Posts by Libre888

I have LibreELEC + Squeezelite on the same RPi 4B+, so I can watch videos uisng LibreELEC and play music using Squeezelite.

First you need some tools. If you don't know how to use these tools, please Google.

1. FileZilla or other ftp client to send files to RPi

2. PuTTY or other SSH client.

Then

1. Download the latest version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmscl…eezelite/linux/
use aarch64 version for RPi4. Don't use that one in "Multimedia Tools"

2. Extract the file and copy to /storage/ of RPi using FileZilla.

3. Make squeezelite executable by issuing "chmod a+x squeezelite" on PuTTY terminal.

4. Setup auto start. Create autostart.sh by issuing "nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh" on PuTTY terminal. Then copy and paste the following,

(
/storage/squeezelite -o default:CARD=sndrpihifiberry -a 65536:4::1:1 -b 20000:300000 -r 44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000,352800 -R vE:1A:1:32:95.4:104.6:46 -n 'Kodi-Squeezelite' -C 3
)&

and then Ctrl+O / Ctrl+X to save and exit.

where -o default:CARD=sndrpihifiberry, your sound card's name. You can get it by issuing "aplay -l". You need to change it accordingly.

-n 'Kodi-Squeezelite', the player's name shown in LMS. Change to your favorite name.

-C 3 close the sound card after 3 seconds of idle.

Go to squeezelite man page - General Commands | ManKier and also soundcheck's - audio@vise: introduction if you are interested to learn more.

5. Setup to close LibreELEC sound card when idle. Settings->System->Audio->Keep audio device alive, Select "off".

6. Restart LibreELEC.

This should work and good luck.

Have you tried Kore, Kodi remote control for Android devices?

Quote from Da Flex

• click at Settings -> System -> Input -> Peripherals -> CEC Adapter
• enable "Switch source to this device on startup"

It's already enabled.

Quote from Da Flex

On your TV RC switch to TV mode, and then back to AV mode. Does that make CEC work?

No. It doesn't work this way. However if I turn off and then on the TV again, the CEC connection can be completed while the RPi stays on.

If I turn on the TV before turnning on the RPi, everything works well, but not the other way around.

I've followed the procedure discribed in https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/edid#generic-x86_64 and run "getedid create" successfully already.

Now the TV can be turned on when I switch on the RPi, which is my intention to run getedid. However it seems that the TV is on after the RPi is trying to connect to the CEC adaptor, so the connection can not be established. Is there a way to delay connecting CEC adaptor or to wait for the TV to be on before connecting CEC adaptor?

Quote from heitbaum

Squeezelite can be found in the multimedia-tools addon.

The file you are trying to run is a 32bit arm binary, in LE12 RPi4 binaries are now 64bit aarch64.

I see. Thanks a lot.

Very strange. I just upgraded my system to RPi 4B with LE12 and downloaded squeezelite from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmscl…tar.gz/download

I have made squeezelite executable (744) and when I try to run it here is what I get.

LE12 can not find squeezelite while it is right there.

The same process works on RPi 3B+ with LE 9.2.8.

I also have an RPi 3B+ and did a fresh installation of v10.0.2. However, this latest version can not play x265 videos and even some x264 files. Later I gave up and downgrade to v9.2.8. I guess RPi 3B+'s hardware is just not powerful enough for v10.0.2. There are some other threads discussing about this already.

If you watch H265 videos, you will see the lags.

See this.

Quote from trent

Probably the video codec was H.265/HEVC.

Kodi 18 (and previous) on RPi2/3 was capable of decoding some H265 streams up to 1080p due to very specialized decoder optimizations.

Kodi 19 cannot use these optimizations, it uses normal software decoding, therefore performance for H265 goes down significantly on these platforms.

You can read more about this elsewhere. People who need the old H265 performance should stay on LE9.

You are spot on.

Quote from ace960

Hello. Is libreelec 10.0.2 gui supposed to run visibly slower than 9.2.8 on rpi3b+?

I have been using 9.2.8 (and before that older 9.2.x) for quite long time and the gui was just mooth.

10.0.2 looks much sharper but I can feel it is slower (like longer reaction time, something like fps drop, etc.).

note: I performed clean installation of 10.0.2 without loading backup from 9.2.8.

I can't tell the difference for GUI. However, LE10.0.2 drops frames when playing videos on my RPi 3B+.

I tried LE10.0.2 on my RPi 3B+ yesterday, but the performance was not satisfactory. When I played 1920x1080P mp4 files, it was dropping frames and sometimes the video and audio were not in sync. Later I switched back to LE9.2.8. Bummer.

Add a DAC Hat.

Quote from CvH

early february ish (depending at Kodi release)

not yet

by 10th?

Using my setup in #5, you don't even need to turn on/off your squeezelite. It turns on automatically when you start playing music. And after 10sec of squeezelite idle, Kodi's sound is back.

My autostart.sh

(
sleep 45s
squeezelite -a 65536:4::1:1 -b 20000:30000 -r 352800 -R v:1A:1:32:95.4:104.6:50 -n 'Kodi-Squeezelite' -C 10
)&

Quote from luigi2000

(sleep 10

~/downloads/squeezelite/squeezelite -n Wohnzimmer -a 80:4::1: -C 1 default:CARD=vc4hdmi0

)&

You need a longer sleep. Try 45s which works for me. You may need some trial and error to get the optimal time.

Also, you need to turn off "Keep audio device alive" in Settings/System/Audio. Actually, Kodi does not turn it off right away. The audio device keeps on for about 10sec.

The idea is to start squeezelite after Kodi releases the audio device, or squeezelite won't start. During Kodi start up, DO NOT touch remote or mouse. That will keep audio device alive longer.

I see you use "-C 1". That's kinda short for me. I use "-C 10", same idea as Kodi releasing audio device.

I have had no problem using Bluetooth since I switched to LibreELEC two years ago due to BT issues of old OSMC. I have used many versions of LE and now it is 9.2.8 on my RPi3B+.

I have been notified for this new update since I got in the WebUI about 10 days ago. However, I still can't find it via LibreELEC addon. How do I update it? Thanks.