Posts by gjstroom

Quote from dtech

gjstroom

I added a couple of fixes, the new version has been uploaded to GitHub, it is available on the releases page. (9.2.6-20210209)

I tried a few previous M8 audio configurations, but none of them changed the situation, only Analog and S/PDIF options are displayed in the ALSA list.

I tried passthrough on M8S+ with basic settings, and my TV recognized Dolby AC3 correctly, but I couldn't try DTS because unfortunately it is not supported on the LG OLED TV.

Another question: What kind of S805 device do you have? Maybe an MXQ-HD18Q (a.k.a. "all black" with 1GB of RAM) or an MXQ-m201d (512MB)?

You're right it does pass through ac3 and dts, I can't select anything for pass through, only the spdif lists (which makes sense). But hence I can't select the newer ACC and DTS-HD formats. No worries, this M8S+ is from a friend and he only has an DTS capable receiver, not the newer formats.

My S805 is a M8S. About your 9.02 builds for both M8S and M8S+, they do freeze quite often. Not sure yet when, looks also stopping/starting video related. For the M8S+ the 9.2 build does a better job.

Thanks, looks like it's fine now !

One more issue, when using the Retrospect add-on no video shows until I pause and play. Any ideas about this ?

Normal video playback from a smb share also works fine.

I'm missing the hdmi audio outputs, only spdif and analog is listed at the audio settings. So can't do audio pass through.

Quote from dtech

Okay, I guess what the problem might be. After startup, try changing the resolution to 1080p to 720p, and try playing the video and then rewinding or stopping.

If the problem still exists, it will be different than what I'm thinking.

Yes, resolution set to 720p fixes it !

I reinstalled the 9.2 version. Installed the Dumpert addon and played 2 video's. The first one worked, the second one froze kodi.

It seems to have problems stopping video's and starting a new one.

Maybe problems are Youtube related, I experience similar problems on a S805 device and your latest image. When I stop a video the box hangs itself.

Clean install. It was running still an android version, shipped with the box.

Just installed LibreELEC-M8S-Plus.arm-9.0.2.1-Kodi-18.5-S8X2.img.gz and this is working fine !

Hi, I was just looking for an updated image for a M8S+.

I installed it and it boots up and works (network/wifi/bluetooth all is present), but when I try to play a video from whatever video addon I only get a spinner.

Looks very promising, hope you can fix the video playback !

I want to run Librespot on a Amlogic S905X box, but it doesn't work. On my other S905W it works fine.

The S905X uses Alsa audio instead of Pulse, but there's no alsa support in the current amlogic version 'Invalid backend' ?

Can you please build a version to test alsa on a Amlogic S905x ?

S905W:

# librespot --verbose --backend pulseaudio --bitrate 320 --cache /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.librespot/cache --device-type TV --disable-audio-cache --name Kodi --notify-kodi
--disable-discovery --password PASSWORD --username USER
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z INFO  librespot] librespot 5d354d50b1 (2019-09-10). Built on 2019-09-10. Build ID: mugam3nb
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z INFO  librespot_core::session] Connecting to AP "gew1-accesspoint-a-c4bt.ap.spotify.com:4070"
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z INFO  librespot_core::session] Authenticated as "USER" !
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_core::session] new Session[0]
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_connect::spirc] new Spirc[0]
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_playback::player] new Player[0]
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_core::mercury] new MercuryManager
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_playback::audio_backend::pulseaudio] Using PulseAudio sink
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_connect::spirc] input volume:65535 to mixer: 65535
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z DEBUG librespot_core::session] Session[0] strong=3 weak=2
[2019-12-23T10:33:41Z INFO  librespot_core::session] Country: "NL"
[2019-12-23T10:33:42Z DEBUG librespot_core::mercury] unknown subscription uri=hm://remote/user/USER/
[2019-12-23T10:33:42Z DEBUG librespot_core::mercury] unknown subscription uri=hm://remote/user/USER/
[2019-12-23T10:33:42Z DEBUG librespot_core::mercury] unknown subscription uri=hm://remote/user/USER/
[2019-12-23T10:33:42Z DEBUG librespot_core::mercury] subscribed uri=hm://remote/user/USER/ count=0


# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AMLM8AUDIO [AML-M8AUDIO], device 0: I2S.40 T9015-audio-hifi-0 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLM8AUDIO [AML-M8AUDIO], device 1: SPDIF.41 dit-hifi-1 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLM8AUDIO [AML-M8AUDIO], device 2: PCM.42 pcm2bt-pcm-2 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

S905X

# librespot --verbose --backend pulseaudio --bitrate 320 --cache /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.librespot/cache --device-type TV --disable-audio-cache --name Kodi2 --notify-kodi --disable-discovery --password PASSWORD --username USER
[2019-12-23T10:48:58Z INFO  librespot] librespot 64f217ed02 (2019-11-26). Built on 2019-11-27. Build ID: KhTLEGd6
and the process hangs


