Quote from JohnBoyz

Aarch64 or Arm?

Any one image best from all choices?

If you do not use Netflix (or other add-ons that are only for the arm version), then the aacrh64 version works 20-30% faster.

Quote from JohnBoyz

Tried the ARM image but similar results ...... wired NIC does not work.

I have not had a some way functional wired NIC since the last 'rii' image I tried.

Seems these images are not compatible with the 2GB X96 Max which has a 100Mb/s NIC.

I do not have such a model for testing and finding errors.

Quote from slartibartfazz

did a quick check for Nanopi-K2:

booting: ok

config: ok

Ethernet: ok; no WiFi (no driver, I assume)

edit advancedsetting.xml + Passwords.xml; reboot : ok, everything noticed.

installed pvr.vnsiserver: test HD: ok; SD ok (after setting aspect ratio to 16:9 manually)

Video H264 1980x1080p: ok

Video H264 720x576i self-encoded ok, downloaded: for a few seconds picture and sound are far too quick (picture quicker than sound). This leads to Audio/Video async. Another test with h/w acceleration disabled: sound ok, no picture, just plain white screen.

Video at all times: skipping for- / backwards leads mostly into crash (Kodi.log.old: ERROR: Got MSGQ_ABORT or MSGO_IS_ERROR return true).

That's for now. If you need futher information, let me know.

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Tnx

turgus · May 21, 2019 at 2:52 PM

Quote from chewitt

TX3 mini should have working 2.0 audio out-of-box

..on todays build I got no audio on tx3 mini via 3.5mm jack in av port..maybe HDMI analog audio works oob, but all my monitors got no speakers so I'm not sure.

ukmark62 · May 21, 2019 at 4:15 PM

Thanks for these early builds.

Just to report that I don't see any improvement in playback of HEVC files compared to the previous builds.

About half of my vids (so far) don't play - just buffers to 100% and gets stuck, and others that do play have issues with ff,rw, skip seek etc causing lockups (as in previous builds).

If debug logs are needed etc, just let me know.

Miker · May 21, 2019 at 8:53 PM

My box is MXQ G12 Android 8.1 Amlogic S905X2 4GB 32GB TV Box

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Which firmware and dtb.img do I need?

Thank you very much.

**kszaq** · May 21, 2019 at 9:09 PM

Quote from ukmark62

Just to report that I don't see any improvement in playback of HEVC files compared to the previous builds.

Unfortunately there have been no improvements in regards of HW decoding.

The only thing to test in the latest build is perhaps HDMI audio on S905X2 and S922X: patches are included, I cannot say if they work or not as I have no "next-gen" device.

ukmark62 · May 21, 2019 at 10:04 PM

Quote from kszaq

Unfortunately there have been no improvements in regards of HW decoding.

The only thing to test in the latest build is perhaps HDMI audio on S905X2 and S922X: patches are included, I cannot say if they work or not as I have no "next-gen" device.

Thanks for the info kszaq,

Great to see that you are still involved.

JohnBoyz · May 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM

Quote from balbes150

If you do not use Netflix (or other add-ons that are only for the arm version), then the aacrh64 version works 20-30% faster.

I do not have such a model for testing and finding errors.

Tnx

If there is anything I can do to help please let me know.

**chewitt** · May 22, 2019 at 12:56 AM Official Post

Quote from belaid38

hi

kernel 5,2 rc1 is out

When we try lima 450 mali with kernel 5,2

These images have been running lima for Mali-450 (and panfrost for Mali-T820) for some time already. Look in Kodi SysInfo.

**chewitt** · May 22, 2019 at 1:03 AM Official Post

Quote from ukmark62

Just to report that I don't see any improvement in playback of HEVC files compared to the previous builds.

About half of my vids (so far) don't play - just buffers to 100% and gets stuck, and others that do play have issues with ff,rw, skip seek etc causing lockups (as in previous builds).

HEVC has some rough spots but should generally play fine on GX (not G12A/B which has zero support for HEVC at the moment) hardware with 8-bit media. Most streamed HEVC media is 8-bit, but most ripped HEVC media is 10-bit and right now there is no 10-bit support in the HDMI driver. Once 10-bit support lands; then some work can be done to continue development on the HEVC decoder. There's no need for bug reports - we're engaged with the developers doing that work and we have a good and library of bad media for testing with.

stranula · May 22, 2019 at 2:32 AM

Regarding S905x2 HDMI audio. It is noted that it only has 2 channel out. Can 5.1 channel work with passthrough?

Fran · May 22, 2019 at 5:17 AM

KI Pro: LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel-20190521

I still have the same problems reported by me here earlier.

And now a new problem!

And when you shut down the boxed system it restarts, and hangs on the libreelec screen.

There are 2 channels that lock the picture after 5 seconds plus audio works.

http://ix.io/1ih9

CEC: I turn KI Pro off and the TV remains on.

The quality of the SD image leaves something to be desired.

Interface kodi a bit unstable. (Trembling)

The update with .tar file is not working.

LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel-20190521114453-a41fdf1-box.tar

Thank you, balbes150

ukmark62 · May 22, 2019 at 11:46 AM

Quote from chewitt

HEVC has some rough spots but should generally play fine on GX (not G12A/B which has zero support for HEVC at the moment) hardware with 8-bit media. Most streamed HEVC media is 8-bit, but most ripped HEVC media is 10-bit and right now there is no 10-bit support in the HDMI driver.

I hadn't thought of 8-bit vs 10-bit HW decode of HEVC. I have some 10-bit HEVC videos that do play fine, but most are unplayable with HW decoding on. I'll check some 8-bit vids. All of my older vids are 8-bit, the new ones are 10-bit. This is on GX player (S905x)