Posts by sky42

I fear i found a new Gemini Lake problem -> Gemini Lake HD Audio dropouts problem

I am searching somebody to confirm my Gemini Lake problem with HD Audio. After latest 3-5 minutes i have a audio dropout for less then half a second and my AVR shortly shows no output and then comes back.

It is just HD audio with over 2 MBit. As example i took Aquaman (2018) Bluray EAN 5051890317377, because there are 4x audio in german and english. 3 in HD (DTS-HD 5.1, TrueHD 7.1 with Atmos) and 1 Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 with Atmos. The 3 HD tracks have dropout on a Gemini Lake N4100 but they are fine on i3-8100 Coffe Lake. The DD+ 7.1 Atmos audio track plays fine (just seen the hole movie) on N4100. Also UHD 4k i did test and same result. All tested source are straight from the disc and just a remux, so no tinkering with audio or video.

Tested the Beelink N41 on Windows 10 too and all audio is fine including HD.

Tested on:

- Beelink N41 6GB/128GB with Intel N4100 -> dropouts

- Adloko GE41 4GB/64GB with Intel N4100 -> dropouts

- Asrock B360-itx + i3-8100 DP 1.2 + Club 3D CAC-1080 -> no audio problem at all

- Denon X4500H

- LG 55E6D

Tested with LE:

- 9.0.2 Generic x86_64

- build today 9.2 git branch + PR3559 + kernel 5.1.10 + Kodi Leia branch 0186c4b + my community build patches

to try my build download libreelec-generic.x86_64-sky42-9.1.95-#190616.tar

Can anybody confirm these audio dropouts on any Gemini Lake hardware?

Kodi debug log for short playback with 2 dropouts http://ix.io/1lzd

Yes i know my keymap are not all OK and i should not use the GUI in 4k.

release: 9.0.2-#1900505 and for Rockchip 8.90.015-#190505

download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/9.0/

- based on LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.2 MR – LibreELEC

- i added a lot os OSMC patches for kodi S905/S912 for testing (for me it is better on my S905D K1 Pro)

Source:

- source tree GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at 9.0.2-190505

- source compare Comparing LibreELEC:9.0.2...sky42src:9.0.2-190505 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

For just buy it and use it the Vero 4k+ is the best option at the moment.

I have a i3-8100 Coffee Lake HTPC and I have 2 problem:

- for full audio passthrough support I use the 2nd HDMI 1.4 only for all the audio including Atmos/DTS:X and video on the 1st HDMI 2.0

- no HDR so far, but it should come

So I bought a Vero 4k+ to just see 4k HDR with passthrough Atmos/DTS:X. My Intel HTPC does it all except HDR (for now, so I hope).

some updates ... what was done:

now with new version numbers and custom update channels see post #155

and tags on GitHub

release #190418 download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/8.2/

8.2.5-1.5-#190418

- clean build

- update libpng-1.6.37 fix CVE-2019-7317

- update openssl-1.0.2r

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-1.x

8.2.5-3.5-#190418

- clean build

- update libpng-1.6.37 fix CVE-2019-7317

- update openssl-1.0.2r

- linux (Generic/RPi): update Kernel 4.14.112

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-3.x

8.2.5-6.5-#190418

- clean build

- update libpng-1.6.37 fix CVE-2019-7317

- update openssl-1.0.2r

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-6.x

8.2.5-7.5-#190418

- clean build

- update libpng-1.6.37 fix CVE-2019-7317

- update openssl-1.0.2r

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-7.x

I do have trouble too with a i3-8100 on a ASRock b360 board with a Denon X4500H.

My workaround for now is use DP 1.2 + lspcon to HDMI 2.0 for Video direct to the tv and for audio the 2nd Video Port HDMI 1.4 to the AVR just for the audio. Then all formats are working as expected.

I did not do a full matrix test with all combinations of software / hardware config, because I have a workaround.

4K HDR10 - State of Play thread - important media player limitations.

