I saw an ad from ThePiHut for a SCART adapter for RPi4. I think the SCART spec included CEC but what's the chances of LibreElec working with it?
Just hoping for informed opinion rather than absolute certainty, especially about a piece of kit that's in pre-order status.
I'm looking at buying a couple of Leapmatic MaticBoxes with the autofan board for a temperature controlled fan. Their manual is specific to Rasperian and uses Raspi-config.
Has anyone tried these boxes and got the temperature controlled fan working?
I only tried one addon - TVHeadend - and that worked, BUT I'm staying with my dual RPi3 setup for now. I think its KODI that needs a bit more work rather than LibreElec since I've tried OSMC, Raspberry Pi OS and XBian with the same result. My TV remote works flawlessly on the RPi3 but will not work on RPi4 and Fast Forward & Rewind on MP4 videos just doesn't work.
I tried various of the nightlies and encountered ones where there was no audio. My view is it needs more work, I'm going to keep trying releases / nightlies because I'm sure that at some point they will crack it. Until then I'll just dust the RPi4 every so often.
OK - my RPi3s are in a draw under the TV. It sounds like the FLIRC may work in there, however, it still leaves
Just tried the 10.0.1 release. My problems still exist (FF & rewind not working on MP4, TV remote not working). My 2 RPi3s (one for playing videos and one for TVHeadend) are still working fine. I've tried pretty much everything to get the RPi4 working - with & without Argon One case, different HDMI cables, different HDMI plugs on the TV, LibreElec, OSMC, XBian. With LibreElec I do note that with the RPi3 I get two messages about Pulse 8 connecting and only one with the RPi4 and I did find a comment on Kodi's site that there were problems with the MP4 format.
Unfortunately I don't have a second RPi4 to try so if anyone has any idea about testing it I'm interested.
I will keep trying nightlies to see if things improve, I can convert my movies to MKV (just have to dedicate a computer to doing it for a while), I can buy a FLIRC USB (as was recommended in response to an earlier post) but I guess that since the TV remote is IR that means organising things so the FLIRC USB is in line of sight to the remote and then there's this from FLIRC's website
ie pretty much no use (or maybe I'm misinterpreting) unless I spend more money with no guarantee of success.
Apart from throwing the RPi4 in the bin, or hitting it with a large hammer (highly satisfying - I had to do it once with a NAS) does anyone have a solution
I have the same problem on RPi4 (my RPi3 works flawlessly) and I think it lies with the KODI code. Looking on their forum it seems its an issue with the mpg decoder.
With a .ts file FF & rewind work perfectly but with mp4 no way.
In my case the TV remote will not work with the RPi4 (again the RPi3 is perfect). My "solution" is to try a nightly release once a month and hope.
anasonic TV, RPi4B, Argon One case
Pi connected to TV via HDMI3
I've just spent a few hours testing different versions of LibreElec/Kodi in the hope that I'll find one that works fully. No luck so far.
What I have found is:
- the TV remote will not work on any of the versions tested.
- FF & Rewind worked fully and correctly on .ts files on all versions, MP4 only worked correctly on 9.2.6 & 9.2.8.
- sound does not work on 9.2.1, 9.2.6 or 9.2.8
versions tested: 9.2.1, 9.2.6, 9.2.8, 9.97.1, 10.0.0, October nightlies 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18, 21
Unless anyone can recommend a version, or actions I can take, I'll just keep trying the nightlies once a month and hope.
I have the same problem. I've just tried again this morning with yesterday's nightly build and its still there, no way to get the TV remote working.
Using a wireless keyboard is fine apart from the other problem - FF & rewind on MP4's is stuffed.
I think its a Kodi not a LibreElec specific problem since I've tried XBian & OSMC with the same result.
I've decided to try the nightly build at weekly intervals to see if things are fixed. AT least I have my Pi3s working well.
I have powerline through my house since foil backed plasterboard is brilliant for making WiFi a non starter. It works well with one small problem. If you get a spike on the line it can disconnect you and you need a reboot before things pick up again.
Thanks - I'll try that.
I think I've identified the problem - I went searching on KODI's forum and found a reference to it having trouble with seek on H.264 format so I tried some stuff I'd recorded on a laptop which was in ts format. FF & reverse worked fine on the ts files but not the mp4 files.
Converting all my mp4 files to ts or mkv format is not a viable option - any suggestions?
Latest update - still have the problems.
chewitt: I've taken the RPi4 out of the Argon case and it made no difference.
OSs I've tried so far:
LibreElec
OSMC
XBian
All with Kodi (19.1 I think)
I've tried with and without the Argon One case. With WiFi keyboard, with wired keyboard, films on USB memory stick, films on USB HDD.
