When the system stops responding, have you tried unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in ? Maybe try another keyboard. I use a wireless keyboard on my two Intel NUC's when installing a fresh image.
Also try an older version of LE to see if that works
I would try different USB drives anyway. Also, according to this page, Intel NUCs have a BIOS Recovery feature:
Is your PC running Libreelec ? You said it's running Kodi.
Try another USB jack. If no improvement, try another dongle.
Just try the default Libreelec 9.0 settings in your new NUC. If you have issues, post them along with the model number of your NUC.
I don't know if this is related but I have an Echo Dot connected to my Pioneer AVR. I can ask Alexa to play songs, artists or even radio stations with my Amazon Prime account. I also have occasional short dropouts.
You might get better help here: LibreELEC 9.0.0 builds for S905 (semi official)
My cheap wireless dongle stopped working (partially) with LE 9.0 and I had to switch back to my old HP USB IR receiver. Try another brand dongle if you can.
If you don't have another dongle to try, you can always install the Kodi Keymap Editor (from the built-in Kodi repository) and use it to reprogram the remote's key functions. You must learn how to use the addon - it's important to use the "Global" selection before choosing the proper command. You must also use the "save" function after programming. I had a hard time using it when I first tried it. It's not that intuitive.
Are you using a keyboard or remote ? If you're using a keyboard, just press S for power off menu. If you're using a remote, you can program a button to bring up the power off menu but if you're using a Logitech Harmony Remote, just press the power off button.
The Keymap Editor addon got my home screen button up and running again ☺
I could also use the keymap addon to get my home screen button working again, right ?
I had the same exact problem with 2 remote keys on my Harmony 650 remote. Both the "Guide" and the "Menu" buttons changed functions when upgrading to LE 9.0 (Kodi 18). The "Guide" button used to activate the context menu and the "Menu" button used to activate the Kodi "home" function. I had to reprogram the remote using the Logitech Harmony software to change the "Guide" key back to "DVD Menu", which is the context menu on Kodi. But now both the Guide and Menu keys do the same thing (Kodi context menu). I lost the "home" function and don't see that function mentioned in the Logitech Harmony software.
I'm also running an old 3rd gen Intel NUC
With Kodi 17.6 the Menu button was the "Home" button for Kodi. The Guide button was Kodi's "Context Menu"
With Kodi 18.0 the Menu button is Kodi's "Context Menu". The Guide button is "PVR Device".
I used Logitech Harmony software to program the remote's Guide button back to Kodi's context menu (Logitech calls it DVDMenu)
I tried it with both an Intel i5 Windows 10 desktop and an old Intel i5 NUC running LE9. There is about a 1 to 2 second gap between videos and in the upper right hand corner, there is a seeking bar graph for 2 seconds when the next video starts playing. There is NO spinning circle. My Intel NUC is on a gigabit wired network. The Windows 10 desktop is the server. (SMB)
Wired or wireless network ?
Isn't there a gapless / seamless playback setting in Kodi ?
Why would there be buffering on local media ?
Try placing a few videos on a USB flash drive and connect drive to the kodi computer to see if this problem still exists
Try disabling or removing addons
You never mentioned your hardware
Back in the days of CRT's, vertical underscan would cause that symptom. The fix back then was to increase vertical size slightly. I wonder if that would fix this issue.
The artifacts were called "VITS lines"
So the volume keys on your keyboard don't work when watching Netflix on Chromium ?
As far as I know, the "volume" sliders on both YouTube and Netflix are actually gain controls and can be left at max all the time. You should be able to control the volume the way you normally do for all of Kodi.
You never mentioned your hardware by the way.
Why would you want to do that ? How do you normally control the volume ?
Problems in previous Kodi releases will not be looked into. Not really.
You can open a ticket with full info on Kodi's bug tracker on Github for problems with Kodi 18 and up.
This problem includes LE 9 and I am opening a ticket right now on Github.
Older Kodi versions up to and including 16.1 worked perfectly for me when accessing my Verizon Media Server from my Intel NUC to play live TV channels over my wired network. The channels are encrypted (.dtcp-ip). Kodi did a fine job of streaming my subscribed channels to my Intel NUC running Kodi 16.1 and older versions.
All newer versions of Kodi either fail to detect my UPnP/DLNA server or fail to play the streams. With the latest LE 9 (Kodi 18), my server is detected and the channel groups are displayed, but not the individual channel list with tags.
I first posted about this issue a little over 2 years ago on the Kodi forum and got zero help. They suggested filing a bug report which I did in March 2018. I supplied logs and actual videos showing the problem but they are so overloaded with new Bugs that I'm not sure anyone will ever see the Bug Report I posted there.
Maybe a developer here could spot the issue by examining my logs. I know they could time out again since I had to upload them twice. Let's hope they're still working. Here are links to my Kodi Forum Post and Bug Report:
UPnP Remote Media Source no longer works in v17.0
#17797 (UPnP/DLNA worked for me up to Kodi 16.1 but not after) – Kodi - TRAC (contains logs & video links)
Note: The logs were produced from a Windows 10 desktop computer, not my Intel NUC's
