Yesterday I added a new mesh unit to my home internet and then everything went boom. And not in a good way.
It was an utter discombobulation: hue lights stopped working, address reservations rewritten, no WAN internet.
It took a good while for me to figure out that the mesh unit had connected in Wireless Router mode and that this was the root of the horror show. I'm convinced that I selected my intended Access Point mode and that none of this was my fault, but then most likely it was sausage fingers strikes again.
To restore normalcy I had to reset my router, mesh units and hue bridge, create a new wi-fi network, and then rejig various servers and misc devices. A few hours later and things were tickey-boo again. With the exceptions of LibreElec on my WeTek Play2 (8.2.5) and WeTek Hub (8.2.5). LibreElec installed on the eMMC.
Both Wetek boxes will connect to the address of my NAS - same IP as before - and then reload my library. Though moments before the initial library population there was a notification that the MAC wasn't recognised. Everything works. Playback and updates AOK.
What doesn't work is streaming Live TV from my Enigma2 receiver to LibreElec. The PVR add-on won't load. In fact, none of the PVR add-ons will load: TVheadend which I've previously used with both WeTek boxes issues the same 'won't load' report, as do all the other PVR add-ons which I haven't used but have installed as a test to see if they'll load.
To investigate the issue I've:
1. used the LibreElec settings to reset the Hub's LibreElec and Kodi to defaults. In the hope that everything would magically right itself. It didn't.
2. tried streaming Live TV to my PC/VLC and phone. This works.
3. installed the latest stable LibreElec 11 image on a RPi2. Live TV works. However, aside from being bogglingly slow, the RPi2 is being used for something else so it's not really a realistic replacement.
Having spent a little time with the latest LibreElec I can see that it's a clear improvement over the quite dusty (8.2.5) version I've been relying upon. A new RPi4 + LE11 would likely be the best way to go. But unfortunately you can't get RPi4s for love nor money, can you?
I could stump up £130 for a Vero4K and live with OSMC but then I really don't want to be replacing what has been and still is perfectly serviceable hardware for my use case. At least not if I need to find £130!
The only sensible prospect is to have a go at fixing the WeTek boxes and LE 8.2.5.
Does anyone have any idea where and how to start?
And please be gentle if you can: I can find my way to the command line but will be utterly lost without guide ropes.
Thanks in advance for any help and guidance.
Thomas