Posts by LybsterKodi

  • Pulse-EIGHT USB CEC adaptor

    Is there anything special I need to do to get this working? I've had to send one back so far, its replacement arrived today and it won't work. I'm trying with the latest V12 nightly on a Dell Optiplex 3040M.

    When first connected the adapter turned the TV on and to right HDMI port, now nothing, and the remote doesn't work.

  • Attached Drive - Remote Error Scan

    I use XYPlorer on Windows and one thing I have noticed (or my mind tells me I have) is that if I leave XYPlorer open for a while after file writes to the 6TB HDD on Kodi and especially after file deletes have supposedly finished it seems that I get less corruption.

    Its entirely possible that this is a figment of my imagination, but it may be worth trying.

  • Attached Drive - Remote Error Scan

    Depending on just what you're doing, and if it hasn't been addressed, there may be a problem with exFAT. I switched to exFAT because, like yourself, I had to run a repair every so often. I also have a homebrew disk mirroring program to make sure the live 6TB and the backup are kept in sync. This program uses file timestamps (and other things) and samba from my Windows PC. The way Kodi on the RPi4 and v12 calculated the timestamp and the way Windows calculated it were different so it looked as though I have a LOT of files to copy.

    I had to switch back to NTFS on the RPi c 12 hours copying :(

  • Dell Optiplex 3040

    Thank you for that - it gets my day off to a chuckle before trying to sort out some SQL for an Australian.

    However, what I was hoping for was a bit clearer definition of "for older PCs " eg Generic-Legacy for any cpu before gen 4 but I'm guessing from the reply that gen 6 is generic.

  • Configuring v12 generic-legacy & pulse8 adapter

    Resurrecting this thread because I've received my Dell Optiplex 3040 and have yet to get CEC to work. Since I got the adapter to work on the HP I'm assuming its not that causing the problem. So far CEC isn't even turning the TV on.

    I do get audio & video so, to me, it looks like the HDMI link is working.

    I'm going to try various versions of LE nightlies in hope but if anyone can suggest tests to find out which bit of the chain isn't working, or better still how to get it working I'd be grateful.

  • Installing on a PC possible?

    The only part of your question I can answer is No. 1. The answer to that is YES. I've happily installed on an old HP (T7500 CPU) and and installing on a Dell Optiplex (i5-6500 CPU) almost successfully in the latter case - I'm struggling with CEC so the TV remote can be used.

    In general for the other stuff I'd say that LE is a lightweight OS and if you want full OS capabilities you might want to look at a full Linux distro.

    Your No.7 is sort of what I'm fighting with at the moment. If you buy a Pulse-Eight CEC adapter (c£40 from Amazon) then your standard TV remote. I have it working on the old HP but not the newer Dell (yet I hope). You can look at a Flirc remote (Amazon have them) or, if you're not bothered about controlling the TV with the same control look at something like this (again Amazon)

    iPazzPort RGB Backlit Mini Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad and IR Learning TV Remote combo

    I's better for controlling Kodi and has a few TV control keys, I just wish I could persuade SWMBO to use it :(

  • Is it worth buying another 8GB

    My Dell 3040 arrived today. Is it worth buying another 8GB of RAM to bring it up to its limit of 16GB? I know LE/Kodi will run in a lot less but I don't know if it can make use of the extra.

    I've tried searching the forum but I either get a tsunami of replies or nothing.

  • NextPVR vs TVHeadend

    vaughng & petediscrete

    I do know what I'm told are the risks, however, there often seems to be limited understanding of the difference between probability and possibility. It is possible I will be hacked but not very probable. Whilst anti-virus and anti-malware are available I'll be sticking with W7, once that changes I may have to review the situation.

    Chrome has already told me it won't update any further and I'm fine with that because I don't use Chrome.

    My approach to a new PC for the past several decades has been wipe, install the OS , remove crud, load any updates I want and turn off auto updates. Its worked with no infections. :)

  • NextPVR vs TVHeadend

    Quote from petediscrete

    All I’ll add here is that when your OS tells you that your perfectly good computer is no longer suitable for the next version of it’s OS you’ll scratch your head and look around for an alternative OS.

    Not quite - I just continued running W7. I do have one PC dual booting into W10 or W11 so I can test the s/w written on my W7 PC.