What issues were resolved? I have an M8 box now with the 8.2.2 image. Still have the same audio problems: I.e. DTS and DD does not work over the S/PDIF optical link. I can now choose S/PDIF as audio output but I still get only a short noise / screech and the silence whan playing DTS or DD content. GUI sounds work fine. Demetris
I'm not using optical. Just HDMI. Audio has been working fine once again using those builds on the G-box Q and Q2 for me.
8.2.2 has resolved the audio issues for M8 and M8S-PLUS. Thanks Demetris for the great work.
Is this the reason for the broken audio in the last couple of updates for M8 and M8S?
QuoteINTEL HBR AUDIO
Initial patches to resolve the lack of pass-through HBR audio on NUC devices and similar with an internal DP > HDMI convertor were published recently. Testing has shown good results on Linux 4.13+ kernels but issues are seen with older Intel/NUC hardware using the 4.11 kernel used in LibreELEC 8.2. As a result these patches are not suitable for the 8.2.0 release and this minor issue will be resolved with LibreELEC 9.0 in the future.
Last functioning release was 8.2.RC2 for M8 and 8.0.2 for M8S-PLUS. If the above is the reason, I'll have to wait for version 9, yeah?
cixelsyd I'm sorry about the trouble. I hope you can get your box unbricked.
Were you trying to flash to a Q2? I should have added a disclaimer that says I only know that method works on the Q2.
Still no audio for M8S-PLUS with 8.2 build. Haven't tested M8 yet.
I'm currently using Demetris' S8X2 M8S-PLUS 8.0.2 on my G-Box Q2 and it's working flawlessly. I know it's a couple of versions behind, but the newer ones have problems playing back audio. Demetris take you're time. Like I said, it works fine as it is.
Anyway, I don't have it running off an SD card. I flashed it onto the box directly. However I did at one point have it running from an SD by accident when I installed it wrong.
IT'S POSSIBLE THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON THE G-BOX Q2
If you want the SD boot:
If you want an internal boot there are a few extra steps:
Hope this helps. It's almost entirely from memory so it's possible I forgot something.
Wanted to pop in again and say thank you, Demetris. I should have done it last time.
I've been using your builds since you took over from Drieschel and I've never even had to make an account because everything has always worked so well.
You're doing some great work and it's well appreciated.
Demetris,
I'm having the same problem across two devices with the last two updates.
LibreELEC-S8X2.arm-8.2.RC4-M8.tar (and RC3) for the G-Box Q
and
LibreELEC-S8X2.arm-8.2.RC4-M8S-PLUS.tar (and RC3) for the G-Box Q2
I know the builds aren't built specifically for those boxes, but they're the same architecture and they've worked flawlessly up until the RC3 update. Anyway, the issue is that there is now no sound what-so-ever. As far as I can tell, the audio hardware is identical to the M8 as well. I'm not sure how to pull up the specs from the device though.
