Posts by johnberg

Quote from Tim_Taylor

But You own another box ....

You need a dtb depending to Your hardware

1Gbit Ethernet and 3g is for 3GB RAM

This way I choose my device tree.

Is working fine with Kszaq's 8.2 build

But not with Kodi Leia

I own H96 Pro+ 32 GB/3GB with 1000 Gbit lan

Quote from Tim_Taylor

Yes, I use gxm_q200_3g.dtb and a customized remote.conf

Did some test using some 4k video files

10bit - OK

HDR - OK

jellyfish-400-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv - OK

DTS passthrough - OK

external Subtitle - OK

Netflix & Amazon not tested

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I writed the SD card a second time with exact the same files as you.

At first I did the setting to allow Yatze, this is not activated in default, so I keep control.

Again when I set video output to 4K I get a kind of 3D half OU screen, CEC lost.

BTW 3D is dissabled.

Then some testing with 4K movies, but video output I keep to 1080x1920.

The movie is played in 4K (set automatic) but the interface and subtitles have a very strange behaviour:

-Control bar below not visable

-Subtitles not visable or double (same as with 3D) and keep frozen with first.

-percent circle sometimes double shown and also frozen.

I think the interface is having problems with 4K in this build on my H96 Pro+

Full HD movies are playing fine with right subs and interface.

Interface language setup also not possible after reboot, only English.

Quote from Tim_Taylor

You have to know what You are doing

Did You replace the dbt.img ?

Regional settings set to english after fresh install, You can change language after a reboot.

I can confirm working LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.90.1-K on my S912 - but I had to replace dbt.img

Yes I did replace the dbt.img, it is the same as I placed with Kszaq's 8.2 build, am I right?

Quote from Forage

As far as I know it should just boot to the different SD cards without the need to do anything extra as long as you stick to one SD card/USB stick at a time.

Thank you, I tried allready and you are completely right, no need to do anything extra.

Only with setup to 4K output it went wrong with Leia.

Good advice, I gonna read the other topic first.

Regional only English?

I did intstall the build above here on my H96 Pro+

But after setting the video output to 4K (3840x2160) the screen changed in a kind of half OU 3D and cec stopped working so no control anymore.

What did I do wrong?

Quote from Forage

No need to wait for that [8.0.2c] LibreELEC 8.0 builds for KIII Pro (S912)

Is not this a specific build fot KIII Pro?

Or will this also work with H96 Pro+

I think just trying it with a second SD card just for experimentalize Leia.

Do I have to toothpick it again the first time?

And what will happen if I insert my first SD card back again, no bootproblems?

Quote from Forage

It's a confirmed bug as kszaq has already explained to you. There's not much more to test.

Try the 8.0 build, that one should have Kodi 17.3. That's the earliest I could find.

Thank you Forage.

Sorry for my slow understanding.

I could try Kodi 17.3 but that is still Jarvis or just be patience and wait for Leia in the future

Quote from Forage

Why would you want this? What is the problem you're trying to solve?

I am very satisfied with Kszaq's last build, but there is one small thing I really would like to test.

A few pages back I wrote about the framedrops (hiccups) when using extern srt subtitles.

At the moment the subtitle appears there are 1 or 2 framedrops.

I read about this in other topics and there was a suspicion that this issue is due to the Krypton version.

So I thought just try Jarvis or Leia to be sure.

Maybe there are older builds from Kszaq with Jarvis, but are they just as good as the latest 8.2 build?

I begin to think that you can't simply install Jarvis on LibreElec 8.2 , am I right?

I mean just as you can with Windows or Android.

The easiest way is just install a complete build.

Compiling needs expert level???

Maybe I better look for a second SD card and just try Jarvis just to sure

Are there Jarvis builds for S912 anyway

Quote from kszaq

Compile yourself or change build to older one.

Is there a tutorial to do this.

Need Putty for up/downgrade Kodi or can you make it right from LibreElec?

Hi, I have a H96 Pro +

In LibreElec with Kszaq's build Kodi 17.4 zoom with 4K movies is working fine.

In Android 7.1 with kodi 17.3 zoom with 4K is not working, only 1080P zoom works.

Is this due to Kszaq's build or to Android 17.4?

Is there any fix for this in Android?

How to up- or downgrade Kodi in Kszaq's build?

Quote from Foolproof

Have you MPEG dash input stream installed and alowed ? (Adaptive)

NO, that's new for me please explain how you do that??

Hi Rubytux,

This afternoon I tested some Youtube apps/addons on my H96 Pro+ , a $60 S912 Android box on which I also installed LibreElec.

First the Youtube app out of the box on Android.

This is just crying, completely worthless.

Then the original Youtube app from Google Playstore.

A little bit better but there are no options to switch it to 4K and HDR.... forget it not over hdmi as it should be.

When play a 4K movie eveytime 720p, sometimes you can force it to 1080p but that's it.

Then boot to LibreElec and use the Youtube addon in Kodi.

It plays everything in 720P, I really begin to think now that Youtube is boycotting it and HDR forget it.

As far as I know only the Google Chromecast Ultra is able to play 4K with HDR over hdmi, so your TV transcode the HDR.

I always play Youtube right from my smart TV (LG Oled) and this also not give HDR information, but I must say it looks stunning. I don't know how it works, I think HDR is transcoded out of the box from Youtube.

For me the best way at the moment.

And I hardly forgot it: no advertising, the Android apps make you really sick of advertising.

Kodi addon not, but only 720p

OK this is my experience, if somebody knows a special app or addon, please let me know.

My conclusion for now:

If you want to enjoy full 4K Youtube with HDR metadata over hdmi buy a Google Chromecast Ultra or maybe some Samsung TV's can handle it.

