after switching to an usb AX88179 gigabit adapter (recognized as usbnet0) smb and ssh access sometimes do not work until I disconnect & reconnect from the libreelec addon. pinging and network access (from within kodi) works fine.
edit: ssh/smb access problems was due to the libreelec firewall setting being auto-reenabled even when set to 'off' before a reboot. switching to 'public' seems to have fixed the issue.
No - You get about 350MBit using Gb adaptor @S905X
USB network adaptor could be used @USB 2.0 or USB 3.0
ah darn, the one I had lying around seems to have an unsupported chipset so I got only 100mbit out of it. ordered one with the AX88179 chipset. thanks!
Dont´t buy a new box - try USB Gb adapter and high bitrate 4k playback will be smooth
I also own the Vorke Z6 - working fine - I don´t use Netflix or live Tv via box - my TV plays Netflix
unfortunately, Gigabit USB adapters require USB 3.0, the MECOOL has only 2.0.
I've read through all posts but still have not found "my" box. I'm looking for something that...
... supports 4K HDR 10bit
... supports Netflix
... has gigabit LAN
... is reasonably priced (<= $66 to avoid import taxes & processing fees that are almost as high as the device price itself)
the VORKE Z6/TX92 looked promising but does not seem to support Netflix according to some Freaktab posts. any recommendations?
my current box is a Mecool S8S Pro Plus which with its 905X and libreelec 8.90.5 happily plays 4k HDR and 720p Netflix, but lacks of the gigabit LAN which causes some problems with high bitrate content.
None of the AVRs supports HD audio on ARC (Audio Return Channel). The tv boxes have no ARC on HDMI they only send the av data.
HDMI 2.1 will bring eARC which will support HD audio.
yeah... I was hoping that when the box sends the data as PCM encoded audio, the TV would just forward it through ARC without doing more stuff to it. unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case.
anyway, I understand now that it is not a libreelec/amlogic bug. thanks all for your input and info!. for now, getting a HDR capable AVR seems to be the only way to enjoy both TrueHD and 10bit HDR at the same time.
Don't turn off passthrough, just disable DTS-HD & Atmos in Kodi Audio settings;)
yeah that is exactly what I meant with "turning off passthrough": I only disabled the formats that my AVR does not decode. this results the decoding to PCM with the wrong channel mapping for AML-M8AUDIO (using the TrueHD channel check from Samples - Official Kodi Wiki test file)
I suspect the problem might be related to using PCM over ARC to feed the AVR (mecool => lg tv => sony avr). when connecting the box directly to the AVR (mecool => sony avr => lg tv), PCM decodes properly. was hoping to not have to switch the devices as the AVR cannot handle 10bit HDR video. 
my 7.1 AVR does not support Dolby HD/TrueHD Atmos 7.1 through ARC passthrough. unfortunately, when turning off passthrough, the channel mappings are wrong: for any speaker configuration >5.0 there's no sound from the front speaker.
the debug log seem to indicate that the front center (FC) and subwoofer (LFE) are switched:
15:03:06.719 T:4085248912 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::SelectALSAChannelMap - Selected ALSA map "FL FR LFE FC RL RR RLC RRC"
15:03:06.720 T:4085248912 INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
15:03:06.720 T:4085248912 INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S32NE
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Input Channel Count: 8 Output Channel Count: 8
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Requested Layout: FL, FR, FC, LFE, BL, BR, SL, SR
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Got Layout: FL, FR, LFE, FC, SL, SR, BL, BR (ALSA: FL FR LFE FC RL RR RLC RRC)
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - ALSA Initialized:
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Output Device : AML-M8AUDIO
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Sample Rate : 48000
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Sample Format : AE_FMT_S32NE
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Channel Count : 8
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Channel Layout: FL, FR, LFE, FC, SL, SR, BL, BR
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Frames : 2048
15:03:06.748 T:4085248912 DEBUG: Frame Size : 32(the problem seem to happen on all multichannel audio formats, not just Atmos streams - but my AVR supports the other formats via passthrough)
this is on a 905x (mecool m8s pro plus) using the 8.90.4 build.
according to the log, there's a broken url called during the autoupdate check:
17:36:09.131 T:3999265680 ERROR: ## LibreELEC Addon ## oe::load_url(http://kodi.adamg.co.uk/libreelec/releases/releases.json) ## ERROR: (HTTPError())
17:36:09.132 T:3999265680 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/adamg/LibreELEC/build.LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.90.4/LibreELEC-settings-d658777/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/oe.py", line 271, in load_url
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Foundmaybe this is a leftover from my 8.2 inplace upgrade? defined in /usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/defaults.py