Posts by HiassofT

Quote from stacsmax53

Netflix addon works and I can login. But that's as far as it goes.. Playback is very slow, audio is out of sync and it buffers frequently.

Is there some extra settings I need to use to get this addon working correctly.

Make sure "Max Resolution secure decoder" is set to 720p, RPis can't cope with 1080p.

Having proper cooling (a heatsink is usually enough) also helps, if you see the thermometer icon pop up in the top right corner the RPi is getting too hott and will throttle - which also will result in stuttering.

so long,

Hias

Create a keymap (or use the keymap editor addon) and assign the ShutDown() function to the power button - the Kodi default is ActivateWindow(ShutdownMenu)

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <power>ShutDown()</power>
    </keyboard>
  </global>
</keymap>

see also Keymap - Official Kodi Wiki

so long,

Hias

Can you try running the following 2 commands and report back if that works?

ir-keytable -k 0x80d86f=KEY_MENU
systemctl restart kodi

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Hias

Most tutorials on the 'net are outdated or wrong.

It's best you start again from scratch (remove all configuration settings, files etc you added or do a fresh installation) and follow only the instructions in our Wiki:

Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki]

so long,

Hias

Quote from DvZ_73

The IR receiver doesn't support Microsoft media ceter ( mce) if I set that up in Logitech it doesn't do anything

This is rather unlikely - the nuvoton-cir used in your box even uses the MCE protocol as default in Linux).

Make sure you remove any configuration files you created (rc_maps.cfg, lircd.conf etc) or do a fresh LibreELEC installation and the MCE protocol will work out of the box.

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I updated to #0203 as suggested, but still the same issue

Did you enable one of the optional DVB drivers (Crazycat or "latest kernel")? These drivers interfere with the in-kernel IR drivers and need separate fixing. Please test with the standard DVB drivers selected, only these contain the Zotac IR fix.

so long,

Hias

Thanks for testing!

When searching for the USB ID in this ticket Problem with T3 airmouse on Version 8.95.001 and beyond (RPi3 B+) - LibreELEC Forum (2389:00A8) I found this bug report: 4.18 regression: composite usb mouse/keyboard went mad — Linux Input

It suggests the problems started with kernel 4.18, which matches this description here (8.90.005 and before shipped with 4.14 on RPi, 8.90.006 switched to 4.18). Unfortunately the bug reporter didn't do a kernel bisect so it's unclear what exactly went wrong.

So unless someone with the problematic device(s) can check when/what broke and discuss that with the kernel developer disabling mouse support in Kodi is probably the best option.

so long,

Hias

The fix is included in LibreELEC since mid December and I just tested with the final 9.0.0 release on RPi3B+ and it worked fine:

USB HDD with ext4 FS with root dir set to mode 2775, plugged into LE, mode still showed up at 2775, unmounted in LE, plugged into notebook, mounted and mode still was 2775.

Please retest and if you got different results tell us what exactly you did.

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Hias

Just configure the Harmony to use the Microsoft Media Center (MCE) profile, this will work out of the box.

If you want to / need to keep the Zotac profile see this thread IR Remote malfunction after upgrade to LE 9.0

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Hias

Thanks a lot for the detailed report!

I've prepared a fix for that (linux: add patch to fix Zotac IR remotes by HiassofT · Pull Request #3289 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub) which should be included in tonight's Milhouse builds (0203)LibreELEC Testbuilds for x86_64 (Kodi 18.0)

Could you please test if the issue is fixed with these builds?

With the fix you should see 80340xxx scancodes and an additional "toggle" indicator flipping on/off on repeated button presses instead of alternating 80340xxx/80348xxx scancodes.

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Hias

It looks like we are getting odd mouse events from this remote. Can you try disabling mouse and touchscreen support in Kodi's input settings?

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Hias

Also make sure you have `dtoverlay=gpio-ir` in your config.txt - the old lirc-rpi dtoverlay will no longer work - and that you disabled in-kernel decoding by creating an empty .config/rc_maps.cfg file if you want to use lirc (see the wiki page Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki] for details).

If that doesn't work please use the log file upload function in LibreELEC settings and post the URL.

In general it's recommended to re-do your IR remote config and switch to the new ir-keytable configuration scheme, it's easier and most of the time performs better than using lirc.

so long,

Hias

Configure the Harmony to use the Microsoft Media Center (MCE) profile, this will work with LibreELEC out of the box.

We dropped a bunch of remote configurations in LibreELEC 9.0 that were buggy and/or caused issues (the Zotac config is one of them).

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Hias

Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki]

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The option to enable / disable Lirc in LibreELEC settings has been removed as well, lircd will now be started automatically if the

/storage/.config/lircd.conf file is present.

Unless you've got a really oddball remote you don't need to use lirc at all - in-kernel decoding with ir-kleytable configuration handles most common IR protocols and is a lot simpler than creating lircd.conf files.

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Hias

Netflix is software decoded so it's quite CPU intensive and in general you need to install a heatsink to prevent overheating (the thermometer icon means the CPU is getting too hot).

When using a soundcard/HAT you can use a GPIO stacking header to get more space between the RPi and the HAT so you have room for a heatsink. There are available eg from Pimoroni but I haven't tested these myself yet.

I'm using the BGA-STD-065 heatsinks from ABL (about 28x28mm, 11mm height) here on my RPi3B+s with a Cirrus Logic audio card on top - that card has a larger GPIO header so it works without a stacking header.

Netflix plays fine here in 720p without heat issues (I also have temp_soft_limit=70 in config.txt to keep the 3B+ running at 1400MHz at a bit higher temps - default is 60°C).

so long,

Hias

I recently tested that on my RPi3B+, running current LibreELEC 8.95 beta, and it worked just fine using an LG USB DVD drive.

Insert DVD, wait until Kodi recognized the disc, then select "Play DVD" to bring up the DVD menu.

I used original DVDs, so libdvdcss was very certainly in play as well.

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Hias

According to the IQaudio guide Raspberry Pi Audio - IQaudIO Limited you have to add the unmute_amp or auto_mute_amp options to the dtoverlay line (see page 5)

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp
or
dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,auto_mute_amp

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Hias

You have to remove the dtoverlay=gpio-ir line from your config.txt, keep only the second one which has gpio_pin=25. Actually it'd be better to remove gpio_pull as well (that'll activate a pull-down which works against the pull-up in the IR receiver) so you only have that gpio-ir line in config.txt

dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=25

With the two gpio-ir dtoverlays in config.txt you'll get 2 IR receiver devices and the one without gpio_pin defaults to GPIO 18 which is needed for I2S. Depending on the order in which modules are loaded (which is rather random) either the I2S driver or the gpio-ir reciever gets the pin and the other one fails. In your log gpio-ir "won" so the I2S driver "lost" and you got no soundcard.

Jun 22 16:41:51 LibreELEC kernel: pinctrl-bcm2835 3f200000.gpio: pin gpio18 already requested by ir-receiver@12; cannot claim for 3f203000.i2s

so long,

Hias

Please use the "Upload latest Kodi log" function in the LibreELEC settings addon and post the URL. See here for details Provide Log File [LibreELEC.wiki]

It would also help if you could test with the previous LibreELEC beta releases and post which ones work. You can download them directly from one of the mirrors Mirrors [LibreELEC.wiki] - just download the LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.95.XXX.tar, copy it to the Update samba share and reboot.

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Hias