Posts by ozarks

  • Comskip with Tv headend

    I've been playing around and managed to get comskip to work with my AMLogic S912 box.

    I'm not sure whether all of the following steps that I used are necessary as is was a case of try this and that until it worked but this is how I achieved it.

    1. SSH into the box and create the directory /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip

    2. Install the Comskip addon tools.comskip-8.2.90.zip from post #22 for RPi2/arm courtesy of shanemeagher.

    3. Fire up TVHeadend on your browser and navigate to Configuration, Recording.

    Choose your profile name of choice from the left hand window pane (probably Default profile unless you have created one for specific needs).

    Scroll down the options in the right hand pane until you get to Filename Options and check the boxes for Replace whitespace in title with '-': and Remove all unsafe characters from filename:. Also make sure that your chosen profile is Enabled.

    Scroll back up a little until you see the option Post-processor command:. In this field enter the text /storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/comskip.bin --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip/ini/comskip.ini %f

    In the left hand pane, click the Save button.

    4. Reboot your box,

    5. Set-up a timer recording for a programme that will have adverts (note that if you ever stop a recording part way through then post processing will still be carried out).

    6. Wait for the recording to finish and then SSH into your box and navigate to your recordings folder. In my case it was /storage/recordings

    Navigate your way into the folder containing the recording, named after the show you just recorded.

    You will initially see 4 files but don't do anything until post processing is complete and you see the 5th, which is the .edl file.

    uaaoVti3JNzBEtnEhZFifnujH5eizCUGkO5_E78FaWxIpfmntbdUNpwFb2a7iElFxMibgRSFsp0pJLBdkIAlX5E2ZVqCH2x89zuqGa-h9Llf_AlJ_15kbDczwSzD9Z7Z35J5dGJQirUDOlhWnop04kFVsVUaa3NZPQhXEGi0srn4D6WjUm3Zr1Gqc3MapZMOBYIqakEKsrnBG0-ev-UD9G4a0UG9LbSU_CNvDjmkV_l6ttJgTyzj7OwEOJwvnsvnVEGzkaxhdg5nol-EPEWov0J9Yu_yBEEAzVjW5Ju2lzH8EumsdlPgIt0OgojhXFKxUJ7TvRqvoZbmRz-jVbNxuFRkKpzZR-diflK8JaM_3KlSPhHzTa5spoqiCPwhBfRuY3BC8T0Ks3vBNT_xeoQt5Z0e1Fl73SAUoR1UdqqToo3GJ8N2S7XHkCSxZR86qEdzqoAhXf6uhG33NLANRGgYLd5et5n0601BcybrqPp55b1OuWMvMlLpo4Pc705kLkI3tJAYD4kfBs0Q9uplmnvNpVE18l901yddcu1Qp2eDbuROlvL9Dlz3h82Ln1FRsTQeeLWT6cPazr1NFx2r6cyrlq_j5takzXnA3RfDIUmvmB-XhfKuTgQ44rlgMwYzFdM=w690-h298-no

    7. Open the video in Kodi and when the ads begin, the video will skip the ads and you may even see a small pop-up in the bottom right hand side of the Kodi screen with the word Commercial, to indicate that it has reached a point and is skipping it.

    Ensure that the .edl file always remains with the video file if you copy it elsewhere.

    The other .log and .txt files can be deleted unless you want them for further diagnosis.

    A big shout out to all that have contributed and given the answers by their own sheer efforts of trial and error.

    I'm using Build: 4.2.5 ~ LibreELEC Tvh-addon v8.2.113 (2017-12-21T20:30:12+0100) of TvHeadend.

    Update: I noticed when using this with a current X86/64 build based on Kodi 18 and although the addon would install and there were no errors, there was no post processing.

    I then tried an 18 based distro for S912 and it didn't work either, so for now it will only work on Krypton 17.6 builds for AMlogic/Intel.

  • [8.2.4.1] LibreELEC Kodi Krypton - S905 & S912 devices

    I updated to the subtitles test release and tried a dozen subtitles, all of which played perfectly.

  • [8.2.4.1] LibreELEC Kodi Krypton - S905 & S912 devices

    Just updated to LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.2.5-Chroma.422.10bit

    After the first boot there was an error that popped up quickly that talked of CEC not working and bluetooth connection was not automatically restored but after a couple more reboots, all was working correctly.

    I have noticed one minor issue with all builds and that is that when I am playing a stream/video and I go into audio and subtitle settings, if I lower the volume and then select Set as default for all media, after the next reboot the setting is never retained.

    Apart from that though, it's as flawless a performance that I could want for media playing /streaming and I don't bother with the Android route any more for these uses.

  • [Solved] Can't get past the early stages of setting up TVHeadend

    Quote from awiouy

    Ah... You have a PC... You might not need Crazycat then

    Try to configure Tvheadend Server

    OK.

    I'm afraid that I'm probably going to sound really dumb here but when you say Configure the Tvheadend Server via its UI at libreelec.local:9981, do you mean in terms of the TvHeadend settings?

    The default hostname is 127.0.0.1 with the HTTP port already set at 9981.

    Do I change 127.0.0.1 to libreelec.local

  • [Solved] Can't get past the early stages of setting up TVHeadend

    Using some information from this thread XBOX One DVB Tuner and LibreElec 8.1.1 I decided to purchase one of the Xbox one tuners and use it with Libreelec 8.2.5 on my Intel Mini PC to watch and record a little TV.

    So I plug the tuner in to a USB port, fire up Libreelec, enable the TvHeadend HTSP Client (which immediately tells me that the server is unreachable).

    I read that I also require the pvr.hts addon which I could not find in the repository and had to Google to find a zip file, none of which would install, either stating that they could not be installed or that a dependency could not be met.

    I've spent hours reading various Wikis, not knowing which ones are the most relevant and got absolutely nowhere and wading through the forums to see where I am seemingly going wrong.

    I'm completely stumped.

    It initially seemed like it should be a fairly straightforward process but I'm now feeling that it's more like rocket dynamics lol

    Is there a simple, step by step guide anywhere that can direct me or can anybody shed light on where I get the right pvr.hts addon from and what I have to change in the TVHeadend settings to get that to work.

    Thanks.

  • 7.0.2.007 build for S905

    Quote from kszaq


    You need to get ZIP file with Android firmware from your manufacturer/seller. I can't provide these files as they are different for every box. I will reword that point to make it more clear.

    Thanks for the explantion.

    Having obtained an image for my TX5 pro though, it is just a single .img file that is used to flash the device, so can't quite understand how this can be extracted in such a manner that the 2 files can be taken from it.

  • 7.0.2.007 build for S905

    I'm a bit confused.

    Where is states:

    'Alternatively:

    • (This step is not needed when you have Android on internal memory) Download Android ZIP update for your box and extract 2 files: recovery.img anddtb.img to your SD card.'


    None of the downloads seem to contain recovery.img and anddtb.img when I extract them.