Posts by Da Flex

I think your microSD is fine, otherwise you would find errors at kodi.log. You can play with cache settings at advancedsettings.xml. Maybe it's just a buffer overflow, and buffer mode 3 (no buffer) can fix it.

You can use default settings for the nightly.

Test your JBOD drive with the same USB cable on a desktop PC to rule out speed issues. The JBOD hard drive could be too slow for some A/V codecs (compare data rates of USB 3.0 and A/V codec).

If you have another microSD, test the latest LE nightly. I don't suggest to update from stable to nightly at the moment, due to bugs.

Because your HDMI splitter is programmable, you should be able to add HD audio formats to EDID.

Does your TV have HDMI ARC or HDMI eARC?

Then LE gets supported audio formats from TV, not from AVR. Is there no chance to go HTPC --HDMI--> TV --S/PDIF--> AVR?

Can you confirm that HD audio is working, if you go HTPC -> AVR -> TV (no splitter)?

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So, my next question is, does its ummmm 'name' change each time I put it in?

Do you mean UUID? That will stay the same until you format it again.

Please disable de-interlacing. You'll find de-interlacing modes when you play video and activate the GUI status bar by clicking "OK" (gear wheel menu, bottom right).

The gear wheel menu has a bug at current LE nightly, so it freezes after a few seconds on my RPi3B+. I made a team internal bug report. I think we have to wait.

Read carefully. It's not part of the settings menu. Find the gear wheel menu while playing video.

Can you test with de-interlacing disabled please? It's at the gear wheel menu (bottom right) while playing something.

I recently had trouble to keep the KodiNerds DAZN add-on working (RPi 3B+). That happened after the last libwidevine update.

To fix it, I had to switch to the latest LE nightly. The update from LE 9.2.6 stable to LE nightly was successful, but didn't solved the problem. So I wrote that image (img.gz file) to microSD with Etcher. After going through the complete setup process, the KodiNerds DAZN add-on is working again.

The RPi 4B has 4K resolution, so date rate will speed up. The HDMI cables are basically the same like on SD resolution, but on HDMI 2.0 / 2.1 standard (made for 4K) they have better shielding.

Please test with Raspbian before you buy a new cable.

Thanks for testing. Then I can only suggest to try the latest LE nightly build.

- switch off "sync playback to display" (video settings)

- switch off (set to "none") de-interlacing (gear wheel menu at bottom right while playing something)

If you get the same trouble with another OS, I suggest to buy a new HDMI cable. Make sure it's HDMI 2.0 or 2.1 standard.

If you go RPi -> AVR -> TV, then it's possible that the AVR is unable to pass-through the audio. In that case, try RPi -> TV. Trying another OS (Raspbian) is definitely a good idea. You can also try an LE nightly build.