Posts by HomerJau

  • HD Audio with LibreElec?

    I’m particularly interested in high resolotiin multichannel audio playback in PCM/FLAC formats and looking for devices that support LibreELEC and HD Audio.

    As far as I can tell only Intel NUCs can do FLAC/PCM at 96kHz/24bit (or higher) but there’s info spread all over the Kodi forum, it’s hard to work out.

    AMLogic devices all only do 16 bit PCM only, right?

    What are the currently supported HD Audio (PCM) devices?

    THX

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from kjack9

    Thanks for your report, Garry. I understand that the sample rate is limited, good to know for sure.

    The thing I'm especially worried about is PCM with more than 2 channels. I know in the Android firmware for the Minix U9-H, PCM is software limited to stereo only, apparently due to licensing issues. I'm hoping that LibreELEC will have 5.1/7.1 PCM capability. Can you tell me if that's possible on your box?

    Thanks!

    -KJack

    All my Minix U9 tests in previous post were using LibreElec. MCH = multichannel all audio only PCM (from FLAC). I tried 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 as long as you limit sampling to 48KHz then all ok.

    I didn't try 7.1 apologies. Will try later today and post here.

    The interesting thing (for me) is my Denon AVR only plays Quad (4.0) PCM/FLAC if I set Kodi to 'Fixed' - 'Optimised' and 'Best Match' only produce stereo. That looks like a Kodi bug.

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from kjack9

    Awesome, looking forward to your results. My Linux ISOs are a combo of FLAC and Opus, so multichannel PCM is a requirement!

    Hi,

    Just finished mucking around today after I had a problem with my Denon AVR refusing to see MCH PCM from any device. I have a NUC I've used for 3 years with no probs. I had to power off and unplug to reset the AVR. Took me a while to work that out.

    I'm using latest LibreElec 8 (not 9 alpha). The Minix U9 plays PCM MCH but its limited to 48kHz max. Won't play 88.2 or 96kHz etc

    It does play 4K and DTS-HDMA ok. I have an Intel NUC that is way faster and plays every MCH flac I have. If you want high resolution audio I wouldn't recommend the U9.

    You can set Kodi to limit sampling to 48KHz and higher rate files will play with Kodi down sampled to 48kHz, so it will play high res but not at the original sampling rates if > 48KHz.

    I had some trouble turning the U9 on with the remote control too. Takes a while to pick up the command even with the remote 300mm in front (20 or so button pushes). There is no on/off button so that's a pain. I guess you could leave it on 24/7...

    I bought the Minix U9 mainly for 4K. Would have been nice to use it as my Audi player too. I will keep the NUC and upgrade to next NUC that supports UHD/HDR and MCH PCM.

    Next step for me is to try LibreElec 9 alpha on the Minix. I'll do that tomorrow.

    THX

    Garry

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from kjack9

    Does anyone know if multichannel PCM works on a Minix U9-H running LibreELEC?

    I just completed setting up my Minix U9-H on using my PC screen and will move to my home theatre system later today and will post my findings. I have a heap of quad, 5.1 and 7.1 FLACs at various sample rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz mostly 24bit but some 16bit. Fingers crossed.

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from kszaq

    I will be pushing 8.2.2.1a shortly to fix smoothness in 8.2.2.1.

    The bug was caused by a non-clean build over my post-8.2.1.2 experiments. In other words: one of the system component did not compile correctly.

    Thanks kszaq! Very quick response!!

    I have same issue (video sync reported in 8.2.2.1) on your 905X update. I presume you will recompile that build/update too?

    Thanks

  • Mecool M8S Pro+ // not able to to run or install LibreELEC

    Quote from biesa

    Dear folks,


    just received a M8S PRO+ S905X // 2Gig Ram / 16Gig Flash

    • recovery method (3rd variant): enable ADB (Google it) and issue adb reboot update command

    I install android terminal app and typed su / reboot update. reboot starts but the MECOOL screen freezes and nothing happend. So i removed the sd card and the android boots again

    I had same problem as this. There is only one valid way to install LibreElec on the M8S Pro+ (as noted in the install text):

    The trick is to read the install instructions which says you must insert the SD Card with LibreElec AFTER you have booted to Android! Booting with the SD card in will remove the LibreElec and DTB files from the SD.

    Once you do run the Terminal App and inserted the SD card, then run 'reboot update' once - then everything will work as described

  • Option to create exFAT partition

    I'm one of many using LibreELEC on an SD Card on an Android device (I'm using WETEK Hub and Core). But Android won't 'see' the ex4 data partition created by USB-SD creator, it only sees the FAT LibreELEC partition (512Mb).

    I'd like to request an option to create the 2nd data partition as exFAT, not ex4, then users wanting additional storage space for their Android apps can do so as Android sees FAT and ExFAT partitions.

    (If there's anyway to get Android to use the ex4 partition then that would also solve the issue but I've not seen anything to do that)