[x86-64] Thunderbolt Support?

    I've been playing around with my NUC 8i7BEH trying to get the Thunderbolt port working with LibreElec either as a higher speed LAN connection or a display out (i.e. Thunderbolt to Ethernet and Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters). Nothing seems to work.

    I've got a dual boot into Windows 11 on the same box and both work fine. Does LibreElec have Thunderbolt drives included or is there something I need to do to enable the driver ? I have LibreElec 12.2.1 running on this system.


    Thanks,

    Jeff

    I'm not aware that we have thunderbolt support enabled in the kernel. You'll need to experiment with a custom LE image that enables whatever drivers are missing (some research will be required).

    Quote from chewitt

    I'm not aware that we have thunderbolt support enabled in the kernel. You'll need to experiment with a custom LE image that enables whatever drivers are missing (some research will be required).


    Ok. Thanks for confirming. This may be something for me to tackle in the future. I was looking for another option to try to eliminate the intermittent audio dropouts on this NUC board and LibreElec. I've tried all suggestions on the forums and they still persist albeit intermittently. I was hoping to try another non-HDMI interface for audio/video to see if that resolves the issue. I've added a second SSD to dual boot with Windows 11 and Kodi. I may try that for a bit and see how it does.


    Jeff

    Quote from chewitt

    Current LE13 nightlies include a patch that forces 10-bit output which should workaround the audio dropout problem.

    I gave it a shot with the latest nightly but no luck. I get the same results. If I change the output format from anything other than fixed (i.e. Optimized or Best Match) I get intermittent audio dropouts, especially on EAC-3 audio tracks. AC-3, DTS and similar are pretty rock solid. If I leave at Fixed I don't get dropouts on any audio track format. The setup is the NUC connected to a Yamaha RX-A3080 then to a Samsung TV.

    If I swap the NUC out for a Beelink SER6 (AMD CPU/GPU) with LibreElec everything runs fine with the format as Optimized or Best Match. I never get an audio dropout.

    Thanks,

    Jeff

    Quote from chewitt

    Are you running the latest NUC and LSPCON firmwares? - This normally needs updating from Windows.


    Yes. I installed a Windows 11 SSD, and applied both the HDMI and Thunrderbolt firmware updates. The HDMI FW is v1.78.4.0.4 which is the latest and what folks recommended. The Thunderbolt FW is Version 46. I installed the latest NUC BIOS BECFL357.86A.0098. I also tried creating an EDID file using "getedid create".


    Jeff