Posts by myrpi

Hias,

do you recommend to upgrade also other files from /Flash ?

thank you

bcm2708-rpi-b-plus.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-b.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-cm.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-zero-w.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-zero.dtb
bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-2-b.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-cm3.dtb
bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb
bootcode.bin
kernel.img
overlays

You have to do that on the system booting and running LE not on separate install because old boot: files fixup.dat and start.elf have that bug and will be replaced with good new one.

Tested and working 110%

No I did not enable 4k60.

yes 1920x1080 60Hz.

yes I whitelisted all higher resolution over 1080p.

yes

At least for me 4k video play properly now.

Now, with latest rpi4 eeprom firmware you can also boot from USB if you need.

Thank you for help.

I just put new files in flash, renamed and it worked, tested LE 9.2.0 SD card in USB SD reader adapter.

Need to buy a new USB stick as the old one I tested, rpi4 can't boot from him.

I like to test and experiment with my RPI's.

I made some experiment on my RPi4 but unsuccessful at this moment.

I updated eeprom firmware without problems and it looks ok:

LibreELEC:~ # vcgencmd bootloader_version
May 15 2020 11:05:52
version 23a9f59b85f5a81bb2eec455e064ef9905216322 (release)
timestamp 1589537152
LibreELEC:~ # vcgencmd bootloader_config
[all]
BOOT_UART=0
WAKE_ON_GPIO=1
POWER_OFF_ON_HALT=0
DHCP_TIMEOUT=45000
DHCP_REQ_TIMEOUT=4000
TFTP_FILE_TIMEOUT=30000
ENABLE_SELF_UPDATE=1
DISABLE_HDMI=0
SD_BOOT_MAX_RETRIES=1
USB_MSD_BOOT_MAX_RETRIES=1
BOOT_ORDER=0xf41

The problem is that LE will no boot from SDCard or USB if I replace old start.elf and fixup.dat with newer version.

Any idea ?

If you are using LE v9.2.1 then switch to LE v9.2.0

Noise / artefacts when playing back 4K HEVC video on RPi4 + LE 9.2.1 (no problems on LE 9.2.0)

here you can find and test the latest kodi 19 build with Python 3:

LibreELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 19.0)

Quote from hansolo77

Updates:

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Going forward now, the only issue I seem to be having since I installed this skin and have been slowly adding in other addons, is this:

5 - Python 3. Seems like everything wants to use it and most of my addons have a required dependency for it. I started noticing this with my Rpi 3 before upgrading too. It was my understanding this would be coming with the new version of Kodi. I guess since we're still on Leia 18.6, that's why these errors are still popping up. Can anybody confirm that the next build will have Python 3? Is there any way to get around this before the new version comes out?

you can also try to copy the old storage SD data to new SD on the computer

I am running GUI at 1080x25Hz because IPTV channels are on the same refresh, movies I have are also on the same refresh, only YouTube clips are displayed at 30Hz, I think is no need for higher refresh only for interface.

I think this RPI4 will stay on 1080p resolution at least 1 year or forever and TV will upscale to 4K so no difference here from 3B/3B+.

On RPI 3B and 3B+ you don't need to use any more SD cards, you can put your OS on USB stick and use it, advantage is USB stick will last longer and it is faster than SD card.

Problems I found on my RPI4 at this moment in LibreElec:

( Kodi interface and resolution is 1080p at 25Hz connected on HDMI cable with LG TV 4K 55UK6750, higher resolution and refresh are white-listed )

- browsing in kodi interface/menu it is not smooth like in 3B, it shutter and looks like a broken movie

- tested on RPI4 from my lan server one movie mkv 3840x1632 and it look really bad with artefacts on top of the screen, same movie played directly on TV with SSIPTV it looks very good.

- mini HDMI connectors on RPI4 board looks very fragile, my advice is to not use a HDMI adapter just use good cable.

edit:

- mouse is not working...

If the cost it is not a problem for you then you can go for RPI4 minimum 2Gb RAM and hope the drivers and sw will be improved this year.

yes I can confirm, new update it is available.

thank you.

Hi,

I just upgraded from RPI 3B to RPI 4B 2Gb RAM.

From my two weeks experience it is a wast of money at this moment if you are on tight budget: you will need also: RPI4 case, another HDMI cable with mini HDMI, power source with USBC or just USBC adapter and SD card.

For mine RPI 3B it is still working good for: ITPV, Movies from LAN & YouTube.

RPI 4B it is faster yes but still have few bugs on drivers and sw; USB boot it is not working yet; even if you require 4K this will not work at this moment without glitches, if you read first on raspberrypi.org forum, topics about RPI4 you can decide it better.

On RPI3 the CPU speed freq it is displayed.

Hello,

I am testing LE on RPI4 and I found that in SystemInfo - Hardware it is missing CPU speed Freq display.

p.s.

It is possible to add on default skin option to display CPU temp ( near clock ) when press pause/info... it will be very useful for all RPI users.

Thank you for good job LibreELEC team !