Posts by Da Flex

Quote from DaVu

Is that the kodi.log after the reboot?

No, because the triggered reboot has not been finished - it crashed. The kodi.log has been taken right after a reboot crash. At that point, there was no SSH connection anymore, so I had to read the log files directly from MicroSD card.

Here is the kodi.old.log, taken at the same time like kodi.log (see above). If you compare both files, you will see additional errors at kodi.log (the crash log).

PS: Wir können uns auch deutsch unterhalten, falls es noch Unklarheiten gibt.

The idea is an external DVD drive as an extension for a PC / Raspberry Pi (which means USB connection), not a stand alone player. And yes, I have found one (no-name from China).

The second way to play region free is to break the DVD-CSS protection, which is what Ubuntu Linux and VLC does. That will make all region-protected players work like region free players. I'm not sure if this forum allows support for libdvdcss. Making illegal copies is not what I want, I only want region free.

Can I play all DVD region codes with a non-region-free player? Maybe LibreELEC provides the same feature as VLC.

Quote from blueribb

How about ebay ?

It has to be a region free DVD player. On my PC, the DVD software provides region free playing. External players are cheap no-name products, or have no region free, or need a hack to become region free...

bubblegum57:

I don't want to rip all my DVD's, just to watch one per month.

blueribb:

I'm a German, and Walmart never made it here - they have been quit our super tight market.

Of course I could buy another player, but I watch DVD's so rarely that I'm searching for other solutions first.

I would like to watch DVD's by using the Raspberry Pi (LibreELEC 8.90.005), which is connected to the TV. Problem: The DVD drive is mounted on my PC (Linux).

I know that VLC can create an A/V stream, which can be received and played by other VLC devices. I already did that with a mobile device, connected to the TV. It is not perfect, because DVD navigation has to be done from the source device, but it's good enough for my needs.

Is it possible to receive local A/V streams created by VLC with LibreELEC?

Is it possible to completely remote control a DVD drive mounted on another PC (including DVD navigation)?

It doesn't takes many reboots to reproduce the bug.

Here is the kodi.log at log level 1, read from MicroSD card right after the crash.

Quote from DaVu

That should enable debug logging but without that annoying overlay on the screen.

Thank you. I will do this.

I created a bug report for this.

Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Model 3B+

Software: LibreELEC 8.90.005

Log File: kodi.log

Bug Appearing: shutdown (from SSH) while playing a video stream, TV HDMI modes are not detected right anymore after shutdown

See this post for details and guisettings.xml.

I created a bug report for this issue.

Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Model 3B+

Software: LibreELEC 8.90.005

Log File: kodi.log

Bug Appearing: reboot or shutdown triggered from LibreELEC menu, does not appear every time

At least two forum users and me got that bug. See this thread for details.

I had that bug pretty often in the meantime with LibreELEC 8.90.005. I hope my log (see above) will help to fix it. If any admin needs more data to create an official bug report, I'll try to deliver.

The bug appeared again.

I am still using the same LibreELEC installation 8.90.005, which had a DVI session before. The first runs after going back to HDMI worked fine: no initial VGA mode, and all HDMI modes detected. I guess my theory is wrong: a DVI session is not the reason for the bug.

The bug appeared after a shutdown while playing a video stream (MLB TV). I guess it breaks the GUI settings, and forces the initial VGA mode on any further boot. I trigger the shutdown (command "shutdown -h now") by using my power button (see python script). Results when shutting down from SSH should be the same.

Here are the desired file contents to do a bug report:

Taken from a running DVI session:

(just to complete the task, I think it doesn't matter for the bug)

guisettings.xml

kodi.log

Taken from a running HDMI session:

(initial VGA mode, not all proper HDMI modes for TV found)

guisettings.xml

kodi.log

I see 2 error lines. The DBus error is normal, I have it on my log file, too. So, it's the last two lines of your log. Having no display connected will not crash a standard Linux desktop. Investigate what the "CApplication" does.

I have a reboot/shutdown problem too.

Raspberry Pi image: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.90.005.img

Log after reboot freeze (taken from MicroSD card after plugging off the device): /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

I can't reproduce the bug with LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.90.005.img.

I guess the bug is only on Milhouse builds, and not on the latest stable LibreELEC build.

I don't want to do more tests for now, because a DVI session is not my default scenario.

I made it by using GPIO 3 (Pin 5) and it's opposite Ground Pin 6. Read my thread: Support for the Pi-Desktop Power Button?

If your board must use GPIO 3 and GPIO 17, you can set GPIO 17 to Low (Ground) in the python script ("off-button.py", see link above).

Insert this lines after line 8 of "off-button.py":

ground_pin_number=17
GPIO.setup(ground_pin_number, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(ground_pin_number, False)