Posts by Brissieboy

Sounds fair and logical

I will test the alpha once I'm over the annoyance of it all.

Credit to the developers though - great platform!

Thanks again.

makes sense.

I'll keep watching the version 9 thread then I guess.

Am i best off trying the latest version there and providing feedback that way do you think?

I guess there's a better thread to post that information into?

Might get the attention of a broader audience and perhaps get it looked at officially?

Thanks again folks - I really do appreciate the responses.

Hi Folks.

Okay have done some testing...

If I load 8.1.8 do a factory reset (delete everything) - everything works properly. MPEG2 files work flawlessly (gee it looks good too!). I use the Plex add-on to test with.

If I upgrade to 8.2.3.1 it breaks (per the above)..

I've not done exhaustive testing with other versions - bit frustrated at the time, was just happy to get it going!

I've tried a few times and I can repliocate it - which is actually a good thing!

So I'm back onto 8.1.8 (905.arm) which works a treat.

Sorry for the delay in responding - I'm keen to sort this out. I'll be more diligent in future.

Hi!

I've installed the O/S onto the onbard memory - not the SD Card. There is a noticeable speed difference between the two for sure.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

It doesn't seem to be all that uncommon - but there are a number of different resolutions out there, each with subtle nuances.

I guess I'll have to keep researching. It could very well be memory related though - although it does sometimes happen with 576p content too. At the same time other codecs at 4K are okay.

Pity, had hoped a guru might be able to decipher the logs and point in the general direction of a resolution.

Thanks for replying.

I'd be happy to pay someone for support - seems the problems getting worse...

Anyone?

Okay it's not just unknown audio files...

Recorded one @ 576p with English - MP2 Stereo Audio - it also stutters.

Same time recorded another @ 1080P - H264 Audio Unknown - MP2 Stereo and it plays fine now.

PC plays all files no problem.

Any clues?

Anyone out there?

Hi folks,

Sorry if this is a repeat of a post - couldn't find where.

I'm noticing a number of my DVR recordings (from PLEX 1.11.3.4803 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-112 generic x86_64 with HDHomeRun Connect and DUAL) are completing with Video 1080P/I - H264 & Audio Unknown - MP2 Stereo.

Turns out my KODI devices (S905X Chipsets x3) on Libreelec 8.2.3.1 with Plex Add-On 0.1.3 are unable to play these files without stuttering... They're not watchable.

Otherwise Libreleec / KODI will play pretty well any codec you throw at them with ease (love it!)..

Any help available to identify why this is the case - or how to determine what the problem is..

Log file can be found here:

kodi.zip

Perhaps the problem starts here?

19:32:47.701 T:3703567264 INFO: DVDVideoCodecAmlogic: Opened Amlogic Codec

19:32:47.701 T:3703567264 DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: am-h264 - Opened

19:32:47.701 T:3483014048 DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::OpenStream - open stream with codec id: 28

19:32:47.701 T:3483014048 ERROR: CVideoPlayerVideo::OpenStream - Invalid framerate 90000, using forced 25fps and just trust timestamps

The PLEX client on the PC plays the troublesome files okay.

Any clues?

Hi kszaq,

So.. I've booted the box via an SD card with 8.1.8 on it - installed Plex 0.1.3 and the bugger works!

I'll try and install to local - test.

Then I'll allow auto-updates and see what happens.

Will let you know how it goes.

Perhaps it was simply a corruption somewhere?!

hi kszaq,

Downgraded to 8.2.2.1 - same symptoms (LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.2.1.tar).

Didn't debug this time around.

I'm sure that worked before...

I've factory reset the device and reset settings - no avail.

Ps. Did an optimize in Plex of the content - the new version plays okay. Will be the temporary work around until this gets sorted.

Pps. Have three of the S905X boxes (same spec) - they're all exhibiting the same behavior.

Thanks again,

hi plikmuny,

I'm running PLEX, not plexus - apologies, unsure what plexus is.

