Posts by mmpp

Testing 8.0.1b I had no trouble with h.264, h.265, vc-1 and other files played from NAS. But Youtube and twitch, using the official libreelec/kodi addons gave me a ton of trouble. Youtube videos would randomly freeze after a few minutes, twitch streams would also freeze several times during me watching a single stream for about 30 minutes. Need to do further testing, but playing the same stream using an android device on the same internet connection was completly fine, so I dare to rule out any internet connectivity issue of my router.

Search your tv settings for a "just scan", "pixel fit", "pc mode" or similar setting that does not perform overscan.

Thanks, as always!

BTW: Was anything changed with black levels? I seem to have a slightly darker picture (actually looks better than before). Or is this because of the YCbCr instead of RGB mode?

Regression in 8.0.1b: Force RGB no longer works.

You understood it right.
The DTS-HD MA data is "bitstreamed" to your avr without any processing by kodi. If the hardware allows for the data format, it will work. From your 5.1 flac file, multichannel PCM data needs to be created by kodi and sent through hdmi by the kodi using the kernel driver. This mode is limited to 96kHz on S905X.

Quote from ilves13

hi,

Is there any possibility that the codec Amlogic HW decoder bug will be ok.
I've experimented with Odroid C2, S905, S912, all the same error, MPEG-4 HD
frame jumps.
I hope that comes out of some sort of correction.

Please provide a debug log and files to reproduce the frame skips.

You can use the Keymap Editor addon (Add-on:Keymap Editor - Official Kodi Wiki) to map the keys to functions.

But I am wondering: I have exactly the same remote, and it works out of the box.

From what I have understood from the reports of other people, playback of hevc main10 hdr content works with libreelec on S905X. It is not supported, as the main developer has no way to test hdr playback. So if it stops working in the future due to some kernel or kodi change, he has no way to test fixes.

Quote from albertstroh77

I haven't been able to use any update since e. Every version of 8 I've used has had stuttering/buffering issues. I've been able to make e work with a change to buffer stuff in advancedsettings (I think that's what is fixing it). But everyone since has not been fixed by this. I've tried and then gone back each time since e.

Any of my bluray rips or 4k movies have this issue. Slightly smaller 1080 movies or anything smaller have no problems, but every time I reinstall nothing larger will play with out buffering/ stuttering. Only by going back to e seems to fix it. Once I do, bluray rips and 4k play perfectly.

Anyone else? Any tips?

I have no troubles whatsoever on a S905X with 100MBit and a S905 with GigE. 4k content are live dvb-s2 streams, other content is high-bitrate mkv files from a samba server.

Please tell us more about your setup. What box are you using, where are your files stored? What network do you use? Is there a sample file that repeatedly triggers the buffering that you could provide?

Also, I can recommend to "start fresh" with a new install on a spare sdcard without any changes to configuration, to rule out any issues with your settings.

Simply try the most similar gxbb ones from Index of /s905/device_trees/

Whizz has GigE and 2G Ram, so I would suggest

gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb
gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit_OTG_Port.dtb
gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit_RealtekWiFi.dtb
gxbb_p201_2G.dtb

As libreelec is on sdcard, the worst that can happen is that libreelec will not start with the wrong device tree, or that some USB port or WLAN does not work.

I would be happy to have a c64 and amiga core

To my knowledge, no.

Quote from ozkaradag

Greetings,

Dear Kszaq, this patch is really good, just the 4K channels in the TVHeadend system are instantly interrupted. But I think it can be ignored.

I mean, I think you should use it, really, channel transitions are very good.

Best regards...

Live 4k dvb-s2 streams working fine with my installation. TVHeadend server is remote on a cubieboard.

No driver available. See thread-5457.html.

You can use a supported usb WiFi stick.

There is an option to "wait for network" in settings for libreelec.

Quote from Fenderman

1) After reebok the picture is darker.
Only after a video file was played it seems to be normal again. Can this be fixed?

Known limitation/bug, see first post. Can be worked around by configuring kodi to play a file on startup. Nobody really cares, because even the first video is played fine.

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2) Under Settings-->System-->Display I can't change the refresh rate.
Apparently one device in my HDMI chain "reports" it can only do 60Hz (It is a HDMI2AV Converter for Ambilight).
So is it possible to disable the "refresh rate detection" of Kodi? All my devices can handle 24p but Kodi still thinks they cannot.

Libreelec/Kodi does everything right. If it offers resolutions/refresh rates that your display cannot show, you might be left with a black screen and no way to go back!

Workaround for your buggy hdmi device: The linux kernel reads the display information from hdmi and provides it to kodi through a sys node. You can replace this node with a file, as described here: thread-1564-post-23856.html

Be advised that this should be done only if you understand basic command line use and have some idea about how linux works.

Poida: During the reboot, the bootloader regains control of the box. I do not think there is anything that libreelec can do differently at this point. Have you tried what happens if you reboot from Android into Android (without libreelec sd card)?

Quote from djnice

Choppy, blocky playback of this sample, please check: h.264 1080i
In Android with minix xbmc all is fine, so it's not a hardware decoder bug.

It might be limited to an unusual property of the sample files. I just tested live European 1080i dvb-s2 broadcasts, and those were decoded just fine.

Channel switching times are excellent, btw. (Tvheadend with external server)