Most of the time has been spent on LibreElec and there I've tried:
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.8.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.97.1.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-10.0.0.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211002-c373397.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211008-8696f6d.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211010-4ec2af6.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211011-27d9660.img.gz
The 20211011 nightly did get some of the keys on my TV remote working, but not FF & rewind.
The only things I haven't changed are the Pi's power supply, the TV and the RPi4
Anyone with suggestions apart from wait and keep trying the nightlies?
Probably a silly comment but I've just bought an RPi4 and an Argon One case. The case comes with a couple of thermal pads but you need to peel the backing from either side to reveal the thermal paste sandwiched in the middle.
Not a silly comment - with the rare event of some warm weather in the Scottish Highlands I was also getting a little thermometer. My solution was to buy a laptop cooling pad from Amazon. I went cheap and spent a massive £5.99
works really well.
Thanks for trying to help.
I'm using the Logitech wireless keyboard whilst I set things up and get them working. Then I have a mini wireless keyboard that currently adorns my RPi3 that's for film playback, not TV recording will be transferred to the RPi4. I prefer a keyboard since coming from an IT background I'm happy with a keyboard and I can do more with it than the remote. My wife on the other hand uses the remote and claims she can't see the letters on the keycaps on the mini keyboard - much to complicated 
I think I'm just trying a little early in the LibreElec/Kodi development cycle and am considering removing the TV HAT from my RPi3 and putting the Haupagge tuner on that for the next 3 - 6 months. Shame because I wanted to tidy things up and move from the 2 x RPi3Bs and cables everywhere. The Argon case is good for that with the cables coming from the back.
I can sort of see where you're coming from but how is going down that route any better than continuing to use a wireless keyboard and having a separate remote for the TV?
I'm reaching the point where I read "Argon case" and some combination of audio/video problem and I skip ahead to the next thread.
Can you tell me why? Are you suggesting that if I replace the Argon case it will solve my FF & rewind problem or that they've screwed up in moving the HDMI ports to the back and that is preventing my remote being recognised?
Get a flirc USB device and use any remote you like. You won't regret it.
OK I looked on Amazon and its c£30. Will replacing the wireless keyboard with one of these resolve my FF & rewind problem?
FF & rewind controlled via wireless keybord works perfectly on a USB memory stick, but doesn't work correctly on USB HDD. Can this be attributed to the Argon since the USB ports aren't rewired? I'm quite willing to take the RPi4 out of the Argon case but if I do and want to put it back I'll need to buy some thermal strip which means waiting for it to be delivered so I'm trying to avoid it if not necessary.
Just tested the latest nightly - same problems. Wether it helps or not I don't know but when I press F the position bar (don't know what else to call it) and speed counter are shown at the top of the screen not the bottom, and the extra bits (eg information) are not shown at all. Sometimes pressing P or space seems to move the bar to the bottom and display the additional icons
Can anyone throw me a lifeline? I've now tried
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.8.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.97.1.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-10.0.0.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211002-c373397.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211008-8696f6d.img.gz
LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211010-4ec2af6.img.gz
It seems to be that I can get sound through HDMI or the FF & rewind working but not both and in none of them does the TV remote work.
I've adjusted what settings I can see that I think might help but without beneficial effect.
I'm beginning to feel that I should just bin c£100 worth of kit and go back to RPi3 which worked. I'm hoping that there are people out there with a full working setup. If so can you please let me know what version I should burn to the micro SD card.
I'm trying to set up my new RPi4 with LE10 and Kodi and having lots of difficulty. The current configuration is:
RPi4
Argone One case (not downloaded and set up their app yet)
600GB USB 3.0 HDD (the final configuration will be a 6TB HDD)
Logitec wireless keyboard/mouse combo
I have tried both with LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-10.0.0.img.gz and LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20211002-c373397.img.gz
The major problem is fast forward and rewind not working. If I FF a few minutes and press P the screen freezes. X will work to exit but that's it. If I hit space to pause it and then P it will, sometimes, resume playing correctly. I tried unhooking the 6TB drive off my current RPi3/Kodi (where it works fine) plugging into the RPi4 to see if I needed a powered drive but the results were the same. I also tried a USB memory stick (16GB) and that works impeccably. Not sure I can afford (or find) a 6TB SSD.
Is there a setting somewhere that might help?
Just discovered that the Panasonic TV remote will not control Kodi at all on the RPi4
Thanks for that.
Currently I'm just trying to get sound via the HDMI cable - I found a setting that generates sound through the headphone jack but not HDMI - OK for testing on a monitor but not much use for a TV 
Something I did, not sure what but I'd really like to know, seems to have worked and I now have sound from the HDMI cable to the TV.
