Posts by antcj

Quote from flashi99

Hello,

I just got my ODROID C2 and wanted to try playing some my files.

When playing some files the do not seem to be able to play, specifically there is either no response on the first try to play the video (just the default loading animation) or on the second try (after pressing Esc to stop the loading circle) there is only sound and no video (black screen).

The files are MKV with H265.

I search the forum and could find similar reports but no solution was provided besides downgrading:

Issue during videos with my odroid C2 and libreelec 9

Understanding 265 and HEVC Playback

The problem does not occur when I try to play the files using Kodi on my workstation. Other players like MPV or VLC also work without issue.

Also I checked the old 8.1 version on my ODROID-C2, the problem is present as well.

Which leads me believe the problem to be specific to LibreELEC (on ODROID C2).

I created a log, when trying to play one such file: 2018-06-22 13:11:52.412 T:4086914992 NOTICE: ------------------------------- - Pastebin.com

What I could find in the log were the following lines, which may help identify the problem:

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2019-03-16 22:05:27.212 T:3539100528   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo - video decoder returned error
...
2019-03-16 22:05:46.154 T:3890393968   ERROR: CDVDVideoCodecAmlogic::Open - InstanceGuard locked
2019-03-16 22:05:46.155 T:3890393968    INFO: CVideoPlayerVideo::OpenStream - could not open video codec
2019-03-16 22:05:46.155 T:3539100528   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_PAUSE: 0
...

Here is the video mediainfo of one of the problematic files:

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VideoID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : @L3.1@Main
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 22 min 53 s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:4:4
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Writing library                          : x265 2.6+13-6b079854e56e:[Windows][GCC 7.1.0][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings                        : cpuid=1050111 / frame-threads=2 / numa-pools=4 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=3 / input-res=1280x720 / interlace=0 / total-frames=41402 / level-idc=0 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=3 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=25 / keyint=250 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=4 / b-adapt=0 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=15 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=0 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=2 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=2 / no-early-skip / rskip / fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=0.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / analysis-reuse-mode=0 / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=crf / crf=25.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=2 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=2 / transfer=2 / colormatrix=2 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / max-cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr / no-hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / analysis-reuse-level=5 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-mv-type=0 / copy-pic=1
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

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The difference I could find between working files and the ones that are not is the line of the format profile.

Working ones have "Main 10@L4@Main" and not-working ones "@L4@Main". So the first part is missing, maybe this is stumping Kodi?

I would appreciate some pointers in fixing the issues.

Thanks in advance.

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I would be interested in your findings as ive recently had a notion to look at odroidc2 as a replacement for my minix box.

Did you ever find the cause?

Quote from Fayne

Hi everybody,

Huge fan of everything on here, I use LE everyday and it is such a great addition to my life. I have a question but zero technical knowledge, so I know that I would be unable to even provide the right answers to the follow-up questions people might offer if the info gets too technical.

I have an idea on how to work around that though - not sure if this was attempted somewhere else on the forum.

I'll jump right in..

over the past year, as I try out new images for my Odroid C2, I notice one consistent issue. Certain files (the only similarities ive noticed between them is they share a either 265 or just HEVC as their type) will go between either working or not working. for example: LE 8.2.5 image that is now available on the USB-SD creator program, that has no issue and plays the files great. but on all the new Leia images over the past few weeks, there has been the problem (always the same course: the video opens and the audio will play without issue but the image is frozen on one frame. if i skip around the same results: audio will run fine and it will be frozen on a single frame).

now my lack of expertise begins to be a problem. i barely know if it is even a problem related to 265 files, i have just noticed it has issues on some files and not others. in the past people have suggested that it may be an encoding issue or something like that - that is totally lost on me, i only know that on certain versions of the OS, the files have played flawlessly.

my long-winded suggestion then is if someone can provide a file or a link to a simple, small test 265 file that we can have as a common piece we can work with. if there was a simple video I could test, I would be able to see if it works on 8.2.5 but not on any of the newer ones; hopefully this could help solve the problem, or it will at least eliminate any questions about someone's personal encoding settings being the problem with the playback.

Any help that can be provided is greatly appreciated.

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Quote from datrh

kodi 18.1, LE commit up to 8dfe7d : available for x8h-plus

Thank you

Quote from dipswitch

Go to the Kodi forum -> video add-on section. There you will find the unofficial netflix repository stuff.Remember that all video decoding on linux is done in software, so you need more then a little device to get 1080p working (just found out myself. Runs great on my core i5 mediacenter. a low end atom x5 however...)

cheers

Quote from dipswitch

just download a few add-ons and you're ready.

would you mind sharing what is needed to get netflix working on kodi? Im sick of having to jump between my tv and the kodi setup

Quote from datrh

#1/#2 updated

kodi final has landed

Thanks really appreciated

Quote from Macko

Thank you datrh and antcj

I will try the procedure again.... although i did this in so many different ways.

I will have time for this at the end of this week.

Thank you again

I just recalled i had issues as well and it all came right when i got a new sd card. old card must have had issues

Quote from Macko

Any other Ideas?

This is how i did my plus.

power switch on wall off.

power switch on wall switched to on,

then depressed reset , hold it ,

then tapped box switch and waited 6 sec ,keeping reset depressed.

when logo starts flashing released reset pin.

I checked that, was sitting at 30 C

Quote from datrh

just out of the oven, not tested yet

#1 updated

kodi 18 final has almost landed

Thanks datrh

Ive had this on a few days.

Getting freeze up 30 min or so into viewing with occasional freeze again shortly after.

Any thoughts?

