Posts by agabrean

  • How to set RGB Full in LE12 on RPi5?

    Hi,

    It's been a week now that I search the forum and the web for a solution to my problem. I have a new LG OLED TV and a new RPI5 on which I have installed LE12. I need to set it to full RGB in order to get the perfect image quality (on my old NUC i3 11 with LE10, I managed to have FULL RGB and I can compare). I have deactivated "limited" in kodi - system - display, I have tried "boot=UUID=2504-0815 disk=UUID=9f7b1397-4586-452d-a897-b3f9f95035f5 quiet console=ttyAMA10,115200 console=tty0 video=HDMI-A-1:full_rgb" in /flash/cmdline.txt, I have also tried "modetest -M vc4 -w "39:Broadcast RGB:1"" in autostart.sh, nothing works.

    Can anybody please help me, point me in the right direction?

    Thank you,

    Adrian

  • Some videos stutter

    Hi,

    Here is the log in attachment, as I see that the pastebin server is down

    01_KODI.log

    As you can see the debug is on :

    Quote

    07:19:27.142 T:140286689445568 NOTICE: Enabled debug logging due to GUI setting (2)

    I did exactly as you said, enabled debug, reboot, play file and that's it.

    I hope you guys can now check my log and see something that could help.

    Thank you,


    Adrian

  • Some videos stutter

    Hi,

    It's still not working. I got the stuttering even in local.

    Here is what I did :

    1. I uninstalled the TV Online addon

    2. I copied the file to the local machine in videos folder

    3. I enabled debugging in System

    4. I rebooted the machine

    5. I played the GLADIATOR.MKV from the local folder (aprox 5 min.) The stuttering is there from the first seconds.

    6. I stopped playing

    7. I uploaded the log via pastebin in Libreelec Addon : HgZO

    I hope you guys can see something in the log that could explain this.

    Thank you,

    Adrian

  • Some videos stutter

    Hi Klojum,

    It'll get rid of it when I get home. It was just a test, see if I could have news channels from Romania for my mother in law (she only speaks romanian). As it happens, the channels she wants do not work, so it's useless anyway.

    Apart from that, I am little bit confused about the debugging. I did enable debugging but it seems it did not work, or did it ? Does the log include debugging?

    Thank you,

    Adrian.

  • Some videos stutter

    Hi DaVu,

    I will copy the file locally and give it a try tonight when I get home.

    Concerning the logfile, I did enable debug logging (did it not work?). I went to system - Logging - Debug log and I had an overlay on the screen during my tests, showing CPU activity and other info.

    I tried to provide the log via libreelec - pastebin but it did not work, I had an error (something like "cannot upload file"). Does this error show in the log?

    Anyway this is why I had to put the log as an attachment.

    Thank you,

    Adrian.

  • Some videos stutter

    Hi,

    I run libreelec 8.2.1 on a new Intel NUC i3 8GB RAM (I think it's Skylake).

    I have some movies that stutter and I cannot seem to find out why, as they play fine in VLC and on Popcornhour.

    Here is for example The Gladiator (GLADIATOR.MKV in the log):

    I've noticed that all the files I have problems so far are encoded RefFrames 5 frames, [email protected].

    I have put in attachment the log file: 01_KODI.log

    I see some warnings when playing the file but I have no clue what the problem is, especially that on Windows Kodi on my laptop, the file plays just fine.

    Thank you,

    Adrian.

  • System refresh rate problem

    Hi,

    I have a rather strange problem. I have setup the system refresh rate to 23.98 as 90% of my library is at 23.98 Hz and this avoids constant changing of the refresh rate whenever I play something.

    But the problem is that if I watch something at 50 Hz when the playback stops, the system refresh rate gets modified to 50 Hz. This is very annoying. I have to go back to settings and reset my refresh rate to 23.98.

    I have libreelec 8.1.2 with Kodi 17.4

    In player I setup the refresh rate to change on start / stop. Anyway, I have tried "Alaways" and the result is the same.

    I must say that this behaviour only happens if 2 videos of a different refresh rate are queued. If I play a 50 Hz file and I let it stop or if I stop it in the middle, it comes back to 23.98, but if I let it finish and start another one in the queue (like a series when you say play all from here and several episodes are played consequently), then the refresh rate is changed.

    I have noticed that if I queue 2 movies at 23.98 it comes back to 23.98.

    The conclusion is that if you play 2 videos consequently, the system refresh rate is changed to the value of the las video played.

    Very strange and annoying.

    Can anyone help me nail it to 23.98 for good ?

    Thank you for your help,


    Adrian

  • Backup not working correctly

    Hi, well then what's the point of a system backup if it does not restore the whole system to the point of the backup?!

    I thought that a system backup will do exactly that, backup the version of Libreelec with everything in it. Otherwise it's just a kodi backup and not a libreelec backup. What's the difference then between backup addon in Kodi and libreelec backup?!

    And how do I downgrade libreelec? Is this possible?

    Thank you,

    Adrian

  • Backup not working correctly

    Hi, I have 8.2 on an Intel Nuc with Kodi 17.4. I did a backup via Libreelec program last week and since then I updated to Kodi 17.6.

    The problem is that in Kodi 17.6 videos judder so I restored the backup to come back to my working 17.4

    All went well, I have the library I had when I made the backup, except the Kodi version is still 17.6 and videos judder.

