Posts by fanformusik

    Since shortly, presumably after an automatic update, TVheadend 10.0.0.126 was installed. This lead to complete failure of TV+PVR services.

    Addons.log has this error message:

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    # ... output of cat /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/service.log
    # LibreELEC release: Generic.x86_64-10.0.2
    #
    ################################################################################
    /storage/.kodi/addons/service.tvheadend42/bin/tvheadend: error while loading shared libraries: libx265.so.199: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 

    It seems that a file is missing (or was deleted during the update process).

    After a downgrade to TVheadend 10.0.0.125 everything worked fine again.

    Hello all,

    although quite old, this issue is still present on my system (config+specs see below). The problem occurs sporadically and none of the proposed actions seemed to work. So I decided to re-open the discussion and ask for help again.

    Interestingly, I never can re-activate HDMI sound by simply going to ->System->Settings->Audio (as proposed here and in other posts). The only way is to cold reboot LibreElec, after which everything works fine.

    Also, when putting LibreElec into standby manually (via its On/Off menu), HDMI sound is usually fine after resume, but If I let LibreElec go to standby automatically (e.g. after completing a PVR recording), almost ervery time it wakes up with no sound. The only difference I see is that the connected units (Receiver, Projector) are active during manual shutdown, but inactive during PVR operation (manual shutdown).

    Is there ayone out there who can help?

    Thank you very much in advance!


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    HTPC System setup:

    CableTV--->(DVB Stick)---USB--->(INTEL NUC)---HDMI--->(Receiver)---HDMI--->(Projector)

    (DVB Stick): Hauppauge win-TV Dual HD

    (INTEL NUC): DN2820FYKH , LibreELEC 9.2.2 + Tvh 4.2.8-36 + addon v9.2.0.121

    (Receiver) : Pioneer VSX S520D

    (Projector): EH-TW6700W

    Hello Nicolas,

    just to let you know: There was no more Freeze since I made the Fresh install last Thursday (I only backed up + reinstalled Tvh settings).

    It seems that my System suffered from "leftovers", so I will install the "profile cleaner" as you advised.

    Once again, thank you very much!

    Michael

    Hello,

    I'm back, sooner than expected: Last night I saw one more Freeze, i.e. the Actions above didn't help. Logfiles are attached.

    It went the typical way: I cold booted my System, then navigated to the Live TV tab, then pressed OK, then the System stalled.
    Since my HTPC is connected to LAN, I tried to Access it (while stalled) from a remote Computer:
    - the System was accessible via LAN, and I was able to retrieve the error logfiles (attached)
    - Tvheadend addon's configuration page was reachable too and seemed to be functional

    From the above I assume that Libreelec's GUI crashes.

    How should I go on to find the Problem? Any Ideas?

    Thank you very much!

    Hello Nicolas,

    sorry for not posting anything over last weekend…

    I deinstalled mediaview and replaced it by two different addons (ARD Mediathek and ZDF Mediathek, from official libreelec repositories). Now I will watch if my System gets more stable. This should take a few days.

    I will keep you informed.

    Hello Nicolas,

    thank you very much.

    German TV you should use a refresh rate of 50hz

    Yes, this is what I use. (->third post pof mine)

    But as you say the Problems came Up recently i would guess on RAM.

    I have seen those freezes sporadically all the time. But recently they become more frequent. (->first post)

    I am not sure if that the problem results from a bad RAM. If so, the whole System would be much more unstable and fail in random situations. Here, the failure ONLY occurs when trying to activate Live TV.

    If you Set a 5 Second wait for the tvh

    I will try this, but I doubt it will help. For testing, I configured my System not to go to Live TV after boot, which introduces sort of a "Manual delay", as Live Tv has to be activated manually. This did not improve anything. (->first post)


    Last night, I had another Freeze after applying all above Actions. The log files are attached.

    Can something be found in the data?

    Hello,

    thank you, Nicolas!

    ad 1: Manual update indicated that I was already using the latest Tvh Version 4.4.21.1 . Nevertheless, I manually reinstalled 4.4.21.1

    ad 2: Done.

    ad 3: Scaler = bilinear , Deinterlace = VAAPI-BoB (I am watching mostly German TV which comes in 720p)

    Now I'm curious to see if #2 has any positive effect….

    Hello,

    ad 1: Automatic update is enabled. Therefore, I expect the latest versions (Version info: see first post)
    ad 2: No. Can I do this from LibreELEC's menu? Where?
    ad 3: passthrough is enabled for AC3.
    ad 4: deinterlacing + scaler Settings? Where do I find them? (I'm using 1920x1080@50p, which fits the projector)

    Let me know if you need more info.

    Thank you very much!

    Hello,

    Nicolas: I did nothing of the above. If LibreELEC freezes, it does so at the Moment when Live TV is activated. This won't happen every time: in 60-70% of all boots my System runs as expected.

    The last Freeze occurred last night (2020-04-22 , time ca. 22:41) and I was able to get the logfiles. From the files I cannot see what might have caused the Freeze, so I attach them to this post. Maybe someone can look into the data and see what is going wrong.

    Thank you very much.

    Hello,

    for a long time I have been using LibreELEC in a simple "one box" HTPC setup (see below). In the past there had been sporadic system freezes when starting Live TV, but I see them more frequently with recent versions: With LibreELEC 9, in 30%-40% (!) of all boot events my system freezes on activating Live TV, and I have to disconnect the power supply to reboot. Usually the second boot then comes up fine, and Live TV runs and remains 100% stable for hours.

    Normally I have LibreELEC configured to go to Live TV right after boot. In case of freeze, I see the channel's name and a little "play" triangle on the top of the screen, but no Live TV. For testing, I configured the system for standard startup (no Live TV), but then it freezes the moment when activating Live-TV manually. In both cases Kodi's GUI remains responsive as long as you don't touch the Live-TV tab. This is strange and happens far too often.

    Is someone out there who can help me? What should I do to find the problem?

    Thank you very much!


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    HTPC System setup:

    CableTV--->(DVB Stick)---USB--->(INTEL NUC)---HDMI--->(Receiver)---HDMI--->(Projector)

    (DVB Stick): Hauppauge win-TV Dual HD

    (INTEL NUC): DN2820FYKH , LibreELEC 9.2.2 + Tvh 4.2.8-36 + addon v9.2.0.121

    (Receiver) : Pioneer VSX S520D

    (Projector): EH-TW6700W

    Hello,

    I finally found the answer to my problem above: The Recordings are not lost!

    - if no network server is available, scheduled recordings are saved to the specified folder. They can be retrieved e.g. by accessing this folder via SSH and copying them to a convenient location.

    - once LibreElec is restarted with the network Server being available again, the network share is mounted to the specified folder. On mounting, any files which are already present in that folder are hidden. (This is the way how the "mount" command in Linux works.)

    I hope this Information is useful for someone who experiences the same effect.

    Hi there,

    I am running libreelec 9.02 on an INTEL NUC, using tvheadend as PVR. For PVR recordings, I created a special directory and mounted a network server to this path (using this proposal). Normally, this works like a charm.

    In case the external server is unavailable (rarely, but happens), tvheadend still perfoms scheduled recordings, and I can see and play them from within KODI (TV > Recordings). This is good. However, as soon as libreelec is started again with the network server being active, those recordings are lost.

    What is happening there? Can I somehow retrieve the "lost" recordings?

    Thanks for help!