For just buy it and use it the Vero 4k+ is the best option at the moment. I bought one just to play 4k HDR + Atmos/DTS:X. My Intel HTPC i3-8100 does all of it except HDR.

For me ^^^ 7.5-#190401 fixed some trouble with Dolby Atmos Audio not working for all movies with my LSPCon PS176 and my Denon X4500H. Now i can go to use just 1x HDMI for Audio and Video through the Denon to the TV with my Coffe Lake i3-8100 on a ASRock B360 Board. Before i had 1x HDMI 1.4 to Denon for Audio and 1x HDMI 2.0 (DP 1.2 + LSPCOn PS176 firmware 7.85) to the LG TV for Video.

Edit:

Sadly not all problems are gone. Now some AC3 tracks won't play. Back to my 2x HDMI config.

some updates ... what was done:

now with new version numbers and custom update channels see post #155

and tags on GitHub

release #190401 download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/8.2/

8.2.5-6.5-#190401

- linux (Generic): update Kernel 4.19.32 (no CrasyCat version so far)

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-6.x

8.2.5-7.5-#190401

- linux (Generic): update Kernel 4.19.32 (no CrasyCat version so far)

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-7.x

4K HDR10 - State of Play thread - important media player limitations.

nice too see there is ar workaround. When there is a patch for that problem and i dont see it just give me a hint and i will build a version with that patch.

release: 9.0.1-#190221 and for Rockchip 8.90.014-#190221

download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/9.0/

- based on LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.1 MR – LibreELEC

Source:

- source tree GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at 9.0.1-190221

- source compare Comparing LibreELEC:9.0.1...sky42src:9.0.1-190221 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

For J5005 problems you can try 8.2.5-3.5 and 6.5 and 7.5 from today, but i dont know if it can be any help. It is just a new kernel in each of these releases.

If you find a bug entry what i can track, to see if there is a patch to add to my release, please point me to it. But i do not have Gemini Lake hardware to test.

some updates ... what was done:

now with new version numbers and custom update channels see post #155

and tags on GitHub

release #190223 download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/8.2/

8.2.5-1.5-#190223

- backport of udevil: don't change permissions of mounted filesystems by HiassofT · Pull Request #3165 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-1.x

8.2.5-3.5-#190223

- linux (Generic/RPi): update Kernel 4.14.98

- backport of udevil: don't change permissions of mounted filesystems by HiassofT · Pull Request #3165 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-3.x

8.2.5-6.5-#190223

- linux (Generic): update Kernel 4.19.25 (no CrasyCat version so far)

- backport of udevil: don't change permissions of mounted filesystems by HiassofT · Pull Request #3165 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-6.x

8.2.5-7.5-#190223

- linux (Generic): update Kernel 4.19.25 (no CrasyCat version so far)

- backport of udevil: don't change permissions of mounted filesystems by HiassofT · Pull Request #3165 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- source is on GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at libreelec-8.2-7.x

you can change kernel boot command line without recompiling, SSH to the box and:

mount -o remount,rw /flash
nano /flash/syslinux.cfg

and put in there what you need

release: 9.0.0-#190130 and for Rockchip 8.90.013-#190130

download http://sky42.libreelec.tv/release/9.0/

- based on LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.0 RELEASE – LibreELEC

Source:

- source tree GitHub - sky42src/LibreELEC.tv at 9.0.0-190130

- source compare Comparing LibreELEC:9.0.0...sky42src:9.0.0-190130 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

I have no idea why the Kodi GUI has such problems for you

real HDR10 (and only HDR10) on the TV right now and HD Audio passthrough is only working with S905X, S905D or S912 and you need at least real 150 MBit.

I tested Mecool M8S Pro L, Xoro HST 260, Xoro HST 260 DVB-C/T2, Mecool KI Pro and since 3 days Vero 4k+. If you buy one with 100M you need a extra usb gigabit adapter. I will keep the Vero 4k+.

Intel GPUs have no HDR10 support working on Linux right now. It will come and hopefully this year. I have a HTPC with i3-8100 and I am still waiting for working HDR.