Quote from chewitt

S912 has a bright future. See YouTube for evidence. Panfrost still has some serious bugs to solve before we can think about public testing, but considering the infancy of panfrost code it's in good shape. The lead panfrost developers have publicly stated good Kodi support is one of their goals

Thank you guys for responding in such detail. My mission now will be to find a box with a bit of backup. thinking tanix, just going by their website. I see one of their editions has dual boot android / LE. again , much appreciated.

HI guys

I managed to get my old minix xh8 plus revitalised to Leia RC4 , thanks to Datrh

I do realise tho that its time to upgrade.

I had initially intended to order a 905x2 based on a review by chiqz.

But with the minix now working im not under pressure so to speak.

Looking through this forum my head is spinning and I’m sure I’m not alone.

It looks like s912 is at end of life.

So the next option looks to be the 905d

however options in that area are scarce.

Mecool springs to mind. K1 pro and k2 pro

I was keen on the Tanix TX92 until I found out the s912 is at eol and may be dead in the water.

Having been caught with the minix lack of support previously, im loath now to spend up large ie a shield. Or another minix

Reading comments by those in the know here, the future seems to be s905d as far as LE goes.

But what build to use on that?

I understand that kszaq is retired, so that in itself does not help.

My alternative is just to get an interim android box (t95Q) as mentioned above, and wait and see what happens.

(re the S905X2, there appear to be different iterations as shown by the charts linked to earlier. Bit like Russian roulette)

So if anyone has some info / guidance, that would be of help, im sure I would not be alone in appreciation.

In a nutshell im asking where to now with (HDR capable ) hardware to buy and the builds to use, that are current and good for the foreseeable future.

Regards.

Regards.

Quote from Macko

Hi Antjc,

could you please tell me which version of Android you have on your X8-Hplus? is it KItkat (4.4.2) with the last firmware (011) or the 5.1 lollipop released by Ken from Minix?

Also, could you please detail the steps of your installation? cause the Libreelec kodi (17.6) doesn't contained the very important file described in the first post of this thread : boot_autoscript

I try it again with the LibreElec Leia and I receive the following screen (I want to run LibreElec only from Sd card and keep the Android so on nand-internal minix memory).

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Thank you

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the last android i had was kitkat. cant recall firm ware.

done ages ago, just before minix forum disappeared

I put 17.6 on at that time.

I installed kodi 18.0RC4-Leia this time

I have installed to internal as well.

install was exactly as described in post 1. the only thing i did slightly different was the sequence of boot

ie power switch on wall switched to on, then depressed reset then tapped box switch and waited 6 sec ,keeping reset depressed.

when logo starts flashing released reset pin.

i cant comment on the image you posted. above my pay grade

Quote from Da Flex

To my limited knowledge, USB sticks and SD cards have no big difference in lifetime. They both last long, if they are just read.

If you run Linux on a USB / SD medium, the interesting point is what data Linux writes back to that medium. A Linux system can be configured to write temporary data to the RAM instead of USB / SD. That's good for the lifetime of the medium. I think the Linux of LE does as much as it can to avoid writing data back to the storage medium. That's why I would keep a MicroSD for that special Linux.

Other Linux systems write a lot of temporary data to the permanent storage medium. No problem for SSD, but bad for USB sticks or SD cards.

appreciate the insight

Quote from datrh

you may use the tar or the gz to update.

check this : Update from .tar

Many thanks again

Quote from Da Flex

You maybe had some bad experiences, but I would stay with a MicroSD when it's just about storing the OS itself. Store all important personal data on an external SSD, and your system will be very save (SSD's are nearly unbreakable). Most MicroSD cards are killed by too much write processes. If they are just read (as the OS do), they will last very long.

I know this may be a bit off topic, but a few questions.

is there a reason one cant do the LE upgrade on a USB stick rather than sd?

Regards USB stick, how do they stand up to having an os installed.? I have need to install linux to a new drive yearly (read tax dates) and would like to just swap out old for new, each new fin. year, so keeping that year intact.

Quote from datrh

got a case where depending firmware version , the box will not boot to libreelec. an update to the latest kitkat android firmware solved this.

about the minix x8-h_plus, the returns i've got seems to indicate that it's not needed anymore to maintain 2 versions (x8-h_series and x8-h_plusgen1).

in the past i used a custom linux distribution.

with kodi 18 , i follow strictly LE so i'm using "official" LibreELEC amlogic-linux.

just test. you need to repatch the bootloader as instructed.

if you use the 17.6 image on a SD, the new bootloader patch is backward compatible.

the bootloader patch has been modded to find LE 8.9xx image when LE is installed on the internal storage.

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Datrh, many thanks for your patience.

I may have had a bad sd card. swapped it out and it worked. Got Leia working.

I did find that the sequence of initial boot, for me was :1 power switch on wall on 2. push and hold reset button 3. tap the box power switch. 4. I then waited the 6 secs or so until the minix logo started to flash on /off, before release reset button

The rest was follow your nose.

Question, when u have a new release rc etc will the current installation auto update or is the tar to be used manually?

If so where does one place it?

Quote from datrh

to update to RC3 (RC4 soon) you need to :

• flash the device with the latest minix official firmware (NEO X8-H Plus: 011FW (20170119) [Final KitKat OS Firmware] | MINIX Forum)
• "tooth pick" the device.The bootloader script has been changed.(to support installtointernal)

Re getting a new box.

after much looking at reviews etc Ive settled on a T95q s905x2 as a replacement for my minix box

The round one

I will prob run it vanilla android until such time as it no longer upgrades or i have issues.

But in the meantime, (im a shocking tinkerer), i want to have another go at this X8-H_Plus

I have LE installed previously.(from old forum using X8-H_PlusGen1.

Just curious why i would need to put back the latest minix official firmware?

As i have LE on at 17.6 can i not use your RC4 tar? and if so where does that go.?