Posts by bluenote

I have this problem as well, on rpi. Did you ever find a solve?

Quote from SupervisedThinking

Ramalama

no you just have to enter the following line if you use the master-rr branch:

Code

PROJECT=Generic ARCH=x86_64 BUILD_PERIODIC=RR BUILDER_NAME=Ramalama make image

And see if it builds. I would recommend to read all stuff https://wiki.libreelec.tv/development-1/build-basics here to get a deeper understanding how the build system works. You don't have to set any external args or envars, you have to set them in each option file for each project it you want to change them LibreELEC-RR/options at master-rr · SupervisedThinking/LibreELEC-RR · GitHub

Seems like you've got HEVC working? (Came here from your moonlight tickets). Is there a way I could run moonlight with HEVC but under raspbian at this point? thx

Quote from Klojum

We prefer to have all the puzzle pieces to a problem, and not waste time/effort for having to ask for the full, unedited log file...

I prefer people read my posts before commenting, as you did previously in this thread. So I guess we're both not getting our preference?

Da Flex Thanks to your instruction on the log, seeing the allocation error twigged me to remember that I had to previously make some modifications to stop out of memory reboots on my 1GB unit (as detailed here RPI4 on Libreelec 9.1.502 thumbnail/pictures problems). So for anyone coming behind me, I removed the CMA specification from cmdline.txt, unset GPU mem from 144 to unspecified, and removed a swap specification. It's odd that those changes that did work would cause crashes now, but personally that's good enough for me. thanks for the help

Quote from Da Flex

Yes, or grab the current log from microSD by using your PC. Activate logging by using your working RPi.

Thank you, that worked.

I snipped the end, if the rest is needed that's fine. It seems to be at the point of checking the resolutions. I wonder if the GPU setting suitable for the 1GB is causing a problem somehow? I'll try that next. Here's the log:

thanks for looking!

Quote from Da Flex

Please post a link to a kodi.log.

Will it work to stick the card in 8gb unit, experience one reboot, then switch to 1gb boot to grab the last log? Thx

Quote from Klojum

There is such a thing as making backups.

A reboot loop on the RPi4... You sure you downloaded the correct image file?

Yes, I'm sure. It worked in my 1GB rpi, and after updating, it still works in my 1GB rpi.

It just doesn't work in my 8GB pi.

Hi folks. I just got a pi 4 8gb in the mail. I'm swapping in the card from my 1gb pi 4. The install is PINN (works), raspbian (works) , libreelec reboot loops from the "waiting for network" prompt.

The procedure I followed was to update pinn, raspbian, libreelec while still in the 1gb unit, then switch over.

I imagine a basic new install would work, but I don't want to trash the whole setup which is significant. If anyone can suggest a path to start on to fix this that'd be great.

Thx

Quote from HiassofT

The default RPi4 image has not been changed, reducing CMA memory is a bit risky (it could break "heavier" skins that otherwise work fine on the 2 and 4 GB models), so if you are affected by that issue please reduce CMA memory manually for now.

To be future proof I'd definitely recommend getting a 2GB (or 4GB) model.

so long,

Hias

So my pi is stable at 144/48 and with swap. But I worry a little about my SD card, I found some talk about using zram, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newb to understand exactly what to do. If you feel like giving a pointer that would be so helpful? Zram/Zswap is possible in LibreELEC/benefits?

thanks

Hey, so the memory issues on 1GB raspberry pi 4's seem to make this a viable option at least to try. Could anyone give me the dummies version of how to do this on a pi? (I've currently had to resort to using swap, and that does make my pi rock solid, but I would rather a solution that traded some cpu cycles instead of wear on my SD card).
Thanks for any advice

Thanks for this, going to try to alleviate my pi 4 crashes.

Just a little update from me, reducing GPU and CMA (64m) helped, but overall reliability was still far from good. I use Aura skin, which I'm guessing is fairly heavy because of all the widgets it has. I've now reduced to CMA 48 and GPU 144, and I'm going to try to add some swap to see if I can get this to be as stable as my pi2b

Quote from NewbieByDesign

I also have a freezing kodi on raspberry 4. The Linux is still available and I can log on to the system. In case I can provide logs please let me know. On the first glance, the log files are rather unspectacular.

My suspection is that the video decoder breaks as all freezes on our side happened during playback or pause.

It's a libreelec 9.2.0 with tvheadend for satip playback.

Your problem sounds to me like it's probably same as mine, solution here: RPI4 on Libreelec 9.1.502 thumbnail/pictures problems

Quote from HiassofT

hagaygo thanks for reporting back!

I've had a chat with the RPi devs and the CMA issue is quite an odd thing - in theory the CMA size shouldn't matter at all, but your and our tests showed otherwise. Could be a linux kernel issue or we are missing some subtle thing.

Anyways, using cma=64M (or even cma=48M) should be safe with Kodi 18 (with Kodi 19 probably not). Even 32M could work on a HD (1920x1080) screen, though that's very marginal (checked here with a 1920x1200 screen and it was a tad too low and kodi didn't start).

Other than that: reducing gpu_mem (to 256 or 192 - though that'll probably cause issues when trying to play 4k videos) or adding a bit of swap (256MB or so) should also help on 1GB RPi4 models.

so long,

Hias

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Thanks so much for this, I wasted half a day working on this. Two questions: is the default libreelec pi4 image set up with this now by default? And, if I'm looking at buying units for my other TV's do I need to be buying 2gb units to be future proof for Kodi 19?

Thanks

I'm having funny pi 4 freezes also, but it happens quite quickly after bootup.

Quote from chewitt

Some of the tools are console only.. requiring you to open an SSH console. There is a web-based SSH console add-on in our repo which might be easier on a tablet device.

Is that to say there's no ability to run a terminal right on the libreelec screen?

I have a bunch of pi 2's. But regardless, it seems like the HW decoding is prioritized so that it doesn't even try to do SW decoding. So if anyone has the answer to that I'd still like to know.

Hey folks

Sorry, I did a lot of searching on this one and the threads that came up didn't work, but also hinted tantalizingly that it was possible.
SSH is a pain in the rear from my phone/tablet to make minor adjustments on the CLI, so I guess I have confirmation bias to hope it's possible.
I install the tools addon, and when I launch it it says something like "Start a terminal?" but nothing happens.
thanks and sorry for the (I'm sure generally known) question.

Longshot, but I'm trying to get this device working properly and I'm getting just the L C R channels too much like is described. Any chance you solved this? Thx