Posts by HiassofT

  • Raspberrry pi 4: cannot boot LibreELEC anymore

    Test with a different HDMI cable and if you are using a case also without the case.

    Argon cases have a long history of causing HDMI issues because of low manufacturing quality of their internal adapter PCB, but as I just experienced myself even cases without internal adapter boards can cause HDMI issues as they often won't let you fully plug in the HDMI connector - even half a millimeter or a millimeter can make a huge difference.

    And it gets even worse if the HDMI cable is a bit worn out and starts to fall out easily.

    I just had that issue here with a "full armor case" and both a new and an older HDMI cable, and also with a USB3 cable - have to say I absolutely hate the HDMI and USB connector crap, it's as bad as SCART was in the old days, non-interlocking connectors just cry for problems. Display port did it right, same goes for ethernet, VGA, DVI etc but the consumer connector crap is starting to really annoy me...

    so long,

    Hias

  • HDMI Splitters and audio

    What kind of splitter / audio extractor are you using?

    The splitter needs to mix the EDIDs of both the AVR and and projector, LibreELEC heavily relies on that being accurate and it is quite likely Windows was more relaxed about it.

    My HDFury Vrroom has very extensive settings how it'll mix (or patch up) the edids and also allows you to download the edid directly via the web interface.

    You can also grab the edid presented to your chromebox from /sys/class/drm/cardX-HDMI-A-Y/edid (A, X, and Y may vary on your system) and decode it with edid-decode. eg

    Code
    edid-decode /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid

    if you have multiple cards or connectors (A-1, A-2 etc) try all of them and post the output (the unconnected HDMI ports will show "empty" - just ignore them).

    so long,

    Hias

  • HDR, 4K questions

    Quote from ivobo

    Yes. The TV is Philips 4K Android TV and with Kodi installed on it the same file plays just fine. Only the Rpi4 has problem.

    Please provide a debug log, the output of modetest | pastebinit while playing a HDR file and mediainfo output of the file (mediainfo is available in the multimedia tools addon).

    Please provide a full debug log.

    How to post a log (wiki)

    1. Enable debugging in Settings>System Settings>Logging
    2. Restart Kodi
    3. Replicate the problem
    4. Generate a log URL (do not post/upload logs to the forum)

    use "Settings > LibreELEC > System > Paste system logs" or run "pastekodi" over SSH, then post the URL link

    so long,

    Hias

  • HDR, 4K questions

    Quote from ivobo

    Today I found out that my Rpi4 can play 4k hdr10 file, but with washed-out colors... while my Huavei laptop, Ryzen 5 3500u, running Kubuntu, can play the same file just perfect (with vlc and Kodi), with HW acceleration and very nice colors? Why is that? why Rpi4 can not do it?

    Does your TV support HDR and BT.2020?

    If not that's expected as the RPi can't tonemap HDR videos to SDR which vlc on your laptop probably does.

    so long,

    Hias

  • Why no Kodi 19.5

    Quote from chewitt

    So i'm telling you (as a Team Kodi person) that the original intention was always to make the K19.5 release immediately before K20. The dates for K19.5 on GitHub will be pushed back as/when someone remembers to move them until roughly that happens.

    Sorry for the misinformation and thanks a lot for correcting me - seems I remembered wrong.

    K19.5 milestone due dates were rather chaotic though and it would have been better to set no date at all if they didn't have one. That really gave the impression 19.5 should be out in summer 2022...

    so long,

    Hias

  • Why no Kodi 19.5

    Quote from chewitt

    The original plan was to make a final roll-up of changes and ship K19.5 shortly before K20 release (think days, not month).

    That's not quite correct.

    The original plan was that 19.5 should have been released months ago and we've been waiting for it to align LE 10.0.3 with it.

    Then the due date of 19.5 got pushed further and further into the future and was finally completely removed - see here:

    Matrix 19.5 Milestone · xbmc/xbmc
    Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and…
    github.com

    That's why we released LE 10.0.3 with latest Kodi Matrix changes (kind of pre 19.5) so you're already very up to date if you're using that and final Kodi 19.5 won't be too different to that.

    If and when Kodi 19.5 will finally be released and what fixes it will contain is a question only kodi folks can answer.

    so long,

    Hias