Posts by 5schatten

A bunch of new builds has been uploaded to Index of /nightly/

Once Kernel 5.2 has been merged new Amlogic builds will follow.

Nevrion

Spotify should be fixed now.

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can you please update the MakeMKV addon?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vk7ns4pdqdksu830glrh2ysa1-dq67fi

Quote from BlaBla1973

Updated to LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.80-RR-20190629-a4d8d88 on HTPC (1).

All works fine(the no audio problem with the Wii en GameCube games was a map mapping problem)

The only problem is with ps2 games.

After selecting a game, it goes to the ps2 setup/home screen. When I select the game from there, it doesn't start..

Did you move your PS2 bios files to /storage/roms/bios/PCSX2 ? Otherwise logs

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Hi 5schatten ,

First of all, my english is terrible, but since you are not so active with Kodinerds, I give my best: D

I have the latest beta build installed and a few minor issues.

Despite the Intel Fix in your tutorial, my Displayport 1 does not appear as an audio device in the addon. Do you have an idea?

Moonlight I have no sound, I suppose that's the problem with the audio setting?

When I open Spotify, I get an error message saying "Could not find the Spotify package." Is there already a solution?

Thank you

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The Spotify script needed some fixes for recent changes but should work in the next build. About the rest I can't say anything about that without logs. You probably use/configured the wrong audio output in the RR Config tool. Keep in mind that DP1 on your TV does not mean you use DP1 on your HTPC. The video outputs usually start with 0 on your media device to maybe you have to consider this too. If you have chosen a wrong audio device you won't have audio in any other application beside Kodi.

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Am I correct in assuming one cannot simply upgrade to the testing version? And keep for example my ROMS they are stored locally on that machine.

If you have made a clean install with one of my images you're free to update as you like. It only matters that you have a correct partition size & you even can try nightlies provided by milhouse. Roms are stored in /storage/roms and this path isn't touched by any updates. The distinction between testing and stable is somewhat relativ... in the end I test the builds before I upload them but there can always be a small quirk or problem.

Right now I don't update the autoupdater because systemd 242 has broken some default configs which can't be resolved automagically if you have enabled the RAM disk in the past and so this needs some user interaction.

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Just test this and it’s fixed!

Thanks for the great support!

Well it was basically milhouse who digged deep after I brought up your issue

But as I said even if there is a problem it's mostly quickly fixable with some details, logs or whatever.

Updated builds

Index of /testing/

Marciano

Hopefully fixes the issue for now kodi: temp fix stream details are being lost once playback ends · 5schatten/LibreELEC-RR@a4d8d88 · GitHub

Quote from Liquidmercury

Do I need special permissions to grab the test builds and kick the tires? Kodi is telling me that the custom update url is invalid or not accessible

You have to manually download & update. Maybe I'll add a testing repo later too

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It's discribed over here and here.

On my ODROID N2 this is fixed on kodi 18.3

Okay we probably found the commit that caused this issue. I will upload a patched build to Index of /testing/ later

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@schatten i've update with your latest testbuild to kodi 18.3 but is still have this issue.

On my odroid N2 running CE kodi 18.3 and don't have this issue.

Is there a difference between the latest kodi 18.3

What exactly do you mean by aspect ratio flags? I asked the LE devs about that but they need some details what exactly does not work.

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fixed!

HaLeXz I guess I'll prepare some "stable" builds over the weekend. Basically there shouldn't be any flaws as I run every emulator at least one time. The LibreELEC master base is continuously tested by users of milhouse nightlies LibreELEC Testbuilds for x86_64 (Kodi 19.0) so even if there is a problem from time to time it's mostly fixed by the next build.

Meganiekje

I will update the FAQ over the next days and add these xorg.conf files as examples

Morphy

Currently I don't own a RPi4 and I'm not sure if I get one at this point because I already have way more SBCs than TVs. But it's still somewhat wip at the moment and the RPi4 firmware gets updates as the project as well. Once it's more tested I can add probably update my build files but I can't really test the images at the moment.

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I tried dowblownload but i got 403 forbiden again....

Permission issues?

Thanks!

yeah well I guess I have to change the default settings in FileZilla 🤦😅

Well I've uploaded some new builds to Index of /testing/ which are based on latest master and Kodi 18.3.

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Hi 5schatten,

I did test the different hardware today, below are my findings:

Good news : it works on AMD/ATI and Intel gpu's.

What did i use: Libreelec RR-20190614 with linux 5.1.9. kernal and Xorg 3.3 Mesa 19.1.0.

This is a test for the TearFree option in the Radeon driver, when the Chrome browser is used to play a video.

I thas nothing to do with kodi playing video, that was already tearfree for all hardware.

Hardware:

Asus K52J , CPU: intel i3-M350,

GPU: AMD Cedar RV810 (HD5430)

This video : YouTube tears like hell in the chrome browser, the build-in version and the add-on version.

With the Option "TearFree" "on" the tearing has gone !!

Hp compaq 8510p, CPU core2 duo T7500,

GPU: AMD RV630 (HD2600 mobile)

TearFree fixes the problem here too.

