Some of them do, and I have found a list of the ones Intel say do. They're the most expensive option (even 2nd hand) out of the micro PC market. I'm hoping some of the others will be suitable but can't find anything to help me work out which ones are.
Posts by LybsterKodi
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I've currently got RPi3, and RPi4 and I'm currently thinking of buying a different device but I want it to support CEC. I've spent several hours googling and managed to confuse myself more but cannot find anywhere either a list of what does or any way of finding out after buying.
I know I can buy Pulse-Eight kit to achieve it but I'd like it built in.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
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The whole point of moving to the RPi4 was to simplify my rats nest of 2 x RPi3Bs (1 for TVHeadend sever and 1 as client/video playback) which meant extra extension leads, a mini hub for ethernet connection etc.
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Thanks - I now have a nice smooth playback. I copied the display settings from the RPi3 - 1920x1080. Why they are that I have no idea since the TV is 3480x2160 but it works so I'm leaving it alone.
Next stage - how to test out my Hauppage & TVHeadend when I don't have a spare adapter - I shall have to negotiate to not recording stuff
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I'll give that a try
Is there a better description of what whitelist does. I found the wiki and its left me baffled.
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<<Obvious question is what is the framerate of the video.>>
If I'm interpretting the ctrl-shift-o display correctly fr: 25
<<Do you have "adjust display refresh rate to match video" enabled.>>
It was set off, I changed it to always but it didn't seem to make a difference.
I then thought what happens if I set the display rate to 25fps and its almost perfect. I reset the refresh rate to 30 and rebooted but still jerky. Blundering about the wiki I manage to track down the entry for this and it says always isn't recommended - which of the two remaining is the best choice?
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<<A debug log would help.>>
I can dig out one for the RPi3 & the RPi4. Is there a quick way of turning it on and off or do I have to go through the menu each time.
<<Obvious question is what is the framerate of the video.>>
No idea, but 1) exactly the same as when played on the RPi3 and 2) pretty much the same as all of my videos since they have all been through Handbrake with the same settings.
<<Do you have "adjust display refresh rate to match video" enabled.>>
I don't think so but I'll have a look and if not set it. Since the RPi3 is my daily driver and its easy I just had a look and its set to always. I'll be back after fighting with cables
<<Does the BENQ monitor support that framerate?>>
Immaterial. The BENQ 21" was only being used until I was reasonably happy with the RPi4 running LE12 and I didn't look to closely. Its when I try it on the 40" Panasonic and look closely that the problem emerges. There are other issues which I didn't care about/notice on the BENQ monitor that I do care about on the TV, one of which I've posted about.
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The only volume setting I have found in my KODI install seems to only control the volume of GUI sounds.
The volume setting is the one associated with the device you are running Kodi on. eg I run Kodi on an RPi3 and have a wifi keyboard attached. That's what I use to set the volume level for the RPi to 100%.
As popcornmix said set that to 100% and use the TV remote for other adjustments
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I'm doing the initial testing of my RPi4 using a BENQ monitor since it was to disruptive using the TV (Panasonic) and it was looking worth checking out on the TV so moved it and connected everything up.
I wanted to compare the picture quality with what I get from the RPi3 running LE9.2.8. If I didn't have that as a comparison I'd probably be happy with the RPi4. I used "Looper" to test with. About 2:30 in there's a bit where a tractor is pulling a large yellow trailer along a dirt road. On the RPi3 (or my PC using VLC) its nice and smooth. With the RPi4 its a little jerky. Its not enough to stop me watching but it is enough for my brain to think something's wrong. I've tried turning off deinterlacing with no discernible difference.
Is there another setting I should be trying or do I need to bite the bullet and buy different equipment?
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I moved the RPi4 and gear to attach to my Panasonic to continue picture testing (separate post about this) and it turns the TV on and switches to HDMI3 but gets no further than the message showing the build in the top left corner of the TV screen. Turn the Pi off & on again and it comes up properly.
Is this expected?
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Dude! I've been trying since October 2021.
At least you've saved me from spending on a UPS - thanks.
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Locally - hmmm - Scottish Highlands - we don't do locally.
Joking aside thanks for the tips
If I may a couple of extra questions
1. does it turn the TV on and select the appropriate HDMI AV like the RPi?
2. does the TV remote work with it?
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Please don't take this the wrong way (especially the development team) but its nice to see others are having the same problem - misery loves company <G>
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HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF is the sort of thing I'm considering. Did you buy from eBay or is there a better source?
Are you running TVHeadend as well as Kodi?
Final question - what version of Kodi are you running on Ubuntu?
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You may well be right which is why I do not auto update on the 2 RPi3Bs that I'm currently running under LE9.2.8. I've made several attempts to switch to the RPi4 since buying it and one problem or another has seen me scuttle back to the RPi3s. I'm seriously thinking of switching hardware.
Your suggestion can be reduced to one thing - the HDD since I don't have either the server or the client for TVHeadend installed and twilightened didn't mention it. I'm leaning to it being the HDD being underpowered but it may be the VIA USB firmware or something else entirely. I won't say until I've spent many more hours running videos through the RPi4.
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I agree with most of what you say. However, in my view the ultimate solution is dump the Pi and buy a NUC or something similar. I'm currently negotiating with SWMBO
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Crash log http://ix.io/4vrI
Kodi log http://ix.io/4vrJ
Kodi.old log http://ix.io/4vrK
The reboot happened just after I deleted a recording c10am 8/5/2023 (uk format). The deletion went OK and I was just navigating back to videos when the system froze for a while and then rebooted.
Configuration is 2 RPi3Bs both running LE9.2.8 one headless running TVHeadend server and the other as the main video / tv recording watcher.
I tried running paste from the TVHeadend server Pi but was told there was nothing to send, copied them to my PC via FileZilla and the kodi.old.log and the last line consisted of loads of NULLNULL
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Looks like you are right - put a 3TB powered drive in and things seem fine. Shame the Pi can't handle more power but I don't suppose plugging USB HDDs into each USB port was a design consideration.
Next part of my journey of discovery is to see if the Pi will support a Hauppage tuner as well as the powered disk.
",there are tons of reports of cheap USB-SATA/NVMe adapters/cases being crap."
I bought one of those <G> The case has M2 memory in it in my HP but the cable was duff.
