Posts by gregeeh

  • I'm really confused

    Quote from chewitt

    The main issue with current Amlogic hardware is low-quality kernel source full of bugs and proprietary code and the amcodec interface which has lots of hacks to workaround the bad kernel source. We've cleaned up some major issues over time but there are lots of minor ones that aren't resolved - and won't be resolved (on that codebase). The long-term solution for Amlogic hardware is to move up to mainline kernels. This won't be a magic cure-all (new code = new bugs) but since the underlying codebase will be common to all our platforms (Generic, Raspberry Pi, Amlogic, Allwinner and Rockchip) the process of fixing stuff will no longer depend on someone working up the enthusiasm to poke sticks at a bad kernel source where fixing one thing frequently results in fresh breakage somewhere else. We are months (not years) from making the mainline jump.

    NB: I wouldn't read too much into the S912 future story as the situation has changed. Open-source alternatives to the missing libmali are taking shape, we are well engaged with the developers and Kodi support is a mutual goal. I'd estimate we're about six months from a usable solution.

    Thanks for the detailed reply, it's greatly appreciated. I have two questions:

    1. Would you recommend I stay with the AML platform (S912) and wait or swap to another platform like Allwinner or Rockchip?

    2. As the main usage of these boxes is to stream video, and the issue I have described is related to streaming, why are AML products being recommended when this bug clearly interferes with the boxes main purpose? Sorry, but I just don't get it ?(

    TIA

    Greg

  • I'm really confused

    Hi all,

    Let's just say from the onset I'm really confused about this and I'm very new to Kodi/LE so please be kind with the comments.

    I needed to replace my dying PVR so thought I would build myself an HTPC and Kodi looked like a good option. Did some research on a few forums and asked about which hardware I should use. Got the following reply from one:

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    Tanix TX92 / Vorke Z6 because they have a Gigabit ethernet port plus they will handle anything you throw at them when running LibreELEC Kodi Krypton.

    Plus I've seen S9xx devices recommended on this forum too, so it seemed like a fair enough option.

    So I purchased a TX92, installed LE (LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.2.4.1.force.444.10bit.img.gz) and TvH and all seemed fine. I then started to get intermittent reboots after 5-6 hours of streaming live TV plus the occasional random freeze and the logs always ending with "CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled". So I hit google and found this.

    If you read the thread it is exactly the same problem that I'm getting and on AML hardware. So I asked a couple of noob questions and it seems it's an AML known issue with comments like:

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    A shame that AML never fixed their kindergarten bug, in deed. Even more a shame that users buy this crappy buggy hardware with kernels that even don't receive Bugfixes anymore and use an Android GPU driver as vendor did not want to support Linux at all.

    So, if this is an AML issue why would AML products be recommended at all and why don't I see heaps of posts with the same problem?

    Is this issue fixable and if so how?

    Have I got it all wrong, and if so please tell me?

    Sorry about the long post, and TIA,

    Greg

  • Need to kill a stream

    Hi all,

    I have LE 8 and TvH and under certain conditions I want to kill a live TV stream (ie: if a TV channel is streaming). So I can write the script I need to know what to check for and if found what process to kill. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

    TIA

    Greg

  • My TX92 intermittently locks up

    Hi all,

    My TX92 is intermittently locking up and completely non responsive, and the only way to get it started again is to power cycle it. It happend again this morning and I have attached a link to the kodi.log. The TX92 has TvH Server (4.2.5) and Client installed on it too.

    Any ideas what might be happening would be appreciated.

    TIA

    Greg

    kodi.log

  • How to add watched in Movies

    Quote from chewitt

    caveat: the editable nodes are the square boxes at the top of the RHS content view (actors, titles, etc.). Creating a new line of thumbnails similar to "in progress" requires core code changes, so that's not possible from node editing.

    Thanks for that, as I *did not* want to add another content view. I want a new line of thumbnails called "Watched" as once a Movie is watched it no longer has a thumbnail anywhere and you have to go searching if you want to find it. Trying to make life easier for the wife...