Posts by nc88keyz

refreshed and experimented with a few commands in libreelec. Had to use ai a bit to refamiliarize myself with kodi via linux. Two commands that work really well during testing were

alt S to bring up settings when skins are broken due to piers 22 builds. and skin shortcuts v3.

The other is "systemctl restart kodi" or "reboot" via ssh. Those kept me out of trouble. Easier than editing the config back to the default estuary skin.

next step, since i am only testing and have not inserted this in my avr chain, I just have the Pi 5 connected to the valerion projector. Sound through the speaker wasnt really doing it for me. While it is not atmos, and no I dont use ARC, I was able to set up BT pairing with the projector to my Denon AVR ....albeit since its a much older denon avr3300w i had to compensate the BT delay in kodi to 1.5 ahead give / take. I set it as default for sync and everything is near perfect now. Turned off ARC> and the shield remote volume works via PCM to the BT speaker. All seems to be working well on that front. I have restarted kodi, rebooted kodi, played atmos streams, dts-hd , truehd, dolby eac3 5.1 etc. Everything syncs at 1.5 with passthrough turned off. A unique situation but helps in testing. I swear the pi5 libreelec video output is better than the shield sans dolby vision. HDR10, 1080p, its sharp. and its pretty easy to see on a projector at 120"

I am looking forward to the next build and where how this progresses forward.

Quote from chewitt

If you want something efficient that just works and doesn't have the issues: use Estuary. If you want eye-candy and a slower GUI experience and issues: install other skins. I'm probably being mean to some skinner who slaves thousands of hours on their skin project, but 15+ years of Kodi (orig. XBMC) use has taught me that lesson

I have been using Kodi since it was XBMC on the xbox classic. I appreciate your comments, but with all due respect Kodi is completely about customization and local media treatment. I have been away for about 2 years while using Plex basically. But I do share the love for more local control over media that kodi gives. Having a love for 3D , i am re-exploring kodi. Was just looking for the some of the best options for Piers support and a skin that enriches the experience. Estuary is fine. So is confluence but they live a little to be desired for those wanting more.

Can someone recommend a skin that looks nice and is compatible with Piers that isn't quite as plain jane as Estuary, seems to be a lot of issues with the included skins. I know kodi is super constumizable I used a great skin years ago, Not sure if its still active. that was fanstastic. Just looking for something with a bit more eye candy at this point. thanks.

when does this forum stop manual approval on posts. Anyone know? I feel like i am in a timeout

ok I have the build with ffmpeg 9 on a pi 5 / 8gb up and running on Valerion Pro 2, I am plugged straight into the projector , so my sound is on the built in speaker. but its performing well, shows 1080p t/b 3d and converts on the fly to a framepacked signal on the valerion pro 2, without interaction. It been so long since i have used kodi, but i was once very heavily invested and its coming back . Got 4 nas up and mapped with 3d. iso, and mvc mkv files.

popcornmix, this is amazing work. i Have both a pi4 aoi keyboard unit, and a pi58gb as well as LG 2016 oled, samsung 2014, Valerion Pro 2 and Eps 6040UB projectors as well as Zidoo RT1619DR based players, and even an Oppo 203 UHD player to test 3D. I do not have any AML boxes at this time. Let Me know if I can help in anyway, I also have a 5th gen Nuc, and 10 Gen nuc as well. for X64 testing or LE etc.

That file is 14GB! Can it really be that big just for a menu? Yikes.