Nope, I only work on top of master branch. Kodi 18 would need too much effort which I could better spend elsewhere.
Posts by jernej
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Do you have any list of steps how to run Armbian on H6 with hw acceleration?
No, but your list is almost ok. If you pick Kodi master (very latest), you don't need any additional Kodi patch. However, you need patched ffmpeg and build with additional options.
Note that good performance is achievable only in configuration used by LibreELEC:
1. Kodi master - DRMPRIME codec/renderer gets constant fixes and improvements, so using latest, development version is important
2. No window manager, e.g. X11 - for best possible performance, DRM features are used directly. I don't think that's possible under X11, I never tried. Wayland may work now or in the future, I don't know current state.
3. CMA size must be set sufficiently high - for 4K 8-bit around 256 MiB and for 4K 10-bit 384 MiB - that are just guesstimates, which seems to work fine with LE
4. Set gui size max to 1080p in config (check Kodi config in Allwinner project). While T720 is in theory capable of 4K, there is no reason for GUI to be that big. 4K movie on 4K TV will still be rendered without scaling, just any GUI or overlays (subtitle) will be upscaled.
Point 1 also brings additional limitations - only Python3 addons will work and it might be unstable from time to time.
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Kodi was recently updated in master branch, so addons will have to be updated. Not sure when that will be.
levitsky86 Old nightly images are deleted from server.
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Actually, ARM driver run at highest speed all the time. About a week ago I also increased lima frequency for smoother GUI experience.
Anyway, I doubt lima is at fault here. You know that many packages got updated from the time GPU driver switch happened, including Kodi. You can still build image with ARM driver although kernel driver might need update. Note that during video playback GPU normally doesn't do much, if anything. You can also run perf top to see which function takes most of CPU time.
chewitt lima will support DVFS with 5.8 and at least H3 has DVFS table already merged.
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Ok, panfrost patch which caused instability on H6 was removed. Next nightly should work well again on H6 boards.
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LuRu Please test this one: LibreELEC-H6.arm-9.80-devel-20200416213013-837464c-orangepi-lite2.img.gz
It has panfrost driver updated a bit which should hopefully solve the issue you have.
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ok, this doesn't help, no error visible and you are running "devel-20200404212626", which is not the one which cause issues.
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hm... you tested "devel" image, which is not nightly. Anyway, I tested OrangePi 3 nightly image from same day and I can't reproduce any crash. Can you provide any log trough ssh? dmesg and kodi.log would help.
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When will a new image be available?
Changes are applied in next nightly image after PR gets merged, but I don't know when it will be merged.
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Unfortunately, it could not be used. Always the GUI gets stuck in some place and then it is no longer possible to get away.
I think this will fix it: Allwinner: H6: Fix panfrost devfreq voltage adjustments by jernejsk · Pull Request #4318 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub
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AugustinPRIME Thanks for testing. PR was already merged, so I'll soon remove that test image because nightly image for OrangePi Lite2 is already available for download.
Your 4K/1080p issue seems interesting. I have no idea how this could happen. Can you give output of "modetest -c", "dmesg" and kodi log when it starts in 1080p?
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I don't know, I don't have any Apple device.
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masteripper Please test this image: LibreELEC-H3.arm-9.80-devel-20200406193658-656a0e2-beelink-x2.img.gz
It should have proper FW included. I need a confirmation it works, otherwise there will be no reason to merge it.
Support level varies and mostly depends how I feel currently
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Sorry only one available for the time being.
No problem, I found needed firmwares and already made pull request. It will need few days to get to nightly images, though (if everything checks out).
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Here is relevant line:
zd1211rw 3-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2
So driver works, it just can't find proper firmware. I check what FW is needed. In the mean time, do you have another dongle to try?
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So I am wondering if the UI slowness just due to the weak GPU on the Orange Pi PC or should I be looking for other problems?
GPU doesn't run at highest speed ATM, PR to fix that will be merged in following days, maybe even today.
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levitsky86 Sorry, but I can't help you much with these two issues. First one seems like TV fault, but I can't tell anything for second one.
balbes150 Small correction, Kodi interface is 1080p max. even on 4K TV. However, 4K video is played without scaling on 4K TV. Regarding wifi drivers - thanks, but we had several PRs already for those drivers and all were closed. Common agreement is that there should be no more out-of-tree Realtek drivers. We could easily have them 20 at this point. Maintaining them is a nightmare.
BTW, I also fixed H6 H264 4K playback...
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just put update file (.tar) or image (img.gz) in /storage/.update and reboot.