You're awesome - will do and will advise.

Thx

Umm - could have been:

Libreelec updates

Plex Updates (my initial thought) as PC also started to stutter on the same file (I disabled HTTP pipelining to get that working again).

ATV4 never played them well. Even with transcoding.

Last night I destroyed Plex and rebuilt from scratch (1.11.0.4666) - DID NOT backup and restore to be sure to be sure.

Issue persists in Kodi. Plex is only hosting my DVR library at this point in time. So it's running lean atm.

Thought I'd check ATV4 for giggles and crikey it worked! and HTTP pipelining is back on the default setup - PC works too.

So perhaps Plex was flakey? It has had lots of upgrades over the 12 months or so Ubuntu has been up.

Hi,

Apologies if this is covered in another thread - couldn't find it with a bit of looking.

There seems to be similar issues in a number of threads - but don't understand enough to decipher the resolution from them.

I've been running libreelec on an S905X chipset for a few months with great success with Plex (and streaming online content typically 720P)

DVR playback of 1080P content was effortless - until now.

The playback is stuttering and no longer watchable.

Audio is stable.

Started to occur about 3 weeks ago.

Running:

Kodi (17.6 Git:a9a7a20). Platform: Linux ARM (Thumb) 32-bit

Running on LibreELEC (community): 8.2.2.3, kernel: Linux ARM 64-bit version 3.14.29

FFmpeg version/source: ffmpeg-3.1-kodi

Host CPU: AArch64 Processor rev 4 (aarch64), 4 cores available

ARM Features: Neon enabled

2G Ram

Plex-for-Kodi/0.1.3 Kodi/17.6-Git:a9a7a20 CPython/2.7.13 Linux/3.14.29

The media I'm playing is:

1080p, 5.0 Mbps container=mpegts videoCodec=h264 audioCodec=mp2 audioChannels=2 id=138 part:0

MDE: MediaChoice: direct playable=True version=1080p, 5.0 Mbps container=mpegts videoCodec=h264 audioCodec=mp2 audioChannels=2 id=138

Constructed video item for playback: {'playStart': 0, 'streamBitrates': [5009], 'partIndex': 0, 'duration': 4858220, 'streamQualities': ['SD'], 'fullHD': True, 'startOffset': 0, 'streamUrls': [u'https://STUFF'], 'isRequestToServer': True, 'live': False, 'streamFormat': 'mpegts', 'prevObj': None, 'token': 'zsd1xU3EjwUpxfc6VoLZ', 'partDuration': 4858220, 'isTranscoded': False, 'audioLanguageSelected': u''}

Creating video codec with codec id: 28

CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10

CVideoPlayerVideo::OpenStream - Invalid framerate 90000, using forced 25fps and just trust timestamps

Subs are off.

Lower resolutions are okay.

This is DVR (Plex) content that was recorded and played back previously without issue.

I've tried rolling back Plex to the previous two versions - no luck.

I've tried downgrading Libreelec to 8.2.2.1 - no luck.

I've disabled secure connections - no luck.

Plex PC client for the same contect - works fine.

Plex Client on Apple TV4 - works fine (sadly).

Plex Server is Ubuntu 16.04.

I love these 905X boxes with Kodi & Plex - any help is appreciated.

I have a log file - Happy to upload.

Any clues?

Hi folks, new to Libreelec and Kodi - it's blowing my mind.

Thanks to all the folks who contribute.

I've recently upgraded to Libreelec 9 (in this post) from 8.2 only to find the official Plex app (0.1.3) no longer works.

Most recently upgraded and and did system reset to make sure there wasn't an issue with configs mismatches. same issue.

The symptom is:

clean rebuild of librelec - add plex video addon via Kodi Repo

Plex starts - I authenticate (via the http://plex.tv/link), login locally (select username and enter PIN) - then it hangs.

I'm able to disconnect from the app gracefully and return to kodi no problem.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

debug log attached.

kodi.zip