But for now I am really happy with Youtube right from my LG smart TV

Quote from Tim_Taylor

You have to replace nr. 1. <control type="button">

1. should be <control type="button" id="15">

Summary(my way):

#ssh to the box

ssh root@<ip-address>

vi /storage/.kodi/addons/skin.confluence/720p/DialogButtonMenu.xml

# use cursor down key to go to an entry like <control type="button" id="nn">

# entry ends with </control>

# use cursor down to go one position under </control>

press i key

copy/paste

Code

<control type="button" id="15">
                <description>Reboot to Internal</description>
                <width>340</width>
                <height>40</height>
                <textcolor>grey2</textcolor>
                <focusedcolor>white</focusedcolor>
                <align>center</align>
                <textwidth>290</textwidth>
                <texturefocus border="25,5,25,5">ShutdownButtonFocus.png</texturefocus>
                <texturenofocus border="25,5,25,5">ShutdownButtonNoFocus.png</texturenofocus>
                <onclick>System.ExecWait("/usr/sbin/rebootfromnand")</onclick>
                <pulseonselect>no</pulseonselect>
                <font>font13</font>
                <label>Reboot to Internal</label>
            </control>

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press esc key then :wq (save and exit)

Change skin described by the_bo in 6.

6. Switch to a different skin and switch back to confluence to refresh skin (or you can reboot box). Press letter s on your keyboard to bring up the power menu.

You can select "Reboot to Internal" in shutdown menue using confluence skin

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Thank you very much Tim and the_Bo

Adding that id="15" to button was the final step and now it is working perfect!

I did use WinSCP and did login as root - libreelec

When I boot back from Android to LibreElec no blue light on my H96 Pro anymore, but as I said I can live with that.

I can now ful enjoy my box, but it wil mostly stay in LibreElec I think

Thank you The-Bo,

That's clear language!

Tomorrow gonna try it and let you know

Could not wait to try it

After a long time or searching to the location ( hidden?) found the DialogButtonMenu.xml file and edited it.

Wow, it is listed in the shutdown menu of the confluance skin: "Reboot from internal"

but.......I can't select it with the remote from CEC. Oh what a pity.

Then I switched back to the Estuary skin and then I could select it and it works!!!

Stupid, but I can't exactly remember if this option was there before my editing in the Estuary.

I think so but I don't know 100% (bad memory)

From the Confluance I only see it but can't select it

But OK, I made a lot of progres, don't need to eject the SD card anymore.

Happy, but not 100% because I wanna get it work from the Confluance skin.

I did the text editing just with copy/paste in WinSCP and then tried to make the alignement the same by using space/back, I hope I did it well.

I did paste the complete text under "5"

Now the big question: How to get it work from the Confluance skin.

Then it is absolute perfect in combination with the Android app to boot back to LE.

Simply said: don't need to stand up anymore from my lazy chair

BTW: If boot back from Android to LE (with the app) no blue light anymore on the H96 Pro+ but OK can live with that.

Quote from Tim_Taylor

You can modify every skin - my way was editing .xml file in skin folder

Hi Tim,

Can you give me a clear work around to edit the .xml file.

Which tool do I have to use: WinSCP or Putty??

I am not a linux expert so please use donkey language.

I am using the confluance skin now (just like this) and would be very happy if I could add a button to boot back to Android in the power menu.

Quote from bubblegum57

I think, that is only for the default skin, Estuary. (I might be wrong)

I did write a guide for the Titan skin, to add an extra button in the power options menu, to reboot to Android

I'll have a look for it later, unless someone else can post a link

Found it.

This will vary from skin to skin. I use Titan for krypton beta

Skin Settings, Configure shortcuts, Customize power menu, Add, Change Action, Custom item, then type in System.ExecWait("/usr/sbin/rebootfromnand")

Then set label, call it whatever, reboot to nand, reboot to internal, Reboot to Android.

Set Thumbnail, & select an icon or whatever you want.

Hopefully that is correct, I did find it was slow to reboot. So give it time

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Thank you Tim,

I always use the confluance skin and the only options I have now is: "Shutdown" - "Timer" - "Reboot"

I will gonna try it

Update: sorry, I can't find these locations

Quote from bubblegum57

as an aside, you can install reboot to libreelec on Android. details?id=me.thomastv.rebootupdate&hl=en_GB

This is a nice app in Android, but if you are in LibreElec the only way to come back in Android again is:

-Shutdown LibreElec

-Mainpower off

-SD card eject half out

-Mainpower on again

-Then it boots to Android again

If you want to use that nice app in Android again you need to insert the SD card first again.

This are many handlings.

My question: is there a same app (addon) for LibreElec for booting to Android again

A bootloader everytime you start up with the choice LibreElec/Android would be even more perfect.

I have H96 Pro+

Quote from Shonk

i wouldnt worry about it i have an s905 and an s912

and tbh the s912 is fine just the same as the 905 in libreelec

kszaq has done a really good job

and on android its night and day better the s905 is a dog compared to the s912

I just am very interesting: are there more people who compared the S905 to the S912 with LibreElec?

Is there any noticable difference in the performance of video (4K movies), which is better or are they just the same?

Does the S905 build have the original Mali GPU libraries and the S912 just an Android alternatief?

My experience with the S912 on H96 Pro+ with Kszaq's build is just perfect: smooth 4K playing with perfect colors, what could be better?

Does the S912 with LE-build also support 10 bit color?

Would movies really look more better if we had the original fbdev Mali libraries?

I think it is almost perfect allready

BTW also gui performance and scrolling through the libraries is running like a charm on my H96 pro+