Posts by adam.h.

Quote from Da Flex

Super cheap also means super cheap software, and no chance to install other OS's. Something under 50$ should be OK.

Right, you can find some Android boxes which can run 8K video on pre-installed Kodi for around $40 (if you filter out all the really cheap crap), and they are ready to go (with remote, power supply etc).

But still you may find hardware issues after a year, or updating to latest Kodi will be impossible etc.

On the other hand with RPi4 you need:

• RPi4 2GB RAM = $35
• IR Remote = $15
• MicroSD 1GB = $2
• Power Supply 15W = $12
• Micro HDMI to HDMI Adapter = $9
• Alu case = $12

So in total around $85.

Buying some $40 android player and put it in the trash after 2 years when it breaks and buy again another one for $40 might not be bad strategy after all

Quote from petediscrete

Is that the over priced NUC that Intel have decided to discontinue manufacturing that you are referring to. That is sound advice indeed.

NUC overpriced? We are talking about some decent hardware for reasonable price, not such premium devices like these 

Quote from petediscrete

Keep costs to a minimum and create a personalised bespoke system unique to yourself.

Also, don't listen to these cheap RPI4 bargains, if you want to have decent HTPC, invest into some NUC or NVIDIA PC

Rpi4 is usually "good enough".

Invest into Intel NUC or Nvidia Mini PC for premium experience - at least these are my lessons learned.

Quote from QueK9

Thanks, does all NUC have built in IR Receivers?

Yes, for most of them - check it out.

Intel announced that model 13th will be the last one, so prices may drop. I'm happy user of NUC 10th, IR wake up and shut down works nicely.

Quote from QueK9

Will any of the recommended hardware allow powering on and off via an MCE remote?

NUC does.

As far as I can see, that Kamrui thing doesn't have built-in IR receiver, which usually means that you cannot wake it up using remote.

Powering off will always work when remote works, just use Power/Power off menu option.

see here

Quote from cannonballgray

I deleted a movie using rm by mistake.

it depends what file system are you using - is it attached ext3, or perhaps mounted FAT32 or NTFS? the simplest way is to copy the original file from a cloud into your drive again. don't have backup copy? ouch.

Quote from pseries

do I need to enter this code via SSH Terminal on my Mac?

You will need to save your code as *.py file, then wire it to the autostart, see here.

Did you try GPU passthrough for VM with some regular Ubuntu image? If that would work, you could just install Kodi on the top of it.

My experiences are mixed as well. For a short time I used Argon One with M.2 NVMe expansion board, so could use small M2 SSD to boot it up. That part worked fine, however all together it drained so much energy from the power supply that I was not able to use external USB SSD where I keep my movies (tested several 3+ A power adaptors).

I didn't want to add additional powered USB hub to that mix, so just switched to passive cooling case, where single power adaptor is running RPi and external USB SSD without issues.

Quote from Airwolf

"Do we have to blindly guess at the problem"

if I had said something like that to a customer, if I were to blindly guess their problem, I would have been fired before a second had passed

I start feeling sorry for your customers, as if you don't understand such simple thing like OSS support models, very likely you are failing with much serious things for them.

Here is the simple Etiquette Guidebook for users who don't pay anything for what they are getting. Don't agree with some/all? That's fine, hire people to send them your requests and demand from them, simple as that:

• Say thank you for the project before making an inquiry about a new feature.
• When opening an issue, create a small, isolated, simple, reproduction of the issue.
• When opening an issue, if you’re unable to resolve it yourself, please explain that. The expectation is that you resolve the issues you bring up. If someone else does it, that’s a gift they’re giving to you.
• Don’t file issues that say things like “is this even maintained anymore?” A comment like this is insulting to the time they have put in, it reads as though the project is not valid anymore just because they needed a break, or were working on something else, or their dad died or they had a kid or any other myriad human reasons for not being at the beck and call of code. It’s totally ok to ask if there’s a roadmap for the future, or to decide based on past commits that it’s not maintained enough for your liking. It’s not ok to be passive aggressive to someone who created something for you for free.
• If someone respectfully declines a PR because, though valid code, it’s not the direction they’d like to take the project, don’t keep commenting on the pull request. At that point, it might be a better idea to fork the project if you feel strongly the need for a feature.
• When you want to submit a really large pull request to a project you’re not a core contributor on, it’s a good idea to ask via an issue if the direction you’d like to go makes sense.
• Avoid entitlement. The maintainers of the project don’t owe you anything. When you start using the project, it becomes your responsibility to help maintain it. If you don’t like the way the project is being maintained, be respectful when you provide suggestions and offer help to improve the situation.
• Before doing anything on a project, familiarize yourself with the contributor guidelines often found in a CONTRIBUTING.md file at the root of the repository. If one does not exist, file an issue to ask if you could help create one.

works well on NUC 10 and triggers HDR, cool!

So this is not something serious, but for sure annoying.

I'm running LE11 nightly on NUC10, which is connected to my home wifi network. No problems with the connection at all. I don't stream movies, that connection is used just for LE upgrades.

And still, randomly, while watching a movie, I have message saying that my network key is invalid and then big virtual keyboard popup to enter the passphrase. Which I can get rid of quickly with single key click on the remote, but as you can imagine the movie's suspense is ruined at that point

Any hint how to fix it without disabling wifi? It would be good to have option disabling popups from plugins while player is active.

Quote from Netborg

How is it possible that this one cable works on my television decoder, but not no the NUC? I was convinced that the cable was fine... And it works on other devices (also my kids Xbox and so on).

Intel recommends HDMI category 2 or better to use with NUC.

Quote from euroecua

When connecting directly into TV there's no dropouts

Interesting. Considering that both Win/VLC and Unx/LE have similar issues with hdmi through Yamaha this might suggest some HDMI hw (edit: or rather firmware) incompatibility between that version of NUC and your Yamaha receiver. I wonder if you find any other people complaining for that specific combination of NUC-Rcvr?

Quote from euroecua

I swapped hdmi cables, I installed the latest nightly v11, I updated my BIOS to the latest version and it still cuts out.

Try with Power/Dynamic Power Tech switched to Off in the BIOS settings.

Quote from euroecua

I have passthrough enable on kodi, when I play a video it every few second audio keeps cutting out. is there anyway to fix this?

Make sure you are running latest BIOS and have installed all firmware updates if available (e.g. HDMI firmware) - see here.
If this would not solve the problem then try to search NUC forums for hints what should be the BIOS setup (like disable power management etc), it seems that NUC has often issues with hdmi audio on Linux distros.