    I thought maybe, during restore it updated automatically Kodi, so I did a new restore with no network, with the same result.

    I don't understand, how is this possible? I thought that a restore will bring the system to the exact config of the backup ?!!

    Thank you for your help,

    Adrian.

  • Libreelec on intel NUC i3 - How to set video out to YCBCR instead of RGB

    Hi,

    I have a projector that likes better YCBCR that RGB (conclusion after numerous tests, I will not get into a debate about this now).

    I know my NUC supports YCBCR as I have been able to set it using a Windows installation and Kodi, but I prefer libreelec as this machine is only supposed to do Kodi.

    The problem is that I have no idea how to change the output to YCBCR using libreelec, I can only get RGB full or limited. I have also looked into xrandr options, but I haven't found a way to change it to YCBCR.

    In windows, it's easy, just open the driver menu and check YCBCR output. I suppose in linux it should be also possible to configure the driver, but how?!

    Can anyone give me a hint how I could achieve this?

    Thank you very much for any support I could get,

    Kind regards,


    Adrian.

  • Libreelec on Intel NUC i3-6100U video levels and stuttering

    Hi, well that's the problem, it does not work. As I said in my first post, I have created it in /storage/.config and still it does not work. Here is the contents of my autostart.sh :

    Bash
    #!/bin/sh
xrandr --output HDMI1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full"

    As you said, I want it in full and not limited, that's what I am trying to do, but when I reboot GBU goes back to 16:235 Limited Pass-through. By the way, in this case, pass-through refers to video, not audio. I have no problem with the audio pass-through.

    Can you see anything in my file that is wrong ? Why is it not launched at boot?

    As I said in my first post, I have installed Openelec, just for test purposes, and the same file in the same folder gets launched at boot, so there is really something with libreelec that it does not like my file.

    I have also chmod-ed it correctly :

    Code
    chmod +x autostart.sh

    Do you have any idea as to why it's not getting launched at boot?

    The code is correct, or I think it is because if I launch it from terminal ./autostart.sh the GPU switches to Full.

    Thank you,


    Adrian

  • Libreelec on Intel NUC i3-6100U video levels and stuttering

    Quote from Klojum

    1) LibreELEC also does have the autostart.sh file, although I'm not sure why you are limiting the video coloring output to begin with.

    2) I'm not the top audio guru here, others will need to reply on that.

    3) Popcorn video may be 'warmer', perhaps its settings are boosted beyond the normal parameters.

    4) Stuttering can have many causes. Are you trying to play a HEVC/h.265 video, 10bit, or something with a ridiculous high bitrate perhaps? Provide the kodi.log file so we can see more technical info and data.

    5) It's an Intel thing. A Raspberry Pi will auto-change 3D settings on the TV, an Intel device/gpu will not. You will have to manually change your 3D settings in your TV. Call it a 1st World Problem. :)

    Hi, thank you for your reply.


    Could you please tell me the location of the autostart.sh file in libreelec?

    Thank you,


    Adrian

  • Libreelec on Intel NUC i3-6100U video levels and stuttering

    Hi,

    I am new to libreelec and Kodi. I've installed it to a new Intel NUC i3-6100U and I have several questions / problems that I hope I can find an answer here.

    1. The first problem is with video levels. As described in the Kodi wiki, the best setting for RGB colors is Limited - Full - Limited. I have setup my TV and Kodi to use limited RGB 16:235 and the GPU I have set it to full using xrandr. The problem is that when I reboot, the GPU switches back to 16:235 Pass-through. In order to solve that I have created a file in /storage/.config called autostart.sh and I chmoded it +x and when I launch it ./autostart.sh it works fine.

    In Openelec after reboot, this file is launched and the levels are Full, but in libreelec it does not work.


    Where should I put this file in order for libreelec to launch it at boot?

    2. Still concerning video levels, I have searched online but could not find an answer. I see in xrandr that the default setting is 16:235 Limited Pass-through. What is the difference between limited pass-through and limited? Does it mean it does not touch the video? I ask this, because, frankly I see no difference on my TV between Limited Pass-through and Full. I suppose that both settings leave the video untouched at GPU level, but I would like to be sure, then I would not need to set it to full anymore.

    3. I have also a Popcorn Hour A310 that works like a charm. The image the popcorn generates on the same TV with the same settings is better than my NUC with Kodi. As I have checked to see the differences, I see only one difference. Popcorn uses YCBYCR instead of RGB. The colors are warmer, more pronounced. I cannot seem to find a way to put my NUC in YCBYR. I only have RGB

    4. The other problem concerns stuttering. I have installed libreelec with Kodi 17.4 and I have no stutter, but after the last update to Kodi 17.5 I get stutter on 23.976 1080p movies, using the same settings as in 17.4.

    I use in Player - Switch refresh rate always and VAAPI hardware acceleration. Anyway, I have tested with or without acceleration, without is worse.

    So I have reinstalled 17.4, for the time being it's ok.

    5. I have a last question, less important, but still. With Popcorn when I play a 3d file, the TV detects automatically that it's a 3D and switches to 3D according to the encoding of the file (side by side or top to bottom). With Kodi, it just plays my file in 2 D showing the 2 images either side by side or top to bottom. I was wondering if there's something I can do to have the same behaviour as my Popcorn.

    Thank you in advance for your help,

    Adrian