CroqueMr is one guy and probably trying his best to keep up with all the reports and asks. Good to have you here and sharing what's working and not. Think having more testers surfaces more potential bugs or functionality needing to be addressed.
I have confidence in CroqueMr + hadesdevls here, and popcornmix + cinemaONE for all things 3D. Just need to allow some time. RC2 is already so good, and in a matter of mere 6 weeks or so. Crazy fast dev work!
I most definitely wasn't complaining about devs. I'm a bit discouraged because, as mentioned, I'm starting to think that something is wrong with my NUC. Series 11 misbehaved for a while, than it was fine. I thought as long as one connected to HDMI 2 output everything was fine. But who knows, maybe it's not. The intermittently blanking screen is really disconcerting to see.
I know. I did investigate before committing to buying the fanless case and the FLIRC receiver. But then... my experience so far has been quite removed from this being anywhere close to a daily driver for me.
Tried one last time before going to sleep, finally got Hades to start and this time I got a message in the black void window:
systemd[1]: iptables.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'
after that I got the message that my main monitor will be disabled and it will switch to the HDMI output, which is the correct thing to happen and I was able to use Hades normally as before.
I have no idea if that message is in any way related to why all my other starts with Croques RC2 or Hades RC5 failed, but for some reason it worked this time.
Sadly I didn't get a debug output for the failed startup, but now with a succesful startup it finally wrote log files.
Hades has got my debug zip in another issue for my USB dongles for my mouse & keyboard, so maybe there could be a hint on that startup problem. https://github.com/hadesdevls/LibreELEC-Hades/issues/13
Display MoreHrrmmm... tried the new RC2 release.
I suggest having settings for DV conversions the same way as the AmLogic builds have.
If I select HDR10+ ---> DV during a HDR10+ movie, it works. I stop the movie, I play a HDR10 movie and it outputs as HDR10, even if in settings I set HDR10 to be outputted as Dolby Vision.
One setting for Dolby Vision, one setting for HDR10, one setting for HDR10+. During these early days it's fine and dandy to want to test everything. But for real usage I think one wants to configure it once and not have to fiddle in real time for every video started.
I also noticed that SDR videos do not respect limited output setting. My OLED tv is calibrated to 16-235, so I need limited video levels. I set them in the System/Video settings page and for HDR/DV content they are respected. If I play a SDR video, black becomes gray. Tested this with patterns as well, like the classic one with grey bars and black should be at level 16. I see instead grey bars far below 16. Something is amiss.
I also keep on seeing HDR videos blanking the screen intermittently. I have already sent a debug log to CroqueMr about this, I don't know if he has had a chance to look at it. I'll most likely test tomorrow with the official build to see how the situation is over there. I am starting to be very afraid that my NUC 11 i3 might be a lemon of sort. It takes ages to switch screen mode/refresh rate, far longer than what happens with AM6B+ or my HTPC. It often gets the "no signal" screen from my LG tv set. Something I never see happen on either AM6B+ or HTPC.
I was so enthusiastic about this whole development that I bought a fanless case for it before even testing the builds... but everybody seemed so happy. You live and learn...
No worries, HDR10+ is not yet perfect and some of your issues as already been fixed for RC3. Normaly last settings is saved and will be applied to your next playback. And if the rendering output is not correct you can switch the mode on the fly during your play back, press "O" twice to have the quick pannel settings
For SDR and limited video the fix will be simple.
For the support of your NUC please open an issue on github it’s much easier for me to keep track of everything this way. If necessary, I just finished my build with remote access that allows me to make on-the-fly fixes and investigate any hardware issues directly on your minipc. This build is private, of course, and includes all the required consent disclosures. We can go that route if needed and if you agree.
Normaly last settings is saved and will be applied to your next playback.
Yes, but I don't think I am explaining myself properly. There currently are four HDR standards: HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HLG.
In CoreELEC builds, for each format you decide how to handle it. And all videos follow those rules, without any need for further manual intervention by the user. It's nice to have the option to switch on the fly (through the O shortcut) but that should not be substituting proper settings for everyday use.
I hope now my explanation is clearer. Thanks for listening and for your patience with the multitude of users...
Yes, but I don't think I am explaining myself properly. There currently are four HDR standards: HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HLG.
In CoreELEC builds, for each format you decide how to handle it. And all videos follow those rules, without any need for further manual intervention by the user. It's nice to have the option to switch on the fly (through the O shortcut) but that should not be substituting proper settings for everyday use.
I hope now my explanation is clearer. Thanks for listening and for your patience with the multitude of users...
I agree with this, there should be 4 separate conversion options configure once in the player settings. FOr me I would do this:
HDR10 -> HDR10
HDR10+ -> DV
HLG -> HLG
DV -> DV
So only my HDR10+ without DV files gets HDR10+ to DV conversion while being played back and all the other 3 will be played directly native.
