Posts by milhouse

  • LibreELEC first install

    64 bit only I'm afraid.

    You don't need to install OE 6.0.3, you can upgrade straight from OE 5.0.8 to LE 6.90.005 (although the usual warnings/caveats/disclaimers apply, which is that when upgrading between major versions - OE or LE - you should normally start with a clean install).

  • Raspberry pi 3 64 bit

    Work is progressing in the wider Raspberry Pi community towards 64-bit support, see this thread. However it might be a lot of work for only a moderate (10-15%) performance improvement.

    As and when 64-bit support is officially available for the Raspberry Pi 3 it will be considered for LibreELEC, but only if it makes sense to do so - a 10% improvement isn't particularly compelling when weighed against the risk of a completely new project and architecture, plus the increased support overhead of an additional RPi3 project.

  • RPi 3 Bluetooth isn't working

    Quote from JJK9


    Cool and thanks. Will you always add quick updates like this if something is broken and you can add a quick fix? If so then I will definitely stick with this OS.

    When something is broken we'll obviously fix the source code as soon as possible, however whether that triggers a binary release depends on the severity of the problem, and whether there's any workarounds/temporary fixes.

    In this case we're about to produce another Alpha before heading into Beta, so it makes sense to get this in ASAP. However once we've got official releases out, not every bug fix will result in an immediate release (unless we're doing a spectacularly bad job at testing!) as we will instead batch fixes for the next patch release, the frequency of which will be determined by the size of the fix list/severity of the bugs etc., but you shouldn't be kept waiting too long.

    In the meantime if you run the following commands on your 6.90.004 system you should find you have working Bluetooth (if not, please post again):

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    mount -o remount,rw /flash
(cd /flash && wget -q http://milhouse.libreelec.tv/other/firmware_bt_fix.tar.gz -O - | tar xvzf -)
sync && mount -o remount,ro /flash
reboot

    After running the above commands, you should have March 24 firmware:

    Code
    LibreELEC:~ # vcgencmd version
Mar 24 2016 12:49:34
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version e16cd015026a8bda22bb50dc30b30ce07f52a202 (clean) (release)

  • RPi 3 Bluetooth isn't working

    OK, 6.90.004 is using firmware from March 15 which predates the kernel changes - basically, firmware and kernel are out of sync, which is breaking Bluetooth (actually, the UART). Will get the firmware updated now, in time for 6.90.005 in a day or so. Thanks for reporting.

  • Browser

    Quote from H0nch0


    anyone know if silverlight can be added ?

    Don't hold your breath for Silverlight, which doesn't have much of a future on any platform - not even Windows.

    Why do you want Silverlight anyway - for Sky Go?

    Thanks to the architectural improvements in Kodi 17, work is progressing towards a native Sky Go solution that doesn't require a browser. Netflix too should be possible. Amazon Prime is already working with Kodi 17 and OE/LE test builds.

    As more progress is made you'll see it first in LE test builds.

  • LibreELEC first install

    Quote from Tolotos


    Hmm, in the posts above updates are the question - but I want to install a komplete new PC with empty drive.
    So follow the posts above the only way is install OE with a IMG and crossgrade to LE using the TAR or using the Millhouse IMG of LE but no direct install?!

    Use the milhouse LE .img file to create your clean LE install.

    Unlike OE .img.gz files, the LE .img.gz files can be used for both clean installs (write/dd the .img file to the disk or SD card) and upgrades (drop the new .img.gz file in the Update folder and reboot).
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    Quote from mark-aus-51


    Hello,

    this is my first post here, I am mark from Germany (so sorry for my bad English)...You have done a great job :cool:

    Is it possible to update my Zotac Zbox (ID 86 with NVIDIA ION GPU, actually with OpenELEC 6.0.3 Nvidia_Legacy Build) by pushing the "LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-6.90.002.tar" to the .update-folder of OpenELEC?

    Or will this cause problems?

    Greetings
    Mark

    Hi Mark. Yes, should work.

  • LibreELEC first install

    You can also use the .tar, .img, and .img.gz files for updates.

    In future, .tar files may become more scarce as they're no longer required for updates and offering one file for download (ie. .img.gz) is less confusing. Once you're on an LE build you can drop the .img.gz file into the Update folder just as you would the .tar file.

    .tar files will continue to be supported though, and this format may still make sense for more "specialist" builds (I'll continue providing test builds using the .tar format).

  • Differences between OE and LE?

    Yes sorry, these early builds are plain LE master builds, ie Kodi 16, as this is what will be released initially and needs testing/feedback. These releases from me will be ad-hoc (in terms of frequency) as we merge additional code and changes. Once we release the first Alpha these builds of mine will no longer be necessary.

    My "bleeding edge" LE/Kodi 17 builds will follow, and will replace my current OE test builds.