Acer 5732z, CPU Pentium dual core T4400

GPU: AMD RV710

Problem fixed with TearFree on.

Dell Latitude E6320, CPU i5-2520M

GPU: Mesa DRI Intel SandyBridge mobile (this is an Intel GPU)

Needs a different Xorg.conf file, the one in post #1702 does the trick !!

Tearing is gone !!

HP DV9700, CPU Core2duo T7250,

GPU: Geforce 8600M Nvidia (this is not a AMD nore INTEL)

OpenGL driver: 3.3.0. Nvidia 340.107

I could not get this driver to switch on hardware acceleration in chrome (type chrome://gpu in the browser search bar to check)

Playing video was lagging, stuttering and tearing.

Make sure to make a full libreelec backup, and save it on a usb stick before you start messing with the Xorg.conf file.

If you make a mistake, Xorg will not start, and kodi UI will not show.

I hope this helps...

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You could test if this xorg.conf solves the Nvidia tearing too https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/nvidia/troubleshooting#avoid_screen_tearing

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5schatten when will you update to kodi 18.3 there is an annoying bug fixed in 18.3

On my odroid N2 wich is running CE 18.3 the aspect ratio media flags are not removed anymore after playing a library video file.

Thanks!

The master branch was bumped to 9.80 so I have to wait until addons have been build for the latest LE version too. I thought about rebasing on Le 9.2 too but this branch is missing the Amlogic project files and I'll receive a Khadas Vim3 soon for tests so this is not a valid solution.

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Will do, I'll make the changes shortly....

Any ideas on the nes performance as that's the one that's worse?

The game speed / performance is directly tied to the refresh rate. So if for whatever reason the rate is too low you will have low game performance too. Generic builds should feature mesen nestopia & fceumm and all should run fine on a system with your speed so give it a try first.

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Hi 5schatten,

Just want to start off by saying thank you for this build...

I put RetroPi on an old RPi3 about a year a go and loved it, played most nes/snes and n64 games on it and loved it, I also ran Librelec Krypton separately and decided recently to upgrade everything to Leia and run retro gaming from there. I have a a couple of RPi3 and an Intel NUC NUC5PPYH (Pentium N3700) and started off with the stock LibreElec and Gamestarter but all the devices did not run anything well at all, lots of stuttering... then came across your LibreElec RR and it's awesome on the RPi3, no issues with running Mario Bros on nes and Mario kart runs ok on the N64.

Where I'm having issues is the Intel NUC, Super Mario Bros does not run well with any of the emulators, it stutters quite a bit, the n64 isn't too bad but does has some sound issues. these run better on the Pi than the NUC. I do realise they are different architectures but I thought the NUC would at least run Mario Bros on the nes ok.

I have followed steps in the FAQ, tried KMS, didn't think xorg applied, have also tried to search the forum for solutions but can't really find anything, probably because I'm not searching for the right thing... anyway, I've attached logs for mario bros on nes and mario kart on n64.

Would appreciate any help or advice.

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Your N3700 should indeed blow my J3455-ITX out of the water so I don't think it's related to a lack of cpu power. This is an example logfile http://ix.io/1mhq of my Skylake based system which is running Mario Kart 64 PAL. As you see my refresh rate is set to 60Hz but the game runs at 50Hz which is basically fine.

Correct me if I'm wrong but to me it looks like you're running either US/Japan versions of your games? So you need a refresh rate of ~60Hz to satisfy NTSC inner game logic.

Can you delete your retroarch.cfg file, enable KMS in the RR settings addon & run Retroarch + Mario Kart 64 again & post the log? I suspect you've set your refresh rate to some value that doesn't work well and once NTSC games do not run at 60Hz they stutter or have chopped sound.

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Which branch are you currently basing on? libreelec-9.2?

As before the master branch

Quote from Meganiekje

Hi 5schatten,

I love your work, the RR version is the best version for me so far !

But.... i have quite some problems with screen tearing in the chrome browser.

I did try several gpu hardware: amd rv630, rv720, hd3000 they all tear.

Only a amd rv880 works perfect.

I read things about modifying a conf file, but libreelec does not allow that by default.

Could you, by any change, add those options

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Section "Device"   
 Identifier "Radeon"   
 Driver "radeon"   
 Option "TearFree" "on"   
 Option "DRI" "3"   
 Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
EndSection

to your RR_CONFIGURATION settings like you did with the audio settings for chrome? That would make the tweaking a lot more easy.

Thanks !

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If that works for you just check out the FAQ how to create a custom xorg.conf file, then fill in your changes & reboot your system. If these settings fix tearing then report back. I already talked to the LE dev guys why tear free was disabled in the past and it was probably a workaround for oldschool hardware.

If your fix works for AMD stuff then I'll add it to my FAQ since I have to add the Intel fix anyway.

BlaBla1973

PCSX2: move your ps2 bios files to /storage/roms/bios/PCSX2 -> cleans up the bios folder a bit

Dreamcast: delete your es_systems.cfg -> they renamed libretro reicast to beetle-dc and now to flycast