Posts by pajtaz

Hello,

When I search the EPG (by bringing up the "Search guide" window), if I tick "Include description" and then click "Search", the search results do not actually search the descriptions. For example, I searched for "NFL" and only one program is found that has "NFL" in the title. However I know there was at least one other program with "NFL" in the description. This program did not come in search results.

I tested this with both the latest Kodi 17 rc3 for Windows and with Kodi 16.1 on my Cubox running LibreELEC 7.0.2. Neither search seems to search the description of the programs.

Maybe this is a known issue or maybe the search of descriptions of programs cannot be performed.

Any thoughts?

Quote from chewitt

vpeter is using the same based version of Kodi that all other LE builds are using which will include that fix, so it may be a different issue?

I think you're right. I was going to build my own image so I downloaded and checked the source code. Even in 16.1 version of Kodi that is in 7.0.2 LibreELEC, the supposed fix mentioned in this post was already implemented (the fix is just adding one line to the code and that line is in the same location in the same file in the source code I downloaded).

So the issue must be somewhere else or it cannot be fixed this way in 16.1. I downloaded one of the nightly builds of Kodi 17 on my x86 laptop and the EPG search works there correctly. On my Cubox is still behaves the same way as it is mentioned in the Kodi forum post.

Quote from lrusak

The fix was merged back in april

[pvr] - fix epg search by FernetMenta · Pull Request #9601 · xbmc/xbmc · GitHub

I will try the image that vpeter made several days ago again (7.90.007 with 3.14 kernel) but I already tested it and the fix was not incorporated. Maybe it's the way vpeter makes the 3.14 kernel images for imx6 and he doesn't pull the fix into the build process. I'll test again.

I tested Kodi 17 beta 3 several days ago and this fix was still not included.

Just wanted to bring it to the top of the list since it may have been forgotten about.

Quote from vpeter

1.) seems kodi issue?
2.) try setting ethernet speed to 100mbit

Code

ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full

Thanks for the quick reply.

1) It is present on both Kodi 16.1 and 17 beta 3. Seemingly it is present in all LibreELEC builds so maybe the proposed fix is not being incorporated during the LibreELEC build process?
2) It would not be worth it to downgrade speed to 100 mbit. I solve the problem by mounting using the kernel and then I get normal speeds (but I can't get the "nice" display of recordings when looking at the list of video files). It is something related to how Kodi accesses SMB shares. It does not seem related to the network adapter.

Vpeter,

I think the issue I mentioned above with newer released of your 3.14 kernel LibreELEC had to do with me booting from USB drive (after booting from SD card). I guess first booting from SD card then booting from USB drive causes some drivers not to be loaded (at least IR receiver and wireless chip, from my experience).

Anyway, I still know two bugs with newer versions.

1. One is with EPG Search. It doesn't work. It was supposed to be fixed in Kodi 17 alpha but I tried the betas you made and it's still there on Cubox. See this post:
PVR Search broken?

Maybe this fix doesn't get incorporated into your Cubox builds or for all LibreELEC builds in general.

2. The other bug is that the recordings play horribly slow when using TV->Recordings when playing from networked PVR running tvheadend. It's incredibly slow file transfer from my Ubuntu-running PVR machine to any Kodi (Cubox or Windows 7 version). Same issue happens if I add the share using SMB. However if I mount the same share using the kernel, the file transfer is what it should be and then I can play the recordings fine.

I can work around the second issue although I visually the recordings are not displayed the same way in the Videos sectino. The first issue sounds like it should be fixed but it's not.

What do you think?

Hello, I found out what was the problem. I was running LibreELEC from USB hard drive and using OpenELEC image to boot from SD card on my Cubox and then booting from USB hard drive. When Cubox boots like this with LibreELEC, it doesn't find wireless chip and doesn't load the drivers.

Once I installed one of vpeter's 3.14 kernel images that can actually boot directly from SD card, Cubox work fine.

