Posts by ghtester

  • Strange problem with raspberry pi4 + USB nas + smart plug

    Well, I don't think that Libreelec is a root of your trouble... Instead, it sounds like your USB multi-HDD box (in fact it's probably not a NAS, which means Network Attached Storage) maybe generates some high-frequency noise which may interfere with your WiFi network. I don't know how your device looks like exactly, it might be the external Power Supply of that box... It should have a metal shielding inside, under the plastic cover, but there are some cheap products that don't respect any construction rules... Don't know if it's the case but maybe yes... And it's possible it may change over the time due to parts degradation, especially capacitors... Also a different WiFi devices may have a different sensitivity to a noise or a too low power to overcome it..

    Try to move the devices a bit or try to make a temporary shield to your USB box / box power supply using aluminium foil (carefully, I do NOT mean to open the boxes!) and check tf there's any difference.

  • Share Add-ons on Rpi4

    I am afraid currently NOT, unfortunately.

    AFAIK Kodi does not support a second display on LE / RPi 4B.

    Tried already on LE 9.80 Nightly couple months ago (want to use a second display for camera stream) but failed... Only 1 of 2 HDMI ports can be used for video output, but audio can be switched between 2 HDMI devices connected at the same time.

  • PVR Tvheadend HTSP Client not available in LE 9.80 Nightly 20210117

    I have just upgraded LE 9.80 Nightly from 20210116 to 20210117 with Kodi 19 RC1.

    Unfortunately the PVR Tvheadend HTSP Client 8.1.2.1 was disabled as incompatible and can't be upgraded easily (No updates available | There are currently no versions available for this add-on).

    It seems that PVR clients choice disappeared from All repositories list.

    Should I be able to install the compatible version somehow (a search for an appropriate .zip file failed) or need to wait?

  • bootloader change LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.6

    Well, I tried to make the description of the procedure as simple as possible above (including the commands which you just need to run) and I almost don't know how to do it even easier ... :-/

    Are you at least able to connect to your RPi / Libreelec via the SSH console?

    If so, do it, then copy and paste these commands to SSH console and put the responses here:

    rpi-eeprom-update

    vcgencmd bootloader_version

    vcgencmd bootloader_config


  • script wont run via kodi

    Did you also try to run myscript.sh containing python myscript.py inside to test if there's a same issue?

    The another solution perhaps could be to run the python script permanently, sniffing for the commands which you could put somewhere by another script invoked by button...

  • Audio on HDMI port 1 instead of port 0

    OK, as mentioned earlier, I have never tested that on LE 9.2.6 so you may need to move to LE 9.80 Nightly builds where it works for sure (at least with my config options above) if the Analogue output is not enough for you.

    Again, make sure to have the HDMI1 active ( a HDMI audio device connected and turned ON) when Kodi starts.

    So connect a display turned ON to HDMI0 port , connect a HDMI audio device turned ON to HDMI1 port and restart RPi running LE 9.80 Nightly.

    Then you can switch the Audio ouput to HDMI1 (the Audio options are a bit different from LE 9.2.6).

  • Remote Control

    For running scripts / commands by IR remote I would recommend go this way, it's reliable and easy to (re)configure, especially if you can map buttons unused by Kodi (use search to find some more examples here):


    echo /usr/bin/irexec -d /storage/.config/lircrc >> /storage/.config/autostart.sh

    And some example of lircrc config file:

    /storage/.config/lircrc :

    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_A

    config = kodi-send --button=a

    end

    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_TITLE

    config = /storage/signalshow/sigshow.sh

    end

    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_POWER2

    config = /storage/relay/togglerelay.sh

    end

    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_PRINT

    config = kodi-send --action="TakeScreenshot"

    end

    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_MODE

    config = kodi-send --action="ActivateWindow(Settings)"

    end


    begin

    prog = irexec

    button = KEY_FAVORITES

    config = kodi-send --action="ContextMenu"

    end

  • Audio on HDMI port 1 instead of port 0

    No problem. :)

    I can't now check what are the options on LE 9.2.6 as I am yet using LE 9.80 Nightly where it works as I mentioned above.

    But you should be able to change the Audio output device on LE 9.2.6 for sure somehow. At least on fresh LE 9.2.6 installation and at least you should be able to select between HDMI audio and Analog output (or both at the same time).

    Not sure about HDMI1 audio output on LE 9.2.6 - I have never tested there.

    Regarding to relevant config - among others, I have this option in RPI's bootloader configuration (vcgencmd bootloader_config) :

    DISABLE_HDMI=0

    And these options in /flash/config.txt (not sure if the HDMI options works or not, you may play with Video options in config.txt - Raspberry Pi Documentation :

    # Enable audio jack output

    dtparam=audio=on

    #forcing the Pi to ignore port 0

    hdmi_ignore_hotplug:0=1

    #forcing the Pi to use port 1

    hdmi_force_hotplug:1=1

    hdmi_ignore_edid:1=0xa5000080

    hdmi_group:1=2

    hdmi_mode:1=82

    hdmi_cvt:1=1920 1080 60 6 0 0 0

    hdmi_drive:1=1

    hdmi_ignore_cec_init:1=1