# librespot --verbose --backend alsa --bitrate 320 --cache /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.librespot/cache --device-type TV --disable-audio-cache --name Kodi2 --notify-kodi --disable-discovery --password PASSWORD --username USER
[2019-12-23T10:49:56Z INFO  librespot] librespot 64f217ed02 (2019-11-26). Built on 2019-11-27. Build ID: KhTLEGd6
thread 'main' panicked at 'Invalid backend', src/libcore/option.rs:1036:5
stack backtrace:
0: 0xab799303 - <unknown>
1: 0xab7946b7 - <unknown>
2: 0xab7975e7 - <unknown>
3: 0xab797237 - <unknown>
4: 0xab797d0f - <unknown>
5: 0xab7978d3 - <unknown>
6: 0xab7977bf - <unknown>
7: 0xab7af087 - <unknown>
8: 0xab7af0f3 - <unknown>
9: 0xab2ede07 - <unknown>
10: 0xab2c7cd7 - <unknown>
11: 0xab797737 - <unknown>
12: 0xab79efeb - <unknown>
13: 0xab79819f - <unknown>
14: 0xab2ee74b - main
15: 0xf732374b - __libc_start_main
at /home/adamg/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ng.arm-9.2.1/glibc-2.29/csu/libc-start.c:308


# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AMLAUGESOUND [AML-AUGESOUND], device 0: SPDIF-B-dummy dummy-0 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLAUGESOUND [AML-AUGESOUND], device 1: TDM-B-T9015-audio-hifi T9015-audio-hifi-1 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLAUGESOUND [AML-AUGESOUND], device 2: SPDIF-dummy dummy-2 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLAUGESOUND [AML-AUGESOUND], device 3: TDM-C-dummy dummy-3 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

The same problem occurs with LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0.1.ova.

I can can make it work by adding a second network adapter but for some weird reason the first adapter is not detected by LibreELEC.

Running VMware® Workstation 15 Pro 15.0.2 build-10952284, no problems with other Windows and Linux vm's.

I try to run libreelec-generic.x86_64-9.1-nightly-x.ova on VMware workstation 15.0.2.

Default I can't get any connection, there's one bridged lan adapter installed.

When I add an second lan adapter in nat mode, this one works, when making an ssh to the nat ip, I see only 1 networkadapter. I checked both adapaters are connected in the VMware GUI.

I can remove the first bridged adapter, the second NAT nic keeps working. I can also change it to bridged.

For some reason only Network adapter 2 works for Libreelec ?

Anyone already tried to build a custom dtb ?

I did some attempts but no luck so far, I am pretty sure the dvb frontend is cxd28xx.

I mixed the original dtb with some parts of p231_2g.dts found in the topic start post.

Quote from linch

No need open the box. I have installed Terminal emulator app put the microsd with libreelec into the box and from terminal emulator app start with command reboot update.

And your terminal is connected to a virtual usb com port ?

[edit]

Oh wait, I understand, you installed an terminal app on the GTC

How do I boot my GTMedia GTC from sdcard ?

I see 4 solder pads in a square on the bottom of the pcb. It looks like a switch can be mounted there. It's labeled 6SW1.

Is this the switch which resides behind the jack plug on a lot of 905 boxes ?

I soldered a little microswitch on the back of the pcb on the place labeled 6SW1. It works, I can boot from SD now !

The Zeepin A95X S905X 1GB/8GB works fine. It looks very similar to the Nexbox A95X. I bought it for 21 euro's on AliExpress, they are now slightly more expensive.

I use the gxl_p212_1g.dtb device tree. It needs a custom remote.conf

Quote from Poida

I don't use Samba shares myself, but I'm pretty sure I have read here (numerous times) that the newer builds require a Samba password.

If you are not using Samba passwords then the obvious fix would seem to be to start doing so (or use a different method of file access by your media box)

Ok, but as you can see mounts can be made to a windows10 machine without the need of a password. As I interpret this, it's a limitation in Kodi, the way it does the mounting stuff. It has nothing to do with samba versions, because the mounts do work if you make them at Linux level.

It's also strange smb browsing doesn't work at all in the 8.2 LE. In the older version, I could simply browse my network and every samba share (both windows and unix like) would pop up, and I could add them to my list like that.

I can make mounts to my Linux server and Dreamboxes without any problem. Only Windows 10 does not work.

I also played with the maximum smb version setting, it doesn't make any difference.

ps. an account with password also fixes the problem, but I still can't browse for smb shares.

I use advanced sharing in Windows 10, I just added an account called kodi with password with read only access to my share permissions.

Since 8.2 smb mounts to my windows10 machine won't work anymore.

I also can't browse smb, it only gives ..

With the 8.0 version I didn't have any problems.

Funny part is, doing manual mounts, all works fine (password less account) .

LibreELEC:~ # smbclient -L I7-2600 -U gertjan

Enter WORKGROUP\gertjan's password:

Domain=[I7-2600] OS=[] Server=[]



        Sharename       Type      Comment

        ---------       ----      -------

        ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin

        C               Disk

        C$              Disk      Default share

        D               Disk

        D$              Disk      Default share
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC

        S$              Disk      Default share

Domain=[I7-2600] OS=[] Server=[]



        Server               Comment

        ---------            -------



        Workgroup            Master

        ---------            -------

As workarround I created a /storage/.config/autostart.sh file

#!/bin/sh



#kip for a bit. Don't interrupt oE while it's busy.

sleep 15;



#make the folder(s) the mount(s) will live in - vanishes on reboot for me.

mkdir /media/D

mkdir /media/E

mkdir /media/F



#mount the folder into the folder created above (doh!)

mount -t cifs -o username=gertjan,password=,rw //I7-2600/D /media/D

mount -t cifs -o username=gertjan,password=,rw //I7-2600/E /media/E

mount -t cifs -o username=gertjan,password=,rw //I7-2600/F /media/F



#Put the kettle on then watch stuff on my HTPC mounted from my Windows PC.