Hello, I found out what was the problem. I was running LibreELEC from USB hard drive and using OpenELEC image to boot from SD card on my Cubox and then booting from USB hard drive. When Cubox boots like this with LibreELEC, it doesn't find IR receiver and doesn't load the drivers.

Once I installed one of vpeter's 3.14 kernel images that can actually boot directly from SD card, Cubox work fine.

Thank you vpeter.

I had to use your 3.14 kernel versions to get LibreELEC to properly run on my Cubox earlier. I will try this image just to see if it's worth it (tvheadend was unusable in 7.90.004 kernel 3.14 version - constant freezing and Kodi crashing when switching channels - think it had something to do with audio. For same channels, PCM was being outputted in 7.90.004 but Dolby Digital in 7.0.2). Right now with 7.0.2 I have pretty much perfect deinterlacing - finally! - thank you for that!!!

Thank you. I had to use the 3.14 kernel versions for Cubox in order for interlaced resolutions to come up.

Either way, having interlaced output did not work well. I'm back to using 1080p and deinterlacing with Cubox.

Hello,

At one point in the last three months I downloaded and tested a build of LibreELEC with Kodi 17 for imx6 (Cubox) that allowed me to select interlaced resolutions in addition to the progressive ones as display resolution in Kodi. All other LibreELEC (and OpenELEC) builds only list progressive modes (i.e. 1920x1080p, 1280x720p, etc.). But there was one build that allowed me to also select interlaced modes (i.e. 1920x1080i, 1280x720i, etc.).

I can't find that build now. Does anyone know which build this is and point me to the download link?

I was only helping with the legal use of card reader. I pay for the cable TV and in order to watch all channels (except 3 channels) I have to use the smartcard from my provider, which is typically inserted in the cable box. In order for me to use tvheadend and Kodi to watch the cable TV for which I pay, I have to use the USB smartcard reader and insert the smartcard.

I am assuming the user above is in the same situation as I am, just wants to watch TV using HTPC instead of cable box. So this post should not be removed because we are just trying to help people use their HPTC to watch television for which they pay.

I have a Smargo Smartreader V2 reader with tvheadend and oscam. It was not very easy to get the reader working with oscam. I am at work now so I cannot see my settings to tell you how to install it. However, I followed this guide (which is in Dutch):
Hardware.Info Nederland

It might be different for your reader and for your provider. I found this video on YouTube that might also help:

Hello,

Wifi does not work on Cubox-i4x4 running LibreELEC 7.0.2. Under network connections in LibreELEC settings, only the wired network shows up. This works under OpenELEC (several versions) and LibreELEC 7.90.005 image for imx6 vpeter made (which uses 3.14 kernel).

Hello,

I have LibreELEC 7.0.2 running on Cubox-i4x4. I want to use any IR remote with it and Cubox has an IR receiver. This should work. However no matter what I do, Cubox does not receive any input from any IR remote.

I tried following many guides and searched the net but can't find any solution or help. So here is what I did and what I know. I ssh-ed into the box and tried many related commands.

"ir-keytable" always returns "Couldn't find any node at /sys/class/rc/rc*." Checking that directory, it is empty.

"irrecord /storage/.config/lircd.conf" returns "could not get file information for /dev/lirc0". There is no "/dev/lirc0" or "/dev/ttyS0."

"dmesg | grep lirc" returns nothing.

"modprobe --set-version=4.4.8+rt13 --force ir-lirc-codec" always returns "ERROR: could not insert 'ir_lirc_codec': Exec format error".

Does anyone know what the heck is going on? It looks like there is no IR receiver or driver loaded for IR receiver. I really do not know how to interpret any of this information. I appreciate any response. Thank you in advance.

Quote from vpeter

It's not about not want to answer. Sometimes there are just no answer possible. I can't fix problems I can't reproduce. I can't even fix problems I can reproduce if they are some deep imx6 related stuff. This platform just newer got much attention from devs (there are only few who has knowledge about it - and I'm not one of them). I wish I could make perfect 100% working image but I think this will newer happen. I think 7.0.2 was very close to that (for some).

