Kodi 18.0 Update for Slice.

Thanks for testing!

I could reproduce the issue with your samples on RPi3, it seems to be a kernel bug. I've pinged popcornmix and pointed him to this thread.

so long,

Hias

bleep42 I did some more testing and the issue seems to be firmware (not kernel) related.

Could you test LE 9.2.3 again and replace the firmware files in /flash with the contents from this ZIP? rpi-firmware-9e3c23c.zip

This reverts the RPi firmware to the April 15 version, with that your sample files played fine on RPi3.

so long,

Hias

Hi HiassofT  bleep42

I tested those sample videos on 9.2.3 and the firmware patch allows the videos to play without issues.

Cheers

Looks like we got a fix for the kodi lockup / kernel oops issue [le92] ffmpeg: update RPi HEVC patch to latest version by HiassofT · Pull Request #4411 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub , quick test on RPi3B+ with latest firmware went fine.

The fix will be included in the next LE release, for now please use the firmware revert workaround.

so long,

Hias

Quote from CvH

pls have a look if it works and if any new problems turn up

CvH boots fine and works fine with music files and internet streaming which is all I use this particular box for.

Edit: it is a CM3 unit

regards

Roger

Quote from CvH

LE 9.2.4 (Kodi 18.8) test images

Working good on CM3.

Thanks!

Quote from bleep42

(who still uses his slice almost every day)

bleep42

Kevin, me too... I have 2, well one in a case and one naked, and I too use them every day.

chewitt there are at least 2 users still out here . Keep up the hard work on Slice, please.

Roger

Copying dt-blob.bin from LE9.2 to the FAT partition might be enough to get an RPi2 image booting. Recently a user used that to successfully boot RpiOS (ex Raspbian) on a Slice with CM3

Trying (and failing) to resurrect my Five Ninjas Slice with CM3 - Kernel Panic - Raspberry Pi Forums

As I don't have a Slice I haven't tested that myself so can't be 100% sure if that'll also work with current or future LE 10 images, but I'm quite confident and you should have a starting point.

so long,

Hias

Thanks everyone for continuing to support the Slice its very much appreciated.

HiassofT I've successfully booted an RPi2-9.2.6 image, its very much useable and I have been able to test video and audio content from both the local drive and a network source via the ethernet port.

in addition to the dt-blob.bin i also copied:-

config.txt

overlays\ws2812.dtbo

overlays\slice.dtbo

I also added the following to the config.txt

dtoverlay=slice

dtoverlay=ws2812

dtoverlay=mmc

not sure if any of this extra stuff has made any difference but its done me no harm at least.

ws2812 doesnt seem to be working anymore but that might be because i need to install the slice addons.

I have not tested:-

IR sensor working

Analogue Audio & Optical not working

Wifi Dongle working

Radio Remote Control working

Happy to help with any testing in the future, I'll probably keep the RPi2 image until the next update to see what happens!

Cheers

Edit: updates on testing