Posts by GDPR-2

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from ChimeyJimmey

    Upgraded to 8.90.1 - everything crap.

    Reverted back to 8.90.0, disabling autoupdate on the boxes until further notice... :D

    It shouldn't be... can you elaborate?

    I've just noticed some commits by afl1 in my efforts to create 1 global project for all Amlogic products I had broken some things, S912 being one of them, I was too eager to rush a release out for the new year without testing, apologies for that, I will correct it tonight.

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    it's not a bug, your box looks like it didn't get the dns settings from your router so it couldn't connect to any repos and complete the migration

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from isidoros

    I'm repeating that i used to play flawlessly x264 & x265 up to 1080p videos from my samba nas over wifi. Some buffering from time to time is expected. But since the last couple upgrades most of the videos stop after 1-2 seconds after i press start. I mean they stop completely and go to previous menu. No buffering at all. I also tried a clean install without any improvement. If i find some time, I'll try to find more info on the logs. In the meantime i reverted to latest kszaq release and i confirm that it plays again flawlessly. In the future i'll switch to nfs as you suggested adam.

    Thanks for your time.

    I appreciate your having issues but there is not a great deal that I can do about streaming issues, you have provided me with no useable information (logs) to be able to assist you.

    This release shares the same kernel and drivers as kszaqs build with the main difference only really being to the version of Kodi that is in so I really can't see the issue at present.

    I would ask that you test the file locally with a USB stick and if the issue resolves itself then it's obviously a network issue. Samba is the number 1 cause of these issues 9/10x as well, if you are using a NAS it should already support NFS.

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from rosenrot

    GDPR-2 ;) Of course buffering every minute is far from normal but then I know it is either my slow internet connection or a slow source. I never really tried playing local content but maybe it would be worth to try some 4k test movie to favor buffering. If I would have to guess I would say kodi does not wait for the full buffer and then tries to play the fragments it has available which leads to movie stuttering without audio.

    afl1 of course I know I need to provide logs, I will do that as soon as I can easily reproduce it. I do not expect anyone to solve the issue without my bug report, I was just wondering if someone sees the same thing.

    Thanks a lot for your help, I'm very satisfied with the current builds and I know we are pre alpha. These are just small issues.


    That's how Kodi is by design and always has been, its not a fault or bug, the buffer is there for the opposite reason than what you are expecting it to be there for.

    If your internet is slow then I don't think streaming is for you, you can increase the buffer and pause a video until the buffer is full and this will help on smaller videos but it won't help much on larger videos. Try limiting your sources to non-HD as well.

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from rosenrot

    Thanks for the explanation. But for the older builds the buffering sometimes occoured too but the video never started to stutter. Buffering is perfectly fine for me, even if it buffers every minute or so, however in this case it seems that the buffering of LE does not work as expected.

    Normal buffering is: Playing movie - buffering ring - Playing movie - buffering ring

    What I see however: Playing movie - stuttering movie - buffering ring - movie freeze OR playing movie - stuttering movie - buffering ring - stuttering movie forever

    Again, I don't want to blame LE, however it was working previously for more than a year. If I'm the only one facing this it is most likely that it is me. However if someone else sees this problem I would be happy because it means it could be addressed.


    I wouldn't considering buffering every minute ok, do you get any issues playing local content?

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from rosenrot

    I'm not sure if it is related but I do see buffering issues using random video addons. If the source quality is very high and the internet speed is slowed down, the video starts to stutter. Sometimes the buffering ring is shown but not always. If I jump 10s further, video runs smooth until the next buffering. Also this happens since the last 2-3 builds of GDPR-2. I can not really see a pattern.

    I hope it goes away with your next build, otherwise I have to check the debug log.


    This is perfectly normal, if you can not download a file quick enough then of course it will buffer, it is the exact same issue when streaming media over the network, a 20mbit connection should be enough for 4k streaming though so either your connection is really slow or your ISP is not very good, sometimes there can be contention issues depending on your provider or the problem could even be on the remote side where the source has too many downloaders and not enough bandwidth.

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from isidoros

    First of all congratulations for the good work guys! You make our boxes smarter and we thank you for your effort. :)

    Your last version , even though it's pre-alpha, looks quite stable to me. I've got an s905x mini m8s. I've noticed just one bug after your last 1-2 updates. When i start playing videos from my nas over wifi, most of them stop after 1-2 seconds. Some play normally. I haven't noticed a pattern. I tried both x264 and x265, 720 and 1080. It didn't happen before with the first adamg or with all kszaq releases. Maybe is it a buffering issue? Should i change any setting?

    Thank you guys and i wish you a happy 2018.


    It's most probably a buffering issue, even more so over WiFi, smaller files are less susceptible to it where as larger files you will most certainly notice it, also if you are using Samba switch to NFS (I don't know if you are already).

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Updated binary and emulation addons will be uploaded with the next release tomorrow can I ask that you check it again then and let me know, thanks :)

  • [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices

    Quote from darioml

    Thanks for joining your efforts and knowlodege into this, GDPR-2, afl1 and kszaq :thumbup:

    Any chance that the Vorke Z6 LCD may work as well, like the TX3 one? If not, what info could I submit to help?

    Thanks!

    It's an extremely awkward thing to add support for, it's easier when we have physical access to one which was the case with the TX3 mini.

    alex also contacted the manufacturer (Oranth) who provided some needed code, they didn't give us the full source code but they did compile the kernel module on the architecture we requested for us which was also the same case with the 9082xs wifi kernel module, we kind of got lucky on both parts to get anything from them at all.