And about installing to USB: You still need SD card to boot from. The procedure is the same as for RPi (boot from sd card, system from usb).

vpeter, I understand everything you said. Thanks for all the info up to this point.

I ended up installing LibreELEC 7.0.2 (as you said, for me this is the "almost" 100% working image) on the USB hard drive. It works great. I had to boot up from SD card using OpenELEC 6.0.3 but then point to the hard drive to boot LibreELEC. This image gives me the best deinterlacing options and great tvheadend version. All other things work well enough for me and with the USB hard drive it seems faster than from USB flash drive.

I am going with this setup for now. I do not think I will change unless I start having issues with live TV and recording.

Thank you for all the help and great work you are doing.
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Quote from Sputnik

can it be the same error in u-boot?

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I don't know, maybe this is the exact same problem. I do know that the problem is with Kodi booting up, and not LibreELEC itself. LibreELEC can boot up but once Kodi starts booting, then the problem happens. So I'm not sure u-boot issue you referenced affects Kodi in this way.

Does anyone know?

Hello,

vpeter, may I add to this post? If it is not the appropriate place, I will create a new post.

I installed your image with the 3.14 kernel to test it. If you saw my responses on other posts, I have the same problem with Kodi not being able to load after installation of LibreELEC 7.0.2 on SD card. So I installed your image and had no problems booting up.

However, I am primarily concerned with having good live TV so I tested both tvheadends (4.0 and 4.2) and all the variations of deinterlacing options on many channels. The problem is that my Cubox-i4x4 cannot deinterlace many channels adequately. Either the video lags way behind or there is video stuttering. Additionally, switching between channels is really slow, there are frequent freezes, continuity errors (primarily with 4.2).

With LibreELEC 7.0.2 and tvheadend on that version I finally had good deinterlacing, good enough to finally use that version for live TV and recording. But, as you know, I cannot install LibreELEC 7.0.2 on SD card on Cubox and successfully boot up, no matter how many times I tried. If you saw my previous post, the way I got LibreELEC 7.0.2 to successfully boot up and work is by installing OpenELEC 6.0.3 on SD card, installing LibreELEC 7.0.2 on USB flash drive then changing the uEnv.txt on OpenELEC installation to boot from USB flash drive. Ok, it was a workable solution until I needed to use a USB hard drive AND cardreader (to watch encrypted channels that I pay for). Cubox only has 2 USB ports and I do not want to go buy USB hub for this reason.

My question to you and other imx6 gurus is how come LibreELEC 7.0.2 with Kodi 16 can boot successfully by first booting the OpenELEC 6.0.3 from SD card then booting LibreELEC, yet it cannot boot up when it is directly installed on SD card? LibreELEC still has to boot and still has to go through the boot process and run Kodi in the same way, whether OpenELEC runs first or LibreELEC runs by itself. So what is different that allows LibreELEC to boot after OpenELEC boots? By the way, I tried the same thing with your image (3.14 kernel image on SD card and my 7.0.2 LibreELEC on USB flash drive) and that DID NOT WORK. Interesting.

Final question, if nobody can answer or do not want to, can anyone tell me how to install LibreELEC on the USB hard drive? That way I can at least eliminate the extra USB flash drive. I can't find any information on the forums or Internet on how to to this.

Thank you ahead of time for any help. If you suggest to create a new post, please let me know.

Quote from RuudM

I had the same problems: no signal after a partly fresh install. Installed diskimage LibreELEC-imx6.arm-7.0.2.img on the exisiting OpenElec SD card with help of Win32DiskImager. Booting LE sequence OK but after that a black screen (with 2 error-like beeps). After rebooting two or three times Kodi suddenly appeared and I was able to select the right video etc. Seems OK for now.

Tip is to reboot a few times if experiencing a black screen, seems to help.

I tried rebooting many times (>10) but every time I got the same problem. I did not hear any beeps. My TV would also turn off after a few seconds, probably because Kodi could not display and it would use CEC to send power off signal to TV.

Maybe in the future I will try installing LibreELEC from scratch and see if more reboots help. Currently I am just running it off the USB stick.